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Marilyn the Tortoise, was bequeathed to my brothers and me in '69 by our drug-dealing Cuban building superintendent who, running one step ahead of the...
A deeply spiritual individual and a believer in astrology, Monroe considered her sign -- Gemini, identified with "the twins" -- to be an indicator of who she was: "I was born under the same sign as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Queen Victoria and Walt Whitman."
Not many people can claim to have won an Oscar, seven Emmys, written five bestsellers, travelled the world, been to the brink of collapse and reinvented themselves and, most famously, spent years photographing the enigma that was Marilyn Monroe.
I must say, however, in the language of John Wayne to Maureen O' Hara--"you're awfully purty when you're riled up, Justin."
Her show-biz resume began accumulating credits not too long after she'd settled in Manhattan -- and all of it Pope recounts with great humor. She's a naturally funny woman when she's merely recounting the facts. Laughing out loud through these pages is a regular response.
Given her continual representations in cultures worldwide, Marilyn Monroe is becoming a major historical icon. Why has this happened? Why has a girl from humble circumstances become a secular goddess?
The truth is that proficient as she may be, Megan Hilty lacks the whatever-it-is -- the je ne sais quoi -- that Channing and Monroe had that made Lorelei such a forceful, such an unforgettable presence.
Over the past four years, Marilyn Monroe--who is dead, you must understand--has been on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine three times! The latest cover shows a radiantly fresh-faced Marilyn, still a model, photographed by Andre de Dienes.
Now that 11 episodes have run, I'd say the so-bad-it's-good prediction has just about materialized.
Hamm's remarks don't seem very careless -- they actually seem pretty thoughtful -- and he didn't say Kardashian isn't successful.
It's Leap Day! The date when by tradition, women can propose marriage to the men in their lives. Of course, women have been disregarding this for years, but today is a perfect excuse to buy a gift for your favorite guy.
The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto bills itself as being "for the curious," and I certainly was.
Dear Ms. Huston: I saw you on Smash last night and I just wanted to send you a quick note that says, "You don't have to do this."
Presented without commentary, the most absurd, comical, self-serious and/or humorless moments from the pilot episode of "Smash."
Who knew that when actress Michelle Williams first appeared as the bad girl in Dawson's Creek, she would have the uncanny good sense to take on roles ...
