05 Sunday Aug 2012
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl
On the 50th anniversary of Monroe’s death, I’d like to share an extract from my novel, The Mmm Girl (2007), in which a young Marilyn visits the grave of her beloved Aunt Ana. Continue reading
03 Friday Aug 2012
Posted in Film, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, Radio
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Alec Baldwin, Archive on 4, Arthur Gelb, BBC, Carroll Baker, Charles Marowitz, George Cukor, Harvey Weinstein, Jack Lemmon, Jayne Mansfield, Joshua Logan, Lawrence Schiller, Leon Wieseltier, Marilyn Monroe, Marina Warner, Maureen Dowd, My Week With Marilyn, Simon Curtis, Susan Greenfield, Sybil Thorndike, The Smart Dumb Blonde
The 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death falls this weekend. In tribute, I have reviewed a recent radio documentary, celebrating her beauty, talent and intelligence. Continue reading
03 Friday Aug 2012
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Music, Television
≈ Comments Off on Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle
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2006, Amy Winehouse, Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle, Arena, Back to Black, BBC, Dale Davis, Dingle, Ireland, Kerry, Other Voices
“Amy Winehouse arrived on a wild, stormy night – ready to sing, and ready to talk.”
A year after Amy Winehouse’s tragic death, a new documentary has been screened as part of the BBC’s prestigious Arena series. Continue reading
02 Thursday Aug 2012
My review of M.G. Lord’s The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness (And We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice) is published today at For Books’ Sake.
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01 Wednesday Aug 2012
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Barbara LaMarr, BearManor Media, Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels, Hollywood, Juanita Hansen, Marie Prevost, Mary Nolan, Michael G Ankerich, Silent Movies
Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen is an illustrated paperback by Michael G. Ankerich, published in 2010 by BearManor Media, and named by the San Francisco Examiner as one of the top silent film books of that year. Continue reading
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