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Read More »Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Sphere for 'The Wizard of Oz' This Summer
There’s no place like … Las Vegas? This summer, the globular entertainment dome known as the Sphere will transform into Oz when it presents the 1939 filmThe Wizard of Ozas an immersive picture. The movie will have its spherical premiere on Aug. 28. The team behind the Sphere are promising …
Read More »Storied 'The Wizard of Oz' Slippers Sell at Auction for a Record $28 Million
A pair of the famous ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore during the filming of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz sold for a whopping $28 million in auction on Saturday. It was the largest amount garnered at an auction for entertainment memorabilia, auction house Heritage Auctions London told The New …
Read More »Three Myths (And Three Odd Truths) About 'The Wizard of Oz'
The Wizard of Oz was a pop culture phenomenon practically from the minute the original Frank Baum book arrived in 1900. A musical adaptation hit stages all across America a mere two years later, and a 15-minute silent film followed in 1910 when Hollywood was in its infancy. A much …
Read More »Judy Garland's Daughter Lorna Luft Gives 'Wicked' a Green Thumbs Up: 'Breathtaking'
There’s no place like home, and Judy Garland‘s daughter Lorna Luft couldn’t have felt more comfortable at a recent screening of the Wizard of Oz prequel musical Wicked. “The movie is astounding,” Luft wrote on Instagram. “It’s epic, brilliant, touching and honest.” Her mother played Dorothy Gale in the 1939 …
Read More »Stolen 'Wizard of Oz' Ruby Slippers Headed to Auction
A pair of Dorothy’s ruby slippers, worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, are on the auction block nearly 20 years after being stolen from a museum. The slippers are up for sale at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, with bidding set to run through Dec. 7. (As of …
Read More »'Wicked' Trailer Starring Ariana Grande Debuts During Super Bowl
After years of anticipation, the first trailer for Wicked starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The film, adapted from the famous Broadway musical which is also based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire titled Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked …
Read More »Man Who Snatched Dorothy's 'Wizard of Oz' Ruby Slippers Sentenced to Probation
The man who stole the iconic ruby red slippers Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz was sentenced to a year of probation on Monday, nearly 20 years after he first attempted the theft from a museum nearly two decades ago. Terry Martin, who pleaded guilty to a charge …
Read More »The Weird Connection Between David Lynch and 'The Wizard of Oz'
David Lynch does not like talking about his movies. He’d prefer the work speak for itself, thank you very much. But in bending over backwards to avoid discussing what something might “mean,” or deflecting questions with humor and/or cryptic pronunciations, the Blue Velvet filmmaker occasionally drops a breadcrumb hint about …
Read More »Man Indicted for Stealing 'The Wizard of Oz' Ruby Slippers 18 Years Later
Almost two decades after the fact, a Minnesota man has been indicted on charges of stealing the famed ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. On Tuesday, Terry Martin was indicted by a grand jury with one count of theft of a major artwork, according tofederal …
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