“I’m not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.” – Marilyn Monroe Born Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926, the woman we all know and love as Marilyn Monroe, died fifty years ago today. She was only 36 years old. “Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die, young, but then you’d never complete your life, would you? You’d never wholly know yourself…” – Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe was a model, an actress and a singer. She is a sex symbol and a cultural icon known around the world. Her weight fluctuated, […]
The Dapper Gentleman: Eddie Redmayne
“Please know this, I am fully aware that I am a lucky, lucky man.” – Eddie Redmayne said on accepting the Best Actor Oscar for The Theory of Everything in 2014. Eddie Redmayne portrayed Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. He sang his way into our hearts in Les Miserables. And most recently, he transformed himself into a transgender woman in The Danish Girl. Photo Source: WWD via Pinterest Eddie Redmayne with Stephen Hawking / Photo Source: Refinery29 via Pinterest Photo Source: PopSugar Entertainment via Pinterest I first fell in love with Eddie when he starred alongside Michelle […]
A Glimpse Into Her Life
My Week With Marilyn, based on Colin Clark’s memoir of the same name, gave us (the viewers) a glimpse into her life. This movie follows the players in the making of The Prince and The Showgirl, featuring Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. “Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier is struggling to meet her many […]
A Tribute to Marilyn Monroe
“I’m not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.” – Marilyn Monroe Born Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926, the woman we all know and love as Marilyn Monroe, died fifty years ago today. She was only 36 years old. “Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die, young, but then you’d never complete your life, would you? You’d never wholly know yourself…” – Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe was a model, an actress and a singer. She is a sex symbol and a cultural icon known around the world. Her weight fluctuated, […]