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Jay Kanter: Agent to Marlon, Marilyn and More

24 Friday Jan 2025

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Jay Kanter, the veteran Hollywood agent turned producer, died aged 97 on August 6, 2024. Continue reading →

‘Public, Private, Secret’: From Jackie to Marilyn – and Back Again

23 Sunday Jul 2023

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J. Randy Taraborrelli is a prolific celebrity biographer whose many bestsellers include The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2009), later dramatised in a TV mini-series of the same name (see here.) And although she never met America’s First Lady, speculation about Marilyn’s association with the Kennedy brothers has recently generated headlines in media coverage of his latest book, Jackie: Private, Public, Secret. Continue reading →

‘La Lollo’ in New York: When Gina Lollobrigida Met Marilyn

25 Wednesday Jan 2023

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Gina Lollobrigida, an icon of Italian cinema and one of the great post-war sex symbols, died aged 95 on January 16, 2023. Continue reading →

‘My Maril’: Terry Karger Remembers Marilyn

26 Saturday Nov 2022

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My Maril: Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Hollywood, and Me is a new memoir by Terry Karger, daughter of Fred Karger, a composer, musician and bandleader who dated Marilyn in the late 1940s. Terry was Fred’s daughter from his first marriage. Marilyn remained close to the Kargers – especially Fred’s mother Ann and sister Mary – long after their relationship ended.  Continue reading →

Marilyn in Hollywood: The ‘Confidential’ Years

24 Saturday Nov 2018

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Samantha Barbas is a professor of law at the University of Buffalo, specialising in the history of America’s mass media. Her previous publications include Movie Crazy: Fans, Stars, and the Cult of Celebrity (2001), and The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons (2005.) In her latest book, Confidential Confidential: The Inside Story of Hollywood’s Notorious Scandal Magazine, she explores the lurid history and aftermath of a 1950s publishing phenomenon. Continue reading →