Wizard of Oz

Rejected Covers: How 'The Wizard Of Oz' Might Have Looked

Posted 04.24.2012

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This is part of an ongoing series on rejected book cover designs, in which we invite cover artists to reveal some of the rejected ideas and inspiratio...

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Judy Garland Lives on at West Hollywood's French Market

Xaque Gruber | Posted 05.29.2012

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With 2012 marking the 90th birthday of Judy Garland, there's a special way to celebrate, at West Hollywood's French Market Showroom with acclaimed tribute artist Peter Mac as a triumphant 1960s-era Judy Garland.

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WATCH: Hollywood Stars Read Unabridged Classics

Posted 03.08.2012

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Audible, the audiobook provider bought by Amazon in 2008, has just launched a new series of unabridged digital audiobooks read by Hollywood stars. ...

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The Other Silent Film To Win An Oscar At This Year's Academy Awards

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, 2012 Oscars, The Artist, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, William Joyce, Wizard of Oz, 2012 Academy Awards, 2012 Academy Award Winners, Silent Film, Buster Keaton, Movie News, Entertainment News

Did you know that The Artist wasn't the only silent film to take home an Academy Award at this year's Oscars?

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Fantasy, Power And The American Dream

Posted 03.01.2012

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Laura Krifka works in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, and photography to create fantasies that indulge our desires for power and a stable ...

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Dorothy's Ruby Slippers Are Officially Old

AP | Posted 02.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" are being removed from a Smithsonian exhibit to be conserved. Curators say the famous s...

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Fights Erupt Over 'Wizard of Oz'

Posted 04.14.2012

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If you were planning on calling your dog Toto, you may want to pick another name. In an assault of Oz-like proportions, Warner Bros. has launched seve...

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There's A Wizard Of Oz Silent Film?!

Posted 02.09.2012

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We've all seen Judy Garland follow the yellow brick road in the 1939's classic film, "The Wizard Of Oz," and hopefully most of us have seen Diana Ross...

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Baseball, Femininity And Intricate Designs

Posted 01.24.2012

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Leigh Salgado creates feminine nets of patchwork, cultural references, personal narrative and mythical abstraction. Salgado uses an Exacto knife to ma...

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PHOTOS: 11 Beloved Dogs From Literature

Catherine Britton | Posted 02.20.2012

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As the saying goes, dogs are man's best friend. Since the Stone Age, our canine companions have been illustrated, described, dramatized, and eulogized in one form or another.

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'Wizard Of Oz' Munchkin Karl Slover Dies At 93

AP | Posted 01.16.2012

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DUBLIN, Ga. — Karl Slover, one of the last surviving actors who played Munchkins in the 1939 classic film, "The Wizard of Oz," has died. He was ...

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'Wicked' Author On Why We Should Occupy The Land Of Oz

Gregory Maguire | Posted 01.01.2012

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In 2000, John Updike wrote a consideration of L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" for the New Yorker and called it 'OZ IS US'. He must have meant "the U.S." as well as "we Americans."

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They Cost HOW Much?!

Posted 11.23.2011

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Before Louboutins, Judy Garland had the most famous red shoes of all. Now, just like the current red-soled heels, the "ruby slippers" can be yours...

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Elites Are Abandoning Keynesianism for Self-Preservation

Chriss Street | Posted 10.30.2011

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Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), the world's largest manager of bonds, has just released research analysis titled: "Saying No to Keynes ...

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America's Talent Competition to Find the Next Dorothy (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Talent Search, Be the Next Dorothy, Wizard of Oz, Jenna Bainbridge, Harold Arlen, American Idol, Wzrd, Phamaly, Lincoln Center, Judy Garland, Entertainment News

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PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor's Estate Sells

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 09.08.2011

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Thursday afternoon, David Mossler and DOMAIN announced that Elizabeth Taylor's Bel-Air estate had sold to an anonymous buyer at an undisclosed price. ...

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PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor's House Listed For $8.6 million

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.23.2011

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UPDATED-- In 1997, Elizabeth Taylor opened the doors of her Bel-Air estate to photographer Firooz Zahedi and Architectural Digest. Here are the images...

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Gatsby, Winter Carnival, and Me

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

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In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway remarks, "You can't repeat the past." To which Jay Gatsby replied, "You can't repeat the past? Why of course, you can."

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The New Interactive Book: Not Just Your Old-Fashioned Videobook

Patricia Benesh | Posted 05.25.2011

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FlyingWord is creating a line of books that immerses the reader in a totally new experience. And it's not a matter of adding video or audio streams, as on typical DVDs.

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Remembering Judy Garland

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judy Garland had "it." She exemplified the star quality of charisma, musical talent, natural acting ability -- and despite what the studio honchos said, good looks.

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Feds Dismiss Recall Of Lead-Laced Glasses Over Technicality

AP | JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A federal agency reversed itself Friday and said lead-laced Wizard of Oz and superhero drinking glasses are, in fact, for adults &...

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Up For Auction

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A vintage clothbound copy of "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, up for auction at Profiles in History, was signed by all the stars of the film's cas...

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Chaplin's time traveler and the Tea Party

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

I've been meaning to write about the supposed phenomenon of the woman with the cell phone in the extras for the DVD of the Charlie Chaplin film The Ci...

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Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 8, "A Rough Day on the Runway"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, April Johnston, Project Runway, Classic American Sportswear, Camel Toe, Nina Garcia, Big Love, The Crucible, Jacqueline Onassis, Jackie Kennedy, Mallwear, Waterloo, Parsons, Jezebel, Ivy Higa, Nicole Kidman, Andy South, Donna Karan, January Jones, Wizard of Oz, Michael Drummond, Michael Kors, Gretchen Jones, Tim Gunn, Entertainment News, Gossip Girl, Michael Costello, First Tranny, Christopher Collins, Cotton Club, Annie Get Your Gun, Peach Carr, Butterfly McQueen, Lollipop Guild, Jackie O, Laura Bennett, Valerie Mayen, Heidi Klum, Annie Oakley, Mad Men, Reality TV, Gauges of Tim Gunn, Lifetime TV, True Blood, Steampunk, TV Recap, Casanova, Susan Lucci, Mondo Guerra, Cargo Pants, Entertainment News

This week the show begins with everyone (OK, Ivy and Michael D) tweezing their eyebrows in their pocket hand mirrors. Michael C dishes on Ivy to Andy and honestly, I can no longer feel sorry for him

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Obama's Infrastructure Bank, the Party of No and Bike Lanes in Brooklyn

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Imagine a pair of roomy bike lanes hugging the park-side curb of a broad boulevard of pre-war mansions and stately apartment houses.

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