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This is not surprising. Her movie column has sometimes been the object of abuse and ridicule, her radio voice is uncomfortably nervous and high-pitched, she herself has not always been the subject of affectionate comment, and many competitors, including that spectacularly be-hatted warrior, Hedda Hopper, have tried to beat her at her own game. But in 1952 Louella Parsons, after reigning over a quarter century, is still queen of the Hollywood gossip columnists. Her work appears daily in twelve Hearstpapers and is syndicated in some 1,200 others throughout the world. She is held in awe, respect, esteem...
After eight months of marriage, Marion Davies, onetime actress and friend of the late William Randolph Hearst, filed suit for divorce from her merchant-mariner husband, Capt. Horace Brown. Two days later, Columnist Hedda Hopper reported "the strangest reconciliation in Hollywood's history." Brown's story to Hedda: "I don't know why she took me back, because I'm a beast. I bought a monkey as a pet, and the monkey bit her. I pulled the phone out by the roots. I went down to her sister Rose's house and shot...
...question. The question, for example, states that The Dolls House is a great play and you must discuss it in terms of A, B, and C. You have not read: The Dolls House, so you state categorically that The Dolls House is a lousy play and discuss Hedda Gabler, instead. Presumably you have read Hedda Gabler, and if you do a good job on it, the grader can often be lulled into thinking that critical analysis rather than desperation caused you to misinterpret the question...
Hollywood Gossipist Hedda Hopper, wearing one of her improbable hats, emerged from a plane at the Charleston, S.C. airport, where she was greeted by Old Friend Bernard Baruch, wearing a dashing cape. Visitor and host motored off to Baruch's Hobcaw Barony estate...
...later, Hollywood Columnist Sheilah Graham, although she long ago refused the titled suitor, found herself still in Spot No. 3. Just to the right of her in the new and different kind of chorus line stood, in order of rank, Louella O. ("Lolly") Parsons, queen of Hollywood gossipists, and Hedda Hopper, undisputed heiress apparent to Lolly-until Sheilah came along to contest the succession...