[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). But for me, it describes best the shallow, limited ability I possessed as a teenager to comprehend the horror of the murders and the impact that they must have had on our parents. [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. [57], Norton appeared in four films released in 2002. "[19] AllMovie remarked that Norton attained "almost instant stardom" following his 1996 film debut in Primal Fear and could have risen to even greater fame. "It was creepy-scary," said Cindy Hutson, 54, who lived in Mundelein, where the Rouses were also well known. She ordered him to serve consecutive maximum 40-year sentences. American actor, filmmaker and activist Edward Harrison Norton was born on August 18, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in Columbia, Maryland. [74][75], Norton had two major film roles in 2006, starring as Eisenheim the magician in The Illusionist and bacteriologist Walter Fane in The Painted Veil. [115] The film was released on November 1, 2019, and received mixed reviews. Police believed that the children had much to gain by remaining silent. 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. [9][10] Norton's maternal grandfather, James Rouse, was the founder of real-estate developer The Rouse Company and co-founder of the real estate corporation Enterprise Community Partners. [48] Despite under-performing at the box office, Fight Club became a cult classic after its DVD release in 2000. [31] His role in the crime drama American History X, released later that year, earned him widespread acclaim. 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[109][110] In the black comedy Birdman, Norton played Broadway method actor Mike Shiner, who is talented but hard to work with. In Libertyville, where the Rouses were prominent in business, social and civic circles, reactions to the confession ran the gamut from relief to disbelief. As Rouse talked about his sad life, Fagan sensed he wanted to talk about his parents. And through the years, the house on Milwaukee Avenue became known as "Murder Mansion," a reputation reinforced when it was sold and turned into an illicit casino. He is also the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity. [129] Hayek still remains friends with Norton. "[171] Drew Barrymore, his co-star in the 1996 musical Everyone Says I Love You, recalled that he was "on the set every day" and "never compromised for a second. For the next 15 years, Billy Rouse carried that secret with him, according to authorities. Rouse, washing the blood off his arms and hair in the utility room, thought, "I've got to make it look like somebody else did it." Sixteen years later, he would confess and be convicted of their murders. He faces life in prison. The killer held the gun close enough to leave powder marks on her cheek. [2] In The Observer, Peter Preston noted that his image was unlike that of conventional screen "stars" because his most memorable characters are unlikeable, specifically a neo-Nazi in American History X. Preston likened his characters to those played by Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro, whom Norton admires. In this stop-motion short film, a bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of self-discovery. Albee found a new role for him instead and had Norton read for Fragments. Kurt Rouse, 36, took the witness stand and denied killing his parents. His sister, coming home later from a high school dance at Lake Forest Academy, went to bed, while Billy Rouse gathered up the evidence and left. [64] Norton was expected to reprise his role in future Marvel Cinematic Universe ventures, including the 2012 blockbuster The Avengers. With Bronte Carmichael, Richard E. Grant, Gillian Anderson, Adeel Akhtar. 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. He confessed to the murders, was arrested, convicted a year later and is serving an 80-year sentence. 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. The organization aims to preserve the ecosystems and biodiversity of East Africa through conservation which directly benefits the local Maasai communities. The Rouses were the model suburban family. Both a sister and older brother were home that night; police never learned what happened from either sibling. After graduating from Yale College in 1991, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to Manhattan to pursue an acting career. The Score and Norton's performance was well received. It needs to be acknowledged first and foremost, and then it needs to be contended with. He was placed in a special school for children with learning and behavioral problems. Actions not words of sympathy or support. 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. But relatives managed to wall off the children behind a protective cordon of lawyers. [32] In it, Norton portrays Derek Vinyard, a reformed neo-Nazi, who abandons his preconceived ideology after three years in prison. 