Continuing a series of posts on the upcoming sale at Julien’s Auctions, Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner, and Marilyn Monroe, with … More
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Running Wild: Marilyn and Billie Holiday
Marilyn’s friendship with Ella Fitzgerald is often cited (and exaggerated), but what about that other great jazz diva, Billie Holiday? … More
Chris Epting’s ‘Pop Culture Road Trip’ With Marilyn
As Chris Epting tells Orange County Magazine, a legendary Marilyn moment on a humble Manhattan subway grate – at 52nd … More
Elliott Erwitt Brings Marilyn Back to New York (and London)
A new revised edition of the 2008 book, Elliott Erwitt’s New York, includes 16 pages of previously unpublished images from … More
‘The Enchanters’: Hollywood Agency Nabs Ellroy’s Marilyn/Otash Novel
James Ellroy’s latest novel, The Enchanters – a heavily fictionalised account of Marilyn’s final days – is being shopped around … More
Remembering Stanley Price’s Lunch With Marilyn
Stanley Price, who died in 2019, was a London-born journalist who later became a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Among his … More
Darryl F. Zanuck, Marilyn and the ‘Fox Blonde’ Musicals
In his latest book, The Gentleman Preferred Blondes, film historian Bernard F. Dick looks back at the musicals produced by … More
Hollywood Historian Cari Beauchamp Has Died
Cari Beauchamp, the author and film historian, has died aged 74. Born in Berkeley, California, she began her career as … More
Beyond the Legend: Marilyn and Ella Fitzgerald
The friendship between Marilyn and Ella Fitzgerald has inspired plays, children’s books, and even an episode of TV’s Drunk History. … More
Elliott Erwitt: Marilyn’s Last Magnum Photographer Dies at 95
Elliott Erwitt, the French-born photographer who joined Marilyn on location for The Seven Year Itch and The Misfits, has died. … More