The time is drawing near! Only a couple of weeks to go, and I couldn’t be more excited, especially with this year’s planned events and special guests. Oz-Stravaganza! is the annual three-day festival that is sort of like an Oz-themed county fair—with … Read more →
February 22, 2012. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has spearheaded a small group of “angel donors” that also includes Steven Spielberg and Terry Semel and has purchased the most pristine pair of Ruby Slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in the movie “The … Read more →
On a recent episode of Hollywood Treasures on the Syfy Channel entitled “Justice For Dorothy,” host Joe Maddalena attempts to retrace footsteps at the scene of the crime for one of Hollywood’s biggest unsolved mysteries: the stolen pair of Ruby … Read more →
It’s a strange feeling to be home in Kansas one minute and then suddenly whisked away over the clouds to a curious land where the sidewalks are paved with yellow bricks, fascinating little people greet you with flowerpots on their … Read more →
It doesn’t come up often, but every now and then, someone asks me why I chose not to show the famous footwear on the cover of my book “Silver Shoes.” It would be an obvious choice, right? The book is called … Read more →
