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Apr 20, 2015 · Fifty years ago, Ingrid Liebschreiber traveled all the way from Germany to Las Vegas and became a showgirl. Her story is fascinating. She doesn’t hold anything back.
- “Showgirls,” a movie about a volatile and combative stripper-turned-dancer on the Las Vegas strip, was originally pitched as a big, splashy MGM-style Hollywood musical.
- Nomi almost lashed out at another woman — literally. Early versions of Joe Eszterhas’s screenplay have long been circulating around the internet. In one, we read one of the more outrageous scenes left on the cutting-room floor.
- Fearing a NC-17 rating would be a death knell for box office success, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas publicly encouraged minors to get fake IDs. In an interview that sparked much backlash prior to the theatrical release of “Showgirls,” Eszterhas offered some advice for teenagers who weren’t old enough to buy a ticket given the film’s restrictive NC-17 rating — it was the first time a film with that rating got a wide release in mainstream theaters.
- Paul Verhoeven was the first director to accept his Razzie Award in person. The Golden Raspberry Awards, or “Razzies,” were founded in 1981 to celebrate the worst in cinema and held annually the night before the Oscars in a small conference room at the Roosevelt Hotel, back when Hollywood was known for being more seedy than glitzy and the Academy Awards were at the Shrine Auditorium near Downtown L.A.
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Jul 2, 2014 · “Confessions of a Showgirl” will be a compilation of tales from showgirls past and present. It will give you a rare insider’s glimpse of the shows you see on the Strip.
A podcast about real Las Vegas Showgirls from stage production shows with interviews of former dancers, Showgirls, Showboys and crew members.
Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a script written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins, and Gina Ravera.
Dec 4, 2018 · The true showgirl wouldn’t be caught dead on the Strip — or out of vertiginous heels. And the true showgirl is appalled by these impersonators trying to trade on her hard-earned prestige.
Documentary about the life of showgirls throughout the century. The program revolves around the personal stories of showgirls, past and present, charting their history throughout the century. Archival stills and film are used to describe the golden age of burlesque and the transformation of the...
