Author: April VeVea
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Review of Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe Part 1
TLDR; It’s the worst book on Marilyn I’ve read in 5 years. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Going to start by saying this book is so full of inaccuracies that this will be a multi-part series. Today I am reviewing the first 19% of the book, and I will go into the death stuff…
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4 Female Stars and the Myths of Losing a Career
Today we’re going to talk about some of those female stars who people commonly say lost their careers due to poor decision making. One thing I realized when researching this piece was the sheer magnitude of how many women get painted as “troublesome” or “difficult” simply due to their demands. Some are painted as whores,…
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How Mythos Made Monroe an Icon
Anyone who knows or has followed me for any length of time knows I first got involved with the Old Hollywood community due to a fascination with Monroe. For ten years I studied her life, I’ve made friends due to mutual fandom (let me tell you, that was a shit show) and I’ve talked about…
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Zsa Zsa Gabor – The First Angelina Jolie?
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen my Twitter rant about Hadley Freeman asking why Angelina Jolie is famous. I’ll be the first to admit I’m a huge fan of Jolie’s work, but I also welcome differing thoughts in the discourse of fandom. Freeman does have a (muddied) point. Jolie has cut down…
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Veronica Lake and Betty Grable: The 40s Blondes
Before writing this post, I debated on who to cover. Lana Turner exuded glamour, but I wouldn’t really classify her as holding the same icon status as others (most people tend to view her as infamous) while Ginger Rogers really symbolizes the 30s for me. June Haver never caught on and Lizabeth Scott is (unjustly)…