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. A shirtless Billy Rouse, 15, sits outside his family home on June 6, 1980, while police investigate the savage slayings of his parents in their bedroom. Toronto Star's Peter Howell praised Norton's direction, but thought the film was complex and too long. [53] Entertainment Weekly remarked that Norton's emergence as a director was decent, but criticized the plot because it "proposes heavy theological aims, then disavows any such thing". [127], After Norton had ended his relationship with Love in 1999, he started dating Salma Hayek, with whom he later appeared in the 2002 biopic Frida. [133], Norton expressed discomfort upon learning his ancestors owned a family of slaves: "The short answer is these things are uncomfortable, and you should be uncomfortable with them. 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[52] The Dallas Morning News praised his acting and labeled the film "a smart directorial debut". There was no traffic in the pouring rain, so he made three trips to throw everything in the river before he returned home. But the three Rouse siblings ran in some of the same circles as my friends. He got married and fathered two sons before his wife divorced him. His daughter Robin is the mother of actor Edward Norton. [22] He was selected for the part over two thousand other prospects. Robin thanked Howard, Fred, Gary and Ronnie for being amazing throughout the ordeal. Their hopes were dashed, however, on a Friday afternoon in August, 1983, when Robin Rouse, alone in her car . It was purchased in 1981 by a strip-club owner with mob ties who turned it into an illegal casino where an independent bookie was beaten to death and stuffed into a car trunk. "[134], Norton also learned he is a distant cousin of fellow actor Julia Roberts. "With the way the bodies had been treated -- brutally -- it must have been a crime of hate," Lake County Sheriff Tom Brown proclaimed that morning as police searched for clues in the rambling 13-room house with hidden passages, an indoor pool and a bucolic 7-acre estate the Rouses shared with their three children north of Libertyville. He knows history is out of his control, and that bad things happen in every community but, "I always describe Libertyville as what Norman Rockwell would have painted.". Her only other comment, a passing reference to the media, could just as easily have been a valedictory for the events that took place in her home some 15 years ago. Darlene Rouse and Kurt Rouse. "Are you sorry your parents are dead?". [140] He is the president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. [146] At his designation ceremony, Norton said that biodiversity is an issue that "transcends national boundaries", with people "having lost sight" of the need for environmental protection. Even the house, dubbed Murder Mansion, Hell House and other names in various TV shows about the crimes, couldn't recover. [129] The two broke up in 2003. Twenty-Three Years Chris and Chrissy Rouse. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations. That's both a blessing and a curse". "[174], Due to his controversial opinions, Norton has earned a reputation for being difficult to work with. Rouse was living in a ramshackle houseboat with no doors when he was arrested in a 1995 bank robbery case. [148][149][150] He also played soccer (football) for Soccer Aid in May 2012; the event raised over 4.9 million for UNICEF to assist children worldwide. Rich people got killed.". [36] Norton received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor,[37] and won a Golden Satellite Award in the same category. #onepiece #mugiwara #strawhat #roronoazoro #zoro #luffy #nami #sanji #usopp" Bruce Rouse, 44, a businessman who owned several gas stations, had his lower jaw blown away by a second shotgun blast and was bludgeoned with the butt of the gun before he was killed by five knife wounds to his heart. [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. [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. At 8:30 on the morning of June 6, 1980, Robin answered the ringing telephone. Sixteen years later, he would confess and be convicted of their murders. is a glittery spectacular musical and after 20 years, it still shines in the hearts of fans everywhere. politics. Sources for Lydia Robinson "Robin" Rouse 1 Howard County Times (Maryland), 10 NOV 2010, Obituary for mother Elizabeth Jamieson Winstead "Libby" Rouse. [42][43] While the film divided contemporary critics,[44][45] Norton's role was widely applauded. "He was just a real cold kid with a lot of hate inside for his mother," Fagan says. [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. Shop for artwork by Robin Rouse. So I was not surprised when I read that Mayor Terry Weppler in October made a point of telling the documentary's film