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Marilyn comes to Power House Theatre

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Sunny Thompson has played the role of Marilyn Monroe for five years, and over the years she has seen a resurgence of interest from young women. “Younger girls, they come in flocks,” said Thompson, the single actress in the one-woman show, “Marilyn: Forever Blonde.”

New Megan Fox's Armani Ad: Secrets of Marilyn Monroe Tattoo Removal!

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Megan Fox's Armani Ad shocks and surprises audiences, because of the uniqueness of the underwear ad's campaign. It's a big change! Last time, Fox displayed a sexy full-body image for the underwear company. Fox's newest Armani ad displays only the stunning beauty's face! Armani is really toning down their ad campaign this year, but the Fox Armani ad still displays explicably the gorgeous details in the actress' face. Could it be that Armani chose to only use Megan Fox's face in order to magnify the intricate details of the Armani underwear? This is one possibility! Here is another! Recently Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green (her husband) decided that Fox should look more sophisticated. She and her husband decided for her to remove the Marilyn Monroe. Really? Fox stated, "I'm removing it. She was a negative person, she was disturbed, bipolar. I do not want to attract this kind of negative energy in my life." Interesting! Megan Fox has always been ...

Michelle Williams Obsessed With Marilyn Monroe

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MICHELLE Williams became obsessed with Marilyn Monroe while playing the screen goddess in a new movie. The actress says she surrounded herself with images, movies and books about the late actress in preparation for her role in My Week with Marilyn . “I really watched everything, read everything, listened to everything, I had pictures on my wall — I was surrounded by her,” says Michelle. “There’s so many little corners that you keep finding the more research you do, the more light that is shown in these places. She was a complicated lady.” The star recently admitted she followed her heart instead of her mind in playing the screen legend in new movie My Week with Marilyn . “I guess I am a glutton for punishment because for some reason, I won’t let myself shrink from a challenge,” says Michelle. “I think that’s how I find myself in these situations, making these movies; while my intellect is saying retreat, retreat, retreat! — my heart is already there. That’s just how I make a decisio...

Never-Before-Seen Pictures Of Marilyn Monroe!

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Can’t get enough of all these rare Marilyn Monroe photos? Fear not — we have more! On the heels of the release of pictures from Monroe’s first shoot , we now have never-before-seen images from LOOK Magazine . RELATED: The Just-Released Photos From Marilyn Monroe’s Very First Shoot John Vachon photographed the actress in the Canadian Rockies in the summer of 1953, and the photos haven’t been seen since (only three made it into the glossy). The portraits are now being published in a book entitled Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost LOOK Photos , along with letters written from the photographer to his wife and essays about Monroe and Vachon. Check ‘em out:

The myth of Marilyn

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Marilyn Monroe has been a tortured, wiggle-hipped sex symbol for half a century – and still the biopics keep coming. Isn't it time we let her go? Aged 17, with glandular fever turning my skin into a three-bar fire, I accidentally overdosed a little on painkillers. Instead of taking two every four hours, I started taking four every two hours. Amazing pills, illegal now, they were fluorescent pink, like matte-effect diamonds, and in the middle of the night they made me hallucinate vividly. As I lay there, throat like a barrel, Marilyn Monroe stepped out of the Andy Warhol print on my bedroom wall and began to wiggle towards me, one tiny foot in front of the other, click click click. I was delighted – I had so much to ask her. When she crawled into bed, I think I giggled. We spooned, but not for long, because quite quickly, snuggled next to me, she began to die. I remember the promise of Monroe, who (when I was a teenager, swollen thick with kissing disease) I was fascinated by: she s...

Lady Gaga Sings For Bill Clinton At Foundation Concert

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Lady Gaga enjoyed her "first real Marilyn moment" with former President Bill Clinton. The envelope-pushing pop superstar was one of several musicians who performed Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl during a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of Clinton's foundation, which has sought to improve global health, strengthen economies worldwide, promote healthier childhoods and protect the environment for the past decade. "I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn't involve pills and a strand of pearls," she joked. Emerging from atop an all-white treehouse, Lady Gaga sported a wavy blonde `do and red lips like Marilyn Monroe, who famously crooned "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Lady Gaga similarly serenaded Clinton and changed several of her lyrics to reference him, including swapping the title of "Bad Romance" for "Bill Romance." "I thought, `My God. I get Lady Gaga...

