The sister of Sharon Tate spoke about the prison release of Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten for the first time.
Speaking to ABC News just days after Van Houten’s release to a “transitional living facility” after 53 years in prison, Debra Tate said, “Is she a nice girl? No. Is she an animal? I think she was then, and I fear that she still is.”
On Tuesday, Van Houten, 72, was granted parole after five failed attempts at parole since 2016; each time, the acting California governor overturned the parole board’s recommendation for her release,...
Speaking to ABC News just days after Van Houten’s release to a “transitional living facility” after 53 years in prison, Debra Tate said, “Is she a nice girl? No. Is she an animal? I think she was then, and I fear that she still is.”
On Tuesday, Van Houten, 72, was granted parole after five failed attempts at parole since 2016; each time, the acting California governor overturned the parole board’s recommendation for her release,...
- 7/15/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Photo: Serial Killers Dear Hollywood, Please stop glamorizing serial killers! True crime media has been booming as a genre in recent years. You can get content from anywhere now. From Tiktok, Youtube, Netflix, and Hulu, you’re able to learn about serial killers and their horrible crimes. Most people are fascinated with why they decided to commit the crime and what turned them into murder. Let’s start Caring about the Victims There’s been too much focus on the serial killer and not enough focus on the victims. Hollywood seems to forget that the victim’s families get reminded about the tragic event every time a new movie or TV special is released. ‘The Haunting of Sharon Tate’ is a controversial movie about Sharon Tate having premonitions about the Manson family. Sharon Tate’s sister Debra Tate told People magazine that she thinks the film is “classless” and “exploitative...
- 2/1/2022
- by Ayana Hamilton
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Debra Tate has nothing but glowing things to say about Margot Robbie's performance as her late sister, Sharon Tate, in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The Quentin Tarantino-directed film, which follows a washed-up actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double (Brad Pitt) as they try to make their Hollywood comeback, is set in 1969, the same year that Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson family. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Debra Tate gave the project her seal of approval while expressing her interest in a Sharon Tate biopic written and directed by Tarantino.
"When I read the whole script, I knew that the real meat of the story was going to be Leo and Brad Pitt's characters," she said. "I mean, I really wish that Quentin Tarantino would do the Sharon Tate story, and I would love to see Margot play [that] . . . But that was not the movie that Quentin had written,...
"When I read the whole script, I knew that the real meat of the story was going to be Leo and Brad Pitt's characters," she said. "I mean, I really wish that Quentin Tarantino would do the Sharon Tate story, and I would love to see Margot play [that] . . . But that was not the movie that Quentin had written,...
- 8/4/2019
- by Danielle Jackson
- Popsugar.com
Debra Tate, sister to actress Sharon Tate, played by Margot Robbie in Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was very involved in the process of helping Robbie become the iconic actress. She loaned Robbie her sister’s jewelry and perfume, and was very supportive of Robbie’s portrayal.
Tarantino even invited Debra to the set on the day they filmed a scene in which Tate goes to the movies to see the most recent film she acted in, The Wrecking Crew. In the scene, she arrives at the theater and explains that she’s in the movie. The theater owner invites her in to watch, and the girl at the ticket booth asks to first take her picture in front of the movie poster. While all this was happening, Debra was sitting inside the theatre so she would not be seen by paparazzi. She was...
Tarantino even invited Debra to the set on the day they filmed a scene in which Tate goes to the movies to see the most recent film she acted in, The Wrecking Crew. In the scene, she arrives at the theater and explains that she’s in the movie. The theater owner invites her in to watch, and the girl at the ticket booth asks to first take her picture in front of the movie poster. While all this was happening, Debra was sitting inside the theatre so she would not be seen by paparazzi. She was...
- 7/29/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
David Crow Jul 27, 2019
Debra Tate, sister of Sharon Tate, reveals Margot Robbie brought her to tears in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Ever since Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, there has been a media scrutiny about whether the film did right by Sharon Tate, and the actor portraying her, Margot Robbie, given her relatively small amount of dialogue. One person who loves the film’s depiction of Sharon, however, is her sister Debra Tate. Speaking to Vanity Fair earlier this week, the woman who has kept the memory of her lost sister alive for 50 years revealed she was brought to tears the first time she saw Robbie as Sharon.
“She made me cry because she sounded just like Sharon,” Debra said of the day she came to the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood set. It was during the...
Debra Tate, sister of Sharon Tate, reveals Margot Robbie brought her to tears in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Ever since Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, there has been a media scrutiny about whether the film did right by Sharon Tate, and the actor portraying her, Margot Robbie, given her relatively small amount of dialogue. One person who loves the film’s depiction of Sharon, however, is her sister Debra Tate. Speaking to Vanity Fair earlier this week, the woman who has kept the memory of her lost sister alive for 50 years revealed she was brought to tears the first time she saw Robbie as Sharon.
“She made me cry because she sounded just like Sharon,” Debra said of the day she came to the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood set. It was during the...
- 7/27/2019
- Den of Geek
Sony opens Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” on July 26, close to the 50th anniversary of the murder of Sharon Tate and four others. A front-page Variety story on Aug. 11, 1969, two days after the killings, said police described the scene as “a ritualistic mass murder.” Showbiz has since then offered many tasteless depictions of the killings via low-budget exploitation films and TV offerings. Even with a “classy” production like the 1976 “Helter Skelter,” Variety reported that Lorimar intended to “spice up” the four-hour miniseries for overseas by adding more violence and sex.
