Why can’t we get enough of 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.

  • byCameron Bayley

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No wonder the carpet wasn’t red:award show fashion has become beige

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?

  • byDamien Woolnough
Cate Blanchett and the curious case of the fake conductor

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?

  • byAndrew Hornery
From Marilyn to Margot Robbie:New exhibition celebrates Hollywood’s pioneering women

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.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Marilyn Monroe’s story is a modern warning for the Instagram generation

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.

  • byAndrew Hornery
How to do your makeup to look like Marilyn Monroe

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.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
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More fever dream than biopic:Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn movie will make you squirm

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.

  • byKarl Quinn
The m-m-m-m girl:Marilyn Monroe and I shared a secret struggle

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.

  • byKate Forsyth
From the Archives,1962:Drugs kill Marilyn Monroe

From the Archives,1962:Drugs kill Marilyn Monroe

Sixty years ago,movie star Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bed from an apparent overdose of barbiturates. She was 36 years old.

From the Archives,1962:Marilyn Monroe found dead aged 36

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.

  • byStaff Writers andColin Bennett
Time to give the Commonwealth Games the boot
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Time to give the Commonwealth Games the boot

Unless they are held in Wellington.