Gaga channels Marilyn Monroe at Clinton's concert

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Former president Bill Clinton speaks at the "A Decade of Difference" concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. The concert is part of “Decade of Difference” weekend, which celebrates 10 years of the William J. Clinton Foundation. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Lady Gaga enjoyed her "first real Marilyn moment" with former President Bill Clinton. The envelope-pushing pop superstar was one of several musicians who performed Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl during a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of Clinton's foundation, which has sought to improve global health, strengthen economies worldwide, promote healthier childhoods and protect the environment for the past decade. "I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn't involve pills and a strand of pearls," she joked. Emerging from atop an all-white treehouse, Lady Gaga sported a wavy blonde `do and red lips like Marilyn Monroe, who famously crooned ...

Scarlett Johansson Is Still Doing Her Marilyn Monroe Impression (Now On The Cover of S Moda)

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Here’s Scarlett Johansson covering the October 15th* issue of Spanish glossy S Moda, all dolled up in Dolce & Gabbana with wavy blonde hair, red lips and retro liner. This look is a pretty obvious nod to Marilyn Monroe and a carryover from her cosmetics campaign for the label. And, we guess, one more entry for Jamie’s gallery of people who won’t stop trying to do Marilyn even though it’s been done to death and we’re all sick of it. *We should probably Google that.

Lady Gaga Channels Marilyn Monroe at Clinton Concert

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Lady Gaga enjoyed her "first real Marilyn moment" with former President Bill Clinton. "I always wanted to have one, and I was hoping that it didn't involve pills and a strand of pearls," she joked. The envelope-pushing pop superstar was one of several musicians who performed Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl during a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of Clinton's foundation, which has sought to improve global health, strengthen economies worldwide, promote healthier childhoods and protect the environment for the past decade. Emerging from atop an all-white treehouse, Lady Gaga sported a wavy blond hairdo and red lips like Marilyn Monroe, who famously crooned "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Lady Gaga similarly serenaded Clinton and changed several of her lyrics to reference him, including swapping the title of "Bad Romance" for "Bill Romance." "I thought, `My God. I get Lady Ga...

Marilyn Monroe "12 Photographs" Duncan Miller Gallery (Los Angeles) Announces its Upcoming Exhibition of Marilyn ...

See http://www.duncanmillergallery.com . On display are the haunting and beautiful photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken while making the movie Somethings Got to Give in 1962. This was her last professional photo session. Los Angeles, CA ( PRWEB ) October 12, 2011 The world was unprepared for the moment when Marilyn Monroe jumped in the swimming pool in a flesh-colored bikini and came out of the water au natural. She was radiantly smiling and in her element: the sex goddess, posing for eternity. Two months after celebrating her birthday on this film set, Marilyn died. These legendary images that survived (Marilyn would cut up the negatives she didn't like) have been displayed in New York, China, Bulgaria, Salzburg, Berlin, Miami and London. The photographs are now available in Los Angeles at Duncan Miller Gallery. About the photographer Although later becoming a New York Times best-selling author and director of fifteen films, Brooklyn-born Lawrence Schiller started his career as ...

Michelle Williams feels Marilyn Monroe

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Michelle Williams still feels Marilyn Monroe at times. The American actress portrays the icon in My Week with Marilyn , a big screen adaptation of the Hollywood beautys life. The film is based on two books by Colin Clark and focuses on the week in which Marilyn spent time being escorted around Britain by Clark, after her husband, Arthur Miller, left the country. The movie hones in on the difficult relationship Marilyn and Sir Laurence Olivier shared while making The Prince and the Showgirl . Michelle felt a kin to the star after playing her in the drama movie. She still kicks around. I still feel her sometimes, she told OK! magazine at the films world premiere at The New York Film Festival. Michelle wanted to bring herself closer to the late blonde bombshell. The 31-year-old star followed Marilyns exact footsteps during shooting. There were so many little parallels along the way that sort of gave you courage, she explained. My dressing room in Pinewood was the same dressing room that ...

More iconic Marilyn Monroe costumes up for auction

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A selection of Marilyn Monroe's costumes from films such as "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Bus Stop" are going up for sale in December, following sales of $22.8 million from an auction held earlier this year in Beverly Hills. The Debbie Reynolds Collection auction in June far exceeded its initial estimates, and earned a place in the Guinness World Records after selling Monroe's iconic white "Subway Dress" for $5.52 million, making it the world's most expensive dress. Fans and collectors of Monroe will have another chance of owning costumes worn by the late actress, priced between $150,000 and $300,000 at the Debbie Reynolds Collection Part II auction. Monroe's provocatively sexy costumes were known for pushing the barrier set by strict film censorship codes. The December auction will feature Monroe's saucy showgirl leotard from the Oscar-nominated 1956 film "Bus Stop," designed by William Travilla, auctioneers Profile in Hist...