NEWS
· · October 30, 2008
· I wrote Mr. Eli Wallach a letter not too long ago along with a photo of him and Marilyn on set of The Misfits. Mr. Wallach was kind enough to not only sign my photo, but sent me another signed photo of himself with Misfits director John Huston. Mr. Wallach also wrote me a personal letter which I am very, very thankful for. Here is a portion of the letter about Marilyn and The Misfits:
"Marilyn was a real trooper - worked hard... but had problems with Arthur Miller and their marital affairs - Gable and Huston were wonderful, helping her through her anxieties."
Mr. Wallach also went on to say that in the paperback verson of his book, The Good, The Bad and Me, that he wrote a whole chapter on The Misfits. I would like to send a big Thank You to Mr. Wallach for taking the time to not only read my letter and send me autographed photos, but to write me a letter as well. Click here to view my autographs.
I also received an autographed photo of Don Murray of Bus Stop! Mr. Murray was kind enough to send along a 4x6 black and white autographed photo as well! Mr. Murray is not only a great actor but a film director too! Thank You Mr. Murray for your generousity.
Click here to view my autographs.
· · October 14, 2008
· Actress and Marilyn Monroe impersonator, Susan Griffiths, filmed an international Mercedes-Benz commercial as Marilyn Monroe after winning a world-wide contest along with Kent Moran who plays James Dean. Click here to watch the behind-the-scenes footage (the commercial plays afterward).
You can also catch Susan Griffiths on the cover of the November issue of GQ Magazine with Jimmy Kimmel. Click here to check out images and video.
links: susangriffiths.com, mercedes-benz.tv, men.style.com/gq
· The November issue of Vanity Fair showcases exerpts from Tony Curtis' new memoir, American Prince, including a so-called "affair" with Marilyn Monroe. Mr. Curtis will appear on The View and The Today Show on Wednesday, October 15th.
links: vanityfair.com, tonycurtis.com
· REMINDER: The Saginaw Art Musuem in Saginaw, Michigan, USA will hold an exhibition titled, Life As A Legend: Marilyn Monroe. Through the art of Andy Warhol, Allen Jones, Peter Blake, Richard Avedon, Bert Stern, Henri Cartier-Bresson and many others, Marilyn is celebrated as an artists muse. For more information click here.
· · September 25, 2008
· A photographer has sued for the return of seven photographs he took of Marilyn Monroe in the nude during the legendary "last sitting" in a hotel room just weeks before her death.
Photographer Bert Stern, who owns the rights to thousands of Monroe images, shot the photographs in question in July 1962 at the Bel Air Hotel. He is demanding the prints from three people who obtained them.
Stern had sold the pictures to "Eros Magazine," but the images were never returned, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court.
Stern did not realize the images were missing until he was approached by three individuals who had obtained the photographs and wanted to license them, said his lawyer Stephen Weingrad. Click here to read more.
source: reuters.com
· Rare film footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of her 1959 hit "Some Like It Hot" sold at auction Thursday night for US$14,624.
The two-and-a-half minute eight mm film, which features Monroe goofing around with co-stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, was shot by a U.S. naval officer who was invited to the set after Monroe visited his base in San Diego.
The sailor's daughter, who moved to Australia's Victoria state, discovered the film by chance among her late father's possessions.
The footage, which was snapped up by an unnamed collector from Sydney, was expected to sell for between US$16,721 and US$20,896.
"Admittedly our pre-sale estimate was something of a guess. The sale price was in the ballpark but we didn't have too much to compare it with," auctioneer Charles Leski of Leski Auctions said. "Our only comparison -- the only other bit of amateur footage of Monroe that changed hands at an auction -- was a 47-minute film shot by an extra on another of her films, 'The Misfits,' which was sold in Las Vegas in June for $US60,000."
The film shows Monroe surrounded by sailors at the base and later cuts to scenes from the movie set.
Monroe won a Golden Globe award in 1960 for her performance in the screwball comedy classic. She died in 1962 from a drug overdose.
source: The Associated Press
· · September 23, 2008
· More than seven decades after Life first appeared as a magazine devoted to photojournalism, the venerable brand is to be resurrected as a website early next year.
Announced Tuesday, the site will let visitors search and browse through some 10 million professional images from Life's archives, the bulk never before seen by the public, plus thousands of photos of current events that will be added each day. Visitors will be able to view the photos, share them or print them out for noncommercial use - all for free.
