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A new JFK book is making headlines for promising to unearth previously-unheard details about the enigmatic president’s life both in public and private.

The appropriately titled JFK: Public, Private, Secret, is a new book from author J. Randy Taraborrelli and publisher St. Martin’s Press, and is billed as a “definitive portrait” of John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s time in the White House. Released July 15, the 592-page hardcover has...

Exclusive: In a major deal, Concord Originals has acquired Rko, the legendary film studio behind such classic properties as King Kong, Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, It’s a Wonderful Life, Suspicion and The Woman in the Window.

The purchase gives Concord Originals the derivative rights to over 5,000 titles, which include the remake, sequel, story, stage and copyrights (including unproduced screenplays) of the company’s storied film library. Concord acquired Rko from Ted Hartley, who served as the studio’s Chairman and CEO for 35 years.

Going forward, Rko will continue to operate as its own imprint under Concord Originals. Sophia Dilley and current Rko President Mary Beth O’Connor have been named Co-Presidents of Rko and will jointly run the company with the support of the Concord Originals team. Dilley will also maintain her current role as head of Concord Originals, considered one of the preeminent homes for adapting music and theatre IP,...

Peaky Blinders season 6’s unexpected connection to real life (Photo Credit – Instagram)

While his arrival was shrouded in mystery, his connection to real-life history is anything but. Uncle Jack isn’t just a fictional mob boss; he’s inspired by Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., father of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.

In the Peaky Blinders universe, Uncle Jack’s arrival from the U.S. with plans to buy import licenses for Scotch and whiskey distilleries adds layers to the show’s dark, gritty intrigue. He rolls up to England with a crew straight out of the pages of history: his wife, mistress, and the son of President Roosevelt. The whole setup might sound familiar, and it should. 1933 Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. did the same thing, arriving in London with a similar entourage. He, too, was looking to cash in on the end of Prohibition, buying rights to...

This article contains Spoilers for The Penguin Episode 4, "Cent'Anni".

The Penguin kept audiences in the dark about Sofia Falcone's backstory until Episode 4, where she proved capable of running the family. Showrunner Lauren LeFranc confirmed Sofia's story arc is based on a real-life (and prominent) personality.

Sofia Falcone's arc finally reached its breaking point in The Penguin Episode 4; Cristin Milioti's riveting performance fleshed out a sympathetic and nuanced villain fans can root for. This was established in the episode's flashback scenes, depicting Sofia's admission to Arkham Asylum and her ordeal within its walls. Juxtaposed with her present-day storyline, Sofia's backstory painted her as a victim of conspiracy and circumstance, but that all changed when she came to her own and took control. Series creator Lauren LeFranc told IndieWire she rewrote Sofia's arc to break Batman canon. She also revealed that President John F. Kennedy's older sister Rosemary inspired Sofia's story.

When executive producer Matt Reeves first talked to showrunner Lauren LeFranc about creating “The Penguin,” he encouraged her to take the same approach he did with “The Batman”: Do a deep dive into the Batman comics to find inspiration, but with the freedom to create something new.

“Matt never wanted to do a straight up adaptation of a comic book,” said LeFranc. “It’s fantastic that those stories exist, but I’d like to create new stories. I wanted to create new canon.”

There is no better example of what LeFranc did with this freedom than how she flipped the script on the character of Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti), who, in the shocking conclusion of Episode 4, gasses the Falcone family in the mob family’s palatial estate. It’s not only an astonishing end to the episode; it’s a surprising unlocking of the character — a side of Sofia...

Michael Douglas is in terrific form as Benjamin Franklin in Apple TV’s new historical limited series “Franklin” but he isn’t the only actor to emerge with awards whispers whizzing through the air. Veteran actor Eddie Marsan features in a key supporting role as John Adams and delivers one of the finest performances of his career while also shining a new light onto a man that many actors have depicted before.

