Marilyn Monroe lookalikes gather to celebrate her 100th birthday

Fans set a new world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Marilyn Monroe to celebrate what would have been the legendary actress’ centenary.

‘What if I come out with nothing on?’ Marilyn Monroe and the defiance of her final photoshoot

For the star’s 100th anniversary, Lawrence Schiller relives the nude photoshoot that showed, far from being a ‘messy’ blond bombshell, Monroe was a shrewd controller of her image A few days after doing a nude swimming pool shoot on the set of the 1962 comedy Something’s Got to Give, Marilyn Monroe jumped into her raven black T-Bird and drove her photographer, Lawrence Schiller, to Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard. Schiller had brought his negatives, now ready to be turned into prints. An...

By Kat Lister

Centenary of Marilyn Monroe: 'Just as relevant now as she was then'

Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Michelle MORGAN, Marilyn Monroe biographer. Author of The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist. One hundred years after the birth of Marilyn Monroe, the actress remains one of the most recognisable cultural figures of the twentieth century. Yet, as biographer Michelle Morgan argues in this centenary interview, the enduring fascination with Monroe often obscures the complexity of the woman behind the image. Far from being merely the glamoro...

By FRANCE24

Hollywood honours Marilyn Monroe, 100 years after her birth - The Straits Times

Hollywood honours Marilyn Monroe, 100 years after her birth  The Straits Times

Marilyn Monroe at 100: Hollywood made her a myth – she spent her life resisting it - News24

Marilyn Monroe at 100: Hollywood made her a myth – she spent her life resisting it  News24

Was Marilyn Monroe Murdered? Unpacking the Conspiracy Theories

When Marilyn Monroe died on Aug. 4, 1962, countless conspiracy theories were born. The Los Angeles County Coroner determined that the 36-year-old—who was born Norma Jeane Baker on June 1,...

By Natalie Finn