Marilyn at Julien’s: Icon of the Silver Screen

Continuing a series of posts on the upcoming sale at Julien’s Auctions, Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner, and Marilyn Monroe, with … More

Marilyn’s ‘Incurably Romantic’ Dress Sold at Heritage Auctions

More than 30 years after Planet Hollywood first opened, items of movie memorabilia from the New York restaurant went under … More

70 Years Ago: Marilyn’s Millionaire Covers ‘Sight and Sound’

Founded in 1932, Sight & Sound is a UK magazine owned by the British Film Institute (BFI.) For many years … More

Marilyn Sends a Valentine to Tiffany’s

Marilyn may have sung Tiffany’s praises in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), but offscreen she preferred love to diamonds. And for … More

Did Marilyn Reach Out to Rock Hudson?

Marilyn is mentioned briefly in a cover story on Rock Hudson for the latest issue of UK nostalgia mag Yours … More

Marilyn’s ‘Torrid’ Style Inspires US Capsule Collection

Torrid, the US clothing franchise for plus-size women – and an offshoot of Hot Topic – has launched a Marilyn-inspired … More

Bob Willoughby Brings Marilyn to Missouri (and Beyond)

Backstage Hollywood: The Photographs of Bob Willoughby opens today at Crisp Museum, part of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape … More

Remembering Marilyn’s Surprise Call to Barry Cryer

Barry Cryer was one of Britain’s most beloved humourists, writing for a host of entertainers at home and abroad, as … More

‘The Enchanters’: James Ellroy, Fred Otash and Marilyn

In James Ellroy’s latest pulp novel, The Enchanters, Hollywood P.I. Fred Otash investigates Marilyn’s death. Otash was a notoriously unreliable … More

Dining With Marilyn at the Fox Commissary

Writing for Variety, Pat Saperstein remembers the golden age of studio commissaries. Marilyn was photographed in the Fox Commissary on … More