Marilyn Goes East: From Korea to Japan, and Beyond

Marilyn’s two films for director Howard Hawks – Monkey Business (1952) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) – are coming to … More

Marilyn’s Lost Photos: From Paris Match to The Rake

Marilyn is featured in the August issue of The Rake (#107, with Gal Gadot on the cover.) In ‘Portrait of … More

Marilyn at Julien’s: Career and Influences

Ahead of the Estate of Anna Strasberg online event at Julien’s Auctions on Tuesday, August 4, I’m looking at some … More

Marilyn at Julien’s: Home, Friends and Family

A number of Marilyn-related items from the Estate of Anna Strasberg will go under the hammer on Tuesday, August 4, … More

Marilyn in Italy: ‘I’m Nobody’s Dumb Blonde’

Marilyn is the subject of several new Italian books, including Ilenia Rossini’s I’m Nobody’s Dumb Blonde, featuring a cover illustration … More

Timeless Goddess: Marilyn Covers ‘Film TV’ in Italy

Marilyn recently graced the cover of the Italian magazine, Film TV (July 7 edition), with a  photograph taken during a … More

Douglas Kirkland’s ‘Magical Dance’ With Marilyn

Marilyn: A Magical Dance, a new book by Douglas Kirkland, is published by Damiano Books. “Marilyn Monroe would have turned … More

‘Everyone Likes It Hot’: Marilyn in Berlin and Beyond

Everyone Likes It Hot: Marilyn Monroe’s 100th Birthday, a summer movie retrospective, has opened at the German History Museum in … More

Golden Girl: Sophie Dahl’s Ode to Marilyn

The British supermodel turned author Sophie Dahl has posed for a Marilyn-inspired photo shoot alongside a personal essay published in … More

London to Lisbon: Marilyn’s Summer With Andre de Dienes

First released in a 2002 boxset, Marilyn by Andre de Dienes – the greatest of her early photographers – has … More