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Tag Archives: Cannes Film Festival
Marilyn Spotting in Cannes, Palm Springs
The 65th Cannes Film Festival has now begun, with Marilyn as its poster girl (and a tribute performance of ‘Candle in the Wind’ from Beth Ditto.) Across the Atlantic, Seward Johnson’s controversial 26ft sculpture, ‘Forever Marilyn’, has been moved from … Continue reading
Beth Ditto’s ‘Candle in the Wind’
Gossip singer Beth Ditto performed Elton John’s tribute to Marilyn, ‘Candle in the Wind’, at last night’s opening ceremony for the Cannes Film Festival. Beth’s cream ruched dress is similar to the one worn by Marilyn in her 1952 photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Ditto, Candle in the Wind, Cannes Film Festival, Elton John, Gossip, Marilyn Monroe
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Going Greene at Cannes
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured 3 of the 25 photos by Milton Greene, to be displayed from May 16 at the Marilyn Forever exhibit at the Chopard Lounge in the Hotel Martinez, Cannes.
Cannes and the Magic of Marilyn
Peter Bradshaw, film critic at The Guardian, celebrates the face of this year’s Cannes Film Festival – MM. “I am perhaps eccentric in finding Monroe slightly less sexy than Jane Russell in Howard Hawks’s ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’. Russell’s performance is … Continue reading
‘Marilyn Forever’ at Cannes
A few weeks ago, the Cannes Film Festival official poster, featuring a classic photo of Marilyn blowing out a birthday candle, was revealed. Now the Telegraph reports that Chopard, who are sponsoring the festival, have created a jewelled tribute to … Continue reading
Marilyn: The Face of Cannes, 2012
This photo of Marilyn – taken on her 30th birthday – adorns promotional posters for the Cannes Film Festival, coming in May. It seems fitting that the ultimate movie actress should be chosen to represent the world’s pre-eminent celebration of … Continue reading