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Kirkland Exhibit in Buffalo

Posted on June 16, 2013 by marina72

 Photographer Douglas Kirkland’s 1961 photo shoot with Marilyn is the subject of an exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, in SUNY Buffalo State, which opens on July 12th, running through to September 8th. “It feels good to come home, … Continue reading →


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New York Shows Love for Marilyn

Posted on June 14, 2013 by marina72

A launch party for Love, Marilyn was held in New York yesterday, celebrating its upcoming broadcast on HBO (this Monday, June 17th.) Director Liz Garbus is pictured above with actors Jack Huston (John’s grandson), and Lili Taylor, who appear in the film. … Continue reading →


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‘Famous Faces’ in Louisville

Posted on June 14, 2013 by marina72

Philippe Halsman‘s 1952 photo of Marilyn ordering a hamburger at a drive-in restaurant is one of the selections in ‘Famous Faces: Picturing Celebrity in the Photographic Archives‘, a new exhibition, now open through to September 27, in the Ekstrom Library, … Continue reading →


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Marilyn, Brando: Rare Radio Interview

Posted on June 14, 2013 by marina72

A rare radio interview from 1955, at the premiere of The Rose Tattoo, has surfaced on Youtube. MM, Marlon Brando, and Sid Caesar discuss method acting, with Marilyn’s segment beginning ten minutes in. She is charmingly shy, but it’s here … Continue reading →


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Kenneth Battelle 1927-2013

Posted on June 14, 2013 by marina72

Kenneth Battelle, hairdresser to Marilyn, Jackie Kennedy and many others, died in New York last month. He was 86. Read my tribute to Kenneth here.


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Liz Smith on ‘Love, Marilyn’

Posted on June 14, 2013 by marina72

Amy Greene with Liz Garbus, by Matt Carr Columnist Liz Smith has reviewed Love, Marilyn for the Huffington Post. “It is the female stars Ms. Garbus lured that lift the film…the women who recite Marilyn’s own words–alternately scattered, precise, desperate, hopeful. There’s not … Continue reading →


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Immortal Marilyn in June

Posted on June 9, 2013 by marina72

Pictured above is Immortal Marilyn‘s birthday bouquet, placed at Marilyn’s crypt. This month’s updates include a Top Secret magazine exposé from 1960; a review of They Knew Marilyn Monroe; and my tribute to Peter Mangone.


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Mangone Exhibit in Zurich

Posted on June 8, 2013 by marina72

Marilyn Monroe: NYC, 1955, the exhibition of stills from Peter Mangone‘s home movie (now also a book), is now at the Galerie Walter Keller in Zurich, Switzerland, until June 29th. (MM lookalike Suzie Kennedy is pictured above, at the show.) … Continue reading →


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Fred Otash: The Marilyn Tapes

Posted on June 7, 2013 by marina72

Yesterday’s Hollywood Reporter contained allegations – not new, but still sensational – regarding the notorious ‘private eye’ Fred Otash’s alleged tapes of Marilyn and John F. Kennedy. “Now unveiled for the first time to The Hollywood Reporter by the detective’s daughter, Colleen, and her business … Continue reading →


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Greene Photos Auction Set For July

Posted on June 7, 2013 by marina72

Approximately 3,700 images of Marilyn, taken by Milton Greene, plus around 70,000 of his other photos, will be auctioned by Profiles in History on July 27th. You can view the auction flipbook here.  


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