All posts containing the tag: "WizardOfOz"
Posted Feb 27th 2009 2:41PM by TMZ Staff
"Wizard of Oz" star Jerry Maren, the member of the Lollipop Guild who gave Dorothy a sucker, followed the yellow brick road all the way to Bob's Big Boy. Some things just write themselves.

Filed under: Paparazzi Video, We're Just Sayin', Food Glorious Food
Tags: jerry maren, JerryMaren, lollipop guild, LollipopGuild, video, wizard of oz, WizardOfOz
Posted Jul 24th 2008 2:28PM by TMZ Staff
Jerry Maren is best known for playing one of the members of the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz." Guess what he looks like now!

Filed under: Movies, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Tags: jerry maren, JerryMaren, lollipop, Wizard of Oz, WizardOfOz
Posted Nov 20th 2007 4:41PM by TMZ Staff
68 years after "The Wizard of Oz" hit theaters, the Munchkins finally got their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. What's a little person gotta do to get some respect around here?!

Seven of the original members, all well into their 80s and 90s, followed the yellow brick road to Grauman's Chinese Theatre to receive the 2,352nd star on the Walk of Fame. There's no place like home!
Let the joyous news be spread! The wicked old witch at last is dead!
Filed under: Movies
Tags: The Munchkins, TheMunchkins, Wizard of Oz, WizardOfOz
Posted Dec 17th 2006 7:06AM by TMZ Staff
Urban legends are stories with obscure origins, usually with little or no supporting evidence. Crazy circumstances associated with some of our favorite A-listers -- just happen to be true, while some are just myths. Find out which of Tinseltown's most outrageous legends are for real, and which are just a lot of baloney.

Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Wacky & Weird
Tags: david bowie, DavidBowie, gerbil, jack nicholson, JackNicholson, jaleel white, JaleelWhite, jim nabors, JimNabors, marilyn manson, MarilynManson, mick jagger, MickJagger, porn, richard gere, RichardGere, rock hudson, RockHudson, suicide, sylvester stallone, SylvesterStallone, urban legends, UrbanLegends, wizard of oz, WizardOfOz
Posted Dec 17th 2006 7:05AM by TMZ Staff
Jack was born April 22, 1937 to 17-year-old June Nicholson. Nicholson grew up believing that his grandmother, Ethel May, was his mother, and that June was actually his sister. Jack's aunt eventually revealed the outrageous secret to him. Jack was stunned. Neither June, who acted as his sister, nor Ethel ever told the truth about Jack's parentage ... and both went to their graves before it had been revealed.

Munchkin Hung
The legend says that an actor portraying one of the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz" hung himself on the set and that his death was captured and actually made it into the final cut of the movie.

Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, Wacky & Weird
Tags: jack nicholson, JackNicholson, munchkin suicide, MunchkinSuicide, rumors, urban legend, UrbanLegend, Wizard of Oz, WizardOfOz