Kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo, igama elithi Moomba epitomised fin-de-siècle New York yasebusuku. It
yayiyindawo apho abadumileyo ngalo mzuzu, uLeonardo DiCaprio, wayehlala ebhiyozela udumo lwakhe lwasemva kwe-Titanic kumgangatho wesithathu we-V.I.P. igumbi;
indawo ekuhamba kuyo izinto ezihlebayo kwikholamu eboniswe phantse nayo
inyonga kwaye kwenzeka ukuba kuyinyani.
Kodwa akukho nanye kwezo zuko zangaphambili ezazibonakalisiwe kulomhlaba
Isaziso esibhaliweyo esidlalele i-
nabani na otsalele inombolo yefowuni ye-nightclub-yokutyela ngo-Epreli 22. Moomba
ngequbuliso kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo yavala iingcango zayo. Ukuba ubhukisho
ngomhla ozayo, siyaxolisa ngayo nayiphi na inkxamleko, latsho ilizwi lendoda
umatshini ngaphambi kokuba umgca ufile. Kwangolo suku lunye, into ethile kwikholamu yeNew York Post yekholamu yesithandathu enikiweyo
inkcazo encinci eyongezelelweyo, ngaphandle kokuba uqaphele ukuba indoda yangaphambili kaMoomba, uJeff
UGossett, waye wafudukela eLos Angeles ukuya kuvula isebe eWest Hollywood.
Isigqibo sikaMnumzana Gossett ngequbuliso samothusa kwaye sacaphukisa ngakumbi
kunendawo nje eshushu yaseNew York yesiqhelo kunye nabasebenzi bayo (ngubani, a
Umthombo osondele kule meko uthe, bazisiwe ngokuvalwa kwe-20 ka-Epreli
kwaye abaniki ntlawulo yokuqhawula inkonzo). Inani labatyali mali kwiklabhu yasebusuku, eyayikhona
ebekwe kwiSeventh Avenue South phakathi kweCharles kunye neWest 10 Street, uxelele uThe
I-Transom yokuba uMnu Gossett akazange abazise ukuba uyayivala loo ndawo.
Omnye wabo batyalomali, uChris Barish oneminyaka engama-27, unyana ka
Umvelisi wemovie (kunye nomtyali mali kaMoomba) uKeith Barish kunye nomnini wedolophu
Ukukhanya kwelounge, uxelele iTransom: Ndothuka kakhulu, njengomtyali mali wokuqala
eMoomba, ukufunda ngokuvalwa kwePhepha lesiThandathu. Kuyinto engaqhelekanga ukuba ungayixeleli eyakho
abatyali mali ukuba uvala, kodwa ndiqinisekile ukuba uJeff unezizathu zakhe.
UMnumzana Gossett akazange abuyise iminxeba, kodwa kaMoomba
uLizzie Grubman, uthe uMnu Gossett wathumela ileta kuye ngamnye kubo
abatyali mali ngo-Epreli 20, bebhengeza ukuba iklabhu izakuvalwa oku kulandelayo
busuku.
Ubuncinci umtyali mali omnye uyifumene le ngxelo inomsindo. Njani
isihogo singasifumana ngoMgqibelo? ibango lomtyali mali. Yiyo leyo
Inkunzi!
Ukongeza kwii-Barishes, oonemali baseMoomba, ngubani ngamnye
ukubeka phakathi kwe- $ 25,000 kunye ne- $ 100,000, kubandakanya umlawuli u-Oliver Stone, umthengisi wobugcisa
ULarry Gagosian kunye nomlingisi uLaurence Fishburne. Umncedisi kaMnu Stone watsho
umlawuli akazange afumanise malunga nokuvalwa kweMoomba New York de kube liThe
U-Transom wambiza nge-23 ka-Epreli efuna uluvo. Okumangalisayo kukuba, uMnu. Stone
kunye noTom Hanks kunye noElizabeth Hurley, bazimase ukuvulwa kosaziwayo abadumileyo
isebe le-L.A. laseMoomba ngo-Epreli 1. (Isithethi sikaMnu.Fishburne sithe
Umdlali weqonga ebekhona kwaye akafumanekanga ukunika izimvo.)
