

Alarmed at the news, Jerry asks Pookie to marry him, but she refuses. Offended by this, Pookie tells Jerry that she is pregnant. Trouble erupts when Jerry accepts Charlie's offer to spend Christmas skiing at his parents' mountain cabin. Before long, Jerry is visiting Pookie at her school 70 miles away and, as friendship turns to romance, they awkwardly and nervously make love in a motel cabin.

Shocked by her brashness, but unable to ask her to leave, Jerry finds Pookie accomodations at a boardinghouse and devotes all of his time to her. No sooner has Jerry settled down to sharing a dormitory room with the athletic, beer-drinking Charlie Shumacher, than Pookie arrives in a dilapidated old car and announces that she has come to visit him for the weekend. The outspoken behavior of Pookie overwhelms the reserved Jerry, and he is relieved when she departs. The 2022 Oscars contained many controversies, but Liza Minnelli and Lady Gaga ended the ceremony with grace.Pookie Adams and Jerry Payne meet while traveling by bus to their respective colleges in upstate New York. It was her turn to support Liza after Liza unknowingly supported Gaga's dreams simply by existing as herself. Gaga then helped Minnelli with her cards while praising her show biz legacy, all while holding tightly to Minnelli's hand. Lady Gaga supporting Minnelli and honoring her on that stage was her moment to briefly repay her for all the ways she had inspired her to pursue acting. Then in 2022 as the two walked onstage to present the Best Picture award, Lady Gaga applauded and bowed to Minnelli telling her "The public, they love you!". She did just that, for Lady Gaga was a contender for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2018. Since Gaga could see herself in Liza, both in appearance and attitude, she believed she could achieve success without having to change who she was. You look too ethnic.” To which she reacted, “What about Liza?” She cited Liza Minelli's success as the inspiration that made her believe she too could be a superstar. She said her drama professors told her “You’ll never be the heroine, the blonde, the star. In 2011 during her final performance of the Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden, Lady Gaga described the obstacles she faced while studying at NYU Tisch School for the Arts.
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Lady Gaga has proven herself a true movie star with her critically awarded performances in American Horror Story, A Star is Born, and House of Gucci, none of which may have been possible without the influence of Liza Minnelli.

Then on the night of the 88th Academy Awards, Gaga was able to pay back the strength Liza Minelli's legacy lent her by supporting and honoring Liza in front of the Hollywood elite. The moment they shared at the 2022 Oscars paid off Lady Gaga's origin story in acting because when her professors doubted Gaga's acting abilities at the start of her career, she was inspired by Minnelli to not give up on her dreams of being a leading lady. Related: Casting Lady Gaga In The MCU: Best Marvel Characters She Could Play Minnelli has made fewer public appearances as of late but decided to return to present an award at the 2022 Oscars. As Gaga said at the Oscars, fifty years ago in 1972 Liza Minnelli won an Academy Award for her performance as Sally Bowles in Cabaret. She is a figurehead in pop culture who is synonymous with strength, survival, and passion not only because she is protective of her mother Judy Garland's true legacy, but also because of her philanthropy work. Minnelli herself is a singing and acting superstar who recently celebrated her 76th birthday.

Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli also have much in common-both are singers/actresses with a reputation for true humanitarianism.
