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In the mood for Marilyn
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/01/2012
» Marilyn Monroe was a real woman, but through the decades she has also existed as an image _ and an imagination. The later generation, appreciating Monroe in iconic, sex pot poses and perky screen persona, associates a wide gamut of ideas, fantasies and conjectures with her and her era, the '50s. A powerful presence on the screen (her movies lose meaning when she's not in the frame), she's also a blank page on which you supply your own surmises and assumptions, theories and conclusions. It says a lot when, in probably her most famous movie from 1955, The Seven Year Itch, Monroe plays a character with no name: it's enough to know her as The Girl.
England axe old guard for rugby's Six Nations
AFP, Published on 11/01/2012
» England acting head coach Stuart Lancaster proclaimed the dawn of a new era for English rugby after naming his first squad here on Wednesday.
Saracens owner slams Six Nations scheduling
AFP, Published on 09/01/2012
» Saracens owner Nigel Wray has said the "southern hemisphere must be laughing their heads off" at the timing of the Six Nations.