Halloween weekend Oct 30, 2008
Expect guests and servers to show up dressed as cool old-school celebs including Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and Greta Garbo. Several prizes will be given away for best costumes including cash, gift certificates to the resort's spa, restaurant and bar, as well as a grand prize of a weekend, all-inclusive stay. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Elvis: Top earning dead celeb Oct 30, 2008
Enduring icons James Dean and Marilyn Monroe again made the list, having appeared every time since it was first published in 2001. Forbes. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Elvis Still Leading Earner Among Dead Celebrities Oct 30, 2008
Other top-earning dead celebrities on the Forbes list include actor Heath Ledger, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe and Marvin Gaye. . (KWTX.com, TX)
Ledger Debuts On Richest Dead Celeb List Oct 30, 2008
Other dead celebs whose projects, merchandise or licensing deals keep the money coming in include Aaron Spelling, Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, James Dean and some others. The 30th anniversary of Elvis' death helped boost attendance and merchandise sales at Graceland, and new ventures such as an Elvis Sirius Satellite Radio show add to a long list of publishing and licensing deals, reported. (Click2Houston, TX)
A toast to 'Tiffany's' on novel's 50th birthday Oct 29, 2008
And yes, Marilyn Monroe, Capote's first choice to play Holly Golightly. But more on that later. (USA Today -- Life)
Posthumous prize Oct 29, 2008
36) million; Marilyn Monroe (d. 1962) $US6. (The Age, Australia)
Rewriting the fame game Oct 28, 2008
Having worked with Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor during his time as a movie producer, Dunne is dismissive of the latest crop of celebrities - the Parises, Britneys and Lindsays. The film shows him amused by the paparazzi attention for Hilton after her release from jail last year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Death, Career Move Oct 28, 2008
We never were forced to see an aging, fat Marilyn Monroe or watch James Dean hawk Great Love Songs of the '50s boxed CD sets on late-night TV. Thus, we love them all the more ... "James Dean was a rebel. Marilyn Monroe was a sex goddess. These are indelible images that have been etched into our society and stand the test of time." ... Marilyn Monroe might seem a permanent fixture, but the truth is, had she survived, she would be 82 today, and many fans who remember her in her prime are still... (Forbes)
First time lucky Oct 25, 2008
Being an adrenalin-junkie, I tried all the roller coaster rides while Lai and friends decided to bask in the ambience, meeting Batman and Marilyn Monroe. Fatigue was beginning to set in after three days of non-stop activity. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Haunting screen goddesses live on after untimely Hollywood deaths Oct 25, 2008
Few Hollywood deaths have been the subject of more speculation than that of Marilyn Monroe. One medium, who was also an amateur painter, says he was visited by the spirit of Monroe who was trying to tell the real story. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Halloween Costum Couture for Hard Times Oct 25, 2008
With a 10 long, silver dress and a blond wig, Burckard says someone can get glammed up as Marilyn Monroe. Or, dress in leather and pink fur to create a low-key dominatrix girl. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
The Marx Brothers' Movies Oct 24, 2008
The Marx Brothers last film together also featured a young Marilyn Monroe in her first Hollywood movie. The story is set around the search for the Romanoff diamonds. (Suite101.com)
* FILM REVIEW:Sports cinema under the spotlight Oct 24, 2008
The cosplay subculture finds a Western translation in Mister Lonely, which centers on a Michael Jackson impersonator who is led by a Marilyn Monroe look-alike to a hippie commune inhabited by impersonators who include a priest played by German director Werner Herzog. Best known for co-directing Delicatessen (1991) and The City of Lost Children (1995) with Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director Marc Caro flies solo in Dante 01. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
'Mad Men' permeates Oct 24, 2008
" Rewarding followers, AMC's drama has become even more dramatically and emotionally rich in its second season as its vibrant characters push against self-imposed and social limits. Meanwhile, the world quivers with approaching change. "Mad Men," which started in 1960, fast-fowarded in season two to 1962, the year that Marilyn Monroe died (the secretarial pool at the Sterling Cooper agency was in tears) and nuclear destruction loomed. When he planned the season and its finale, Weiner decided it... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
