|
|
|
|
Cherish David Cassidy
News Links
updated on : April 19, 2008
|
Aug 28, 2008 - A Partridge kind of Scene : From the Give-R, it was over to Casino Nova Scotia to see David Cassidy. Picture a room full of women reliving the heyday of when David Cassidy was a teen heartthrob and Partridge Family member. He wore a tartan that Karen Williams and Susan Hartig presented to him before the show. July 25, 2008 - David on Oprah, TV3 New Zealand at 2pm. April 19, 08 - David will perform a free concert on June 21st in Boston. Feb 22nd, 2008 - Cassidy still seems to think he's the star by Janet Stewart, regarding his concert in Winnepeg. Oh dear! Feb 14th, 2008 -
Sept 2nd, 2007 - My Night with David Cassidy Sunday Herald, New Zealand
The Night Lou Met David - ON HER 40th birthday Louise Wallace announced: "I have only ever loved one man." Only, she wasn't talking about her devoted hubby Scott, but David Cassidy from The Partridge Family. From the age of 13, Wallace has been in love with Cassidy. She says it was the shaggy hair, the blue eyes, the sweet smile. Think teenage girl lust. Well, obsession, really. She still has the original poster of Cassidy from those cheesy sitcom days. Fast forward 30 years to last Tuesday night. Wallace and her girly mates arrived at the TVNZ studio to support their friend Julie Christie and her new telly show 'Whatever Happened to..' that stars Paul Holmes. It's a where-they-are-now kind of show. On Tuesday they filmed the episode 'Whatever happened to David Cassidy?' Christie invited Wallace to the screening. We hear she had to file into line behind a pushy Suzanne Paul who shoved Mary Lambie out of the way so she could sit front row. Wallace didn't have to use such tactics. Her front-row seat was already allocated. She didn't know but Christie had stitched her up. Even Cassidy was in on the joke. During the taping of the episode, Holmes announced: "Now David, there's someone in the audience who has always been in love with you." A wide-eyed Wallace recounted to Spy: "Omigod all of a sudden David got up out of his chair and walked straight over to me. He leaned in so close, I thought he was going to kiss me! It was so embarrassing." But secretly exciting, we suspect. Let's not forget the woman had a whopper crush. As he leaned in, Cassidy played along with his lifetime fan and put his Hilton Hotel key-card down her blouse. Only Wallace remembers he lingered longer than he should have. "He copped a feel as he put his hotel key down my top!" she laughs. A lot of women wouldn't complain about that. That's the problem for Cassidy, apparently. After the taping, Christie and co invited the '70s supestar to join them for dinner at the Viaduct. He declined, saying something about drunk women often approach him and declare their childhood love. He's sick of it. He reportedly takes it to mean they don't love him for the star he is now. It's an insight into ageing celebrities. But what about starving celebrities? Cassidy chose to flag dinner at the eatery to go back to the Hilton (he was checked in under the name David Shaw). Only he didn't return hungry. An inside source at TVNZ said Cassidy quietly left the network's green room with food in a napkin. perhaps he didn't want to fork out for room service. Behind the Lens - David Cassidy Listen to Annie Lebovitz talking about David doing the cover of the May 11, 1972 issue of The Rolling Stone. Forever and a day Sunday Star Times | Sunday, 9 September 2007 Whatever happens to... former teen heart-throbs? Paul Little meets with David Cassidy to find out.
