60 Years Ago: Marilyn Sings for the President

On May 19, 1962 – sixty years ago today – Marilyn sang ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’ to John F. Kennedy … More

Bing Crosby’s Palm Springs Estate – Linked to Marilyn and JFK – for Sale

The Southern California estate formerly owned by singer Bing Crosby – in Rancho Mirage, near Palm Springs – is back … More

Marilyn Inspires ‘Sweater Dress’ Trend

“Want to feel cosy, comfortable and a little bit French? Try a sweater dress,” Jess Cartner-Morley writes in The Guardian. “Look … More

Catching Up With Marilyn in the Year of ‘Blonde’

With the Netflix adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ controversial novel, Blonde, due for release later this year, Vogue has compiled … More

Marilyn’s Last Screenwriter: Walter Bernstein Dies at 101

Screenwriter Walter Bernstein has died aged 101, the Hollywood Reporter announced today. Born in Brooklyn in 1919, he studied at … More

Xavier Loyá: Marilyn’s Mexican Actor Friend

Actor Xavier Loyá has died aged 92, Infobae reports. He was born in Mexico City in 1927, and raised in … More

Marilyn Through the Cinemascope Lens

In the final instalment of his summer-long series for Classic Movie Hub, Gary Vitacco Robles looks at Marilyn’s Cinemascope debut … More

‘Let’s Make Love’: Marilyn’s Last Song and Dance

In the latest installment of his ongoing series for Classic Movie Hub, Gary Vitacco Robles looks at Marilyn’s ‘last completed … More

Marilyn Steps Out of the Chorus

Made on a shoestring budget during her brief tenure at Columbia, Ladies of the Chorus (1948) gave Marilyn her first … More

Marilyn Beats the Odds in ‘River of No Return’

Marilyn faced multiple challenges while filming River Of No Return: a script she disliked, an unsympathetic director, and performing dangerous … More