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“Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean,” which drops Tuesday, author Jason Colavito claims the ill-fated Hollywood icon shelled out $800 to advertising executive Rogers Brackett only days before his first movie, “East of Eden,” premiered, averting a public scandal that would have cost him his career in the homophobic 1950s.In excerpts published by DailyMail, Colavito details the disastrous affair which left Dean feeling sexually exploited. “I didn’t know it was the whore who paid – I thought it was the other way around,” Dean reportedly said.The $800 blackmail — around $9,395 today, per the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis — was an enormous sum at a time when a man’s median salary in the US was around $3,100 per year, per DailyMail.Dean and Brackett met in 1951, when Dean was a parking valet next door to CBS studios, where the radio drama “Alias Jane Doe” — produced by Brackett’s advertising agency — was recorded.

It may be Timothée Chalamet‘s third time hosting Saturday Night Live, but it’s the two-time Oscar nominee’s first stint as a musical guest.

With this morning’s Oscar announcement, 29-year-old Timothée Chalamet became the youngest actor receive two Best Actor Oscar nominations since James Dean. The second promo for the newly-nominated star’s Saturday Night Live hosting gig plays off the day’s news.

Not bad, kid: Timothée Chalamet, who earned an Oscar nomination for playing Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, hit a major milestone today.

Robert De Niro’s “unforgettable” audition for The Godfather in a new interview.The director, whose film Megalopolisarrives in cinemas this week (September 27), said even now, he is still impressed with De Niro’s audition.“He had an unforgettable audition for Sonny Corleone, that was so in advance of what I even could imagine because he really nailed that kind of a guy,” Coppola recalled at a Q&A before the New York premiere of Megalopolis this week (September 23). De Niro was at the event with Coppola as well as director Spike Lee (via IndieWire).At the time of his audition, De Niro was an unknown and Coppola actually offered the part of Paulie Gatto in the film after the part of Sonny Corleone went to James Caan instead. De Niro later appeared in The Godfather Part 2 playing a young Vito Corleone.One line that Coppola remembers in particular is De Niro delivering the line about “getting his brains all over your nice Ivy League suit, Michael”.He recalled: “I never forgot that.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterAlain Delon, the French actor most famous for his roles in the films of New Wave director Jean-Pierre Melville, especially “Le Samourai,” has died. He was 88.

HBO documentary, “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed,” and has alleged that Hudson made sexual passes at costar James Dean.Hudson — who died from an AIDS-related illness in 1985 — kept his homosexuality a secret among the social circles of Tinseltown.Griffin claimed in the special that Hudson was “privately hitting on Dean” during shooting the 1956 drama.“According to some accounts, James Dean was rather disdainful of Hudson,” he went on.“Dean considered it hypocritical that Rock was maintaining this hetero facade in public,” Griffin explained. “Some might consider that a case of the pot calling the kettle black.”“Giant” also starred Hudson’s friend Elizabeth Taylor, and was Dean’s last movie he shot before his 1955 death in a car crash.The “East of Eden” alum portrayed a ranch hand, who enters into a bitter feud with a wealthy Texas rancher (played by Hudson) for over a period of several years.Griffin also alleged in the documentary that Dean was involved with a gay media executive who was pals with Hudson’s agent, Henry Willson.“If you’re talking about shrouded sexuality, they weren’t all that different,” he noted.In an archived interview featuring Hudson from 1983, he stated that he despised his younger castmate.The “Dynasty” actor said that the only reason that “Giant” director George Stevens had cast Dean, was because he was “new and hot.”“As I said, I didn’t like the fella too much.

Kate Aurthur editor On June 1, Adam McKay and his company Hyperobject Industries and Sony Music Entertainment will release “Death on the Lot,” an eight-episode podcast telling the stories of the deaths of James Dean, Hattie McDaniel, John Garfield and other notable Hollywood figures who died prematurely in the 1950s. Variety can exclusively unveil the trailer for “Death on the Lot,” which was developed by and hosted by McKay. In an interview that took place before the writers strike, McKay said the project grew out of his 2021 podcast “Death at the Wing,” which examined the untimely deaths of basketball players in the 1980s, putting them in the context of the sociopolitical climate at the time.  “All during the making of ‘Death at the Wing,’ we kept saying the only other comparison we can think of is Hollywood after World War II,” McKay said. “Then we thought, ‘Well, let’s do a season about that, and see what we can uncover.’ And if possible, it was even richer and deeper, and more to the core of the American story than we anticipated.”

