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Diamond Dancer: When Marilyn Made Music

‘Marilyn Monroe was a great dancer – you wouldn’t know it from Blonde, Sarah L. Kaufman writes for the Washington…

Choreography, Cold War, Dance, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, Feminism, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Jack Cole, Jane Russell, Joe DiMaggio, Jule Styne, Korea, Margot Fonteyn, Marilyn Monroe, Marni Nixon, Norman Mailer, Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post

Why Marilyn is the World’s Most Misunderstood Icon

Writing for BBC Culture, Anna Bogutskaya asks: why do biopics always get Marilyn so wrong? “‘Please don’t make me into…

Anna Bogutskaya, BBC, Biopics, Farran Smith Nehme, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Lucy Bolton, Marilyn Monroe, My Week With Marilyn

70 Years Ago: The ‘My Marilyn’ Party

1952 was a turning point in Marilyn’s career. After years of pin-ups and B-movies, she had survived the ‘scandal’ of…

'My Marilyn' (Song), Dorothy Jeakins, Marilyn Monroe, Niagara, Ray Anthony

Milton’s Marilyn Covers ‘Madame’ in Germany

This sidelong shot from Marilyn’s 1954 ‘ballerina sitting’ with Milton Greene graces the cover of German magazine Madame‘s October issue.…

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Marilyn’s ‘Misfit’ Soundtrack Back on Vinyl

Alex North’s evocative score for The Misfits has been reissued on vinyl by the Waxtime record label. The cover photo…

Alex North, Ernst Haas, Magnum Photos, Marilyn Monroe, The Misfits, Vinyl, Waxtime

‘Blonde’ Premieres at the Venice Film Festival

Blonde, the long-awaited adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s novel, had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. The…

Blonde, Chinese Theatre, Italy, Los Angeles, Louis Vuitton, Marilyn Monroe, Venice Film Festival

When Marilyn Braved the Wrath of ‘King Cohn’

The latest issue of UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro (#53. with Grace Kelly on the cover) includes a 4-page article…

Columbia Pictures, Feminism, Harry Cohn, Marilyn Monroe, Me Too, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Yours Retro

‘Marilyn: The Woman Behind the Icon’ in Bavaria

The touring exhibition, Marilyn: The Woman Behind the Icon – featuring items of her personal property from the collection of…

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Marilyn’s ‘Diamonds’ Back on Vinyl

‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,’ Marilyn’s signature number from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, is being reissued by Stardust Records as…

Bert Reisfeld, Burlesque, Cleopatra Records, Danny J. Harvey, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Marilyn Monroe, Remix, Stardust Records

Anne Savelli Visits the ‘Musée Marilyn’

Musée Marilyn is a new book by French author Anne Savelli, examining Marilyn’s many photo sessions in detail. (However, it…

Andre de Dienes, Anne Savelli, Cecil Beaton, Columbia Pictures, Eve Arnold, France, Gene Autry, Joachim Séné, Ladies of the Chorus, Milton Greene, Musée Marilyn, Richard Avedon, Robert Coburn, Shangols, Thierry Beinstingel, Twitter

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