Marilyn Monroe: Last News

Many of us have found ourselves dancing on a nightclub stage at some point.

The new Broadway musical Smash has arrived and we have the first production photos from the show, inspired by the beloved NBC series.

EastEnders legend Michelle Collins has spilt the beans on her upcoming venture, which takes her a step away from the familiar cobbles of Albert Square. Best known for her portrayal as Cindy Beale, Michelle's character is notably absent from EastEnders lately, explained by Cindy's trip to see a friend beyond Walford. Michelle's fans are in the dark about when she might reappear on the BBC soap, but in the meantime, the star is setting her sights on the thrill of theatre.The 62-year-old shared some personal revelations during her visit to ITV's Love Your Garden With Alan Titchmarsh on Sunday, March 30, where she divulged her pre-performance jitters to the TV host.

and lies the rewear: a celebrity steps out in the exact same dress one of her predecessors wore years ago. It's a tricky stunt, immediately inviting comparison, but so far it's seemed to work out, with a number of recent red carpets giving us a sort of doppelgänger effect.Most recently, at the 2025 SAG Awards, Keke Palmer took us all the way back to the '80s in an archival Chanel gown first worn by the scream queen herself, Jamie Lee Curtis.

first print issue in five years.The blonde bombshell made her debut during Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans wearing a $10 million diamond-studded Playboy bunny costume.For the festivities, the 27-year-old also modeled a dress inspired by Monique St. Pierre’s Playboy June 1979 cover. St.

Smash is coming to Broadway next month and we have your first look at the cast performing the iconic song “Let Me Be Your Star!”

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter It’s a Broadway smash! It, of course, refers to “Bombshell,” the fictional musical-within-a-musical at the center of “Smash,” a new stage adaptation of the beloved cult favorite, much hate-watched TV series that ran for two seasons on NBC from 2012-2013. Variety has an exclusive preview of the meta backstage comedy, which begins preview performances on March 11 ahead of opening night on April 10 at the Imperial Theatre.

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion.Directed by Matthew Miele (Always at the Carlyle), the film, available to rent or purchase on Prime, thrives on fabulous clips and sketches of Mackie’s decades-long parade of iconic creations for the likes of Cher, Diana Ross, Elton John, Tina Turner, Barbra Streisand, Mitzi Gaynor, Bette Midler, and Beyoncé, supported by candid interviews with performers and muses who have worn his sequined, beaded, and embroidered designs.Miele presents fresh sit-downs with a few surprising subjects, as well as many of the one-name-only divas you might expect to see in a Mackie retrospective: Cher, P!nk, Elton, Miley (shown dazzling the 2024 Grammys crowd in a sizzling Mackie gown).Lawrence wore Mackie-designed costumes every Emmy-winning week of The Carol Burnett Show, and adds great personal insight in the film, as does Burnett herself, who, apparently, didn’t know her dear friend Mackie designed Marilyn Monroe’s infamous nude-illusion “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress.One thing Burnett does know, she insists, is that Bob Mackie should have an Oscar by now.

Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost is paying tribute to his friend and longtime collaborator David Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday. He was 78.

Marilyn Monroe was introduced to husband number two by an unlikely matchmaker – an “I Love Lucy” star.The 25-year-old was dining out with her agent, Norman Brokaw, when William Frawley, who played Fred Mertz in the sitcom, approached them. He had an offer that the actress couldn’t refuse.“[My father] took her to a television program called ‘Lights, Camera, Action,’ which was a showcase for up-and-coming talent,” Norman’s son Joel Brokaw told Fox News Digital. “[It was] a live show in Hollywood that all the casting agents would tune in to watch.

festive classic ‘Santa Baby’ produced by brother-in-law Travis Barker.The lo-fi take on the song has Kardashian singing in a low, breathy whisper backed by a saxophone and piano.Notably, the accompanying music video – directed by Nadia Lee Cohen and Charlie Denis (who has previously worked with Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky) – features a cameo from Macaulay Culkin. It features Kardashian crawling her way through an unhinged Christmas party, including some rather unfriendly-looking Santa’s helpers, models playing Twister and a person in a creepy reindeer costume.Culkin appears at the end of the music video, where Kardashian crawls up to him while he’s seemingly filming the whole nightmare party with an old-fashioned camcorder.Check it out below:The song and visuals have been widely slated online by fans who were both confused by the entire release or believed it was poor quality.“Wow this is so fucking stupid.

Davyth Fear from Caenarfon, Wales, showcased an outstanding amount of knowledge during his recent run on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, reaching the ultimate £1million question.

Kim Kardashian is NEVER going to live this down!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Authentic Studios and Baz Luhrmann are having a little more conversation about Elvis Presley. Luhrmann is directing and producing a new documentary about the King of Rock & Roll, centered on never-before-seen footage and recordings of Presley that he unearthed while creating his film “Elvis.” That’s one of several projects in the works at Authentic Studios, part of the entertainment division of intellectual property brand management firm Authentic Brand Group.

As Pamela Anderson makes her long-overdue onscreen comeback, Gia Coppola is comparing the actress to another blonde bombshell.

Prince Harry asked Sir Elton John to perform Candle in the Wind for the anniversary of his mum's death, but the singer declined, according to Harry's tell-all memoir, Spare. Instead, Sir Elton chose to play Your Song, saying that Candle in the Wind would be too "macabre".The musician, a close friend of Harry's mum, performed a revised version of Candle in the Wind at Princess Diana's funeral on 6 September 1997.

“The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from this Marvellous Lifetime,” which features a photograph from May 19, 1962 — the night Monroe breathlessly sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to JFK. MacLaine was present at the event and says she attended an afterparty where she saw President Kennedy leave a bedroom with Monroe inside.

Smash is heading to Broadway!

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Smash,” a stage adaptation of the fan-favorite NBC series, is officially opening on Broadway in 2025. The long-in-the-works musical will begin performances on March 11, 2025, at the Imperial Theatre ahead of opening night on April 10. Based on the TV series starring Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee and Christian Borle, the Broadway version will follow the behind-the-scenes process of mounting “Bombshell,” a musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe.

Mitzi Gaynor has sadly died.

proved this herself at the . Attending in support of her mother, , even Beyoncé couldn’t help but ) during her mom’s acceptance speech.

, the Roosevelt isnt afraid of reinventing itself in the form of a recent transformation to its , the Gable and Lombard Penthouse and the Johnny Grant Apartment. In July, Glamour had the privilege of exploring the Gable and Lombard Penthouse as we photographed one of our 2024 Women of the Year, actor Sydney Sweeney, throughout the revamped space.As you might infer, the three-level, 3,200-square-foot suite is named after Hollywood Golden Age legends Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, who resided at the hotel during the 1930s.