Michael Mann has revealed he wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to star in a James Dean biopic back in the 1990s, but put the project on hold because Leo looked too young for the part.In an interview with Deadline, the director, 79, explained he decided to put the project on the backburner and focus on the 1995 film Heat, starring Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer, while hoping his chosen leading man could age into the part. The Academy Award winner described the screenplay for the Dean project and Leo's potential performance as 'brilliant.'   Biopic: Director Michael Mann revealed he wanted to cast Leonardo DiCaprio in a 1990s biopic about the late James Dean, but put the project on the back burner because the Titanic actor looked too young'And then it’s who the hell could play James Dean? And I found a chap who could play James Dean, but he was too young. It was Leo.

Michael Mann has revealed he wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to star in a James Dean biopic back in the 1990s, but put the project on hold because Leo looked too young for the part.In an interview with Deadline, the director, 79, explained he decided to put the project on the backburner and focus on the 1995 film Heat, starring Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer, while hoping his chosen leading man could age into the part. The Academy Award winner described the screenplay for the Dean project and Leo's potential performance as 'brilliant.'   Biopic: Director Michael Mann revealed he wanted to cast Leonardo DiCaprio in a 1990s biopic about the late James Dean, but put the project on the back burner because the Titanic actor looked too young'And then it’s who the hell could play James Dean? And I found a chap who could play James Dean, but he was too young. It was Leo.

Leonardo DiCaprio almost played one of Hollywood’s iconic legends on the big screen.

Leonardo DiCaprio almost got the chance to play the iconic and gone-before-his-time movie heartthrob James Dean. However, the superstar was apparently just too young for the role.In a recent interview with, director Michael Mann revealed that, before he helmed his 1995 crime classic, he was attached to direct a biopic about the star's short but intense life.«It was a brilliant screenplay.

Michael Mann has revealed he wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to star in a James Dean biopic back in the 1990s, but put the project on hold because Leo looked too young for the part.In an interview with Deadline, the director, 79, explained he decided to put the project on the backburner and focus on the 1995 film Heat, starring Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer, while hoping his chosen leading man could age into the part. The Academy Award winner described the screenplay for the Dean project and Leo's potential performance as 'brilliant.'   Biopic: Director Michael Mann revealed he wanted to cast Leonardo DiCaprio in a 1990s biopic about the late James Dean, but put the project on the back burner because the Titanic actor looked too young'And then it’s who the hell could play James Dean? And I found a chap who could play James Dean, but he was too young. It was Leo.

Leonardo DiCaprio was almost cast as James Dean in a biopic after an “amazing” screen test aged 19.Director Michael Mann revealed there was a “brilliant screenplay” about the late actor which he was going to direct before 1995’s Heat, but he moved onto the crime epic because his choice for the role, DiCaprio, was “too young” for the part.Speaking to Deadline, Mann said: “That was so weird about James Dean. It was a brilliant screenplay. And then it’s who the hell could play James Dean? And I found a chap who could play James Dean, but he was too young.

Deadline on Wednesday that he grew tired of waiting for DiCaprio to age up for the role.“That was so weird about James Dean,” Mann said.“It was a brilliant screenplay. And then it’s who the hell could play James Dean? And I found a chap who could play James Dean, but he was too young.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This twice-monthly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Natalie was a child star who successfully made the transition to young adult roles, going on to lead an illustrious career. She won four Golden Globes and three Academy Award nominations in her time, starring in at least 31 films. As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 'Rebel Without a Cause' in 1955, followed by a role in John Ford's 'The Searchers' in 1956.

Ellise Shafer administratorGeoffrey Scott, an actor known for his roles in “Dark Shadows” and “Dynasty,” has died, his wife confirmed to Variety. He was 79.Scott was also a lauded commercial actor, starring in over 100 commercials such as the “Walk a Mile for a Camel” campaign shot at the Taj Mahal and a Maxwell House Coffee ad alongside Margaret Hamilton. Scott was also featured as one of the Old Spice and Marlboro men.Born on Feb.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWalter Mercado knew how to make an entrance.Just ask the filmmakers behind the new Netflix documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado” about meeting the iconic television astrologer for the first time at his home just outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico.“We go into his office and meet his secretary and his nieces and they take us upstairs to one of his sitting rooms,” co-director Kareem Tabsch tells Variety. “It’s a sunken and about three steps down.

Long before the world mourned the death of Paul Walker, Hollywood witnessed a tragic car accident that took the life of one of the industry's finest actors. In Pinkvilla's Flashback Friday, we look back at actor James Dean's death. The international actor was all of 24 years old when he died in the fatal car crash. He was best known for his roles in East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant. The unfortunate accident took place on September 30, 1955. So how did the events to his death unfold? It included a trip to California, a car race and a Porsche Spyder. 

Charlotte Church is pregnant.