Brooke Hayward's guest appearances

Brooke Hayward

Trashy Divorces

Big Table

Ray Bradbury

Nina Simone

Cey Adams

Langston Hughes

Peter Mendelsund

Warren Ellis

William Deresiewicz

Alexandra Lange

Geoff Dyer

Dennis Hopper

Robert Gottlieb

Nathaniel Rich

Carson McCullers

Paul Morley

Eddie Glaude

OwlTail

Mark Rozzo

Mark Rozzo’s astute and engaging new book Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1906s Los Angeles, published by Ecco Press, documents the lives of Hopper and Hayward in the heyday as New Hollywood’s It couple but also paints a panoramic landscape of the Los Angeles scene in the Sixties.Rozzo poignantly captures the vivacity of the heady days in the early 1960s, just as the underground culture of the Beat Generation was about to explode into the mainstream counterculture of the latter part of the decade—the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll mantra was born in the late 1960s.Sixties Los Angeles was a new center of gravity in culture; there was a new consciousness, a West Coast symmetry between art, underground cinema, music and civil rights that had never happened before, and has never happened since. Hopper and Hayward were not only up-and-coming actors in the early 1960s, they were also cross-cultural connectors who brought together the best of underground Los Angeles art, music and politics, under one roof—literally—1712 N. Crescent Heights in the Hollywood Hills. This modest Spanish Colonial was the meeting ground, as Rozzo illustrates, for a who’s who of that time: Jane Fonda, Andy Warhol, Joan Didion, Jasper Johns, Tina Turner, Ed Ruscha, The Byrds and the Black Panthers.Their art collection, showcased at this house on Crescent Heights, as well as the house itself, is the backdrop of Everybody Thought We Were Crazy. Rozzo tells the story in a straight-forward, dual narrative, that helps fill in large parts of Brooke’s story, which compared to Hopper’s, hasn’t been as well documented or explored in other books. Rozzo finds the right balance.As a decade-ending benchmark, Hopper’s directorial debut Easy Rider became the emblematic proto-New Hollywood independent film, alongside Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool. These films help illustrate the promise and loss of that generation and that era. There isn’t a happy ending in those films or in Hopper’s marriage to Hayward, unfortunately—the couple divorced in 1969 just at Easy Rider was about to make cinematic history.After the divorce, Brooke eventually sold the house, broke up the art collection and moved back to New York, where she still resides. Hopper died in 2010.Rozzo’s wide view of Los Angeles in the 1960s is essential reading for anyone interested in the unvarnished history of that period.Here’s my conversation with Mark Rozzo discussing the life and times of Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward.Reading by Mark Rozzo.Music by Love.

Mark Rozzo’s astute and engaging new book Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1906s Los Angeles, published by <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/ecco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ecco Press</a>, documents the lives of Hopper and Hayward in the heyday as New Hollywood’s It couple but also paints a panoramic landscape of the Los Angeles scene in the Sixties.Rozzo poignantly captures the vivacity of the heady days in the early 1960s, just as the underground culture of the Beat Generation was about to explode into the mainstream counterculture of the latter part of the decade—the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll mantra was born in the late 1960s.Sixties Los Angeles was a new center of gravity in culture; there was a new consciousness, a West Coast symmetry between art, underground cinema, music and civil rights that had never happened before, and has never happened since.  Hopper and Hayward were not only up-and-coming actors in the early 1960s, they were also cross-cultural connectors who brought together the best of underground Los Angeles art, music and politics, under one roof—literally—1712 N. Crescent Heights in the Hollywood Hills. This modest Spanish Colonial was the meeting ground, as Rozzo illustrates, for a who’s who of that time: Jane Fonda, Andy Warhol, Joan Didion, Jasper Johns, Tina Turner, Ed Ruscha, The Byrds and the Black Panthers.Their art collection, showcased at this house on Crescent Heights, as well as the house itself, is the backdrop of Everybody Thought We Were Crazy. Rozzo tells the story in a straight-forward, dual narrative, that helps fill in large parts of Brooke’s story, which compared to Hopper’s, hasn’t been as well documented or explored in other books. Rozzo finds the right balance.As a decade-ending benchmark, Hopper’s directorial debut Easy Rider became the emblematic proto-New Hollywood independent film, alongside Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool. These films help illustrate the promise and loss of that generation and that era. There isn’t a happy ending in those films or in Hopper’s marriage to Hayward, unfortunately—the couple divorced in 1969 just at Easy Rider was about to make cinematic history.After the divorce, Brooke eventually sold the house, broke up the art collection and moved back to New York, where she still resides. Hopper died in 2010.Rozzo’s wide view of Los Angeles in the 1960s is essential reading for anyone interested in the unvarnished history of that period.Here’s my conversation with Mark Rozzo discussing the life and times of Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward.Reading by Mark Rozzo.Music by Love.

Episode 37: Mark Rozzo on Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward in 1960s L.A.

Laura Dern

Ben Harper

This week, Alicia has perhaps the spiderwebby-est story she's ever told, with the 1960s marriage and divorce of actors Brooke Hayward and Dennis Hopper. Then, Stacie covers the high profile romances of actress Laura Dern, including her marriage and divorce from musician Ben Harper.SponsorsSkillshare. Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/trashy and get a one month free trial!Betterhelp.com/trashy – Get 10% off your first month when you sign up at the link!The Oak Tree Group. Mention Trashy Divorces for your free one hour financial preparedness conversation. Call 770-319-1700 or visit them on the web at theoaktreegroup.net.Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Alicia has perhaps the spiderwebby-est story she's ever told, with the 1960s marriage and divorce of actors Brooke Hayward and Dennis Hopper. Then, Stacie covers the high profile romances of actress Laura Dern, including her marriage and divorce from musician Ben Harper.SponsorsSkillshare. Explore your creativity at <a href="https://skillshare.com/trashy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Skillshare.com/trashy</a> and get a one month free trial!<a href="https://www.betterhelp.com/trashy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Betterhelp.com/trashy</a> – Get 10% off your first month when you sign up at the link!The Oak Tree Group. Mention Trashy Divorces for your free one hour financial preparedness conversation. Call 770-319-1700 or visit them on the web at <a href="http://theoaktreegroup.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theoaktreegroup.net</a>. <a href="https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Advertise with us</a>! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

S13E5: Please Me Like You Want To | Brooke Hayward and Dennis Hopper & Laura Dern and Ben Harper