Esther Williams News

This is where we'll announce the most recent Esther Williams News article additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's new with Esther Williams, then look here first.

(11-21-2007) - Have fun looking at this great picture of Esther and Diane from a few weeks ago! Also, click anything below to enjoy reading this great ABC article about the wonderful Good Morning America' show.

Note - go just a bit farther down to watch the great GMA show with Diane and Esther.

This wonderful article is also saved on our website and you can read it whenever you want by clicking here

Note - we certainly hope all of you wonderful fans you will look and feel as great as Esther Williams when you hit your 86th birthday!

Catching Up With Esther Williams

Diane Sawyer Spent a Day With an Idol From Childhood

Esther Williams, 86 and still spunky, got into the pool with "GMA" anchor Diane Sawyer.  (ABC News)

(11-19-2007) - 'Good Morning America' finally showed the interview today and Diane Sawyer did a very wonderful interview with Esther Williams at her Beverly Hills home and back yard pool. She also showed a lot of clips from the good old MGM movies!

Note - all videos are in Windows Media format only

1. GMA Pre-interview 1 - medium - 699kb
2. GMA Pre-interview 2 - medium - 555kb
3. Complete GMA Interview - medium - 11,441kb
4. GMA Pre-interview 1 - small - 323kb
5. GMA Pre-interview 2 - small - 239kb
6. Complete GMA Interview  - small - 6,498kb

Click the links above to watch Esther talking to Diane Sawyer from the very popular show, 'Good Morning America'. The recent interview just took place Saturday, 10/27/2007 at Esther's beautiful home in Beverly Hills.

(11-18-2007) - Here's a fun Esther Williams Pool Pack commercial from the 1950's that I'm sure you will enjoy. Below you see Esther and her husband Ben (also my Dad). Just click the picture to see the video and enjoy.

Note - these pools don't exist anymore, so please just enjoy the 50 year old video that has been converted to Windows Media format only and be sure to give it time to load into your player.

(11-09-2007) - DATE CHANGE AGAIN - the show was scheduled to air on 'Good Morning America' on 11/12/2007, but has been changed again to 11/19/2007 at 8:05AM.

Esther will be talking to Diane Sawyer from the very popular show, 'Good Morning America'. The recent interview just took place Saturday, 10/27/2007 at Esther's beautiful home in Beverly Hills.

So, if you have wondered about Esther Williams, this televised interview bring you up to date.

(10-11-2007) - Click on the links below to watch a video produced by WealthTV.net where you can see some of our most popular Esther Williams Retro Swimwear.

1. Esther Williams Retro Swimwear video - Medium - 12,677 Kb
2. Esther Williams Retro Swimwear video - Small - 4,269 Kb

Click the image above to see the WealthTV.net DVD much larger in a new window	PS - this video was shot in Esther's back yard and our lovely speaker is Kathleen Kinmont, who co-starred with Esther's step-son and my step-brother, Lorenzo Lamas in that great TV Series, Renegade.

(08-04-2007) - Here Are Some Pictures of The Cast Members of 'South Pacific' At The Seaside Music Theater In Florida Wearing Our Beautiful Esther Williams Swimwear under various costumes. Also, here is a very nice note from Paul Favini, who ordered our swim suits for his show:

Dear Mr. Gage,

Here are a few photos from the production of South Pacific in which I used some of your company's swimsuits. The production was part of the summer season at Seaside Music Theater on Daytona Beach, Florida.

The suits were a perfect fit both on the ladies and for the 1940's era. Thanks for the superior quality and prompt service.

My Best to you and your beautiful Mother, Paul Favini

2 Piece Classic	1 Piece Classic Sheath	2 Piece & 1 Piece Classic
All Suit Fabrics and Colors Are Selected Left to Right
Madrigal - Cinnamon Pagan Love Song Passion	Cherries - Blue Aloha - Purple Polka-Dot - White on Red Flora	Aloha - Purple Polka-Dot - White on Red Flora
(click any picture for a larger image and give them time to open, as they are very large)

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(07-17-2007) - Click one of the links below to watch part the Turner Classic Movies commercial for Esther's DVD Movies that came out on 7/17/2007 - all videos are in Windows Media format only.

