A new article by me has been posted on the Immortal Marilyn website, the third in my ‘What Might Have Been’ series. In this latest piece, I consider Marilyn’s desire to play Grushenka in The Brothers Karamazov. Read more
Archive for August, 2008
Marilyn, Grushenka And The Brothers Karamazov
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Updates, tagged Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Marilyn Monroe, The Brothers Karamazov on August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Being Rita Hayworth
Posted in Books, Film, tagged Adrienne L. McLean, Gilda, Harry Cohn, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth on August 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity And Hollywood Stardom by Adrienne L. McLean is not a typical celebrity biography. Indeed, McLean suggests that our concept of what it was like to ‘be’ Rita Hayworth is a notional one, based on the image Hayworth created for herself, and ever-changing perceptions of what her image means to us. [...]
Happy Birthday Madonna
Posted in Madonna, Music, tagged ABBA, Madonna on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In celebration of Madonna’s 5Oth birthday, I have made a video montage of classic images over the years. The music is a rare cover of ABBA’s Like An Angel Passing Through My Room, recorded with producer William Orbit during the Music sessions in 2000.
Death Was The Other Woman
Posted in Books, Fiction, tagged Death Was The Other Woman, Linda L. Richards on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t judge a book by its cover, some might say. But this one, a throwback to vintage pulp fiction, drew me in fast. As a fan of film noir, I already had a taste for hard-boiled crime. Not only is the cover to die for, so is the title – Death Was The Other Woman [...]
‘The Mmm Girl’ Featured At Magical Marilyn
Posted in Books, Fiction, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Magical Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘The Mmm Girl shows Marilyn Monroe as rational and strong, though also fighting the sadness inside her…the real person, created and affected by the actual details of her life…Tara Hanks beautifully conveys Marilyn’s feelings of loneliness and being an outsider…her writing leaves room for the imagination…the last pages of the novel are simple, [...]