Ngeli xesha, uChris Barish uthe utata wakhe kunye noMnu.
UGagosian babengazi ngokuvalwa kukaMoomba xa babesitya kunye kuMnu.
I-Gagosian's East Hampton estate ngo-Epreli 21. (Umthombo osondeleyo kuMnu Gagosian
Uthe utyalomali phakathi kwe- $ 25,000 kunye ne-50, 000 yeedola,
Amaqhashu.)
Omnye umtyalomali, othethileyo
kwimeko yokungachazwa, wathi wayecaphuka ngakumbi kukushiywa kwakhe
ubumnyama ekuvalweni kweklabhu kunakwikamva lotyalo-mali lwakhe.
UMoomba ebengenzi mali, utshilo umtyali mali. Iyonke
malunga ne-5 yezigidi zeedola kunyaka wokuqala, kwaye ngaphandle kwayo [inetha] kuphela i-400,000 yeedola. Njengoko
Isigqibo sikaMnumzana Gossett sokuvala iklabhu ngaphandle kokubonisana nenye yakhe
abatyali mali, umtyalomali wathi: Ngeyona ndlela, usisiyatha; ngeyona ndlela, ulisela. (Nksk.
UGrubman uthe akangekhe afike kuMnumzana Gossett ukuba aphawule ngeli nqaku.)
Umnumzana Gossett, oneminyaka engama-31, akanguye owaziwayo kwimpikiswano. Ngo-1996, yena
Utyholwa ngamaqabane akhe angaphambili kwi-Spy Bar ngezityholo zokophula ikhontrakthi yakhe
njengomkhuthazi, umnini wenxalenye kunye nomninimzi kwiklabhu yasebusuku yaseSoho engasasebenziyo ngoku. Isuti
yagqitywa ngaphandle kwenkundla kwiinyanga ezintandathu kamva.
Ngobusuku bokugqibela be-Moomba eNew York, uMnu.
U-Gossett wayexhonywe kwi- $ 3 yezigidi ezitsha ze-Moomba e-LA, ehamba noRod
UStewart kunye namalungu ebhendi iSugar Ray. Kodwa omnye umtyali mali wabaleka wangena kuye
Apho wathi uMnu Gossett khange athethe nelimdaka malunga nolwazelelo loNxweme oluseMpuma
indawo. Ndamangaliswa kukuva malunga nokuvalwa, kuba ndabaleka ndaya kuJeff
UGossett eMoomba L.A. kule mpelaveki kwaye khange athethe nto ngayo,
Uthe umtyalomali, Gerrity Lansing, 28,
Umlingane ophetheyo kwishishini lokuthengisa esitokhwe iMadison Trading. Wenza
iqhelekile ngokupheleleyo. Uthe 'Molo, ndiyavuya ukukubona.'
UMnu Lansing wafumanisa malunga nokuvalwa kweklabhu yaseNew York
ngobusuku bangeCawa obuvela kumhlobo owayekwangumnali mali. Sobabini sasingenile
Umothuko opheleleyo, utshilo uMnu Lansing. Khange ndiyilindele le yenzekayo. Yayingu
ndineentloni zokukuva komnye umntu.
UAndy Russell, ongusomashishini oneminyaka engama-29 ubudala, omdala kunaye
umninawa, uChris, umlondolozi, kunye neqela labatyali zimali abangama-65
Ipesenti yeMoomba xa ivulwa, kodwa ithengise uninzi lwazo ngoDisemba
1999. Bonke abatyali mali bethu abaphuma nathi benza imali, utshilo u-Andy Russell.
(NgokukaChris Russell, bonke abatyali mali abathengise izinto abanomdla kuzo
ngoDisemba ka-1999 babuyise imali yabo yoqobo kunye neepesenti ezingama-20.)
Ukusukela ngo-Epreli 23, nangona kunjalo, uMnu
elinde umnxeba ovela kuMnumzana Gossett malunga nesiphelo sepesenti yakhe eseleyo
isibonda eMoomba.
