Welcome to our new Everlasting Star blog, dedicated to keeping you updated on all the latest news relating to the one and only Marilyn Monroe.
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Pop star Rihanna – who has been sporting an MM-style blonde wig of late – commissioned this portrait of Marilyn (made from 65,000 Swarovski crystals), for her new Hollywood home. It is based on a haunting 1954 photo from Milton Greene’s Ballerina session.
Artist Claire Milner tells Haute Living, ‘I tried to capture some of the complicated and contradictory aspects of Marilyn – the glitter and the public façade, the sadness in the eyes.’
After filing for bankruptcy last year, the family of Sam Shaw have sold the rights for his many famous photos of Marilyn to Monroe’s estate (now managed by ABG), reports the Wall Street Journal, with further details at the Hollywood Reporter.
Marilyn’s Footsteps, an updated version of Michelle Morgan’s 1995 book, Marilyn’s Addresses, is now available in paperback from Lulu.
Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh are both Oscar nominees for their roles in My Week With Marilyn:
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Lebanese singer/actress Haifa Wehbe strikes a Monroesque pose in IN Magazine’s ‘Reliving Legends’ cover shoot, set to launch in Dubai on February 1.
