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b"Luella Parsons\\u2019s reign as Tinseltown\\u2019s top tittle-tattler was severely challenged on 14th February, 1938, following the print debut of rival column, \\u2018Hedda Hopper's Hollywood\\u2019.\\xa0\\nWith her fiery style and incendiary content, Hopper quickly garnered a massive audience of her own. Together, the two writers reached over 75 million readers and radio listeners in Hollywood\\u2019s golden age; their networks of informants and sensational stories making or breaking countless careers.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly discover how the rivals derailed Orson Welles' career after the release of \\u2018Citizen Kane\\u2019; reveal how the Chicago railway played a pivotal role in Parsons\\u2019s rise to the top; and consider how Hedda changed her first name - to appease her first husband\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Powerful Rivalry of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons\\u2019 (Vanity Fair, 1997): https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/rivalry-hedda-hopper-louella-parsons-gossip-columnists\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Forgotten Hollywood: Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons\\u2019 (Golden Globes, 2021): https://goldenglobes.com/articles/forgotten-hollywood-hedda-hopper-and-louella-parsons-articles-forgotten-hollywood-hedda-hopper-and-louella-parsons/\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Publicist Frank Liberman on Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper\\u2019 (Television Academy Foundation, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaZNCJriAZ4\\nLove the show? Join \\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS \\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\\nJoin now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\\n\\n\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"