Visitors will have access to Life's outtakes - for instance, about 300 that photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took of Marilyn Monroe beyond the half-dozen or so that got published, Blau said. Click here to read more.
source: The Canadian Press
· · September 12, 2008
· A man by the name of Leonard Cormier, who briefly dated Marilyn Monroe (then known as Norma Jeane Baker) after her divorce from Jimmy Dougherty, passed away on June 16th due to cancer. Cormier reportedly dated Norma Jeane while she was a model and not yet a Hollywood starlet. Click here to read more.
· Marilyn Monroe was ranked at #9 out to 10 celebrities on Sympatico/MSN's list of most sought after celebritiy photo's. The website states that it was the Golden Dreams calendar that made Marilyn famous but that is not the case. Marilyn was already known in Hollywood and was then recognized in the calendar after it had been published. Marilyn, being ahead of her time, admitted to posing nude as she needed the money at the time. Posing nude in those days could kill a starlet's career, but the public adored Marilyn for her honesty and understood her need for money as a struggling model. Click here to read the article.
Top Ten Sought After Celebrities:
1. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
2. Jennifer Aniston
3. Sarah Jessica Parker
4. Katie Holmes
5. Anna Nicole Smith
6. Britney Spears
7. Michael Jackson
8. Princess Diana
9. Marilyn Monroe
10. Brad Pitt (solo)
· · September 03, 2008
· Pick up the October issue of Vanity Fair featuring a gorgeous photo of Marilyn Monroe on the cover as well as a 17 page article on some of Marilyns personal items that have recently been revealed to the public. Click here to read more info.
· Franklin Mint collectible dolls are now available from My Favorite Doll (MFD.net)! Click here to check out the Marilyn Monroe Franklin Mint collectibles available.
· · August 27, 2008
· A collection of 300 Madonna outfits are going on display in February 2009 in a new exhibition titled, Simply Madonna, Materials of the Girl. Highlights include the pink dress from Madonna's Material Girl music video, which was inspired by Marilyn Monroe's Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend number from the 1953 movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
source: thisisleicestershire.co.uk
· The Saginaw Art Musuem in Saginaw, Michigan, USA will hold an exhibition titled, Life As A Legend: Marilyn Monroe. Through the art of Andy Warhol, Allen Jones, Peter Blake, Richard Avedon, Bert Stern, Henri Cartier-Bresson and many others, Marilyn is celebrated as an artists muse. For more information click here.
· · August 12, 2008
· Mattel will be launching a new line of Barbie dolls to celebrate the most iconic blondes of American History, starting with Marilyn Monroe! This will be a great addition to those who love to collection Marilyn dolls! The series is titled Blonde Ambition Collection 2009 and will be available in March. Price range is around $50 US. Click here to pre-order from My Favorite Doll (MFD.net)!!
I have ordered many dolls from My Favorite Doll in the past and have pre-ordered my own Marilyn and Elvis & Priscilla Giftset and their services are amazing! My Favorite Doll is the ONLY place I order my dolls from.
The Elvis & Priscilla Giftset is sold out on BarbieCollector.com, but you can still order it from MFD.net! Click here and order now and don't waste your money bidding on ebay!!
· · August 07, 2008
· "Queen of Pop" Madonna liked to think that she was legendary sex siren Marilyn Monroe. According to the New York Post, Monroe’s ex husband, Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio often told friends that Madonna thought she was the famous blonde star.
What’s more, Madge was also reportedly crazy about DiMaggio because he’d been married to Monroe. He also mentioned her Vogue song in which she would rap “Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and DiMaggio.”
However, the Yankee Clipper wasn’t so eager to meet Madge, seeing her interest in him as weird bordering on creepy.
source: Entertainment and Show Biz
· · August 05, 2008
· The face of Marilyn Monroe has been reflected in so many pictures, and a lot of them are in the Andrew Weiss Gallery.
The gallery displays everything from Norma Jean to the ballerina she portrayed for photographer Milton Greene, and the Tom Kelley 1949 calendar pinup that became Playboy's first centerfold.
Photographs from the Edward Weston Collection are on exhibit and for sale. The images allow for an intimate look at the career of an icon.
"The camera loved her," said gallery owner Andrew Weiss. "She was probably the most photographed person ever, and she loved it. There are very few bad photographs, if any, of her."