The limited series follows Franklin’s eight years in France as he tried to persuade King Louis XVI (Tom Pezier) to join the colonies’ cause and aid them in the American Revolutionary War. The scenes between Douglas and Marsan are nothing short of spectacular and Marsan nails his performance as Adams, as noted by critics.

Clint Worthington (Roger Ebert) noted: “Marsan’s energy as Adams is decidedly different from Paul Giamatti’s in Ellis’ original 2008 miniseries—“Franklin” feels...

The Peaky Blinders spinoff series set in Boston has the potential to explore the rich history of the Irish mob and Italian mafia in the city. Unlike many famous gangster movies and shows set in New York and New Jersey, the spinoff will focus on an earlier time period and chronicle the rise of criminal organizations in Boston. The original Peaky Blinders series already established connections to Boston, including the involvement of the Solomons in East Boston and the introduction of a South Boston crime leader based on Joseph Kennedy Sr.

The heavily anticipated spinoff series to the celebrated Peaky Blinders has the potential to tell many great gangster stories pertaining to Boston, Massachusetts. The beloved British crime series starring Cillian Murphy, a Best Actor favorite at the upcoming 2024 Academy Awards for Oppenheimer, ended in 2022 after six celebrated seasons. The series originally debuted back in 2013 and was created by Steven Knight,...

British actor Tom Wilkinson, who appeared in films including ‘The Full Monty’, ‘Shakespeare in Love’ and ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, passed away in the U.K. He died at the age of 75 on Saturday. He won a BAFTA for supporting actor for ‘The Full Monty’, in which he plays an unemployed steel worker who joins a male striptease dance group who decide to strip completely — “go the full Monty” — in order to make money, reports Variety.

“It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on December 30. His wife and family were with him,” the statement from his family to the BBC read.

As per Variety, Wilkinson reprised his role as Gerald in ‘The Full Monty’ for the recent Disney+ series which revisited the characters 26 years later.

Wilkinson was Oscar-nominated for his roles in ‘Michael Clayton’, in which he played...

Actor Tom Wilkinson, well known for his roles in The Full Monty among many other films, has passed away.

Per BBC News, Wilkinson died on Saturday at his home while surrounded by his wife and family members. The actor's passing was confirmed in a statement from the family released to the press. Wilkson was 75 years old.

"It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on December 30. His wife and family were with him," Wilkinson's family stated. "The family asks for privacy at this time."

Wilkinson is especially well known for his role as Gerald Cooper in the British comedy The Full Monty, released in 1997. For his role in the film, the actor won a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and he won a SAG Award along with the rest of the cast. Wilkinson had just recently...

We have some very sad news to close out 2023, folks. Tom Wilkinson, one of the finest and most beloved character actors of this (or any other) generation, has died suddenly at 75. Deadline was the first to report the news. The twice Oscar-nominated co-star of Michael Clayton, Batman Begins, In the Bedroom, and many more films last appeared in Disney Plus’s sequel series to his breakout role in The Full Monty.

Between 1998 and 2018, Wilkinson was one of his generation’s most prolific character actors, with his output putting him up there with Brian Cox and Brendan Gleeson. He made over 65 movies and TV series in that twenty-year period, starring in everything from high-profile arthouse fare like Todd Field’s In the Bedroom to his role as Carmine Falcone in Batman Begins. He often played villains, such as in The Lone Ranger, but had the range to take on pretty much any part.

Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor best known for roles in The Full Monty, In the Bedroom, and Batman Begins, has died at the age of 75.

Wilkinson’s family confirmed the charactor actor’s death Saturday in a statement (via the BBC), noting that he died “suddenly.”

“It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on December 30,” the family said in a statement. “His wife and family were with him. The family asks for privacy at this time.”

Wilkinson was a two-time Academy Award nominee,...

Tom Wilkinson, the British actor who appeared in films including “The Full Monty,” “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” died Saturday in the U.K., the BBC reported. He was 75.

“It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on December 30. His wife and family were with him,” the statement from his family to the BBC read.

