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Boomer TV: 1963's Best Actress Emmy winner
The TV ZoneBack in the day when award ceremonies weren't as media-mad events as they are today, the Emmys were held after the TV season ended. Forty-five years ago this week, the 1962-63 Emmys were handed out to such programs as "The......Tags: Dick van Dyke, Celebrities, Movies, Primetime Emmy Awards, Film Festivals
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Oscars by the Numbers
LA Times MagazineSurprising stats from the most famous awards show of them all... -
Ellen Burstyn takes acting triple crown with Emmy win
Gold DerbyThree years after causing an uproar with her supporting nod for a 15-second appearance in the telefilm "Mrs. Harris," Ellen Burstyn won her first Emmy for a guest appearance on the drama series "Law & Order: SVU." With this victory, she becomes the 18th... -
Abigail Breslin takes on Oscar-winning role in Broadway revival of 'The Miracle Worker'
Gold DerbyOscar nominee Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") will make her Broadway debut next March in the first rialto revival of 1960 best play winner "The Miracle Worker." Breslin will play Helen Keller while Tony nominee Alison Pill ("The Lieutenant of... -
Oscars quiz: Which star did not win best actress for her film debut?
Gold DerbyIf Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious") wins the Oscar on March 7, she'll become the fifth performer to prevail as best actress for her film debut. Of the previous four, one was Shirley Booth ("Come Back, Little Sheba"). The three others are pictured below. Who... -
Gearing up for the Tonys
While Hollywood suffered through a three-month-long writers' strike that threatened to scuttle many an awardsfest, last fall's labor strife on Broadway lasted only 18 days before the stagehands and the producers agreed to a deal. Thus, the season was...Tags: Frances McDormand, Comedy (genre), Rita Moreno, David Mamet, Clifford Odets
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Arthur Laurents dies; playwright and Broadway director
Arthur Laurents, a Tony Award-winning playwright and director who wrote the books for the classic Broadway musicals "West Side Story" and "Gypsy" and later wrote the hit movies "The Way We Were" and "The Turning Point," died Thursday. He was believed to...Tags: Stanley Kramer, Comedy (genre), Movies, Alfred Hitchcock, Farley Granger
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Theater review, 'The Time of the Cuckoo' by Shattered Globe at Victory Gardens
Tribune theater criticA gallon of bitters with very little gin, Arthur Laurents' "The Time of the Cuckoo" opened on Broadway in 1952 with Shirley Booth playing the laughing-on-the-outside, crying-on-the-inside Ohio gal on holiday in Venice, yearning for romance. The play...Tags: Michael Phillips, Comedy (genre), Theater, Lincoln Center, Values
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Top winners from 1952
denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Marlon Brando as Emiliano Zapata in VIVA ZAPATA! 20th Century-Fox Gary Cooper as Will Kane in HIGH NOON Stanley Kramer Productions; UA Kirk Douglas as Jonathan Shields in THE BAD AND THE...Tags: MGM Inc., Stanley Kramer, Anthony Quinn, Richard Burton, Kirk Douglas
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Shirley Booth, Cooper Named Oscar Winners!
The EnvelopeFrom The Times: March 20, 1953 Cecil B. De Mille, veteran Hollywood showman, last night became a prime honoree of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his 70th film, which he made at the age of 70. His production, "The Greatest Show on...Tags: Stanley Kramer, Anthony Quinn, Gary Cooper, John Ford
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Playhouse keeps venerable tradition alive
Hartford Courant staff writerNot long into Act I of the Cape Playhouse story, a determined young woman in a summer dress and heels strides down a rutted, sandy drive toward a churchlike building. It is early summer 1928, and sea gull caws meld with distant hammering. The playhouse's...Tags: Art Carney, Celebrities, Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Movies
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