6 h. ago David Lynch’s belongings fetch $4.25m at auction, including scripts for unfinished film

Items ranged from video cameras and guitars to taxidermy deer heads, props from Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive – and the director’s personal coffee machinePersonal effects belonging to the film-maker David Lynch, who died in January, have fetched more than $4m at auction in Los Angeles, with the highest bid of $195,000 going to scripts for his unrealised film project Ronnie Rocket.Wednesday’s auction of almost 450 items included props from Lynch’s films, personal items such as video cameras and music equipment, his director’s chair, two taxidermy deer heads, his 35mm print of his debut feature Eraserhead – and his beloved La Marzocco GS/3 home espresso machine, which fetched $45,500 and presumably produces a damn fine cup of coffee. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago David Lynch memorabilia including scripts and props sell for more than £3m

More than 450 items of memorabilia linked to the American director were sold in Los Angeles at auction.

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3 d. ago Twin Peaks star shares David Lynch interaction that blew his mind

‘He definitely felt like a father figure to me’ said Dana Ashbrook

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6 d. ago 'It was poignant': Mark Frost on Twin Peaks and saying goodbye to David Lynch

Five months on from David Lynch’s death, his Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost takes us behind the scenes on the show ahead of a special screening at the BFI

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7 d. ago Twin Peaks: David Lynch’s groundbreaking show now available to stream in its entirety

The show became a cult phenomenon after being released in 1990

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7 d. ago Twin Peaks: David Lynch’s graoundbreaking show now available to stream in its entirety

The show became a cult phenomenon after being released in 1990

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7 d. ago David Lynch’s daughter says his children are considering publishing the director’s unmade Netflix series

‘It would be very sad if people didn’t get to see it,’ said Jennifer Lynch

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8 d. ago Twin Peaks at 35: ‘We broke all the rules – and people were horrified’

As the ground-shifting murder mystery series and its belated sequel arrive on Mubi, its co-creator Mark Frost speaks to Adam White about upsetting and offending the television establishment, that notorious second-season dip, and the death of David Lynch

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1 week ago Whatever happened to Billy Bibbit? The extraordinary life of actor Brad Dourif

He was Oscar-nominated for his unforgettable work alongside Jack Nicholson, in one of the greatest films of all time. It was the start of his career as the ultimate character actor. He discusses David Lynch, Ian McKellen and the joy of playing a murderous dollBrad Dourif knew it was time to retire from acting when he stopped feeling well, anything about the parts he was being offered. “I got to a place where if somebody offered me something, all I felt was an empty: oh.” It had started in 2013, after a production of Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play. That had been an extraordinary experience, with his co-star Amanda Plummer “by far the best actor I’ve ever worked with”, but left him wondering if there was anything he still wanted to do professionally. Acting no longer got him excited; it just left him tired. “It became clear to me after a while that I just really didn’t want to work any more.”We speak over video call from his home in upstate New York, where he lives with C...

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1 week ago Energy minister leaves Government after two weeks for health reasons

Downing Street announced Baroness Margaret Curran had left her role as an energy minister on Friday afternoon.

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