CenimaGallary: 08/30/09

Let's Hope Marilyn Really Does Roll Over In Her Grave

Woman buys crypt above Monroe's on eBay.

Creepy? Morbid? Sweet? You decide.

I happen to think if you'd like to lay face down directly above Marilyn Monroe's crypt well, I guess that's your right. But still. Wasn't she ogled enough in life? Leave poor Marilyn alone. I truly hope she rolls over for this one.

Not this guy, whose wife bought the uh, final resting peep:

"The price for spending eternity above Marilyn Monroe is more than $4.6 million.

That's how much the crypt directly above the actress went for in an online auction that ended Monday.

"The eBay.com listing says the space at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery above Monroe is being vacated, making room for someone else. The listing also offers the detail that the current occupant is "looking face down on" Monroe, who was laid to rest at the cemetery in 1962.

"Bidding for the auction started at $500,000 on Aug 14. The final bid was $4,602,100.

The Los Angeles Times reported earlier this month that the seller was Elsie Poncher, who was putting her late husband's crypt up for auction to help pay off the $1.6 million mortgage on her Beverly Hills home."

Read it all here.

And that's M.M. above with the brilliant Montgomery Clift during a break filming "The Misfits." I'm sure she'd rather have shared real estate with Monty but, alas, he's long gone and...eBay happened.

Pass The Brownies. No, Those Brownies.

Groovy movie hippies

With Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" opening Friday, MSN Movies Glenn Whipp looks at movie hippies. They really are a lot more fun in the movies. I know this. I went to college at the University of Oregon where, aside from the ultra cool Ken Kesey, hippies were what we liked to call Trusta-farians (oh the 1990's...wait. What the hell do I know about real hippes aside from my parents friends?).

Anyway, If only we had a few more Dude Lebowski's and less Deadheads. Well, we had a few Dudes. And God bless them.

With that, here's the story. It's a groovy list.

"Jimi Hendrix famously wanted to know if you have ever been experienced. If the answer was no, plenty of suitors could have taken you back to the garden where the counterculture crested 40 years ago this month.

"Arriving amid the commemorative books, peace-sign T-shirts and anniversary DVDs is 'Taking Woodstock,' director Ang Lee's meticulous recreation of the events surrounding the greatest happening in the history of popular music. The movie has more than its share of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll as well as hordes of long-haired freaky people, tie-dyed types searching for a little self-realization.

"Hippie sightings in movies are few and far between these days. But righteous, right-thinking peaceniks are far from extinct in film, whether in practice or in spirit. Here are our 10 favorites from the past 40 years."

Here's number one from the cine-hippies, and all I can say is (fist in the air) right on:

"Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda, 'Easy Rider' (1969)

"Peace and love. Hatred and fear. Hopper and Fonda's hippie bikers experience both sides of the coin of freedom on their road trip through America, a land that, according to Jack Nicholson's ACLU lawyer, "used to be a hell of a ... more good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it."

"If Nicholson plays the square, you know Hopper and Fonda must be pretty far out. And they are, riding choppers, dealing drugs, getting wasted and enjoying the fruits of free love.

"But, in the midst of all the incense and peppermints, there is an almost singular self-awareness. 'You know Billy, we blew it,' Fonda tells Hopper near the end of the film. These guys knew the '60s were over before most everyone else, before the crash-and-burn at Altamont, where the optimism of Woodstock suddenly turned into a terrifying nightmare of chaos and the devil got his due."

Bollywood's Tribute to Michael Jackson

Shahrukh Khan has teamed up with some fellow Bollywood actors and singers in a star-studded video tribute to Michael Jackson for would have been his 51st birthday today.

The "My Name is Khan" star has asked his famous friends including actors Shahid Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif, and Priyanka Chopra as well as singers Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, KK, Shreya Ghoshal, and duo Vishal-Shekhar with cricketer Yuvraj Singh to appear in "Make it Large - A Tribute to Michael Jackson."

"The entire world was upset about his demise and so were Shekhar and I. We happened to meet Shahrukh and he also expressed his thoughts about doing something that would be befitting the stature of the man who entertained us for decades. This is how the idea around the music video was born," said Vishal Dadlani who wrote the lyrics to the song.

The clip was directed by SRK’s associate Samar Khan and will be available online today at SRK's Red Chillies Entertainment website. But if you think that the biggest names in the movie industry are doing this to make money, think again.

"The video wasn't created for making money. It's a tribute and I am sure there are millions out there who would want to grab a copy of the song for themselves. We are more than glad to share our sentiments with the rest of the world," said Vishal.

It’s nice to see some of the giants of B-town paying respects to the King of Pop!

Check out the video above and tell us what do you think about it.