In The Tempest, Prospero uses magic as a means to an end. An odd look crossed Friesens face. He leaned over and asked Johnny Carson, Did you ever have anyone come up to you at 21 and say theyre a friend of mine? A look of recognition crossed Carsons face. It didnt matter to the young heir. unwanted thoughts about hurting yourself or others. I thought it was a really bonehead move on her part, Henry says. My story, he says, sinking into a desk chair and pouring himself a glass of 1989 Chteau Lafite-Rothschild, begins with a phone call.. Beatty finds the woman, rings the doorbell, and the woman comes out. We were going to hook up in Florida and of course that never took place, because that was never her intention. From this conclusion stems one of the main differences in the authors' presentation of obsession. As Clegg's prisoner, she is taken aback by Clegg's narrow-minded lack of appreciation for art, despite his love of collecting beautiful butterflies. Her voice and conversation style were reportedly so alluring that wealthy . Audible and the cast did a credible job telling the story from one phone call to another. Ill never forget the last scene. He sat beside her and took her hand. I couldnt begin to tell you the whole story. With her mellifluous, accentless voiceHenry thought she was British, others heard a hint of Manhattans Upper East SideMiranda Grosvenor was a silky phantom who told men she was beautiful and blonde, lived in the South, did some modeling, and looked after her fabulously wealthy father in New York City. In retrospect Perry realizes she had done considerable research on him. One of Hollywoods most glamorous and alluring stories of the 1980s is brought to life by Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan in a thrilling tale of intimacy and self-invention. Funny. Yet Henry couldnt dismiss it as a put-on. She tried to explain. He couldnt help himself. She networked everything. I have a books worth of material on her, says Henry. The entire podcast is available now, exclusively on Audible within. Josh Groban, Milo Ventimiglia, John Benjamin Hickey, Morgan Spector, and Harry Lloyd also star One of Hollywoods most glamorous and alluring stories of the 1980s is brought to life by Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan in a thrilling tale of intimacy and self-invention. I cant believe this is based on a true story. Nice to hear them in this platform. What she did brilliantly was cross-reference everybody. The Miranda Obsession is a. She obviously had a romantic effect. In the absence of any tape recordingsPerry says he lost hisher words can be found only in letters, including one Walton wrote to Perry after their awful encounter in New York. The episode lingered with Perry for months, in scenes he would replay in his mind again and again. The Miranda Obsession Podcast Series 2022- IMDb RATING 8.4 /10 12 YOUR RATING Rate Documentary Drama One of Hollywood's most glamorous and alluring stories of the 1980s is brought to life by Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan in a thrilling tale of intimacy and self-invention. Personallyand I didnt say this to him, not till after, when Patrick would talk about herI kept seeing this image of this lonely, very fat girl sitting in a room. 90K views, 41 likes, 9 loves, 1 comments, 9 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Audible: If you could have any celeb's number, who would you call? The next time Miranda phoned, I confronted her [about] Whitney Walton, Henry says. In a half-hour with Whitney Walton I sense not the slightest whiff of joie de vivre, of curiosity, of playfulness or whimsy, any of the qualities men have attributed to Miranda Grosvenor; in fact, it is impossible to reconcile this woman with the stories told of her. I told him she was a phony, says Henry. In fact, Garfunkel said, he had been so enraptured by Miranda he had almost taken a Swiss vacation with her. He had mentioned his interest in Carter to Whitney, only to have her insist she would arrange a chat. Only anger and a dash of sarcasm. Somethings going on. Henry confided his doubts to a friend, who mentioned that Jack Haley Jr., the Thats Entertainment producer who was once married to Liza Minnelli, had taken Mirandas calls, too. I rarely like multi-voice audiobooks but this worked as a sort of radio play and was very effective with the wonderful acting of Rachel Brosnahan in the role of Miranda Grosvenor. Monster dramatizes the horrific crimes of a man who brutally slaughtered and in . Shes not, she said. She said Whitney Walton really was her real name. She had to work. A crowd of kindergartners file into the room and begin to play. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. And I was more disturbed by Miranda at the end than at any other time throughout the story. And yet, each man has an entire aspect to his life that he doesnt talk about publiclyhis depression, his rocky marriage, his feelings of shame and failure, his private loss of faith. She told him of talks with Robert De Niro, Bob Dylan, and Paul Schrader and other Hollywood directors. From the phone, I clarify, having been told that Friesen was on close terms with Miranda. In the rear carport sits a fire-red Porsche. Yes, Im also Whitney Walton. She suggested cryptically that he ask that person about the restaurant 21. That Tuesday, Henry was on The Tonight Show, and during a commercial break it hit him. But he had to go. For the next three years, until she left in 1985 to become a social worker, the two women say, Walton spoke endlessly of her many famous friends. When it was ending, she said she was going to start seeing Sting. He pauses. Born in the U.S., she was raised across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Probably no one other than Walton knows exactly why Miranda Grosvenor and her alter egos retired, if thats what happened. Ohhhhh, my God. In 1999, Vanity Fair exposed the mystery woman as Whitney Walton (1941-2016), a Baton Rouge social worker and bored fan who made a full-time hobby of calling stars. They began talking two, three, sometimes four times a day. I had given her a dose of her own medicine. Hear Episode 1 of the Audible Original The Miranda Obsession with Rachel Brosnahan as Miranda Grosvenor and John Benjamin Hickey as Buck Henry.The Miranda Obsession is a story of self-invention, power and intrigue set in the upper echelons of Hollywoods social scene in the 1980s.Continue listening with episode 2 on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Miranda-Obsession-Audiobook/B09VMP7B4C?source_code=ORGPP30DTRIAL695050222006TSUBSCRIBE https://adbl.co/subscribeDownload the Audible app on your mobile device: https://smart.link/uj7ifbvhm29rgSubscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AudibleAccessFollow Audible on Twitter: https://twitter.com/audible_comFollow Audible on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audibleFollow Audible on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Audible/Audible is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Walton, after earlier jobs as a librarian and a consumer-fraud investigator for the city, had joined the center a year earlier as a counselor. Josh One of Hollywoods most glamorous and alluring stories of the 1980s is brought to life by Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan in a thrilling tale of intimacy and self-invention. She complained about that, says Abel. Ad Choices. I cant ever really trust you again. And then he walked out, leaving her in tears. 93K views 9 months ago #JoshGroban #RachelBrosnahan #BillyJoel Rachel Brosnahan (executive producer and voice of Miranda Grosvenor, aka Whitney Walton) and Josh Groban (voice of Billy Joel). Perplexed, he phoned one of the names she had dropped, Michael Apted, director of Coal Miners Daughter and Nell. . Whether it was a farmer in Iowa or a senator in Washington., Amazingly, Whitneys admission only deepened Perrys feelings for her. A blonde girl, good-looking too., My mind reeled, Henry says. The whole situation was sexy, though she never, ever spoke about sex. Not just that, her subconscious seems to be tied to Rose and outright taunts Ethan after his "death." I remarked on it. But if Miranda Grosvenor is dead and gone, her memory lives on. They parted with a hug and a quick kiss, and Perry agreed reluctantly to meet her the next evening at the Carlyle Hotel bar. It was available free though Audible. And an emerald ring. I was having fun with it. A public-records search turns up a current address in Baton Rouge, near the Louisiana State University campus, just down the street from the Mississippi River levee; the phone number, ironically, is unlisted. Which is great when I want a short, intriguing read. Milo saved it for me. As the relationships between Miranda and the famous men she calls escalate, it becomes clear that Miranda may not be who she says she is and that her game is no longer a game at all. Rachel Brosnahan to star in Audible podcast series 'The Miranda Obsession' Rachel Brosnahan is set to star in and executive produce a new podcast drama series coming to Audible titled "The. But I dont think I was treated fairly. She turned that into part of the made-up story. I'd have to turn it up to hear the voices and then way down when the music came on. The Miranda Obsession By: Jen Silverman Narrated by: Rachel Brosnahan, Josh Groban, John Benjamin Hickey, Morgan Spector, Harry Lloyd, Milo Ventimiglia, full cast Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins 4.4 (6,603 ratings) Try for $0.00 Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. I got the