crew during a Libertyville board meeting that the Rouse mansion was actually outside the village proper. William Rouse left, and Robin Rouse leave court after appearing before the Lake County Grand Jury in Waukegan, Ill., on Monday, July 21, 1980. [126] She said that Norton had been a "mediator" and "communicator" between her and her daughter Frances Bean Cobain, calling him a "force of good". On June 6, 1980, they were murdered in their bed. The pair married in 2012, and welcomed their first son, Atlas, in 2013. "[2] Sharing the same sentiment, Forbes complimented Norton as "a far cry" from celebrities who do charity works "with a keen eye to furthering their personal brand," citing his involvements in community planning and social entrepreneurship even before his film career. A commander with the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force, Fagan teamed with Cpl. Billy was the only one with answers, and he kept them to himself for 15 years. Donating monthly from now until the toad is overthrown. Father Bruce, a self-made man who built his fortune starting with a couple of gas stations and expanded into cable TV and real estate, built a 13 room mansion in Libertyville, an affluent suburb on Chicago's North Shore. A 16-gauge shotgun blast blew off the top of the 38-year-old mother's head as she slept. Booking photo of William Rouse on Oct. 14, 1995. 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. Both had troubled relationships with their parents, but then, that did not make them unusual. The job consumed him from early in the morning until late at night. [38], In the 1999 David Fincher-directed film Fight Club, Norton played an unnamed unreliable narrator who feels trapped in his white-collar job. Kurt married and moved to California. [62] Nevertheless, a few collaborators with whom Norton reportedly had disputes have expressed their respect for him: Kaye wanted to feature Norton in some of his other ventures, and Ratner offered to help with production of Norton's film Motherless Brooklyn and got along well with Norton. He also starred in the film Fight Club (1999), which garnered a cult following . she recalled him asking her. 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. Just because someone is dead on Once Upon a Time doesn't mean they're gone forever. (Lake County Sheriffs Department). ", Lou Carlozo and Tribune Staff Writer. Actor: Fight Club. Almost from the start, the three Rouse children-Kurt, then 20, Robin, then 16 and William, then 15-were regarded as suspects by Lake County authorities. Robin Rouse. ", Filming around the village started in the fall, but it's uncertain if and when the documentary will be aired, Weppler said. 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.'. "My big concern is they want to talk about the gambling. Billy went to live in Key West, Florida, where he continued his drug use, squandered his share of the estate, married, divorced and was almost homeless. [22] The playwright was impressed with Norton's rehearsal performance and cast him for its world premiere. 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. [15] He made his professional debut at the age of eight in the musical Annie Get Your Gun at his hometown's Toby's Dinner Theatre. Suspicion for years had turned to his older brother, Kurt, who looked the part of a hippie in 1980, with straggly blond hair, according to news reports. 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. Since then, the Rouse murders have come up from time to time in the news. [173] He is selective in choosing his roles, explaining that, "You don't want to do anything just to work with somebody. [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. The parents showered the kids with money, fancy cars, horses and other trappings. Friends said Bruce was a workaholic who beat his wife. In a videotaped confession, Rouse said he killed his parents after a confrontation with his mother over his drug use in which she threatened to send him to military school. [4], Edward Harrison Norton was born into a progressive Episcopalian family in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 18, 1969. Rouse used his inheritance to buy a home in Key West, but he couldn't stop his life from spiraling out of control. Purchase canvas prints, framed prints, tapestries, posters, greeting cards, and more. Darlene and Bruce Rouse, prominent owners of a chain of gas stations, had been brutally shot at close range in their bedroom overnight. Robin Rouse was her daddy's girl. [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). Rousey now live streams gameplay on WWE's own streaming service but will surely move back to Twitch if her contract expires. "He rubs the mud away and he sees the license and sees the name Darlene Rouse," Pavletic says. Both received weak reviews; Leaves of Grass was praised for Norton's performance but criticized for its conflicting tonal shifts,[100] while Stone was panned because of a clumsy plot with excessive twists. Norton has since directed and acted in the crime film Motherless Brooklyn (2019), and starred in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). Rouse confessed to killing his parents, Bruce and Darlene Rouse, on June 5, 1980. 