The exhibit has chance snapshots from her honeymoon flight to Japan with Joe DiMaggio and even a publicity still shot from the movie that was never finished, "Something's Got to Give."
The collection also includes some rare photos by Bert Stern that have not been retouched. In fact, her appendix scar is visible in one picture.
An unreleased documentary is showing at the gallery. It is another way to see the screen legend.
"When I first made the movie people were saying, 'Well, isn't there enough about her?' There really isn't a move that tells the full story, and everything from her point of view," filmmaker Allan Holzman said.
It explores her brush with the Kennedys and considers whether there might be a link to her drug overdose death 46 years ago.
For the filmmaker, it has been a five-year labor of love.
"She's impossible not to fall in love with," Holzman said.
The exhibit continues through the end of the month. A portion of the proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
If she had lived, what would an 82-year-old Marilyn think of this?
"You can never imagine her old, or at least I can't, because she's forever young," Weiss said.
source: ABC News Los Angeles, CA - Adrienne Alpert
· · August 01, 2008
· About 500 items are put up for auction by GottaHaveIt.com, a New York company that sells sports and entertainment memorabilia.
Among the items are the blue jeans worn by Marilyn Monroe in River of No Return, a 1954 film that paired her with Robert Mitchum. Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, who paid $37,000 for them at a 1999 auction, gave the jeans to Britney Spears as a gift.
Ms. Monroe's jeans are expected to fetch $65,000 to $75,000. Online bids can be submitted through Wednesday.
· · July 17, 2008
· On June 26, 2008, Styles Checks launched the new “Marilyn Monroe” product suite via its website. The personal checks offer four rotating scenes that feature the memorable actress in both innocent and seductive poses. Also on the checks are quotes spoken by Monroe, and all is encompassed by matching borders with small, embedded lipstick marks. As part of the “Marilyn” collection, Styles Checks is also offering matching labels that feature the same portraits as the checks. The personal contact cards offered by Styles Checks allow you to customize your personal contact information against a background of the famous wind-blown Marilyn, while the checkbook cover portrays a more serene actress peaking out of an open window while running her fingers through her blonde locks.
Styles Checks prides itself on being able to appeal to the many interests and hobbies of all consumers. With the release of the recent and very feminine “Marilyn Monroe”, new enthusiasts and collectors alike will be able to fall in love with Styles Checks and all the financial products it has to offer. Marilyn Monroe captured the hearts of America once. Now, with the help of Styles Checks, her legacy will live on in the hearts of all her fans. Click here to view Marilyn styled checks.
source: The Open Press
· A Marilyn Monroe inspired fashion line is in the pipeline, just 46 years after the icon's death. The brain child of Shaw Archives, an agency who own over 400 images of Marilyn and a UK-based clothing company, Blues Clothing, want to launch a retro look line of clothes in Europe from the start of 2009.
· · July 11, 2008
· Actress/Singer, Lindsay Lohan, has unveiled her leggings fashion line (yes, LEGGINGS) which is named 6126, after the birthday of Marilyn Monroe. One pair of leggings in particular have quilted leather knee patches (let's be honest here, they are knee pads) and guess what she has named them: MR. PRESIDENT LEGGINGS. If she is a true Marilyn fan, how could she demean her like that?? It is said on the 6126 shopping website that Marilyn was her inspiration for the collection. Click here to check out Lindsays trashy leggings.
· · June 22, 2008
· The 47-minute color silent film footage of Marilyn Monroe on set of The Misfits has been auctioned for $60,000. The film consists of Marilyn and her co-stars relaxing between takes and mingling with crew members. The Misfits was the last completed film of both Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable.
· · June 20, 2008
· StarPulse.com compiled a list of the top ten Playboy bunnies as voted by the public with Marilyn Monroe taking top spot. The top ten list is as follows:
1. Marilyn Monroe
2. Pamela Anderson
3. Kim Kardashian
4. Carmen Electra
5. Cindy Crawford
6. Jenny McCarthy
7. Denise Richards
8. Stephanie Seymour
9. Farrah Fawcett
10. Rachel Hunter
· Movie magic is back for the summer of 2008 at the Tennessee Theatre. The downtown Knoxville theatre's annual Summer Movie Magic classic film series presents six movies made from 1934 to 1979. Tickets (plus service charges) for each film are general admission and cost $8 for adults, $6 for ages 12 and younger or senior citizens 60 and older. Series passes are $40.50 and $30. Among the list of films is The Seven Year Itch featuring Marilyn Monroe.
source: knoxnews.com
· · June 17, 2008
· Actress and dancer, Cyd Charisse, passed away today in Los Angeles, California from an apparent heart attack.
