Dan Bilzerian is no stranger to the spotlight. The professional poker player has had small roles in a handful of movies, including Lone Survivor and The Other Woman. Dubbed as "The King of Instagram" because of his 5.8 million followers, he posts pictures that depict an international playboy lifestyle - private jets, high-stakes poker, yachts and scantily clad women. With a reported net worth of more than $100 million, his celebrity friends include Miley Cyrus and Wiz Khalifa. But recently, Bilzerian has gotten the wrong type of publicity - attention that the 34-year-old doesn't want. On Dec. 10, he was sued by Miami-based model Vanessa Castano,...
- 12/16/2014
- by Steve Helling, @stevehelling
- PEOPLE.com
Dan Bilzerian is no stranger to the spotlight. The professional poker player has had small roles in a handful of movies, including Lone Survivor and The Other Woman. Dubbed as "The King of Instagram" because of his 5.8 million followers, he posts pictures that depict an international playboy lifestyle - private jets, high-stakes poker, yachts and scantily clad women. With a reported net worth of more than $100 million, his celebrity friends include Miley Cyrus and Wiz Khalifa. But recently, Bilzerian has gotten the wrong type of publicity - attention that the 34-year-old doesn't want. On Dec. 10, he was sued by Miami-based model Vanessa Castano,...
- 12/16/2014
- by Steve Helling, @stevehelling
- PEOPLE.com
Photograph of Taylor and Richard Burton taken at Rothschilds' chateau in 1971 expected to sell for £12,000
The photographer was distinctly unimpressed with his subjects, describing Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as "vulgar and common".
But 40 years on, a Cecil Beaton portrait of Taylor and Burton at a black-tie ball is expected to sell for up to £12,000 at auction.
The Hollywood couple were photographed by Beaton at a party thrown at the Rothschilds' home, Chateau de Ferrières, near Paris in December 1971.
Shortly afterwards Beaton wrote in his diary: "I have always loathed the Burtons for their vulgarity, commonness and crass bad taste, she combining the worst of Us and English taste, he as butch and coarse as only a Welshman can be."
He said Taylor had craved compliments during the brief shoot. "She got none. I felt I must be professional and continued, but not without loathing at this monster … Round her...
The photographer was distinctly unimpressed with his subjects, describing Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as "vulgar and common".
But 40 years on, a Cecil Beaton portrait of Taylor and Burton at a black-tie ball is expected to sell for up to £12,000 at auction.
The Hollywood couple were photographed by Beaton at a party thrown at the Rothschilds' home, Chateau de Ferrières, near Paris in December 1971.
Shortly afterwards Beaton wrote in his diary: "I have always loathed the Burtons for their vulgarity, commonness and crass bad taste, she combining the worst of Us and English taste, he as butch and coarse as only a Welshman can be."
He said Taylor had craved compliments during the brief shoot. "She got none. I felt I must be professional and continued, but not without loathing at this monster … Round her...
- 5/17/2012
- by Steven Morris
- The Guardian - Film News
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