{
  "id": 16746007,
  "title": "How Two Rival Columnists Created Hollywood’s Gossip Machine — and Taught America to Worship Attention",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/how-two-rival-columnists-created-hollywoods-gossip-machine-and-taught",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-27T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IndieWire",
    "slug": "indiewire",
    "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/hollywood-whispers-excerpt-hedda-hopper-louella-parsons-1235223094/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In this excerpt from her new book \"Hollywood Whispers: The Untold Story of the Original Gossip Queens, Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper,\" author Eileen Cope charts the origins of a legendary show business rivalry.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}