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Nude Madonna Pic Fools Monroe Expert

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, AP
Posted: 2008-02-20 17:34:47
Filed Under: Movie News, Music News
LAS VEGAS (Feb. 20) - Imitation can be the sincerest form of confusion.

So learned a Las Vegas man who alerted the media this week that he thought he had his hands on a rare photo of Marilyn Monroe posing nude as a hitchhiker. What he had was a famous photo of Madonna.

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The image of the Material Girl, who often cast herself as a sort of latter-day Monroe, appeared in "Sex," her 1992 book of risque photography. In it, she posed in heels and handbag, with a cigarette in her mouth.

What's Your Take?

Lawrence Nicastro, 73, said he found the grainy, poster-size photo last year while going through storage items at his home in Las Vegas. He believed it had been left by a customer at his service station in the Bronx in 1962.

Nicastro and his wife, Phyllis, said they had spent about four months researching the origin of the photograph and called in Chris Harris, a publicist and Monroe expert, for help authenticating it.

Harris said it was a dead ringer for Monroe and scheduled a Wednesday news conference to unveil the image to reporters.

The two men gave The Associated Press a sneak peak Tuesday.

"You're right; it's Madonna," Harris said after being told of the mix-up. Harris said he believed someone had slipped the poster into Nicastro's storage as a prank.

"If there ever was an embarrassing moment," he said, adding that he planned to go ahead with the news conference to "face the music."

There is one person, he noted, who should feel good about the mistaken identity.

"Who wins here? Madonna, of course," Harris said. "She really looks like Marilyn Monroe."

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sherrybretz 02:20:18 AM Mar 02 2008

if you used me to make him jealous that's sick and cruel.
You made him sick and I bet you have no regret. His health is failing because he fell in Love

sherrybretz 02:06:57 AM Mar 02 2008

The mind is a terrible thing to waste on a Boy Toy Michael.
Let Hollywood have the lush and you go find yourself a real genius with a heart.
(One you don't have to medicate and babysit or cry about) Hollywood will love another loser.

sherrybretz 02:01:40 AM Mar 02 2008

No if you stop hiding and listen to the real truth, I'll show you Yourself

sherrybretz 01:59:58 AM Mar 02 2008

Michael is the brains behind your operation and we both know it. Without him you couldn't tie your shoe without falling down.
I was the power, never you. It was Me!
Your over inflated ego is strictly air.
It's never been anything more. A lush interior decorator with words who met a horror psychologist who added horror and dimension to his mind. You have always been insane and he has to follow you around to make you keep a lid on your blapperpipe

herpesdate 01:59:27 AM Feb 28 2008

THESE GUYS ARE SUCH M0RONS - TOTAL COMPLETE IDI0TS Check his dating photo on" stdpal.com"

ldesilvi 03:39:22 AM Feb 26 2008

This whole thing has got to be a staged hoax. There is no way this so called "expert" mistook this picture. For starters, how couldn't anyone not notice the 1990 ish cars in the background? And that looks like MM? Please. Not even close. I'll bet it'll come out that he got paid for this by Madonna. Why else would he have the news conference anyway after he "found out it was Madonna" to "face the music" and proclaim "She does look like Marilyn Monroe"? Get the f c k out of here.

njrealtorpage 08:57:56 AM Feb 25 2008

Madonna sucks and has never done anything for the good of mankind....Her and her little side kick husband have no talent whatsoever. Stay in England where you belong.

soccerstar9263 09:25:52 PM Feb 24 2008

They must b rlly stupid 2 think thts marilyn monroe they barely look alike!!!

mickeyscrush804 04:34:38 PM Feb 24 2008

and how is this important?

dadivamama 02:31:46 AM Feb 24 2008

Marilyn Sized 14.(Ave. sized woman.)
Madonna Sized 4? (Emaciated?)
Any questions?

Christine

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