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Banner, Schiller and the Many Sides of Marilyn

Jeff Simon’s review of Lois Banner’s Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox – due out in the US later this month – suggests that this will be a controversial book. (Now personally, I’m all in favour of opening up the … Continue reading


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‘Photography Changes Everything’

 An essay by Dr Lois Banner about Marilyn’s famous ‘skirt-blowing scene’ in The Seven Year Itch is featured in a new anthology, Photography Changes Everything. Dr Banner will appear at a launch event for this book at Artbook at Paperchase, Sunset … Continue reading


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Marilyn the Rebel

In an article for the Huffington Post, Dr Lois Banner – author of a new biography of Marilyn, due out next month – pinpoints two areas where Marilyn defied expectations: firstly in her lifelong quest for self-improvement, and secondly in … Continue reading


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Gemini Child: The Spiritual Marilyn

Dr Lois Banner, whose MM biography will be published in July, has written a birthday tribute to Marilyn for the Huffington Post. “A deeply spiritual individual and a believer in astrology, she considered her sign — Gemini, identified with ‘the … Continue reading


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Lois Banner: Immortal Marilyn

Dr Lois Banner – author of MM-Personal and the forthcoming Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox – has written an article for the Huffington Post exploring MM’s enduring fascination. “As time goes by and thousands of photographs of her surface, taken … Continue reading


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‘The Marilyn Monroe of Biography’

Carl Rollyson, author of Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress, reviews Lois Banner’s upcoming biography, Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox, on BiblioBuffet. ‘With one word, [Banner] helps explains why I was so taken with the actress and so … Continue reading


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Marilyn á la France

Two new French-language books on Marilyn: the illustrated encyclopaedia, Marilyn Monroe de A á Z, from Tana Editions, and the paperback edition of William Reymond‘s 2008 investigation into her death, Marilyn: Le Dernier Secret. Lois Banner’s MM – Personal and Marilyn’s own My … Continue reading


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Lois Banner: Writing About Marilyn

On her blog today, Dr Lois Banner talks about writing Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox, to be published in July. “Never did I anticipate that a biography of Marilyn Monroe would take me ten years to complete.  But she … Continue reading


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Lois Banner’s ‘Revelations’

Dr Lois Banner‘s highly anticipated, scholarly biography, Revelations: The Passion and Paradox of Marilyn Monroe, will be published by Bloomsbury in July 2012. It is now available for pre-order from online stores, including The Book Depository. ‘Last year J. Randy Taraborrelli … Continue reading


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Marilyn Mania in New York

Marilyn Monroe may have been born and raised in Hollywood, but in later life she became a proud New Yorker. After the recent premiere of My Week With Marilyn at the Lincoln Center, the New York Post has paid tribute with an … Continue reading


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