With her drop-dead gorgeous looks, it seemed inevitable that Ava Gardner would become one of the biggest stars of Hollywood’s golden age—and she lived a glamorous lifestyle to boot. No stranger to ...

Image of Ava Gardner with a pink gloved hand to her face against pink background - Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images When you think of Ava Gardner, you probably think of 1950s Hollywood glamour, ...

Ava Gardner drank alcohol to have fun a lot of the time. She used to love drinking with her glamorous friends, including Ernest Hemingway and Grace Kelly, for example. Some say it was because she was ...

Mickey Rooney was married eight times, and he never shied away from making self deprecating jokes about his many marriages. The legendary actor, who had a career spanning roughly nine decades, was ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 13: Paul Anka performs onstage during the Fontainebleau Las Vegas Star-Studded Grand Opening Celebration on December 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Vivien ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Ava: The Secret Conversations" is a hit at the Studebaker Theater. It's about a screen legend whose real life was as thrilling as the movies she starred in. Elizabeth McGovern plays ...

Elizabeth McGovern in Ava: The Secret Conversations Credit: Jeff Lorch Unlike solo biographical shows, where the audience is the implied interlocutor/confessor for the life events as they unfold as ...

Fans of Elizabeth McGovern who find their way to the Studebaker Theater merely out of a desire to see a star of the TV and movie franchise “Downton Abbey,” live and in person in Chicago, likely will ...

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McGovern also wrote the play, and talked about this passion project. Gardner was in her 60s and broke, when she asked writer Peter Evans to tell her story to get some cash. And there was a lot to tell ...