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NEWS ABOUT: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe stories: 25 news summaries

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 Megan Fox: 
 It's All an Act 

Hollywood's crazy sex bomb is ready to make her next move

Nov 12, 09 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Megan Fox isn’t really an out-of-control, stripper-seducing wild child—she just plays one in interviews. Hollywood’s current favorite sex symbol tells Lynn Hirschberg of the New York Times that she’s manufactured her own image, creating a character to play in the press because “I’m not... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • Megan Fox • sex symbol

BOOK REVIEW

 At Heart of 
 Marilyn's Fall, 
 a 'Very Sick Girl' 

Monroe's life, death explored in another tell-all, but there's still no 'external villain'

Sep 30, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - J. Randy Taraborrelli’s new 541-page biography, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, doesn’t really deliver on promises of “explosive,” “revelatory” discoveries—at least, “not to a Marilyn obsessive like myself,” writes Lori Leibovich for DoubleX. “Instead, there is the deepening of... More »

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entertainment • mental illness • celebrity • biography • Marilyn Monroe • celebrity tell-alls


 I Have a 
 Mental 
 Problem: 
 Megan Fox 

Star reports schizophrenia-like symptoms

Sep 2, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Transformers star Megan Fox says she's mentally ill and fears she'll end up like her idol, Marilyn Monroe, the Sun reports. "I could end up like that because I constantly struggle with the idea that I think I'm a borderline personality—or that I have bouts of mild schizophrenia,... More »

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entertainment • mental health • schizophrenia • Marilyn Monroe • Megan Fox

 Jilted by JFK, 
 Monroe Spiraled 
 to Her Death: Book 

Even pal, lover Frank Sinatra threw her out for taking pills

Aug 31, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a new tell-all, J. Randy Taraborrelli paints a picture of Marilyn Monroe’s drug-fueled final months, her fixation with John F. Kennedy, and the shock friends like Frank Sinatra felt at her downward spiral, the Daily Mail reports. Four months before her death, the screenwriter for her last... More »

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entertainment • drugs • John F. Kennedy • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • drug abuse • Frank Sinatra • celebrity death

$4.6M Bid Falls Through for Crypt Above Monroe's

Current resident gets
to stay a bit longer

Aug 26, 09 7:00 PM CDT
(AP) - The $4.6 million bid for the crypt above Marilyn Monroe has fallen through. Attorney David Camel, who represents the widow auctioning off her late husband's crypt on eBay, says the bidder declined. Camel says he's working with eBay to resolve the outcome of the auction. He also says there... More »

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entertainment • eBay • Marilyn Monroe • Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary • crypt • Richard Poncher • Elsie Poncher • David Camel

(AP) - An anonymous bidder paid more than $4.6 million to win an online auction for the crypt directly above the actress' final resting spot at a Los Angeles cemetery. Bidding started at $500,000 on Aug 14. The final bid was $4,602,100. The Los Angeles Times reported earlier... More »

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entertainment • Los Angeles • mortgage • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • crypt • Richard Poncher • Elsie Poncher

TRAVEL

 Top NYC Hotels 
 for Cheaters 

Five sites of well-known sex scandals

Aug 19, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York has housed many a famous cheater in its fancy hotels—the Daily News lists the top five:
  • Four Seasons: Alex Rodriguez courted prostitutes here while still married to Cynthia, alleges Manhattan madam Kristin Davis.
  • Days Inn: Gov. David Paterson went the budget route
... More »

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John Edwards • New York City • John F. Kennedy • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • Kathie Lee Gifford • hotel • Marilyn Monroe • adultery • Kristin Davis • cheating • David Paterson • hotels • Rielle Hunter • Bernard Madoff • Sheryl Weinstein

(Newser) - A former Beverly Hills resident is about to get a rude awakening when he's evicted from his crypt above Marilyn Monroe so his wife can sell it, reports the Los Angeles Times. Elsie Poncher says her hubby was a "helluva nice guy," but she needs the money to... More »

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eBay • auction • grave robbing • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • cemetery • crypt • burial plot

GOSSIP ROUNDUP


 Leno Spills Details 
 on New Show 

Plus, Kate Major is still talking...

