CATFIGHTS AND TIARAS

"Oh, well. At least I won't have to lose to Cher." -- Lillian Gish, 94, nonchalant after failing to receive a best actress Oscar nomination for 1987's The Whales Of August

I live for bitchy, catty comments from Hollywood legends -- especially when they're at the expense of a fellow icon. My other favorite was from Marlene Dietrich, who, upon hearing that Madonna wanted to play her in a Dietrich biopic, sniffed, "She needs to get some new material, girl."

Brilliant.