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Marilyn Monroe: “I’m Not Interested In Money. I Just Want To Be Wonderful.”

Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926. Objectified while alive, Marilyn Monroe has become the ultimate object in death. The image has become the reality: the multitudinous icons and posters and keychains and figurines standing in for what was … Continue reading

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A Week-Long Shuffle

In the last week, I’ve done a lot of driving and also a lot of waiting. I’ve been reading a lot, and finishing up my script (LA, here I come!), but with the amount of driving, I’ve been reliant on … Continue reading

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Psychic Twins

Frank Taylor (producer of The Misfits) said: Monty and Marilyn were psychic twins. They were on the same wavelength. They recognized disaster in each other’s faces and giggled about it.

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Shuffle It Up

What should have been a 3 hour drive yesterday turned into a 7 hour drive. iPod Shuffle got me through. “Boogie Woogie Blues” – Jimmy Blythe. He’s part of my recent obsession right now, with piano boogie-woogie. “Steamroller Blues” – … Continue reading

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Marilyn Monroe: “I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!”

On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her house, at the age of 36. Objectified while alive, Marilyn Monroe has become the ultimate object in death. The image has become the reality … the multitudinous icons and … Continue reading

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20 most surprising female performances (Part 2)

Here is Part 1 of the series, great conversation going on in the comments. Join in! HEDY LAMARR, Comrade X Hedy Lamarr, is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful women in the history of cinema. Cameramen fell all … Continue reading

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Don’t Bother to Knock (1952); Director: Roy Ward Baker

Yesterday, June 1, was Marilyn Monroe’s birthday. Here is a look at an under-rated performance, that of the babysitter in “Don’t Bother to Knock”, co-starring Richard Widmark. “I rather think that had she endured, had she come ten years later, … Continue reading

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Marilyn the Bookworm

A wonderful compilation of photos. Moira writes: Beginning this little project of unearthing photos of actors and their reading matter, I’d no idea that Marilyn Monroe would prove to have been one lady who was most often photographed in this … Continue reading Continue reading

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iPod shuffle

Long long drive today. I’m starting to be able to listen to music again. Thank God, because I needed my iPod on this drive today where I barely was able to go over 40 miles an hour for four straight … Continue reading

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Marilyn: Never-Used Negatives From a Photo Shoot

Never-used negatives from a photo shoot (by Life photographer Ed Clark) of yesterday’s birthday girl, Marilyn Monroe, have just been discovered. She was only 24 years old when the pictures were taken, a hopeful starlet, and she already obviously had … Continue reading

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