Marilyn Monroe

Recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic outfits in ‘Blonde’

Marilyn Monroe’s on-screen costumes are almost as iconic as her. Think of the hot pink strapless gown she wore to sing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.”

New this week: ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ ‘Blonde’ and Björk

Marilyn Monroe fascination comes to Netflix with ‘Blonde’

Review: Ana de Armas digs deep as Marilyn in brutal ‘Blonde’

Playing Marilyn Monroe was life-changing for Ana de Armas

On This Day - 6 October 1954

In 1954, Marilyn Monroe announced she was divorcing baseball star Joe DiMaggio. (Oct. 6)

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Janet Jackson front row at Siriano’s glam fashion week show

Resplendent in a black trouser suit, Janet Jackson sat front Wednesday at Christian Siriano’s New York Fashion Week show.

On This Day: 5 August 1962

Aronofsky, Iñarritu films set for Venice Film Festival

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” the Marilyn Monroe drama “Blonde,” Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” and Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” with Timothée Chalamet, will all have their world premieres in competition at the Venice International Film Festival this

Drag queen blasts GOP candidate for Arizona governor

Kari Lake, the frontrunner in the Republican primary for Arizona governor, condemned the growing cultural clout of drag queens, jumping into the latest social grievance taking hold on the right.

Ripley’s denies claim Kardashian damaged iconic Monroe dress

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! on Thursday denied claims that Kim Kardashian’s wearing of the iconic Marilyn Monroe “Happy Birthday” dress to the Met Gala left it with new damage.

AP Week in Pictures: Global

May 7-13, 2022

From an elderly woman walking inside a metro station being used as a bomb shelter in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to Britain’s Prince Charles sitting by the The Imperial State Crown in the House of Lords Chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament, in the Houses of Parliament, in London, during Queen Eliza

For auction: Marilyn’s clothes, Thor’s hammer, Cap’s shield

Several gowns Marilyn Monroe donned for “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” are going up for auction this summer along with 1,400 other pieces of Hollywood history.

Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ auction nabs $195M; most for US artist

Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” has sold for a cool $195 million. That makes the iconic portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever auctioned.

Met Gala moment | Kim Kardashian channels Marilyn Monroe

Kim Kardashian went for classic and iconic at the Met Gala, once again breaking the internet by donning one of Marilyn Monroe’s most famous looks.

JCPenney Designs Limited-Edition Collection Inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s Off-Duty Looks

Iconic Marilyn Monroe image by Andy Warhol coming to auction

NEW YORK (AP) — An iconic image of Marilyn Monroe created by Andy Warhol is coming to auction, with Christie’s auction house estimating the price at around $200 million.

Warhol in Tehran: Iranians flock to American pop art exhibit

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian hard-liners, now back at the helm of the country, may regularly rail against the poisoning of Islamic society by Western culture, but in Tehran, Iranians are flocking to the contemporary art museum to marvel at American pop artist Andy Warhol’s iconic soup cans.

St. Louis museum receives donation of 22 ‘masterpieces’

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Joe Jackson autographed 1911 photo sells for $1.47 million

A 1911 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson autographed photograph by Frank W. Smith sold for $1.47 million, the most ever paid for a signed sports photograph.

New Dua Lipa, ‘Just Mercy’ among streaming options this week

NEW YORK (AP) — Yes, the coronavirus pandemic has canceled concert tours, shut down movie theaters and closed down some bookstores, but there’s still plenty to listen to, watch and read while self-distancing.

Marilyn, soup cans, wigs feature in Tate’s Andy Warhol show

LONDON (AP) — Images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe’s lips are on display in a new Andy Warhol show at London’s Tate Modern — alongside several of the artist’s wigs.

Post offices to be named for Marilyn Monroe, Ritchie Valens

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed resolutions renaming two post offices in the Los Angeles area in honor of Marilyn Monroe and rock ’n’ roll legend Ritchie Valens.

Beneath wholesome image, Doris Day was an actor of depth

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The very name “Doris Day,” cheerful as a sunrise on a studio lot, was an invention.

Fashion capital New York considers banning sale of fur

NEW YORK (AP) — A burgeoning movement to outlaw fur is seeking to make its biggest statement yet in the fashion mecca of New York City.

In end of 20th Century Fox, a new era dawns for Hollywood

NEW YORK (AP) — The Fox Studio backlot, first built in 1926 on a Culver City ranch in Los Angeles, was enormous.

Dress Monroe wore to announce DiMaggio split to be auctioned

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The black dress that a distraught Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1954 press conference announcing her separation from baseball legend Joe DiMaggio less than a year after she married him is going up for auction.

Five interesting facts about Champagne

What’s in a name?

Champagne is a sparkling wine that comes from the Champagne region of northeastern France.

James Karen, ‘Mr. Teague’ of ‘Poltergeist,’ is dead at 94

NEW YORK (AP) — James Karen, a prolific and beloved character actor whose hundreds of credits included memorable appearances in “Poltergeist” and “The Return of the Living Dead,” has died.

Florence could rival North Carolina’s 1954 ‘benchmark storm’

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds.

Some like it not: Marilyn Monroe statue has church venting

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Marilyn Monroe’s rear is getting some leers in Connecticut.

A 26-foot statue of the actress has been placed in a Stamford park across the street from a church, which is getting a full view of her behind.

Seward Johnson statues arrive in Stamford

STAMFORD — Passersby on Greyrock Place downtown Tuesday near the Town Center mall were met with a strange sight — more than 30 life-size statues sitting in an empty grass lot.

New York house with celebrity-filled past is on the market

NYACK, N.Y. (AP) — A house that’s been a celebrity magnet for decades is on the market in the New York City suburbs.

Gary W. Moore: The Day the Music Should Have Lived

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Stories and laughter stoke the fire at Mabe’s

ORONOCO — In Saturday’s gloomy dusk, Laurel Schacht was the first to arrive at the funky, homey, loaded-with-history building near the Lake Zumbro Dam.

Some of the famous women who stripped down for Playboy

Over the decades, some of the biggest female stars on the planet have undressed for Playboy pictorials. Here are some of them and the dates they appeared: