There is nothing Hollywood loves more than working through its complex relationship to the very notion of fame. And in A Star Is Born, Hollywood tries on a theory borrowed from one of its own founding genres, the Western, rendering fame as a kind of Manifest Destiny.
Liza Minnelli seems so sweet and goofy and genuinely awestruck to be alive...until you cross her (especially if crossing her involves the woman Liza still calls “Mama,” Judy Garland, her mother). Then you might get a rather tersely worded statement directed at you from her on Facebook, as Renee Zellweger and some…
Renée Zellweger, a woman of many talents, has strapped on a wig, shimmied into a gown, and done something fun to her eyebrows; and now here she is, as Judy Garland.
Renée Zellweger will strap on her dancing shoes, a wig, and a sequined caftan to star in Judy, a film about Judy Garland’s final concerts in London.
In a posthumous memoir from Judy Garland’s ex-husband Sid Luft, he deviates from the usual tales of drugs and drama to allege that Garland was getting grabbed every day on set by the hundreds of Munchkin extras on the Yellow Brick Road.
Well, you done fucked up your Christmas shopping, because one of the gingham jumper getups worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz just sold for $1.56 million—and you didn’t buy it. It’s like you don’t even care.
In 1963, Judy Garland found herself in dire financial straits. Deeply in debt with the IRS and having recently taken a loss financing A Star Is Born, the performer agreed—quite reluctantly—to partner with CBS for The Judy Garland Show, a primetime variety hour featuring guests, songs, and sketches, for which she’d…
Someone please get Dog the Bounty Hunter on the line. A $1 million reward is being offered for information that will lead to a missing pair of ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, reports AP. The pair was stolen from a museum in Judy Garland’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Aside from the missing pair, three…
No, not anything Bea Arthur wore, Dorothy Zbornak didn't own any damn dresses! Now, if I'd said "white pant suit," then maybe. We're talking about Dorothy from Wizard of Oz! I know, less exciting, but that blue gingham tablecloth-dress fetched a cool $480,000 at Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles. Oppan Gingham Style!…
The Ryan Lochte/Prince Harry Vegas bacchanal news continues, now with additional cavorting! Undoubtedly under the spell of jeah, England's prodigal son Harry played a game of strip pool in Las Vegas that ended with him butt-naked, freaking with the girl next door (see above), and Wales lawyers were undoubtedly like,…
Judy Garland would have been 90 today, and odds are she would have wanted you to get happy because there's still a shred of weekend left.
On December 16, Dorothy's ruby slippers will be auctioned off as part of a Hollywood memorabilia sale. The shoes are one of four known surviving pairs made for the 1939 film, and were actually worn by Judy Garland. Now they can be yours! If you have about $3 million to spare.
Liza never does a press tour without stopping by Larry King Live. Last night, he asked why gay men embrace certain women—herself, Lady Gaga, Kathy Griffin, Cher, Judy Garland, etc. Basically, it boils down to one thing: Pizazz!
Ranging from trashy to tragic to triumphant, the biographies and memoirs in this compilation not only tell the stories of the women who've helped define "celebrity" in the past 100 years, but also provide some pretty entertaining bathroom reads.