Aug 6, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show will bear few similarities to Leno’s tenure on the Tonight Show—for one, he won’t have a desk until the end of the fast-paced hour, if at all—but it will still feature celebrity guests (two max) and signature Leno comedy bits,... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Jay Leno • Marilyn Monroe • Tonight Show • primetime TV • Family Guy • Jon Gosselin • Kate Major • The Jay Leno Show

(Newser) - Mesmerizing photos of Marilyn Monroe before she hit the big time have surfaced in the archives of LIfe magazine. The 1950 shots in Griffin Park in Los Angeles reveal a peaches-and-cream 24-year-old Monroe before the ultra-glam shots that would become a staple of her career. "I was amazed looking... More »

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entertainment • Los Angeles • sex • photograph • Marilyn Monroe • photographers • Life • Griffin Park • Ed Clark

(Newser) - The last clothing Marilyn Monroe wore and Elvis Presley's pill bottles are hitting the auction block in Las Vegas next month, reports the BBC. Monroe's bathrobe, believed to be what she was wearing the night she overdosed on sleeping pills in 1962, is expected to fetch some $6,000. Her... More »

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entertainment • suicide • Las Vegas • auction • overdose • photograph • Marilyn Monroe • Elvis Presley • blonde bombshells


 Newly Solo 
 Lilo Gets 
 Marilyn 
 Tattoo  


She's feeling lonely since splitting with Sam Ronson: sources

Apr 13, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan may be drowning her post-breakup woes in ink. Lilo's new tattoo boasts words from Marilyn Monroe—"Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle"—which comes as little surprise, considering Lilo has called Monroe's tragic demise a cautionary tale of "what this industry can... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • tattoos • celebrity • gossip • Marilyn Monroe

 Church Scolded 
 Joe About Monroe 

'You never should have married her in the first place,' bishop told DiMaggio

Mar 9, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic bishop scolded divorced Joltin' Joe Dimaggio for marrying Marilyn Monroe—and the famous slugger never talked to the cleric again, reports the New York Post. After DiMaggio's marriage to Monroe dissolved, Bishop Fulton Sheen told him: "You had no business marrying her in the first place,"... More »

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divorce • Catholic Church • New York Yankees • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • celebrity divorces

 Photogs Settle 
 Case of Nude 
 Monroe Pics 

Limited set of prints will be sold

Jan 13, 09 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The lawsuit over the final nude photos of Marilyn Monroe has been settled amicably, Reuters reports. Photographer Bert Stern, who shot the photos weeks before Monroe’s death in a session known as “the last sitting,” will work with the two photographers he sued to develop and sell... More »

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celebrity • photograph • Marilyn Monroe • nude photo • Bert Stern • nude

Upcoming Novel Portrays
JFK as Sex Maniac

Book paints prez as sex fiend

Jan 2, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - John F. Kennedy: beloved president, tragic hero, and…sex fiend? That’s how he’ll be painted when American Adulterer is published in July, the New York Post reports. The novel by British writer Jed Mercurio portrays JFK as a “compulsive philanderer” with an “uncontrollable and unrelenting appetite... More »

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John F. Kennedy • sex • president • Marilyn Monroe • adultery

Rare Monroe Pics Up for Auction

Shots date back to star's first modeling assignment

Dec 6, 08 5:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Christie's is selling a collection of Marilyn Monroe photographs that span the star's life from her first modeling assignment to weeks before her death, the AP reports. The collection, taken by the some of the world’s most famous photographers, captures Monroe in all her various moods and is expected... More »

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auction • celebrity • photograph • Marilyn Monroe

TRAVEL

 9 Hotels Haunted by Celebs 


Oct 31, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the mood for upscale Halloween chills? If a plain old haunted house isn't swanky enough for your tastes, consider checking into a room from Travel and Leisure's list of hotels that come complete with a resident celeb spook:
  1. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles: Marilyn 
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Anna Nicole Smith • Hollywood • rock stars • Las Vegas • mob • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • rock and roll • Elvis Presley • Sex Pistols • gangsters • Frank Sinatra

 Nude Marilyn Pix 
 Spark Suit 

Photographer sues over 'stolen' images

Sep 26, 08 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Missing nude photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe in her legendary last sitting 6 weeks before her death have become the focus of a million-dollar lawsuit, Reuters reports. Photographer Bert Stern, who owns the rights to thousands of Marilyn images, is suing to get back 7 missing shots from 3 people... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • Marilyn Monroe • nude photo • Bert Stern • New York magazine • Last Sitting • Eros Weingrad

GLOSSIES

 Vast Trove 
 Yields Marilyn Secrets 

Papers from unearthed Monroe filing cabinets suggest abortion

Sep 3, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Filing cabinets stuffed with receipts and letters are opening a window into Marilyn Monroe’s personal life, Vanity Fair reports. Payments for something "medical" coincide with her 1953 hospitalization for a gynecological procedure, suggesting an abortion, and notes she sent to husband Arthur Miller’s children while they were... More »

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Vanity Fair • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • artifacts • Robert F. Kennedy • Arthur Miller

 'Lost' Monroe 
 Reels Up for Auction 

Unseen clips may sell for $20,000 in Las Vegas

Jun 20, 08 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Never-before-seen footage of Marilyn Monroe behind the scenes of her last completed film will be auctioned in Las Vegas this weekend, the BBC reports. The silent 1961 reels show a relaxed-looking Monroe talking to the cast and crew and having her hair done as she works on The Misfits with... More »

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film • Marilyn Monroe • Clark Gable

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