Marilyn Monroe was Hollywood’s archetypal dumb blonde. She was also one smart cookie. That’s the twist in Lois Banner’s richly researched biography “Marilyn: the Passion and the Paradox.” The passion ...

Six decades after her tragically early death, Marilyn Monroe remains America’s undefeated bombshell — and one of our most enduring enigmas. Was the celebrated starlet fragile and love-starved — or ...

The 99 th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth passed on June 1 with scant press attention, but don’t expect the screen icon’s centennial to go similarly unnoticed. The year-long festivities leading ...

It's the hotel suite of the week. "Fear is stupid. So are regrets." Fans of Norma Jeane Mortenson, better known as Marilyn Monroe, certainly would regret not seeing her former New York City apartment ...

As a gust of wind from a New York City subway grate sent Marilyn Monroe’s white dress fluttering past her legs, cameras captured what would become the “shot seen ’round the world.” The 1955 comedy ...

Before Marilyn Monroe was the most photographed woman on the planet, she was Norma Jeane, a regular girl with an unusual love for nutrition and a soft spot for sweets. Throughout her life, Marilyn ...