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How Wyoming Helped Make Hollywood the Movie Capital of the World
How Wyoming Helped Make Hollywood the Movie Capital of the World
How Wyoming Helped Make Hollywood the Movie Capital of the World
Here's a fascinating story courtesy of Phil Roberts from the University of Wyoming history department. Before he helped established Hollywood as the movie making capital of the world, legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille cut his teeth with a touring theater company in the late 1800s...
Website Honors Wyoming’s Best Actor
Website Honors Wyoming’s Best Actor
Website Honors Wyoming’s Best Actor
The popular travel and entertainment website Thrillist recently published a list ranking "The Best Actor From Every State". And the winner is... Matthew Fox. The Party of Five and Lost star moved to Crowheart, Wyoming, as an infant...
Donald Trump’s Weird Wyoming Movie Connection [Video]
Donald Trump’s Weird Wyoming Movie Connection [Video]
Donald Trump’s Weird Wyoming Movie Connection [Video]
Years before Donald Trump became the Republican nominee for President, he appeared in one of the weirdest, and worst, movies ever filmed in Wyoming. In 1989, Trump co-starred with supermodel Bo Derek, legendary actor Anthony Quinn and famed Wyoming lawyer Gerry Spence in "Ghosts Can't Do It," which was filmed in Jackson...
Wyoming Filmmaker Releases Amazing ‘Memorial Day’ Tribute
Wyoming Filmmaker Releases Amazing ‘Memorial Day’ Tribute
Wyoming Filmmaker Releases Amazing ‘Memorial Day’ Tribute
Cole Smith is a filmmaker and former Air Force officer that was stationed in Cheyenne. His latest project is a short film titled "Memorial Day", produced in cooperation with the Wyoming Arts Council, which depicts two friends commemorating a fallen comrade. ...
Wyoming Ranks as One of the Nerdiest States in America
Wyoming Ranks as One of the Nerdiest States in America
Wyoming Ranks as One of the Nerdiest States in America
Do you dress up in medieval clothing to watch "Game of Thrones?" Do you know the Vulcan death grip? Then chances are you are from Wyoming. The folks at Estately sorted through the data and have comprised a list of the "Nerdiest states in America...
Five Places They Should Film the Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie in Wyoming
Five Places They Should Film the Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie in Wyoming
Five Places They Should Film the Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie in Wyoming
Last week, the "fake news site" DailyNews11 caused a stir by falsely reporting that several scenes from the upcoming 'Star Wars' movie were scheduled to be filmed near Cheyenne. Unfortunately, that story was quickly debunked. However, here are five places in Wyoming that would make an excellent setting for the 'Star Wars' franchise...
The Scandalous Story of Wyoming’s Leading Lady Mildred Harris
The Scandalous Story of Wyoming’s Leading Lady Mildred Harris
The Scandalous Story of Wyoming’s Leading Lady Mildred Harris
By the time she was 16-years-old, Wyoming native Mildred Harris was among the most well known actresses in the world when her torrid love affair with Charlie Chaplin became the first tabloid scandal in Hollywood history. Born in Cheyenne in 1901, the daughter of a telegraph operator scored her first Hollywood movie role at the age of 11, when she was cast in The Post Telegrapher...

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