New York Times May 11, 2022 Front Page

McConnell's Press Conference

Went to New York Times Home Page. On the left, below "Today's Paper"—
The Times in Print For Date, Scrolled to May Calendar and clicked to "May 11, 2022".
However the Front Page is different from the image that Cavada linked to. Went to
Cavada's Skills Workshop Tape (5-11-2022), and took a screen shot of the NY Times
May 11 Front Page and cropped in Photoshop (shown above).

2. Link to "Warhol's Marilyn Sold for $195 Million"

Christies Auction May 9, 2022

Andy Warhol's 1964 Shot Sage Blue Marilyn

In under four minutes of bidding, Andy Warhol's 1964 silk-screen of the actress' face,
"Shot Sage Blue Marilyn", sold for about $195 million to an unknown buyer at Christie's
in New York, making it the highest price achieved for any American work of art at auction.

3. Previous Record-Breaking Artworks at Auction

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) "Skull" (1982) sold for $110.5 Million

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" (1963) sold for $105.4 Million

The 40"x40" Blue Marilyn painting, a trophy given its vibrant colors and glamorous subject matter,
eclipsed previous high price of $110.5 million for a Basquiat skull painting at Sotheby's (May 2017)
as well as Warhol's auction high for a car crash painting that sold for $105.4 million (November 2013).

4. Joyce Carol Oates: "Marilyn Maybe Assassinated"

Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938)

"Blonde" (2000) by Joyce Carol Oates

Ana de Armas stars in "Blonde" (2022)

Iona McLaren writes in The Telegraph (April 22, 2022): “'It's possible she was assassinated': Joyce Carol Oates
on Marilyn Monroe”. One of the most prolific novelists, Joyce Carol Oates wrote a 738 pp novel "Blonde" (2000),
that chronicles the inner life of Marilyn Monroe. Today, anything Monroe touched is coveted with a religiosity
comparable to the medieval mania for the relics of saints. In 2016, the dress she wore to sing "Happy Birthday,
Mr President" to JFK in 1962 was bought by Ripley's Believe It or Not Museums for $5 million. Does Oates
share the view that Monroe was killed— because of the Kennedies, because of the Mafia, or both? "It's possible
that she was assassinated". Oates points out that Monroe's house had been cleaned out, and her telephone records
expunged before LAPD arrived at the scene. They came after some other law enforcement— probably the FBI.

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