The Latest Breaking News from Ava Gardner

He doesn't have the blessing from Sinatra's estate yet

The director is planning to return to his long-delayed project with Jennifer Lawrence co-starring as Ava Gardner – but rights may prove a stumbling-block

The property, on a street once inhabited by Michael Caine and Ava Gardner, hides a huge revamped home with basement pool and cinema - plus internal links to a terraced property on a different street

As Patsy Kensit prepares to wed her fifth husband, we take a look at other stars who have racked up multiple marriages, from Zsa Zsa Gabor's nine weddings, to Sean Bean's five

Sarah Lancashire’s portrayal in the hit series is 10 times tougher than her TV predecessors

“Frank & Marilyn: The Lives, the Loves and the Fascinating Relationship of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe” by Edward Z. Epstein; Post Hill Press (304 pages, $30)

“Seven Days in May,” the epic 1960s novel and a film starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner, was a fictional tale about right-wing Pentagon generals who tried to topple the U.S. government.

Rebellions, such as the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, have been fueled by it and such noted figures as Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner (who said she wanted to die with a cigarette and whiskey in hand), Mark Twain, William Faulkner and Sir Winston Churchill used whiskey to enliven or tame their souls.

Mark Rylance mines more drama from the doctor driven mad by his work on hygiene than Elizabeth McGovern finds in the faded glamour of Ava Gardner