This careful approach to ensuring the film was the best it could be went into creating the tornado as well. According to a ...

T he recent theatrical release of "Wicked" sets up the story of how "The Wizard of Oz," its tornado, the Wicked Witch of the West and Dorothy Gale's trip to see the wizard came about.

In her first novel in 14 years, the author combines real-life historical events with a dose of magical thinking.

a tornado and the strategic use of words like “emerald” and the town being named Uz. Russell says she loves in “The Wizard of Oz” how “strangers form this unlikely family and change ...