New book "Dear Marilyn" explores how Sam Shaw's 1941 Coney Island photographs inspired the famous Marilyn Monroe subway grate ...

Marilyn Monroe's final home has been saved from demolition after a Los Angeles judge rejected a request from the property's ...

Marilyn Monroe's former Los Angeles home has been saved from demolition — temporarily, at least. The Hollywood legend's 1929 Spanish Colonial in Brentwood was on the chopping block to be demolished ...

The California home where Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 has been saved from demolition — for now. After a unanimous city council vote, the sprawling Spanish colonial in Brentwood — whose owner, Glory of ...

As ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ bows, these are the other bejeweled blondes who may have inspired the new album—and the ...

What do Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy and John Belushi have in common? They all had autopsies conducted by Thomas Noguchi, who in his 15 years as L.A.’s chief coroner, became known as the “coroner ...

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LOS ANGELES — Cabin No. 3 at Cal Neva resort isn’t just any cabin. The wooden cottage — outfitted with a heart-shaped bed, a secret tunnel for rendezvous, and the best view of Lake Tahoe’s Crystal Bay ...

Melissa Stevens, granddaughter of late photographer Sam Shaw, discusses the new book, "Dear Marilyn: The Unseen Letters and ...

On Friday, Sept. 8, the L.A. City Council voted to save late actress Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood home from demolition—for now Frank Povolny/Twentieth Century Fox/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty; Mel ...

Fans of Marilyn Monroe and the swinging 1960s in Lake Tahoe may have missed their shot to stand in a piece of history. The new owners of the former Cal Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe recently shared ...