http://www.oprah.com/community/thread/117606

You don't get on this page easily (see link above). It's all monitored by the Oprah staff. They choose "special" comments and feature them. GNGS got featured. Someone tried to downplay this attribute to Rulli, even at her blog, and good for Rulli for deleting it. The trolls won't win this one. Most people see and know what's right in this case, and here is some more evidence of it. New people will be reading these things at Oprah's blog. Millions read Oprah. She is wonderful for ALLOWING this. Remember, it MUST BE ALLOWED!

Yes, the serious people, the big guns, the kings and gueens, the GIANTS, are starting to take notice of the "little book that could" ...

there's a line in Rulli's book that really got to me, when she says, "sometimes it takes a nobody"

Did she hurt herself with that statement? No! The "somebodies" -- the biggest somebodies in the world are taking notice of what a nobody believed could happen. Yes, people like Seinfeld, Oprah and Ann Rule, are noticing. Hell, SEARS is selling the book now! Rulli did a great job. Many more giants will see it, too. Natalie will not be left alone until she can truly rest in peace.

Queens (sorry about the error above) (smile...but it's ok for the gueens, too!)

The only people misspelled words bother are the trolls. Don't worry about it. They have no facts so they latch onto errors in text. You're fine. We get what you are saying, and we're happy this book is recieving this kind of acceptance, too. Ann Rule is no joke. True Crime and Ann Rule are synonymous. It's a breakthrough for a book everyone is afraid of. God only knows why. We have a Scott Peterson who's an actor, and a bad one at that! Scott Peterson's facial expression, ironically, always reminded me of his bad acting.

lol, I misspelled receiving above!

Good point, you know what is strange, Peterson, Simpson, McDonald, Wagner, Von Bulow, all had a striking feature in common-besides the obvious one of killing their wives I mean. They all seemed obsessed with their public image of being a really nice guy, the best at what they did. So by that token if someone-their wives for example these women that knew them best stepped on that prominent achillies heel, you are not the best you are not the nice guy everyone thinks, in fact you are a failure then rage would ensue. I think it would be a good book in the hands of a forensic psychologist. A case by case study of over acheivers whose world view got shaken down, maybe just one time but God help the person who was the one who did it. You might end up in the water, or in a pool of your own blood or probably in the saddest of all on life support for 20 years. Anyone else see the strong parrallels in these men?

FACT: Nothing and no one gets on Oprah's talk show, her magazine or her web site without her approval. The Goodbye Natalie Goodbye Splendor page on her web site was given the green light by her or it would NOT be there.
Ann Rule and now a page from Oprah's web site. Not too shabby for a **"nobody" like Rulli!


"nobody"- her description of herself, not mine.

It would not have appeared without Oprah's OK. There is no question about that.

Seinfeld??

So now a punch line on a sitcom is an endorsement??

Talk about scraping the bottom.

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Okay this is a funny thing to do. I have called both of these bookstores to ask if they have GNGS-they dont. So ya know enough calls and they will have to order copies, maybe they will end up in the front window. Aspen is SUCH a small town. I know its not jail but what the hell its embarrasing for the towns questionable couple, and who knows maybe people will walk in and buy copies of GNGS and gosh the next thing you know wby there are a million awkward Aspen moments lol. Poor rojay poor jillypoo

I thought Robert Wagner was a cold-hearted ruthless killer. Do you really think that seeing a book in a store window will cause him to flip out?

You contradict yourself once again.

It is monitored by Oprah's staff but it must go through Oprah for final approval or it does not fly. She has been known to sit in a meeting and all her assistants are gung ho over something and after hearing them out she is not impressed. When she says No it is No and that is the end of discussion.
This GNGS page had to go by her for final approval.

It's a GOOD start! A real good start, showing that the info in GNGS is being taken seriously.

Next up the show! That is so cool. Wouldnt it be awesome if Oprah can get the whole cast on there including Walken? It is not impossible Presidents come when Oprah asks1

The whole cast? I don't understand. This isn't a movie, this was a real life tragedy.

I'm sorry I meant everyone from the book. I said cast because I didnt want to say the characters from the book because the book is non fiction so they are real people. I only meant that if everyone of the principals in the drama leading to the death who were interviewed by the police were asked to go on Oprah then probably even Christopher Walken would be compelled to say yes. Maybe Mart Crowley too that was a bad scene in the book when he picked up Natalies earring and then kind of let it go. He was a very very very very very bad friend to her in the end and Oprah could ask him why he did not care what happened to her. Oprah can say and ask anything since no one in Hollywood is more powerful than she is. The use of the word cast was a misnomer.

Mart Crowley is a B*****d. Natalie Wood gave him his start. If it wasn't for her he'd still be cruising young pretty boys at the meat rack on Fire Island.
When she died all he was worried about was making sure he was secure. That is one ugly old queen I'd like to see face to face just one more time in my life.

Many people feel that Crowley was a wonderful friend to Natalie. WRONG! She did so much for him and after she died his loyalty was to his wallet as her was employed by Wagner. He's scum, another puppet.