He plans his entrance. What he would like to do is jump on to the lap of one of the three fans who will be meeting their idol live on the show that night. He tells Holmes that if his answers go on too long during recording the host should just give him a firm nod and he'll wind up. Cassidy answers all the rehearsal questions at length, and it's clear that what he most likes talking about is his father. With men, it's nearly always about their fathers, and David Cassidy is no exception. "My father was probably the best theatrical actor," he tells me later, with more loyalty than accuracy. Jack Cassidy, divorced early from David's mother, actress Evelyn Ward, seldom saw his son, let alone had what could be called a relationship with him. So naturally David tried to get his attention and affection by emulating him. Trouble was, he became a bigger star than his father could ever be, and Jack found that very hard to take. "I was doing it for him so much," says Cassidy of his career. "But I didn't know the severity of his illness, of his being bipolar. We didn't have medication for that. My father would be alive today if we had. Half the United States is on it now." David Cassidy is in Auckland for two nights, playing the role of former teen heart-throb. However, if you passed him in the street you wouldn't look at him twice. He's not tall, and the way he is dressed doesn't ask for attention, although later, recording the show, one too many shirt buttons is undone. Without Keith Partridge's mullety hair, the face has lost the soft androgyny that made him such an unthreatening object of affection for pubescent girls and their watchful mums. He may be nearly 60, but the skin is unlined, if a little tight. It's tempting to ask what his grooming routine is, but there are only so many hours in a day. He favours anyone he's speaking to with his full attention and it's in those eyes and the occasional flash of brilliant smile that Keith can be seen beneath the surface. Last weekend he played to 16,000 people in Indianapolis. There's a new CD in November, the updated autobiography, Could It Be Forever: My Story, is out, and right now "I'm on my way to LA, where my brothers and I are producing a pilot for a network TV show." The Partridge Family Rest Home? There's the obligatory coyness about details. "It's nothing to do with legality. It's just superstition. But we're going to produce it together, and one of my brothers and I are gonna be in it. My brother Patrick and my brother Sean and I have a very funny idea." He's looking forward to having some fun with his image "anything I can do to take the piss out of myself". These days Cassidy is used to getting "Would you sign this for my grandmother?" autograph requests. From 1970 to 1974, thanks to the family-forms-a-band sitcom The Partridge Family and his solo career, he was the biggest teen idol ever, if measured in terms of tears, screams and God knows what other physiological reactions his presence generated. "There was no video then, no DVD, no internet, and there were just three television networks. In those days unless you were sitting in front of the TV set, you missed it. It was all much more potent. With television, being on the cover of all these magazines and being on the radio, you could gather the world in with not much. Now we live in an age of immediacy. We devour things. We can watch an artist over and over on DVD." The stresses that go with such fame are the stuff of 1000 showbiz sob stories, but none the less true for that. "It made me an incredibly successful young guy, and I never cursed it, even though it robbed me of my own identity. I touched millions of people." He made millions too, though not for David Cassidy. Showbiz sob story no2 star finds himself broke at 25. He was paid a salary for the TV show and didn't own the face that sold millions of magazines and pieces of merchandise. Why is this story repeated over and over again? "I'll tell you why," volunteers the victim. "In my case, I trusted people. I was 19 when it began. I had no business education. I had virtually no education. I was working 18 hours a day, seven days a week. I never went to the bank. I trusted the people who'd been around my father and stepmother (Partridge co-star Shirley Jones) and manager. All of us got robbed, but I was making 10 or 100 times more than everybody else, so I was the big loser." It only came to light when Cassidy pulled back on work and the money to cover the fraud stopped rolling in. "It was really very shocking. And sometimes I bless it. Because I think if I had continued to be the kind of wealthy I should be now, it would be what I call `stupid rich'. "I'm just a well-off guy because I work really hard. I've worked on so many projects and every night gone out and reminded myself of what it was like when I couldn't get a job." He's pulling back on the work now, looking for "balance, being a father, family man, person who isn't just driven" at 57, trying to be a good father to 16-year-old Beau, whose mother, Sue Shifrin, has been his wife for 17 years. He also has a daughter. Katie, 20, from a relationship that doesn't get talked about, is establishing herself as an actress. Given his experience with his own father, how does he feel about his children becoming performers? "I'm good about it. Now." Whatever Happened To... , TV One, Tuesday, 8.30pm. David Cassidy appears September 18. Sept 6, 2007 - Whatever Happened to...? New Zealand TV One's publicity page : "Where are the girls who swooned at the appearance of the Bay City Rollers or David Cassidy when they visited us on their world tours? What did they go through to be close to their favourite international stars? Who was that person, where are they now?" Using a blend of archival footage and studio interviews, the show will be an engaging mix of interviews and stories about entertainers and their fans; news events that stopped the country; international events that shaped the world; the TV stars and shows that obsessed Kiwis; sporting moments; and some surprise reunions. Show starts on Tuesday, 11th Sept 07, TV1 at 8.30pm. Sept 5, 2007 - From Metro gossip watch : Highlights Naughty old DAVID CASSIDY! The once famous singer-cum-actor was in town for PAUL HOLMES' new (possibly sad) little show Whatever Happened To..? (insert Holmes joke here). The show is produced by