Ngaphandle kokumangaliswa yindlela uMnu Gossett ayiphatha ngayo iMoomba
Ukufa, uChris Russell wathi: Ndicinga ukuba abantu babone umbhalo oseludongeni. A
Kunyaka onesiqingatha eyadlulayo, xa abazalwana bakaRussell babethengisa iziteki zabo, kwakunguMoomba
isencotsheni yentaba, utshilo uChris Russell. Kodwa nangona yomelele
Ukubekwa kwento yinkampani kaNks. Grubman, i-buzz edolophini yileyo kaMoomba-eyayinayo
ivulwe ngoNovemba 1, 1997-yayiqale yayo
Inzala.
Ngo-Epreli 1998, inkulumbuso yamantombazana amabini kaJames Toback kunye noGuy bafumana uWarren Beatty
Ukwabelana ngendlwana kunye noMnu. DiCaprio kunye noMadonna, owayedlala i-shiner
ngoncedo lwe, wathi, intombi yakhe uLourdes. Kodwa emva kwenyanga, Mnu. Gossett
uphakamise amashiya xa ethumela amakhadi eshishini amnika ubugeza
isihloko soMthunywa kunye nenombolo yabucala yokubhuka.
Ngokumalunga noMnu. DiCaprio, umthombo osondeleyo kumdlali weqonga uthe
khange abekhona kule ndawo okoko wemka waya e-Roma ngo-Septemba ukuya kwenza ifilimu uMartin
I-Scorsese’s Imigulukudu yaseNew York.
Kodwa, uChris Russell wavuma,
mhlawumbi ingqalelo enkulu kakhulu ihlawulwe kubantu abadumileyo. Kukho kuphela
Abantu abaninzi abaphezulu kuluhlu olukwisiXeko saseNew York, utshilo. Awungekhe ubaleke
Ukutya ishishini kuLeonardo noMadonna.
Ngelixa iveki iphela iye yabetha kakhulu okanye yaphoswa,
karaoke-themed ngoMvulo ebusuku, ezazisingathwe nguDJ. USamantha Ronson,
yahlala yeyona drawot enkulu yasebusuku, itsala ababonisi abanjengo
umyili Shoshanna Lonstein; Iindawo zentlalontle ezincinci uCasey Johnson kunye noHilton
oodade; iimodeli uFrankie Rayder, uJames King, uCarmen Kass kwaye, ngamanye amaxesha,
UGisele Bundchen; ihip-hopsters uSean Combs kunye noDamon Dash; nabanye. Kodwa ezinye
Rhoqo bathi nkqu nobo busuku baqala ukuphulukana nomphunga.
Ukusukela nge-23 ka-Epreli, u-Nks. Ronson ebengekava kuMnu. Gossett,
nangona wayenayo i-DJ, mahhala, ngo-Epreli 21 kwisihlwele esasimahla. Nksk.
UJohnson uxelele iTransom ukuba wafika ngo-1 kusasa kwaye wemka ngo-1: 15.
UJeff akazange akhankanye
U-Nksz. Ronson uthe. Wayephazamiseka ngokucacileyo. Andiqondi ukuba akukho mntu waziyo.
Abona bantu babemangaliswe kakhulu yayingabahlobo beebhasi kunye nabathengi
ndineeyure ezingama-24 zokufumana umsebenzi omtsha.
Ngenjikalanga ka-Epreli 21, uNks. Ronson uthathe isigqibo sokufuduka
Iqela lakhe lekaraoke ukuya kwi-Suite 16, ibha entsha kwisitalato se-16 nakwindlela yesibhozo. Ngu
Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesithathu kuAprili, kwakuprintwa izimemo ezintsha kunye ne-imeyile entsha yepati
Indawo yayithunyelwa ku-Nks.Ronson rhoqo. Uye wangenisa i-
oweta kunye nomatshini karaoke kaMoomba. Umnumzana Gossett wayengekho kwindawo yoqhankqalazo.
