Marilyn Monroe: Last News

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In the 2022 HBO docuseries “The Last Movie Stars,” Ethan Hawke floats the possibility that the great Joanne Woodward’s risk-it-all role — the one that could have won the “Three Faces of Eve” star a second Oscar, had it gone differently — was playing a failed starlet who resorts to burlesque to get by. Adapted from the William Inge play “A Loss of Roses,” it was a part intended for Marilyn Monroe, who died, so Woodward stepped in and gave it her Method-acting all.

wild has since faded into the canon of wild Kim looks (see also: her veiled Met Gala 2021 moment and her ode to Marilyn Monroe a year later). But when Gigi Hadid cropped up on the Vetements spring/summer 2025 runway at wearing a similar packing-tape yellow get-up, it brought memories of Kardashian ASMR-ing her way into Le Bourget back again., who would later go on to walk Victoria Beckham’s runway in a , took her turn on Guram Gvasalia’s catwalk, alongside Travis Scott and J Balvin, in a minidress stuck together with wound-up DHL tape.Gigi Hadid all wound up on the Vetements SS25 runway.It was a bombastic reminder of the pool of everyday inspirations that both Gvasalia brothers (Demna and Guram founded Vetements in 2014, before Demna departed in 2019 to pursue Balenciaga full time) dip into.These were, after all, the siblings who first shook up the traditional show format with a co-ed spring/summer 2017 presentation entirely comprised of collabs with Hanes, Champion, Levi’s, Dr Martens, Eastpak and the like.Kim Kardashian packed up and ready to go to the Balenciaga autumn/winter 2022 show.The Vetements X DHL link-up actually harks back to the spring/summer 2016 show, when Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy wore a baggy yellow tee stamped with the red postal service logo front and centre on the catwalk.The reality star's normcore wardrobe is getting out of hand.At the time, it sparked a media storm, as armchair critics argued against the appropriation of an everyperson company for the gains of a luxury house (those seemingly harmless T-shirts retailed for some $300).

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of Sabrina Carpenter arrived at the VMAs 2024, and she came armed with the top album in the country, a juicy to play with, and an…Old Hollywood-inspired ? I guess both Carpenter's album and her hair are Short n’ Sweet! (Sorry.)The “Please Please Please” singer's hyper-feminine aesthetic has drawn comparisons to and since “Espresso” went viral, but now that the 25-year-old is rocking this Old Hollywood-inspired haircut—which appears to be several inches shorter than the lengthy blonde ‘do for which she’s known—she's identical to both.Apparently, that was intentional: According to , Carpenter and her stylist Jared Ellner reached out to “with an incredible mood board" for the look, eventually opting for a silver beaded Bob Mackie dress from 1991 which was originally designed for Madonna to wear to perform at the Academy Awards. But that's not all—the design was also inspired by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.Clearly, Carpenter and her glam squad aced the assignment.Sabrina Carpenter's VMAs 2024 nominations include: artist of the year, song of the year (“Espresso”), best pop, best direction ( directed by Bardia Zeinali), best editing ("Espresso,” edited by Jai Shukla), and best art direction (“Please Please Please,” art direction by Nicholas des Jardins).

Ewan McGregor have taken him far: to a galaxy far, far away (three “Star Wars” prequels and their small-screen follow-up, “Obi-Wan Kenobi”); to post-Bolshevik Revolution Russia (“A Gentleman in Moscow”); even to the bottom of the worst toilet in Scotland (“Trainspotting,” the second of four collaborations with filmmaker Danny Boyle). Yet outside of a handful of movie premieres and a visit to the Dolby (formerly Kodak) Theatre that ended with his Porsche 550 Spider replica broken down outside the parking lot (“Superman came over, and then Spider-Man and then Marilyn Monroe — it was a who’s who standing ‘round a broken replica of James Dean’s car”), the first time McGregor will make a dedicated trip to the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be when he receives his own star, on Thursday.