Charisse played Bianca in the unfinished 1962 film, Something's Got To Give, opposite Marilyn Monroe, who played Ellen. Charisse was 86 years old. Condolences to her family, friends and fans.
· · June 16, 2008
· Many items once belonging to Marilyn Monroe will go on sale today during Bonhams and Butterfields' auction in Los Angeles.
Click here to read article.
· Photo's taken by the Black Star agency were of the most famous people and ended up on covers of Life Magazines. The collection of images were donated to Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, and is now displayed at the Canadian Embassy in D.C. One of the many stars recognized in the display is of course, Marilyn Monroe.
· · June 14, 2008
· The high-light of the Julien's Summer Auction 2008 is the two 8mm color silent film footage of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable on set of their movie The Misfits from 1961. However, another major high-light will be George Barris' merchandising rights to 114 images he took of Marilyn Monroe on the set of the Seven Year Itch in 1954. Never before has anyone sold the merchandising rights with full copyrights in place. Other items being auctioned off by Barris are some of the finest gelatin silver prints ever printed of his work, all signed by the artist. His camera that he shot Marilyn with and his original notes from his interview with Marilyn Monroe may also be up for auction.
source: pr-usa.net
· · June 12, 2008
· Last March, Marilyn Monroe's Estate lost a courtroom war against the photographers of Marilyn's many famous images, claiming the estate was
"trying to defend her reputation from unauthorized merchandise such as t-shirts." Note the key word in that sentence is unauthorized. They don't care if Marilyn's face appears on a t-shirt, as long as they say so and get a cut of the commission.
The only reason Marilyn Monroe's Estate is continuing to fight in court is to have the rights to Marilyn's images, likeness, voice, everything. Why? So they can cash in on CMG's biggest money maker.
After their win last March, the photographers of Marilyn's famous photo's got together and created Legends Licensing. Now they have the right to let their images of Marilyn be used commercially or not. After all, those images were taken by them. Marilyn's Estate lost the battle against the photographers because the law protects deceased celebrities who were residents of Los Angeles. In the past, it's been reported that the estate listed Marilyn as a New York resident to avoid certain taxes. But once they tried to use that law against the photographers, they lost.
It didn't take long for them to fight back. I got an e-mail yesterday claiming that Marilyn's Estate has enlisted actor Martin Sheen to "press for action before the state Legislature adjourns June 23", to protect the rights of deceased celebrities. While I agree that deceased celebrities should be protected, the Marilyn Monroe Estate isn't trying to protect anything but their bank accounts. They aren't trying to stop anyone from making a Marilyn Monroe coffee mug or t-shirts because they already gave the 'okay' to do so in the past. So, really, it's hard to believe their claim of trying to protect Marilyn's image and act like it isn't about money.
If CMG, Marilyn Monroe's Estate and Marilyn's "heirs" want to protect her image and legacy, why not treat Marilyn for what she's worth? Why not DO something to HONOR her for once? Marilyn's "official website" (run by CMG) has been down for quite some time now but once the Estate was in the news again it magically came back. Did they not realize it was down until they put themselves in the news? The site is filled with commercial products and is never updated (you can still buy Christmas stocking stuffers from the main page).
For those who don't know, Marilyn has no real "heirs". The people getting all the money is CMG and Lee Strasberg's widow, Anna Strasberg, who has NEVER met Marilyn Monroe yet thinks she has the right to sell all of her personal belongings and own the rights to everything about her. Why didn't she give Marilyn's belongings to a museum or to Marilyn's half-sister and neice??
"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful." - Marilyn Monroe
The above is my personal opinion from the following information source: newsday.com
· · June 10, 2008
· Britney Spears visited the Hollywood Forever Cemetery over the weekend and after looking at the graves of Marilyn Monroe and Italian actor Rudolph Valentino, decided she wants to be laid to rest there.
A source told Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "Britney is fascinated with Marilyn and visits her grave often. Since she's been getting her life together she's been reading about the star and recently has been glued to a book about the actress."
"She's fascinated that Marilyn asked her favourite make-up artist to make her look beautiful after she died and picked her own burial plot. So when Britney saw Rudolph Valentino's grave at the cemetery she shrieked and said she wanted one."
