Hints and tips:
...Celeb Barbies such as Twiggy and Marilyn Monroe. It’s unexpectedly enjoyable and informative....
...Oates can’t help but note the “painful” irony that the original stars chosen to play Marilyn, first Naomi Watts when the project was announced in 2010, then Jessica Chastain a few years later, “aged out”...
...“Britney, Christina, Jessica Simpson . . . all the pop stars were blonde, so it symbolised sexy, fun, beautiful and powerful to me,” says Alicia Abbas, a 39-year-old designer from Pennsylvania....
...French President François Mitterrand went a step further, giving her “the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe”....
...In an unexpected final twist, he is saved by his lover Lisabetta (Jessica Nuccio in her house debut) before gunning down the entire cast. Gratuitous violence? Possibly....
...Highlights will include a pearl drop earring worn by Charles I at his execution, important royal tiaras from British and European nobility and a cultured pearl necklace that belonged to Marilyn Monroe....
...The festival’s official “icon” – aka the face on all their posters and promotional materials – is that perennial fashion inspiration Marilyn Monroe....
...Shannon, wife Jessica Chastain and their deaf-mute little daughter live in a corner of the American Nightmare....
...Siobhan Sharpe (Jessica Hynes) is the PR chief, curt to those without celebrity aura, fawning to those with it, babbling a meaningless upbeat soundtrack....
...Doreen (actually the mother-and-daughter team of Justine Hall and Jessica Bradley) has a flair for edible sparkle....
...Robert Carsen’s Tosca is a diva’s diva, Maria Callas crossed with Marilyn Monroe and spiced with Jessica Rabbit....
...In England and Wales, according to the Office for National Statistics, it’s Jack, Thomas and Joshua for boys; Olivia, Grace and Jessica for girls....
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