For Anthony Bourdain, success came late in life — he was 43, ancient by celebrity standards — but when it did come it came suddenly and surely. One morning — it was April 12, 1999 — he woke up as he usually did, a man with no credit cards or health insurance, three months behind on the rent, nervous about years of unfiled taxes and assorted other overdue bills. And that same night he went to bed as the New Yorker writer whom everyone was talking about. His newsmaking article would beget a book contract and then the book,...
- 10/22/2022
- by Charles Leerhsen
- Rollingstone.com
Asia Argento seems to have addressed the upcoming unauthorized biography about her late partner Anthony Bourdain. The book, titled Down and Out in Paradise by author Charles Leerhsen, includes the former couple’s final conversation via text messages.
On Thursday, Argento, 47, shared a photo of herself wearing a T-shirt featuring a graphic image of professional bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman. The Italian actress captioned the Instagram Story “Stop Busting My Balls.” According to the book, Argento sent the same message to Bourdain the night before he died by suicide.
Read More: Director Morgan Neville Explains Why Asia Argento Wasn’t Interviewed For New Anthony Bourdain Documentary, ‘Roadrunner’
Photo: Instagram/ Asia Argento
In June of 2018, Bourdain passed away at age 61 in Kaysersberg, France, where he was shooting an episode of his CNN series “Parts Unknown”.
“Is there anything I can do?” the celebrity chef asked Argento during their conversation, included on the very first page of the book.
On Thursday, Argento, 47, shared a photo of herself wearing a T-shirt featuring a graphic image of professional bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman. The Italian actress captioned the Instagram Story “Stop Busting My Balls.” According to the book, Argento sent the same message to Bourdain the night before he died by suicide.
Read More: Director Morgan Neville Explains Why Asia Argento Wasn’t Interviewed For New Anthony Bourdain Documentary, ‘Roadrunner’
Photo: Instagram/ Asia Argento
In June of 2018, Bourdain passed away at age 61 in Kaysersberg, France, where he was shooting an episode of his CNN series “Parts Unknown”.
“Is there anything I can do?” the celebrity chef asked Argento during their conversation, included on the very first page of the book.
- 9/29/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Anthony Bourdain’s final correspondences are set to be revealed in an upcoming, unauthorised biography entitled Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain.
The book is written by journalist Charles Leerhsen who draws on interviews, files, texts and emails from Bourdain’s phone and laptop.
In excerpts published by The New York Times on Tuesday (27 September), Bourdain’s last texts to his ex-wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain show a man conflicted with the duality of fame.
“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” the travel documentarian wrote to Busia-Bourdain, who remained his confidente after their separation in 2016. “I am lonely and living in constant uncertainty.”
The pair had not officially divorced by the time of his death, and though the article does not specifically state how Leerhsen came by Bourdain’s phone and laptop, his widow controls his estate, including his personal effects.
The book is written by journalist Charles Leerhsen who draws on interviews, files, texts and emails from Bourdain’s phone and laptop.
In excerpts published by The New York Times on Tuesday (27 September), Bourdain’s last texts to his ex-wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain show a man conflicted with the duality of fame.
“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” the travel documentarian wrote to Busia-Bourdain, who remained his confidente after their separation in 2016. “I am lonely and living in constant uncertainty.”
The pair had not officially divorced by the time of his death, and though the article does not specifically state how Leerhsen came by Bourdain’s phone and laptop, his widow controls his estate, including his personal effects.
- 9/28/2022
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
An upcoming unauthorized biography takes a look inside the final painful days leading up to Anthony Bourdain’s death.
Journalist Charles Leerhsen is releasing Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain on October 11, with snippets now being published in the New York Times.
The book includes alleged texts Bourdain, who committed suicide on June 8, 2018, sent in his last days.
“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” the chef sent to his estranged wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain, adding: “I am lonely and living in constant uncertainty.”
The pair were married from 2007-2016 and share daughter Ariane, 15, together.
Read More: Director Morgan Neville Explains Why Asia Argento Wasn’t Interviewed For New Anthony Bourdain Documentary, ‘Roadrunner’
The book also delves into Bourdain’s troubled relationship with Asia Argento, whom he dated for around two years after splitting from Busia-Bourdain.
Bourdain exchanged messages with Argento,...
Journalist Charles Leerhsen is releasing Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain on October 11, with snippets now being published in the New York Times.
The book includes alleged texts Bourdain, who committed suicide on June 8, 2018, sent in his last days.
“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” the chef sent to his estranged wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain, adding: “I am lonely and living in constant uncertainty.”
The pair were married from 2007-2016 and share daughter Ariane, 15, together.