1. TCM commercial for Esther's DVD Movies Large - 4,037 Kb
2. TCM commercial for Esther's DVD Movies Medium - 1,751 Kb
3. TCM commercial for Esther's DVD Movies Small - 663 Kb

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(06-01-2007) - Some of The Cast Members in The Upcoming Production of 'South Pacific' At The Seaside Music Theater In Florida Will Be Wearing Our Beautiful Esther Williams Swimwear (click link below for more show info)

http://www.seasidemusictheater.org/show.cfm?show_id=29

SOUTH PACIFIC AT News-Journal Center PLAYING JUNE 7 - 24

HISTORY As the 1940s ended, New York was the undisputed center of the theatrical world, and Broadway's last musical hit of the decade was one of the biggest ever. Working with director Josh Logan, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote a musical based on James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific. With powerhouse stars Enzo Pinza and Mary Martin, a well crafted script, and a score that included some of musical theater's best songs, South Pacific was a sensation, creating an unprecedented demand for tickets.

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(May - 2007) - Article From More Magazine On How To Age-Proof Your Body

How do you see yourself in your 70s, 80s, and 90s? Our personal longevity heroes include Esther Williams, still swimming and a business owner at 85....

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(05-07-2007) - Looks like there will be some Esther Williams DVD sets available this year. Click the image below for details on this offer from Amazon. This title will be released on July 17, 2007

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Esther Williams Collection (Bathing Beauty / Easy to Wed / On an Island with You / Neptune's Daughter / Dangerous When Wet) (1944) Starring: Esther Williams Availability: This title will be released on July 17, 2007.

 

(04-15-2007) - Click the images below to read some Los Angeles Sunday Times articles about the comeback of beautiful retro swimwear like our Esther Williams Swimwear Line into the 21st century.

 

Site Manager's Note:

I have recently become a member of a very large group (over 1.5 million US families) called Pre-Paid Legal Services, LLC. and they put me in touch with the Law Firm of Parker-Stanbury, LLC., a very large AV rated Law Firm in California.

One of Parker-Stanbury's Internet Specialist Attorneys has written a Cease and Desist letter to the current owner of the estherwilliams.com domain name. I have posted the letter that Law Firm of Parker-Stanbury, LLC. sent recently below and am currently awaiting a response. I will keep you wonderful fans posted as it goes along.

I will most likely need to take the process through the ICANN Arbitration process:

 http://www.icannwatch.org/

But it looks like trademarked names of still living celebrities have the upper hand in these matters - see ICANN document below:.

markle-report-final.pdf

I will keep you up to date as the case progresses and thanks to all of you loyal fans.

Site Manager's Note:

I am very disturbed and angry to announce that someone has purchased the estherwilliams.com domain name and has published a pornographic related website with many references to swimwear, swimming pools, etc., thus making it look like it has something to do with Esther Williams...but it CERTAINLY DOES NOT! I am very sad and disappointed to find that there are people like this in the world, but I'm guess it's a fact of life.

As I have stated on the front page of this website, I am her son and this Official esther-williams.com (with a dash between Esther & Williams) website that you are on now is the only website that has been authorized by Esther Williams herself.

I will not mention any names here or even give you a link to the subject website because of its offensive content , but you can look up the current information by going to the link below and searching for estherwilliams.com:

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

I have read about cases like this where someone registers a celebrity's domain name before the celebrity has a chance to register it for their own use. Then, as I understand, the owner of the celebrity's domain will publish offensive content to the site and just wait for the celebrity to contact them.

When I first started this site many years ago, I tried to register estherwilliams.com, but the domain name used to belong to an actual person of African-American descent named Esther Williams and I didn't notice when it became available for purchase in 2003. I just discovered yesterday from a very upset fan who told me this sad and disturbing news.

This being said, someone is now is making a mockery of a name that belongs to a very wonderful and much beloved woman in the final years of a long and fabulous life that has inspired countless men,  women and especially children...not to mention all of the hours of pure G-Rated entertainment she has given the world.

If any of you wonderful Esther Williams fans know something about internet domain name law and how to get an obvious property back that is being so blatantly abused, please fax to or leave a voice message at 619-374-7206 and we will contact you.

Esther Williams Site Management Thanks You in Advance

Esther Is Still Popular Worldwide Moda, fa tendenza lo stile California I costumi di Esther Williams, i jeans con i cristalli e i bermuda nati per il surf

STILL IN THE SWIM
An interview with Esther Williams By Martha Singer

Esther Williams Establishes Internet Presence

The Million Dollar Mermaid
By ESTHER WILLIAMS with DIGBY DIEHL
Reviewed by ROBERT GOTTLIEB

October 3, 1999 -Liquid Asset

Click here for story

Finally, Esther Williams has written a new book - "Million Dollar Mermaid - An Autobiography of Esther Williams" (Simon and Schuster)! The new book will be available in September, 1999.

Hollywood Heyday at Carnegie Hall … Lots More From McGovern - by Rex Reed

September 2, 1999 - AT HOME WITH  ESTHER WILLIAMS Swimming Upstream - By TODD S. PURDUM