The Wizard Of Oz: Last News

“The Wizard of Oz” graced the silver screens, a prized piece from the set is going up for auction for the very first time.The Tin Man’s oil can from the 1939 technicolor fantasy is being sold for $200,000, according to TMZ.Kruse GWS Auctions is holding the sale and noted on the product description page that film historians say this is one of five oil cans used during filming, while other experts say there were three.The container can be seen at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.The can is currently on loan to the museum through November 2022.According to the auction house, the museum was also interested in letting the winning bidder keep the golden prop at the gallery after the loan agreement is satisfied in November.The item will come with a redacted copy of the loan agreement for the Academy Museum as well as an insurance appraisal of $1 million.The iconic musical starred Judy Garland as the wide-eyed Dorothy, with Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton completing the ensemble cast.Garland’s blue gingham dress from the movie was finally found last year after being missing for almost 50 years.The costume was mysteriously lost in 1972 and was found on the Catholic University campus in Washington, DC in June 2021.The college’s lecturer and operations coordinator for drama and music, Matt Ripa, unearthed the dress as he was cleaning out an area of one of the school’s buildings.

“Jeopardy!” fans expressed their disbelief after all three contestants were left stumped by a final question about a character in a beloved piece of pop culture.On Thursday’s episode of the long-running game show, contestants Mary Walheim, Alfred Wallace and three-day defending champion Bryce Wargin came up short when presented with a clue in the “Fictional Characters” category. The prompt read: “Boq is one of these fictional people, ‘Not as big as the grown folk… but neither were they very small.'”Walheim was left with a dollar in total winnings after betting $5,999 of her total $6,000 haul when she incorrectly guessed “What is a Lilliputian?”“I’m afraid it’s not the Lilliputians from ‘Gulliver’s Travels,'” “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings told her.Walheim’s competitors, Wallace and Wargin, also appeared to believe that the clue referred to the 6-inch-tall men living on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift’s classic 1726 novel.Wallace’s answer was revealed to be “What are lili?” The contestant, who wagered $10,000 of his $10,600 in winnings, noted that his response was “almost Lilluputian.” Jennings agreed, adding that Wallace had likely run out of time to write the characters’ full name.Wargin’s first guess was “What are Lilliputians?” before he crossed the answer out and wrote, “dwarves.” Jennings then informed the contestants that “What is a Munchkin?” was the correct answer.

“Wicked” isn’t only playing in multiplexes this holiday season.The long-running musical can also continue to be seen live at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway for the 21st consecutive year.Mary Kate Morrissey (Elphaba) and Alexandra Socha (Glinda) lead the current cast; the pair took over the iconic roles back in April of this year.“She is the person I’m supposed to be doing this with every single day,” Morrissey told Broadway Direct. “We’re both so dedicated to the story and being earnest with the characters and not trying to prove that we have this riff or whatever it is.

Stephanie Mills didn’t exactly ease herself on down the road to Oz — and Broadway immortality — five decades ago in “The Wiz.”“My mother had to make me go to the audition because I didn’t want to go,” Mills, 67, told The Post about that fateful first tryout for the starring role of Dorothy in 1974. “I had gone up for so many things and then I didn’t get them, so I was kind of disappointed, so I didn’t want to go.

passed away at age 98 in 2018 — and the media reported that the the world lost its “last living ‘Wizard of Oz’ munchkin” (he was the last munchkin played by a little person).“I said, ‘Wait a minute, I’m a munchkin and I’m still alive!'” she told The Post after hearing the news.Bruno’s husband Craig Sheiner confirmed the star’s passing this week in a Facebook post, writing: “I am so sorry to have to tell you Betty Ann’s heart left us today.”According to the post, she had just finished dancing the hula at an event in her hometown of Sonoma, California, whereupon she “developed a sudden, splitting headache.” Bruno’s husband subsequently drove her to the hospital, where she made it to the front desk before collapsing on the floor with a “massive heart attack,” per the statement.“We were together 46 years. I am devastated,” Sheiner lamented in the Facebook post.Born Betty Ann Ka’ihilani on October 1, 1931, in Wahiawa, Hawai’i, the ex-thespian’s grew up in Los Angeles Hollywood across the street from the 20th Century Fox studio lot, Deadline reported.

 movie released on Tuesday, fans are diving deep into speculation surrounding the film's closely guarded plot.One theory that might just have legs is regarding a possible connection to . Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling star as Barbie and Ken in the highly anticipated new film from Greta Gerwig, the trailer for which appears to show the duo attempting to leave Barbie Land and embarking on an adventure in the «Real World.»TikTok user Cat Quinn noted that a plotline following a fantastic journey to a new place, only to discover there's «no place like home,» while helping new friends along the way sound quite similar to the 1939 Judy Garland classic — but there's also a few Easter eggs in the trailer that really seal the deal. Dorothy's ruby red slippers were central to the plot of, while 's trailer begins with a close-up shot of her hot pink, glittery heels. Barbie wears a pink gingham dress throughout the trailer, not unlike Dorothy's blue gingham dress in .The most telling, blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment comes as Robbie's Barbie drives by a movie theater. On the marquee is the title, while three movie posters on the front of the building all depict characters from the film.

A new reimagined version of The Wizard of Oz, that will include LGBTQI characters, is set to begin production with Black-ish creator and writer Kenya Barris at the helm.In an interview with Variety, Barris said, “The original was an allegory and a reflection of the way the world was at the time with things like the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.”“Now we’re going to turn a mirror on where we’re at right now and take disparate characters from the LGBTQI community, from different cultural communities and socioeconomic communities, and tell a story that reflects the world. I think this is the best time to do that,” Barris said. When asked who he envisioned casting in the upcoming film, Barris told Essence,“No one that you would think. I know people feel like they know what we’re going to do, so I want to do something totally different.” Kenya Barris.Barris will also pen the script for the film which is being produced by his production company, Khalabo Ink Society, for Warner Brothers. The new film is based upon L.

according to a Deadline report. The film from New Line will be directed by Nicole Kassell of HBO’s popular “Watchmen.” Here’s an idea for her: Drive down to Ace Hardware, buy a jackhammer and rip up the Yellow Brick Road so nobody can ever access it again.