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Meeting Michelle Morgan

A guest post from screenwriter Gabriella Apicella. “Meeting Michelle Morgan at her recent book signing in Northamptonshire, I stumbled over my words and rushed out embarrassing personal anecdotes about my own fascination with beloved Marilyn Monroe.  Gentle and gracious Michelle … Continue reading →
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Dean Chance Remembers Marilyn

  Dean Chance, ‘perhaps the greatest high school pitcher ever’, was at the Dodger Stadium on Marilyn’s last birthday, when she attended a benefit match for Muscular Dystrophy, reports the Washington Examiner. ‘”In 1962, we’re playing a game in Dodger … Continue reading →
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ES Updates · 2d ago

A Palm Springs Star For Marilyn

Marilyn’s star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars (first unveiled in 1995) will be rededicated on her birthday, June 1st, reports KESQ. “The city just assembled a 26-foot-tall statue of Monroe last week and, for the June 1 star rededication, … Continue reading →
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ES Updates · 3d ago

Ian Ayres Plans MM Documentary

Documentary film-maker Ian Ayres is working on a project about Marilyn, reports Screen Daily: “Writer-filmmaker Ian Ayres, whose film Tony Curtis: Driven To Stardom is on Wide’s Cannes slate, is at work on a revisionist feature documentary about Cannes postergirl Marilyn Monroe. Ayres … Continue rea
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ES Updates · 3d ago

Mailer’s Marilyn Reissued

Norman Mailer’s 1973 book, Marilyn, will be reissued by Virgin Books as a paperback and e-book on July 19, reports The Bookseller. Serial rights have also been sold, though it’s not clear whether this new edition will be illustrated. Mailer’s … Continue reading →
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ES Updates · 4d ago

Misfit: A Novel

Misfit is a novel about Marilyn’s final days by author Adam Braver, whose previous book, 22 Nov, 1963 - based on the assassination of President Kennedy – was critically acclaimed. He has also written novels about Sarah Bernhardt and Abraham … Continue reading →
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ES Updates · 5d ago

Milla Jovovich as Marilyn

  Model turned actress Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) posed in an MM-inspired shoot for photographer Ellen Von Unwerth at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont recently. The pictures, and accompanying interview, are published in French magazine Madame Figaro. “How did you create the character … Continue readi
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ES Updates · 5d ago

Marilyn Goes Global

A series of lurid allegations from celebrity muckraker Darwin Porter’s forthcoming book, Marilyn at Rainbow’s End, are published in this week’s Globe. Most of these rumours are nothing new, and some I find hardly believable. You can read the article here. … Continue reading →
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‘Just What Was Marilyn Monroe Saying?’

Jeff Nilsson takes a fascinating look back at Marilyn’s conversations with Saturday Evening Post reporter Pete Martin, who coined the term ‘Monroeisms’, proves once again that her genuine quotes are wittier than fakes. (Their interviews were later published in book … Continue reading →
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