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[135], Norton's father is an environmental lawyer and conservationist; Norton is an environmentalist. [47] For his performance, Norton was nominated for Best Actor by the Online Film Critics Society. [118] He played Whit Yardsham, an estranged friend and business partner of Howard Inlet (Will Smith) in the 2016 drama Collateral Beauty. Kurt Rouse married and moved to California, and Billy Rouse drifted down to Key West, where he squandered his share of the estate and ran afoul of the law. On the day Kurt, Robin and Billy Rouse attended their parents' funeral, Lake County sheriff's detective Chuck Fagan started investigating the heinous crime. [9] While there, he also studied Japanese, acted in university productions, and was a competitive rower. "There is no victory in anything like that," Gordon said. [161] Norton spoke highly of Obama, crediting him as "a perfect framework" to explore contemporary U.S. He went upstairs and cleaned his shotgun before opting for his dad's semi-automatic shotgun. He portrayed Brown University Professor Bill and his identical twin Brady Kincaid in the comedy Leaves of Grass, and convicted arsonist Gerald "Stone" Creeson in the crime film Stone. Director David Cargill Writer Joseph Peicott (staff writer) Stars [163], Norton has been regarded as one of the most talented actors of his generation. 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. [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. [92] The Wall Street Journal felt that Norton's presence improved the film to "a thunderously efficient enterprise" from the 2003 version. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. ", When Fagan loaded Rouse into a car heading for the flight back to Illinois to face charges, "Billy asked, 'Could I drive?'" 2023 Getty Images. This toad sitting on an oil pipe will not overthrow itself." Newsletter, Paddock Publications, Inc. is an Employee-Owned Company. 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". [96] Norton later claimed that he chose not to play Hulk again because he "wanted more diversity" and opted against associating himself with one character throughout his career. Amy Robach was planning the ultimate revenge if she got axed from Good Morning America over the scandalous affair with co-host T.J. Holmes by writing a blow-the-lid-off, tell-all book,RadarOnline . "I hope now," she said, "they'll leave this house alone. The June 6, 1980 murder of Bruce and Darlene Rouse went unsolved until Rouse was picked up by Florida police last fall as a robbery suspect. Around 1975, the couple and their three children moved into a spacious, 13-room colonial mansion nestled by the Des Plaines River at 2057 N. Milwaukee Ave. Time magazine labeled him "excellent",[46] and Variety magazine was impressed by his embracing a range of techniques needed for his character. Robin age 16, and son, Billy age 15, lived in the main house. Rouse, who is held at Pontiac Correctional Center, is scheduled to be released on Sept. 13, 2038, shortly before his 74th birthday. View the profiles of people named Robin Rouse. [89] Norton did not participate in promoting the film and went to Africa for humanitarian activities instead,[62] it led to rumors that Norton was sparking conflicts with the film's producers. [62][115] Some publications interpreted Norton's performance in Birdman (2014), in which he portrays a talented but volatile actor, as a self-referential nod to his image. [93] Conversely, the Los Angeles Times, while recognizing Norton's decent performance, opined that the film lacked a solid script. Weeks later, the teen reached out to police. [144][145] The website uses a social-networking framework to help raise funds for charity. "I wanted his attention, so I set his bed on fire," Rouse recalled. [26] Norton won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor[27] and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category for his role in the film. 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. "It certainly is good to say the case is finally resolved," Stiles said. Today, friends recall the Rouse murders with a mixture of curiosity, fear and dread. [71] Reviewers criticized the film's lack of depth, despite the spectacular cinematography. 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. [129][164][165][166][167] The Daily Telegraph observed that "the tag 'finest actor of his generation' clings to him wherever he goes". Everybody should be uncomfortable with it. 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