Janet Gaynor

How Oscars' fashion show changed through the decades

2013-02-24 00:00:00

The Academy Awards are the biggest fashion runway on the planet. When Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and other stars step out onto the red carpet Sunday, they will be primed to talk as much about what and who they are wearing as about...

The David O. Selznick Collection: Kenneth Turan's DVD pick

2012-06-07 16:39:29

Oscars history: Gorilla suit, a streaker, tardy hosts and more

2012-02-25 16:37:05

At typewriter: Dorothy Parker

2011-04-04 16:35:16

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 18, 1941

2011-04-18 16:33:27

Watching Bugs Bunny bring down the house at the Hollywood Bowl

2010-07-14 16:33:16

'Argo' wins best picture at Oscars: 'Pi' tops in total Oscars with four, including directing

2013-02-25 00:30:06

This time, the "Argo" story in Variety is truly about a big picture. Connecting three decades of history while erasing a quarter-century of Oscar protocol, Ben Affleck's "Argo" survived -- and indeed, thrived -- following its exclusion from the director...

'Sunrise' a rich, gorgeous silent-era masterpiece ✭✭✭✭

2012-04-27 08:39:00

Rich, strange and gorgeous, F.W. Murnau's "Sunrise" (1927) shows what an artist of the late silent era could accomplish cinematically, backed by an open checkbook and fueled by the highest aspirations even in the simplest of morality tales. The project...

'Dream On' Actress Stars In 'Boeing-Boeing' At Hartford Stage

2012-01-12 10:09:00

Denny Dillon has lived an improvised life. Whether growing up in Cleveland, only to be thrust into high school in the Philippines, or riffing with John Travolta, which landed her a memorable part in"Saturday Night Fever," or finding herself in an out-of-...

Park recreates Boddy's summer fêtes

2011-09-02 16:59:00

E. Manchester Boddy, owner and publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News, was a legend not only for his sharp editorials and shrewd business skills, but for the fantastic parties he threw in his backyard. Of course, it wasn’t just any backyard. In...

‘The View’: Beyonce, Katie Couric on guest list

2011-07-25 16:37:45

TODAY IN HISTORY

2011-05-16 01:30:26

1910: The U.S Bureau of Mines was established. (It ceased operations in 1996, its functions having been transferred to other agencies.) 1929: The first Academy Awards were presented. The movie ''Wings'' won ''best production,'' while Emil Jannings and...

1929 WINNER: F.W. Murnau s Sunrise, with Janet Gaynor and George O Brien, won the Oscar for best picture.

2008-12-06 11:34:04

in the remake) leaves her home to follow her dream of becoming a Hollywood actress. She is discovered by a producer who falls in love with her. He gets her into the movies and watches her star rise while his own career crumbles.

2008-11-18 16:43:46

short story. While he gets the showy role of a man aging in reverse, she is the dutiful love interest.

2008-10-30 13:41:09