Part of the ‘Magnum ke Tasveer’ exhibition
More information at The Hindu
Street art, photographed by Zerbi Hancock as part of a Flickr set, ‘Marilyn Monroe’
“Hundreds of hours of footage of iconic movie stars and newsreel footage from the likes of Getty Images, BBC Archives and Eagle Rock Entertainment will find their way onto TV screens next month, as backdrops for a new British music TV channel.
Billed as the first ever music channel here for the over-fifties, Vintage TV is dedicated to music from the 1940s to 1976 — the era before music videos became ubiquitous.
Vintage has hired a specialist production company to create new music videos fashioned from archive content of the time.
Around 120 videos will be ready by the Sept. 1 launch, including rare footage of Marilyn Monroe in the video for ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’, images of Martin Luther King in the video of Elvis Presley’s ‘If I Can Dream’ and film of The Rolling Stones revamped for a new video of ‘Not Fade Away’.”
More information at The Guardian
Scarlett Johansson‘s 2009 photo shoot for Dolce & Gabbana cosmetics was very obviously Marilyn-inspired. This year she is going gothic, but the leopardskin wrap reminds me ever so slightly of this Eve Arnold portrait…
An earlier precedent from Norma Jeane’s modelling days…
Jenna Glatzer‘s stunning pictorial biography, complete with facsimile documents and photos, is reviewed (in Finnish and English) by ES Updates’ Sirkuu Aaltonen on the Marilyn Monroe Book Blog
Another review, on my own website
“The Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance Program of the School at Jacob’s Pillow (Becket, MA) is presenting works that Chet Walker has created in the Jack Cole tradition in two final performances: a free presentation on the Inside/Out Stage on Saturday, Aug. 21, at 6:15 and a sold-out benefit concert in the Ted Shawn Theatre on Sunday, Aug. 22, at 8pm.”
Jack Cole was Marilyn’s choreographer and trusted friend, working with her on Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and throughout her dazzling career.
Among their most memorable collaborations are Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend and My Heart Belongs to Daddy.
Debra Levine profiles Cole in today’s Huffington Post
Read her Los Angeles Times article from 2009, examining Cole’s fruitful partnership with Marilyn.
More at Flickr and DeviantArt