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The Chelsea gets rid of star graffiti

16.08.11
Artwork and graffiti on the walls of Manhattan's Hotel Chelsea, a favourite of artists and writers since the Thirties, is being removed... more

St Vincent is a dark dreamer

09.08.11
Singer St Vincent is a one-off who cites Nick Cave and Disney among her musical influences. Her latest album, she tells Richard Godwin, is partly inspired by Marilyn Monroe... more

James Franco criticises 'poor quality' Oscars script

11.07.11
James Franco felt "trapped" by the poor quality of the sketches at this year's Oscars.... more

Mariah Carey reveals baby names

05.05.11
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have named their babies Monroe and Moroccan Scott... more

Marilyn Monroe wasn't a material girl

09.02.11
A new exhibition reveals Marilyn Monroe's treasured items, a juicer and photo of her mother... more

Lara Stone has Marilyn Monroe makeover

03.02.11
Supermodel Lara Stone was transformed into Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe for a Comic Relief photoshoot... more

Screen icon Tony Curtis dies, aged 85

30.09.10
Tony Curtis, the Hollywood idol whose star turn with Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot became the stuff of screen legend, has died at 85... more

Make me a make-up artist

29.09.10
Are the professionals really much better at creating a look? Bella Blissett found out in a training session at London Fashion Week... more

Maf, Marilyn and my accidental hit novel

06.05.10
An auction at Christie’s, a passion for cinema and a writerly urge to have fun have brought good fortune to Andrew O’Hagan.... more

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is beautifully directed

26.02.10
Though most people remember Monroe's innocent blonde bombshell singing Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, most of the acerbic lines went to her co-star Jane Russell... more

Film books of the year

03.12.09
Mad mothers, blue eyes and bitchy wit are just some of the prerequisites for Hollywood stardom, according to this year’s best film biographies, says Charlotte O’Sullivan... more

Singing in the aisles: Asda worker's West End role

19.11.09
A singing supermarket worker has landed a role as jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald in a West End show... more

Spot the difference at Pete and Repeat

14.09.09
Repetition is the theme behind this expansive and varied show ranging from American giants such as Richard Prince to budding British twentysomethings... more

Widow auctions off burial site above Marilyn Monroe

18.08.09
The burial plot above Marilyn Monroe's is being auctioned off by a widow in America.... more

Lindsay Lohan's Marilyn Mun-Lo pose

07.05.09
Lindsay Lohan went blonde as she posed for a Marilyn Monroe-style photo shoot in LA.... more

Why Dita and Dixie conceal their assets

01.05.09
I stand four-square behind Dita Von Teese. That's a sentence I've always wanted to be able to write. But I'm not being creepy - or, at least, not just being creepy... more

Ex-thief is aiming to steal the Chelsea Flower Show

09.04.09
A former art thief caught with works by Warhol, Dali and Chagall is helping to create a garden for Chelsea Flower Show... more

Garbo to Monroe: goddesses to die for return to big screen in film retrospective

02.03.09
Femme fatales from Greta Garbo to Marilyn Monroe are to be feted in a retrospective of seductresses on the big screen... more

Kate Middleton legs it at second Royal wedding without her Prince

19.07.08
It was Kate Middleton's very own Marilyn Monroe moment. But unlike the Hollywood sex symbol, Prince William's girlfriend ensured that her modesty was preserved.... more

Candide is lost in translation

26.06.08
ENO's shiny new staging of Candide, Bernstein's 1956 operetta, has transformed this musical version of Voltaire's novella into a satire about post-war America.... more

What Hitler and Marilyn Monroe would look like if they were alive today

18.06.08
Have you ever wondered what iconic figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Lee and Adolf Hitler would look like if they were alive today?... more

Suzanne Likes It Hot: Dancing On Ice queen does Marilyn

03.06.08
Suzanne Shaw won't be the last and she's certainly not the first star to try and recreate Marilyn Monroe's iconic look.... more

Take two: Fresh pictures from Lindsay Lohan's nude Marilyn Monroe tribute

21.02.08
Lindsay Lohan's tribute to Marilyn Monroe continued as the actress stripped off again to pay homage to the screen siren. Sporting a blonde wig, Lohan was covered only by a sheer printed sheet in a bid to recrate Marilyn's final photoshoot before her death ... more

Lo and behold: Lindsay Lohan's topless tribute to screen siren Marilyn Monroe

18.02.08
Lindsay Lohan has paid homage to Marilyn Monroe by recreating the late star's final nude photoshoot. The actress and pop star stripped off for New York magazine, wearing a blonde wig and covered only by a sheer pink sheet. The shoot was done by famed photographer Bert Stern, who also photographed Monroe's The Last Sitting in 1962 - she was found dead from an apparent drugs overdose just six weeks later... more

Save us from the Mercy Man

25.01.08
An Audience with the Mafia is an utterly dreadful bit of theatre, proof that any Joe with money can hire a commercial playhouse.... more

How Pop changed the portrait

19.10.07
Pop Art Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery is a well-chosen and spirited show that occasionally falls victim to its own enthusiasm.... more

The grand pops of art

10.10.07
The biggest gathering of Pop Art pioneers since the Sixties met for the opening of the first exhibition devoted to their portraits.... more

It's Kylie Monroe in blonde highlight to video

10.10.07
Kylie Minogue once again proved she was the queen of reinvention as she unveiled her new look in the video for her comeback single.... more

£7.7m price tag is put on £125 Marilyn

20.03.07
Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe portrait - once sold for about £125 - is likely to change hands for £7.7million.... more

Huston's heist still a classic

02.11.06
In John Huston's classic heist movie, a gang of thieves fall out after a daring robbery.... more


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