Marilyn Monroe
Why can’t we get enough of Marilyn Monroe?
A new exhibition of memorabilia that opened this month in Sydney is the latest homage to the iconic sex symbol.
- Cameron Bayley
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No wonder the carpet wasn’t red: award show fashion has become beige
Once a highlight of the international fashion calendar, the pre-show preening for the Academy Awards has become as predictable as an episode of Is It Cake?
- Damien Woolnough
Cate Blanchett and the curious case of the fake conductor
How does a filmmaker balance creative licence and the responsibility of accurately telling a story that is billed as factual?
- Andrew Hornery
From Marilyn to Margot Robbie: New exhibition celebrates Hollywood’s pioneering women
Celebrate the female trailblazers who have changed the way women are depicted on screen, from Thelma and Louise to Mae West, at ACMI’s Winter Masterpieces.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Marilyn Monroe’s story is a modern warning for the Instagram generation
During her short life Marilyn Monroe never set foot in Australia, but judging by the huge audiences watching the latest biopic about her, she remains an iconic figure here in 2022 thanks to her quintessentially 20th Century global celebrity.
- Andrew Hornery
How to do your makeup to look like Marilyn Monroe
Kim Kardashian wore her dress to the Met Gala, and now, her life is being brought to the big screen in Blonde. Two make-up artists share how to emulate her look.
- Lauren Ironmonger
More fever dream than biopic: Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn movie will make you squirm
It’s fair to say that Andrew Dominik’s Blonde, a project 14 years in the making, emerges into a very different world from the one in which it was conceived.
- Karl Quinn
The m-m-m-m girl: Marilyn Monroe and I shared a secret struggle
Most people are fascinated by her luminous beauty, her hourglass figure, her meteoric career, and her mysterious death. For me, though, it is her voice.
- Kate Forsyth
From the Archives, 1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead aged 36
Sixty years ago today, at the age of 36, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her house in Los Angeles by her housekeeper. The actress was famous around the world as a movie star and sex symbol, and her sudden death made world-wide news.
- Staff Writers and Colin Bennett
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