"She told her aides, 'I'm going to live so I want to be brought to the Forever Cemetery when I'm 101.' "
Britney - who was at the graveyard to see a screening of Mick Jagger film 'Performance on Sunday' - has been working hard to get her life back on track following her alleged breakdown in January.
Following a stand-off with police, she lost custody of her two sons, Sean Preston, two, and 20-month-old Jayden James, to ex-husband Kevin Federline.
She was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Los Angeles but since being released she has made a great improvement and was recently given back supervised visitation rights with her sons.
source: BANG Media
Ms-Monroe.com: The only problem here is that Britney was in the WRONG cemetary. Marilyn is buried at Pierce Bros. Westwood Memorial Park!
· · June 09, 2008
· Last year, David Beckham purchased a near-naked portrait of Marilyn Monroe from the swanky Beverly Hills-based gallery The Celebrity Vault to hang in the master bedroom of his Hollywood home as a gift to his wife, Victoria Beckham. But it seems "Terminator"-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger also has an expensive soft spot for the screen siren.
Pop Tarts confirmed that Schwarzenegger just purchased an original portrait of Monroe (covered only by a bedsheet) from the same place to complement the James Dean he also bought recently.
“Initially he was interested in some of the male music figures,” our source said. “But then he fell in love with the very candid Marilyn shot.”
The sassy snap is rumored to be worth several thousand dollars.
source: FOX News - USA
· Lindsay Lohan has landed a deal with Fred Segal to sell her leggings fashion line called "6126" - named after Marilyn Monroe's birthday. Marilyn is a LEGEND. Why would someone associate her with a LEGGINGS fashion trend? TACKY.
· · June 03, 2008
· Super hot actress and Marilyn Monroe fan Megan Fox of Transformers fame gave the infamous "Marilyn pose" during the gold carpet event at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards. The awards show took place this past Sunday which was Marilyn's birthday. A fan was set up on the gold carpet for starletts to give their best Marilyn pose. Unfortunetly for Lindsay Lohan the fan only showed her nude colored slip and black underwear. She laughed off the embaressment and continued to let photographers take her picture, this time placing her hands infront of her but didn't pose like Marilyn.
Click links for images: Megan Fox01 - Megan Fox02 - Lindsay Lohan01 - Lindsay Lohan 02
· The Hollywood Museum is hosting a party for what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 82nd birthday.
Some remember her as a singer, an actress, a model, or a sex symbol.
The Hollywood icon is still loved by many nearly 50 years since her passing.
As a part of her birthday celebration, 100 never-before-seen items belonging to Marilyn are on display at the museums extensive Monroe exhibit.
source: FOX News - USA
· · June 02, 2008
· The “Last Photos of Marilyn Monroe” Photography Exhibition Opens on June 20, 2008 at the Andrew Weiss Gallery, Beverly Hills.
In celebration of Marilyn Monroe's 82nd birthday, the gallery will launch a landmark exhibition and sale of original photographs of Marilyn Monroe, open to the public June 20 through August 2nd 2008 at their prestigious Beverly Hills gallery.
The collection will include signed, unique printings of Bert Stern’s Last Sitting, never before seen in the United States.
These photos, taken by Bert Stern, fashion photographer of Vogue magazine, were some of the last captured of the legendary star who died tragically only six weeks later.
While some images were published in a well known portfolio, many of the remaining photos have never been exhibited, or made available for sale.
This special show will feature some of those remaining photographs. Click here to read the rest of this article.
source: West Hollywood News - USA
· · June 01, 2008 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARILYN!
· Today would have been Marilyn's 82nd birthday. Hold a good thought for Marilyn today.
· · May 30, 2008
· A certain Ebay seller always seems to have 'authentic' and 'owned' Marilyn merchandise for sale. Most of the photo's of their items are clearly NOT the items in the accompanying images of Marilyn wearing them. This goes for the other merchandise that are claimed to be owned by other celebrities as well. Click here to view their items and judge for yourselves. I don't mean to call their items fake, but the pics judge for themselves, I think.
· · May 29, 2008
· New rare footage of Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Misfits will be auctioned by Julien's Auction next month at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. The bidding for the two 8mm 47 minute color silent films will start between $10,000 to $20,000.
Click here to watch 37 seconds of the footage.
source: Associated Press - USA
All news before May 29th have been archived.
