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All five members of the Rat Pack, from left, Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.

Dominick Dunne died the day after Ted Kennedy, and so his passing went all but unnoticed, coming as it did just as the American media's week-long orgasmic frenzy of Camelotian prostrations and ululations was getting into gear.

In an intimate new book, J Randy Taraborrelli speaks to the people who were closest to Marilyn Monroe to shed new light on the Hollywood icon.

At the end of February 1962 the British actor Peter Lawford and his wife Pat - John F. Kennedy's sister - invited Marilyn Monroe to a dinner party in New York that was being held to honour the President.

Left: Jackie Kennedy and photographer Bob Davidoff Center: Jackie and John Jr. returning from Easter services in 1963 Right: President John F. Kennedy, Jackie and an unidentified nun at a hospital in Palm Beach, Fla., soon after John's father, Joe Kennedy Sr., suffered a stroke -- Click here to enlarge Bob Davidoff There was a mole inside the ...

During the 1960 Christmas season, Americans flocked to the theaters to see Exodus , a 3-1/2 hour epic featuring romance, handsome freedom fighters and the triumph of Jewish destiny over Arab evil-all set against a Yuletide backdrop of Biblical prophecy as heroic Jews returned to their promised land.

During the 1960 Christmas season, Americans flocked to the theaters to see Exodus , a 3-1/2 hour epic featuring romance, handsome freedom fighters and the triumph of Jewish destiny over Arab evil-all set against a Yuletide backdrop of Biblical prophecy as heroic Jews returned to their promised land.

During the 1960 Christmas season, Americans flocked to the theaters to see Exodus , a 3-1/2 hour epic featuring romance, handsome freedom fighters and the triumph of Jewish destiny over Arab evil-all set against a Yuletide backdrop of Biblical prophecy as heroic Jews returned to their promised land.

During the 1960 Christmas season, Americans flocked to the theaters to see Exodus , a 3-1/2 hour epic featuring romance, handsome freedom fighters and the triumph of Jewish destiny over Arab evil-all set against a Yuletide backdrop of Biblical prophecy as heroic Jews returned to their promised land.

Americans are easily swayed by sympathetic portrayals of an extremist enclave. By Jeff Gates During the 1960 Christmas season, Americans flocked to the theaters to see Exodus, a 3-1/2 hour epic featuring romance, handsome freedom fighters and the triumph of Jewish destiny over Arab evil - all set against a Yuletide backdrop of Biblical prophecy as ...

In a scene from the 1960 movie, "Ocean's Eleven," are, from left, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.

Kick off the frivolous joy of summer with MGM's 1947 remake of the Roaring Twenties musical Good News, a fun though sexless college romp starring sweetie-pie June Allyson and unsung Rat Packer Peter Lawford.

"Working with celebrities and their egos is no fun. But as much as I hated doing this book, I thank God that I did, because their stories are the most powerful messages you will ever hear," says Christopher Kennedy Lawford.

American Idol contestants will be doing standards made popular by the Rat Pack tonight.