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You could own 1947 Tony Award won by Egot champ Helen Hayes
1 April 2013 1:46 PM, PDT
Helen Hayes was the second person after Richard Rodgers to complete the Egot, winning all four top showbiz awards. Fittingly, the "First Lady of the American Theater" won the first of her two Tony Awards for Best Actress at the inaugural ceremony of these kudos in 1947. She picked up the prize for her performance in Anita Loos' "Happy Birthday" tying with Ingrid Bergman ("Joan of Lorraine"). For the first two years of these awards -- which were a tribute to Antoinette Perry, the founder of the American Theater Wing who died in 1946 -- winners were given a scroll with the men also getting a money clip and cigarette lighter and the women a compact. And that is what Nate D. Sanders Auction house has on the block Tuesday -- a Tiffany sterling silver compact with the initials "Hh" engraved on it while inside is the inscription: "The American Theatre »
Marlon Brando's 'On the Waterfront' Golden Globe sells for $68,500
1 April 2013 1:24 PM, PDT
Marlon Brando didn't show up to collect his second Golden Globe in 1972 for "The Godfather," which should have signaled his upcoming rejection of the Oscar. After all, back in 1954, he was there to pick up his prize from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. when he won for "On the Waterfront." The HFPA, which only nominated three performers in each category back then, had snubbed Brando for his Oscar-nominated turns in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), "Viva Zapata!" (1952) and "Julius Caesar" (1953). He lost those Oscar races to Humphrey Bogart ("The African Queen"), Gary Cooper ("High Noon") and William Holden ("Stalag 17") respectively. Determined to finally prevail, Brando changed his ways, becoming the prince of politeness with the press. As the La Times reported on his Globes appearance, “Unusual was the fact tha »
News Nuggets: Sutton Foster, Jesse Tyler Ferguson will announce Tony nominees
1 April 2013 10:46 AM, PDT
Emmy-nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson and multiple Tony-winner Sutton Foster will announce the Tony nominations on April 30. Publicist Peggy Siegal gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Oscar weekend. Huffington Post Sebastian Junger, who directed the Oscar-nominated documentary "Restrepo" with the late Tim Hetherington, directs the tribute film, "Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington," which explores the dangers of battlefield journalism. It premieres on HBO on Thursday, April 18, at 8pm Et/Pt. Anthony Geary, Jane Elliot, and Kin Shriner discuss their years of work on "General Hospital," and Elliot explains the drama around her 1981 Daytime Emmy win. TV Guide -Addprediction:101:197:Click to predict Daytime Emmys:addprediction- WGA report reveals that TV writing staffs are still dominated by white men. TBS renews "Conan" through November 2015. Judges announced fo »
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