She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality. She is the embodiment of beauty.
]]>Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup known for her raven-haired bangs and saucy come-hither looks, was hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, her agent said Friday.
]]>With Bettie in the news so much lately (thanks to the release of the film The Notorious Bettie Page), wanted to remind everyone that today Bettie Page turned 83 years old.
]]>You can visit the official Bettie Page web site for more info.
]]>The Los Angeles Times has a new interview with Bettie Page -- which is amazing considering the now 82-year-old Page rarely speaks to the press.
"I want to be remembered as I was when I was young and in my golden times…. I want to be remembered as a woman who changed people's perspectives concerning nudity in its natural form."
]]>The Notorious Bettie Page will premiere September 14th at the Toronto Film Festival.
"The film follows Page from her childhood in Nashville to New York, where she moves to pursue her acting dreams. To make ends meet, Page starts modelling and soon gets into nude photography; it is not long before she is posing for sado-masochistic fetish pics. She becomes the first celebrity bondage model in the United States and finds herself at the centre of a Senate investigation into pornography. Soon after, in 1958, she undergoes a rather sudden religious conversion and disappears from the public eye."
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Bettie Page is one of the subjects in a new fictional novel called Still Lifes: Marilyn, Bettie, Joe, Jack and Me by author Chic Popielarz.
"What did Bettie Page have to do with the Bay of Pigs? Who killed Marilyn Monroe? Was Oswald the lone gunman? Did the old man in the nursing home have the answers? A story book for adults illustrated with a series of paintings (primarily nudes) by the author."
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The new joint film company venture between HBO Films and New Line Cinema, now known as Picturehouse, has been announced along with the studio's 2006 film release slate.
Among the new movie releases announced is The Notorious Bettie Page, which is set for a March 2006 debut in theatres. You can read the official New Line Cinema / HBO press release about the new Picturehouse film company here.
Visit the Picturehouse films official site to see a new image of actress Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page.
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