Marilyn Monroe News

Fremont Community Theatre will present the Teen Theatre production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin and music by Jule Styne.

June 19--"Berberian Sound Studio" -- the creepily offbeat new British independent film in which Toby Jones plays a timorous sound-effects specialist working on a '70s Italian horror flick -- takes its title and inspiration from the late American mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian.

Marilyn Monroe has been gone for over 50 years, but the fascination with the Hollywood sex symbol has endured and the mystic remains.

Last fall, Zach booked musical theatre legend Bernadette Peters to bless the Topfer Theatre with its first performance.

Tonight "Love, Marilyn" is a documentary that attempts to delve into the psyche of Marilyn Monroe via her letters, notes and diaries.

There's a certain genius to the concept behind Liz Garbus' documentary about Marilyn Monroe, 'Love, Marilyn,' airing at 9 tonight on HBO.

Cameras capture tales of family heirlooms, yard sale bargains and long-lost items salvaged from attics and basements, while experts reveal the fascinating truths about these finds.

Leona Helmsley, the widow of multibillionaire Harry Helmsley, gave $12 million in trust for her dog, Trouble, while disinheriting two of her grandchildren.

Some old Hollywood crimes just don't go away. The death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 is one of those cases.

HORSE POWER follows the British actor as he travels the world to unravel the true story of how man and horse first got together, what the horse has done for humans through the ages, and what the horse still means to us today.

Damages star Glenn Close, 66, pays homage to Marilyn Monroe in HBO's documentary, Love, Marilyn .

The Prime Time Emmys get Neil Patrick Harris. "The 40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards" get a a weather dude.

A new series of Mystery Girl a.k.a. "Bubblehead" street art by artist Mike McNeilly has just been created on the streets of L.A. The street art & super murals with vital messages are portraits of a beautiful girl named Robyn, nicknamed "Bubblehead."

These old-school Hollywood style photos for Vogue Italia are part of a glamorous Marilyn Monroe-inspired editorial.

It's not often that a celebrity navigating the potential pitfalls of a red carpet is thankful for a strong gust of wind - not unless you are Marilyn Monroe that is.

In an extraordinary twist, the film star who started her career in 1946 modelling for the Douglas Aircraft Company in its then brand new 70-seat DC-6B passenger aircraft has been voted as the most glamorous flight attendant.

Where haven't you seen Marilyn Monroe, star of such classics as 1953's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and 1959's "Some Like It Hot"? Her early death at age 36 launched an entire industry of memorabilia - her image can be found on plates, T-shirts, posters, paintings and more.

GLOBE reports on this week's Jun 24th cover that Marilyn Monroe's death tape has been discovered! It appears as if a private investigator was bugging Monroe's room when she died and he kept the tape.

'So, how did you get all these big stars to participate in this documentary?' I asked Liz Garbus, the director of 'Love, Marilyn,' which appears on HBO June 17. Garbus replied, 'One word - Marilyn! Every person I approached wanted in, as soon as they heard that name.'

Few things go together as well as summertime and the movies. Once God created air conditioning what year was that again? it was only a matter of time before people began to appreciate the ritual of sitting in a dark, cool theater, perhaps with a bag of popcorn and some sugary liquid or other, and letting go of the real world for a couple of hours.