Liza with a Z to be in "Arrested Development" movie...

Liza Minnelli (seen here arriving at Sunday's Tony Awards) has had a very uneven film career. She won the best actress Oscar in 1973 for "Cabaret" and was nominated a few years earlier for "The Sterile Cuckoo." She starred opposite Robert DeNiro in "New York New York" and had a big comedy with opposite Dudley Moore in "Arthur." I personally liked her early 90s dancing flick "Stepping,Out" but it was not a hit nor were "Rent A Cop," "Lucky Lady," "A Matter of Time," or "Arthur 2: On the Rocks."

But Liza, whose greatest successes have been on the stage anyway (three Tony Awards), found a gem of a role on television's "Arrested Development" which is set to become a feature film. The Emmy winning comedy was a critical fave with a loyal following during its three years on FOX but it never had big ratings. It will be great to have Liza, tinier than ever these days, back on the big screen.