must reads: “What *Could* Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?”
Under the law that existed until 1978: works from 1955…
Marilyn Monroe
The Prince and the Showgirl (retro trailer)
This the movie that My Week with Marilyn is about the making of…
My Week with Marilyn (trailer)
Dare I hope that this will be a movie about a real woman, and not about an imaginary mirage of a fantasy of a woman?
The Smurfs (terrible movie quote)
“Nothing like a cool breeze through my enchanted forest.” –Gutsy Smurf, the Scottish one (voice of Alan Cumming)
The Smurfs (review)
Incontinence — as the result of either as-yet untrained bowels or a terrible adult affliction — is presumed to be a major concern for the viewer here.
question of the day: What is the most iconic piece of Hollywood clothing?
Is it Marilyn Monroe’s white dress? Dorothy’s red slippers? Charlie Chaplin’s hat? Something else?
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Marilyn Monroe was not married to the Doctor, okay?
The Christmas special inspired some waggish fans to take to Wikipedia and make some alterations to the entry for Marilyn Monroe based upon that one funny throwaway bit…
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “A Christmas Carol”
Doctor Who has been doing amazing things with TV since 2005, but this may be the best example yet of how gonzo and how simultaneously emotionally satisfying TV can be these days.
retro trailer: ‘Some Like It Hot’
Tony Curtis: just one of the many famous names we lost this week. A handsome man. But an ugly woman.
question of the day: What do you think of the previously unknown photos of Marilyn Monroe just released?
UPDATE: Life staffer Colleen McMillen asks me to alert you to many more new Marilyn photos available at Life.com… Editors at Life.com, the online photo archive of the long-running magazine, recently uncovered photos of Marilyn Monroe in its collection taken before she became a star. This is my favorite: Four others are available to view … more…