La Lollo at 81: Still an icon, with honors Oct 24, 2008
Published: October 24, 2008. On a recent afternoon, Gina Lollobrigida stood at the entrance to her villa on the Appian Way. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Great voices Oct 23, 2008
Raymond Chandler is interviewed by James Bond author Ian Fleming, John Steinbeck discusses his reasons for writing The Grapes of Wrath, and Arthur Miller talks about his marriage to actress Marilyn Monroe. Mr Fairman said: "These two new British Library audio collections form the largest survey of historic recordings by English-language authors and playwrights ever published. "With many previously unpublished BBC recordings selected from the extensive collections of the British Library Sound... (BBC News)
Letter from America Oct 23, 2008
It probably started with Andy Warhol, Chiu said, whose silk-screen images of Mao, made in 1972 and 1973, just as China and the United States began to thaw their long frozen relationship, began the process by which the Chinese dictator was domesticated, turned from a fearsome Communist revolutionary into an object of popular culture, like Marilyn Monroe or Campbell's Soup. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Neil Diamond to Be Honored as 2009 MusiCares(R) Person of the Year Oct 22, 2008
Previous auctions include the collections of Cher, Madonna, U2, Barbra Streisand, Muhammad Ali, Debbie Reynolds, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe to name a few. Based in Tulsa, Okla. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Mr. Blackwell, Creator Of Worst-Dressed List, Dead At 86 Oct 21, 2008
Critic skewered celebs -- from Barbra Streisand and Zsa Zsa Gabor to Madonna and Britney Spears -- for 48 years. Blackwell Presents," and also appeared as himself in TV shows including "Matlock" and "Matt Houston. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Blackwell, of celebrity fashions lists, dies at 86 Oct 20, 2008
Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor made his list in the early 1960s. Taylor's "plump" figure and revealing clothes reminded him of "the rebirth of the zeppelin," he wrote in 1963. (Honolulu Advertiser)
The Fives: Joe the Plumber meets Willie Horton and other non-politicos who shaped politics Oct 20, 2008
" The story of a dog and his master warmed the hearts of enough people that President Dwight Eisenhower, which wasn't that fond of Nixon anyway, decided not to ditch him and kept him on as vice president even through his re-election campaign several years later.And while the Checkers story had legs, it failed to carry to him victory against John F. Kennedy in 1960. Still, never had something so apolitical as a dog help save such a storied political career as Nixon's.And speaking of JFK ...At the... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
'Creature' Comforts Oct 19, 2008
CREATURE' COMFORTS - New York Post. Sunday, October 19, 2008 Last Update: 08:40 AM EDT. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Weekend TV, and some other odds and ends to end another odd week Oct 18, 2008
Cagefighter wrote on Oct 17, 2008 3:09 PM:" For a great example of Welchs superior intellect and reasoning, see his latest post on the Marilyn Monroe blog. That about says it all. ". To Izzy Izzy Izzy wrote on Oct 17, 2008 2:56 PM:" Well, of course he should have paid for the higher police cost. Why would they have to "guess' what the cost is. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Audience helps hatch plot in Clue: The Musical Oct 18, 2008
There's a fair amount of improvisation going on here, as many of the actors drop asides that have to do with current politics; after being introduced by the Detective as "a slimy, shady, untrustworthy" character, Mayerson retorts, "I like to call myself a Republican." During the intermission, the performers walk out into the audience while remaining in character; my favorite here was Tanaka, apparently channeling Marilyn Monroe through Dolly Parton, who came up to me and asked suggestively if... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Today's broadcasting would please but also disgust legendary anchor Oct 17, 2008
Murrow himself wrestled with the public vs. corporate conflict, caving in to host a prime-time program called Person to Person, a series of money-making, soft interviews with celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall. Murrow s longtime news editor, Ed Bliss, later said Murrow hated doing the program, but yielded to the CBS suits to help save funding for more traditional news efforts. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Pin-Up Girl Make-Up Oct 16, 2008