call in the middle of the night-this was in 80 or 81, remembers Buck Henry. You actually started living for these phone calls, remembers Brian McNally, the noted Manhattan restaurateur and hotelier. Just didn't grab my attention at all. I dont remember how it ended, but he never talked about it afterwards.. He mailed her an airline ticket and reserved a room for her at the Park Lane on Central Park South; at her insistence, he promised to stay at a different hotel, the Sherry-Netherland, not far away, on Fifth Avenue. The pie turned into a tasty-but-odd, lumpy, cold banana soup floating around in a pie crust. fantasies about death. She knew his rsum by heart and within minutes had coaxed him into a conversation about his passion for 1950s doo-wop records. She grabbed his arm and begged him to stay. [Eventually] I think I just dropped it, once I put two and two together and realized this was one of the silliest things I had ever done. Ever since, he has made a hobby of collecting all the information he can about the woman who called herself Miranda Grosvenor. The last hour of Resident Evil Village ties Eveline back into the narrative in a major way. I liked it well enough. But he knows what people may say about a man who fell for a woman he had never met. They talked on the phone a lot.. No, never heard of her, Gil Friesen tells me from his car phone one morning in Beverly Hills. She was sitting on a banquette with a man. . It was her social life.. I do love a good dramatization in an audio book. I enjoyed this and I love Rachel Broshnahan but the music was obnoxiously loud. Looking at her credit card changes, the detectives find that Miranda did have a fling with her trainer, Thomas, who hints that she was also seeing a . Im not in the habit of giving my heart easily. Vendetta: American Express and the Smearing of Edmund Safra, Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir, Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 193334. Its the first project for Audible from the collaboration between Vice Studios and Wingate Media. A short book, fantastically narrated, enthralling and strange and downright gripping. Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan is the star and executive producer of this dramatic podcast series from writer Jen Silverman, which brings to life a thrilling tale of intimacy and self-invention inspired by one of Hollywood's most alluring stories of the 1980s. He was a loyal companion, expertly . To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Perry reluctantly consented, and the singer appeared at his house late one night, completely love-struck, as Perry puts it, to pour his heart out about her. We talked for 20 minutes. It was called And So It Goes. It was actually written about someone else. Jamie Lee Curtis Is Both Weepy and Giddy About Her First Oscar Nomination, Why Diane Kruger Changed Her Mind About Having Children, The actor said that in her mid-30s she began to wonder, What am I doing all this for?. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. [I thought] Gil was doing this just to fuck with me. W.. . Once, as he was fishing for information about her, Miranda volunteered that he would meet someone she knew the following Tuesday night. He talked about buying her a grand piano. Miranda is an art student and views the world from a deeply artistic perspective. But she wasnt, he realized in a moment of self-loathing and almost unbearable sadness, a woman he could spend his life with. Rachel Brosnahan on 'The Miranda Obsession' and Filming the Final Season of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' By Christina Radish Published May 3, 2022 She also discusses what got her hooked on 'The. Therein lies the mystery even today. It has taken considerable prodding to get Perry to talk about the events that, friends say, preoccupy him to this day. If he wanted to know what she looked like, she suggested he go to the drugstore and buy a bottle of Clairol ashblond coloring; she was the model on the box, she said. This author does a little bit of her own speculation about that in this story, but we still don't really know. She said she had done some modeling. In many ways, Miranda was kind of projecting all over Carrie what the little voice in her head that's been nagging at her was saying. Whats the point of all this? Over the course of several calls, she seemed to come clean. The Miranda Obsession, scored by Daniel Kluger and music edited by Jack Diamond, is now available via Audible. The two men were so deep in conversation Perry almost forgot his second meeting. They agreed he would go to her room at seven to meet her. Yeah, Friesen says. Walking to the baggage-claim area, he spoke frankly. . We were going to try to get Beatty to [star in] it, make it like a nonfiction, drama thing. But after talking in circles for a time, Perry gave vent to his feelings. Get help and learn more about the design. She dumped me! he yelps today. 