In November 2018, Debra Tate (Sharon’s sister) wrote a piece for Variety’s special issue on criminal justice reform, American (In)Justice. A victims’ rights activist, she lamented Hollywood’s glamorizing of the Manson family and urged no parole for its remaining members in prison. She offered a few details from 1969 that served as a reminder:...
In November 2018, Debra Tate (Sharon’s sister) wrote a piece for Variety’s special issue on criminal justice reform, American (In)Justice. A victims’ rights activist, she lamented Hollywood’s glamorizing of the Manson family and urged no parole for its remaining members in prison. She offered a few details from 1969 that served as a reminder:...
- 7/26/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Margot Robbie kept Sharon Tate close to her while filming the new Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
During a sit-down interview with Today, Robbie opened up about what it was like to take on the role of the actress, whose career was cut short when she was murdered in 1969 by Charles Manson’s followers.
“Whenever I heard her name, I really only thought about her life,” she shared, adding that she had never been “exposed to parts of her life when she was alive.”
Robbie, 28, who got to know several of Tate’s family and friends while preparing for the role,...
During a sit-down interview with Today, Robbie opened up about what it was like to take on the role of the actress, whose career was cut short when she was murdered in 1969 by Charles Manson’s followers.
“Whenever I heard her name, I really only thought about her life,” she shared, adding that she had never been “exposed to parts of her life when she was alive.”
Robbie, 28, who got to know several of Tate’s family and friends while preparing for the role,...
- 7/15/2019
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
Margot Robbie channeled late actress Sharon Tate at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, wearing her hair in an identical braided style to the one Tate wore when she attended the festival in 1968.
The similarity was first noticed in a tweet from writer Evan Ross Katz on Thursday.
Robbie, 28, wore her hair in a middle part and styled the front few strands into small braids. Along with the ’60s-inspired hairstyle, she wore a white off-the-shoulder Chanel dress with tulle and lace details paired with silver heels.
Sharon Tate at the Cannes Film Festival, 1968 / Margot Robbie at the Cannes Film Festival,...
The similarity was first noticed in a tweet from writer Evan Ross Katz on Thursday.
Robbie, 28, wore her hair in a middle part and styled the front few strands into small braids. Along with the ’60s-inspired hairstyle, she wore a white off-the-shoulder Chanel dress with tulle and lace details paired with silver heels.
Sharon Tate at the Cannes Film Festival, 1968 / Margot Robbie at the Cannes Film Festival,...
- 5/23/2019
- by Helen Murphy
- PEOPLE.com
After debuting his star-studded “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” during a glittering Tuesday night premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino saddled up for the next stop on the film festival circuit: a packed press conference on Wednesday morning. Joined by stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie, press jostled to ask questions, including one that has been nagging at fans and journalists alike since the reveal that Tarantino’s latest film would include Robbie starring as Sharon Tate in the days leading up to her 1969 murder at the hands of Charles Manson’s cult.
Did Tarantino consult with fellow filmmaker Roman Polanski on the scenes involving Tate, Polanski’s second wife who was pregnant with their child at the time of her murder? Tarantino, for once, was succinct: “No, I didn’t.”
Asked about his wider relationship with Polanski, who has been living in Europe...
Did Tarantino consult with fellow filmmaker Roman Polanski on the scenes involving Tate, Polanski’s second wife who was pregnant with their child at the time of her murder? Tarantino, for once, was succinct: “No, I didn’t.”
Asked about his wider relationship with Polanski, who has been living in Europe...
- 5/22/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Debra Tate's very pleased with the new trailer for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" ... especially Margot Robbie's performance as her sister. Critics and fans are getting their first good look at Margot as Sharon Tate now that the second trailer for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film has been released. Debra tells TMZ, from what she's seen, it looks like Margot knocked it out of the park. As we've told you, Debra's been...
- 5/22/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Margot Robbie got a very important blessing to play Manson family murder victim Sharon Tate.
The actress, 28, prepared for her role in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by talking to Tate’s family members and friends.
“They all said how kind, loving, and good-hearted she was,” Robbie, 28, tells People in the latest issue. “I was fortunate enough to step on to set with Debra Tate’s blessing, Sharon’s sister.”
Tate, just 26 at the time of her death, was married to director Roman Polanski and was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with their first child — a...
The actress, 28, prepared for her role in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by talking to Tate’s family members and friends.
“They all said how kind, loving, and good-hearted she was,” Robbie, 28, tells People in the latest issue. “I was fortunate enough to step on to set with Debra Tate’s blessing, Sharon’s sister.”
Tate, just 26 at the time of her death, was married to director Roman Polanski and was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with their first child — a...
- 5/3/2019
- by Mia McNiece
- PEOPLE.com
Quentin Tarantino‘s hugely anticipated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will transport Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio back to the 60s. Specifically, the year 1969, and though we don’t know a whole lot about it just yet, the recent trailer at least gave us an idea of its premise.
From what we saw, the film will focus on aging Western TV star Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) and his friend and stunt double Cliff Booth (Pitt), who embark on an odyssey to make a name for themselves in the film industry. However, this being 1969, their story unfolds around the time of the Manson Family murders, with Margot Robbie showing up as Sharon Tate. Despite that, though, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood certainly isn’t a Manson movie.
That was something which its producers were quick to stress in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, where David Heyman and Shannon McIntosh...
From what we saw, the film will focus on aging Western TV star Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) and his friend and stunt double Cliff Booth (Pitt), who embark on an odyssey to make a name for themselves in the film industry. However, this being 1969, their story unfolds around the time of the Manson Family murders, with Margot Robbie showing up as Sharon Tate. Despite that, though, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood certainly isn’t a Manson movie.