Some, like Marilyn Monroe, came to epitomize wholesome glamour and others, like Bettie Page were vampy. What has become known as the quintessential pin-up girl look is the glamourous look popularized in the 1950s by Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page - cat eye eyeliner and full red lips. (Suite101.com)
Marc Wehrs: From atheists to Marilyn, Jimmy’s on the case Oct 16, 2008
Where does the conversation jump from Sarah Palin to Marilyn Monroe, from Oliver Stone s Wall Street to the 50 worst album covers ever. At Jimmy Gillman s Critic at Large blog that s where. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Tony Curtis takes a frank look behind with 'American Prince' Oct 15, 2008
Curtis spares few intimate details about his years as a Hollywood lothario, including his teenage affair with a redheaded, ponytailed Marilyn Monroe and his sexual dalliances with Yvonne DeCarlo, Natalie Wood and more than a few Playboy Bunnies. Curtis says he may have been addicted to sex. (USA Today -- Life)
The Fives: A short course on Russell Means in the public eye Oct 15, 2008
A younger Means was the subject of one of Andy Warhol's celebrity portrait pieces, a style made most famous by his multiple portraits of starlet Marilyn Monroe. The interpretation states: "Warhol's image presents Means as a giant celebrity whose noble features have been softened and glamorized. In Warhol's portrait, Means' status as celebrity hero takes precedence over his actuality as a person and his political importance.". (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Pianist opens symphony season with Rachmaninoff piece Oct 10, 2008
In that 1955 movie, the character of Tom Ewell (played by Richard Sherman) is torn with fantasies of seduction about The Girl (played by Marilyn Monroe), while playing a recording of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto. "With those two movies, the concerto has become almost the symbol of romance and seduction," said Goodyear, "and then some.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Richard Belzer Oct 10, 2008
"Here's a teaser," he offers: "A friend of mine in Vegas thinks he's figured out who killed Marilyn Monroe. Then he gets murdered. It involves the Mob, Jerry Lewis and the Kennedys. All my real obsessions.". Posted. (USA Today)
Madonna forbidden to cut hair Oct 7, 2008
Earlier this year, Madonna was paid $10 million to advertise Sunsilk hair care products, and starred in a global "Life Can't Wait" campaign for the company alongside Shakira and the late Marilyn Monroe. The phrases "Some girls can't wait", "To make life happen" and "Their hair tells their story" flashed up on screen accompanied by Madonna's hit song "Ray of Light" before the commercial, which premiered at the American Super Bowl in February, ended with the words "Make you hair happen.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Barbarella psychedella' Oct 7, 2008
A minor-league filmmaker, Vadim was the creator of Brigitte Bardot, whose most famous film, And God Created Woman (1956), managed to transform her into a "sex kitten," the neotonic French Marilyn Monroe. Vadim's Bardot films are filled with memorable scenes, mostly coy and erotic, but none rises to the level of great cinema. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Seems there’s no such thing as too much money or news on Marilyn Monroe Oct 7, 2008
Seems there s no such thing as too much money or news on Marilyn Monroe ... INTEREST IN MARILYN MONROE NEVER SEEMS TO FADE ... The discovery of a pair of filing cabinets owned by Marilyn Monroe is the subject of a nicely written piece in this month s Vanity Fair Magazine. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Knightley wants to take off corset Oct 7, 2008
You could kind of do a Marilyn Monroe thing. In a stretch, you could say Josephine Bonaparte and Marie Antoinette. (CNN -- Showbiz)
India's big five battle on because that's what they do best. We ... Oct 4, 2008
When Marilyn Monroe returned from entertaining the troops in Korea, she told her husband, the New York Yankees star, Joe DiMaggio, "Joe, you never heard such cheering." Dryly he replied: "Yes I have." This life athletes lead, this ability to bend a nation in praise of you with a few strokes of the bat, is an intoxication without parallel (which is why sex is constantly used as a comparison in sport). It is a tremendous power, accompanied by the knowledge that nothing will compare to this in... (CricInfo.com)
Rose-Tinted Lens Oct 3, 2008
