“Sylvia Plath was the Marilyn Monroe of modern literature,” Carl Rollyson wrote in American Isis, his biography of the poet. … More
Category: Health and Fitness
Anne Hathaway Works Out With Marilyn
In a fitness-themed layout for Interview magazine, actress Anne Hathaway tries weightlifting, Marilyn-style – in jeans and a terry-cloth bikini … More
On This Day: Marilyn at Payne Whitney
On February 10, 1961, Marilyn was admitted to hospital in New York, as the world’s press reported a day later … More
Beauty Myths: From Helen of Troy to Marilyn
Published in Italy in 2021, Elena and the Others: The Dark Side of Seduction is a study of beautiful women … More
Marilyn Jetty Swim Returns to Brighton Beach, SA
The annual Marilyn Jetty Swim cancer research fundraiser has returned to Brighton Beach near Adelaide, South Australia, as ABC News … More
Marilyn at Magnum: Portraits in Action
Photographer Eve Arnold’s estate are currently offering this classic image of Marilyn between the sheets (a publicity shot for The … More
Colleen Foy On Nursing Marilyn’s Mother in ‘Blonde’
Actress Colleen Foy made an auspicious big-screen debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic drama, There Will Be Blood (2007.) More … More
Marilyn Works Out Like a Star
These photos of Marilyn demonstrating yoga poses – shot by Ed Cronenwerth during the starlet’s brief tenure at Columbia Pictures … More
Cedars of Lebanon: Marilyn’s Hollywood Hospital
After reading a recent obituary for a nurse who once treated Marilyn, I was reminded of her long history with … More
Rockhaven, Home to Marilyn’s Mother, is Saved
After years of campaigning, Rockhaven – the former women’s sanatarium in Glendale, California, where Marilyn’s mother lived for more than … More