That was something which its producers were quick to stress in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, where David Heyman and Shannon McIntosh...
- 5/1/2019
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Debra Tate is unmoved by the olive branch extended by the director who cast Hilary Duff to play her sister, Sharon Tate, in a horror movie ... because Debra says it's just an attempt to cover his ass. Debra, who started blasting Daniel Farrand's independent film from the jump, tells TMZ ... the director only reached out to her After the movie was complete, sending her a letter explaining what he was trying to express in "The Haunting of Sharon Tate.
- 4/6/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
For almost as long as we’ve been hearing about “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino and Sony Pictures, which will release the film, have tried to dispel the notion that it will be all about the Manson murders.
They couldn’t have made their point better than they did with the teaser trailer released Wednesday. Tarantino signals with the teaser that that the film won’t just be a portrait of one horrible night in 1969, but rather of an entire era, sweeping across at least three years prior to the Manson murders.
Because he’s Quentin Tarantino, he doled out those clues via obscure Bruce Lee knowledge, old TV and movie marquees. Let’s look at all the signs, literal and figurative, that “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” won’t surrender its story to Manson.
First, Some Background
On Aug. 9, 1969, Sharon Tate (played by Margot Robbie...
They couldn’t have made their point better than they did with the teaser trailer released Wednesday. Tarantino signals with the teaser that that the film won’t just be a portrait of one horrible night in 1969, but rather of an entire era, sweeping across at least three years prior to the Manson murders.
Because he’s Quentin Tarantino, he doled out those clues via obscure Bruce Lee knowledge, old TV and movie marquees. Let’s look at all the signs, literal and figurative, that “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” won’t surrender its story to Manson.
First, Some Background
On Aug. 9, 1969, Sharon Tate (played by Margot Robbie...
- 3/21/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
This August will mark 50 years since the murder of 26-year-old Sharon Tate at the hands of the Manson Family, and to coincide with this somber anniversary, several projects depicting the late actress are currently on the horizon. The one you may have heard the most about is Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which features Margot Robbie in the role of Tate, but before that much-hyped crime drama reaches cinemas, Daniel Farrands’ The Haunting of Sharon Tate will see Hilary Duff offer her take on the title character.
The controversial flick will serve as a horror-themed reimagining of Tate’s last days, with the film’s new poster summing up Farrands’ contentious approach in the tagline: “Based on the story of Sharon Tate’s dreams and the Manson Family nightmare.” To elaborate, The Haunting is said to take inspiration from an actual quote from Tate published a year before her death,...
The controversial flick will serve as a horror-themed reimagining of Tate’s last days, with the film’s new poster summing up Farrands’ contentious approach in the tagline: “Based on the story of Sharon Tate’s dreams and the Manson Family nightmare.” To elaborate, The Haunting is said to take inspiration from an actual quote from Tate published a year before her death,...
- 2/19/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
The upcoming release of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile has stirred up a lot of discourse around serial killer Ted Bundy, whose execution was 30 years ago as of last month, but as we move further into the year, you can expect to see similar conversations unfold around the subject of Sharon Tate, whose murder at the hands of the Manson Family has its 50th anniversary in August. Like Bundy’s execution, Tate’s tragic death has inspired the release of several projects that depict the late actress, perhaps the most controversial of them all being The Haunting of Sharon Tate.
As you can see in the newly shared batch of images, Daniel Farrands’ film sees Hilary Duff in the title role, performing alongside the likes of Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) and Lydia Hearst (Z Nation) in a story that reimagines the events leading up to Tate’s death in...
As you can see in the newly shared batch of images, Daniel Farrands’ film sees Hilary Duff in the title role, performing alongside the likes of Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) and Lydia Hearst (Z Nation) in a story that reimagines the events leading up to Tate’s death in...
- 2/14/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Margot Robbie isn’t the only actress playing Sharon Tate in a movie this year. Upon the 50th anniversary of her death in the midst of the Manson Family murders, we just got our first look at Hilary Duff as Tate in the new horror film “The Haunting of Sharon Tate.”
In the first trailer for the film directed by Daniel Farrands, Duff’s Tate is pregnant with director Roman Polanski’s child and awaiting his return from Europe when the 26-year-old Hollywood actress becomes plagued by visions of her own imminent death.
“This person, these people, they’re a threat to my safety and safety of my baby,” Duff says in the trailer before locking the windows and witnessing the words “Helter Skelter” written in blood on her walls.
Also Read: Sharon Tate's Sister Says Hilary Duff Movie Is 'Classless,' 'Total Fabrication'
Sadly, it doesn’t end well for her.
In the first trailer for the film directed by Daniel Farrands, Duff’s Tate is pregnant with director Roman Polanski’s child and awaiting his return from Europe when the 26-year-old Hollywood actress becomes plagued by visions of her own imminent death.
“This person, these people, they’re a threat to my safety and safety of my baby,” Duff says in the trailer before locking the windows and witnessing the words “Helter Skelter” written in blood on her walls.
Also Read: Sharon Tate's Sister Says Hilary Duff Movie Is 'Classless,' 'Total Fabrication'
Sadly, it doesn’t end well for her.
- 2/4/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
After being denied 18 times, a California parole board recommended that former Charles Manson follower Bobby Beausoleil be released from prison, The Associated Press reports.
He has been serving a life sentence — previously commuted from the death penalty — for the 1969 murder of Gary Hinman, a music teacher living in Topanga Canyon who became friendly with Manson and his Family.
