Marilyn Monroe

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • An intriguing tourist spot in the Windy City, The Field Museum is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. This exhibit will enlighten visitors about the who, what, where, and WOW! of diamonds, that fascinating stone Ma...

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) British Columbians will be entertained this month by a versatile impressionist who brings MAE WEST to life — — along with 13 other celebrities. • • Each time you sigh at yet another product being outsourced, give a thought to clever North American comediennes who continue to create a domes...

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • Two worried faces are hovering over the fragments, the remnants, the splintered bits of romantic yearning. Actress Debbie Reynolds and her son Todd Fisher own this wealth of Tinseltown memorabilia — — such as costumes worn by Mae West, ruby slippers crafted for “The Wizard of Oz” star J...

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • Featured in a gala "Movie Star Costume Show" are fancy threads worn by Mae West, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland, Rita Hayworth, Grace Kelly, John Wayne, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, and even John Wayne. — — Excerpt: — —

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • Yakking about the "Blonde Thing" • • • • Denise Van Outen will appear during August 2009 in The Fringe [www.edfringe.com * Edinburgh, Scotland] in "Blondes" — — Previews: August 6-7; then August 8-31, 2009. — — Excerpt: — — • • Interview: Denise Van Outen, actress and presenter

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • We need to return to the days of Marilyn Monroe [1926 — 1962] and Brigitte Bardot [b. 1934], when women wore their curves and did their best to grow old gracefully. The days where Mae West and Betty Grable didn’t need Stoli Blueberry and a frat boy to feel good. Guys, let’s stop rewarding women...

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • Recently, Karen Rosenberg, Art Critic for The New York Times, visited the exhibition, which was organized by an independent curator, Frédérique Joseph-Lowery. She had many things to say about Ray's muses such as Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, the Mona Lisa, and Jackie Kennedy.

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • The audience is introduced to Mae West, Charlie Chaplin, Mickey Mouse, and Humphrey Bogart along the way, with appearances by Clark Gable, Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe, and Jack Lemmon. • • Article: "Affectionate look at history of cinema"

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • An ambitious posthumous exhibit at the Richard L. Feigen Gallery — — which opens on 29 April 2009 (and runs through the end of July) — — will reveal the shared interests and iconography of Ray Johnson, Salvador Dali, and Andy Warhol. The exhibition will feature an exciting selection of pre...

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • The enforcement of the code in 1934 gradually undermined her screen career, but West soldiered on, returning to Broadway in 1944 with the play "Catherine Was Great." [She also revived "Diamond Lil" on Broadway in 1949.] In the 1950s, she conquered the nightclub circuit performing with...

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • Think of the possibilities. You can finally come home to Mae West or Marilyn Monroe. You could have all four Beatles join your Rock Band. You could even have Charlie Chaplin watch you sleep. • • A portion of the profits will go toward preserving the Hollywood Walk of Fame. — — Source: — —

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • Blonde bombshells like Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, and Betty Grable planted the idea that women could be more than the domestic roles that had previously defined them. Then-pin-up girls like Bettie Page — — and burlesque stars like Lili St. Cyr — — took such rebellion to the extreme.

By noreply@blogger.com (Mae West NYC) • • An insipid article with an uninspired title — — "Reality Bites" — — chronicles an overexposed actress, who is attempting to revive her career with a lackluster and pointless reality show: "Girl on the Loose." Girl? Well, you can look it up in your Funk & Wagnalls but it does seem like t...

By Mae West NYC • • Mae, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, and Spencer Tracy are just a few of the Hollywood stars who have called the Hotel San Carlos (in downtown Phoenix) home – – at least for a night. Rumor has it that the landmark houses more than a few ghouls.