50 rare photos of Marilyn Monroe that show another side to the film star

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2943 words  |  Martina Birk

Updated Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926. Some photos of her are so famous they need no explanation, like the iconic shot of her in a white dress. Other photos, however, offer a rare glimpse into the star's personality and private life. This is the first known studio portrait of Marilyn Monroe. A studio portrait of Marilyn Monroe at 6 months old, circa 1927. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Marilyn Monroe was born in 1926 as Norma Jeane Mortenson and was later baptized as Norma Jeane Baker, according to Biography. [Read More]

All the New York Culture Brokers on Our Inside Power List

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  17 minutes  |  3519 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

From one very under-the-radar art collector to Reese Witherspoon’s publishing mole. Rujeko Hockley at the Whitney Museum on October 11. Photo: Mark Peterson Rujeko Hockley at the Whitney Museum on October 11. You may have seen that we published a list of 49 exceptionally powerful New Yorkers whose names you’ve likely never heard. You can call theirs inside power, hidden power, stealthy power — but in every case, what they wield is a distinct, sometimes frightening ability to get things done in their respective universes. [Read More]

Angel DI MARIAs letter, from humble beginnings to Argentinas World Cup

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  18 minutes  |  3798 words  |  Aldo Pusey

The following is from The Players Tribune, by Angel DI MARIA. The original note can be read here. I remember getting the letter from Real Madrid and tearing it up before I even opened it. It was the morning of the 2014 World Cup Final, at exactly 11 a.m., and I was sitting on the trainer’s table about to get an injection in my leg. I had torn my thigh muscle in the quarterfinals, but with painkillers, I could run without feeling anything. [Read More]

Ed O'Neill Had No Idea Who Taylor Swift Was

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  158 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Many people have heard of Taylor Swift. But on Thursday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Modern Family star Ed O'Neill told the story of how he failed to recognize the pop singer when he met her at a party. O'Neill ran into Swift while attending the birthday party of his co-star Sarah Hyland. But after a bit of small talk, the Jay Pritchett character still couldn't identify her. "I know she's famous, but I can't place her," [Read More]

How the What We Do in the Shadows Prosthetics Designer Created Lazlos Hybrid Creature

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1091 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

SPOILER ALERT: This contains spoilers from FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” Season 5, Episode 7 now streaming on Hulu. The human-animal hybrid has been done countless times before, so when “What We Do in the Shadows” prosthetics designer Paul Jones was tasked with bringing some hybrid creatures to the FX comedy, his approach was “to ground the designs in something that was realistic, and not funny. [Read More]

Paul McCartney Recorded the Only Song His Father Ever Wrote

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  518 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Paul McCartney recorded the only song his father ever wrote. Jim McCartney had been in a band called Jim Mac’s Jazz Band and played tons of music for Paul and his brother Michael when they were growing up. McCartney Sr. wrote one tune during his lifetime, but he had an unexpected reaction to his son’s recording of it. Paul McCartney loves music because of his father In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that his father came from the music hall era. [Read More]

Why Paul McCartney Sang the 'Love Me Do' Lead Vocal Instead of John Lennon

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  517 words  |  Martina Birk

On the late albums by The Beatles, you could tell who wrote which song by who was singing. If Paul McCartney had the lead vocal, there was a 100% chance he wrote the track. (On The White Album, Paul might be playing drums and guitar, too.) The same applied to songs by John Lennon and George Harrison. Even Ringo Starr sang the one tune he wrote on Abbey Road, the Fab Four’s last recorded album. [Read More]

Alice Et Juliette Baubion Que Sont Elles Devenues

 Posted on February 16, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1916 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Alice Et Juliette Baubion Que Sont Elles Devenues – Pierre Bonte, chroniqueur au journal Dimanche Martin, se rend à Dourdan le 30 octobre 1977 pour rédiger sa chronique La Lorgnette. Les jumeaux identiques de 88 ans l’invitent chez eux pour une soirée sociale. Tout, des manteaux aux casquettes en passant par les figurines de chats en porcelaine, est vendu par paire dans le bel appartement partagé par Alice et Juliette Baubion. [Read More]

Flatlands by Sue Hubbard review a tender portrait of wartime youth

 Posted on February 16, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  774 words  |  Martina Birk

FictionReviewA poignant novel inspired by The Snow Goose about the search for connection and contentment Elderly Freda is in a care home in Hackney, remembering her wartime evacuation to the Lincolnshire Wash, where at 12 years old she was sent on a train away from all she knew in east London. Hubbard’s description of this phase in Freda’s life – the bleak landscape, the cold house, the minimum rations, the abuse, Freda getting her first period, alone and with no one to ask – is affecting and memorable, as is the cruelty of most of the people Freda meets during this time. [Read More]