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Seventy years ago today, actor James Dean was killed while driving his sports car on a remote highway in Central California. Dean had made only three films but was already a star whose brooding performances captured a counternarrative to the 1950s. His death at age 24 helped make him a legend. Carroll Baker, who co-starred…

Houghton exhibition celebrates legendary artist’s offbeat, macabre sensibility  A pair of disembodied hands thrusts a cake topped with candles through an open window. A nearby menu announces only one course: cold boiled owl. A figure glances worriedly at an accumulation of boxes of chocolate. The caption: “The Horror of Having a Birthday.”  The offbeat illustration…

From the race track to the big screen, Steve McQueen operated at high-octane speed, always wearing a few choice essentials fit for the task at hand. And while his Tag Heuer Le Mans ‘Monaco’ watch might be out of reach for the average buyer, it’s now easier than ever to find a new edition of the Persol 714, his eyewear…

The graphic novel ‘The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake’ is set two decades after the seminal film, and The Hollywood Reporter has a first-look, as well as a foreword penned by Aykroyd. Dan Aykroyd is fired up for a new story about his beloved Blues Brothers. The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake is a…

One of three Tags dropped for the Monaco GP For the first time in the near-century history of the Monaco Grand Prix, the race has an official title partner — Tag Heuer. Already long associated with motorsport, the Swiss watchmaker is now more visibly embedded in the event than ever. To coincide with the partnership, Tag has released…

The latest iteration of Persol’s signature 714 sunglasses—famously worn by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen —premieres at Cannes Film Festival as summer’s must-have accessory. In 1968, Hollywood actor Steve McQueen stepped onto the set of The Thomas Crown Affair and, with a single accessory, changed the course of eyewear history — a pair of Persol 714 sunglasses. With their…

The limited edition line, Persol 714 Steve McQueen, features a metal plaque inside the left temple with the year 1968 as a nod to the release of ‘The Thomas Crown Affair.’ Persol has returned to its Cannes Film Festival perch this year on La Terrasse by Albane at the JW Marriott — for good reason. The hot Italian…