Marilyn

Last year’s Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde broke up its parade of visceral suffering heaped upon the woman born Norma Jeane Mortenson with an acknowledgement of one injustice not of the physically invasive persuasion.We learn that while working on Howard Hawks’ superlative Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (which turns 70 years old this weekend), she received a paltry rate of $500 a week, while her comparatively better-known co-45star Jane Russell raked in a sum-total fee in the amount of $200,000. On this point, director Andrew…

When Marilyn Monroe Talked About Her Lesbian Encounter With Joan Crawford ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Marilyn Monroe is that enigma who left the world mesmerised with her beauty and charm. Her life was scandalous, full of ups and downs, secrets, but more importantly, grand. Her death in 1962 came across as a shock to many. But all the years she lived, she was loved. Talking about love, the lady was always open about her relationships and never shied away from dropping truth bombs. She once stunned the world when she…

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Tuesday threw out much of Marilyn Manson‘s defamation case against Evan Rachel Wood, who has accused him of abuse.The court has granted in part Wood’s motion to strike portions of Manson’s case, according to documents reviewed by The Times. The shock-rock musician — whose real name is Brian Warner — filed a defamation lawsuit against the “Westworld” actor in March 2022 after she publicly accused him of “horrifically” abusing her for years.This week, the court rejected…

Evan Rachel Wood will not have to face defamation claims from Marilyn Manson accusing her of manufacturing a conspiracy to portray him as a serial abuser who has sexually assaulted several women. At the center of the dispute were allegations that Wood and her friend Illma Gore lied to prospective accusers to encourage them to come forward with sexual assault allegations against the musician, namely by saying that he filmed the assault of a minor in a 1996 short film he made called Groupie. In a…

For Norman Mailer, she was the ultimate figment of every man’s desire. For Joyce Carol Oates, she was a woman who belonged to everyone but herself. For Arthur Miller, she was “a poet on a street corner trying to recite to a crowd pulling at her clothes.” For Elton John, she was a “candle in the wind.” Sex symbol, feminist icon, metaphor, merchandise, mystery — Marilyn Monroe has been just about everything the world wants her to be. Everyone has an idea of her in their minds that they’ve reduced her to. For Andrew Dominik…

Ana de Armas Shows Off Some Cle*vage In A S*xy Sparkly Sequin Corset Dress As She Brings ‘The Blonde Bombshell’ Marilyn Monroe To Life! ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Ana de Armas is currently on cloud 9. The Cuban and Spanish actress has been nominated in the ‘Best Actress’ category at the 95th Academy Awards (Oscars 2023) for her performance in Blonde. An Andrew Dominik directorial, the film (adaptation from the 2000 novel of the same name) is a fictionalized take on the life and career of American actress Marilyn…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAna de Armas has spoken out in defence of the 2022 movie Blonde, in which she played movie star Marilyn Monroe.When the film’s trailer was first released, many accused it of exploitation, and its director Andrew Dominik said: “If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the f***ing audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office.”After seeing the movie, The Independent’s Amanda…

US actor Evan Rachel Wood has denied pressuring a woman into making sexual assault allegations against rock star Marilyn Manson.In February 2021, Wood and four other women claimed that Manson, real name Brian Warner, had subjected them to various forms of abuse: sexual, physical and emotional, including attacks characterised as torture.Last week one of those women, Ashley Morgan Smithline – whose subsequent lawsuit against Manson was dismissed by a California court in January – recanted her allegations, claiming that she…

Evan Rachel Wood says she never pressured Marilyn Manson accuser Ashley Morgan Smithline to make allegations against the musician after the woman recanted her statement earlier this month. Responding to an earlier filing by Smithline, Wood said in a declaration filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter that she had no contact with Smithline prior to an Oct. 21, 2020, “meeting of survivors” filmed as part of the HBO doc Phoenix Rising. She added, “I had…

marilyn-manson-accuser-says-her-claims-of-s*xual-abuse-against-him-are-false(Photo Credit –Instagram) Ashley Morgan Smithline, who earlier said that she had suffered horrific abuse at the hands of Marilyn Manson, stating that Manson had tied her up and r*ped her while she slept, drank her blood and carved his initials into her thigh, has backtracked on her statements. “I was brainwashed, and it makes me feel disgusting,” she said, alongside a photo in which she displayed the scar. But in a three-page declaration…