He won a BAFTA for supporting actor for “The Full Monty,” in which he plays an unemployed steel worker who joins a male striptease dance group who decide to strip completely — “go the full Monty” — in order to make money. Wilkinson reprised his role as Gerald in “The Full Monty” for the recent Disney+ series which revisited the characters 26 years later.

Wilkinson was Oscar-nominated for his roles in “Michael Clayton,” in which he played an attorney who has a manic episode...

Cari Beauchamp, the widely respected historian and author of several books on Hollywood who often appeared on Turner Classics Movies programming and at the network’s annual TCM Classic Film Festival, has died. She was 74.

TCM posted a tribute to Beauchamp on its Twitter/X page Friday.

“We are saddened to hear of the loss of one of our TCM family, trailblazing historian Cari Beauchamp,” the network wrote today. Without her invaluable work, many female creatives would be lost to history. We are grateful for her many contributions to our network over the years.”

Beauchamp’s work focused on the role of women in Hollywood, including in her books Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and The Powerful Women of Early Hollywood and Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters from Inside the Studios of the 1920s. She also wrote Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years, edited Anita Loos...

Cari Beauchamp, the respected film historian who put readers and viewers in close touch with the early days of Hollywood through her painstaking research as an author, editor and documentary filmmaker, died Thursday. She was 74.

Beauchamp died of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, her son Jake Flynn told The Hollywood Reporter.

She was unable to attend an Oct. 28 event at the Tcl Chinese Theatre that celebrated authors represented on THR’s recent unveiling of “The 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time.”

Beauchamp is on the exclusive list thanks to Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood. First published in 1997, it centers on Marion, who became the highest-paid screenwriter, man or woman, in Hollywood by 1917 before receiving Oscars for The Big House (1930) and The Champ (1931).

Beauchamp then wrote and produced for TCM a 2001 documentary based on the book, earning a WGA nomination along the way.

101 Studios secured the rights to the Nyt bestseller White House By The Sea: A Century of the Kennedys At Hyannis Port and are fast-tracking it for a television adaptation.

Written by Rolling Stone‘s Kate Storey and published June 27 by Scribner, White House By The Sea is the multi-generational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod. The estate is where they’ve celebrated, mourned, and forged the closest of bonds – and Storey’s book is based on more than one hundred interviews.

“Kate Storey spent years researching for this book and it really shows in how she was able to bring these characters to life,” said David Glasser, CEO of 101 Studios. “Viewers will be able to get to know the Kennedy family in a way they have never seen before. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to bring this unique...

Just as his latest film “Armageddon Time” is hitting theaters, James Gray has already set up his next project. The “Ad Astra” and “Lost City of Z” director will helm a film about John F. Kennedy for MadRiver Pictures.

As originally reported by Deadline, the film will be a biopic depicting how JFK became the 35th president of the United States, after growing up desperate to prove himself in his politically powerful family —his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, was a successful businessman and a leading member of the Democratic Party. The film will particularly focus on Kennedy’s time in World War II, where he served as a commander of a patrol boat that was sunk by a Japanese destroyer in 1943. In the explosion, Kennedy took charge and helped the crew seek safety, and ultimately located rescue after a brutal two weeks. His actions won him a Navy and Marine Corps Medal,...

During the casting of "The Godfather," Paramount executives did not agree with director Francis Ford Coppola's choice of Marlon Brando for the iron-willed Vito Corleone. After a string of box office failures, on-set conflicts, and personal issues, they saw him as a temperamental has-been and prima donna. In his autobiography "Songs My Mother Taught Me," Brando admits even he thought he wasn't right for the part:

"I had never played an Italian before, and I didn't think I could do it successfully. They had to be convinced that he, not someone like Ernest Borgnine or Carlo Ponti, was perfect for the role."

But Brando proved he was the ideal choice, giving a hypnotic performance of sheer intensity and measured wisdom that went on to become his most iconic and earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor (though he famously declined the trophy and sent indigenous American rights activist...

Warning: this Peaky Blinders review contains spoilers.

