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Leno Spills Details on New Show

Plus, Kate Major is still talking...

(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, according to... More »

Early Monroe Photos Surface

(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 »

Elvis, Marilyn Treasures Up for Auction

(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 »

Newly Solo Lilo Gets Marilyn Tattoo

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

(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 »

Church Scolded Joe About Monroe

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

(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 »

Photogs Settle Case of Nude Monroe Pics

Limited set of prints will be sold

(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 »

Upcoming Novel Portrays JFK as Sex Maniac

Book paints prez as sex fiend

(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 »

Rare Monroe Pics Up for Auction

Shots date back to star's first modeling assignment

(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 »

9 Hotels Haunted by Celebs

(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 Monroe and Montgomery Clift
  2. Las
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Nude Marilyn Pix Spark Suit

Photographer sues over 'stolen' images

(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 »

Vast Trove Yields Marilyn Secrets

Papers from unearthed Monroe filing cabinets suggest abortion

(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 »

'Lost' Monroe Reels Up for Auction

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

(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 »

Is Monroe Sex Tape a Hoax?

FBI finds no evidence of reel that dealer says he sold for $1.5M

(Newser) - FBI officials say their records show no evidence that the agency ever had a Marilyn Monroe sex tape, casting doubt on a memorabilia dealer’s claim that he just sold one, NBC News reports. The dealer says it belonged to the FBI in the 1960s, but he has produced no... More »

Secret Monroe Porn Fetches $1.5M

FBI once thought it tied to JFK

(Newser) - A copy of an FBI-classified Marilyn Monroe sex tape quietly surfaced last month and sold for $1.5 million, reports the New York Post. The 15 minutes of silent footage, which the anonymous New York buyer plans to keep private so as not to make a “Paris Hilton out... More »

Nude Lohan Pics Clone Epic Monroe Shoot

'Mean Girl' dons wig and little else for mag's Marilyn spread

(Newser) - Celebrity photographer Bert Stern has proved that he still prefers his blonds nude, snapping revealing pictures of Lindsay Lohan for New York magazine in a recreation of his famous 1962 Marilyn Monroe photo shoot. In the original, Monroe posed with only a few scarves and a glass of champagne. Blond... More »

HS Kids Take Color-Blind View of History

Women, blacks dominate students' list of famous Americans

(Newser) - Martin Luther King Jr. is the most famous American in history, according to 2,000 high school students asked to name the top 10, reports USA Today. In a dramatic break from the "dead white male" paradigm, African Americans, women, and Arfican-American women dominated the list, with Rosa Parks... More »

Foul-Mouthed Hit King Strikes Out with Kids

Rose chided by parents for vulgar tirade at baseball camp

(Newser) - All-time leading hitter Pete Rose may have dropped the ball at a local Army-sponsored baseball camp, the Cincinnati Enquirer writes. Instead of advice on hitting or sage life lessons, the former Red regaled 7 to 14-year-old kids with a profanity-laden rant that included a description of the time he "... More »

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