Monthly Archives: September 2011

New Marilyn Documentary on Australian TV

Posted on September 14, 2011 by marina72

  Stars of the Silver Screen: Marilyn Monroe, a new documentary first aired on the UK’s Biography Channel, will be broadcast on Australia’s Studio network at 7.30 pm, reports The Australian, with this comment: “Fast-moving and intelligent, like Marilyn herself, … Continue reading →


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‘My Week With Marilyn’ at Mill Valley Festival

Posted on September 14, 2011 by marina72

My Week With Marilyn is screening as the Centerpiece event at the Mill Valley Film Festival in Marin County, Northern California (near San Francisco), on October 11, reports Film Threat – two days after its premiere at the New York Film … Continue reading →


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Pop Artist Richard Hamilton Dies

Posted on September 13, 2011 by marina72

The British artist, Richard Hamilton, has died aged 89. One of his most famous works was ‘My Marilyn’ (1966), one of the few pop art pieces that succeeds in showing Marilyn as a human being as well as an icon. … Continue reading →


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Michelle Williams in Vogue

Posted on September 13, 2011 by marina72

My Week With Marilyn will be screened on October 9 at the New York Film Festival. Its star, Michelle Williams, makes the cover of October’s US Vogue. Photos via CatFromJapan and Marilynette Lounge ‘Williams spent six months immersing herself in all things … Continue reading →


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‘Fragments’ Documentary Planned

Posted on September 10, 2011 by marina72

Fragments, the 2010 collection of Marilyn’s personal writings, is to be the subject of a documentary, to be released on the 50th anniversary of Monroe’s death, in August 2012. ‘StudioCanal has acquired worldwide rights to upcoming documentary “Fragments,” based on … Continue reading →


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Andrej Pejic as Marilyn

Posted on September 9, 2011 by marina72

Andrej Pejic – an androgynous, 20 year-old Australian male model of Bosnian descent – appears as Marilyn in ‘Norma Jean’, a risque short film styled by Patricia Field, who comments, “It looks at Marilyn’s status as a sexual icon and … Continue reading →


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Ron Galella’s Greatest Regret

Posted on September 9, 2011 by marina72

Legendary paparazzo Ron Galella once turned down an opportunity to photograph Marilyn, and has regretted it ever since, he tells the Daily Telegraph: “What’s the greatest picture you didn’t take? The greatest picture that I didn’t take came out of … Continue reading →


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Rappers’ Homage to Marilyn

Posted on September 8, 2011 by marina72

Upcoming rapper Lil Brianna has released a new track, ‘Marilyn Monroe’. “Brianna comes through with a new ‘figure-tribute’ type of track that have been popular nowadays,” says The305.com. “But the beat on this is not too shabby. It knocks. And Brianna … Continue reading →


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Marilyn in Dior Ad

Posted on September 6, 2011 by marina72

Marilyn appears – via the wonder of CGI – alongside Grace Kelly and Marlene Dietrich in a new commercial for Christian Dior’s J’Adore fragrance, starring Charlize Theron – an actress sometimes compared to MM. For more details and to watch … Continue reading →


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Immortal Marilyn in September

Posted on September 4, 2011 by marina72

Over at Immortal Marilyn this month, footage from the set of Something’s Got to Give; a book review for Marilyn Monroe and the Camera; new drawings from Bruno; ‘Marilyn Monroe’s Own Glamour Secrets’, a 1953 article from Movie World; and … Continue reading →


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