On Monday, the legendary Cher tweeted a tribute to her Moonstruck director Norman Jewison following his death at the age of 97 last Saturday at his Los Angeles home.
“Goodbye, dear prince,” the 77-year-old pop diva – who has 11.9 million followers on social media – wrote on X.
‘Thank you for one of the greatest, happiest and most enjoyable experiences of my life. Without (you) I wouldn’t have my beautiful golden man. Norman (you) made Moonstruck the great movie. (People), script, actors, etc. need (you) baby. Norman Jewison lives on through his work.’
36 years ago, Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) was 41 when she beat out Sally Field for the role of Brooklyn accountant Loretta Castorini, who begins a whirlwind affair with her fiancé’s brother.
The half-Armenian SoCal native famously threatened to quit the romantic drama if Norman cast Peter Gallagher to play the one-handed baker instead of Nicolas Cage, who at 22 was 19 years her junior.
On Monday, the legendary Cher (R, pictured in 1987) tweeted a tribute to her Moonstruck director Norman Jewison (L) following his death, aged 97, at his Los Angeles home last Saturday.
The 77-year-old pop diva wrote on X: ‘Goodbye dear prince. Thank you for one of the greatest, happiest and most enjoyable experiences of my life. Without (you) I wouldn’t have my beautiful golden man. Norman (you) made Moonstruck the great movie. (People), script, actors, etc. need (you) baby. Norman Jewison lives on through his work’
Jewison considered Moonstruck his favorite film he ever made, and the film charmed critics and audiences alike, earning $122.1 million from a modest $15 million budget at the worldwide box office.
Cher – who is just a Tony away from EGOT status – earned the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her thrilling performance as the no-nonsense, Italian-American widow.
Olympia Dukakis, the alt belter’s mother, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, while John Patrick Shanley won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Moonstruck.
In 2009, Cher was happily reunited with the Canadian filmmaker at a CFC and Film Independent tribute to his career at LACMA in Los Angeles.
And the following year, the LGBTQAI advocate presented Norman with a DGA Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.
Jewison’s last film was the dismally reviewed Nazi-hunting thriller The Statement – starring Michael Caine and Tilda Swinton – which earned back just $1.6 million from its $27 million budget in 2003.
The grandfather of five – who received the Academy’s Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1999 – is also known for his roles in In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Soldier’s Story, Only You and The Hurricane.
Cher is due back in LA Supreme Court on January 29 to face Judge Jessica Uzcategui in her bid to have her “drug addicted and mentally ill” 47-year-old son Elijah Blue Allman placed under conservatorship to control his $120,000-a-year inheritance.
36 years ago, Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) was 41 when she beat out Sally Field for the role of Brooklyn accountant Loretta Castorini, who begins a whirlwind affair with her fiancé’s brother.
The half-Armenian SoCal native famously threatened to quit the romantic drama if Norman cast Peter Gallagher to play the one-handed baker instead of Nicolas Cage (R), who at 22 was 19 years her junior.
Jewison considered Moonstruck his favorite film he ever made, and it charmed critics and audiences alike, earning $122.1 million on a modest $15 million budget at the global box office.
Cher – who is just a Tony away from EGOT status – earned the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her thrilling performance as the no-nonsense, Italian-American widow
In 2009, Cher was happily reunited with the Canadian filmmaker at a CFC and Film Independent tribute to his career at LACMA in Los Angeles.
And the following year, the LGBTQAI advocate presented Norman with a DGA Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.
Jewison’s last film was the dismally reviewed Nazi-hunting thriller The Statement – starring Michael Caine (L) and Tilda Swinton – which made back just $1.6 million on its $27 million budget in 2003.
The twice-divorced mother of two welcomed Elijah – who claims he is “clean and sober” – during her three-year marriage to the late Grammy-winning rocker Gregg Allman, which ended in 1978.
Cher is also mother to 54-year-old transgender son Chaz Bono from her three-year marriage to longtime musical partner Sonny Bono, which ended in 1975.
Last October, the self-described “lazy” Buddhist released her 27th studio album Christmas, and her single DJ Play a Christmas Song topped the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for four weeks.
Cher – who has been dating Alexander ‘AE’ Edwards on/off since 2022 – still manages to attract 15.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify.