Monthly Archives: January 2012

Sunday Times Magazine Photo Exhibit

Posted on January 20, 2012 by marina72

This cover shot features in a new exhibition of photographs featured in the Sunday Times magazine, celebrating its 50th anniversary at London’s Saatchi Gallery, from January 31-February 19. Admission free! “The Marilyn Monroe cover, published on October 7, 1973 was … Continue reading →


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Brianna on Marilyn, Music and More

Posted on January 18, 2012 by marina72

Up-and-coming rapper Brianna talks to The Oracle about her recent single, ‘Marilyn Monroe’: ‘”I released my record ‘Marilyn Monroe,’ first independently without Atlantic, and it debuted on Billboard Music Charts at No. 94, which felt amazing,” said Brianna. “I worked … Continue reading →


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‘His Summer With Marilyn’

Posted on January 18, 2012 by marina72

Over at Chicago Now, an article about the painter Phillip Renaud, who was working as a night clerk at the Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta, Canada in 1953, while Marilyn was filming River of No Return: ‘Phil saw Marilyn every … Continue reading →


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Michelle Williams: GQ Cover Girl

Posted on January 18, 2012 by marina72

Michelle Williams is interviewed in February’s GQ, complete with photos by Michael Thompson which are certainly Monroe-inspired. ‘What is so impressive about Williams’s performance as Marilyn Monroe is everything that it is not. Every legendary aspect of Monroe’s that you’d … Continue reading →


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Gaultier’s Marilyn-Inspired Gift

Posted on January 17, 2012 by marina72

A small gossip item, related to Michelle Williams’ victory at the Golden Globe Awards, appears in the New York Daily News: ‘Williams won a Best Actress Globe for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in “My Week With Marilyn,” and we hear that … Continue reading →


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‘Let’s Make Love’ on Best Comedy List

Posted on January 17, 2012 by marina72

Let’s Make Love may not be one of Marilyn’s most widely popular movies, but it comes first on Mick LaSalle’s (chronological) list of the 100 Best Comedies Since 1960, and it was, after all, the last comedic film that she … Continue reading →


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‘Bert Stern: Original Madman’

Posted on January 17, 2012 by marina72

Bert Stern: Original Madman, a new documentary about the photographer, screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival last weekend, as Tonya Plank reports: “But I did see a film that involved dance – namely Allegra Kent. Bert Stern: the Original … Continue reading →


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Marilyn-Related Reading

Posted on January 17, 2012 by marina72

American Dior, by Kate Betts, is a high-gloss look at how the French designer conquered the US market. A photo of Marilyn in an elegant black  dress, taken by Bert Stern in 1962, graces the cover. (The dress was recreated … Continue reading →


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Monroe Dress Display in Reading, PA

Posted on January 17, 2012 by marina72

WFMZ-TV reports on a screening of My Week With Marilyn last night at GoggleWorks in Reading, Pennsylvania, was followed by appearances from local film historian Robert P. Metzger (author of the 1988 book, Reagan: American Icon), and Monroe collector Gene London, … Continue reading →


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Star-Spotting in Durango, 1950

Posted on January 16, 2012 by marina72

It’s well-known in Durango, Colorado, that the then up-and-coming actress, Marilyn Monroe, visited the town in 1949 to film a small role in the comedy Western, A Ticket to Tomahawk. But did you know that MM returned a year later, … Continue reading →


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