Alissa Simon Film Critic Throughout her storied career as a screen and theater actress, Mirjana Karanović has never run away from a challenge. In the melodrama “Mother Mara,” her second feature as a director, co-writer and star, she gives herself challenges aplenty, including showing herself both physically and emotionally naked. Her Mara is a tough, successful businesswoman with platinum curls à la Marilyn Monroe, whose carefully constructed identity falls apart after the death of her 21-year-old son.

Danniella Westbrook has announced her son, Kai, is engaged and declares she “couldn’t be prouder”.The ex-EastEnders star Danniella celebrated her son’s engagement on Sunday (25 August). In a series of photos shared to his Instagram, Kai wrote: “I had a beautiful time with some beautiful people! had a great engagement party.” Danniella commented: “Best day ever for me. Seeing you happy and seeing you and Sophie make it official.

When it comes to perfume, many of us find a bottle that we truly love and stick with it. For me, that's Paco Rabanne's Olympea but for others it's Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden.

Safran posted on X, formerly Twitter, alongside a screenshot showing a payment of $25.38 with a minus next to it.“So they say you owe them money? or they’re going to hold your next earnings until they claw that back?” one bewildered fan asked him. “I’ve been powering through a rewatch of Smash so you should have a residual check for $0.000000003 coming your way in no time!” another fan replied. A third fan said, “I’m watching as quickly as i can ok!!!!”“Smash,” which has a cult following, aired for two seasons on NBC from 2012 to 2013.

When it comes to celebrities and their favourite fragrances, there is perhaps nobody more synonymous with Chanel No.5 than Marilyn Monroe. The blonde bombshell famously cheekily replied to a journalist's question about what she wears to bed saying "Chanel No. 5, of course".

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic If you had to pinpoint the start of the 1960s — that is, the counterculture revolution — two events are almost universally agreed on as the era’s formative earthquakes. One was the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Jay Kanter, agent to superstar Hollywood clients including Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly, died Tuesday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 97. His son, Adam Kanter of Independent Artist Group, remembered his father as someone who conducted his entire career with “integrity and kindness.” Kanter also inspired Jack Lemmon’s character in Billy Wilder’s classic comedy “The Apartment.” Jay Kanter served in the U.S.

Jay Ira Kanter, veteran film producer and agent to a long list of Hollywood luminaries including Marlon Brandon, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, among others has died. He was 97.

West Side Story dancer and actor Bobby Banas has passed away at the age of 90.The talented star died from pneumonia on Monday, 29 July, in an assisted living facility located in Encino, California, the star's son – 59 year old director and photographer Eden Tyler Banas – confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. A touching tribute was posted on Bobby's official Instagram account on Monday, announcing: "Today was the day that Bobby Banas chose to soar up into the infinite light of the heavens above. A son, brother, father, grandfather and a true legend of stage and screen.

I took a long walk around the neighborhood this week. Those unnerving ‘Dark Brandon’ campaign signs—the ones with fiery, X-ray vision eyes on a big Biden head—were gone. But the Harris for President signs hadn’t shown up yet.

Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has announced a new art exhibition, My Little Empire, to be displayed in a Welsh museum.From August 6 until December 13 at Narberth Museum in Pembrokeshire, the exhibition will feature 26 new pieces that showcase Wire’s love of the Polaroid image.My Little Empire, named after a song from the 1998 album ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’, will include several self-portraits, as well as subjects including Welsh film actor Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe, Albert Camus and Jean Paul Basquiat.A post shared by Manic Street Preachers (@manics)The show has been curated by Mark Lewis, who has said (via South Wales Argus): “The exhibition came about after I contacted Nicky to say that one of his pictures was being used in the Dylan Thomas exhibition at Narberth Museum. He said he had always liked Narberth and would love to show his work there.

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Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Marilyn Monroe‘s house in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood was approved in its historical cultural monument nomination by the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, a designation which is intended to help protect the landmark from demolition. “The Marilyn Monroe Residence in Brentwood is now a Historic-Cultural Monument! Today, L.A. City Council unanimously approved the nomination for Marilyn Monroe’s final home.