Marilyn Monroe: Last News

By We know Kim Kardashian and her family love a headline — good or bad — and they love claiming the spotlight at any controversial cost. In many cases, their ambition is entertaining to enjoy from afar and the worst case scenario from their overzealous hunger for attention is a bad case of schadenfreude.

Kim Kardashian is well on her way to becoming the modern Marilyn Monroe.

A very unique souvenir. Kim Kardashian didn’t get to keep the vintage dress she borrowed for the 2022 Met Gala — but she did receive a special gift related to the dress’ original owner, Marilyn Monroe.

Kim Kardashian only wore her incredible 2022 Met Gala dress, which was once owned by the late screen icon Marilyn Monroe, for "minutes".The 41 year old fashionista and reality star opted for something different this year, as she opted for a vintage gown by Jean-Louis to tie in with the theme In America: An Anthology of Fashion. But while the mum-of-four definitely made a statement with the slinky see-through dress, which was once worn by the late screen siren Marilyn, she reportedly chose only to pose in it for the red carpet pictures, following a gruelling regime to fit into it at all.

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson were spotted engaged in a conversation with Tesla boss Elon Musk at the 2022 Met Gala.The 41 year old mum-of-four, who stole the show in Marilyn Monroe's iconic gold $3million dress at the event, appeared to be grilling the South African native, who has been in the headlines recently after making the controversial move to buy social media giant Twitter. Pictured gesturing and animated as she spoke about something serious to the billionaire SpaceX founder, Kim seemed to be doing most of the talking.

acquiring a dress Marilyn Monroe wore?” — some Monroe experts were not happy when Kim Kardashian ascended the steps Monday at the Met Gala while wearing the Hollywood legend’s most iconic dress.The reality star, 41, borrowed the sparkly beige gown the goddess wore in 1962 to sing “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy from Orlando’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum, which previously paid $5 million at auction to get ahold of the famous frock.Kardashian even forced herself to lose weight to fit into the curvaceous lewk and later changed into a replica of it to keep on partying the night away.

Forget personal trainers, Pete Davidson is coaching Kim Kardashian in eating well.

After revealing that she'd lost 16lbs in order to fit into her outfit, Kim Kardashian headed straight back to her hotel after the Met Gala and tucked into a selection of tasty treats with her beau Pete Davidson.The 41 year old, who dyed her brunette locks platinum blonde for the event, decided to skip the numerous glitzy afterparties on offer and instead go back to her hotel, the Ritz Carlton, with her comedian boyfriend Pete, 28, following the event on Monday 2 May. Kim wore one of the world's most iconic – and expensive – dresses to the biggest night in fashion, which was worn by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 when she sang "Happy Birthday" to president John F.

Marilyn Monroe has been spotted in throwback photos taking everyone's breath away much in the way Kim Kardashian did in the same dress worn by the reality star to the Met Gala on Monday night. Kim made a show-stopping appearance with boyfriend Pete Davidson as she arrived at the event wearing Marilyn’s original gown, which she shed 16 pounds for.The actress famously wore the historic gown as she sung Happy Birthday to President John F.

Kim Kardashian was unable to zip up the iconic Marilyn Monroe dress that she wore to Monday's Met Gala, and was forced to leave it open, covering up her backside with a white fur shawl.In a video from Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum where she borrowed the gown, Kim is seen panicking as her team struggle to get the outfit over her famously large derriere.But despite not being able to fully zip it up, Kim was relieved when they realised they could just tie the back of the dress and then cover the rear view with a white fur shall, similar to what Marilyn was known for wearing. Tricks:Kim Kardashian couldn't ZIP UP her Marilyn Monroe dress and was forced to leave it open on her backside which she covered up with a white fur at Monday's Met Gala'Oh my god! Yeah, can we use that tie and tie it, and keep it open?' Kim asks when she sees that the dress just about fits, in a video obtained by TMZ.

A supportive king. Prior to walking the red carpet at the 2022 Met Gala, Pete Davidson made sure Kim Kardashian felt comfortable in her Marilyn Monroe dress.

Kim Kardashian almost didn’t get a chance to wear Marilyn Monroe‘s “Happy Birthday Mr. President” dress to the 2022 Met Gala because museum officials originally denied her request.

