Figure in the Frame

The exhibit Arnold Newman: Masterclass gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait

"...eye in shadow – is iconic. His grainy, disheveled Marilyn Monroe is heartbreaking. His portraits manipulate the subjects' own..."

March 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

'A Conga Line of Incongruous Celebrities'

Sam Staggs chronicles the extraordinary life of a Hollywood gadabout in 'Inventing Elsa Maxwell'

"...and connection: Cole Porter, Sophia Loren, Prince Aly Khan, Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant, the Duchess of Windsor, and Maria..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM: Reveries

Beauty is something you don't have to deserve

"...dallied there. Bette Davis kept an apartment nearby. When Marilyn Monroe filmed Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, she lived up the..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

The Luv Doc: The Voice

Really, what woman wouldn’t want to be Melanie Griffith?

"...but she can at least try to talk like Marilyn Monroe. Don’t be annoyed, be compassionate. You’ve clearly proven..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Lubitsch's Last Hurrah

New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'

"...asks, "Have you ever had tea at the Ritz?" Marilyn Monroe as Sugar in Billy Wilder's Some Like It..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tom Russell

'Mesabi'

"...of songs tying together cultural icons James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and obscure historical figures Sterling Hayden and Ukulele..."

July 13, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Blood Brothers

Trinity Street provides an engaging local premiere of the long-running British musical

"...the score's songs, styles, and motifs (we hear about Marilyn Monroe in pretty much every other lyric). On the..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Some like it pregnant

"...Marilyn Monroe got pregnant while filming Some Like It Hot...."

May 4, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Letters at 3AM: Mabel Normand After 100 Years

April 1, 1912, has not gone down in history but deserves to

"...Lucille Ball were ditsy; Clara Bow, Jean Harlow, and Marilyn Monroe were sexy. Mabel Normand chose a more difficult..."

March 23, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Of course the British have an Egg Information Service

"...Della Mae Hogan, Marilyn Monroe's maternal grandmother, worked as an occasional midwife in..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Hong Kong's Austin Road, star softball player Marilyn Monroe, and more factoids

"...Marilyn Monroe was the top player on the softball team..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta

Hole in the Wall, Friday, September 16, 2011

"...there were a grammatical equivalent of John Belushi's eyebrows, Marilyn Monroe's upthrust cleavage, or Martin Luther King's oratory quaver...."

Sept. 16, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director

Film scholar Patrick McGilligan explores an auteur's troubled life and career

"...sexual liaisons with women (including such film sirens as Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford, and Rebel's 16-year-old star, Natalie Wood)..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

After a Fashion

Learn why Your Style Avatar is running around, flapping his arms, and shouting 'bingo!'

"...movie); the legendary white pleated halter "subway" dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in The Seven Year Itch, along with..."

June 10, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...to see Curtis, Lemmon, and an almost unbearably ripe Marilyn Monroe trip across the sand so close to us..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: A Sweetness of Brick

Old New York is gone; only the replicas remain

"...150-foot Statue of Liberty, her face eerily similar to Marilyn Monroe's. Kitsch surrealism. It was crazy, but also somehow..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Gossip Girl

Anne Helen Petersen takes her readers beyond the blind item

"...like the virgin/whore dichotomy represented in the figure of Marilyn Monroe, but they also cover that rupture and divest..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar remembers the day the little bundles of doody brightened his life

"...Hoodie) and Miss Caswell after the George Sanders and Marilyn Monroe characters in All About Eve. As they grew,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...Marilyn Monroe is not dead, merely absent. She'll return when..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

A Super Bowl to Remember

Who Dat nation rejoices

"...on the moon, Barack Obama being elected president, and Marilyn Monroe standing over that steam vent in her white..."

Feb. 8, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Where the Wild Things Roamed: Visiting "The Misfits" Shooting Set

Savlov visits the set of John Huston's "The Misfits"

"...this particularly uninviting stretch of Nevada range: Clark, Monty, Marilyn, Thelma Ritter, Kevin McCarthy, and Huston himself...."

June 28, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

That Thing They Do

The Paramount Summer Film Classics' season of stars

"...well, the trash-can moments –ineffable, indelible, even tossed-off. There's Marilyn Monroe, entering a crowded train depot via a sublime..."

May 22, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Only one woman fought in the Revolutionary War, only prostitutes dance the tango, and more

"...and quickly became a ladies' man. His girlfriends included Marilyn Monroe...."

May 15, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

International Bands

Thursday

"...Maki Rinka (Wed., Maggie Mae's Rooftop, 10pm) Japan's Marilyn Monroe sings hooray for cabaret...."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Sugar Mama's Bakeshop

Olivia O'Neal uses only the freshest ingredients for her delicious cupcakes

"...is a truly gorgeous opulence. In addition to the Marilyn Monroe (vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream) and the James..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Luv Doc Recommends: Erotica 2008

Gallery Lombardi, Saturday, August 2, 2008

"...at the very least you should drop in a Marilyn Monroe beauty mark. Passing up an opportunity like that..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Express Yourself

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

"...where air would blow lady’s dresses up like the Marilyn Monroe flick. Then you walked into the stage room..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Letters @ 3AM

Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches

"...was embodied by the likes of John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe, Jimmy Stewart and Katharine Hepburn. The America that..."

April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Sparkle and Shine

Stephen Moser remembers Valley of the Dolls with something between a smirk and a smile

"...a dead ringer for Judy Garland, Jennifer North for Marilyn Monroe, and Helen Lawson for Ethel Merman. Authoress Jacqueline..."

April 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...the cult director's fans: A Michael Jackson and a Marilyn Monroe impersonator (played by Diego Luna and Samantha Morton)..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

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