Tommy escaped. He escaped it all – the fascists and the fake diagnosis and his family and himself. He rode out of Peaky Blinders just as he rode into it, only this time (this drama loves symbolism) on a white and not a black horse. Season six had sent him to hell where he’d reckoned with his sins. Then a plot by his enemies presented him with a rare opportunity to ride for the hills and leave it all behind. And as we know, Tommy’s never one to miss an opportunity. When Arthur and Curly and Charlie rake the ashes of Tommy’s wagon for silver and gold, they’ll find his wedding ring and watch and think him gone. He’s free.

Free, that is, until the Peaky Blinders feature film comes out, when Tommy Shelby or Mr Jones or the...

The Godfather, which just turned 50 last week, took out all the competition. Budgeted at $6 million, it earned $287 million in theaters. Its worldwide box office was 38.4 times its production costs. It was the first film in history to take in a million bucks a day. Completed ahead of schedule, director Francis Ford Coppola’s family film reflected his Sicilian roots and those of Mario Puzo, the author of the novel. But it wasn’t personal for them, just business.

Prior to 1972, the gangster movie genre traditionally presented a disillusioned underclass in morality plays which sent the same message: “Crime doesn’t pay.” The Godfather says it does. The Corleone Family at the center of the film and novel turn a profit. Puzo’s book charts the rise and fall of the “Mafia,” a word never spoken in the movie, from the vantage point of the most upwardly mobile of New York’s Five Families.

This year, over 2,000 people participated in the 20th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port presented by Pepsi-Cola and Shaw’s and Star Market Foundation, a cycling, run and walk fundraiser from Boston to Hyannis Port, May 31 – June 1.

The Challenge raised $6.6 million in total donations for Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (Idd).

Tom Brady, New England Patriots Quarterback and Best Buddies Global Ambassador, served as Honorary Co-Chair, along with Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri and Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy, III. During the Challenge, Event Chair Ted English, Executive Chairman of Bob’s Discount Furniture, helped honor Steve Difillippo, chef, restaurateur and owner of Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse in Boston, with the 2019 Spirit of Leadership award. This is Best Buddies’ highest accolade presented to organizations who show great leadership, generosity and spirit...

Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment, leadership development and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (Idd), is pleased to announce that the 20th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port , presented by Pepsi-Cola and Shaw’s and Star Market Foundation, will take place May 31 – June 1.

More than 2,000 people are expected to participate in the Challenge – a charity ride, run, and walk to benefit Best Buddies International.

Tom Brady, New England Patriots Quarterback and Best Buddies Global Ambassador, will serve as Honorary Co-Chair, along with Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri and Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy, III. During the Challenge, Event Chair Ted English, Executive Chairman of Bob’s Discount Furniture, will help honor Steve Difillippo, chef, restaurateur and owner of Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse in Boston, with the 2019 Spirit of Leadership award. This is Best Buddies’ highest accolade presented to organizations who show great leadership,...

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren formally declared today that she’s running for president, capping a months-long buildup that included DNA testing, online video experiments and much debate.

Warren made her announcement at a rally in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and will then barnstorm, visiting New Hampshire, Iowa and four other states. The Lawrence site was chosen because of its connection to a successful labor strike started by women, hitting on themes Warren will emphasize in her campaign.

She faces an uphill battle. Her DNA testing that proved she had minuscule Native American heritage was once believed to be a fatal blow to her presidential ambitions, and the issue refuses to die. Just this week, a handwritten registration for the Texas bar surfaced, listing her heritage as “American Indian.”

Warren was also mocked for an online video that showed her sipping a beer with her husband in her home kitchen, an attempt to humanize that fell flat.

Exclusive: John F. Kennedy and family are set to be profiled in a two-part documentary for Viacom’s UK network Channel 5.

The British commercial broadcaster has ordered The Kennedys (w/t) from its own production division Elephant House Studios. The doc will chart the rise of America’s first family from their humble immigrant origins to become one of the richest and most powerful families in the U.S.

