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Harrison’s widow publishes poems about musician
Olivia Harrison, widow of Beatle George Harrison and a philanthropist and film producer, has a few words of her own to share.
She has written 20 original poems about her late husband for the book “Came the Lightening,” which comes out June 21. “Came the Lightening” also will include photographs and images of mementos and will have an introduction by Martin Scorsese, who directed a 2011 documentary about George Harrison.
“Olivia evokes the most fleeting gestures and instants, plucked from the flow of time and memory and felt through her choice of words and the overall rhythm,” Scorsese wrote. “She might have done an oral history or a memoir. Instead, she composed a work of poetic autobiography.”
Olivia Arias met George Harrison in the mid-1970s while she worked in the marketing department of A&M Records, which distributed Harrison’s Dark Horse label. They married in 1978, a month after the birth of their son, Dhani. George Harrison died of cancer, at age 58, in 2001.
Morse, two-time Tony-winning actor, dies at 90
Actor Robert Morse, who won a Tony Award as a hilariously brash corporate climber in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and a second a generation later as the brilliant, troubled Truman Capote in “Tru,” has died. He was 90.
Morse died at his home Wednesday after a brief illness, said David Shaul of BRS/GAGE Talent Agency.
Morse played the autocratic and eccentric leader of an advertising agency in “Mad Men,” AMC’S hit drama that debuted in 2007. The role of Bert Cooper earned him five Emmy nominations as best guest actor in a drama series.
Winfrey picks Davis memoir for her book club
Viola Davis’ latest honor is not for her acting, but for her writing. The Oscar winner’s upcoming memoir, “Finding Me,” is Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick.
“Finding Me,” which comes out Tuesday, traces Davis’ journey from what she has called a “crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island” to acclaim for her work on stage and screen. Her many prizes include a Tony Award for the 2010 Broadway production of August Wilson’s “Fences” and an Academy Award for the film adaptation of “Fences” that came out in 2016.
In a statement Thursday, Davis said she was “beyond honored” and thanked Winfrey for her support.
Beginning Friday, Winfrey’s interview with Davis can be streamed on Netflix. Winfrey and Davis also will speak May 16 for an interactive book club gathering presented by Oprahdaily.com, the online hub for Winfrey’s book club.
Roberts returns to TV in Watergate-era series ‘Gaslit’
Julia Roberts sad she was so gleeful at the sight of Sean Penn arriving on the set of their TV series “Gaslit,” she nearly caused a wardrobe malfunction.
“He came in full hair, makeup and costume, and I was so excited I ran to hug him and I was running with such velocity that between my body pad and his body pad, I just kind of bounced off of him, I can’t believe that his head didn’t come off apart from his costume,” Roberts said. “We were laughing so hard.”
Penn plays John Mitchell, the former attorney general under Richard Nixon. Roberts is his wife, Martha, known as “the mouth of the south,” a regular on talk shows who would eavesdrop on her husband’s phone conversations and tip off reporters with gossip about Washington’s elite. Her loose lips were viewed as such a problem that her husband ordered security to keep her in a hotel room for 24 hours after the Watergate hotel break-in. Mitchell claimed they removed the phones and television and she was assaulted and injected with a tranquilizer to keep her from trying to leave. The ordeal was so traumatizing it led to her eventual breakdown and the end of the couple’s marriage.
“Gaslit,” debuting Sunday, isn’t just another retelling of the Watergate scandal, but instead focuses on lesserknown stories from the era, such as Martha Mitchell’s. The show is based on the first season of the podcast “Slow Burn” hosted by Leon Neyfakh.
— Wire reports