25 Thursday Sep 2008
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‘Snuffed Candle’, by Ken Meyer Jr
I have contributed another article to Twilight, the ongoing series profiling the major players in events surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe. In this piece, I consider her controversial relationship with President John F. Kennedy. You can read it now on the Immortal Marilyn website.
15 Monday Sep 2008
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Borderline, Burning Up, Everybody, Holiday, John 'Jellybean' Benitez, Lucky Star, Madonna, Mark Kamins, Mary Lambert, Reggie Lucas, The First Album
This is the first in an ongoing series where I will be reviewing all of Madonna’s studio albums, in order of release. You can read my previous post on her latest, Hard Candy, here
In 1982, an unknown singer named Madonna Ciccone was signed to Sire Records, a New York-based subsidiary of Warner Brothers that was home to new-wave heroes, Talking Heads. Madonna was 24, a former dance student from Michigan who had touted her demo tape around underground clubs such as Danceteria and Paradise Garage.
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09 Tuesday Sep 2008
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At JFK’s birthday gala, May 1962
I am proud to be contributing to a new series on the Immortal Marilyn website. Twilight profiles each of the major players in the controversial events leading to the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962. For my first piece I have chosen to write about Marilyn’s publicist and close friend, Pat Newcomb.
23 Saturday Aug 2008
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Anna Sten, Arthur Miller, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Johnny Hyde, Maria Schell, Marilyn Monroe, Natasha Lytess, The Brothers Karamazov
Photo by Milton Greene
The Brothers Karamazov, the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, was published in 1880. It is a story of three brothers who become implicated in the murder of their corrupt father, also named Fyodor. Dmitri, his eldest son, is a soldier, mired in a life of debauched excess. Ivan is a student, much disturbed by the irrationality of the world, while Alexei, the youngest of the brothers, is an idealistic novice monk. Both Dmitri and his father, Fyodor, fight for the affections of Grushenka, a peasant girl who has risen to the dubious status of courtesan. And in a further twist, Ivan falls for Dmitri’s erstwhile fiancée, the proud and haughty Katerina. Continue reading
21 Thursday Aug 2008
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. This book is not an attempt to reveal the events of Hayworth’s life or her offscreen personality, though inevitably both will impact on our understanding of her, and her enduring cultural relevance. Continue reading
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