It will trace this journey from Patrick Kennedy’s arrival in East Boston in 1849 through the Kennedy’s growing wealth and political influence of his grandson, Joseph P. Kennedy. It will chronicle the political and personal lives of the family members and will feature analysis from experts and first-hand accounts from people who were there.

The two-parter will air later this year. The doc is produced by Elephant House Studios’ Jeff Anderson and has been ordered by factual commissioner Lucy Willis.

Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (Idd), is pleased to announce that the 19th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port , presented by Pepsi-Cola and Shaw’s and Star Market Foundation, will take place June 1-2.

More than 2,500 people are expected to participate in the Challenge – a charity ride, run, and walk to benefit Best Buddies International.

Tom Brady, New England Patriots Quarterback and Best Buddies Global Ambassador, will serve as Honorary Co-Chair, along with Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri and Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy, III. During the Challenge, Event Chair Ted English, Executive Chairman of Bob’s Discount Furniture, will help honor Eaton Vance Management with the 2018 Spirit of Leadership award.

“Best Buddies is a fantastic organization with a great message to spread, and I am so proud to support their work,” said Best Buddies Global Ambassador Tom Brady.

In our noisy, toxically divided, my-way-or-the-highway political culture, you’re on one side or the other, and there’s almost no middle ground left — no place where liberals and conservatives can overlap without feeling like they’re betraying their own cause. “Chappaquiddick,” the deep and gripping new docudrama about the tragic incident that took place on July 18, 1969, when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy drove his car off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, died by drowning, is a more probing drama of corruption than any movie Hollywood has released in years. As I said in my review, it’s a movie made in the spirit of open-eyed — and, yes, liberal — inquiry. Yet is it a film that liberal moviegoers are ready to embrace? The critics have mostly been kind, but the tone of the media coverage has been cautious, reserved, a tad skeptical; the movie is going after a sacred cow.

“Chappaquiddick” is a well-acted examination of the Ted Kennedy 1969 drunk-driving scandal that ended with young Democratic aide Mary Joe Kopechne trapped and drowned in Kennedy’s car after it plunged into a pond off Dike Bridge. The new film appeals more to Republicans who hated him than the liberals who revere him — but it has a liberal director and star who refuse to publicize it through conservative outlets, and only a few under 40 know what “Chappaquiddick” means. So who will see it?

On the surface, it might seem to be a hatchet job on one of the Senate’s most respected politicians. “I hope between the reviews and word of mouth people will not see it as a one-dimensional hit piece,” said director John Curran (“The Painted Veil”). “The fear of that is understandable.”

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios acquired the film before Toronto for $4 million against $16 million in P&A.

“Chappaquiddick” is a well-acted examination of the Ted Kennedy 1969 drunk-driving scandal that ended with young Democratic aide Mary Joe Kopechne trapped and drowned in Kennedy’s car after it plunged into a pond off Dike Bridge. The new film appeals more to Republicans who hated him than the liberals who revere him — but it has a liberal director and star who refuse to publicize it through conservative outlets, and only a few under 40 know what “Chappaquiddick” means. So who will see it?

On the surface, it might seem to be a hatchet job on one of the Senate’s most respected politicians. “I hope between the reviews and word of mouth people will not see it as a one-dimensional hit piece,” said director John Curran (“The Painted Veil”). “The fear of that is understandable.”

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios acquired the film before Toronto for $4 million against $16 million in P&A.

Elisabeth Moss is set to portray one of the most mysterious members of America’s iconic political family, the Kennedys.

The Handmaid’s Tale star, 35, will bring to life the late Rosemary Kennedy, who underwent a lobotomy at the age of 23, in new film A Letter From Rosemary Kennedy.

Rosemary was one year younger than her brother President John F. Kennedy, and the third child of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald’s nine children.

Director Ritesh Batra told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement, “The movies about the Kennedy family are deservedly stormy affairs, but here’s a story...

