Marilyn Monroe

Mae West: Vamping in Vancouver

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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...

Published Thu, Oct 15

Mae West: Crestfallen in Creston

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• • 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...

Published Sat, Oct 10

Mae West: Reading

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• • 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: — —

Published Sat, Oct 3

Mae West: Blonde Bonds

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• • 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

Published Sat, Jul 4

Mae West: Womanly

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• • 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...

Published Fri, Jun 12

Mae West: Subversions

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• • 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.

Published Fri, May 29

Mae West: In England

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• • 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"

Published Tue, May 12

Mae West: Ray Johnson

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• • 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...

Published Thu, Apr 23