Lady Gaga and David Gest are among those who get ferocious dressings-down in this brutally candid memoir Lady Gaga and David Gest are among those who get ferocious dressings-down in this brutally candid memoir L iza Minnelli’s father, the film director Vincente Minnelli, used to joke that his daughter’s career in show business was preordained. She was certainly familiar with the dark side of the industry from a young age through her mother Judy Garland, who was on the MGM payroll aged 13,