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...His London-based architect son Ernst L Freud had prepared a spacious study cum sitting room for him....
...A: Marilyn Monroe Six stocks: AMC, Gamestop, Coinbase, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Nomura Which is the highest and the lowest by S&P’s ESG score? (High is good, low is bad.)...
...Sales were boosted by three significant collections and topped by Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” (1964) at $170mn ($195mn with fees)....
...The song devoted specifically to that incident, “Cigarettes”, begins with the brutal line: “Ma fille s’est foutue en l’air” (“My daughter fucked up,” Birkin’s own translation)....
...In Hollywood, from Clara Bow to Marilyn Monroe, lipstick meant glamour and sex, inciting teenagers whose parents regarded red as reprobate to clamour for pinks and lavenders instead....
...In the same year, L’Oréal Paris named former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen – who, when in drag, goes by the stage name Miss Fame – as a spokesperson....
...Unsurprisingly, “the Del” has since traded heavily on its supporting role to Marilyn Monroe and her cross-dressing co-stars, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon....
...The price was not disclosed but Piotr Wozniak, PGNIG’s chief executive, said the cost would be 20-30 per cent less than under the existing long-term contract for Russian gas from Gazprom....
...There was a clear line between the eroticism practiced by unofficial feminist ringleader Joan Semmel, who painted far tamer pictures of straight, coital couples, and, say, Marilyn Minter’s later canvases...
...Designed by architect Edward L Varney in 1956, it too was populated with movie and particularly sports stars....
...Think less Marilyn Monroe, more Lena Dunham. This is in large part because of social media, especially YouTube....
...I pick up moleskin ones at L’Arbre à Lettres in Paris....
...Sophie Dahl, the writer, model and modern-day Marilyn Monroe, attributes her hosiery addiction to her innate romanticism “and battle-scarred knees”....
...Many private collectors own great examples: the magazine magnate Si Newhouse has the 1964 “Orange Marilyn” but others would die for “Shot Red Marilyn” (1964), or one of his disaster series....
...The other major casualty was Gerhard Richter’s abstract “U.L.” (1985), bought in at £900,000 (est. £1.5m-£2m). The sale totalled £14.9m, also shy of the £15.5m low estimate for the whole sale....
...Their book, first published in French as L’Organisation Pirate, mixes historical anecdote and economic theory....
...Norman Mailer saw fit to call a book Marilyn, and Elton John sang goodbye to “Norma Jean”. Film directors tend not to inspire this kind of personal love....
...In France they boast of l’or noir, the black truffle variety, but Italians dismiss such claims, insisting that their own “white gold” truffles are superior and so justifiably more expensive....
...The area was once a popular retreat for movie stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Bing Crosby, who came in search of sun and seclusion....
...“L’Asie” lacks a sense of abandon, “L’indifférent” any trace of the sex or steaminess you find in the best versions, such as Marilyn Horne’s with Bernstein on Sony Classical....
...Indeed, when announcing the choice, the organisers explained: “The festival is a temple of glamour and Marilyn is its perfect incarnation.”...
...Collagen is used to stop film deteriorating – it is the reason we can still watch old Marilyn Monroe movies – and does a similar job on skin....
...“There can be lovely relationships where their actress is proud of working with the designer, and does so for no fee,” says Los Angeles fashion PR Marilyn Heston, who this year is working with Zac Posen,...
...She is a diva in the Middle East, like Callas, so he’s used her like Andy Warhol used Marilyn,” she says....
...Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak‘s tweet may jar next to these tributes, but reflect his usual outlook on life....
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