Cinezela oonondaba
Ndikunye noBilly Crystal
NgoMvulo, nge-23 ka-Epreli, ukuboniswa kwefilimu ka-Billy Crystal ye-HBO,
61 *, yayingeyondawo ifudumeleyo ukuba ibekhona
yamalungu eLifa lesine. Umboniso bhanyabhanya, obonisa ingxelo ngo-1961
phakathi kweYankees Roger Maris kunye noMickey Mantle ukwaphula iBabe Ruth
irekhodi eliqhutywa ekhaya lonyaka omnye, sisityholo esitshisayo seendaba, esola
ababhali bezemidlalo-okanye abancancisi begazi-hayi kuphela ekwenzeni ukhuphiswano kwaye
ukudala ukungavisisani phakathi kwabadlali beqela, kodwa kunye nokuchasana nomlandeli kuMaris,
Ukudumba kweMantle, iingxaki zempilo kunye nobuthathaka bomntu, kwaye (sicinga) ngo-1961
INkanyamba uEsther.
Njengokuhluzwa kukhutshwa ngaphandle kwiiCinema zeChelsea, wonke umntu
Ukuthwala incwadana yokubhala okanye ukurekhoda kwiteyiphu kujongeka kukudana. Ngwevu uMnu.
UCrystal, ephelekwa ngumfazi wakhe, uJanice, kunye nentombi yakhe, uJenny, bathetha krwada
kunye neentatheli. Umbhali waseNew York Post
Ufumene ubunzima: Xelela uPhil Mushnick ukuba ayipholise, utshilo umhlekisi,
ebhekisa kumlobi weposti othi,
Kwikholamu yakhe ka-Epreli 20 Izibane! Ikhamera! Intsomi ?, ubuze ubunyani benkcazo engama-61.
Imowudi yempindezelo eqhutywa kwitheko lasemva komtshato e
Izikrweqe zetrato ezingama-26. Xa kungekho namnye ngaphandle kuka Yogi Berra wakhomba umntwana
ukungachaneki kwifilimu, Mnumzana uCrystal wenza iziqingatha zokuqhula, Ukuba amaphephandaba akubuza malunga
yiyo, yithi uyayikhumbula ngendlela eyayiyiyo kumdlalo bhanyabhanya.
Kamva ngobo busuku, uJenny Crystal Foley, owayedlala uRoger
Umfazi kaMaris Pat kwifilimu, ucofe u-Nks Maris wokwenene egxalabeni ngelixa
ebethetha nentatheli. Umhlolokazi ophethe irekhodi wajika wamamkela
Iscreen siguqule i-ego kwaye ndihlebezele indlebe kaNks Foley: Enkosi. Mna
andazi ukuba mandithini kulo mfo phofu. Undibuza zonke ezi
imibuzo.
Nokuba ucinezele-savvy wesibini u-baseman u-Chuck Knoblauch, ophawulwe ngu
Iqela le-HBO lodliwanondlebe, kwabonakala ngathi lakhululeka xa evunyelwa ukuba abuyele
ukudubula umoya kunye neYankees kunye noClay Bellinger. Yayiyintoni leyo, iMizuzu engama-60? Ubuze omnye wakhe
amaqabane. UFuckin ’A! Bathe kuya kuthatha imizuzwana engama-30 kuphela! UMnu Knoblauch
Wancwina.
Ubukho bukaMnu Knoblauch
Uncede ukwenza i-fête ibe yinkampu ye-baseball emnandi. Kunye noogxa
UDerek Jeter, uLuis Sojo, Mnu.Bellinger kunye nomphathi uJoe Torre, indawo yayikuyo
epakishwe ngamagqala amabhombu uYogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Bob Cerv noJoe
U-Pepitone-ngubani, eneiglasi zakhe ezimnyama, wayenokuthi ngempazamo abe lilungu le
Elinye iqela elidityanisiweyo, iSopranos cast. Ibhanti engapheliyo
Ukuhamba kweemvumi zeTV kwakukhona, bejonga, njengamaxesha onke, ngokungathi banazo
kumnandi ngakumbi kunaye nabani na eNew York.