He’s named after one of the most mythic figures in American politics, but John “Jack” Kennedy Schlossberg has kept a relatively low profile over the years. But all that changed this week when he made headlines with his first red carpet at the 2017 Met Ball and first live TV appearance on NBC’s Today.

Growing up in New York City’s Upper East Side, the 24-year-old youngest child of Caroline Kennedy and Ed Schlossberg (and only grandson of JFK and Jackie Kennedy) was largely left alone by the photographers that followed his uncle John F. Kennedy Jr. from the...

The retrospective Frank Capra, The American Dreamer is showing April 10 - May 31, 2017 in the United Kingdom.Frank CapraFrank Capra has fallen badly out of fashion in recent decades. While still well-known for the extraordinary Depression-era purple patch that produced It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), the critics have rarely been kind. His work is routinely derided as “Capra-corn” for its perceived sentimentality and “fairy tale” idealism while the man himself is written off in favour of contemporaries Howard Hawks, Preston Sturges and Ernst Lubitsch.Elliot Stein, writing in Sight & Sound in 1972, attacked Capra’s “fantasies of good will, which at no point conflict with middle-class American status quo values”, arguing that his “shrewdly commercial manipulative tracts” consist of little more than “philistine-populist notions and greeting-card sentiments”. Pauline Kael found him “softheaded,” Derek Malcolm a huckster hawking “cosily absurd fables.” To an extent,...

After Nazi Germany fell in 1945 and the world had learned the horrors of the Holocaust, a young John F. Kennedy paid a visit to Adolf Hitler’s bomb-ravaged Bavarian Berghof residence and Eagle’s Nest mountain retreat.

After the visit — part of his tour of Germany as a Hearst newspaper war correspondent — Kennedy, then 28, wrote a diary entry revealing his fascination with the late Führer, who had committed suicide just four months earlier at his air-raid shelter in Berlin.

“You can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as...

Christopher Kennedy, the eighth child of the late Robert F. Kennedy, is expected to announce today his candidacy for governor of Illinois, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Kennedy, a decades-long Illinois resident, has flirted with running for the top seat in Illinois for months, as he’s hired political consultants and pollsters for the run, according to Politico. In years past, he’s considered runs for both the senate and governor, but ultimately decided not to run, according to the Chicago Tribune.

In 2009, he said he decided against running because he felt he could do more at home in Illinois than...

Not since John F. Kennedy, whose father, Joseph P. Kennedy, had once owned a major movie studio, and Ronald Reagan, movie star and California governor, has a president-elect been on such familiar terms with the leaders of the American media business. And to add to all the other Donald Trump paradoxes — rich man but populist leader, social liberal but head of the Republican Party, libertine but beloved by evangelicals — he's a mogul buddy but at war with the media. CBS Corp. chairman Leslie Moonves, Disney chairman Bob Iger, 21st Century Fox and News Corp executive chairman Rupert

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Rosemary Kennedy, the "hidden Kennedy" who underwent a lobotomy at just 23 years old, ordered by her father, Joseph P. Kennedy, leaving her with the mental capacity of a two year old, had an unlikely friendship with the daughter of actress Marlene Dietrich when the star was having an affair with Rosemary's father. In a new biography of John F. Kennedy's sister Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth, author Paula Byrne sheds new light on the eldest Kennedy daughter, Rosemary's friendship with Maria Riva - then Maria Sieber - the daughter of film star Marlene Dietrich.

After years of opening doors for the Upper East Side's elite, three New York City doormen might soon join their ranks - all thanks to a woman who reportedly once romanced John F. Kennedy, according to DNAinfo.com. Alice Corning Clark, a socialite, died on Feb. 10, leaving behind at least $17 million in assets, per DNAinfo.com. In her handwritten 2001 will, filed in probate court in the Bahamas, Clark allegedly bequeathed $1 million to her longtime doorman, William Courtney, 62. In addition, DNAinfo.com reported, Feliz Afandor and George Rodriguez - two other doormen at 955 Fifth Ave., which borders Central Park - were also allegedly named as beneficiaries.

