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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: University of California, Irvine, Fashion Trends, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (movie), Entertainment Events, Halloween
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A holiday thanks to Mickey Rooney
Dear Mr. Rooney, I have been a fan of your films for 50 years, from "Andy Hardy" and "Young Tom Edison" to "The Human Comedy" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." I believe that I have seen and own most of them, but I have always wanted to interest my...Tags: C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Osborne, Esther Williams, Elizabeth Taylor, Entertainment
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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, Dance, United Kingdom, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), England
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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...
Tags: Chita Rivera, Tony Awards, Liza Minnelli, Google Inc., Entertainment
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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: Movies, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), MGM Inc., Entertainment, Auction Service
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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,...Tags: James Corden, Tony Awards, Arthur Miller, Andrew Garfield, Newsies (musical)
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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...
Tags: Iain Softley, Entertainment, Broadway Theater, Stephen Dorff, Jeff Goldblum
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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: Judges, Services and Shopping, Foreclosures, 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: Annapolis, Teachers, U.S. Army, West Point, Sammy Davis Jr.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
5 - 5:30 a.m. The Great Outdoors with Charlie Potter 5:30 - 6 a.m. Love Changes Life 6 - 6:30 a.m. The Lutheran Hour 6:30 - 9 a.m. The Sunday Papers with Rick Kogan 8:05 a.m. Natalie West, best known as Crystal from “Roseanne”, joins...Tags: Adam Sandler, Radio, Groupon, Inc., That's My Boy (movie), Albert Almora
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