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Sunset Boulevard is considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all time, and the 1950 Billy Wilder drama has been ...
Nicole Scherzinger won best actress in a musical at the Tony Awards for her role as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard." ...
As lead host and a partner in the staging of the next year's World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games, L.A.'s reputation is on the ...
📖 Head to BookPeople to hear Austin writer Lucas Schaefer chat about his debut novel, "The Slip," about an Austin teen who ...
That opening night, which included actress Gloria Swanson crowning the queen of the centennial, was chilly and attracted only about 4,000 spectators. Perhaps the ticket prices were too high ...
screen. It's a bit scary." The show is an adaptation of Billy Wilder's legendary Oscar-winning 1950 film of the same name, starring Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film star living ...
If you’ve seen the black-and-white film and Gloria Swanson’s hyper-dramatic performance as Norma Desmond, you’ll feel a sense of déjà vu watching Anna Sandor’s “Knock Loudly,” a play ...
This sumptuous illustrated biography, weighing in at more than four pounds, begins: “Gloria Swanson was a great motion picture star. Her pictures for Paramount in the 1920s made millions, and her ...
Holliday’s performance as the sharp-witted Billie Dawn earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1951, beating Hollywood legends Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson in one of the most ...
More surprising, however, was that Gloria Swanson did not win best actress for playing Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, a towering portrayal of a silent film star who Hollywood has passed by and ...