And America, the birthplace of rock and roll and Marilyn Monroe, the conqueror of the Nazis and the Soviets, for generations a benevolent and powerful force in the world, has been revealed as impotent and petty. The goals of transforming the Middle East, establishing hegemony over the oil fields of Iraq, and demonstrating the invincible powers of the American military have faded. (The American Conservative)
Photogs deny taking Monroe pics Oct 3, 2008
NEW YORK -- A lawyer for two photography professionals says seven nude and seminude Marilyn Monroe photos that are the subject of a lawsuit were found in curbside garbage nearly 35 years ago. The pictures were part of a series shot by Bert Stern at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles in 1962 while he was on assignment for Vogue magazine. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The Faces of the Future Oct 3, 2008
We've done animation of Marilyn Monroe using some archival footage, so it doesn't have to be shot live. The background is quite flexible. (IGN Gear)
A Gideon affair: Bible group to hold event at historic site Oct 3, 2008
In the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Marilyn Monroe sings to her seabound beau: I'll be in my room alone, every post-meridian. And I'll be with my diary and that book by Mr. Gideon. (Missoulian, MT)
Diaries shatter a legend's secrets Oct 3, 2008
The diaries of Catherine Deneuve, to be published next week for the first time in the film actress's 40-year career, "make Marilyn Monroe look like an intellectual", according to a scathing review. "The legend is shattered," said a critic in Le Figaro, the "syrupy, banal" diaries being the "first faux pas" in the actress's otherwise faultless career. (The Age, Australia -- Features)
Exclusive Chuck Palahniuk News Sep 25, 2008
While discussing sex addiction, Jesus Christ and Marilyn Monroe (more on that nearer to the film's release), he also let slip some titbits about forthcoming adaptations of his work. First up is Survivor, his controversial tale of a self-made messiah plummeting towards earth in a plane. (IGN FilmForce)
The House Bunny Sep 25, 2008
This puerile so-called comedy is a complete waste of the talents of ANNA FARIS, a cheeky beauty who is obviously channelling Marilyn Monroe God forbid a remake of SOME LIKE IT HOT is in the works. The script is crushingly obvious and really not very funny at all, and Fred Wolfs direction just goes through the motions. (ABC Online)
Sexy Serenade Sep 25, 2008
(His dad was legendary John Springer, who repped so many stars including Marilyn Monroe. Gary s beloved spouse Nancy passed away last Friday after a struggle with liver cancer. (Fox News)
Find passion at the Bus Stop’ Sep 25, 2008
The 1956 movie starred Don Murray as Bo and Marilyn Monroe as Cherie. You always think about the Marilyn Monroe character, but the play is about the Bo character, Myers said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Go blonde to get what you want Sep 25, 2008
The research could help explain the success and allure of stars from Marilyn Monroe and Lana Turner to Jessica Simpson and Kim Cattrall. While lighter locks lifted mood the most, other changes of hair colour also gave women a boost. (The Mercury)
Pop Culture Halloween Costumes for ... Sep 23, 2008
From Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley to the Star Wars characters, certain familiar faces will no doubt show up from year to year. Halloween routinely demonstrates how much movies, television and politics play a huge role in everyday lives. (Suite101.com)
Cust Comes Through Sep 22, 2008
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Feds probe S.F.'s migrant-offender shield Sep 22, 2008
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S.F. mayor shifts policy on illegal offenders Sep 22, 2008
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McCain: A profile in courage and adaptation Sep 22, 2008
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Silicon Valley's resiliency might get tested Sep 22, 2008
" Shinneyboo Creek Cabins, on 160 acres in the Sierra, are up for sale. Makers of custom cabinets have an artist's heart and engineer's eye. Piano bike ride, and "Marilyn Monroe. " Through the Lens. Collider will be out of commission for two months. FromStevens Creek Subaru 2006 TL$24,999 2005 Other$18,488 2005 Other$17,999 2004 Dakota$9,888 2006 F-150$19,999 2004 CJ$18,999 2007 CJ$16,999 2005 Altima$14,999 2006 MAZDASPEED MAZDA6$16,999 A citizen-driven plan for transforming a gritty part of San... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The women of 'Mad Men' can teach us about Sarah Palin Sep 21, 2008
