Letter to ‘Rose’ from the Titanic’s real-life ‘Jack Dawson’ asks $66K at auction — so who was Ernest Tomlin?

Letter to ‘Rose’ from the Titanic’s real-life ‘Jack Dawson’ asks K at auction — so who was Ernest Tomlin?

This real-life Titanic passenger’s heart did go on — in a century-old love letter. James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” famously revolved around the romance between Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet’s Rose DeWitt Bukater — two fictional characters created by Cameron himself. But now, a never-before-seen letter has revealed that there actually was a … Read more

Will Jennings, famed lyricist and co-writer of ‘Titanic’s’ ‘My Heart Will Go On,’ dead at 80

Will Jennings, famed lyricist and co-writer of ‘Titanic’s’ ‘My Heart Will Go On,’ dead at 80

Will Jennings, an Oscar-winning lyricist and co-writer of the iconic “Titanic” theme, “My Heart Will Go On,” has died at the age of 80, according to multiple reports.  Jennings won an Academy Award for Best Original Song along with composer James Horner for the haunting ballad from the 1997 disaster film, which was made legendary … Read more

Why Titanic’s youngest survivor refused to see James Cameron’s film

Why Titanic’s youngest survivor refused to see James Cameron’s film

Millvina Dean was only 9 weeks old when her family boarded the Titanic — she couldn’t imagine the horror she was about to experience. When the ship crashed into the iceberg in April 1912, Dean, her brother and mother survived, while her father died with 1,500 people in the world’s most famous maritime disaster. Dean’s story … Read more