Marilyn Monroe

The Marilyn Monroe chaos: Blonde reiterates Hollywood’s struggle to fathom iconic star

Ana de Armas-starrer fails to form deeper understanding of Marilyn Monroe beyond horrifying reality it portrays

Blonde movie review: Ana de Armas cuts you to bits and pieces as Marilyn Monroe

Blonde is not a silly biopic that is wholesome and heartwarming. It is raw, and completely stylised and fictional account of an iconic star’s life. It is inspired partly by facts, like Marilyn Monroe’s marriages, and partly by scandals and rumours, like the one with President John F. Kennedy.

Marilyn Monroe's biopic Blonde all set to stream on Netflix after more than a decade of troubled production

From the trauma of a mentally unstable and violent mother, through her rape at the hands of a studio boss, to a particularly sordid scene with president John F Kennedy, Monroe's life is depicted as one of relentless abuse and anguish.

Marilyn Monroe's film titled Blonde arrives in Venice

Directed by Andrew Dominik and based on Joyce Carol Oates's legendary novel of the same name, the film does not shy away from the most controversial pieces of Monroe's life and her status as the sex symbol of the 20th century.

The dress that continues to make the world gasp: The tale of Marilyn Monroe’s ‘naked’ gown worn by Kim Kardashian

The figure-hugging dress Hollywood siren Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang ‘Happy Birthday Mr President’ to John F Kennedy is a piece of fashion history. Worn by Kim Kardashian at Met Gala 2022, the world’s most expensive gown is now ‘damaged’

Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetches record-setting $195 million at auction

"Shot Sage Blue Marilyn," produced in 1964 two years after the death of the glamourous Hollywood star, sold for exactly $195.04 million, including fees, in just four minutes in a crowded room at Christie's headquarters in Manhattan

Met Gala 2022: Kim Kardashian 'honoured' to wear Marilyn Monroe’s iconic $5 mn worth gown

The dress was worn by Marilyn Monroe as she sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy in 1962

Walter Bernstein, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, World War II correspondent, dies at 101 after bout of pneumonia

A World War II correspondent for the military who also had been published in The New Yorker, Bernstein was at the start of what seemed a promising film career when the Cold War and anti-Communist paranoia led to his being blacklisted in 1950.

On Léon's 25th anniversary, looking for honest girlhood representations not coloured by male gaze

As 2020 marks 25 years of Léon, assessing the latent sexual potential that defines adolescent girl representations and the need to focus on authenticity

Elvis Presley's rhinestone-studded jockstrap, lock of Marilyn Monroe's hair put up for auction

Elvis Presley's jockstrap is being offered in a sale of unusual celebrity memorabilia.