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Cannes Unveils Official Poster For 65th Anniversary Celebrating Marilyn Monroe (Deadline Hollywood)
The Cannes Film Festival has announced it will pay tribute to Marilyn Monroe,
who has been selected as the "icon" of the festival for its 65th anniversary.
The event's offical poster shows the star blowing out a birthday cake --
although this image appears to be from inside a limousine rather than having
to do with her famous rendition of the _Happy Birthday_ song she sang to
President John F Kennedy in 1962. In a statement, the festival said: "Fifty
years after her death, Marilyn is still a major figure in world cinema, an
eternal icon, whose grace, mystery and power of seduction remain resolutely
contemporary. Each of her screen appearances sparks the imagination. The
festival poster captures Marilyn by surprise in an intimate moment where myth
meets reality -- a moving tribute to the anniversary of her passing, which
coincides with the festival anniversary. She enchants us with this promising
gesture: a seductively blown kiss. The festival is a temple of glamour and
Marilyn is its perfect incarnation. Their coming together symbolises the ideal
of simplicity and elegance." The Cannes Film Festival runs May 16-27 this
year.
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