Cher Rep: 'Cher Adores Michael Douglas' After Diss — SkimNews
Get the Culture newsletter
Daily culture — film, music, books, the trends and ideas worth your attention. Free.
- Cher answered Michael Douglas's viral diss through her representative, who told Entertainment Weekly that "Cher adores Michael Douglas."
- Michael Douglas said on "The Graham Norton Show" that Glenn Close "should have won" with "Fatal Attraction," noting it was, he believed, her fourth nomination; host Graham Norton replied "Oh wow" and Douglas shot back, "I know, that's what we all said!"
- Glenn Close told Douglas "Michael, be kind" as the studio audience laughed.
- Cher won best actress at the 60th Academy Awards in April 1988 for "Moonstruck," beating Close for "Fatal Attraction"; her earlier Oscar nod came in 1984 for supporting actress in "Silkwood."
- Michael Douglas won best actor the same night for "Wall Street," the sole nominee for his film.
- Moonstruck drew six nominations and took adapted screenplay and supporting actress (Olympia Dukakis) alongside Cher's win, while "Fatal Attraction" also had six nominations but went home empty-handed; both lost best picture to "The Last Emperor" and best director to Bernardo Bertolucci.
- Glenn Close entered the 1988 Oscars as a four-time nominee — three supporting nods for "The World According to Garp," "The Big Chill" and "The Natural" — and "Fatal Attraction" was her first best actress nomination; she has since earned four more nominations, no competitive win, and an honorary statue at the Governors Awards this month.
Why it matters: Douglas's stated case was that Close deserved the award, yet "Fatal Attraction" went 0-for-6 while Douglas himself won best actor for "Wall Street" that night. The timing adds bite: Close, still without a competitive Oscar, receives an honorary statue at the Governors Awards this month.
Ask SkimNews