Gilded Age!Laurie Cumbo, commissioner of New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, got proposed to by her partner — former NY State Assembly candidate Bobby Digi Olisa — at one of the most fashionable events of the year. The pair gave Kim Kardashian’s skin-tight Marilyn Monroe gown a run for its scene-stealing money as they made their way down the infamous Metropolitan Museum of Art steps at Monday evening’s 2022 Met Gala.Cumbo and Olisa, both 47, were at the bash when the latter got down on one knee and presented his love with an unmistakable robin’s egg-colored Tiffany’s ring box.Cumbo and Olisa — executive director and founder of Staten Island’s the Canvas institute — share a 5-year-old son and have been together for almost eight years.“I guess my fiancé just asked me to marry him and this is amazing, unexpected, wonderful.

Lit with Lizzo! The Met Gala might have a no cellphone policy, but that didn’t stop the rapper from sharing an epic look inside of Fashion’s Biggest Night.

It was a look back to the 1960s at theMet Galain NYC on Monday evening.Kim Kardashian wore the same beaded gown Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe had on when she sang Happy Birthday Mr President to President John F Kennedy in 1962.And her mother Kris Jenner wore a yellow one-shoulder gown that looked just like what Kennedy's wife Jaqueline Kennedy wore in 1961. Kim and Kris have not commented on why the dressed as the two women who were both in a relationship with JFK, but a source has told DailyMail.com that it was not coordinated in advance.

Loose Women presenter Kéllé Bryan has looked back on being encouraged to lose weight while in the band Eternal after Kim Kardashian revealed she lost weight to fit into her Met Gala gown. Last night, Kim was one of the many A-listers who descended upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the fashion spectacle of the year, the theme for which was Gilded Glamour. The entrepreneur, 41, donned the exact dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 when she sang Happy Birthday to President John F Kennedy, explaining that the garment couldn’t be altered at all to fit her.

Gallery: The glitz and the glamour! The best outfits from the 2022 Met Gala (BANG Showbiz)She said: "I always thought she was extremely curvy. I imagined I might be smaller in some places where she was bigger and bigger in places where she was smaller. So when it didn't fit me I wanted to cry because it can't be altered at all.

Pizza party! Kim Kardashian threw a pizza and donuts party in her hotel room after going on a strict diet to fit into Marilyn Monroe‘s dress for the 2022 Met Gala.

Second looks! Kim Kardashian, Bella Hadid and more stars made outfit changes after attending the Met Gala on Monday, May 2.

took the dress for a spin at last night’s Met Gala, making her the only person besides Marilyn to ever wear the dress. The skin-tight mesh dress, which has more than 6,000 hand-sewn crystals, was part of the Monroe estate until Anna Strasberg enlisted Christie’s to sell it in 1999, according to the Daily Mail.Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in Florida bought the dress at a Julien’s Auctions event in 2016 for $4.8 million. After taxes and fees, the dress was valued at over $5 million, making it the “world’s most expensive dress” ever sold at auction, Ripley’s told The Post.The dazzling gown is now valued at over $10 million.When Monroe asked costume designer Jean Louis to make a dress for her, she told him, “I want you to design a truly historical dress, a dazzling dress that’s one-of-a-kind, a dress that only Marilyn Monroe could wear,” according to Ripley’s.Bob Mackie drew the original sketch as his first job out of college. The unlined gown made it impossible for Monroe to wear undergarments.

Kim Kardashian only wore Marilyn Monroe’s historic ‘Happy Birthday, Mr President’ gown at the 2022 Met Gala for a matter of minutes.The Skims entrepreneur, who said she was ‘extremely respectful’ of the dress, wowed as she took to the red carpet at the glitzy event alongside comedian boyfriend Pete Davidson, 28, in the stunning nude sheer gown embellished with crystals.It was famously worn by Hollywood icon Monroe in 1962 when she serenaded President John F Kennedy from on stage for his birthday, causing a sensation.Kim, 41, had to fit the dress – losing 16lbs – and not the other way around, as no alterations were going to made on a dress which sold for $4.8million (£3.8m) at Julien’s Auctions in 2016, before later acquired by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum.It was also transported by guards, which is fair enough for a gown of that value, which is usually stored in a darkened, temperature and humidity-controlled vault.However, the strict quasi-military operation saw the reality TV star able to take advantage of a replica of the dress too, also owned by Ripley’s, which was used for her fittings too.Confirming that she wore the original gown only for photos on the red-carpet stairs, Kim told Vogue: ‘I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history.’Sharing that she made further alterations as she prepared to wear it, she added: ‘I would never want to sit in it or eat in it or have any risk of any damage to it and I won’t be wearing the kind of body makeup I usually do.’‘Everything had to be specifically timed and I had to practice walking up the stairs.’To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoJohnny Depp 'lost $22mil deal to