Marilyn Monroe

Review: Little to toast at this 'Divorce Party'

2013-03-06 11:54:00

Sometimes, a project comes along that is so cynically lowbrow, it boggles the tortured mind. "Divorce Party: The Musical,” now in its glitzy, empty West Coast premiere at the El Portal, is just such a project, a piece of ossified fluff obviously...

White hot red carpet trend

2013-03-03 00:00:00

Hollywood has had a love affair with head-turning white gowns both on-screen and off for more than half a century. Who can forget Marilyn Monroe's white Travilla halter dress billowing around her waist as she stands atop a subway grate in the 1955 film...

An appreciation: Phil Ramone's golden ear for the hits

2013-03-31 17:45:00

That Phil Ramone was a musical force in the recording studio is undeniable, and the evidence lies in the range of his accomplishments. For example, within one three-year period in the early 1960s, Ramone mixed Lesley Gore's smash hit "It's My Party,"...

'Temptation's' Renée Taylor just has to laugh at it all

2013-03-27 07:30:00

This post has been corrected. See note below for details. Ren�e Taylor is a very funny lady known for such comedic roles as Eva Braun in Mel Brooks' 1968 classic "The Producers," Fran Drescher's ultimate Jewish mother on "The Nanny" and Brian Benben's...

Mitch McConnell may miss sharing the spotlight with Ashley Judd

2013-03-29 05:00:00

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not be facing a challenge from actress Ashley Judd when he runs for reelection next year. Though he may be happy to have avoided the physical comparison -- she, after all, played Marilyn Monroe in a movie, while...

Andy Warhol online auction is prime turf for celebrity-gawking

2013-03-01 07:32:00

Andy Warhol famously said that in the future, everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. But that didn't stop him from focusing his camera lenses and other image-making implements on folks whose ride on the wagon of celebrity figured to last somewhat...

Matt Mattox dies at 91; master Hollywood dancer and choreographer

2013-02-23 00:00:00

Hollywood considered Matt Mattox one of the best dancers in the country when he was cast to dizzying effect in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," the 1954 Oscar-winning film celebrated for its imaginative and masterful dance moves. Billed as one of...

Oscars 2013: Jessica Chastain's best red carpet look yet?

2013-02-24 15:37:00

When in doubt, go with Giorgio Armani and the old Hollywood look. Jessica Chastain did just that, choosing a coppery-nude sequin mesh strapless gown by Armani Prive. And it may just be her best red carpet look�yet. Oscars 2013 red carpet photos...

Sophie Kurys dies at 87, star of women's professional baseball league

2013-02-25 11:55:00

On a snowy April day in 1943, a high school sophomore from a working-class family in Flint, Mich., tried out for the major leagues. The big-city scouts were impressed and picked the lightning-quick teen on the spot — skirt and all. A month later,...

Max Allan Collins’ ‘Seduction of the Innocent’: Read exclusive excerpt

2013-02-18 10:52:10

Which is worse, isolation or loneliness?

2013-03-26 05:00:00

Henry David Thoreau relished isolation but didn't feel lonely. Marilyn Monroe was a social butterfly but died lonely. Their separate fates -- Thoreau dead of tuberculosis at 44, Monroe of suicide at 36 -- can't tell us much scientifically, but a study...

How Oscars' fashion show changed through the decades

2013-02-24 00:00:00

The Academy Awards are the biggest fashion runway on the planet. When Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and other stars step out onto the red carpet Sunday, they will be primed to talk as much about what and who they are wearing as about...

A Marilyn Monroe signed black and white

2013-03-26 18:16:19

Sand sculptor Radavan Zivny works on a sand sculpture of Gollum as pieces are prepared as part of this year� s Hollywood themed annual Weston-super-Mare Sand Sculpture festival in Weston-Super-Mare, England.

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Reporters hounding Marilyn Monroe and attorney Jerry Giesler outside of her home in Los Angeles in 1954 after Joe DiMaggio moved out.

2013-03-25 14:48:24