Tag Archives: Blonde

Often Imitated, Never Equalled

Posted on July 10, 2011 by marina72

Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times about why movies about great stars like Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor etc are so often disappointing: ‘The many actresses who have resurrected Marilyn Monroe can’t hold a candle in the wind to Hollywood’s … Continue reading →


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Oates Writes About Marilyn, Black Dahlia

Posted on May 10, 2011 by marina72

Elizabeth Short, aka ‘the Black Dahlia’, was brutally murdered in Los Angeles, 1947. Marilyn was just beginning her career in Hollywood at the same time, and there has been much speculation as to whether she knew Elizabeth (although there is … Continue reading →


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Naomi Watts: Thomson’s Choice

Posted on February 27, 2011 by marina72

I’m not a huge fan of film critic David Thomson, and when he published a snarky essay about MM in The Independent back in 2006, my response ended up on the letters page. (So I’m probably not on his Christmas … Continue reading →


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Miller Reference in ‘The Good Wife’

Posted on January 30, 2011 by marina72

Nancy Crozier (played by Mamie Gummer) is a recurring character in US legal drama, The Good Wife. In Season 2, Episode 4 (‘Cleaning House’), Crozier, who works for a rival firm, is appointed co-counsel on a case with Alicia Florrick (Julianna … Continue reading →


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‘Blonde’: The Mini-Series

Posted on January 27, 2011 by marina72

Blonde, a TV adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel, was first aired in 2002, barely two years after the book’s publication. Directed by Joyce Chopra and starring Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace) as Marilyn Monroe, it is currently available to … Continue reading →


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Christian Louboutin Reads ‘Blonde’

Posted on December 14, 2010 by marina72

Meanwhile, he’s recently finished a new collection inspired by Joyce Carol Oates’ Blonde, a 1200 page biography on Marilyn Monroe.*  “It’s such a fascinating book.  One of the most moving books I’ve ever read, actually.  I began to really look at … Continue reading →


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Liz Smith on Playboy, Oates and ‘Blonde’

Posted on November 17, 2010 by marina72

‘Ms. Oates wrote a massive semi-fiction about Marilyn some years back, titled “Blonde,” which is now being made into a film with Naomi Watts. The author (like Norman Mailer before her) didn’t see the harm in mixing truth and illusion, the better … Continue reading →


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Joyce Carol Oates on ‘Fragments’

Posted on November 6, 2010 by marina72

Like all serious artists, Marilyn Monroe lived – lives – in her art. Fugitive pieces like those of Fragments will resonate most with those who know her extraordinary films. Here is a female artist for whom work was salvation, or … Continue reading →


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Naomi Watts: A ‘Fragile’ Blonde

Posted on November 5, 2010 by marina72

“I’m not especially comfortable playing damsels in distress,” the Australian actress Naomi Watts tells Nancy Mills of The Scotsman. “I like to play women who appear to be that but, at the last minute, show they’re anything but.” This could … Continue reading →


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‘Blonde’ Movie Delayed

Posted on September 19, 2010 by marina72

Andrew Dominik‘s big-screen adaptation of Blonde, previously said to start shooting in January 2011, may be postponed, after Casey Affleck confirmed he will be working with Dominik on a crime movie at that date, according to the Film School Rejects … Continue reading →


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