Sidney Skolsky Sidney Skolsky Sidney Skolsky (2 May 1905 – 3 May 1983) was an American writer best known as a Hollywood gossip columnist. He ranked with Hedda Hopper (with whom he shared a birthday) and Louella Parsons as the premier Hollywood gossip columnists of the first three decades of the sound picture era. A radio personality in addition to having his own syndicated newspaper column, Skolsky also was a screenwriter and movie producer who occasionally acted in the radio and in the movies. Skolsky claimed to be the person who gave the nickname "Oscar" to the Academy Award and was credited
Judy Davis nomination for her supporting performance as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in Ryan Murphy's anthology television series "Feud". The following year, Davis co-starred with Aaron Pederson in the six-part ABC TV Series, "Mystery Road". Davis's performance as the local police sergeant was praised, and "The New York Times" wrote, "The thing that really sets "Mystery Road" apart is the actress who signed on to play the outback sergeant Emma James: the great Judy Davis, playing a police officer for the first time in her career and starring in an Australian TV series for the first time in nearly 40 years. Ms.