Farrah shares glory on foundation website

A year after the death of Farrah Fawcett, her Farrah Fawcett Foundation for alternative cancer research opens "officially" today, with a website that features photos only of the star, and oddly, one other woman in a determinedly Farrah-esque pose.

Ryan O'Neal shows up on Extra, being interviewed by Alana Stewart's son

Ryan O'Neal has surfaced on the syndicated television infotainment show, Extra, in an interview with "special correspondent" Ashley Hamilton, the son of Alana Stewart.

Extra is promoting O'Neal's claim that he is once again on good terms with his drug-addicted daughter Tatum O'Neal, whom, he volunteered to Vanity Fair, he "hit on" at Farrah Fawcett's funeral.

From Extra's site:

"'Extra' has Ryan O'Neal in his first television interview since losing partner Farrah Fawcett in June.

"O'Neal tells 'Extra' special correspondent Ashley Hamilton that since Farrah's death he has repaired his rocky relationship with daughter Tatum O'Neal. Ryan said, 'It's so nice to see her again. I've missed her terribly and that's a big step for me and her.'

O'Neal is keeping busy. He'll will appear on '90210' this season and is continuing Fawcett's legacy with The Farrah Fawcett Foundation.

"'I'd rather have Farrah back, but we will take what we can get,' O'Neal says. 'We talk about Farrah and we bring all those memories back and it almost makes me feel that she's still with us.'

"For more of Ryan O'Neal's exclusive interview tune in to 'Extra' on Friday!"

Will this be used to clone Farrah Fawcett?

Amid the recent excitement and debate in the past week over what would have been Farrah Fawcett's 63rd birthday, the release once again of her drug-addicted son from jail, and the establishment of The Farrah Fawcett Foundation for cancer research comes another scientific tease. An online celebrity sales site is offering what is purported to be a lock of Farrah Fawcett's hair-- apparently a 34-year-old promotional item from her Charlie's Angels days-- for one thousand dollars.


The idea of purchasing this relic of a beautiful woman who is quickly becoming a pop culture saint is made even more enticing by the site's suggestion that in the future the DNA contained inside the hair could be used to clone Farrah, or as the seller writes in the come-on for "a lock of Farrah Fawcett's golden hair":

"Someday the technology will be available,
and you might be able to create your very own angel."

UPDATE: A late-breaking tip of the Tabloid Baby hat to reader Michael Europe for the link!

Alana Stewart announces the formation of The Farrah Fawcett Foundation

Farrah Fawcett's friend Alana Stewart, criticized for cashing in on Farrah's legacy with a quickie book and for tarnishing her legacy with the exploitative Farrah's Story special on NBC, has announced the formation of The Farrah Fawcett Foundation "to provide funding for alternative methods of cancer research, clinical trials, prevention, and awareness, with an emphasis on anal and pediatric cancers."

Farrah, whose initial diagosis of anal cancer led to her death in June, would have been 63 yesterday.

According to the website, which features pictures only of Farrah and Stewart, the foundation includes on its advisory board Farrah's Los Angeles doctor, Dr. Lawrence Piro, her doctor in Germany Dr. Ursula Jacob, and spiritual activist and New Age guru Marianne Williamson.

Richard B. "Bernie" Francis, the executor of Farrah's estate, is listed as Chairman of the Board and Treasurer.

Alana Stewart is listed as President.

Francis recently sued filmmaker Craig Nevius in behalf of Farrah's estate, claiming he botched Farrah's documentary project that showed her trips with Alana Stewart for alternative cancer treatments.

Nevius had already sued Francis, Stewart and Ryan O'Neal (father of Farrah's troubled son Redmond) for forcibly removing him form the project and turning it into an awful, if Emmy-nominated, TV special.

O'Neal is not listed among the foundation board members but is accorded "our very special heartfelt thanks" on the site.