Warhol's depictions of Monroe, such as his 1962 silkscreen Green Marilyn, continue to especially resonate today. The shock of Monroe's death in 1962, aged 36, compelled [Warhol] to make his first portrait of Monroe, Gold Marilyn Monroe, in which her face is enshrined like that of a Byzantine saint against a field of gold.
Hulk Hogan, who died early Thursday at 71 of apparent cardiac arrest, was one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Even now-decades removed from his apex as a performer-Hogan remains the art form's single most iconic cultural presence.
In the beginning, it was - a lot of it had to do with the fact that I was in LA. People just come to LA, you get in the studio... Since then, I’ve been touring about 200-plus shows a year, I take that as a way to experience different genres and meet different artists.
It was impossible to look at photographs and video snippets of Stone during his heyday in the 1960s and early 1970s and not see the bricks and mortar out of which modern pop stars, from Prince to Pharrell Williams, built their image.
Describing Fonseka as a true icon of Sri Lankan cinema whose grace and talent inspired generations, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that her legacy will forever shine in our hearts and on our screens.
