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JUDGE TO OVERSEE CASE OF
MISSING MARILYN PHOTOS
SEVEN PROVOCATIVE SHOTS FROM lawsuit states.
Marilyn Monroe’s fi nal photo session He accuses the
have surfaced, triggering a lawsuit. men of unlaw-
The photographer is suing two men ful possession of
toto force the return of his his property and
“u“unique and irreplaceable unjust enrich-
imimages,” The Associated ment. He is
PPress reports. seeking at least
The nude and $700,000 for
sseminude renderings the value of the
MISSING SOMETHING Photos of Marilyn Monroe were loaned
wwere part of portrait photographs out, but never returned, according to the lawsuit.
photographer Bert and $1 million in
Stern’s acclaimed punitive damages and legal fees. based on various murder theories.
series known to fans The shots were produced for Vogue Monroe, who graced the cover
of the actress and magazine but soon after were loaned of the fi rst issue of Playboy in 1953,
photography buffs to Eros magazine, which published was named No. 1 on the magazine’s
as “The Last Sitting.” just four quarterly issues on sexual list of the 100 sexiest women of
MARILYN UNCOVERED Snapped in July 1962 history and culture before its demise. the 20th century in 2000. Stern’s
Stern’s “Last Sitting.”
just six weeks prior to The pictures were never returned. work includes some of the most
Monroe’s death, the In 1992 Stern published Marilyn famous images of the legendary
pictures depict her in “various gently Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting screen star.
erotic poses behind a piece of trans- while unaware of the missing seven Stern re-created the memora-
parent white gauzy fabric,” according prints. The photo collection, which ble photo shoot in February with
to the AP. took three days to shoot, comprises 21-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan for
Stern alleges that the men con- about 2,500 images. New York magazine. According to
tacted him to authenticate two of The actress died of a drug overdose Reuters, the magazine’s Web site
the photos, and then “offered to at age 36. Her death was ruled a sui- crashed after it received about 20
return the remaining prints demand- cide, but circumstantial evidence has million daily page views, an increase
ing compensation or payment,” the prompted numerous books and fi lms from its 1.2 million average.
‘AMERICAN TALIBAN’ MULLS ENTERTAINMENT DEALS
HOLLYWOOD CAN’T SEEM TO CHURN OUT DOCUDRAMAS eventually sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
about the most despicable characters in society fast Lindh’s family has retained lawyers to try to get
enough. And the town seems increasingly willing his conviction overturned on appeal. Legal fees can
to shell out big bucks for the privilege. be quite expensive, and Tinseltown appears to be
Several book, TV, and movie deals are being riding to the rescue.
offered to the family of John Phillip Walker Lindh, According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a fi lm in
who prefers the name Hamza Walker Lindh. He’s which CIA agents interrogate Walker Lindh sold to
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the American who during the 2001 invasion of
WALKER LINDH In
ABC and CBS for $80,000. CBS also paid $20,000
Afghanistan was found to be a member of the
prison for aiding
for footage of Lindh being interviewed by Turkish S
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Taliban army. Lindh, now 27, was captured and
the Taliban.
reporters. Larger dollar amounts are in the offi ng.
ZUMA PHO
BOOKS: There’s a bull market on economic
Nazi-occupied France. Brad Pitt stars. Also in the Americans sometime next year tentatively named
in
disaster. Brisk sales have prompted Warren Buffett
works is Remember Their Names, based on Jim Black Television News Channel. Production has
ALKER/
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biographer Roger Lowenstein to begin work on Six
Longhi’s memoir Woody, Cisco & Me, which begun on a series for truTV featuring former
Days That Shook the World, which probes Wall
documents a young Merchant Marine’s action- Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura. He’ll travel the
Street’s recent meltdown . . . Tennis champion and
packed tour of duty alongside folk-music giants country investigating conspiracy theories and
the
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Beijing Olympics gold medalist Serena Williams
Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston. And Disney render his judgment. MUSIC: Paul McCartney
will serve up an autobiography sometime next year.
will adapt Killing Rommel, Steven Pressfi eld’s novel is planning his farewell tour, a two-year string of
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MOVIES: World War II is hot again. Filming is
about a British plan to thwart Germany’s legendary 100 dates that will span the globe. THEATER:
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projects in progress
under way in Europe on Quentin Tarantino’s
Desert Fox. TV: Former GOP Rep. J.C. Watts will Philip Glass will compose an opera about Walt
Inglourious Basterds, a tale of Jewish resistors in
launch an all-news channel aimed at African- Disney for New York City Opera. — Peter Miller MARIL
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