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