Real image against the artificially generated one. (Something here seems slightly askew!)
Marilyn and me...real and Manga style.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science focused on building machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intellect, such as reasoning, learning from data, understanding natural language, and making decisions. In this case, I used Generative AI which consists of systems (like large language models) designed to create new content, such as text, images, or audio, based on patterns learned during training. The result, amazing as it may be, still leaves something to be desired. In none of those AI images do I look like myself but instead, I am depicted as a standard clichéd stereotype nondescript character that could be anyone.
The iconic Marilyn Monroe, who died in 1962 at the age of 36, would have turned 100 years old on June 1, 2026. So celebrations have been planned around the world. She was my first crush and has been number one of my Top Ten favorite sexy girls of the Silver Screen list.
But the fact that the Sex Goddess of my youth becomes 100 years old today, makes me realize time has come to start packing my belongings and commence preparing for that long voyage into the afterlife!
This is what happens when old geezers like me watch the Oscars when you haven't seen any of the nominated films and you couldn't care less about the nominees. ( Thank God for Marilyn Monroe!)
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(Notice: The guy in the center of the picture wearing the tuxedo is not included. He's just a client. )
WIKIPEDIA: "Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's sexual revolution."
Marilyn Monroe's career as an actress spanned 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 in the first 8 years of her career. The Internet Movie Data Base lists 33 films to her credit which includes shorts and TV appearances.
So much has been written about her, it is quite pointless to dwell on her career and life details here.
All I can say for myself is that she had sex appeal, charm and talent comparable to no other actress before or since. She has become an icon for several generations and is one of the very few personalities from the 50s that is instantly recognizable today.
Some interesting facts about her:
The licensing of Marilyn's name and likeness, handled world-wide by Curtis Management Group, reportedly nets the Monroe estate about $2 million a year.
The first time she signed an autograph as Marilyn Monroe, she had to ask how to spell it.
She didn't know where to put the "i" in "Marilyn".
Often carried around the book, "The Biography of Abraham Lincoln."
There are over 600 books written about her.
When she was told that she was not the star in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) she verbally said
"Well whatever I am, I'm still the blonde."
Her classic shape, according to her dressmaker, is actually measured at 37-23-36.
Although Monroe's famous nude calendar grossed $750,000,
the actress only got $50 and a bad cold out of it.
Today, 95 years after her birth, Marilyn Monroe is still remembered as one
of the movies most beautiful and widely admired stars.
Here's one of Marilyn Monroe's better remembered songs, from SOME LIKE IT HOT,
featuring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis.
MARILYN MONROE:
ONE OF THE FEW TRUE LEGENDS OF HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE.