JULIE CHRISTIE and, in a not terribly cunning stunt, Christie organised for her mate LOUISE WALLACE to be at the show's taping because oh dear, oh dear Wallace had teenage hots for the once pretty-boy Cassidy. The wheeze was that, during the filming, Holmes told Cassidy of a big fan in the audience. Cue Cassidy leaving the stage to give Wallace the cuddle she'd always (allegedly) wanted. However, it seems she got a little more: He copped a feel as he put his hotel key down my top, Wallace claimed with a laugh. Oh dear again! Sept 1, 2007 - New Holmes Show Will Call Up Memories : Were you in the front row for '70s heart throb David Cassidy's voyage downunder? Those who can claim a "once-in-a-lifetime meeting with a big star", or were screaming from the front row of a significant cultural event in our nation's history, will be the stars of TVNZ's latest light-entertainment offering. The show, Whatever happened to ... ?, hits screens on September 11. It's a show about the big events, and how they affected the people dragged into them, and where those people are now. "In the studio, Paul Holmes interviews the people who were there at key moments and events, to winnow out the human Kiwi experience of national and international events,and finds out what those people are doing now." August 2007 - David Cassidy at State Fair - Podcast David Cassidy: ''Part II: The Remix'' July 12, 2007 - C'mon,get happy with an older, wiser David Cassidy at Arcada Friday : Survival comes from inside you, so whoever you are will eventually determine your ability to cope and come out of every situation a better person. I have tremendous respect for the art of music, acting, performing. I was never in it for the money or the fame; it was always about being the best I could be and the craft. I don't know (if) that's true of many younger people today who have reached stardom. Many are stars because they have become celebrities, they are not celebrities because they are stars. July 11, 2007 - Come On Get Happy, an interview prior to the Arcada Theatre, St Charles concert on July 6th. July 7, 2007 - David Cassidy finds fans in St. Charles : all about fans who went to see David at Arcada Theatre in St Charles ... Autumn Bonner, 41, and her sister Penny Postel, 35, made the five-hour drive from Waterloo to catch the concert. July 7, 2007 - Just Asking: A conversation with pop singer David Cassidy - There also seems to be a lot of interest in your life. Is it fun telling people your story?
June 15, 2007 - The return of Keith Partridge...er, David Cassidy : A review of David's concert at Tachi Palace in Lemoore. June 7, 2007 -
May 13, 2007 - David made it to New Zealand but only in print. Could It Be Forever? David Cassidy : One of the strengths of this book as an autobiography are the comments, interspersed throughout, from others who were there - Shirley Jones, the rest of the Cassidy clan, magazine editors, friends, contemporaries. This gives a depth and credibility to what could otherwise be just another "fame is hard" cautionary celebrity tale. May 4, 2007 - Pre-order a David Cassidy calendar for 2008 April 29, 2007 - Former teen idol creates new balance at 57 : The real David Cassidy story, then, is not the fate of that kid with lots (and lots) of hair but the rediscovery of a clutch of songs that took over the airwaves on their own terms and deserve to be heard again. The real Partridge Family was a careful hybrid of Cassidy's creamy voice, some of America's top free-lance songwriters (Gerry Goffin, Rupert Holmes, Tony Romeo) and the tight studio craftsmanship of pros such as uber-drummer Hal Blaine and guitarist Louie Shelton. The glue was a producer/svengali named Wes Farrell. April 22, 2007 - Once in a Lifetime @ MEN Arena : A packed house welcomed the chart topping giants of the decade and it was David Cassidy and David Essex who made notable impressions ....As '70s heart throbs go, few were as voraciously adored as David Cassidy, and doesn't he just know it. Striding on stage and shaking his hips like a man on a mission to cause a thousand heart attacks it all becomes a little too much. In between laying on trowel-thick complements to the crowd and a couple of dodgy guitar solos, Cassidy proves he can still deliver the goods with classics like Daydreamer. April 19, 2007 - Review : Rewind : A brief review of the concert in Cardiff. By the time heart-throb David Cassidy came on, fans were ecstatic. He still has stunning good looks for a man of 57, and his voice was outstanding. His charm and talent shone, turning the audience into a sea of swooning women with the men sat firmly in their seats. 'Remix' stitches Cassidy's songs in new patterns : "It was like taking the material from an old suit, then ripping it up and putting it back every possible different way. Yeah, it's all the same material, but it doesn't look anything like the suit." Photos of David at the booksigning, Whitestones, London. March 19, 2007 - David Cassidy's Book Bombshell : And after everything that has happened to him over the years, David tells us that he has found his own serenity: "For the last 25, 30 years I've been a healthy eater -- it's just waking up in the morning and feeling I really am glad I'm here, glad to be alive." Mar 24, 2007 - Still A Daydreamer : Publicizing David's "Could It Be Forever" autobiography. He was, he insists, as he energetically attacks his smoked chicken and mozzarella baguette, "always into older women, not underage girls". "I even married an older woman," he says, with a puckish grin.....He has a 20-year-old actress daughter, Katie, from a previous relationship. Her mother, the actress-model Shirley Benedon, refused to let Cassidy see Katie for the first 12 years of her life, although he's always supported her financially. "It broke my heart that I wasn't able to see her," he murmurs. ...... He's a contented man, he insists, although he worries about his octogenarian mother, who is very sick, suffering from dementia. "It's a horrible disease, tragic to see," he says. "I support her, take care of her and see her as often as I can. Immediately I fly home, I'll go to see her in the care home she's in on the West Coast. My heart breaks daily for her - she's been very, very important to my life. Now, I'm the only person she recognises. I wanted her to come and live with us, but she's far too frail."