Beausoleil, 71, who is currently being held at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, tortured Hinman for three days in July 1969 before stabbing him in the chest twice, killing him. He was already...
He has been serving a life sentence — previously commuted from the death penalty — for the 1969 murder of Gary Hinman, a music teacher living in Topanga Canyon who became friendly with Manson and his Family.
Beausoleil, 71, who is currently being held at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, tortured Hinman for three days in July 1969 before stabbing him in the chest twice, killing him. He was already...
- 1/4/2019
- by Elizabeth Yuko
- Rollingstone.com
In what’s surely one of the most morbid and controversy-baiting trends of 2019, Sharon Tate will be depicted in several upcoming films with release dates that fall close to the fiftieth anniversary of her murder at the hands of the Manson Family. While Margot Robbie assumes the part in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Kate Bosworth is set to play the actress in Tate, perhaps the most dubious of the three is The Haunting of Sharon Tate, which sees Hilary Duff in the title role.
The film comes to us from Daniel Farrands, though not before his new feature The Amityville Murders arrives next month. And if you feel there’s something a little iffy about reenacting the night when Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his whole family as a conventional horror movie, then you probably won’t care much for the new trailer for Sharon Tate,...
The film comes to us from Daniel Farrands, though not before his new feature The Amityville Murders arrives next month. And if you feel there’s something a little iffy about reenacting the night when Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his whole family as a conventional horror movie, then you probably won’t care much for the new trailer for Sharon Tate,...
- 1/4/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
The Amityville haunting has been the subject of an endless parade of films dating back to 1979’s The Amityville Horror, but what’s less common to see is a whole movie dedicated to the tragedy that preceded this alleged case of paranormal activity. That’s where The Amityville Murders comes in, with the film set to offer a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the night Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murdered his family with a high-powered rifle – a crime he later claimed to have committed after hearing voices in the house plotting against him.
The feature will be released by Skyline Entertainment, who’ve just shared a new photo from the movie, in which John Robinson (Elephant) can be seen brandishing his gun in the role of DeFeo. The unveiling came with a statement from Skyline CEO Jim Jacobsen, who praised writer-director Daniel Farrands for his work:
“We are really excited about this title.
The feature will be released by Skyline Entertainment, who’ve just shared a new photo from the movie, in which John Robinson (Elephant) can be seen brandishing his gun in the role of DeFeo. The unveiling came with a statement from Skyline CEO Jim Jacobsen, who praised writer-director Daniel Farrands for his work:
“We are really excited about this title.
- 12/22/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
On paper, the premise of The Haunting of Sharon Tate suggests an ethically dubious take on the life of the late actress, and coming from the writer of Halloween 4 and The Amityville Murders, we’re not expecting a lot of tact in its execution, either. That being said, we can always hold out hope that Daniel Farrands and his team have the skill and the sensitivity to pull this thing off, and to be fair, this is a perfectly nice photo of Hilary Duff in the title role.
The film is said to offer a “reimagining” of Tate’s final days leading up to her murder at the hands of the Manson Family, taking inspiration from a quote published a year prior in which she recalled having dreams of ghosts haunting her house. Needless to say, to use this alleged premonition of death and the tragedy that followed as the...
The film is said to offer a “reimagining” of Tate’s final days leading up to her murder at the hands of the Manson Family, taking inspiration from a quote published a year prior in which she recalled having dreams of ghosts haunting her house. Needless to say, to use this alleged premonition of death and the tragedy that followed as the...
- 11/1/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Margot Robbie is expertly channeling her inner Sharon Tate for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Robbie plays Tate in the movie about the late ’60s that features Hollywood during the Charles Manson family murders. On Saturday, the Oscar nominee was spotted on set wearing the same black sweater and white skirt combo she sported in her first look image on Instagram over the summer.
Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the production will feature Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton, the former star of a western TV series, and Brad Pitt as his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth. They...
Robbie plays Tate in the movie about the late ’60s that features Hollywood during the Charles Manson family murders. On Saturday, the Oscar nominee was spotted on set wearing the same black sweater and white skirt combo she sported in her first look image on Instagram over the summer.
Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the production will feature Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton, the former star of a western TV series, and Brad Pitt as his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth. They...
- 10/15/2018
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
With principal photography officially underway on Quentin Tarantino’s ninth full-length feature, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, how, exactly, the filmmaker will be tackling his latest piece of delicate subject matter is finally beginning to take shape.
Surely by now – amid the release date controversy and disapproval of Debra Tate – it should be common knowledge that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is set against the backdrop of 1969 Los Angeles, specifically, “during the Helter Skelter reign of terror.” After all, Margot Robbie is portraying none other than Sharon Tate, the murdered, pregnant wife of director Roman Polanski.
What isn’t common knowledge, though, is that Bruce Lee was initially a suspect in the murder of Tate, which, of course, we now know was ultimately carried out by the Manson family. Nonetheless, as a happy result of his open marriage with historical accuracy – evident during the bombastic conclusion of Inglorious...
Surely by now – amid the release date controversy and disapproval of Debra Tate – it should be common knowledge that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is set against the backdrop of 1969 Los Angeles, specifically, “during the Helter Skelter reign of terror.” After all, Margot Robbie is portraying none other than Sharon Tate, the murdered, pregnant wife of director Roman Polanski.
What isn’t common knowledge, though, is that Bruce Lee was initially a suspect in the murder of Tate, which, of course, we now know was ultimately carried out by the Manson family. Nonetheless, as a happy result of his open marriage with historical accuracy – evident during the bombastic conclusion of Inglorious...
