American Hostess: When Marilyn Met Perle Mesta

On December 4, 1956, Marilyn held a photo call for the New York press, wearing an usherette’s sash and holding … More

Marilyn Brings ‘Here in America’ to London

Here in America, a new play about the Red Scare – seen through the prism of Arthur Miller and Elia … More

Wartime Blues: Marilyn, Arthur Miller and ‘All My Sons’

When America entered World War II in 1941, Norma Jeane Baker was a high school student in Los Angeles. Shortly … More

Viva Travilla: The Man Who Dressed Marilyn

Marilyn’s most celebrated costume designer, William ‘Billy’ Travilla, is featured in a new TCM book, Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of … More

The Actors Studio: Marilyn’s New York Sanctuary at 75

Writing for W42ST, Sarah Beling looks back on 75 years of the Actors Studio. “‘When I think of home it … More

In the Beginning: Marilyn and Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller: American Witness, a new biography by John Lahr, will be published by Yale University Press on November 1st, … More

Marilyn at Julien’s: In Her Own Words

An array of Marilyn’s film costumes will go under the hammer in the Hollywood Legends event at Julien’s Auctions tomorrow, … More

All ‘About Marilyn’ in Spain

Spanish fans are in for a treat with this new, bumper anthology from Cult Books (who previously reissued Maurice Zolotow’s … More

Marilyn’s Last Picture Show in ‘Yours Retro’

Sixty years after Marilyn shot the infamous ‘pool scene,’ UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro looks back on the troubled production of … More

Method or Madness: Marilyn at the Actors Studio

In my second post on Isaac Butler’s new book, The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act, I look … More