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This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe, and it’s clear that her legacy is still going strong. One of her movies, Some Like It Hot, was just named on BFI’s list of the greatest films of all time, and she managed to earn an estimated $27 million last year.
Reel Life: Marilyn Monroe premieres Saturday, August 4th at 7PM ET/ 4PM PT examines the life of the bombshell who wanted to be taken seriously as an actress. Though she is a sex symbol, Reel Life examines her humanity by speaking to fellow icons George Hamilton and Mitzi Gaynor about the woman they knew. We also talk to stars who have played the legend, including Michelle Williams, Katharine McPhee, and Megan Hilty. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner sat down with us to discuss how the photographs he published of Marilyn helped to launch his empire. Also featured are interviews with Lawrence Schiller and George Barris whose photographs of the star captured her beauty and help her legacy live on.
Marilyn Monroe Saturday, August 4th 7PM ET/ 4PM PT
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50 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe still proves to be as iconic and prevalent as ever. As a tribute to the late actress, the Festival de Cannes is honoring the anniversary of her death by including her on the official poster of its 65th anniversary poster. Monroe is pictured blowing out a single candle on a birthday cake, sensually of course.
“Fifty years after her death, Marilyn is still a major figure in world cinema, an eternal icon, whose grace, mystery and power of seduction remain resolutely contemporary,” the Festival said in a statement,, adding, "The Festival is a temple of glamour and Marilyn is its perfect incarnation.”
Lately, Marilyn has made a few appearances in Hollywood with a recently released movie, My Week With Marilyn and also in the makeup industry with MAC's Marilyn Monroe limited-edition inspired line coming out this fall. In addition, NBC's musical drama, Smash, will be honoring Monroe in Broadway form.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Chaz Bono was booted from Dancing with the Stars last night after performing a tango to a track from Phantom of the Opera. Judge Bruno Tonioli told Bono, "It was like watching a cute little penguin trying to be a big menacing bird of prey." In spite of that slam Bono said, "I'm not leaving the show bitter or angry or anything... It was a wonderful, life-changing experience."
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Steven Tyler cut his face and lost two teeth after a shower fall in a hotel in Paraguay. Spokesmen for the 63-year-old Aerosmith frontman said the fall was the result of dehydration caused by food poisoning.
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Doing less well is 92-year-old Andy Rooney, who is in serious condition after suffering complications from surgery last week. Rooney's last 60 Minutes essay, his 1,097th, aired on October 2.
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Michael Jackson is the top-earning dead celebrity according to Forbes, raking in $170 million from the grave in the year ending in May 2011. A distant second to the King of Pop is Elvis Presley with $55 million. Rounding out the top 5 are Marilyn Monroe ($27 million), Peanuts creator Charles Schulz ($25 million), and John Lennon and Elizabeth Taylor tying with $12 million apiece.
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Michael Lohan allegedly threatened to kill ex-girlfriend Kate Major after she refused to perform oral sex on him, according to a Tampa police report. The estranged father of Lindsay Lohan is still in jail, charged with domestic violence.
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The first trailer for My Week With Marilyn has arrived online, right before the movie premieres at the New York Film Festival this weekend.
My Week With Marilyn is based on two memoirs by Colin Clark, who worked as an assistant director on Sir Laurence Olivier's 1957 movie The Prince and the Showgirl, which Olivier directed and starred in with Marilyn Monroe. As the title suggests, Clark (played by Eddie Redmayne) spent a week with Marilyn (Michelle Williams) on the British set, where she worked with Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and was also on honeymoon with her husband, the playwright Aurthur Miller (Dougray Scott). When Miller leaves the country for France during the Week, Clark shows Marilyn British life as she escapes from her Hollywood routine. The movie also co-stars Emma Watson and Dame Judi Dench.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady top Forbes' "World's Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples" list, earning $76 million between May 2010 and May 2011 and unseating Jay-Z and Beyonce from last year's top spot (they earned $72 million). Rounding out the top 5 are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt ($50 million), David and Victoria Beckham ($45 million), and Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart ($40 million).
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Jennifer Garner is pregnant again as she and hubby Ben Affleck are expecting child number three to go along with daughters Violet, 5, and Seraphina, 2.
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David Letterman returned to The Late Show for the first time since receiving a death threat on an extremist web site and joked about it, telling the audience he was a little late coming out because he was backstage "talking to the guy from CBS. We were going through the CBS life-insurance policy to see if I was covered for jihad.
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A juror in the Casey Anthony trial has spoken about his ordeal to People under the condition of complete anonymity. While Anthony "seems like a horrible person," he claimed "the prosecutors did not give us enough evidence to convict." The juror added that the trial "has ruined my life," and that "I live in fear that someone will find me. I Google my name every day to see if anyone has figured out who I am."
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Megan Fox is having the large Marilyn Monroe tattoo removed from her forearm now that she's learned Monroe suffered from personality disorders and was bipolar. She told the Italian magazine Amica, "I do not want to attract this kind of negative energy in my life."
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Octomom Nadya Suleman shows off her gruesome scars and stretch marks, nearly three years after giving birth to octuplets via C-section.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Kate Gosselin was thrown into the unemployment line by TLC after the network decided not to renew Kate Plus 8 for a third season. Ratings for the Jon Gosselin-free reality show had been flagging badly, pulling in only about 1.4 million viewers per week. Meanwhile, Kate's Ed Hardy-wearing ex-husband told RadarOnline that he is "very relieved" his kids will no longer be in front of the cameras.
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It was a tough weekend for the former highest-paid TV star as Charlie Sheen was first pelted by garbage at an Insane Clown Posse concert, then ruptured his elbow's ulnar nerve as the 45-year-old actor tried pretending like he's a real major-leaguer by taking batting practice with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Speaking of Sheen, his Two and a Half Men replacement Ashton Kutcher was labeled a "diva" by some staffers of the show after the arrival of his luxury trailer on the set. Now there are pictures of the 1000-square-foot, $2 million rig with the windowed, hydraulically powered 2nd floor raised.
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Prince Harry has broken off his relationship with lingerie model Florence Brudenell-Bruce after just two months.
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Taylor Swift had a Marilyn Monroe moment when her skirt blew up on stage at a concert in St. Louis. Just like Marilyn, Swift was wearing granny panties to minimize exposure.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Adding fuel to speculation that their planned wedding was a PR stunt, Hugh Hefner has already moved on with Miss January 2011 (Anna Sophia Berglund), while Crystal Harris partied poolside in Las Vegas with Heidi Montag. Meanwhile, the 85-year-old Hef might be slipping as he Tweeted he'd be watching Runaway Bride instead of getting married. Dude, you already used that joke last week!
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The dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch — in perhaps the most iconic still in movie history — sold at auction over the weekend for $4.6 million.
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Experts from Bristol Palin's tell-all memoir Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far have been released, and she calls baby daddy Levi Johnston "a gnat" who cheated on her "as frequently as he snapped on his hockey skates," and says she lost her virginity to Johnston after getting drunk for the first time on wine coolers. Johnston's book Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs is set for release this fall.
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Amy Winehouse has cancelled concerts in Istanbul and Athens after a disastrous performance in Serbia on Saturday that drew boos. Watch the sad spectacle.
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Wild Thing! Tone Loc (real name Anthony Smith) was arrested for felony domestic violence on Saturday and is still in jail.
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Newly single Pippa Middleton competed in the Highland Cross Challenge on Saturday, running for 20 miles and biking for 30 miles.
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Legendary saxophonist Clarence Clemons died after suffering a massive stroke last week. He was 69.
Posted 06.20.11 by reelz