25 Saturday Jul 2009
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Updates
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By Eve Arnold, 1955
My review of David Marshall‘s speculative novel, Life Among The Cannibals: The Life and Times of Marilyn Monroe 1962-2003, appears in Issue 9 of Mad About Marilyn, the UK-based fan club and magazine. This latest edition also features the famous 1956 interview that Marilyn gave to Earl Wilson from her hotel suite, a retrospective on Jack Cardiff, and a closer look at those plastic surgery rumours.
05 Sunday Jul 2009
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When stars collide,1984
In 1983, an upcoming singer had just scored her first international hit, ‘Holiday’. Determined to be more than a one-hit wonder, she contacted Freddy DeMann, manager of the world’s most successful pop star – Michael Jackson. In fact, Jackson had recently hired a new manager, which left DeMann free to devote his attention to the lesser-known, but fiercely ambitious Madonna. Continue reading
01 Wednesday Jul 2009
Posted in Books, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe
Ten To One is a new series in which I’ll be interviewing writers I admire. First up is David Marshall, author of The DD Group, an investigation into the death of Marilyn Monroe, and Life Among The Cannibals, which imagines how Marilyn’s life might have progressed had she survived beyond 1962.
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