- 8/15/2018
- by Joseph Falcone
- We Got This Covered
Sharon Tate is about to be resurrected in spectacular fashion in Quentin Tarantino's new movie, thanks to Margot Robbie ... so says Sharon's sister, who watched the action on the closed set. Debra Tate says Qt's flick "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" -- which centers around the murders of her sibling and her friends at the hands of the Manson Family -- is magnificent because Margot is capturing all the nuances from the slain actress.
- 8/14/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Tate’s sister endorses Quentin Tarantino’s vision.
Margot Robbie has posted a first-look image on Instagram of herself as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
The film, set for release worldwide through Sony next summer, is a dramatic saga that takes place in 1969 and also stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. It will open in the Us on July 26, 2019, weeks before the 50th anniversary of Tate’s murder at the hands of the Manson Family cult.
Tate, the American actress, model and wife of Roman Polanski, was killed while pregnant by followers...
Margot Robbie has posted a first-look image on Instagram of herself as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
The film, set for release worldwide through Sony next summer, is a dramatic saga that takes place in 1969 and also stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. It will open in the Us on July 26, 2019, weeks before the 50th anniversary of Tate’s murder at the hands of the Manson Family cult.
Tate, the American actress, model and wife of Roman Polanski, was killed while pregnant by followers...
- 8/6/2018
- ScreenDaily
Author Debra Tate, the sister of late actress and model Sharon Tate, was initially against Quentin Tarantino incorporating Sharon’s murder into “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” TMZ reports that Tarantino arranged a meeting with Debra Tate to discuss her reservations, and she is now feeling better about the project. Part of her newfound optimism is the result of Sony’s decision last week to move up the release date so the film no longer hits theaters on the crime’s 50th’s anniversary.
“This movie is not what people would expect it to be when you combine the Tarantino and Manson names,” Debra Tate told the website. Four years ago, she published “Sharon Tate: Recollection” in her sister’s memory. The forward was written by Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, who was married to Sharon Tate when — in August 1969 — she and four others were killed in their home by followers of Charles Manson.
“This movie is not what people would expect it to be when you combine the Tarantino and Manson names,” Debra Tate told the website. Four years ago, she published “Sharon Tate: Recollection” in her sister’s memory. The forward was written by Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, who was married to Sharon Tate when — in August 1969 — she and four others were killed in their home by followers of Charles Manson.
- 7/24/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Sharon Tate‘s sister is now fully supporting Quentin Tarantino’s movie adaptation of the Manson family murders after previously expressing significant concern about the proposed movie.
Debra Tate initially told People she was frustrated she had not been contacted about the project, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but has had a change of heart after the director reached out to her.
“I’m pleased he reached out,” Debra tells People about Tarantino. “I thought it showed a lot of class and sensitivity to move up the release date.”
“He has done nothing but respect me and be very forthcoming.
Debra Tate initially told People she was frustrated she had not been contacted about the project, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but has had a change of heart after the director reached out to her.
“I’m pleased he reached out,” Debra tells People about Tarantino. “I thought it showed a lot of class and sensitivity to move up the release date.”
“He has done nothing but respect me and be very forthcoming.
- 7/23/2018
- by Elaine Aradillas, Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Sharon Tate’s wedding dress will be auctioned along with other artifacts belonging to the actress who was killed by followers of Charles Manson in 1969, her sister tells People.
“I have been working on this auction for eight months,” says Debra Tate. “I think it’s time to share her with other people.”
From Nov. 12 to Nov. 16, fans of the Hollywood starlet will get a chance to view her personal items at a location to be determined. The Los Angeles-based Julien’s Auctions is working with the Estate of Sharon Tate in the upcoming sale.
Tate’s iconic ivory silk moiré...
“I have been working on this auction for eight months,” says Debra Tate. “I think it’s time to share her with other people.”
From Nov. 12 to Nov. 16, fans of the Hollywood starlet will get a chance to view her personal items at a location to be determined. The Los Angeles-based Julien’s Auctions is working with the Estate of Sharon Tate in the upcoming sale.
Tate’s iconic ivory silk moiré...
- 7/16/2018
- by Elaine Aradillas
- PEOPLE.com
Imagine someone in your family was brutally murdered and then for the next half-century you were constantly reminded of her horrible death, with filmmakers lining up to dramatize it in theaters. You’d probably be pretty pissed off, right?
Now you’re in the shoes of Debra Tate – sister of Manson family victim Sharon Tate – who is decidedly unimpressed with Quentin Tarantino’s eagerly anticipated Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which is reportedly about Tate’s neighbour during the Manson murders. She’s already made her thoughts on the project pretty clear, too, telling TMZ the other week that stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are “throwing all their social responsibility to the wind.”
Be that as it may, the film is still moving forward and today, Deadline brings word that Margot Robbie has signed on to play Sharon. She’ll headline the pic alongside Pitt and DiCaprio, who play Rick and Dalton,...
Now you’re in the shoes of Debra Tate – sister of Manson family victim Sharon Tate – who is decidedly unimpressed with Quentin Tarantino’s eagerly anticipated Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which is reportedly about Tate’s neighbour during the Manson murders. She’s already made her thoughts on the project pretty clear, too, telling TMZ the other week that stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are “throwing all their social responsibility to the wind.”
Be that as it may, the film is still moving forward and today, Deadline brings word that Margot Robbie has signed on to play Sharon. She’ll headline the pic alongside Pitt and DiCaprio, who play Rick and Dalton,...
