Brooke Shields
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advertisement for Calvin Klein
- In Calvin Klein
…advertisements featured the teenaged actress Brooke Shields modeling a pair of blue jeans and proclaiming that “nothing comes between me and my Calvins.” Klein’s underwear advertising—with photographs by Herb Ritts and Bruce Weber and models such as actor Mark Wahlberg—helped position men as sex objects. Other controversial ad campaigns included…
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association with Jackson
- In Michael Jackson: Financial difficulties and death
, Brooke Shields, and Al Sharpton. In August 2009 the coroner ruled Jackson’s death a homicide; the cause was a lethal combination of sedatives and propofol, an anesthetic. In November 2011 Jackson’s personal physician was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
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marriage to Agassi
- In Andre Agassi
…with his marriage to actress Brooke Shields, though his tennis continued to suffer because of a recurring wrist injury, and he saw his ranking plummet to 141. The disappointing losses continued through 1998 and early 1999, but they—along with a widely publicized split with Shields in April 1999—failed to shake…
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Studio 54
- In Studio 54: Famous guests and performers
…Taylor, Calvin Klein lounging with Brooke Shields, or Barbra Streisand and Cher hobnobbing with random guests. Woody Allen, James Brown, John Belushi, Raquel Welch, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martha Graham, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis all famously made
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