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The Wizard of Oz

A giant projected head with greenish skin and glowing eyes looms over fiery bursts of red smoke, representing the exaggerated Wizard figure in Sphere’s reimagined version of the film.

Sphere’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Walks an Uneasy Line Between Cinematic Enchantment and A.I. Slop

As 'Wicked: For Good' hits big screens, Sphere is hosting a wildly distended, dazzlingly supersized and grotesquely manipulated version of the 1939 classic film that inspired it.
By Stephen Garrett
Pair of red sequined slippers

Dorothy’s Recovered ‘Wizard of Oz’ Ruby Slippers Head to the Auction Block

The recovered shoes were infamously stolen from a Minnesota museum in a 2005 heist.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Is Still Facing Development Woes

The museum has been plagued by enormous expenditures, management departures and an ambitious design.
By Helen Holmes
American actress Debbie Reynolds with her daughter Carrie Fisher in 1972.

A First Look at Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds’ Personal Items Headed to Auction

By Alanna Martinez
Vincent D'onofrio as The Wizard, Roxy Sternberg as Elizabeth, Susan-Li Ong as Isabel -- (Photo by: Rico Torres/NBC)

We Should Probably Discuss NBC’s ‘Emerald City’

By Vinnie Mancuso
There's no place like home- especially if that home is the Smithsonian.

Smithsonian Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for ‘Wizard of Oz’ Slippers

By John Bonazzo
Elijah Kelley, Shanice Williams and Common in NBC's The Wiz Live! (Photo: Screenshot/Youtube)

The Best (and Strangest) Moments from ‘The Wiz Live!’

By Nick Mangione

James Franco Reveals Inner Huckster in <em>Oz: The Great and Powerful</em> (Video)

By Drew Grant
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