Billy Crudup played Russell Hammond in Almost Famous. From 1996 to November 2003, Billy Crudup dated actress Mary-Louise Parker, with whom he had a son, William Atticus Parker, born on January 7, 2004. He received negative publicity because he left her while she was seven months pregnant. In 2004, Crudup and his Stage Beauty co-star Claire Danes...more

Billy Crudup played Russell Hammond in Almost Famous. From 1996 to November 2003, Billy Crudup dated actress Mary-Louise Parker, with whom he had a son, William Atticus Parker, born on January 7, 2004. He received negative publicity because he left her while she was seven months pregnant. In 2004, Crudup and his Stage Beauty co-star Claire Danes confirmed that they were dating, but denied press reports that they were together at the time of Crudup's split with Parker. The couple has since split up. According to an email from the marriage,  The two recently finalized their divorce, but they have not yet finalized their civil papers.
In January 2004, Crudup's manager and former boyfriend Andrew Wilson signed onto a contract to take over as CEO of the Beverly Hills-based Lush Entertainment empire, which owns Beverly Hills...