My Week With Marilyn

In My Week With Marilyn, Michelle Williams takes on the formidable challenge of playing '50s screen siren Marilyn Monroe. She proves that she's capable and delivers a performance that goes beyond mimicking Monroe; Williams creates a character that you appreciate outside of the real person. The film follows Marilyn while she was in the UK filming the 1957 movie The Prince and the Showgirl opposite Laurence Olivier, but the story is told from someone far less famous than those Hollywood legends. Colin Clark (played by Eddie Redmayne), a young production assistant on the film, wrote the memoir the film is based on, and the story — and impression of Marilyn — are all from his perspective.

The shooting of the film doesn't go smoothly, due to the difficulties caused by Monroe's acting insecurities. She frustrates Olivier, who is not just her leading man, but also director and producer. Marilyn needs constant support, but when her new husband Arthur Miller has to go back to the US to work, she has to find it elsewhere, and takes a shine to Colin. They become friends and confidantes for a week, and they're a magical few days for Colin. Though he experiences ups and downs with the actress, he still falls for the woman easily, in much the same way that I fell for this lovely film. To find out why I was so charmed by My Week With Marilyn, just keep reading.

Michelle Williams looked magnifique at the Parisian premiere of My Week With Marilyn. Held at the Cinema Gaumont Marignan last night, the 31-year-old teamed her soft pixie crop with sparkling gunmetal liner and a raspberry red lip. It's a slightly fresher and flirtier look than the blood red she sported at the BAFTAs earlier this week and we love how she's continued the colour theme with co-ordinating nails. It's also a stellar example of how well red works on pink.

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We’ve been dying to see My Week With Marilyn ever since we heard Michelle Williams was stepping into the iconic role of Marilyn Monroe. The movie, which is about production assistant Colin Clark’s experience of working with Marilyn during the filming of the 1957 movie The Prince and the Showgirl, has been getting a lot of awards season buzz, particularly for lead Michelle, who’s up for an Oscar and has already won a Golden Globe.

To celebrate its release, we’re teaming up with Village Cinemas Gold Class to host a special screening with some of our Melbourne-based PopSugar readers! Here are the details:

WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 16, 6:15 p.m. arrival for drinks and canapés. Screening starts at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Rivoli Cinemas, 200 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, Victoria.

15 lucky winners will receive a double pass to our Gold Class screening, which will include dinner, drinks and a goodie bag! Winners must be 18 or over.

To be in the running, all you have to do is like our Facebook page and tell us in the comments section below why you’re looking forward to seeing My Week With Marilyn.

Terms and Conditions apply.

Entrants must be VIC-based.

Watch a trailer for the film after the jump.

When we first saw Michelle Williams in GQ's February issue, we couldn't help be drawn to the beautiful lingerie she was sporting on the cover. The bra and briefs, both by Stella McCartney, are available to buy now from Net-a-Porter and boast the perfect functional-but-still-sexy vibe we always look for in our underwear. The contour bra, which blends vintage-style with modern-comfort, features a nude, moulded cup with black straps and fishnet overlay, while the matching briefs are the perfect low-rise shape. Keen to add them to your lingerie drawer? Start dropping those Valentine's hints, pronto.

Stella McCartney bra, approx $104, and briefs, approx $57, available from Net-a-Porter.

She's just been awarded her first Golden Globe for her portrayal as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn, and she's stripped down to her lingerie and taken on the platinum bombshell bob, bold red lip and dark lashes again for the February issue of US GQ magazine. Along with talking about her relationship with Heath Ledger and daughter Matilda, Michelle discussed playing the Hollywood icon, and moving away from sexier roles in both TV and film. "I wouldn't say that that would be one of my first qualities as a human being — being sexy . . . and I think because my character on Dawson's Creek was sexy . . . sexualised . . . sexual . . . I saw all the negative attention and connotations that can come along with that. And that those things can keep people from seeing you clearly." It's not the first time Michelle has donned the signature Marilyn Monroe look for a magazine — she appeared in the October US Vogue issue in a similar fashion.