Filed under: America, Entertainment, Movies, Society, Taboos, Thoughts | Tags: America, Cinema, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Rant, Society, Thoughts, US
I am disgusted by the recent sale of a burial plot directly above that of the actress, Marilyn Monroe. The original owner gave instructions before he died that he wanted to be buried face down “facing” the interred remains of Marilyn Monroe – what sort of sick bastard thinks this way? He and his wife were cut from the same cloth obviously. She moved her husband’s remains to make money and has used the actor’s allure to feather her own nest in a mercenary and disgusting fashion.
What will happen in twenty or thirty years? Will another widow decide to sell the new buyer’s plot and make a few more dollars? Will the remains of Marilyn Monroe become a macabre attraction for perverts beyond the grave? From what I’ve read, Marilyn was vulnerable in life and now she’s vulnerable in death. If I had enough money, I’d buy the plot myself so that it would remain undisturbed in perpetuity, rather than become a revolving door of disrespect.
The burial vault above the remains of Hollywood film star Marilyn Monroe has been sold for more than $4.6m (£2.8m).
More than 20 offers, starting at $500,000, were received for the space, located in the Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
The vault had been advertised on the auction website eBay by the widow of the current occupier.
The name of the buyer has not been revealed – except for the initials OS, used to take part in the auction.
The space was auctioned by the widow of the man buried – face down – above Monroe, to raise enough cash to pay off the mortgage on her Beverly Hills home, the Los Angeles Times reported earlier this month.
His remains would be moved sideways to a neighbouring plot to make room for the new occupant, said widow Elsie Poncher.
Her eBay advert was entitled “Spend eternity directly above Marilyn Monroe”.
Richard Poncher died 23 years ago at the age of 81.
The Westwood Village Memorial Park is the final resting place for many celebrities, including Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, Truman Capote and Farrah Fawcett.
The space next to Monroe’s vault was sold in 1992 to the publisher of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner, for $75,000.
BBC News
Filed under: Entertainment, Family, Foreign Travel, History, Thoughts | Tags: Entertainment, Family, Foreign Travel, History, Holiday, Thoughts, Vacation
Starting to tidy up around the apartment. I’m hoping to drive as far as Nerja today as the caves there can be a great subject for some photography. I really enjoyed my trip to Tarifa yesterday. Over three hundred photos and two short video clips taken! Tarifa is the closest point of Europe to African and also has a constant strong wind – something to do with the confluence of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. This means it is a great spot for windsurfing, so it attracts young fit people in droves. It’s also full of history. I spent an hour and a half shooting pictures around the port area and after lunch, another hour in the old walled segment of the town. Lots to see!
My connection here is very dodgy so I cannot upload any photos yet, but I think I got some nice ones. I’ll update this posting with some pictures when I get home.
Immediate jobs for this morning include finishing tidying up here, as I head off to the airport tomorrow morning and won’t have time otherwise, and sourcing six packs of Chesterfield cigarettes for my brother who was kind enough to email his requirements yesterday evening. I’m also still looking for a gift for my middle daughter – she’s notoriously difficult to buy for.
Back to work!
Filed under: Belfast, Cinema, Entertainment, Fun, Movies, Thoughts, Weird & Wonderful | Tags: Belfast, Cinema, Entertainment, Film, Fun, Humor, Humour, Movies, Thoughts, Weird & Wonderful
I was driving through the centre of Belfast yesterday after a great Flickr Meetup walk along the Lagan as far as Stranmillis, when I came round the corner from Victoria Street and drove straight into a Hollywood film set – Transformers! Or so I thought… It took me over ten minutes to find somewhere to park the car (legally). Thankfully, the “transformer” hadn’t stomped off in the direction of Cave Hill. Only one or two other people I’ve shown the photograph to actually “get it”. Am I watching too many movies?
Filed under: America, Entertainment, Fun, Weird & Wonderful | Tags: Entertainment, Fun, Funny, Humor, Sex, Weird & Wonderful
This made me laugh out loud 🙂
I found it at thechive.com
Bang their RSS button for quality laughs!
Filed under: Belfast, Books, Entertainment, Life, Society, Thoughts | Tags: Belfast, Books, Entertainment, Life, Society, Thoughts
Along with a few hundred other Wire, Corner and Generation Kill fans, last Sunday evening, I attended an interview with David Simon, at the Ulster Hall which was a Guardian Hay Festival event.