1995. She wanted a plain emerald. Set in the glitzy world of 1980s Hollywood The Miranda Obsession stars Brosnahan as Miranda, along with an A-list cast. April 28, 2022 3:04 pm ET. There is a feel about that in this Audible Original. Im Whitney Walton, a woman sitting behind a corner desk says. Read Next: Dilbert Comic Strip Dropped by Newspapers Over Scott Adams Racist Comments, TikTok Will Automatically Limit Teen App Usage to 60 Minutes per Day, New YouTube Chief Neal Mohan Touts Upcoming Podcast and AI Tools for Creators, Says Channel Memberships Now Top 6 Million, Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel Says Company Is 'Well Positioned' If There Is a Writers Strike, Woody Harrelson Slams COVID Set Protocols as 'Nonsense,' Urges Hollywood to 'Stop' Forcing 'Vaccination': Thats 'Not a Free Country', Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Writer Surprised by Terrible Reviews: I Was in a Low Spot and Really Sad About It, Super Mario Bros. Movie Is Releasing Two Days Early, Michael B. Jordan Meets Reporter at 'Creed III' Premiere Who 'Teased Him all the Time' in High School: 'I Was the Corny Kid, Right? When he dated other women, says Joel, she would get jealous. She begged him to look beyond her lies. "I. Please try again. The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to Miranda, model, heiress, Ariana, student, maybe mob bosss daughter, duped famous men into opening up in phone conversations she initiated. We never knew whether to believe her or not, says Davidson with a roll of her eyes. Clegg is obsessed with physically controlling Miranda, both in a sexual sense but also as a 'Collector' whereas Jed's obsession is with winning over Joe's mind to God and platonic love. Would Perry agree to meet him? I'm glad I stumbled upon this short story. Instead of being put off, Perry was in awe of Whitneys talents. The two lived happily ever after until, family friends say, the woman died in the mid-1990s. He walked over and saw it was Quincy Jones. Fredo's obituary. She would just call you up, says Schrader, and she was very, very charming. The Miranda Obsession, the scripted series will be written by Jen Silverman (Tales of the City) and performed and executive produced by Rachel Brosnahan (Prime Video's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and her banner, Scrap Paper Pictures. Henry determined to find out who Miranda Grosvenor really was. She stalks back into her office. Cooler still, the second episode features Lin-Manuel Miranda talking about "Wait For It," one of the songs from Hamilton. Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2022. Rachel Brosnahan will star in and executive produce " The Miranda Obsession ," a scripted Audible original podcast series inspired by the true story of Miranda Grosvenor the mysterious woman. Her car was out front. He was visiting Los Angeles, she said. Whitney Walton asked me to give you a call., That blew my mind, Perry says. Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. She knew all about Big Joe Turner and the Platters and even mentioned a classic recording he had never heard but later rushed out and bought, a duet by Ray Charles and Betty Carter. Audible content includes more than 700,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers.#TheMirandaObsession #MirandaGrosvenor #RachelBrosnahan #Audible He wanted to marry her. Perry consoled the young man, wished him well, and never saw him again. It didnt matter to me, he sighs. 3.5 - a quick listen on Audible. Perry brooded all that night, steeling himself for the worst, but allowing himself to hope for the best. What was the point, in the end? He doesnt want to sound cruel. She and Davidson, her co-worker, joined the center in 1982 and were assigned to a three-woman office with Whitney Walton. She wasnt ugly. I dont always enjoy multiple player audiobooks but this was very well done. They would talk late into the night. Paul Schrader took the first phone call at his hotel in New Orleans. The Miranda Obsession is written by Jen Silverman (Tales of the City), adapted from the 1999 Vanity Fair article of the same name by Bryan Burrough. He had to know. It wasnt real. If you read the 1999 Vanity Fair article first it's really helpful to understanding this story. Surpassed all of my expectations. She had gone too far, she didnt know how to deal with it. This marks the end of a 16 year journey which started in Seoul, South Korea, and ended in his newest home in Los Angeles, CA. McNally says he began to have second thoughts about Miranda only after an episode in which he heard firsthand the effect she had on men. 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