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Candice Bergen 'Knocks on Wood' to retrieve her past
Liz Smith"THE ENEMY of good conversation is the person who has 'something to say!' Conversation is not for making a point. ... There is no winning in conversation," wrote Henry Fairlie. Oh my! I have so many friends and acquaintances who have a distinctly...Tags: Gore Vidal, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, Personal Service, Physical Conditions, Mitt Romney
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Tracie Bennett becomes Judy Garland as a dynamo at rainbow's end
For movie musical lovers in general and gay men of a certain age in particular, Judy Garland represents the alpha and omega of stardom. So it was with some trepidation that I knocked on the apartment door of Tracie Bennett, the English actress who has...
Tags: Gene Kelly, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards
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Review: A high-voltage 'End of the Rainbow'
Playing Judy Garland in the months leading up to the actress' fatal 1969 overdose, Tracie Bennett spends much of "End of the Rainbow" horizontal — though rarely for more than 10 seconds at a time. The central prop of the bio-musical now playing at...
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Great and powerful? Recalling the original ‘Wizard of Oz’ [Photos]
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times“The Wizard of Oz” is one of the most beloved movies of all time, so it's a bold move to ...... -
Liza sings for 'freedom' in Costa Mesa
It's a label Liza Minnelli cherishes, and one she's never fully understood. "Gay icon." Ask her to explain it, and she'll come up empty. On Google, Minnelli's name alongside that two-word phrase cues up 117,000 results. When she performed back east...
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Stepping into the stars of Tinseltown
When Madeleine Barker's fellow cast members handed her the Oscar in the Claire Trevor Theatre, she felt excited for herself and a little sad for Judy Garland. Barker, who plays Garland in UC Irvine's upcoming musical "Tinseltown Christmas," had been...
Tags: Entertainment, University of California, Irvine, Entertainment Events, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (movie), Liza Minnelli
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Judy Garland's Iconic Dorothy Dress Fetches $480K at Auction
KTLA NewsBEVERLY HILLS (KTLA) -- It's a simple blue dress worn by a young girl with big dreams who lives on a farm in Kansas, and now it's heading to a new home after selling at a Beverly Hills auction -- for half a million dollars. Judy Garland launched to...Tags: MGM Inc., The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Entertainment, Auction Service, Movies
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Tony Awards 2012: For 'Once' daring trumps commerce
Will wonders never cease: David overcame Goliath in a rare victory at the Beacon Theatre that will force us to rethink the old truism that commerce trumps independent vision on Broadway. "Once," the little musical spun from an Irish art house film,...
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Barbarella: Maybe not again on the big screen, but TV lures the sci-fi sex-symbol
Liz Smith"ARE YOU kidding? I'm not going to tell you that!" So said Warren Beatty a couple of weeks back. The icon was celebrating the 100th anniversary of the fabled Beverly Hills Hotel, and a reporter asked him to share some of his experiences at the hostelry...Tags: Ryan Gosling, The New York Times, Entertainment, Ceremonies, Noel Coward
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Ahmanson's 2012-13 season includes 'Seminar,' Beatles musical
The 2012-13 season at the Ahmanson Theatre will feature Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar," starring Jeff Goldblum, and the U.S. premiere of "Backbeat," a new musical about the origin of the Beatles, based on the 1994 movie. As previously announced, the...
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Sheriff's sale of former Westside home of Judy Garland is canceled
The sheriff's sale of a French estate on the Westside that was once the battleground for the bitter custody battle between screen star Judy Garland and Sid Luft was canceled this week after the parties involved negotiated a settlement.
The 6,255-square-...Tags: Foreclosures, Justice System, Homes, Real Estate, Crime, Law and Justice
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Carl Leo Dietrich
Carl Leo Dietrich, who had been chairman of the music department at what is now McDaniel College and later was a founder of the Columbia Orchestra, died May 24 of a fall at his Naples, Fla., home. The former Columbia resident was 85. "His influence of...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, West Point, Culture
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