Kwaye kukho ii
abalandeli, njengoSodolophu uGiuliani. I-Transom yalatha kwisantya sokulinganisa isantya kwaye
ikhompyuter ebetha ikheji ngaphambili kwiholo yesidlo kwaye yabuza ukuba ingaba
angazama ibhola yakhe ekhawulezayo. Ndingumbambi, hayi umphanda, uSodolophu
waphendula. Ke angayijika ilulwane? Ewe ndingayenza loo nto, watsho
ngokungafaniyo. Ndikhe ndatshayisa ibala elihamba iikhilomitha ezingama-91 ngeyure.
Umnumzana Giuliani kunye neqabane lakhe, uJudith Nathan, baphoswa
Uvavanyo lwe-61 *, kwaye kwabonakala okubini
kunzima ukuthetha noMnu Crystal de incoko yajika yaya
umdlalo ngokwawo. Ndifuna ngokwenene ukuyibona ifilimu, utshilo uMnu Giuliani, ndoyame
iyelenqe kunye nokubeka isandla egxalabeni lika Mnumzana Crystal. Ufuna ukwazi
ngoba? Nantsi yaqala ukusebeza: Kuba bendigxothela uMaris. Mr.
Amehlo kaCrystal avuleka ngokubanzi. Ngokwenene? Ubuze. Ngokwenene, utshilo uSodolophu. Kwaye
Ufuna ukwazi ukuba kutheni…?
USodolophu usungule
ibali elaqala ngo-1957. Ekhumbula iimvakalelo zakhe zobukhwenkwe malunga nemidlalo yakhe
amaqhawe, uMnu Giuliani walingisa abadlali, batyibilika kwilizwi lomvakalisi kwaye
Baqhwaba izandla bekhumbula inzondelelo yakhe. Nje ukuba afike kuvuthondaba lwebali,
eya kuthi ikhanyise ngokuzinikela kwakhe okungaqhelekanga kuMaris, uMks.
UNathan wangqiyama kwaye wabuza uMnu. Crystal, Ke, ngaba ungumlandeli wobomi beYankees?
- UIan Blecher kunye
URebecca Traister
Uthando olutsha lukaMizrahi
Phakathi kwamantongomane enja enza imeko kwiGreat American
UMutt Show ePier 92 nge-Epreli 21 yayingu-Isaac Mizrahi, owayeneminyaka engama-39 ubudala
umyili, obesandula ukugqiba ukugweba eyona Lapdog ngaphezulu kwama-50 eepawundi. Kwakhe
Ukuncokola iinyawo eziphakamileyo zazilala kancinci.
Ndadibana noHarry kwaye ndakholelwa nje ukuba ndiyamdinga ebomini bam, akunjalo? Kuba wayengu
encinci encinci, waye wandidlala ngokwenyani, kakuhle, utshilo uMnu. Mizrahi
collie umxube awamkele ngo-Novemba ophelileyo, isiphumo esithe ngqo sobukho
Ingxaki eziswe kukuphela komboniso wendoda enye, uLes MIZrahi. Ndicinga ukuba amadoda anomdla kakhulu ahlala engakhathalelwanga
mna. Ke ukusukela apho, yayiyinto yothando epheleleyo le. Yonke into
ayinamsebenzi. Ukuba akaziphathi kakuhle, ndicinga ukuba kuyahlekisa.
Ngaba kukho isifundo esinokufundwa kwimfu?
Uyasazi sonke isifundo malunga nokuba awukwazi ukulawula [izinto]?
Kuyafana, ukuba inombolo yakho inyukile, inombolo yakho inyukile. Kungenxa yoko le nto ndafumana uHarry,
kuba bendicinga, ‘Kulungile, kuthekani ukuba ndifana noyena mnini mibi wezinja ehlabathini?
Kungcono kunokuba ubulawe! '
Emva kwexesha, njengoko uMnu.Mizrahi noHarry bezama ukungena ngasemva
Ikhabhathi, umqhubi, engazi, wazimela. Kwakukho ukukhala. Nangona kunjalo
iphantse yaphazanyiswa, inani likaHarry belingekafiki.
-George Gurley
