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Movie Star News Collection: The largest collection of old Hollywood photography on auction at Guernsey’s

Guernsey's auction house in New York is holding a two day sale from April 6-7 to sell the Movie Star News Collection of 3 million photographs and negatives that capture Hollywood history

Movie Star News Collection, one of the largest collections of old Hollywood photographs, has been gone up for auction this week. Guernsey’s auction house in New York is holding a two day sale from April 6-7 to sell the Movie Star News Collection of 3 million photographs and negatives that capture the history of Tinseltown. [...]

Lindsay Lohan having a Marilyn Monroe moment in InAPPropriate Comedy trailer

Lindsay Lohan having a Marilyn Monroe moment in InAPPropriate Comedy trailer

It seems Lindsay Lohan has managed to take on another legend in the guise of Marilyn Monroe for another movie. Although Lindsay Lohan has taken a rather more controversial slant to the role of the iconic beauty. A trailer for upcoming film InAPPropriate Comedy shows Lindsay Lohan in her cameo alongside Adrien Brody in the [...]

FBI’s secret file on Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were both suspected of communist activities by the FBI

A classified file released by the FBI shows how the agency tracked Marilyn Monroe’s suspected ties to communism in 1956. The agency documented an anonymous phone call to the New York Daily News that year warning that playwright Arthur Miller was a communist and Marilyn Monroe had “drifted into the communist orbit” after her marriage [...]

Marilyn Monroe’s Thanksgiving Recipe

For those on the hunt for last-minute Thanksgiving recipe ideas, Marilyn Monroe's handwritten checklist might offer some inspiration

For those on the hunt for last-minute Thanksgiving recipe ideas, Marilyn Monroe’s handwritten checklist might offer some inspiration. Jotted on a letterhead from an insurance company, Marilyn Monroe explains how she prepares a turkey dinner, with all of the trimmings. For the stuffing she soaks a French loaf in cold water and adds five herbs, [...]

Charlie Chaplin’s hat and cane sold for $62,500 at LA auction

Charlie Chaplin’s iconic hat and cane that accented his costume in Little Tramp has sold for $62,500 at an auction in Los Angeles

Charlie Chaplin’s iconic hat and cane that accented his costume in Little Tramp has sold for $62,500 at an auction in Los Angeles. Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers said Charlie Chaplin’s trademark accessories were sold Sunday at an auction of Hollywood mementos. Other notable items included a handwritten letter from John Lennon with a [...]

Marilyn Monroe Playboy’s special edition on the 50th anniversary of her death

Marilyn Monroe Playboy's special edition on the 50th anniversary of her death

Rare photos have come to light of Marilyn Monroe on the 50th anniversary of her death. Playboy magazine has dug deep into its exclusive archive of 10 million photos of Marilyn Monroe to publish a collection of rare shots of the iconic beauty throughout her career. “It’s really all about the collection and the way [...]

Marilyn Monroe and No. 5: Chanel releases lost audio footage of actress declaring her love for the perfume

Chanel has released lost audio footage of an interview Marilyn Monroe gave in April 1960 complete with a tribute video to the star and her famous response

In the 1950s the glamour of Chanel No. 5 was reignited by Marilyn Monroe whose unsolicited endorsement of the fragrance provided invaluable publicity. “What do I wear in bed? Chanel No. 5!” These are the words famously spoken by the Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe. But many have never heard Marilyn Monroe utter the statement that [...]

Marilyn Monroe’s final purchase proves she was not planning to kill herself, says S. David Bernstein

Marilyn Monroe used the check, which is now being auctioned off, to purchase a white chest of drawers worth $228.80 from Pilgrim's Furniture

Forensic psychologist Dr. S. David Bernstein has analyzed a check signed by Marilyn Monroe the day before her death and says that it proves she was not planning to kill herself. Marilyn Monroe used the check, which is now being auctioned off, to purchase a white chest of drawers worth $228.80 from Pilgrim’s Furniture, an [...]

Arta Dobroshi shows her derriere in embarrassing “Marilyn Monroe” moment at Cannes Film Festival 2012

Arta Dobroshi shows her derriere in embarrassing "Marilyn Monroe" moment at Cannes Film Festival 2012

Kosovar Albanian actress Arta Dobroshi ended up being the centre of attention at Cannes Film Festival 2012 thanks to an unfortunate “Marilyn Monroe” moment which saw her skirt blow up to reveal her derriere in one of the worst faux pas’ of the festival so far. Arta Dobroshi was to promote her movie Trois Mondes [...]

Rare photos of Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Madison Square Garden performance to JFK

Fifty years ago, on May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe performed one the most famous versions of “Happy Birthday” ever sung

Fifty years ago, on May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe performed one the most famous versions of “Happy Birthday” ever sung – definitely to sitting U.S President John F. Kennedy. Wearing the iconic rhinetstone dress that she was literally sewn into, Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry version of the popular song to JFK at a fundraiser [...]

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