Mar 15, 2007 - How Suite It Is : article by By Mark Wyckoff. It was November and Cassidy was at the Mohegan producing, directing and starring in his ring-a-ding revue "The Rat Pack is Back!" Craig J was there because time was running out to finish recording Cassidy's vocals for "Part. II The Remix." The CD, a pop-dance hybrid in which Craig J gives Cassidy's '70s hits a club-conscious sonic makeover, was coming out Feb. 25 as part of retail giant Target's new Spotlight Series on the 180 Music label. To make that release date, Craig J arrived at Cassidy's Mohegan doorstep with a duffel bag and a messenger bag. Cassidy, used to recording in high-tech rooms at Capitol and RCA, was understandably wary as he watched Craig J quickly convert his suite into a recording studio.....Over the next six days, the pair recorded the CD's final five vocals, with Cassidy singing to instrumental tracks recorded in September in Hollywood with Calabasas producer Peter Bunetta Those backing tracks, which mirrored the original '70s arrangements, were jettisoned when Craig J began the remix process. ...."If I had the budget, I'd record David singing live with a big band and then I'd press that onto vinyl so it sounds like an old record," Craig J said. "Then I'd take that and drop it into my world, adding lots of club beats and filters. That would be fierce." Mar 9, 2007 -I feel robbed, I feel duped : When the shouted goodbyes of departing customers disturb the afternoon serenity of the hotel cocktail bar, he stops talking and looks at them, appalled. "Are they not conscious of themselves?" he says, tensing. "God, I hate people in my face like that. I mean, back off. Go away. Go into the next room and close the door." .....My own personal space is very protected. I don't allow people in....Like the old pro he is, he is also wearing make-up for his photographs; a cladding of foundation, plus mascara on his upper lashes, which also look as if they have been curled. When he was 29, he had an operation to remove the fat from the bags under his eyes, but since then, he says, nothing. "Not even Botox. If you look real close, I have a lotta lines. Go on, have a feel," he says, removing his glasses so I can pat his sticky cheeks. Doing this, I notice that in profile, with his lipless smile and receding hairline, he looks more like a tanned tortoise than a former pop star. It is not polite to mention this, of course. Instead, I tell him he looks like a cross between Bono and the actor Ray Liotta which, oddly enough, he does.....Therapy was his saviour, even if one sometimes wonders if he will ever be able to truly relax on the sunlit uplands. "Fifteen years on the couch helped. Woow! I have done so many different approaches to how to peel the onion; different types of analysis and self-examination. Even Reikian breathing technique. I mean, my God. Pant, pant, pant, pant, woof, woof. Like a dog. I did some weird things once or twice, but I never got into primal screaming like my friend John Lennon did," he says, in what must be the most delicious namedrop of the century. Lennon, says Cassidy, was really into transcendental meditation but felt that "the Maharaji was bullshit, he saw through all that but thought the TM technique worked.".....Cassidy hates it, he says, when something he has "personalised" ends up on eBay. March 7, 2007 - David's book signing at Whitestones 2, UKand Part 1 March 6, 2007 - David on FOX news : promoting his new Remix Target CD and his autobiography "Could It Be Forever". Feb 28, 2007 - C'mon Get Gabby : Former teen idol David Cassidy is telling all in the U.K. The heartthrob who crooned for 'The Partridge Family' in the 1970s has written a no-holds-barred memoir that will be published in Great Britain next week but there's no U.S publisher. Feb 25, 2007 - The dark side of a teen idol: from CIBF Feb 25, 2007 - Part 2
Feb 26, 2007 - CASSIDY'S PAIN OVER LAST DAYS WITH HIS DAD : DAVID CASSIDY found out he had slept with the same woman as his father just months before his dad's sudden death. From David's autobiography, CIBF. Jan 30, 2007 - David Cassidy - The Reluctant Idol on The Biography Channel. |
||||
Page created on Wednesday, January 26, 2005; for personal record keeping purposes.
bravenet.com
David Cassidy arrives at the rehearsal with a choice of shirts for his performance on Paul Holmes' new talk show Whatever Happened To... ? The former Partridge Family star would prefer to wear the white but is happy to go with the blue if that makes things easier for the lighting people.
May 18, 2007 - 
Feb 25, 2007 -