The fascinating thing about Joan's foray into "men's work" is the way she managed to still be a woman: part Betty Draper, part Peggy Olson, and a good bit of Marilyn Monroe. She succeeded not just because she was competent - though she was - but because she was womanly, too, and knew how male clients would respond. (Boston Globe)
Arrest in Scout's '75 death jolts Nashville anew Sep 21, 2008
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Character Intrigue Sep 21, 2008
" - Fiennes talking to PopWatch Blog () about playing Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" films. E-mail Ruthe Stein at rstein@sfchronicle. This article appeared on page N - 30 of the San Francisco Chronicle Comments Characters left: Most Recommended Comments Shinneyboo Creek Cabins, on 160 acres in the Sierra, are up for sale. Makers of custom cabinets have an artist's heart and engineer's eye. Piano bike ride, and "Marilyn Monroe. " Through the Lens. Collider will be out of commission for two... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Campaign check: Lies and half-truths outed Sep 21, 2008
" Maybe he's thinking about the Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee -- that's what's responsible for the financial institutions that went south this week. Commerce isn't. . And what the Banking Committee oversees. To catch up with the latest campaign lies, half-truths and contradictions, go to The Chronicle's Politics Blog at . Comments Characters left: Most Recommended Comments Shinneyboo Creek Cabins, on 160 acres in the Sierra, are up for sale. Makers of custom cabinets have an... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk Sep 21, 2008
" After ending his "Tonight Show" run in March 1962, Paar returned that fall with "The Jack Paar Show," a prime-time Friday night variety series. The Beatles made their American TV debut on the show in 1964, a month before their more celebrated "Ed Sullivan Show" appearance. The performance was offset by Paar's judgment that the group represented the downfall of British civilization. Nixon stopped by after losing in the California governor's race and played the piano. Paar officially called it... (Yahoo News -- Jack Parr)
McCain happy to exploit stars' attack on Sarah Palin Sep 21, 2008
Politics and movies have always mixed - from Joe Kennedy and silent-films siren Gloria Swanson to son John F. Kennedy and bombshell Marilyn Monroe, to the McCarthyism that swept through back lots to blackball artists over real or imagined Communist sympathies. Hollywood is liberal and right now there is no love for the conservative Alaskan Governor who made history last month by becoming the first woman on the Republican party's US presidential ticket. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Sep 20, 2008
Piano bike ride, and "Marilyn Monroe." Through the Lens. Collider will be out of commission for two months. (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
Photographer and Hitchcock were birds of a feather Sep 20, 2008
The Latvian-born Halsman's photographs were widely published in Life magazine and included portraits of legends like Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra. But who among non-photography aficionados, like me, knows well the name Halsman. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Keira Knightley loves period films, hates corsets Sep 17, 2008
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Scarlett Johansson's Playboy offer Sep 17, 2008
Other celebrities to have bared all in the magazine include Pamela Anderson, Marilyn Monroe and Anna Nicole Smith. Bang. (The Age, Australia -- National)
Our terrible desire to rake through her remains Sep 16, 2008
Marilyn Monroe once wrote a poem for her friend Carl Sandburg in which she, typically self-effacing, imagined herself as an ice cube ... For several years, crematoriums have offered to burn a loved one's ashes into a diamond, a morbidly appropriate metaphor for our posthumous fascination with Marilyn Monroe. (Globe and Mail)
Glenn Fords Son Auctioning Dads Memorabilia Sep 16, 2008
Also offered is the couch where Ford claimed to have had a romantic encounter with Marilyn Monroe ($1,750). The live auction begins on Oct. 4. (Newsmax)
Mister Lonley Sep 15, 2008
Narrative coherence is unwelcome in Mister Lonely, which quixotically captures the isolation felt by a Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) living in Paris who meets and follows a Marilyn Monroe impersonator (Samantha Morton) to a Scottish commune filled with other celebrity impressionists. Korine clearly places original vision above expositional clarity in Mister Lonely, which feels something like a Bjrk video cast from (impersonators of) Times 100 Most Influential People. (Yale Herald, CT)
