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