Podcasters Go From Norma Jeane to ‘All Things Marilyn’

Two Marilyn-themed podcasts are launching this week. Firstly, All Things Marilyn kickstarts its second season with an exclusive interview with … More

‘What Killed Marilyn’: Biographer Concludes Investigation

The concluding volume in Gary Vitacco-Robles’ two-part series, Icon: What Killed Marilyn Monroe, is available now in hardcover and paperback … More

Screening Marilyn’s ‘Misfits’ in Asteroid City

The Misfits is showing at 1 pm this Saturday, June 3rd, at the Museum of the Moving Image in New … More

The Joy and Sorrow of Richard Avedon’s Marilyn

America’s greatest portrait photographer, Richard Avedon, was born 100 years ago today, on May 15th, 1923. He first met Marilyn … More

A Blonde in Nigeria: Marilyn Inspires Coming-of-Age Tale

Marilyn is featured on the cover of Stephen Buoro’s debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (designed by … More

Reading With Marilyn: Arthur Miller and the American Way

Writing for the New York Sun, Carl Rollyson – author of Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress and Marilyn … More

The Truth About Marilyn’s Jewish Conversion

April VeVea Chambers will give a virtual presentation about Marilyn’s conversion to Judaism via Zoom tomorrow, May 2nd, at 11 … More

Nancy Olson Livingston Remembers Marilyn

Nancy Olson is best-known for her Oscar-nominated performance as Betty Schaefer, a level-headed script reader who lends a hand to … More

Marilyn and the Art of Reading Dangerously

Photographs of Marilyn reading are practically a genre unto themselves, as Audrey Wollen noted in a 2019 essay (see here.) … More

New Book Re-Investigates the Untimely Death of ‘Iconic’ Marilyn

Icon: What Killed Marilyn Monroe – Volume One is the latest book from Gary Vitacco-Robles, author of Icon: The Life, … More