Dennis Hopper, easy-rider art enthusiast. By Jessica Hundley, Special to the Los Angeles Times . ... Entertainment pictures of the year. Dec. 23, 2024. Entertainment & Arts. Newsletter.

Dennis Hopper starred in and directed the seminal movie Easy Rider 40 years ago. In honor of that anniversary, Taos, N.M., is hosting "Taos Summer of Love 2009." Hopper, a sometime resident of ...

Dennis Hopper, the high-flying ... Fonda produced "Easy Rider" and Hopper directed it for a meager $380,000. ... Universal Pictures lavished $850,000 on his next project, "The Last Movie." ...

Dennis Hopper, the high-flying Hollywood wild man whose memorable and erratic career included an early turn in "Rebel Without a Cause," an improbable smash with "Easy Rider" and a classic ...

In 1967 Hopper had appeared in Roger Corman’s LSD movie The Trip, starring Peter Fonda and written by a sometime actor named Jack Nicholson.Easy Rider, which Hopper wrote from a story that he ...

Hopper's manager announced in October 2009 that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. ... Dennis Hopper, creator of hit 'Easy Rider,' dies . Updated: May. 29, 2010, 7:38 p.m.

Made for peanuts and making millions, ‘Easy Rider’ opened the door to the new Hollywood that catered to the young. In the bargain, Dennis Hopper became a trendsetter.

Dennis Hopper, the high-flying Hollywood wild man whose memorable and erratic career included an early turn in "Rebel Without a Cause," an improbable smash with "Easy Rider" and a classic ...

Dennis Hopper, the menacing, laser-eyed actor and filmmaker who forced Hollywood to acknowledge the hippie generation with his 1969 film "Easy Rider," yet eventually became a clean-and-sober ...

Dennis Hopper, 74, had been battling prostate cancer.