Mart Crowley didn't pick up the earring. He was never on that boat after Natalie died. It was Frank Westmore (now dead if I remember correctly from the book) who picked up the earring. Three make-up artsts went with Davern to the boat, not Mart. Natalie trusted Mart, she considered him a friend. His lover, ironically, was Gavin Lambert up until Lambert died. Mart made out very well in the deal! He's a creep.

Crowley and Lambert were no longer living together Lambert died. They ended the relationship but remained friends. Crowley was the executor of Lambert's estate but not the sole beneficiary.

There is somewhere on the internet sorry dont know where but Mart Crowley and Gavin Lambert lived together (nice-not) and Gavin Lambert left him his whole estate so thar ya go. Pathetic and patheticer lol

That lady that says Oprah dwells on happy topics makes Oprah look like some kind of Mr. Rogers moron. She does not shy away from real news! Oprah talks about politics and crime. Her highest rated shows to date are the Betty Broderick interviews and if that is a light topic then...well sorry I dont have a comparison. I bet she will have Marti Rulli on, and Dennis Davern and anybody else she wants and if the people who let Natalie down (calling Walken and Wagner) dont respond then they should take out a big fat ad in people magazine and write a sequel to "If I did it" and I wish they would! Because Lana Wood is a very nice lady who has suffered a lot and she needs the money. Go Oprah, Go GNGS.

Wishful thinking, you are in a dreamworld. Celebs don't go against other celebs. Wagner and Walken are huge, she would never touch that.

She is a good person and if you think about it she herself is the biggest celebrity in the world she is not afraid of anyone. She even made fun of Tom Cruise for jumping on her couch and Tom Cruise is truly famous. Wagner and Walkens days have pretty much passed. Also Oprah is a huge advocate for at risk women and that would make her interview the author of GNGS and Walken if she wanted to. If she doesnt its not because she is afraid of other celebrities who would Oprah Winfrey be afraid of. The view from the top is all hers.

Walken and Wagner are not huge. What are you talking about? Never commands studio attention. Walken is a respected actor but he is certainly not huge. Second billing in TV films and when was the last time he got top billing in a film that made money?
As for Wagner, the only thing huge about him is his liquor bill and his wife's ass!

Lana is a pig. She stole from and used Natalie. Natalie was on to her and cut her off. Even Maria knew what a pig Lana was. Natalie was not even buried and Lana demanded to know what her cut was. Natalie was so on to Lana she left her her clothing and her furs OH yes the furs instead of Lana giving them to Natalies girls or telling RJ to keep them for the girls she sold them back to RJ for cash, what a pig. Natalie was SO on to her even after death.

they were Lana's. RJ offered her money. He screwed her, giving far less than they were worth.

If Natalie cut her off, Lana would not have been in her will.

Anyone can post on the Oprah board. all you have to do is join and then log in. It's that simple. Oprah would never go up against Wagner or even Walken, it's not her style. Oprah dwells on the positive not the negative. Dream on and grow up.

If Oprah dwells on the positive and doesnt bash other celebrities then how come she is endorsing a book that for all intents and purposes calls Robert Wagner if not at least a murderer then definetly a drunk and a liar?

This is turning into an I love Oprah thread.

I do love Oprah, Oprah rules!

I'm the one who posted on Rulli's blog and she removed my post. No matter, I reposted it. I'm willing to keep playing the game as long as she wants.

Anyway, Rulli is misrepresenting it by calling it a "headline" on Oprah's website. It is the title of a thread on her website's blog. It is NOT a headline nor is it an endorsement from the Oprah Book Club. What's next? Posting about the book on the NY Times blog page and calling it a NY Times headline?

But you blind supporters will take any crumb you can. When you think about it, it is really cruel for Rulli to keep raising your hopes.

It's all a scam.

You can post on Rulli's blog all you want but remember one thing, if you threaten her, use foul language or can not back up your crap IPs are traceable so know exactly what you are doing and saying before you hit the SEND button.

Oprah didn't endorse the book! Understand that someone just started a thread about it on Oprah's blog. Big difference.

If I started a thread saying the book is a big lie would you then think that Oprah is calling the book a big lie?

Same thing.

Oprah is a powerful woman. Wagner and Walken are peons compared to her.
Wagner is passe. He was a Cary Grant wanna-be who never was.

Sure, keep putting your faith in Oprah, but you're going to be disappointed.

Dollar to a doughnut - she doesn't touch this book with a 10 foot pole.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Joanne did not write that post. That's not her style. It's Pucci trying to stir the pot. Ignore her.

