Richard Howard, acclaimed poet-translator, dies at 92

Elizabeth Harris Aitken, who was married four times, including to two film superstars and a pair of cousins, died aged 85 on Friday April 15.

JUST IN: Elizabeth Taylor: Furious husband almost shot star over torrid affair"I remember knocking on the door and this lady came and I said 'Hello, can I have Richard Burton's autograph?' 'Oh, you're Dick Hopkins son aren't you?'"So I went down the passageway and heard this 'bzz' and there was Richard Burton, shaving with an electric razor, and he had a T-shirt on and blazing blue eyes. "Hopkins recalled Burton asking him if he spoke Welsh, to which he replied no, leaving the legend to declare: "Then you're not a true Welshman.

NEW YORK -- Music executive Art Rupe, whose Specialty Records was a premier label during the formative years of rock ‘n roll and helped launch the careers of Little Richard, Sam Cooke and many others, has died. He was 104.Rupe, who was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2011, died Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, California, according to the Arthur N.

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Sony Pictures’ action-comedy The Man from Toronto, starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson, Deadline can confirm. The film previously scheduled for release in theaters on August 12 will now bow on the streamer in all territories apart from China later this year.

Attorneys representing "Sweeny Todd" actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, "Aquaman" actress Amber Heard, accused both parties of abuse and manipulation in their opening statements Tuesday during Depp's defamation trial against Heard. Depp, 58, sued Heard, 35, for $50 million in 2019 over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post alleging she was the victim of domestic abuse.

Vertical Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to the ensemble comedy Tankhouse, starring Christopher Lloyd (The Tender Bar, Nobody), Richard Kind (Argo, Inside Out), Tara Holt (Ballers, Californication) and Stephen Friedrich (This is Us & Nice Girl Like You), with plans to release it in theaters and on VOD on May 13th.

Alessandra Ambrosio, 40, looks to be having the time of her life in the Bahamas with her boyfriend, Richard Lee. The Brazilian-American model posted new photos from the tropical getaway on April 6. In the images, Alessandra rocked a strapless gray bikini and splashed around in the water with her beau. Richard’s rock-hard abs were on full display as he also sported a pair of purple swim trunks and sunglasses.

Zack Sharf “Dazed and Confused” is one of the defining American independent films of the 1990s and one of the most beloved cult classics of all time, but it turns out the film’s enduring legacy has never resulted in money for writer-director Richard Linklater. The filmmaker was recently asked by The Daily Beast if he made money off “Dazed and Confused,” to which he responded, “Fuck no!”“It’s like… where’s my money?” Linklater asked. “How come a movie that cost less than $7 million has $12 million in interest against it?”When asked how “Dazed and Confused” can be a cult hit for nearly three decades and counting and not make money for him, Linklater responded, “I don’t know.

NEW YORK -- Bike rides, kickball, Jiffy Pop, Jell-O and other well-remembered details crowd Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood,” an affectionate ode to his own childhood growing up outside Houston in the late 1960s.NASA and the moon mission are just next door, as are other scientific marvels (Astroturf!). But the sense of wonder that permeates “Apollo 10 ½” is felt just as strongly in the neighborhood streets where kids roam with skinned knees.

Will Smith slapping Rock at this year’s Oscars after he made an insensitive joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers with the autoimmune disease alopecia. “I was asked by GQ Magazine some years ago. .

Richard Madeley bashed Chris Rock on Good Morning Britain on Monday as he spoke with co-host Susanna Reid about Will Smith slapping him on the Oscars stage.The 65 year old described the controversial comedian as the “most unpleasant human being [he] had ever interviewed” as he reflected back on his last encounter with the US star back when he was hosting his Channel 4 show with wife Judy Finnigan. “I was asked by GQ magazine some years ago who was the most unpleasant person I'd ever interviewed in my entire career and that goes back to 1972 when I was in local newspapers. I said without hesitation, Chris Rock,” Richard said.

It was an Academy Awards which no one will be forgetting anytime soon. Aside from its controversy, this year's Oscars set new records for diversity and representation, as well as giving long-awaited recognition for two big-screen veterans.