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DailyEtAl: Tuesday - Marilyn Monroe

I've been posting later-than-later this past few days. I was a bit busy for one, and I can't seem to draw a proper straight-line for about, (my whole lifetime, hich amounts to 20 if you care to ask) 2 days now. The proof of both reasons, posted above, is dear Marilyn below. Look at her. She's supposed to be blond, but because of mental degradation  caused by too much facebook and t.v. (did I say I was busy), I colored her hair all wrong. Damn you Jessy Mendiola for being too beautiful (And for being too telegenic)! 

Well, anyway, aside from coloring her hair wrong, I think I nailed her (try not to be too literal, okay?) right. Anyway. I'll be shifting my eyes towards the local shores tomorrow. So, yeah, expect to.. umm, see Techi Agbayani here tomorrow. If you don't know her, just google it yourselves boys. You won't regret it. 

Oh, before I forget, I based (copied.. I am a Pirate!) the drawing below from a picture from Life Magazine. :)

Marilyn Monroe

Pen and Marker on 8 1/2 x 11 paper

Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), professionally recognized as Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress,model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) drew attention to her. By 1953, Monroe had progressed to a leading role in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop(1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits, co-starring Clark Gable with screenplay by her then-husband, Arthur Miller.
The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for unreliability and being difficult to work with. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide", the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as of homicide, have not been ruled out. In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. In the decades following her death, she has often been cited as both a pop and a cultural iconas well as the quintessential American sex symbol.

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