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Archive for September, 2010

Brighton Writes

Posted in Brighton, Updates, Websites, Writing, tagged , on September 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Brighton Writes is a new blog from me, in association with Creative Future, a charity for marginalised artists and writers. I’ll be covering news from the region – and beyond – on the arts, with a special emphasis on literature, getting your voice heard and also mental health and related social issues. If this sounds [...]

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Hollywood Mythmakers: Marilyn and James Bacon

Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged , , , , on September 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »

James Bacon, the entertainment reporter whose career spanned an incredible sixty years, has died in Northridge, Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, while sleeping. He was 96. Born in Buffalo, New York in 1914, Bacon studied at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, from 1933-36, dropping out in his final year after his parents lost [...]

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‘That Orphan Charm’: Marilyn and Kevin McCarthy

Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged , , , , , , , on September 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Actor Kevin McCarthy, who played a small but pivotal role in Marilyn Monroe’s last movie, died of pneumonia at Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Massachusetts, on September 11, 2010, aged 96.

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‘Maf the Dog’ Review Goes to Print

Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, tagged , , , on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

My review of Andrew O’Hagan’s comic novel, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, is featured in the Issue 15 of the UK fan-club magazine, Mad About Marilyn, as well as coverage of the summer auctions, a profile of photographer Bob Beerman and a 1961 article by Louella Parsons.

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