While waiting for the event to start, Glenn Patterson, local author, came on stage to introduce the interviewer and interviewee. During this intro, Glenn mentioned that David Torrans, owner of local independent bookshop, No Alibis, had his day’s takings of £640 stolen from him by some “toe-rags” in the Ulster Hall that evening. I have known David for many years as a customer and he is a decent chap and has been responsible for bringing some “big names” to Belfast for literary events and social evenings at his bookshop.  After a chat on Twitter, some of us thought it would be right to have a twhip-round to try to offset at least some of David’s loss. If you’re interested in throwing in a few pounds, and have a Paypal account, please send your contribution to colinparte@mac.com as soon as possible. As I type, the fund is sitting at £30. Not sure yet how to collect any cash offerings, but I’m confident that some arrangement can be made.
Running any business in the current economic climate is fraught with difficulty, without opportunist thieving. No business can afford such losses, especially those independent traders whose perseverance allows us some variety of choice in the marketplace – let’s support them and in this particular case, let’s support David!
Thanks to @blackconfetti, @keithbelfast and @szlwzl for the initial contributions!
Filed under: America, Belfast, Culture, Entertainment, TV | Tags: America, Belfast, Culture, Entertainment, TV, US
I’ve just bought my tickets for David Simon’s talk at the newly reopened Ulster Hall at the end of this month. Great to see such a distinguished writer and director visiting Belfast. Really looking forward to it! I’m currently watching The Corner on DVD which features a lot of the actors later involved in The Wire. Quality acting.
Filed under: Belfast, Blogging, Entertainment, Technology, Thoughts, UK | Tags: Belfast, Blogging, Entertainment, Technology, Thoughts, Twitter
I had an interesting experience this morning. Myself and Andy McMillan (@goodonpaper on Twitter) has an opportunity to promote this evening’s Twestival event for charity:water on Belfast’s U105 FM radio station. Carolyn Stewart seemed genuinely interested in Twitter and had us on air for eight minutes rather than the usual four! Nerve-wracking stuff but despite a few SNAFUs and stumbles, we managed to get the point across well, we think.
The event takes place in Lavery’s Bunker between 20:00 and 22:30 this evening with entertainment, raffle prizes and good craic (still hate that word!). Pay at the door or buy tickets online at the Belfastwestival website – costs £5, 100% of which goes to the charity (Thanks Laverys!)
Filed under: Belfast, Blogging, Entertainment, Fun, Technology, Thoughts, UK | Tags: Belfast, Blogging, Entertainment, Fun, Technology, Thoughts, UK
This Thursday night, Twitterers from all over Northern Ireland will congregate at Lavery’s Bunker in Bradbury Place, Belfast for a night of fun and craic (hate that word!) and at the same time raise money for charity:water. Similar events will be taking place across the globe on the same day. Everyone’s welcome to attend and Lavery’s management are donating the entrance fee straight to the charity.
It kicks off at 20:00 and there are lots of raffle prizes, entertainment, etc.
For more details, contact:
@belfastwestival
@itsabenzbaby
or check out the website at:
Filed under: Cinema, Culture, Entertainment, Movies, Thoughts | Tags: Cinema, Culture, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Thoughts
Other than watching the original series from the 1960s, I’ve never had much interest in Star Trek. I know there are many Trekkie types out there, but it has never appealed to me that much. That’s why I am surprised that I’m really looking forward to the release of the new prequel coming this year. One of the great features of my iMac is the automatic downloading of film trailers up to 18 months ahead of their showing in the UK and the Star Trek trailer really looks good. One for my list!
Filed under: Entertainment, Fun, Life, Technology, Thoughts, UK | Tags: Entertainment, Fun, Life, Technology, Thoughts, UK
I love this! I stumbled across it via @yellachinook, Â a friend on Twitter. I’ve always been curious about shipping. The comings and goings of ship which appear and disappear over the horizon have always been fascinating for me. Now, when I’m out for a walk with the dog or driving past Belfast Lough, I can get real-time information about the ships and their destinations, when they were built and what type of vessel they are. The site this information comes from is linked below. My Dad will also enjoy it as he has a huge front window view of the Irish Sea just north of Drogheda and the shipping fairly whizzes pasts between Warrenpoint, Greenore, Drogheda and Dublin. Now, if only I could GPS tag my seventeen year old daughter with similar technology, so that I could know where she is all the time, I’d be even happier!
Marvellous!
Ravings From The Bog 