I assumed I was interviewing a beauty queen, little was I aware I would meet a hero. It was 1958 when Marilyn Van Derbur was selected Miss America, while 50 million viewers watched on television. It was the most coveted honor of most girls' dreams at the time. Asked what the "pageant scene" entailed 50 years ago, Marilyn, whose last name now is Atler, laughed, "Are you kidding me? >More

The 80th Academy Awards broadcast is scheduled to air Sunday, Feb. 24, unless it becomes another casualty of the Writers Guild strike. Denver Magazine ® honors the late African-American actress Hattie McDaniel, who spent much of her childhood in Denver before becoming the first black actor to win an Oscar. Born in Wichita, Kan. (reports vary on her year of birth between 1892 and 1895), ... >More