Dennis Hopper

Ruth Lily Poetry Prize, for $100,000, to go to Marie Ponsot

2013-03-18 12:47:00

Poet Marie Ponsot will be awarded the Ruth Lily Poetry Prize in June, it was announced Monday. The Ruth Lily Poetry Prize, which comes with an award of $100,000, is given to a poet for lifetime achievement. Ponsot's career began in the 1950s; her book...

The best job inquiry letter ever: Eudora Welty to the New Yorker

2013-03-15 12:15:00

Eighty years ago Friday, young Eudora Welty sent a letter to the New Yorker seeking employment. This was four decades before she would win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "The Optimist's Daughter" and five decades before "The Collected Works of Eudora...

Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life

2013-03-14 14:30:00

"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...

Katherine LaNasa adds a taste of New Orleans to tiny Venice bungalow

2013-01-21 13:40:00

Katherine LaNasa plays a deliciously hard-edged, evil wife in the new TV series “Deception,” but at home in her Venice bungalow, she showcases a soft side influenced by her native New Orleans. “Being from New Orleans completely...

Tiger Woods sells Corona del Mar condo

2012-08-19 00:00:00

PGA champion Tiger Woods has sold his condominium in Corona del Mar for $2,213,875. But like many other residential real estate owners, Woods landed in the rough when it came to selling a place bought before the housing downturn. Public records show he...

Tony Scott dies at 68; a film career in retrospective

2012-08-20 00:08:00

Director-producer Tony Scott, who apparently committed suicide Sunday in San Pedro at age 68, left behind a lengthy filmography. One of the first directors to make the transition from commercials to features, he helmed movies including "Top Gun,”...

Dennis Hopper compound is sold

2012-08-06 13:48:00

The Venice compound of the late actor, photographer and artist Dennis Hopper has sold for $5 million. The property includes an industrial-inspired main house of about 5,000 square feet, a pool house, a guest cottage and three two-story condominiums for a...

Around Town: 'Paper Moon' shines on downtown festival

2012-05-24 07:26:43

Courtney Love attempts her first gallery show

2012-04-30 09:40:00

Celebrity art shows usually don't merit much serious aesthetic consideration. But when the celebrity in question is Courtney Love -- the volatile Hole frontwoman and sometimes actress -- attention should be paid, if only to see how her outrageous...

Craig Kilborn talks his way into a home sale

2012-04-04 13:37:00

Talk show host Craig Kilborn has sold his house in the Hollywood Hills West area for $2.9 million. The Spanish-style home, built in 1927, was owned by actor Dennis Hopper when he was working on the film "Easy Rider" in the late '60s. Entered through a...

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2011-12-04 06:00:00

Bert Schneider dies at 78; 'Easy Rider' producer

2011-12-14 00:00:00

Bert Schneider, the iconoclastic producer behind a trio of influential movies — "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces" and "The Last Picture Show" — that captured the rootlessness and discontent of the late 1960s and '70s and became symbols of a new...

Hopper was nominated in 1987 but for the wrong movie -- his "Hoosiers" turn as an alcoholic basketball fan was solid enough, but it was his fully unhinged performance as the demented Frank Booth in David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" that became the stuff of legend.

2013-02-22 12:01:26

Despite my deep and abiding love for baseball and movies like "Bull Durham," "Eight Men Out," my favorite sports movie is "Hoosiers," and I'll give you two reasons why: Dennis Hopper and the unforgettable soundtrack.

2013-02-21 13:07:00

Hopper and Phillips met on the set of "The Last Movie." They married on Oct. 31, 1970. Phillips filed for divorce less than two weeks later.

2011-10-31 10:46:27