10 Tuesday Sep 2024
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Music, Television, Theatre
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Rosalina Neri, the singer and actress known as ‘la Marilyn Italiana’ (or ‘Marilina’) has died aged 96 after a short illness. Continue reading
05 Saturday Aug 2023
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Marilyn Monroe died 61 years ago; after passing into eternal rest, her body was found in the early hours of August 5th, 1962. Continue reading
19 Sunday Feb 2023
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Bus Stop, Dean Martin, Eli Wallach, Elvis Presley, Golden Globes, Jean Harlow, Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Peter Bogdanovich, Playboy, Sex Symbols, Stella Stevens, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Blue Angel, The Nutty Professor, The Poseidon Adventure
Actress Stella Stevens died in Los Angeles on Friday, February 17th, 2023, aged 84. Continue reading
31 Saturday Dec 2022
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A Year in Films and TV, Agatha Christie, Annie Ernaux, Audrey Diwan, Benicio del Toro, Better Call Saul, Emily, Emily Bronte, Emma Mackey, Frances O'Connor, Happening, Hit the Road, Julia Garner, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, Oscar Isaac, Ozark, Panah Panahi, Paul Schrader, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Bowles, Rhea Seehorn, Rooney Mara, Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, See How They Run, The Card Counter, Tom George
My favourite film of 2022 was one of the first I saw. Licorice Pizza is so light and joyful, with newcomers Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman perfectly cast as the goofy young lovers in the San Fernando Valley of 1973. Continue reading
24 Wednesday Aug 2022
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“Oh, I’d like to ask you – how do you go about writing a life story? Because the true things rarely get into circulation. It’s usually the false things. If you ever get any of those things you want to ask, I’ll tell you. All those things come from the truth, you know? Because otherwise, it’s hard to know where to start if you don’t start with the truth.” – Marilyn Monroe Continue reading
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