- 3/13/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: In death, a murder victim has no rights, but the victim’s family often fights behind the scenes — and sometimes loudly out front — to make sure that their murdered family member is properly portrayed. That has been the case with Debra Tate, sister of actress Sharon Tate whose brutal torture and murder at the hands of the Manson Family is one of the most heinous crimes of the last century. Debra Tate has spoken out against Quentin Tartantino’s Manson project and…...
- 3/7/2018
- Deadline
Imagine someone in your family was brutally murdered and then for the next half-century you were constantly reminded of her horrible death, with filmmakers lining up to dramatize it on the big screen. You’d be pretty pissed off, right?
Now you’re in the shoes of Debra Tate – sister of Manson family victim Sharon Tate – who is decidedly unimpressed with Quentin Tarantino’s eagerly anticipated Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which is reportedly about Tate’s neighbour during the Manson murders.
In a recent interview with TMZ, she came down hard on the film, saying:
“To [celebrities] it’s a paycheck and these people just don’t care. They are terribly hurtful to the actual family and all the living victims. They don’t give a shit”.
She went on to specifically criticize stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, accusing them of “throwing all their social responsibility to the wind.
Now you’re in the shoes of Debra Tate – sister of Manson family victim Sharon Tate – who is decidedly unimpressed with Quentin Tarantino’s eagerly anticipated Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which is reportedly about Tate’s neighbour during the Manson murders.
In a recent interview with TMZ, she came down hard on the film, saying:
“To [celebrities] it’s a paycheck and these people just don’t care. They are terribly hurtful to the actual family and all the living victims. They don’t give a shit”.
She went on to specifically criticize stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, accusing them of “throwing all their social responsibility to the wind.
- 3/2/2018
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt are a couple of money grubbing actors who signed up to glorify Sharon Tate's vicious murder ... so claims her sister, Debra Tate. Debra tells TMZ she believes Leo and Brad only saw the Benjamins when they signed up to star in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" ... a film about a struggling actor who lives next door to Sharon Tate at the time of the 1969 murders.
- 3/2/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Quentin Tarantino is wading into controversial territory with his upcoming movie which revolves around Sharon Tate’s brutal murder at the hands of Charles Manson’s cult.
The writer-director’s ninth film, titled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has been in the works for years, and on Wednesday, he landed two major stars to play key roles. Leonardo DiCaprio is confirmed to play fictional Western actor Rick Dalton, whose stunt double Cliff Booth will be played by Brad Pitt.
In a statement Wednesday, Tarantino called the film a “story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood.
The writer-director’s ninth film, titled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has been in the works for years, and on Wednesday, he landed two major stars to play key roles. Leonardo DiCaprio is confirmed to play fictional Western actor Rick Dalton, whose stunt double Cliff Booth will be played by Brad Pitt.
In a statement Wednesday, Tarantino called the film a “story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood.
- 3/1/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Quentin Tarantino is wading into controversial territory with his upcoming movie which revolves around Sharon Tate’s brutal murder at the hands of Charles Manson’s cult.
The writer-director’s ninth film, titled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has been in the works for years, and on Wednesday, he landed two major stars to play key roles. Leonardo DiCaprio is confirmed to play fictional Western actor Rick Dalton, whose stunt double Cliff Booth will be played by Brad Pitt.
In a statement Wednesday, Tarantino called the film a “story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood.
The writer-director’s ninth film, titled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has been in the works for years, and on Wednesday, he landed two major stars to play key roles. Leonardo DiCaprio is confirmed to play fictional Western actor Rick Dalton, whose stunt double Cliff Booth will be played by Brad Pitt.
In a statement Wednesday, Tarantino called the film a “story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood.
- 3/1/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
The late Sharon Tate's sister is not happy about the upcoming movie, The Haunting of Sharon Tate. The film, starring Hilary Duff as Sharon, will focus on the last days of Sharon's life before her brutal 1969 murder. In response to the film, Debra Tate has told People she thinks "it's classless" and also calls the movie "exploitative." "It doesn't matter who it is acting in it – it's just tasteless," Debra went on to tell the publication. She then added that she thinks, "It's classless how everyone is rushing to release something for the 50th anniversary of this horrific event." Hilary has been posting pictures from the set of the movie over the...
- 2/7/2018
- E! Online
Sharon Tate’s sister, Debra Tate, is calling Hilary Duff’s upcoming film about the late actress, titled “The Haunting of Sharon Tate,” “classless” and “exploitative.” “It doesn’t matter who it is acting in it — it’s just tasteless,” Tate told People. “It’s classless how everyone is rushing to release something for the 50th anniversary of this horrific event.” Debra Tate was 16 when her sister Sharon was murdered by Charles Manson’s cult followers in 1969, when she was two weeks away from giving birth. Debra Tate also said that the premise of the film — that her sister had a premonition that...
- 2/7/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Debra Tate has hit out at the making of a new movie about her sister Sharon Tate’s horrific murder in 1969. The film, titled “The Haunting of Sharon Tate”, is set to star Hilary Duff as the lead character and is said to be centred on an alleged premonition Sharon had that she and her...
- 2/7/2018
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Sharon Tate‘s sister, Debra Tate, is not holding back on her disappointment for Hilary Duff‘s new film about the late actress who was viciously murdered in 1969.
Duff, 30, is set to star in The Haunting of Sharon Tate and shared a photo of herself dressed similarly to the actress on Instagram, writing, “Had the incredible opportunity of playing Sharon Tate the past two weeks in an independent movie. She was an amazing woman and it was a true honor.”
Debra tells People she thinks “it’s classless” and “exploitative.”
“It doesn’t matter who it is acting in it – it’s just tasteless,...
