Chronicler of crime, creator of a charismatic call girl, confidant and court jester to high society — and a pioneer in creating the chosen family: These were all sides to Truman Capote, and they’re ...

Truman Capote’s legend endures — for his writings (especially the true-crime novel “In Cold Blood”), his relationship with Harper Lee (immortalized in “To Kill a Mockingbird”), his childhood in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Truman Garcia Capote was born Truman Streckfus Persons on September 30, 1924, in New Orleans. His parents ...

Many of Capote’s letters were published in “Too Brief a Treat,” a collection edited by Gerald Clarke. Clarke, who wrote a 1988 Capote biography, notes that Capote’s letters can be found in libraries ...

TORONTO -- Doug McGrath, a nice Midland boy, went east for college and later landed a job writing for Saturday Night Live, which would've been a terrifically lucky break except that it "turned out to ...

Greenwich Entertainment has nabbed the North American rights to Ebs Burnough’s 'The Capote Tapes,' which bowed at the Toronto Film Festival. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Greenwich ...

Ebs Burnough's doc portrait 'The Capote Tapes' relies partly on interviews conducted by George Plimpton. By John DeFore First-time filmmaker Ebs Burnough, according to his TIFF mini-bio, is a ...

MONROEVILLE, Ala. -- Rare family photos and a collection of writer Truman Capote's letters to his favorite aunt in Alabama -- on topics ranging from Harper Lee to Tallulah Bankhead to his longing for ...

Before the author reached the height of his fame, he escaped to seaside idylls in southern Italy and Spain to write, swim and bask under the sun with his great love. At Villa Britannia in Taormina, ...

The collection, while apparently containing no riveting new material on his life and times, is a coup for the town that was spun into memorable works by Capote and Lee, his childhood friend and ...