Yeah, he said. During the conversation she suggests I am remiss not to know her, because she is this great-looking English girl going to school at Tulane., Henry, like so many of his peers, was entranced by Miranda. She said she was a gorgeous, wealthy, well-connected model and student named Miranda, and she seduced a slew of famous and powerful menBilly Joel, Warren Beatty, Ted Kennedy, Quincy Jones, Robert. Thats the worst, I think. She stalks back into her office. She wears shocking-pink stretch pants and a matching top, a Slinkylike assemblage of gold bangles and chains around her right wrist, what appear to be diamonds twinkling at her earlobes and knuckles, and the fading remnants of a blond dye job. There is a feel about that in this Audible Original. Musicians, he says, get calls from all kinds of wacko people. I knew vaguely of Miranda, but my friendship was with Whitney Walton who I knew well. Nor, in fact, did most of the dozens of well-known and well-to-do men on both coasts who answered calls from Miranda during the 1980s and suddenly found themselves drawn into the most fascinating, invigorating telephone conversations several of them say they ever enjoyed. As the relationships between Miranda and the famous men she calls escalate, it becomes clear that Miranda may not be who she says she is and that her game is no longer a game at all. Henry wasted no time briefing Perry on his mystery loves real identity. The two lived happily ever after until, family friends say, the woman died in the mid-1990s. And you should have respected that. Miranda, in turn, took pains to persuade Henry she really was a rich, gorgeous blonde, an effort that led to the Johnny Carson incident and an even stranger episode in New York. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. [I said,] I dont know you, whats the catch? [But] she seemed to know a lot of people in my business. But it's easier to take it out on your best friend who's. She said she was a gorgeous, wealthy, well-connected model and student named Miranda, and she seduced a slew of famous and powerful menBilly Joel, Warren Beatty, Ted Kennedy, Quincy Jones, Robert. Its not me, she says flatly. Perry, September 11, 1982. Theres lots of people who think they have seen her, and it was not her. At the desk was a message from Miranda Grosvenor. From the phone, I clarify, having been told that Friesen was on close terms with Miranda. I knew right away it was some kind of con, but I liked talking to her., In the weeks to come Henry spoke often with Miranda, who always seemed to know his whereabouts, whether he was in New York or Los Angeles. Yes, she had called dozens of famous men. It made me nervous. The woman on the line introduced herself as Miranda Grosvenor, and before Schrader could get rid of her, she had somehow managed to keep him talking for 20 minutes, gossiping about Hollywood and a number of famous men she seemed to know all about. A separate snapshot showed a white Ferrari parked on what appeared to be a college campus, with a blonde behind the wheel. The Miranda Obsession, the scripted series will be written by Jen Silverman ( Tales of the City) and performed and executive produced by Rachel Brosnahan (Prime Video's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and her banner, Scrap Paper Pictures. It wasnt sex talk, everyone agrees, but it was flirty, gossipy, and more than a little mysterious. Not just that, her subconscious seems to be tied to Rose and outright taunts Ethan after his "death." The Miranda Obsession ultimately reveals the true identity of the Louisiana woman who was able to cultivate such a strong emotional connection with her long-distance phone companions. Loved it! Its not every day you come across a project like The Miranda Obsession, a fascinating story that is perfectly suited for audio, Kate Navin, Audibles head of scripted content, said in a statement. The next time Miranda phoned, I confronted her [about] Whitney Walton, Henry says. This story was just freaky! In 1999, Vanity Fair exposed the mystery woman as Whitney Walton (1941-2016), a Baton Rouge social worker and bored fan who made a full-time hobby of calling stars. When it was ending, she said she was going to start seeing Sting. He pauses. I didnt want to let her know I was freaked out, that I was devastated, he says. But this girl was different. "The Miranda Obsession," a drama inspired by the story of Whitney Walton, aka Miranda Grosvenor, and the men she enticed without ever meeting them, is in production and scheduled to premiere on . Nicks claims she and Miranda were having an affair . By turns enticing