Marilyn Monroe Productions: The Final Audit

When Marilyn left her lucrative contract with Twentieth Century Fox behind to start an independent production company with Milton Greene … More

Method Blondes: Marilyn and Nico

Christa Päffgen, the actress and singer better known as Nico, was born in Nazi Germany in 1938. Her father died … More

‘Widespread Panic’: Marilyn, Fred Otash and the Making of a Modern Myth

Widespread Panic is the latest offering from crime novelist James Ellroy – author of The Black Dahlia and LA Confidential … More

Detective Pens Book on Marilyn’s ‘Bombshell’ Diary

Among the slew of books purporting to solve the ‘mystery’ of Marilyn’s untimely death, only a few are worth the … More

Mystery of John Steinbeck’s ‘Fan Letter’ to Marilyn

American novelist John Steinbeck’s 1955 letter to Marilyn, requesting a signed photo for his nephew, has been an object of … More

Sinatra, Marilyn and the Kennedy Rumour Mill

Tony Oppedisano, once a road manager to Frank Sinatra, has written a memoir, Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small … More

Marilyn Confidential: On the Newsstand

In an interesting article for Mental Floss, Claire Cock-Starkey looks back at 11 Retro Celebrity Magazines. All are now long … More

Marilyn, Jayne Mansfield, and the Story of a Snub

“I’ve never been in a Hollywood fight or feud,” Marilyn once said. “I have the most wonderful memory for forgetting … More

Reporters Tracked Marilyn’s ‘Bustle’ to Fame

Marilyn’s stopover in Vancouver while filming River of No Return in 1953 was well-reported in regional newspapers at the time … More

Marilyn Haunts the Fortean Times

For almost half a century, UK monthly Fortean Times has cast a rigorous eye over the world of strange phenomena, … More