Duff, 30, is set to star in The Haunting of Sharon Tate and shared a photo of herself dressed similarly to the actress on Instagram, writing, “Had the incredible opportunity of playing Sharon Tate the past two weeks in an independent movie. She was an amazing woman and it was a true honor.”
Debra tells People she thinks “it’s classless” and “exploitative.”
“It doesn’t matter who it is acting in it – it’s just tasteless,...
- 2/7/2018
- by Elaine Aradillas and Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Hilary Duff is taking on a very different, and very serious new role, for an upcoming psychological horror film about the murder of Sharon Tate.
The former Disney Channel actress, who has recently starred in the critically acclaimed Younger, is playing Tate in The Haunting of Sharon Tate, who was brutally stabbed to death in August 1969.
Tate, 26 at the time of her death, was married to director Roman Polanski and was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with their first child — a boy — when she was stabbed in their home by members of Charles Manson’s cult.
Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski...
The former Disney Channel actress, who has recently starred in the critically acclaimed Younger, is playing Tate in The Haunting of Sharon Tate, who was brutally stabbed to death in August 1969.
Tate, 26 at the time of her death, was married to director Roman Polanski and was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with their first child — a boy — when she was stabbed in their home by members of Charles Manson’s cult.
Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski...
- 2/7/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
The death of Charles Manson brought up a lot of disturbing memories for Bryan Cranston. The 61-year-old actor took to Twitter on Monday to recall an incident that happened when he was around 13 years old.
“Hearing Charles Manson is dead, I shuddered,” he wrote. “I was within his grasp just one year before he committed brutal murder in 1969. Luck was with me when a cousin and I went horseback riding at the Span Ranch, and saw the little man with crazy eyes whom the other hippies called Charlie.”
Manson orchestrated several murders in 1969 after Cranston’s alleged encounter with him, including the killing of the then-pregnant Sharon Tate.
"I said a prayer, shed a tear, stuck a flower under my cross in my bedroom and emailed Roman [Polanski]," Sharon’s sister, Debra Tate, told New York Daily News. Polanski was married to Sharon at the time of her murder.
Many films and TV shows have tried to recreate...
“Hearing Charles Manson is dead, I shuddered,” he wrote. “I was within his grasp just one year before he committed brutal murder in 1969. Luck was with me when a cousin and I went horseback riding at the Span Ranch, and saw the little man with crazy eyes whom the other hippies called Charlie.”
Manson orchestrated several murders in 1969 after Cranston’s alleged encounter with him, including the killing of the then-pregnant Sharon Tate.
"I said a prayer, shed a tear, stuck a flower under my cross in my bedroom and emailed Roman [Polanski]," Sharon’s sister, Debra Tate, told New York Daily News. Polanski was married to Sharon at the time of her murder.
Many films and TV shows have tried to recreate...
- 11/21/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
[[tmz:video id="0_0hapfj2z"]] 11:36 Am Pst -- Roman Polanski's attorney, Harland Braun, tells TMZ ... "The murder of Polanski's wife and unborn son still remains too painful for him to make a statement. He hopes someday to correct the legal proceedings in L.A. so that he can visit their graves at Holy Cross Cemetery." Roman Polanski -- who was married to Sharon Tate when the Manson Family slaughtered her and their unborn child -- remained deeply involved...
- 11/20/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Debra Tate, the sister of the Manson Family's most high-profile victim, actress Sharon Tate, broke her silence upon hearing that the man behind her sibling's murder had died at 83 after being imprisoned for more than 45 years.
Debra confirmed to CBS Los Angeles on Sunday that she received a call from California State Prison, Corcoran, at about 8:30 p.m. local time, informing her that Charles Manson had died. The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation later confirmed the news to Et.
"I said a prayer, shed a tear, stuck a flower under my cross in my bedroom and emailed Roman [Polanski]," she told New York Daily News. Polanski was married to Sharon at the time of her murder.
More: Cult Leader Charles Manson Dead at 83
Manson was serving nine life sentences for the deaths of seven people in Los Angeles in August 1969. Of those deaths was Sharon, who was just 26 years old and 8 1/2 months pregnant with her and Polanski's...
Debra confirmed to CBS Los Angeles on Sunday that she received a call from California State Prison, Corcoran, at about 8:30 p.m. local time, informing her that Charles Manson had died. The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation later confirmed the news to Et.
"I said a prayer, shed a tear, stuck a flower under my cross in my bedroom and emailed Roman [Polanski]," she told New York Daily News. Polanski was married to Sharon at the time of her murder.
More: Cult Leader Charles Manson Dead at 83
Manson was serving nine life sentences for the deaths of seven people in Los Angeles in August 1969. Of those deaths was Sharon, who was just 26 years old and 8 1/2 months pregnant with her and Polanski's...
- 11/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Infamous cult leader Charles Manson, who became synonymous with evil after ordering the murders of nine people over two months in 1969, has died. He was 83 and serving nine life sentences in California’s Corcoran State Prison.
In 2014, People published a cover story featuring Debra Tate, the sister of actress Sharon Tate, who was murdered at the hands of Manson’s followers, known as his “family.” Below is a reprint of the story, headlined: “My Sister’s Murder 45 Years After Manson’s Spree.”
Following Manson’s death, Debra told People, “I said a prayer for his soul.”
It was an unusually...
In 2014, People published a cover story featuring Debra Tate, the sister of actress Sharon Tate, who was murdered at the hands of Manson’s followers, known as his “family.” Below is a reprint of the story, headlined: “My Sister’s Murder 45 Years After Manson’s Spree.”