and voyeuristic, gripping and empathetic, this complex and nuanced character-driven drama examines the lengths to which we go to achieve intimacy and connection with each other, and the lengths some of us will go to feel something real. To convince them she was telling the truth, she played her answering-machine tapes for them at the office. For the next three years, until she left in 1985 to become a social worker, the two women say, Walton spoke endlessly of her many famous friends. She tried to explain. Eric Clapton. . W.. She dumped me! he yelps today. I n The Miranda Obsession, listeners are treated to a series of late-night phone calls between a mysterious woman and a who's who of Hollywood men.Using just her voice, the woman known as Miranda charms and seduces them into staying on the phone to gossip and reveal secrets they wouldn't otherwise have told a complete stranger. Walking to the baggage-claim area, he spoke frankly. One young man, the scion of a prominent Southern California family, fell hard for her. That led to another long talk and then another and another, until Perry realized he was looking forward to her calls. Im not in the habit of giving my heart easily. a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling; broadly : compelling motivation See the full definition Whats the point of all this? Over the course of several calls, she seemed to come clean. On a good day, she wrote, I feel like a shipwrecked person spotting the sight of some nearing shore: a taste in the wind, a softness in the light, a sudden passage of words. He couldnt help himself. Oh, I remember Miranda, giggles Barbara Davidson. In the early stages, Patrick was really, really well, she was intriguing. And it being less than three hours, I enjoyed the whole experience. It's amazing how men fell for her act over and over again. Once, they listened as she called Manhattan real-estate brokers to help him find an apartment in the city. Both men realized it had to be the same woman. Ultimately Im talking to this girl who says she has no idea who I am, and I have no idea who she was. I felt I had been conned, he says today. And now: The phone rings. Rachel Brosnahan will star in and executive produce The Miranda Obsession, a scripted Audible original podcast series inspired by the true story of Miranda Grosvenor the mysterious woman who seduced powerful men in Hollywood in the 70s and 80s over the phone. If you read the 1999 Vanity Fair article first it's really helpful to understanding this story. But it went nowhere. It was a confusing long-distance call, apparently from somebody I knew. Miranda Grosvenor calls all of them. Oooooh. . Then she took that 60 percent and went to the next person. The last hour of Resident Evil Village ties Eveline back into the narrative in a major way. Beatty finds the woman, rings the doorbell, and the woman comes out. Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan brings to life a thrilling tale of intimacy and self-invention inspired by one of Hollywood's most alluring stories of the 1980s. The series is currently in production and slated to premiere April 28, 2022, on Audible. Audible content includes more than 700,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers.#TheMirandaObsession #MirandaGrosvenor #RachelBrosnahan #Audible They talked a little, and then more. The rest of the book, up to a tragic end, shows how both of them dealt with the weeks that followed. It's amazing how many famous men could be duped into falling in love with someone they knew nothing about. Ohhhhh, my God. A scripted Audible original podcast series inspired by the true story of Miranda Grosvenor , the mysterious woman who seduced powerful men in Hollywood in the '70s and '80s over the phone, Rachel. This was very interesting on many levels, expanding upon classic human traits. Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2022. She was hip, funny, smart, he says. And there was always sort of a tease, how good-looking she was, wait till you meet my friends. . It has taken considerable prodding to get Perry to talk about the events that, friends say, preoccupy him to this day. The Night and the Moment. In the absence of any tape recordingsPerry says he lost hisher words can be found only in letters, including one Walton wrote to Perry after their awful encounter in New York. Directed to a door marked SOCIAL SERVICES, I stick my head in, peek over a room divider, and ask for Whitney Walton. I dont know, says Cockburn, who spoke off and on to Miranda when he lived in New York in the early 1980s. He was always calling to see how she was. