Not to generalize or anything, but in our very limited world, it seems like everyone drinks (or at one point has drunk) vodka. People looking for trouble drink tequila. Our grandfathers ...

From finishing 150 miniatures in his hotel room to drinking “470 proof alcohol” — which apparently exists — Kemp assures that “The Rum Diary” lives up to its name. When he’s not drinking, Kemp’s out ...

Toward the end of “The Rum Diary,” the film based on the Hunter S. Thompson novel, there’s a scene that appears to come straight from the author’s vintage work. Two journalists are sitting ...

Heard and Depp met did not start dating until 2012, thought they met earlier than that on the set of the film The Rum Diary. Though the film, based on the Hunter S. Thompson novel of the same name ...

“Absolutely nothing in moderation,” states the tagline for “The Rum Diary,” and Johnny Depp lives up to it by getting sloshed for the better part of two hours. Yet temperance of a ...

Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli and Amber Heard star in director-screenwriter Bruce Robinson's big-screen adaptation of the novel. By Todd McCarthy Depp appears hard at work in front of his typewriter.

Making "The Rum Diary" was a sacred mission for Johnny Depp, who wanted to pay tribute to his hero Hunter S. Thompson. Alas, sacred missions don't guarantee good movies. Based on Thompson's "lost ...

The Rum Diary took a long time to get to the screens. It was always going to be a difficult story to tell, because of the pen that wrote it, and the looming, rather ominous shadow of brilliance ...

Here’s how it works. I was twenty-nine when I read The Rum Diary and it changed my life forever. I’m not a big drinker let alone a violent alcoholic, but Hunter S. Thompson’s novel resonated ...

From what we hear, the movie adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s The Rum Diary has been finished for more than a year, just sitting around waiting for a release. It’s finally set to open ...