Following Manson’s death, Debra told People, “I said a prayer for his soul.”
It was an unusually...
- 11/20/2017
- by Elaine Aradillas
- PEOPLE.com
It's been almost 50 years since Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson Family. In a new interview with People, her sister Debra Tate shared her reaction to learning of the cult leader's death. "I said a prayer for his soul," Debra told the magazine, recounting the moment a prison guard called her to tell her Charles Manson had died. Debra told People she never expressed ill will towards any of the convicted murderers, including Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten and the late Susan Atkins. In fact, she told the magazine she prayed for Atkins after she died from cancer back in 2009. "My cross in my bedroom still has the flowers that I...
- 11/20/2017
- E! Online
Charles Manson’s murder spree — which sent him to prison for more than 40 years before he died on Sunday — broke, overnight, into American culture five decades ago and never left.
During a two-day spree in August 1969, Manson and his followers, known as “the Manson family,” were responsible for the murders of seven people, including 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate. (According to authorities, Manson had already orchestrated the death of Gary Hinman, in July 1969, and would order his “family” to kill a ninth victim, Donald Shea, before his arrest.)
The killings were part of a plot by Manson to start a race war,...
During a two-day spree in August 1969, Manson and his followers, known as “the Manson family,” were responsible for the murders of seven people, including 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate. (According to authorities, Manson had already orchestrated the death of Gary Hinman, in July 1969, and would order his “family” to kill a ninth victim, Donald Shea, before his arrest.)
The killings were part of a plot by Manson to start a race war,...
- 11/20/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Charles Manson, the cult leader behind the 1969 Los Angeles killing spree including the murder of actress Sharon Tate, has died at the age of 83 in a Bakersfield hospital. He is notably known for his Manson Family cult that created his reign of terror which resulted him on spending the past 46 years in prison. Debra Tate, Sharon’s sister, was informed by the California State Prison system that Manson died 8:13pm Sunday. The prison notified all of the victims’ families. He was recently admitted to a Bakersfield hospital escorted by five uniformed cops. It was reported that he was
Charles Manson Dead at 83...
Charles Manson Dead at 83...
- 11/20/2017
- by Michael Baculinao
- TVovermind.com
Charles Manson, who led deranged followers known as the Manson Family into a series of horrific crimes that haunted Americans for over a generation, died Sunday at a California hospital, after being imprisoned for more than 45 years. He was 83 years old.
Manson was hospitalized Tuesday for an undisclosed ailment. He was serving nine life sentences, most recently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison, near Bakersfield.
Debra Tate, the sister of the Manson Family's most high-profile victim, actress Sharon Tate, confirmed to CBS Los Angeles that she had received a call from California State Prison, Corcoran, at about 8:30 p.m. local time, informing her that Manson had died. The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation later confirmed the news to Et.
The prosecutor in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi, told CBS News in 2004 that people still asked him about the case 40 years later. "The Manson murder case, unlike any other mass murder case in history, continues to fascinate...
Manson was hospitalized Tuesday for an undisclosed ailment. He was serving nine life sentences, most recently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison, near Bakersfield.
Debra Tate, the sister of the Manson Family's most high-profile victim, actress Sharon Tate, confirmed to CBS Los Angeles that she had received a call from California State Prison, Corcoran, at about 8:30 p.m. local time, informing her that Manson had died. The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation later confirmed the news to Et.
The prosecutor in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi, told CBS News in 2004 that people still asked him about the case 40 years later. "The Manson murder case, unlike any other mass murder case in history, continues to fascinate...
- 11/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Charles Manson -- the man who masterminded one of the most heinous murder sprees in American history -- is dead ... this according to the sister of his famous victim. Debra Tate tells TMZ she received a call from the prison telling her Manson died 8:13 Pm Sunday. We're told the prison is contacting all of the victims' families. Manson died of natural causes, according to prison officials. Manson was recently wheeled into Bakersfield hospital and escorted by 5 uniformed cops.
- 11/20/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The two-day killing spree in 1969 perpetrated by Charles Manson and his murderous “family” that left seven people dead in Los Angeles continues to horrify the American public.
In a rare, in-depth interview featured in a new Dateline special on Friday, Manson’s former parole officer Roger Smith tells NBC’s Keith Morrison that Manson’s failed music career drove him to find new ways to control his cult followers, dubbed The Manson Family. (The special airs Aug. 4, airing at at 10 p.m. Et/Pt, 9 p.m. Ct.)
“Charlie was in serious danger of losing ‘The Family,’ ” says Smith. “He did something that,...
In a rare, in-depth interview featured in a new Dateline special on Friday, Manson’s former parole officer Roger Smith tells NBC’s Keith Morrison that Manson’s failed music career drove him to find new ways to control his cult followers, dubbed The Manson Family. (The special airs Aug. 4, airing at at 10 p.m. Et/Pt, 9 p.m. Ct.)
“Charlie was in serious danger of losing ‘The Family,’ ” says Smith. “He did something that,...
- 8/3/2017
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
[[tmz:video id="0_ros45glp"]] Sharon Tate's sister is trying to calm Jennifer Lawrence's fans -- instead of saying J Law isn't pretty enough to play Sharon ... she just thinks she's not the right kinda pretty. Debra Tate's been getting blasted on social media ever since her now infamous comment to us about Jennifer potentially filling the Sharon role in Quentin Tarantino's Manson murders movie. She tried to walk it back with Team J Law, but there's still some brutal honesty.
- 7/18/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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