Category Archives: Hollywood Stories/Trivia

Shirley Temple Presents Walt Disney With An Honorary Academy Award (1939)

  At the 11th Academy Awards Ceremony held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Shirley Temple presented Walt Disney with a special award of a full-sized Oscar statuette with seven miniature Oscar statuettes descending in … Continue reading

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Today in History: September 30, 1955 James Dean dies at age 24 in a car crash on a California highway.

On September 30, 1955, movie star and cultural icon James Dean dies at age 24 in a car crash on a California highway. Dean was driving his Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed “Little Bastard,” headed to a car race in Salinas, … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day: Jean Harlow

  Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the “Blonde Bombshell” and the “Platinum Blonde” (due to her platinum blonde hair), Harlow was ranked as … Continue reading

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Elvis Presley and President Richard M. Nixon (1970)

Elvis Presley and President Richard M. Nixon On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter … Continue reading

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Marilyn’s Iconic Photo from “The Seven Year Itch”

For the 1955 movie “The Seven Year Itch”, Marilyn Monroe appeared in one of the most famous photographic stunts in the history of film. Dressed in a white halter dress, with her skirt blown up by a draft from a … Continue reading

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