Read More: Director Morgan Neville Explains Why Asia Argento Wasn’t Interviewed For New Anthony Bourdain Documentary, ‘Roadrunner’
The book also delves into Bourdain’s troubled relationship with Asia Argento, whom he dated for around two years after splitting from Busia-Bourdain.
Bourdain exchanged messages with Argento,...
- 9/27/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
A new unauthorized biography of Anthony Bourdain, which includes for the first time the celebrity chef’s text messages from the days leading up to his death by suicide in 2018, reveals Bourdain’s anguish over his career, his estranged marriage and his troubled romantic relationship with actor Asia Argento.
Selections from the book Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain, written by journalist Charles Leerhsen, were published in today’s The New York Times. The Simon & Schuster book will be released on Oct. 11.
“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” Bourdain wrote to his estranged wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain, with whom he remained a close confidant even after their separation in 2016. “I am lonely and living in constant uncertainty.”
Although the article doesn’t specifically say that Busia-Bourdain provided the texts, Bourdain’s widow controls his estate, which includes the messages.
Perhaps...
Selections from the book Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain, written by journalist Charles Leerhsen, were published in today’s The New York Times. The Simon & Schuster book will be released on Oct. 11.
“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” Bourdain wrote to his estranged wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain, with whom he remained a close confidant even after their separation in 2016. “I am lonely and living in constant uncertainty.”
Although the article doesn’t specifically say that Busia-Bourdain provided the texts, Bourdain’s widow controls his estate, which includes the messages.
Perhaps...
- 9/27/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Regé-Jean Page and Glen Powell are headed West.
The Bridgerton alum and Top Gun: Maverick grad are poised to star in an untitled reimagining of Butch and Sundance for Amazon. The straight-to-series drama, which landed at Amazon following a competitive situation with both Disney+ and Peacock bidding, will be exec produced by Joe and Anthony Russo’s Agbo. Cousins Kaz and Ryan Firpo (The Eternals) will pen the scripts for the series, which is envisioned as a larger franchise with multiple series and spinoffs.
Details are slim, and all parties involved declined to comment as deals have yet to close, but sources say the untitled Butch and Sundance series will take place in an alternate America akin to Apple’s For All Mankind and Amazon’s former Man in the High Castle.
The idea for the reimagined Butch and Sundance started with the Russos and Agbo,...
Regé-Jean Page and Glen Powell are headed West.
The Bridgerton alum and Top Gun: Maverick grad are poised to star in an untitled reimagining of Butch and Sundance for Amazon. The straight-to-series drama, which landed at Amazon following a competitive situation with both Disney+ and Peacock bidding, will be exec produced by Joe and Anthony Russo’s Agbo. Cousins Kaz and Ryan Firpo (The Eternals) will pen the scripts for the series, which is envisioned as a larger franchise with multiple series and spinoffs.
Details are slim, and all parties involved declined to comment as deals have yet to close, but sources say the untitled Butch and Sundance series will take place in an alternate America akin to Apple’s For All Mankind and Amazon’s former Man in the High Castle.
The idea for the reimagined Butch and Sundance started with the Russos and Agbo,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are coming to TV.
Following a multiple-outlet bidding war, Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village Television has landed rights to author Charles Leerhsen’s book Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw. An outlet is not yet attached.
Stone Village plans to self-finance the development through Latin American and European sources and possibly production before shopping the premium limited series to cable networks and streamers. The plan is to produce the series to target an international audience, specifically the Latin American market. The story will span a story that follows Butch ...
Following a multiple-outlet bidding war, Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village Television has landed rights to author Charles Leerhsen’s book Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw. An outlet is not yet attached.
Stone Village plans to self-finance the development through Latin American and European sources and possibly production before shopping the premium limited series to cable networks and streamers. The plan is to produce the series to target an international audience, specifically the Latin American market. The story will span a story that follows Butch ...
- 10/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are coming to TV.
Following a multiple-outlet bidding war, Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village Television has landed rights to author Charles Leerhsen’s book Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw. An outlet is not yet attached.
Stone Village plans to self-finance the development through Latin American and European sources and possibly production before shopping the premium limited series to cable networks and streamers. The plan is to produce the series to target an international audience, specifically the Latin American market. The story will span a story that follows Butch ...
Following a multiple-outlet bidding war, Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village Television has landed rights to author Charles Leerhsen’s book Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw. An outlet is not yet attached.
Stone Village plans to self-finance the development through Latin American and European sources and possibly production before shopping the premium limited series to cable networks and streamers. The plan is to produce the series to target an international audience, specifically the Latin American market. The story will span a story that follows Butch ...
- 10/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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