Promoting her album with the Pet Shop Boys, the actor and singer was in a liberated mood when she granted the Observer an audience in Athens
June 2023
The funniest things on the internet
Etcetera Etcetera: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The Drag Race alum shares what makes her laugh online. Maybe it’s too camp – or just camp enough
April 2023
The rural network
Time is a traveller: the Tenterfield Saddler is up for sale
Building which inspired Peter Allen’s hit song is up for sale, amid calls for the government to step in and preserve it as a cultural destination
May 2022
Cabaret review – Liza Minnelli musical still divinely decadent and chillingly relevant
Minnelli brings the razzle dazzle to a Berlin determined to ignore the gathering storm in this cinematic masterpiece
April 2022
Liza Minnelli was ‘sabotaged’ at Oscars and ‘forced’ to appear in wheelchair, claims friend
Longtime collaborator Michael Feinstein has alleged that the manner of Minnelli’s appearance presenting best picture last month was largely against her wishes
March 2022
Ranked
Liza Minnelli’s 20 best films – ranked!
Her turn presenting best picture at the Oscars with Lady Gaga was a bit overshadowed, so ahead of the 50th anniversary of Cabaret, we give you the all-singing, all-dancing Minnelli Top 20
February 2022
Cabaret at 50: Bob Fosse’s show-stopping musical remains a dark marvel
Liza Minnelli gives a towering performance in a loose adaptation of the stage musical that broaches tough subject matter with deft ease
June 2021
From My Fair Lady to Grease 2: Guardian writers on their favourite movie musicals
To celebrate the release of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s upbeat musical In the Heights, Guardian writers have picked their favourite examples of the genre
December 2020
Cabaret's Joel Grey: 'Life is tough. But it's also beautiful'
From winning an Oscar to starring opposite Rock Hudson – and coming out at 82 – the theatre legend has done it all. But he came close to giving up acting to work on a hotdog stand
June 2019
The enduring legacy of 70s disco designer Halston
He created clothes for Bianca Jagger, Iman and Studio 54 regulars, and his collections predated modern minimal glamour. Now this Great Gatsby-like figure is the subject of a documentary
April 2019
Fosse/Verdon review – showbiz miniseries is stylish but scatterbrained
The new FX series, which boasts magnetic lead performances from Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams, has highs and lows like its subjects’ partnership
September 2018
Singled out: the Top 40 formats that fell by the wayside
Remember when a pop rookie and grandee would team up? Or when a soap star could call in Beyoncé to guest on their single? We pay tribute to the song types consigned to chart history
June 2018
Liza Minnelli: I do not approve of Renée Zellweger's Judy Garland biopic
Performer describes reports that she has bonded with the actor who will play her mother in Judy as ‘100% fiction’
February 2018
Liza Minnelli auctions Cabaret outfit in huge 'downsizing' sale
Singer sells more than 1,000 items belonging to herself and mother Judy Garland, including iconic bowler hat and 1971 Rolls Royce
February 2017
A brief history of the Oscars in viral moments they want you to forget
The shocks, the cockups, the stumbles … and anything involving John Travolta. We relive the moments everyone secretly hopes for
David Gest: from impresario to star of British reality TV
After divorcing Liza Minnelli, the former music promoter, who died aged 62, found his metier in the jungles, dining rooms and diary rooms of UK reality TV
David Gest, TV celebrity and producer, has died aged 62 – video report
The reality TV star and producer David Gest has died in London at the age of 62
David Gest, TV celebrity and producer, dies
Music producer who appeared in Celebrity Big Brother found dead in east London hotel at age of 62
February 2015
Jenna Russell: my life in five shows
Liza Minnelli singing Aznavour, Lia Williams doing Mamet and Eartha Kitt nailing a Sondheim classic … Jenna Russell picks some of the performances that shaped her own career
May 2014
The 10 best ...
The 10 best celebrity weddings
Will Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's big day match these glam slams? Michael Hogan chooses his favourite star-studded nuptials
