HOLLYWOOD HAIKU

BRIMMING WITH STAR QUALITY: Thelma Todd (1906-1935) possessed comedic timing that was as remarkable as her beauty. (Original Hal Roach phot...

A publicity photo of Marilyn Monroe. Icon of beauty — A candle whose light remains, though the flame has died. A playful pose. A...

THE GARDEN OF ALLAH was a mansion estate turned bungalow village hotel at 8152 Sunset Boulevard. Built and ruled by controversial (and open...

GERMAN & JEWISH ARTISTS IN EXILE: Only those who've endured it themselves can know what these and other talented individuals went t...

THE DEMENTED RECLUSE: Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond making her final descent into her imaginary close-up and madness. This scene, more th...

A CHAMPION OF CHARITABLE CAUSES, Comedienne and TV Talkshow Hostess Ellen DeGeneres has raised more than $40 million for animals and people...

THE INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE: Where movie and TV info goes and where we all go to get it. Direct to YOUR screen! Plots! Bios!! Facts and...

STILL A KNOCKOUT: Rita Moreno is the first and only Latina and one of ten performers who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. In 2004,...

In the mid-1970s, if you were young, wild and into glitter, Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco at 7561 W. Sunset Boulevard was the pla...

A publicity photo of Cate Blanchett. A masterpiece act, she paints rich characters of cinematic art.

On September 16, 1932, Broadway Actress Peg Entwistle (also known by the stage name Mary Cecilia Brown) leaped to her death from The Hollyw...

A publicity photo of Christina Ricci. The doe-eyed wonder — brilliant each day of the week and not just Wednesday.

The sultry Mae West as Lady Lou in "She Done Him Wrong," 1933. The chickadee who had all the fellows coming to see her someti...