Thursday, February 19, 2004
GEST WHO?
Jaw dropper of the day (IMDb Celebrity News):Liza Minnelli's estranged husband David Gest is reportedly planning to tie the knot with Motown legend Diana Ross. According to American magazine Us Weekly, the concert producer is engaged to convicted drunk driver Ross, who was sentenced to two days imprisonment earlier this month. Us Weekly editor Janice Min says, "Sources close to us have said it could be Diana Ross." Gest, 49, and Minnelli, 57, are currently in the throes of a vicious divorce battle and are suing each other for millions of dollars. Gest claims his wife, whom he married in a flamboyant, stat-studded ceremony in March 2002, assaulted him during a violent outburst leaving him to have over 80 shots in his head to "deaden his nerves." Meanwhile Cabaret legend Minnelli claims Gest stole money from her and sold off her possession on the internet. Earlier this month Gest told American TV presenter Stone Phillips he was ready to marry again. Phillips says, "He expects to marry again within the next two years. He wouldn't tell us her name, but did say his new love, like Minnelli, is a well-known showbiz personality." Recent reports suggest Gest and Ross found love when he was comforting the 59-year-old soul singer, following her arrest for drink driving in Tucson, Arizona in 2002.