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2006

A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 and heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova she explodes on the New York scene only to find herself slowly lose grip on .. Read more

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  Factory Girl

  • 12 Mar 2007

  Legend has it that Edie Sedgwick inspired at least two great songs on Bob Dylan's seminal 1966 album, Blonde on Blonde: 'Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat' and 'Just Like a Woman'. (Some suggest she was the subject of 'Like a Rolling Stone' too, but the dates don't seem to fit even if the lyrics do.) With her Charlie Chaplin eyebrows, lopsided earrings and her penchant for wearing leotards outside ballet class, Edie briefly became a fashion icon just as art was becoming fashionable. The daughter of... Read more

  

  Miller pays tribute to Hickenlooper

  • 04 Nov 2010

  Sienna Miller has paid tribute to her Factory Girl director George Hickenlooper, praising the moviemaker for making her feel so "loved" and "appreciated" on a film set. Hickenlooper, 47, passed away on Friday (29Oct10) after suffering a heart attack in Denver, Colorado, where he was promoting his latest movie, Casino Jack - starring Kevin Spacey and Kelly Preston. Spacey was quick to pay tribute to the director, and Miller has followed in his footsteps with her own personal memories of... Read more

  

  Hickenlooper died from accidental overdose

  • 23 Nov 2010

  Factory Girl director George Hickenlooper died from an accidental overdose, a coroner has confirmed. The filmmaker passed away in Colorado last month (Oct10), aged 47, while he was promoting his latest film, Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey. The Colorado medical examiner submitted a report on Monday (22Nov10) stating Hickenlooper died after taking a mix of alcohol with ethanol and oxymorphone, which affected his breathing. The autopsy report also indicated the director had a "moderately... Read more

  

  Miller pulls out of Spacey theatre show

  • 21 Nov 2010

  Actress Sienna Miller has bowed out of Kevin Spacey's annual theatre extravaganza in London due to a scheduling conflict. The Factory Girl star was due to participate in Spacey's 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala at the Old Vic theatre on Sunday (21Nov10) but she has axed her appearance to film a movie. Her spokesperson says, "Very sadly, she had to pull out due to a clash of dates and she's extremely disappointed not to be able to be involved." Miller is believed to be in Los Angeles shooting the... Read more

  

  Filmmaker Hickenlooper dies

  • 01 Nov 2010

  Factory Girl director George Hickenlooper has died. He was 47. The filmmaker was found dead on Saturday (30Oct10), police have confirmed. Hickenlooper was in Denver, Colorado for the premiere of his latest movie, Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey and Kelly Preston, reports the Associated Press. No further details of his death were available as WENN went to press. He won an Emmy Award in 1992 for Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, about the making of the movie Apocalypse Now, and... Read more

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