Marilyn Monroe News

But that's how Tony Curtis got his start, he told an audience of 100 or so fans in Huntington Friday night.

Get ready for some laughs when the Richland Players present their latest comedy, Leading Ladies .

I have an article in today's movie section about Tony Curtis's new book, in which he claims to have had an affair with Marilyn Monroe during the making of SOME LIKE IT HOT.

Tony Curtis' new book, "The Making of 'Some Like It Hot,' " underscores one of the unsung advantages of longevity: If you live long enough, you can claim to have had sex with any of your contemporaries, so long as they're not around to deny it.

Tony Curtis Likes it hot at the Avon By KEITH LORIA Hour Correspondent When the American Film Institute named its top movies of the century in 2000, it voted 1959's screen gem "Some Like it Hot" as the greatest American comedy in motion picture history.

Los Angeles - A legion of male admirers found her irresistible before her death, but Marilyn Monroe has not been able to exert the same kind of pull in the afterlife.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Bye Bye Baby Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, co-stars in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , sing Bye Bye Baby.

Arthur Miller was 46 and I was 12 when I read The Crucible . A few years later, I read another play in school, Death of a Salesman .

For screen legend Tony Curtis, making his signature film, the cross-dressing comedy "Some Like It Hot," was anything but a drag.

In his video and photographic art, Paul Pfeiffer takes images of celebrities and moves them out of the spotlight, thus allowing the spectator to focus on other details of the image.

IT WAS a wonder the buses on The Strand did not screech to a halt when the sound waves thundered out of the Vaudeville Theatre.

There was much discussion recently about Ms Rose McGowan's wardrobial choices . I must admit that there's something kind of charming about her most current ensemble: I don't know how I feel about the dress ITSELF -- I enjoy that it's quasi-Marilyn Monroe a la "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," but I suspect she needs a chunky fabulous bracelet if ...

Marilyn Monroe stars as Angela Phinlay, a moll, in the 1950 John Huston film "The Asphalt Jungle." I was having a chat yesterday with the Scottish actor Ewan McGregor --- he has a small part in the new Amelia Earhart movie " Amelia ," due out Friday, and a larger part in the dark comedy " The Men Who Stare at Goats ," opening in a couple of weeks ...

Next Tuesday marks the 105th anniversary of Bloomsday the eventful day of 16 June 1904, on which a young aspiring writer called Stephen Dedalus, a Jewish advertising canvasser called Leopold Bloom and his adulterous songbird wife, Molly, played out a bonsai version of Homer's Odyssey in the streets of Dublin.

The King of Rock 'n' Roll and a Hollywood queen will share the stage when the Great Overland Station presents "Elvis & Marilyn, the Fantasy Concert" with impersonators of both Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe singing from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct.

Twilight Stars on Empire Magazine's List Empire Magazine has their 100 Sexy Stars of 2009 list out, and unsurprisingly Twilight cast members are on it.

Henri Matisse, La Danse , Etching with aquatint in colors, 1935-36, on Arches, signed in pencil.

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans could be in for a double knockout when they tune in tonight.

Since the first guy wasn't able to, er, finish -- a new guy will now get a chance to spend eternity on top of Marilyn Monroe ... if they've got half-a-mil layin' around.

I had the opportunity to shake President Clinton's hand in Anchorage, Alaska when on special detail in the US Air Force.