James Dean was blackmailed by a former male lover who threatened to out him on the eve of his big-screen break, according to a new book. In “Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean,” which drops ...

This Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, photo shows a bust of actor James Dean at the Griffith Observatory in the Griffith Park area of Los Angeles. Travis Cloyd, who is leading the revival of Dean for his ...

James Dean was the son of farmer-turned-dental technician Winton and housewife Mildred. Young James was raised primarily by his aunt and uncle after his mother’s death from cancer when James was 9.

Something about James Dean on and off the screen is both audacious ... Seven days before the crash, actor Alec Guinness looked at the Porsche and said, “If you get in that car, you will be ...

The Hollywood icon, who died in a car crash in ... Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s musical biopic, A Complete Unknown, which earned him his second Oscar nomination for best actor.