Monthly Archives: January 2011

Sara Stockbridge Inspired by Marilyn

Posted on January 17, 2011 by marina72

The model turned actress and novelist, Sara Stockbridge, was muse to designer Vivienne Westwood during the 1980s and was famous for her MM-inspired platinum blonde locks. Here she talks about Marilyn’s influence to Fashion’s Most Wanted… Anyway, style icons?  Marilyn … Continue reading →


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‘Poupoupidou’

Posted on January 17, 2011 by marina72

Poupoupidou (Nobody Else But You) is a new French movie from writer-director Gerald Hustache-Mathieu. Not only is its title inspired by a line from Marilyn’s ‘I Wanna Be Loved By You’ from Some Like It Hot, but the film is … Continue reading →


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Vanity Fair 2010 Cover Poll

Posted on January 16, 2011 by marina72

Vote for Marilyn as cover star of the year, on Facebook (she is currently second favourite, right behind Lady Gaga!)


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MM Double Bill at Egyptian Theatre

Posted on January 14, 2011 by marina72

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and The Seven Year Itch are showing at the world-famous Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles on January 23 at 7.30 pm.


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Anna Strasberg Sells MM License

Posted on January 14, 2011 by marina72

“In light of my caring for the preservation of Marilyn Monroe’s image over the years, and my personal and professional commitments to my husband, Lee Strasberg’s, work, teaching, lecturing, and directing The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institutes, and to … Continue reading →


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Howard Hawks Season in UK

Posted on January 13, 2011 by marina72

Marilyn’s two films with Howard Hawks – Monkey Business (1952) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) will be screened at the Filmhouse Cinema in Edinburgh this March, as part of a tribute season to this multi-talented director, beginning this Friday with … Continue reading →


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Kim Cattrall On Marilyn

Posted on January 13, 2011 by marina72

As Kim and I were chatting, we were joined by the adorable writer Jacob Bernstein and some others. One of the guys — it’s always guys around Kim! — said: “All these actresses playing Marilyn Monroe now [Michelle Williams, Naomi Watts] but … Continue reading →


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MM Boxset at Sainsbury’s

Posted on January 11, 2011 by marina72

MM fan Aylon E found The Best of Marilyn Monroe, a DVD boxset, for just £4 at Sainsbury’s today (selected stores only, offer not online.) Includes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Seven Year Itch and Marilyn … Continue reading →


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Honeymooners in Paso Robles

Posted on January 11, 2011 by marina72

As the story goes, after a quick wedding in San Francisco, the newlyweds made a dash down the coast to Paso Robles, where they spent their first night as husband and wife at the Clifton Motel, now the Clifton Apartments, … Continue reading →


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‘Meeting Marilyn Monroe’

Posted on January 10, 2011 by marina72

“Even in death, the woman creates a deeper, and more powerful experience than one would expect.  I am glad, touch, honored, and inspired to have ‘met’ Marilyn….someone I have not only never met,  I have never lived in our lifetime…yet…..there … Continue reading →


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