After years of opening doors for the Upper East Side's elite, three New York City doormen might soon join their ranks - all thanks to a woman who reportedly once romanced John F. Kennedy, according to DNAinfo.com. Alice Corning Clark, a socialite, died on Feb. 10, leaving behind at least $17 million in assets, per DNAinfo.com. In her handwritten 2001 will, filed in probate court in the Bahamas, Clark allegedly bequeathed $1 million to her longtime doorman, William Courtney, 62. In addition, DNAinfo.com reported, Feliz Afandor and George Rodriguez - two other doormen at 955 Fifth Ave., which borders Central Park - were also allegedly named as beneficiaries.

The Kennedy family has a long history of hiding its scandals behind closed doors, and it was no different with Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy's controversial marriage to a Protestant future duke named Billy Hartington. Devout Catholics Joseph P. Kennedy and his wife, Rose, were mortified by their favorite daughter Kick's decision to marry outside the faith. To make matters worse, the marriage came just as her brother John F. Kennedy, with an eye toward the presidency, was considering running for Congress in Massachusetts. In the new biography Kick Kennedy, which offers a fresh look at the rebellious Kennedy who died in...

The Kennedy family has a long history of hiding its scandals behind closed doors, and it was no different with Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy's controversial marriage to a Protestant future duke named Billy Hartington. Devout Catholics Joseph P. Kennedy and his wife, Rose, were mortified by their favorite daughter Kick's decision to marry outside the faith. To make matters worse, the marriage came just as her brother John F. Kennedy, with an eye toward the presidency, was considering running for Congress in Massachusetts. In the new biography Kick Kennedy, which offers a fresh look at the rebellious Kennedy who died in...

Before her tragic death in a plane crash at 28, Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the star of the Kennedy family. Nicknamed "Kick" for her high-spirited personality, she was her father's favorite: charming, outgoing, and fiercely driven - just like her older brother, John F. Kennedy. "Like Jack, nothing stopped her. She was his psychological twin," says author Barbara Leaming, whose new biography, Kick Kennedy, offers a fresh look at the beloved but rebellious Kennedy daughter, who took Britain's stodgy aristocratic world by storm when she arrived in London with her family in 1938. "Kick was as aggressive, as ambitious, as eager for power [as her brother]," Leaming adds.

Before her tragic death in a plane crash at 28, Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the star of the Kennedy family. Nicknamed "Kick" for her high-spirited personality, she was her father's favorite: charming, outgoing, and fiercely driven - just like her older brother, John F. Kennedy. "Like Jack, nothing stopped her. She was his psychological twin," says author Barbara Leaming, whose new biography, Kick Kennedy, offers a fresh look at the beloved but rebellious Kennedy daughter, who took Britain's stodgy aristocratic world by storm when she arrived in London with her family in 1938. "Kick was as aggressive, as ambitious, as eager for power [as her brother]," Leaming adds.

She wasn't a great beauty, nor was she noted for her intellect. But when Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy - the fourth child of Joseph P. Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife, Rose - arrived in London in 1938, she caused an unlikely sensation. In the new biography Kick Kennedy, author Barbara Leaming reveals fresh insight into the Kennedy daughter who died in a plane crash in 1948, just four years after her eldest brother, Joe Jr., was killed in a top-secret mission during World War II. Kick, Leaming writes, was "actually quite plain in appearance. Her hair was a shade of 'mousy brown,...

She wasn't a great beauty, nor was she noted for her intellect. But when Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy - the fourth child of Joseph P. Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife, Rose - arrived in London in 1938, she caused an unlikely sensation. In the new biography Kick Kennedy, author Barbara Leaming reveals fresh insight into the Kennedy daughter who died in a plane crash in 1948, just four years after her eldest brother, Joe Jr., was killed in a top-secret mission during World War II. Kick, Leaming writes, was "actually quite plain in appearance. Her hair was a shade of 'mousy brown,...

