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"The Marilyn Monroe of Volcanoes"

By 1956, Marilyn Monroe had earned a national reputation for being a “star,” a “celebrity,” a “sex symbol,” and… a “dumb blonde.” This last attribute came from the popular assumption that a woman with such a strong sensual nature…

Marilyn Monroe A Lesbian? Hollywood Icon Had Affairs With Women, New Book Alleges

She might have been one of the world's premier sex symbols, but Marilyn Monroe was plagued with well-documented personal insecurities -- among them the possibility…

This video of Marilyn Monroe "I Wanna Be Loved By You" from the movie "Some Like it Hot" portrays what she wanted all her life. She wanted to be genuinely loved on a deeper level.

This photo portrays that there was more than meets the eye to the famous Marilyn; she enjoyed reading, art, and strived to be taken seriously as an actress.

Marilyn Monroe make-up. She really slathered it on. Her regimen eventually ended up taking 3 hours. Video is long but has lots of interesting facts scattered throughout.

(0:00-1:23) Marilyn Monroe was staying with Amy and Milton Greene in 1955. Milton Greene was her photographer and best friend; these two had a special relationship. How far does this friendship go? How far does his wife let this friendship go?…

A check signed by Marilyn Monroe on the day before her death suggests a low likelihood that the actress was contemplating suicide, according to Dr. S. David Bernstein, a Harvard-trained forensic psychologist and head of the Connecticut-based Forensic…

Joe's Roses

Joe DiMaggio’s storied marriage to Marilyn Monroe lasted a mere nine months before they divorced. (He didn’t like the billowing-skirt scene in “The Seven Year Itch,” among other difficulties.) But when she died of a barbituate…

Men like blond bombshells (and women want to look like them)
Long before TV—in 15th- and 16th- century Italy, and possibly two millennia ago—women were dying their hair blond. A recent study shows that in Iran, where exposure to Western media…