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Darkness Into Light: Ava Gardner and Marilyn

Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »

A brunette and a blonde, born four years apart and raised in Depression era America: both found fame in post-war Hollywood, where their mythic beauty inspired directors, lovers and poets. 

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Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Posted in Amy Winehouse, Music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Released in December 2011, four months after the death of Amy Winehouse, Lioness: Hidden Treasures – which takes its name from the singer’s independent record label – is not the third album that fans have longed for since the award-winning Back to Black (2006), but a collection of covers, demos and alternate versions spanning her [...]

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Films Marilyn Wanted: ‘Guys and Dolls’

Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged , , , , , , on December 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »

This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn Films Marilyn Wanted: Guys and Dolls Born in Manhattan, Kansas in 1880 to a family of newspapermen, Damon Runyon found fame as a baseball columnist, and later for his humorous short stories chronicling the vibrant street life of New York. His eccentric characters – gamblers, hustlers and [...]

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Marilyn and the Lawfords

Posted in History, Marilyn Monroe, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Say Goodbye to the President: Marilyn Monroe and the Lawfords, a new article by me for the ‘Twilight’ section at Immortal Marilyn, has been posted to mark the 48th anniversary of her passing. (The picture above shows Marilyn with Peter Lawford at Frank Sinatra’s Cal-Neva Lodge, a week before her death. It is one of [...]

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