Marilyn’s Strap Spectacular in Magnum Photo Sale

This evocative image of Marilyn amid the paparazzi – captured by Eve Arnold during a 1956 press conference with Sir … More

Robert Ginna: Writer Who Shared Marilyn’s First LIFE Cover Dies at 99

Marilyn’s first LIFE cover, published in April 1952, was portentuous for several reasons. Philippe Halsman’s photo of her in an … More

Untold Hollywood: Marilyn and Norma Jean Cohen

The filmmaker and historian David Stenn – best-known for his biographies of Clara Bow and Jean Harlow – has created … More

Frank Sinatra’s Hollywood Home Sold for $5 Million

Frank Sinatra’s luxurious former home in the San Fernando Valley has been sold for $5 million, as Emily Davis reports … More

Gus Luijters: Author of Marilyn’s ‘Never-Ending Dream’, and More

Guus Luijters, the Dutch journalist and poet whose subjects ranged from Marilyn Monroe to the Holocaust, has died, AT5 reports. … More

Reconsidering Marilyn’s Retakes in ‘Yours Retro’

Marilyn appears in the January 2025 issue of UK nostalgia magazine Yours Retro (#83, with Doris Day on the cover), … More

Marilyn, Bing Crosby and a Rancho Mirage Mystery

The former estate of singer Bing Crosby at Rancho Mirage, near Palm Springs, California – often linked to Marilyn and … More

French Writers Go ‘Beyond the Lies’ With Marilyn

Marilyn Beyond the Lies, a new book by French author Frédéric Debomy, analyses the ‘fantasies and manipulations’ around the Monroe … More

Fake News: Marilyn’s ‘Criminal Connection’ to Ronnie Kray

Marilyn landed on the front page of the UK’s Daily Star today, with what may be her strangest headline story … More

Marilyn and ‘Les Premiers Influenceurs’

Influencers may be a fairly recent phenomenon, but in the latest issue of Numéro Spécial we look back at ten … More