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Maika Monroe’s Governess Is Bloodthirsty

Maika Monroe’s Governess Is Bloodthirsty

Published by Daniella Wilson

Maika Monroe is eerily bloodthirsty in a newly released teaser trailer for her latest horror, Victorian Psycho. The film — from the producers of Longlegs, the feature that solidified Monroe’s status as a Scream Queen — gets its world premiere on Thursday in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, after The Hollywood Reporter unveiled an exclusive first look as the fest got underway earlier this month. Zachary Wigon’s period movie also stars Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs, Amy De Bhrun, Ruth Wilson, Jacobi Jupe and Evie Templeton, and will release in the fall. It adapts Virginia Feito’s 2025 novel of the same name. The teaser shows Monroe playing an eccentric young governess in 1858, who arrives at the remote gothic manor, Ensor House. As she assimilates, staff begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners wonder if something is amiss about (or possessing) the young woman. In the first-look interview, Monroe unpacked her serial killer governess, Winifred, with THR‘s David Canfield: “It terrified me. I knew that it would be the hardest role that I have ever done — and …

Marilyn Monroe’s personal memorabilia heads to auction ahead of 100th birthday

Marilyn Monroe’s personal memorabilia heads to auction ahead of 100th birthday

Published by Sam Flores

SALE TO COINCIDE WITH BIRTHDAY Heritage Auctions is opening bidding to the public on items from the estate of poets Norman and Hedda Rosten, close friends and confidants of Monroe.  The sale, which happens June 1, coincides with what would have been the star’s 100th birthday and features personal belongings dating from 1955 to 1962. Among the most striking offerings are documents never seen publicly, shedding light on Monroe’s inner life. The papers explore her romantic relationships, fears surrounding a lost pregnancy, and her reflections on mortality. “It’s really special because this isn’t material that’s been bought and sold over the decades,” Chanes said. “This is something that’s a discovery.” From costume jewellery Monroe wore to artwork she once held in her hands, the collection offers buyers intimate access to her personal world. The auction also includes correspondence from her ex-husband, playwright Arthur Miller, revealing the emotional complexities of their marriage as well as an unseen letter from Monroe’s psychiatrist describing the day leading up to her death. Chanes highlighted one particularly emotional piece from …

Marilyn Monroe’s Nudes Made Her Notorious. “Surprisingly Good” Acting Made Her a Star.

Marilyn Monroe’s Nudes Made Her Notorious. “Surprisingly Good” Acting Made Her a Star.

Published by Sam Flores

Dr. Sauer would know: He’d seen Niagara three times (for purely medical reasons, no doubt). Bernard watched with a mixture of pride and astonishment as his friend achieved a stardom stranger than either of them had dreamed, writing, “Marilyn had turned into a sex symbol of unparalleled dimensions, a myth which everyone interpreted according to his own tender or torrid thoughts. MM became the number one dream girl of the American male, the sort of sex symbol that made the lonely GI Joe swoon and gave him something very concrete worth fighting for instead of “making the world safe for democracy.” When MM was flown to the boys in Korea, she generated more heat there than an atomic bomb explosion on the Bikini Atoll islands. In the solid citiizen type of husband on the home front, she evoked often suppressed unproper thoughts that made him want to beat up his wife. And in the sweethearts and wives who became “displaced persons,” she aroused thoughts which are not communicable even in a free press.” Monroe’s feelings …