‘Everyone Likes It Hot’: Marilyn in Berlin and Beyond

Everyone Likes It Hot: Marilyn Monroe’s 100th Birthday, a summer movie retrospective, has opened at the German History Museum in … More

Hollywood Misfit: Marilyn and the ‘Dumb Blonde’ Curse

Writing for UK news weekly The New Statesman (June 26-July 2 edition), Ella Dorn argues that ‘Hollywood failed Marilyn Monroe.’ … More

Marilyn’s Hollywood Haunts (and More) in ‘Yours Retro’

While Elvis Presley is the cover star of UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro‘s October issue (#93), a smaller 1953 photo … More

Marilyn, Diana Dors and More in ‘Yours Retro’

The December 2024 issue of UK nostalgia magazine Yours Retro (#82, with Bette Davis on the cover) includes a 1960s … More

Marilyn and the ‘Divas’ at London’s V+A

Marilyn is featured in DIVA, a new exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A), celebrating the power and … More

‘Clash By Night’ at Columbia’s Film Noir Festival

Clash By Night (1952) will be screened at the Lenfest Centre for the Arts at 2 pm on Sunday, March … More

‘Becoming Herself’: Finding Marilyn’s Feminine Power

The queer feminist academic Sophie Lewis has written a very personal tribute to Marilyn for the November issue of literary … More

When Marilyn Braved the Wrath of ‘King Cohn’

The latest issue of UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro (#53. with Grace Kelly on the cover) includes a 4-page article … More

Will ‘Blonde’ Do Justice to Marilyn?

Amid all the hype surrounding Blonde, due for release this autumn (see here), one very important factor has been largely … More

Reframing Marilyn: The Female Gaze

In an article for NPR, David Bianculli previews the docuseries, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe, beginning tomorrow, January 16, on CNN. “During … More