Rosalind Russell

Review: A high-voltage 'End of the Rainbow'

2013-03-21 16:25:00

Playing Judy Garland in the months leading up to the actress' fatal 1969 overdose, Tracie Bennett spends much of "End of the Rainbow" horizontal — though rarely for more than 10 seconds at a time. The central prop of the bio-musical now playing at...

1968 Academy Awards delayed

2013-02-21 00:34:05

Connie Wald dies at 96; Hollywood wife known for low-key parties

2012-11-23 00:00:00

Connie Wald, an elegant matriarch of old Hollywood known for the low-key dinner parties she held for friends like Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, died of natural causes Nov. 10 at her Beverly Hills home. She was 96. Her...

Around Town: 'Mad, Mad World' and other comedy classics

2011-12-29 21:37:53

'Gypsy' movie with Barbra Streisand moving forward

2012-03-13 21:33:45

Barbra Streisand won't be playing Mama Rose after all, 'Gypsy' writer says [updated]

2011-03-14 16:32:47

Barbra Streisand as Mama Rose? Why not Patti LuPone?

2011-01-06 21:32:55

Oscars quiz: Can you spot the only best actress nominee?

2009-10-31 16:33:02

Oscar quiz: Which gals did naughty Golden Boy jilt the most?

2009-11-06 16:33:11

Manohla Dargis on the Hollywood boys club: 'One guy after another in a baseball cap'

2009-12-14 21:32:29

'The Women' and 'The Good Fairy' double feature at the Aero

2009-12-25 16:34:46

Legends of La Cienega event pays tribute to Hollywood

2010-05-06 16:33:46

Russell was a stage and screen actress, arguably best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the screwball comedy, His Girl Friday, as well as the role of Mame Dennis in the film, Auntie Mame.

2013-02-25 00:00:00

The two-time Oscar winner hosted the 36th ceremony in 1964 and the 57th awards in 1985; he co-hosted (with Hope, Niven, Rosalind Russell, James Stewart and Donald Duck!) the telecast in 1958 and the 44th awards (with Helen Hayes, Alan King and Sammy Davis Jr.) in 1972.

2012-08-02 11:26:49

trade the fastest banter in cinema, as Chicago journalists (based on characters introduced in the play The Front Page ) chasing after a big story involving a small anarchist hiding in a roll-top desk.

2010-11-02 00:00:00