Rouse confessed to killing his parents, Bruce and Darlene Rouse, on June 5, 1980. Edward Norton. Moulin Rouge! [144] In July 2010, the then-Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) named Norton the Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity and a spokesperson for the Convention on Biological Diversity. [98] In 2009, Norton produced the documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, which follows former U.S. president Barack Obama's campaigns leading to his 2008 election victory. The Bourne Legacy received lukewarm reviews[104] but has been Norton's highest-grossing venture so far, earning over $276 million worldwide. As a teenager growing up in Libertyville, Rouse dabbled in booze and drugs and quarreled constantly with his parents when they tried to discipline him, authorities said. After their parents' murders, rumors spread quickly. [99] He had two lead film roles in 2010. The couple's son, Billy, 15, and daughter, Robin, 16, told police they had slept through the pounding thunderstorms that night and heard nothing out of the ordinary. On June 6, 1980, they were murdered in their bed. It wasn't that good of a shot, just grazed him more or less, and he fell back on the bed," Rouse says. [19] Released in 1996, Primal Fear features Norton in the role of Aaron Stampler, an altar boy who is charged with the murder of a Roman Catholic archbishop and is defended by Martin Vail (Richard Gere). is a glittery spectacular musical and after 20 years, it still shines in the hearts of fans everywhere. [17] He attended Yale College, where he earned a BA in History. He opened drawers in his parents' bedroom and grabbed some of his mom's jewelry and her purse to make it look like a robbery. Robin Ashenden. [58] He also portrayed Nelson Rockefeller in the biopic film Frida, which depicts the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek). His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" (Rouse), was a foundation executive and teacher of English, and a daughter of famed real estate developer James Rouse, who developed Columbia, MD; she passed away of brain . I had read about the country since I was a child - obsessively from my mid-twenties onwards - and it was Holy Land for me. Fagan had the foresight to videotape Rouse's confession on Oct. 13, 1995, years before that became common, and the result was chilling. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. If I had told anybody anything about it, it had to have been in a drunken stupor, which ain't unusual for me to be in a drunken stupor," Billy Rouse told Fagan during his confession. WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) _ A man who inherited millions when his parents were murdered 16 years ago was convicted Saturday of killing them over an argument about military school. Robin Robin: Directed by Daniel Ojari, Michael Please. 2023 Getty Images. Family secrets such as abuse, drug use or mental illness weren't openly discussed, though divorce rates had soared by the close of the 1970s. [8] His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" Rouse, was an English teacher who died of a brain tumor in 1997. Wife Darlene was a member of all the right clubs and organizations,. KEY WEST - There were two constants in William Rouse's life in this hideaway town: Busch beer and a deadly secret. Tribune staff writer Cornelia Grumman contributed to this story. Bruce Rouse had also been stabbed multiple times and beaten. It was closed after a Lake County mob gambling figure, Robert Plummer, was bludgeoned to death on a stairway in an act of mob reprisal. It was in addition to her references in a 2006 interview to their past relationship. Sixteen years later, Fagan took Billy Rouse's confession of how he killed the couple. Set in 19th-century Austria-Hungary, The Illusionist was loosely based on novelist Steven Millhauser's short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist" and received generally positive critical reviews. He was living on a houseboat in Key West, having squandered his share of the $2 million fortune his father made with a chain of gas stations. He then set to work building a chain of gas stations, owning his first at age 21. It was a troubled past that sent Billy Rouse to Florida, but it was his troubled present that led to him to confess to the 1980 murders of his parents, according to authorities. He was later convicted of the killings and sentenced to 80 years in prison. Pool photo by Thomas Delany Jr./Sun-Times Media. 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Libertyville, Illinois, on June 5, 1980, and Bruce and Darlene Rouse were murder in a brutal attack that shocked the entire community. The boy grabbed a knife but worried stabbing might be too slow. He starred as scoutmaster Randy Ward in charge of finding his missing camper in the coming-of-age film Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson. [64] His other lead role was in the action thriller The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment in the Bourne series. Ronda Rousey prefers not to return to action in WWE or any form of the fight. As a creative with a lifelong background in all things performance and entertainment and fitness, I have always been a maker of all sorts of things and a constant mover. [130][131][132], Norton appeared on the PBS genealogy series Finding Your Roots in January 2023, where it was confirmed that Pocahontas was his 12th great-grandmother. For the next 15 years,. [161] Norton spoke highly of Obama, crediting him as "a perfect framework" to explore contemporary U.S. [129] The two broke up in 2003. [61] In 2011, Norton proposed to Canadian film producer Shauna Robertson after dating for six years. As his parents slept, Rouse crept into the bedroom with a shotgun and shot his mother point-blank, then turned the gun on his awakened father, clubbing and stabbing him as well. [15] Norton recalled that it was theater and not films that inspired him to act. Even through the lens of jaded youth, the murders were shocking. Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and filmmaker. As detectives checked further, they also found teeth and bloody tissues strewn about the entire bedroom. [154], Norton believes celebrities should "participate quietly" in discussions on politics and social issues as, "Having a public forum tends to make people offer too casual a commentary". [70] During this time, Norton co-founded a production company, Class 5 Films, with Yale classmate Stuart Blumberg and film producer Bill Migliore. Norton rewrote the script several times without credit, focusing on the historical context and adding some humor while retaining Kahlo's real-life crude personality. "For a small community like Libertyville, it was a big deal," remembers Lake County First Assistant State's Attorney Jeffrey Pavletic, who grew up in Libertyville but was attending the University of Dallas when the crime occurred. Instead, Billy matter-of-factly told Fagan his mother's purse was missing from the bedroom. Facebook gives people the power to. Benjy tried to visit her too, but, as Robin put it, "I avoided him like the plague." Howard asked who was the least sweet to her during the whole thing and Robin named Richard Christy, who said that Robin was doing the show from home after Howard chastised . With three members of the family dead, another in prison and their home burned, all that misery, sorrow and horror is reduced to memories. [138] The initiative was welcomed by many of Norton's fellow celebrities, notably Salma Hayek, Brad Pitt, Danny DeVito, Alicia Silverstone and Robin Williams. He was living on a houseboat in Key West, having squandered his share of the $2 million fortune his father made with a chain of gas stations. In 2002, the mansion burned, attracting a crowd of observers. No, he said, because all "I had to deal with then was gone." Robin Rouse's obituary gives her birthplace as Pensacola, Florida, however her social security application gives it as Baltimore, Maryland. In June 1980, I was finishing my junior year at Libertyville High School when my dad read the horrifying details in the newspaper. "It was creepy-scary," said Cindy Hutson, 54, who lived in Mundelein, where the Rouses were also well known. The film, as well as Norton's performance, was well received by critics. In May 1970, . Born into slavery. But behind closed doors, a toxic mix of scorn, jealousy, and greed is about to boil over into a scene of shocking carnage. Darlene Rouse and Kurt Rouse. Robin began therapy in an attempt to cope with the murders, but she died at 19 in 1983 when she lost control of her car while driving alone on a wet Wisconsin road and hit a utility pole. "The day they had the funerals, I started on that case," says Fagan, who spent three days going over "every inch, every passage" of the Rouse house and found clues such as vomit in a trash can and fecal matter in the boy's underwear. There was no traffic in the pouring rain, so he made three trips to throw everything in the river before he returned home. He faces life in prison. Friends said Bruce was a workaholic who beat his wife. [160] He produced the 2009 documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, which chronicles Obama's political activities from 2006 to his 2008 election victory. [168] Interview magazine commented that Norton has successfully portrayed a wide range of roles and found it impossible to simply characterize him as a leading man, a villain, or a character actor. "It certainly is good to say the case is finally resolved," Stiles said. In Libertyville, where the Rouses were prominent in business, social and civic circles, reactions to the confession ran the gamut from relief to disbelief. Their bedrooms were on the second floor of the mansion. #onepiece #mugiwara #strawhat #roronoazoro #zoro #luffy #nami #sanji #usopp" "It was a tragic case.". [142][143] He raised over $1.2 million for the Trust after completing his run. His role as a reformed neo-Nazi in American History X (1998) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Son Kurt, 20, living in an outbuilding powered by an extension cord from the house, also reported nothing unusual. [87] However, screenwriter Zak Penn was displeased with Norton's changes. [15] He graduated from Wilde Lake High School in 1987. He was done.". [151], Norton has served as a member of the board of trustees of Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit developer of affordable housing founded by his grandparents, since 1998. [94] It was a box office success, grossing over $263 million. Despite critical plaudits, Norton has gained notoriety for being difficult to work with, including incidents such as editing the final cuts and rewriting screenplays against the will of other producers. The musical, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, had everything from modern music, two star-crossed lovers and an epic stage show of grand proportions. "[177], According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Norton's most critically acclaimed films are Primal Fear (1996), Everyone Says I Love You (1996), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), American History X (1998), Fight Club (1999), The Score (2001), Frida (2002), 25th Hour (2002), The Illusionist (2006), The Painted Veil (2006), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Birdman (2014), Sausage Party (2016) and Isle of Dogs (2018). [116], Norton had voice-acting roles in the animated features Sausage Party (2016)[117] and The Guardian Brothersthe English-dubbed version of the Chinese animated film Little Door Gods (2017). That's both a blessing and a curse". His rebound downs Marian Catholic. [38], In the 1999 David Fincher-directed film Fight Club, Norton played an unnamed unreliable narrator who feels trapped in his white-collar job. She remembers glancing at the family mansion every time she headed north on Milwaukee Road to Wisconsin. [156] He also made speeches to encourage voters to support Democratic nominee John Kerry. Burlington Centrals Nicholas Gouriotis figures out the difference. "I hope now," she said, "they'll leave this house alone. The film was panned by critics for its incoherent screenplay. "When he was ready to spill, he spilled it, and Chuck was the person he talked to," Pavletic says. Pavletic and Assistant State's Attorney Claudia Kasten insisted Kurt had nothing to do with the murders and that Billy never shared information with either sibling. He married young, shortly after Darlene graduated from Libertyville High School in 1959. [57], Norton appeared in four films released in 2002. For the next 15 years, Billy Rouse carried that secret with him, according to authorities. As she slept that night, authorities said, Rouse crept into their bedroom armed with a shotgun, placed it at point-blank range between his mother's eyes and squeezed the trigger. [125] Nevertheless, appearing on an episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Love stated they had dated for four years. The job consumed him from early in the morning until late at night. The Rouses were the rich people. He lived as a drifter, always in trouble with alcohol, drugs and petty crimes. Young people traveled the route often those days, because the drinking age was 18 in Wisconsin as opposed to 21 in Illinois. [2][3] Incidents include Norton's editing the final cut of American History X (1998), which is 40 minutes longer than director Tony Kaye's version;[34] conflicts with director Brett Ratner on the set of Red Dragon (2002);[62] refusing to promote The Italian Job (2003);[68] and uncredited rewriting of the screenplay for The Incredible Hulk (2008), which angered screenwriter Zak Penn. [173] The Daily Telegraph attributed Norton's lack of interest in celebrity status to his family of "distinguished political and social activists. When Billy Rouse moved to Florida, Fagan used his police connections to monitor his scrapes with the law. In March 2022, on the day of another sentencing of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny, Norton became the first celebrity sponsor of the international Anti-Corruption Foundation. [170][171][172] He feels it necessary to keep his off-screen life to himself and opts for a "normal life. I don't remember pulling it, but the trigger went off," Rouse told Fagan. Time magazine labeled him "excellent",[46] and Variety magazine was impressed by his embracing a range of techniques needed for his character. After losing one of the biggest matches of her career to Liv Morgan at SummerSlam, Rousey was understandably upset. [19], In 1998, Norton starred alongside Matt Damon in Rounders, which follows two friends who urgently need cash and play poker to pay off a huge debt. It was the manager of one The Rouse House Revisited: Unraveling the Enigma of Murder, Police Corruption, and Organized Crime by Terry M. Mors, Ph.D. And they added that just hours before Darlene and Bruce Rouse were slain in their sprawling mansion just north of town, Billy Rouse had the last bout with his mother. [173] He is selective in choosing his roles, explaining that, "You don't want to do anything just to work with somebody. At 8:30 on the morning of June 6, 1980, Robin answered the ringing telephone. As a strikebreaker, he crossed both union and racial lines. A detective whose years of work finally resulted in a murder conviction in the infamous 1980 slaying of a wealthy Libertyville couple, Chuck Fagan retired as undersheriff for the Lake County sheriff's department in 2011. The film is based on Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel. The parents showered the kids with money, fancy cars, horses and other trappings. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. A Lake County crime boss was bludgeoned to death on a staircase in the home before a federal investigation closed the operation down, according to news accounts. In 2020, Crawford spoke with NPR about her relationship with Whitney Houston, and confirmed the two met during the "summer of '80". So the speculation began. He is projected to finish his sentence in 2038, shortly before his 74th birthday. But beneath the facade of success loomed deep flaws hidden from the outside world. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. "He rubs the mud away and he sees the license and sees the name Darlene Rouse," Pavletic says. Albee found a new role for him instead and had Norton read for Fragments. [178] His biggest commercial successes are Red Dragon (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Incredible Hulk (2008), and The Bourne Legacy (2012), all of which grossed over $200 million worldwide. After the series regular's Robin Hood was killed off in the season-five finale, Sean Maguire has booked . Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. He and his wife, Darlene, were well-known in Libertyville and lived in a 13-room house with an indoor pool and horses on their estate. He established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003, and was director or producer of the films Keeping the Faith (2000), Down in the Valley (2005), and The Painted Veil (2006). [161] He produced a campaign video for Obama's 2012 presidential race with Bennett Miller; the video featured voters from diverse economic and racial backgrounds. She recalled in a 2017 piece for The New York Times that Norton "beautifully rewrote the script [of Frida] several times and appallingly never got credit" after she had rejected Harvey Weinstein's sexual demands and Weinstein, in retaliation, had given her "a list of [four] impossible tasks with a tight deadline," including "a rewrite of the script, with no additional payment, or writer's credit" before he would make the film. "That's the only way I could deal with it, and it has eaten me up for 15 years. Newsletter, Paddock Publications, Inc. is an Employee-Owned Company. "Little did I realize all those years later when the case had been solved, I'd be prosecuting the murder.". He is also the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity. She ordered him to serve consecutive maximum 40-year sentences. Bruce Rouse made his fortune owning gas stations. Many viewed the north suburb as a privileged place to grow up with a charming downtown, involved parents and high-performing schools. [144], After the successful fundraising for the Maasai Conservation, Norton launched an online fundraising platform called Crowdrise in May 2010. [122] In 2022, Norton portrayed New York tech billionaire Miles Bron in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. [135], Norton's father is an environmental lawyer and conservationist; Norton is an environmentalist. [114] Norton had wanted to work on the project since 1999 but did not begin until Brett Ratner, director of 2002's Red Dragon, joined in to help production. [81], Norton appeared in two documentaries in 2007: Brando, which chronicles the life and career of screen legend Marlon Brando, with whom Norton co-starred in 2001's The Score,[82] and Man from Plains, which depicts the post-presidency endeavors of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. Bruce and Darlene Rouse were self-made millionaires who took up residence in a 13-bedroom mansion in unincorporated Libertyville at 2057 N. Milwaukee Ave., a few blocks north of Route 137. It's not a judgement on you and your own life, but it's a judgement on the history of this country. [16] He subsequently immersed himself in films, naming Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro as two of his early inspirations because "the ones [he] liked were also the ones who made [him] think [he] could do it because they weren't the most handsome guys". [138][139], Norton is a supporter of the African Wildlife Foundation and its "Say No" campaign which raises awareness and fights against illegal poaching of elephants and rhinoceroses for ivory and horn. The killings were a. Billy was the only one with answers, and he kept them to himself for 15 years. This toad sitting on an oil pipe will not overthrow itself." Fire destroyed the house in 2002. He and his wife, Darlene, were well-known in Libertyville and lived in a 13-room house with an indoor pool and horses on their estate. The killings were a. Rouse told investigators he had squandered the approximately $300,000 he had collected from his parents' insurance fund. When Bruce Rouse jolted awake, Billy Rouse fired a second blast at his father, then pulled a knife and plunged it six times into his father's heart, authorities said. Every Baz Luhrmann Movie, Ranked. [136] In 2003, he collaborated with oil company BP to develop the Solar Neighbors program, which aimed to install photovoltaic panels on rooftops of households in Los Angeles. A resident of the home, a middle-aged woman who refused to give her name, knows well what happened there in 1980. [129] Hayek still remains friends with Norton. He continued to receive critical acclaim for his acting roles in films such as The Score (2001), 25th Hour (2002), The Illusionist (2006), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). [71] Reviewers criticized the film's lack of depth, despite the spectacular cinematography. For three and a half years, between Autumn 2018 and 2022, the most thrilling words I could say to anyone - especially myself - were 'I live in Russia.'. [169], Despite critical plaudits, Norton is scornful of being seen as a Hollywood A-lister. "This can't be my son that did this. [105] This production venture received a mixed response. Norton has since directed and acted in the crime film Motherless Brooklyn (2019), and starred in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). Today, friends recall the Rouse murders with a mixture of curiosity, fear and dread. Robin Rouse, at age 19, died in a single-car crash in Racine County, Wis., in 1983. Hopes of cracking the case were dashed when Robin died in a car crash in 1983. Norton, whose family had known of possible relation to Pocahontas and her husband John Rolfe for years, replied to the findings: "It makes you realize what a small piece of the human story you are".
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