50 years after of Marilyn Monroe, her death still fascinates and intrigues millions of fans.

Monroe, who was just 36 at the time of her death, was found naked and face down in her bed at her Brentwood, California home. LA coroners determined that Marilyn’s death was due to acute barbiturate poisoning and calling her death a probable suicide. Read the rest of this entry »

From Norma Jean to Katy? Broadway producer Harvey Weinstein is eyeing the possibility of turning the upcoming cinema drama My Week With Marilyn into a stage musical, and according to E! News, he already has an award-winning pop star in mind for the lead role:

Katy Perry…

Shh — don’t tell Lindsay.

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The iconic white dress that cinema siren Marilyn Monroe wore as she stood giddy and beaming atop a subway grate in the ’50s comedy The Seven-Year Itch was sold at an auction for $4.6 million over the weekend — more than double the $2 million it had been expected to fetch.

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Michelle Williams (Not the one from Destiny’s Child) will play screen legend Marilyn Monroe in a new movie based on the iconic actress’s 1956 London film shoot opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, producers said on Friday.

My Week with Marilyn — produced by The Weinstein Company and expected to open in 2011 — chronicles a week in the life of the troubled starlet, who spent seven days taking in 1950s Britain with tour guide Colin Clark, an assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl over a half century ago.

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Emma Watson has been cast in her first feature film role since wrapping production on the final installment of the Harry Potter franchise.

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