Marilyn Monroe

Entirely fictional but earlier this year coming to Broadway for one night only, Smash was an NBC television series that went behind-the-scenes with a team of actors, writers and so forth that were involved with an ambitious Broadway musical detailing ...

The headline on the front page of the Detroit Free Press read: “Marilyn Monroe is Dead of Pill Overdose.” Among those shocked by the report was the author Joyce Carol Oates, who years later would write the Monroe-inspired novel Blonde, and who has ...

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell honored in 1953. In July of 1953, Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell went to Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to sign their names and print their hands and feet in concrete. They were being honored for their work in ...

Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Rita Hayworth are often hailed as timeless beauty icons, and while they each had unique looks, there were some vintage beauty hacks they all turned to. From using strawberries as a facial cleanser to using two shades of ...

Marilyn Monroe has been dead 53 years — but you can still own a piece of her. Author Allan Abbott has put the screen legend's hair and “falsies” up for auction on a site called marilynsfalsies.com, with a starting bid of $50,000. Abbott was a former ...

The actress had a little Marilyn-moment as she returned to their 1976 Ford Country Squire station wagon, as she showed off her shapely pins. In a rare moment out of her Manolo Blahnik's, she kept it practical in a pair of neon sneakers and a simple ...

In 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from "acute barbiturate poisoning." South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested; it was the beginning of 27 years ...

It's the movie that hasn't been made yet and Peorian Jack Mertes has the story for the screenplay. It was 60 years ago when Marilyn Monroe visited Bement, a small town located between Champaign and Decatur. It was a media moment--Marilyn, fresh from ...

With its crumbling buildings and empty, cracked swimming pool, Cabo Blanco doesn't look like a getaway to die for. Yet this abandoned resort was once one of the most glamorous places on earth - attracting some of the biggest stars of the 20th century ...

I must admit I'm more a fan of Audrey Hepburn than Marilyn Monroe, but I was a little more than intrigued to learn the history of her iconic “red velvet” photographs that adorned the “Golden Dreams” calendars in the 50's. Back in 1949, an out-of-work ...