I read Rulli's blog. I don't think she was misrepresenting at all... she changed the headline. She uses her blog like any other blogger does: to direct interested people to information about a newly published book or whatever. Looks like you Wagner fans are the ones dealing with "morsels" -- Rulli has a book in several top categories, and as she states at her blog, in many libraries across the country. No one writes a book with the kind of information Rulli got published without knowing it will be something that needs to find its way. NO ONE!
Her book is finding a good life no matter what any of you say. She led readers to a blog and because it's a blog at Oprah's site (one that HAD to be approved) you want to downplay it? Are you going to downplay Ann Rule's recommendation, too? Ya think Rulli hacked Rule's blog and inserted her book title there? Rulli's probably satisfied with the fact the truth is now available about Natalie's death. It's available for anyone who wants it. Rulli isn't being cruel one iota, or misleading anyone.
She is being READ by more people than you ever hoped for and probably by more than she ever hoped for. I've seen her book as high as number 6 on the True Crime list at Amazon, and it has never left the top 100 books in that category, and that's just one category! That ain't whistling Dixie, folks!

Real class act here, the person calling Lana a pig. The big bad wolf tried to blow her house down, but Lana has the upper hand now. Do you people have any clue why the big bad wolf has no comment? It's not because he "won't dignify this book" -- it's because every single word in this book is true. If he says anything, or makes a move on it, he knows he can't prove it's not true. He's probably been drunk since it came out. And we all know what he's capable of when he's drunk. Who's the pig?

If Natalie ever "swished her tail" (which is only a derogatory image Wagner created through Lambert) it was the cutest tail ever swished in Hollywood, maybe the world. Know what I can't understand? How there can be so many dumb people who bought this man's facade. Yes, we're looking at a true-blue Peterson.

You are so right!!! And its weird but they even look alike. I wish more people could just realize that yes handsome educated priveleged men do indeed kill their beautiful wives and sometimes their children. Being attractive and or famous does not give people a pass on psychosis or violence, it just gives them a better chance at walking. Peterson is one of the few who didnt but he wasnt a "star" or an athlete like Rojay. Even Robert Blake, and yeah I think the woman he was married to was scary, but honestly his alibi was that he left his gun in the resturant. Why do people have such a hard time believing that Robert Wagner is a killer?

Do some checking before you speak. NOTHING! NOTHING gets by the name OPRAH WINFREY without her approval so you grow up and take your butt out of your rocker and off the front porch and check out the real world.
DINCE!

Yous know what Oprah needs? a big meatball sangwich.......hey ya know what I mean.....

SanDwich you pillock! D NOT G! Why are you trying to make Italian people look bad with your filthy words and stupid slangs? I know you are a racist, a bigot and a homophobe but are you also a nationality basher too? Is there no end to your sleaze?

Was that a racist slur against Oprah? Or a comment that despite being one of the most successful and beloved people in the world she still needs a man to complete her? This reminds me of a horrible blogger who after a beautiful picture of our first lady and the little girls went up on the internet said they were nappy haired. Its all ugliness and ignorance and there is no justification on earth for comments like that.

Yous know what Oprah needs? a big meatball sangwich.......hey ya know what I mean.....

NO IT WAS A AGAINST THE PERSON WHO POSTED THE ABOVE STATEMENT! The same buffoon who keeps spelling the word sandwich as sangwich.

Sangwich? I see the imposter is back. Gird your loins!

You are wrong. Those posts, unlike here or other sites go directly through a filtering system where every post and every word is monitored. You can not just drop a post that is that. This comes directly from Harpo Productions.
I see you will still degrade anyone that disagrees with you about your hero.
You can't argue the Ann Rule posts so you will throw stones at the Oprah posts.
If you are the Joanne from the UK, brush up on your homework and remember the trouble someone caused with your site and you blindly stood by them until you were slapped in the face with the truth from your own team.
If you are a Joanne imposter, get a life and get yourself into care.

Joa**e doesn't know when to stop either. Jes**ca was warned. Wonder how long she'll let Joa**e go.

Let's not throw names around like the troll and her minions do. Joanne's name was used because she used that name as the name status but it might not be her. If it is I assume she has not learned her lesson yet but there is a good possibility it is a troll picking their next identity theft.
As for the other person mentioned, she is not a moderator anymore.

that is the resident sicko trying to make it look like we are trashing Joanne. She, the sicko, needs help and a life.

I thought so! Leave it to the Troll Queen to try every approach possible. I heard she has Vlad doing crap too.

there is no question about that. The Troll Queen is the "messenger". Fool

How strange that you bring up J*****a. We all know she is not a moderator anymore but you don't? We aren't members of that group and we know but you don't? I guess that is what happens when you get thrown out on your ass for threats and lies.

I know I am off current topic but since the thread is also about Oprah's book club and cool books that tell us things that we didnt know about murder like GNGS, and I am guessing that a lot of people here are true crime buffs like me, in which case you have to read Columbine! It is a total shocker and like GNGS makes you wonder did you ever know anything at all about that case.

You're right, Columbine was a really good book. I still remember watching the coverage of that horrible day and thinking that the world has truly gone mad. I also remember watching Charlton Heston stand there and say the NRA was standing behind the gun show and dealer where the teenagers purchased the guns and ammunition and thinking that there was something very wrong with that mentality. I'm all for people being able to bear arms and protect themselves in dangerous situations, but it's a whole other thing when someone sells material to children and then tries to brush off the fact that by allowing the minors to purchase firearms and ammunition, they too are partially responsible for the events that took place that day.