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event.. I'm glad I stumbled upon this short story. When Friesen asked how his love life was faring, Perry told him everything. On a cul-de-sac high in the hills above Sunset Boulevard, behind the gates of a sprawling Art Decostyle home Ronald Reagan built for Jane Wyman in 1941, Richard Perry gazes out at the evening lights of Los Angeles. He couldnt find one. At various times, they say, Walton returned from vacations claiming she had been with Joel in New York. You actually started living for these phone calls, remembers Brian McNally, the noted Manhattan restaurateur and hotelier. That fall Perry, an enthusiastic University of Michigan alumnus, flew to Ann Arbor to watch one of his favorite football players, the celebrated Michigan wide receiver Anthony Carter. Id love to jack him. A few days later she brought up the singers name again. I just wish there had been more of Luke Kirby. In the 12 years since bestselling author Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate, The Big Rich) first published his story "The Miranda Obsession" in Vanity Fair, the legend of Miranda has continued to grow and his article has become a true classic of the genre. With her mellifluous, accentless voiceHenry thought she was British, others heard a hint of Manhattans Upper East SideMiranda Grosvenor was a silky phantom who told men she was beautiful and blonde, lived in the South, did some modeling, and looked after her fabulously wealthy father in New York City. The photographer Peter Beard, who has dabbled in film projects over the years, read a screenplay with a similar story about 20 years ago. Mailing Address: P.O. The two men were so deep in conversation Perry almost forgot his second meeting. Looking at her credit card changes, the detectives find that Miranda did have a fling with her trainer, Thomas, who hints that she was also seeing a . But I dont think I was treated fairly. [I thought] Gil was doing this just to fuck with me. I dont always enjoy multiple player audiobooks but this was very well done. Writers Sam Kashner, Patricia Bosworth and Bryan Burrough, three of Vanity Fair's most celebrated authors, share their stories of one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries. Andrew Garfield is a Mormon detective in . After a bit, I rise to leave and apologize for bothering her. He sat beside her and took her hand. Not to worrywhat was ignited when I loved you continues to burn.. Now, he told himself, he knew the real Whitney. Please try again. Ive never been there, but I was ready to go. Once, as he was fishing for information about her, Miranda volunteered that he would meet someone she knew the following Tuesday night. Really intriguing and based on a true story. The dark rise of serial killer true crime has moral weight for those who aim to reflect a God of light and life. Somethings going on. Henry confided his doubts to a friend, who mentioned that Jack Haley Jr., the Thats Entertainment producer who was once married to Liza Minnelli, had taken Mirandas calls, too. It seemed she really could get anyone to fall in love with her. Like connoisseurs of great works of art, Miranda collected friends. And Brianna., She was proud that she knew famous people, says Davidson. Give this one a chance, you won't regret it. I know that through Quincy., Friesen dates his relationship with Miranda to the early 1980s, her heyday. She had a tape of Alex, on [her] answering machine, I think, and she played it for me, says McNally. He walked over and saw it was Quincy Jones. For the first time he asked pointed questions: What are you doing? Eyeing the childrens teacher, she again admonishes me to keep my voice down. Josh Groban, John Benjamin Hickey, Harry Lloyd, Morgan Spector, and Milo Ventimiglia also star, playing some of the most powerful and famous men of the decade, who fall under Mirandas enigmatic and captivating spell. As it grew, Perry says after a sip of wine, she would weave her spell and make you feel closer and closer and closer to her, until youre saying to yourself that this is the most extraordinary woman Ive ever met in my life. The in-between scene music is repetitively and annoyingly stuck in my head. Hmm. Have you ever seen the two season TV show Imposters on Bravo? She said she had done some modeling. understanding ear. Some of it is really dark and strange.. . . Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2022. I was so deeply involved.. He wanted to send her stuff. . The pie turned into a tasty-but-odd, lumpy, cold banana soup floating around in a pie crust. This leads me to think that front cover and rear cover were meant to be upside down one with the other. She begged him to look beyond her lies. Quincy and I are buying a house in Bel Air! Whitney exclaimed. If he wanted to know what she looked like, she suggested he go to the drugstore and buy a bottle of Clairol ashblond coloring; she was the model on the box, she said. The Miranda Obsession, scored by Daniel Kluger and music edited by Jack Diamond, is now available via Audible. . Beyond just being the main antagonist of Resident Evil 7, Eveline is also intimately connected to Mother Miranda's deceased daughter, Eva. . Ad Choices. Why havent you called? Im adorable and so are you. And then the relationship kind of petered out.. By turns enticing and voyeuristic, gripping and empathetic, this complex and nuanced character-driven drama examines the lengths to which we go to achieve intimacy and connection with each other, and the lengths some of us will go to feel something real. Cooler still, the second episode features Lin-Manuel Miranda talking about "Wait For It," one of the songs from Hamilton. It was just extraordinary., Whatever doubts McNally had about Mirandas contacts evaporated when she phoned him one day at Odeon. Right now Connecticut is home base for a woman who represents herself as a Saudi princess and who has lured several prominent Wall Streeters into business deals; she was recently unmasked by The Denver Post after making an unsuccessful $450 million bid to buy the Denver Nuggets basketball team. An enigmatic enchanting woman, seems to have a number of powerful men in her grasp. You know, Quincy thought she was this really large woman., Friesen laughs. I remarked on it. Get help and learn more about the design. The Miranda Obsession is an Audible Original written by Jen Silverman. It's sort of cheating to record this as a book when it is really like watching two episodes of a television series (or listening to a podcast). I cant ever really trust you again. And then he walked out, leaving her in tears. Patsy Carpenter. You couldnt get her on the subject. But who was the woman behind the voice? He was a loyal companion, expertly . Whether it was a farmer in Iowa or a senator in Washington., Amazingly, Whitneys admission only deepened Perrys feelings for her. I press, saying I am certain she is Miranda Grosvenor. Personallyand I didnt say this to him, not till after, when Patrick would talk about herI kept seeing this image of this lonely, very fat girl sitting in a room. The episode lingered with Perry for months, in scenes he would replay in his mind again and again. Before he knew it, McNally was hooked. What was the point, in the end? I got the call in the middle of the night-this was in 80 or 81, remembers Buck Henry. This marks the end of a 16 year journey which started in Seoul, South Korea, and ended in his newest home in Los Angeles, CA. The Miranda Obsession She said she was a beautiful, well-connected blonde named Miranda, and she enchanted an astonishing circle of powerful menBilly Joel, Paul Schrader, Buck Henry, and. Steven Spielberg received multiple rejections before Laura Dern (and a bag of Cheetos) convinced Lynch to play John Ford. Within minutes he was standing before her door. Sexy. Interesting drama, I'm disappointed it's only listed as an audio book, and that seems to mean it's 3 pages long--it seems typically this length of audio book is about 200 pages. Jen Silverman is a New York-based writer. It said simply, You have broken my windows and crashed through all my doors. It was available free though Audible. And as Prospero describes in the first act, his obsessive study of magic is what cost him his dukedom . Ironically, Perry says, the first call I taped was the first time she told me she loved me.. The movie ends with them embracing., She was no model. Oh, youre the guy who has Odeon! she exclaimed. In many ways, Miranda was kind of projecting all over Carrie what the little voice in her head that's been nagging at her was saying. Stevie Winwood. When the secret stays This went on for weeks, he continues. Watch. Walton, they say, returned from one vacation, in St. Barts, claiming she had spent time with Joel and had been present when he met Brinkley. She quickly grows impatient, refusing to answer questions about her background and issuing an unyielding wall of stern denials. 93K views 9 months ago #JoshGroban #RachelBrosnahan #BillyJoel Rachel Brosnahan (executive producer and voice of Miranda Grosvenor, aka Whitney Walton) and Josh Groban (voice of Billy Joel). By page 25, sick and shaken, she is in her prison. 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