Miley Cyrus‘ younger brother and Patrick Schwarzenegger‘s older sister are reportedly dating each other, according to TMZ.So much has changed for the Kennedy clan, since Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy wed in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12th, 1953. The groom’s father, Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, had picked out blue blood Jacqueline Bouvier as the right wife for a future president of the United States, well on his way as the groom was already a United States Senator – John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The Kennedys reportedly treated the wedding as a political event and the hundreds of guests […]...

There was one Kennedy that the world never got to know: Rosemary, the third of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose's nine children. Born in 1918, she was mentally impaired and never truly fit in with her family. "The shame of her disability was our family secret," says her nephew Timothy Shriver, 55, who includes her story in his new book, Fully Alive. Related: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette: Their Love Story"She grew up in a time where there was enormous shame surrounding children with special needs," Shriver, the son of Rosemary's sister, Eunice Shriver, tells People. "People didn’t want to admit it.

There was one Kennedy that the world never got to know: Rosemary, the third of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose's nine children. Born in 1918, she was mentally impaired and never truly fit in with her family. "The shame of her disability was our family secret," says her nephew Timothy Shriver, 55, who includes her story in his new book, Fully Alive. Related: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette: Their Love Story"She grew up in a time where there was enormous shame surrounding children with special needs," Shriver, the son of Rosemary's sister, Eunice Shriver, tells People. "People didn’t want to admit it.

Socialite Jacqueline Bouvier married Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy, scion of the powerful Boston clan, in Newport, R.I., on Sept. 12, 1953, and though it would be another seven years before the movie-star-beautiful couple would be ready to move into the White House, it easily could be said Camelot was born on their wedding day. "The whole affair, said one enthusiastic guest, was 'just like a coronation,' " reported Life magazine, America's window on the world at the time. To mark the 60th anniversary of the nuptials, Life.com offers a gallery of the very best of photographer Lisa Larsen's takes...

Today, we're featuring Peter Strauss in 1981. Notably, he plays Abel Roznovski in Kane and Abel, the TV miniseries from Jeffrey Archer's book of the same title. He won an Emmy Award for his role on the 1979 made-for-television movie The Jericho Mile, and he starred in a television remake of the classic 1946 film Angel on My Shoulder in 1980. His other noted television miniseries credits include starring roles in Rich Man, Poor Man, its sequel Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and Masada. Strauss plays Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. in the 1977 TV movie Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy.

We've been counting down a slew of smokin' hot Republicans and now—it's time to give the Democrats some love. So, we're kicking off our hot dem of the day with a member of the Kennedy fam because looks and the Kennedy legacy simply must go hand-in-hand (hats off to you, JFK and Jackie O). With that chiseled jaw and that tossled ginger head of hair, Joseph P. Kennedy III is currently running for the congressional seat in Massachusetts fourth congressional district. He was previously a lawyer for the Middlesex County District Attorney's office (he resigned in January to run for office) and his father is former U.S. congressman Joseph Patrick Kennedy II. In February, the 31-year-old...

I can’t explain why I’ve always been attracted to the films of Rko. It can’t just be that arresting radio tower logo; there’s something unpredictable about the studio’s body of work during the 1930s and '40s. Now, thanks to longtime studio scholar Richard Jewell (who coauthored the coffee-table reference book The Rko Story years ago) I understand a lot more about the workings—and undoing—of this once-promising organization. Born out of the remnants of Joseph P. Kennedy’s silent Fbo studio, the powerful Keith-Albee-Orpheum vaudeville theater chain, with 700 houses across the country, and David Sarnoff’s imposing Radio Corporation...

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With President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign suddenly riding the surge of economic recovery and his potential Republican challengers seemingly locked in the political equivalent of a circular firing squad, you’d think Hollywood Democrats have enough to lift their spirits these days. But there’s more—a new Kennedy to support. Joseph P. Kennedy III is running for the Massachusetts congressional seat Barney Frank vacated when he decided to retire, and this evening, Bobby Shriver (a cousin) and Malissa Feruzzi will host a fundraiser for the 32-year-old grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy and the son of former Rep. Joseph

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