Film – Dean Goodman

Billy Wilkerson: A forgotten Hollywood tyrant

September 16, 2024 Dean Billy Wilkerson, Bugsy Siegel, Hollywood Reporter, Howard Hughes, journalism, Variety

HOLLYWOOD GODFATHER: THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF BILLY WILKERSON
By W.R. Wilkerson III
Chicago Review Press; $15.99 on Kindle at Amazon.

Billy Wilkerson was the founder of the Hollywood Reporter, a movie trade publication based in Los Angeles.

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Celebrity graves in England

September 16, 2015December 11, 2020 Dean Amy Winehouse, Andy Gibb, Benjamin Disraeli, Benny Hill, Brian Epstein, Brian Jones, Bruce Reynolds, Cilla Black, Crippen, Eddie Cochran, Edith Cavell, Edward Heath, Edwin Starr, Eleanor Rigby, Emmeline Pankhurst, Freddie Mercury, George Best, Ivor Novello, Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham, Julia Lennon, Keith Moon, Lally Stott, Malcolm McLaren, Margaret Thatcher, Mick Ronson, Neil Aspinall, Peter Sellers, Robin Gibb, Ronnie Scott, Stu Sutcliffe

I’m a terrible person . . . to take on vacation.

You might want to lounge on the beach, or go shopping or eating. I just want to visit celebrity graves and miscellaneous death sites.

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Awards shows – please kill me!

August 25, 2013December 4, 2020 Dean awards shows, Emmys, Grammys, MTV, Oscars

Covering awards shows like the Grammys and Oscars made me grumpy. They allow rich and famous people to become even more rich and famous, and I was part of the problem.