On March 28, 1959, Marilyn and husband Arthur Miller attended the New York premiere of Some Like It Hot at … More
Category: Awards and Polls
How Billy Wilder (and Marilyn) Reinvented ‘Some Like It Hot’
Some Like It Hot is included in Swapnil Dhruv Bose’s list of Six Definitive Billy Wilder Films for Far Out … More
Marilyn’s ‘Misfits’ Joins the 100 Best Westerns
The Western was perhaps the most prolific genre of Hollywood’s golden age. Marilyn would make three during her career, starting … More
70 Years Ago: Marilyn at the Oscars
On March 29, 1951, Marilyn made her first (and only) appearance at the Academy Awards, presenting the Oscar for Best … More
Overlooked by Oscar: Marilyn in ‘Some Like It Hot’
With this year’s nominations set to be announced next week, Marilyn’s role in Some Like It Hot is singled out … More
Norman Norell: Marilyn’s Red Carpet Designer
As this year’s (rather subdued) awards season looms, Christian Allaire looks back to Marilyn’s sensational – and as it turned … More
Marilyn Leads Female Front in Hollywood’s Top 75
Marilyn hits the ground running as the highest-placed woman (and fifth overall) in her first poll of 2021, ranking the … More
Marilyn’s Legacy Nets $8 Million in 2020
With net earnings of $8 million this year, Marilyn holds on in 13th place in Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of … More
Marilyn, John Huston and a Hollywood Heist
Setting a blueprint for the genre, The Asphalt Jungle (1950) heads up Esquire‘s list of the 12 Greatest Heist Movies. … More
Revisiting Marilyn’s Salinas
YouTuber Stanley Foss has revisited Marilyn’s February 1948 trip to Salinas, California. The Hotel Jeffrey on Main Street, where she … More
