Brittany Murphy with her husband, Simon Monjack. Courtesy of Patrick McMullan. Though very little about the circumstances surrounding the unexpected death of Brittany Murphy can be verified at this point (the L.A. County coroner is expected to perform an autopsy today), one suggestion popping up in tabloid stories about the actress is more specious than others. Take, for instance, this quote from People.com: “In addition to The White Hotel and Clueless, the Atlanta-born Murphy costarred in 8 Mile with Eminem, and Girl, Interrupted…In May of 2007, she married her White Hotel director, Simon Monjack.” The problem: Monjack and Murphy never actually made The White Hotel. It would have been a minor miracle if they had. Published in 1981, D.M. Thomas’ novel The White Hotel has, over the last three decades, earned a reputation as one of the great unadaptable works of modern literature. A six-part postmodern mash-up of poetry, prose,...
- 12/21/2009
- Vanity Fair
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