Cher's memoirs will be released in two volumes.

The cover

Why not? Julie Andrews did it! Cher certainly has had enough life for two volumes.

Of course it's that long. We need to find out what she wore on all occasions. That will take pages and pages.

Part One: “I was born in the wagon of a travelin’ show”

She already did her biography in the late 90's. It was cute, and it was centered around her "First times" doing things.

It’s dumb to have two books. Everyone will be interested in the first one where she met Sonny, had a couple of hits and then their main project became to make her a star, which they managed to do. Having outgrown Sonny’s controlling ways she divorces him. Her collaboration with Bob Mackie, her Time cover. her successful acting career with her winning an Oscar for Best Actress. That’s the end of the interesting part.

The second volume would just be “Then I cut this single, then I went to Japan for this concert . . .” I mean who really cares about the last 25-30 years which have been much of a muchness, with one “comeback” single every 10 years or so?

[quote]“a life too immense for only one book”.

Please. The greedy bitch just wants you to pay twice.

[quote] which have been much of a muchness,

Mary!

Is she going to try and convince the public Tommy Cruise is straight?

What about Geffen?

I deserve at least a chapter.

R10 you do, hon…

Gypsies, Trans, & Thieves

Streisand wanted two volumes for her memoir - she admitted 1.000+ pages in one book was too much for any reader. Her publisher told her no - it would be released as just one volume. They chopped out around 50 pages and released it just under 1,000 pages.

1 per century.

The chapter on "Suspect" alone DEMANDED a second volume.

And Streisand's sales were not good. The audiobook was pretty good with the musical inserts but so long. The physical book was intimidating. Her old fans could break a wrist trying to read it.

Vol 1 may sell for Cher as she'll likely do a book tour and lots of TV on both sides of the pond, unlike Babs, but Vol 2 won't sell.

I’m here for both volumes. I’d be here for more, in fact.

Chasity get out of that bush!

I'm looking forward to this memoir - Cher isn't afraid to talk shit about other celebrities.

The books will weigh more than her.

^Her what?

More than her ass in the Turn Back Time video, probably.

R12, I wouldn’t be interested unless the extra 50 pgs were from the 1960s.

I'd be interested in the Rob Camilletti years. She was maybe 40 and he was 22. Her son, Elijah, even said that he liked Rob. Cher said this was the happiest time of her life.

I’m curious. I’ve not read a whole lot of bio about her, never even seen a bio about her. I always like her though and I think she’s a great actress too.

Show-off.

WHET Rob Camilletti?

He was so sexy.

Barbra @R3, you stole A Star Is Born from me in the 1976, and now I will steal your thunder by releasing an autobiography that is actually successful, because people want to read it.

Also, I've had 50 times more plastic surgery than you, and I still nowhere near as grotesque as you do.

Cher was born in 1946, like me. We ushered in the Baby Boom, witnessed decades of dramatic social change, and made history. Naturally, our memoirs encompass two hefty volumes. OK, non-Boomer?

How many young junior high school boys will Pedo Cher admit to sleeping with?

[quote]Cher said this was the happiest time of her life.

He was a total stud. Anybody would've been thrilled to get pounded by his big Italian cock.

As someone who saw her on two different farewell tours, this comes as no surprise.

I hope she dishes on the tawdry, raunchy underside of doing voiceover work for the “Scooby Doo Mysteries”: the Scrappy Doo years.

I bought an autographed copy of her book 'The First Time' back in November, 1998, when she released it. She was touring the country signing books at the time, at Barnes and Noble. She came to RI and visited two locations - at the time, I couldn't make either signing, but she signed plenty of extra copies for the stores to sell (I got one the following day - they had stacks of them). I remember reading the book cover to cover and enjoyed what I read. However, today I can't recall one story she shared in that book.

Interesting that just as Barbra did for her memoir last year, Cher chose a B&W photo from the 1960s as her cover shot for her memoir. Was she inspired by Barbra or just copied her ?

Old and New Testaments

Will this be released in paperback in the magazine section at CVS?

[quote] “a life too immense for only one book”.

Yet Stephen Hawking managed to fit A Brief History of Time into about 250 pages.

Still, I guess Cher is older than Time.

R36 On Amazon, there is a paperback option for a much higher price than the hardcover - problem is you can't click on it for pre-order. Nor can you click on the eBook option for pre-order (audible isn't available).

R39, that’s usually the large print edition.

R34, no one cares about Babs, which is why her shitty memoir bombed.

Didn’t Cher admit once that she’s practically illiterate? This book will mostly be a talk into recorder type deal.

Cher isn't illiterate, she grew up with dyslexia.

Illiterate implies dumb and that is one thing Cher isn't.

Talking and writing are not the same thing.

[quote]Illiterate implies dumb and that is one thing Cher isn't.

Cher thought Mount Rushmore was a natural site.

Cher shows up in my shorts a lot, mostly clips of her interviews. I've grown to really like her.

If Chaz is an example of what Cher's long gestations produce, she may need four volumes.

She’ll be talking me me me, so Mt Rushmore won’t enter into it, R45.

I think me, me me is the point of an autobiography.

Idiot.

Did she write in on papyrus?

R43, dyslexia doesn’t go away. R49 called her an idiot.

There are some fantastic bios that were dictated. That book they used for Goodfellas, for instance. Miles Davis’ bio. I hope she talks about the music to, not just marriages and relationships.

[quote] Cher thought Mount Rushmore was a natural site.

Thar never happened. Sonny put out a book that he didn’t write and admitted that he made it up. Cher was furious with him.

It WAS a natural site until some assholes carved it up.

I used to not be a big fan of Cher's. But then she saved that elephant and she admitted that Madonna isn't a nice person, so I started liking her a lot more. Also, she's a better actor than musician, in my opinion.

What's a book?

The first volume of Julie’s memoir, birth to Broadway, is terrific. The second, which begins with her move from theater to film, is dull, dull, dull.

R53, yeah, I think it was Roslyn Kind who thought that.

I was molested by a gypsy.

She was a whore. Now, she's an old whore.

But no tramps or thieves, Lorna at R59?

Nope. But I have vague memories of a Dark Lady. I'm going in to memory regression therapy so I can work through it. I'm hoping they will help me turn back time and remember it. I believe it might help. While I work through this I hope you will all offer me your love and understanding.

I wonder if The View will be on her schedule to stop by and promote the book ? She hasn't been on there in a very long time - it would be a good interview.