Hopper knew the industry from the performer’s point of view, and quickly became well known for the reach and accuracy of her networks. “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood” debuted on Valentine’s Day, 1938. It ...
Early one bright Hollywood day that dawned on rumors of a romance between Joan Crawford and Don Barry, the cowboy actor, Miss Crawford’s telephone tinkled. From the other end swooshed a Niagara of ...
The best news about Hedda Hopper is that few remember her. Hedda was a journalist (of sorts), who famously wore exotic hats and devoted herself to destroying the careers of anyone she identified as ...
Celebrity columnist Elda Furry, of Hollidaysburg and Altoona, is back in the national spotlight in a new movie. Older readers might recognize Elda by her more familiar stage name of Hedda Hopper. Here ...
It is no secret among close associates of James Roosevelt and his wife that the couple have not found the harmony they expected since Jimmy’s migration to Hollywood. . . . He has been seen in company ...
Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as a judge on the TV game show, "What's My Line." (via Facebook fan page) “You do know, don’t you, that even well-meaning people are pawns for the powerful, and ...
Karina Longworth’s hit podcast You Must Remember This explores the secret histories of Hollywood, debunking myths and shedding necessary light on the gifted but overshadowed people who make the dream ...
“In the early ’90s, gossip became very hot.” These are the first words you hear in the new docuseries “Gossip,” coming to Showtime next week. That raised an eyebrow for me. Gossip columns didn’t ...
I cede my column this week to Hedda Hopper, a Hollywood gossip columnist. Hopper died in 1966, but she agreed to come back again to review the Indianapolis Civic Theater benefit performance. HEDDA ...
ELYRIA, Ohio -- The Lorain County Historical Society held a Valentine’s tea party entitled “Glamour and Grudges” Saturday (Feb. 12) at the Hickories Museum, a beloved historical home in Elyria now ...