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Fans of screen icon Marilyn Monroe have won a battle to preserve her mark on Los Angeles. The LA home where Monroe briefly lived and died has been declared a historic cultural monument, while a Palm Springs planning commission decision boosted chances that an 8-meter statue called "Forever Marilyn" will stay in place. The Los Angeles City Council voted for the historic designation after a lengthy battle over whether the Spanish Colonial-style house would be demolished, according to the Los Angeles Times. The current owners live next door and wanted to raze the house in order to expand their es...
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Marilyn Monroe's former Los Angeles home has been saved from demolition. The Spanish colonial-style property in the Brentwood area has been granted historic cultural monument status after being at the centre of a dispute between fans of the Hollywood icon and its wealthy owners. The property – which Monroe bought for $75,000 just six months before her death in 1962 – was purchased by heiress Brinah Milstein and her TV producer husband Roy Bank for $8.35 million last July and the couple had planned to bulldoze it for the expansion of their estate. However, fans of the 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'...
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Carol Burnett has no plans to retire. The 91-year-old comedienne has been active in Hollywood for almost 70 years and is currently starring in Apple+ series 'Palm Royale' alongside Kristen Wigg and Ricky Martin but admitted as she was honoured with a Hand and Footprint Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday (20.04.24) that she wants to stay in the business as long as she is having a good time. She told Fox News Digital: "Well, as long as it's going to be fun. I'm in it for fun, All they had to do [for my latest role] was say who was in it and I said, ‘I’m there.' I don't care what you wan...
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Miley Cyrus’ godmother Dolly Parton sent her a fully-dressed lifesize mannequin of herself for Christmas. The 31-year-old ‘Flowers’ singer regularly talks about how the country music icon, 78, supports her, and has now revealed she stays in touch by faxing and gave her a unique festive gift last year. She told W magazine: “Dolly’s been like a mother to me. Actually, I was just reading this fax that she sent me two Mother’s Days ago. “Dolly faxing is 100 percent part of my 9 to 5 fantasy. “No one else faxes. I literally have to access my lawyer’s office, because the lawyer is the only person wh...
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Marilyn Monroe's former home has been saved from demolition for the foreseeable future. The Hollywood legend purchased the 1929-built Spanish-style hacienda on 5th Helena Drive in Los Angeles just six months before she was found dead in August 1962 at the age of 36 but in September, a permit was approved to tear down the home. However, on Thursday (18.01.24), the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted unanimously to declare the property a historic cultural monument. The commissioners noted that although Marilyn only spend a few months living at the property - which is where she was fou...
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Megan Hilty would "fall on the floor" if she got to meet Meryl Streep. The 42-year-old actress is gearing up to take on the role of narcissistic performer Madeline Ashton in the musical adaptation of 1992 film 'Death Becomes Her' and admitted that she would struggle to cope if the film's original actress got in touch with her ahead of the premiere. Megan told People: "I don't know her and I can't imagine that she has any time to reach out to me. But I'm sure that they're aware that this is happening. I would fall to the floor[if Meryl reched out]. I don't know if I'd be able to take it." Megan...
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Dame Joan Collins was once kissed so hard she ended up bleeding. The 90-year-old actress was working on a scene in 'Dynasty' which required her to lock lips with actor Michael Nader and she explained that he kissed her so hard that he ended up bleeding although he thought it was just lipstick at first. Speaking live on stage during her 'Behind The Shoulder Pads' tour, she told the audience: "He took his kissing very seriously. And he kissed me so hard one day he bit my lip. I said, 'It’s blood!’ and he said, ‘It’s just lipstick,’ but I had blood running down my chin!" The 'All My Children' sta...
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Marilyn Monroe's home could be saved from demolition. The Hollywood legend purchased the 1929-built Spanish-style hacienda on 5th Helena Drive in Los Angeles just six months before she was found dead in August 1962 at the age of 36 but in September, a permit was approved to tear down the home. Now, the Monroe Preservation Group is trying to prove that the house is of historical significance to the local area after discovering that it was also lived in by architect Harbin Hunter. Group member Jordan told People: "I was going through old newspapers and ads because we knew that there was a connec...
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Dame Joan Collins was warned about the "wolves" in Hollywood by Marilyn Monroe. The 90-year-old actress met the late Hollywood legend - who died in 1962 at the age of 36 - during a party early on in her career in the mid-1950s and explained that Marilyn had told her to be aware of predatory studio bosses in the film industry. Speaking on UK TV show 'Loose Women', she said: "I did meet Marilyn Monroe and there was a party at Gene Kelly's house. Everybody was very intellectual. I went over to Marilyn, she was looking a bit lost, looking very un-Marilynish, no make-up, her hair not really done. B...
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Bernie Taupin wrote the UK's biggest-selling single of all time in just 30 minutes. The 73-year-old songwriter and his friend and collaborator Sir Elton John had discussed the idea of writing a new track to honour the late Princess Diana after her death in a car crash in August 1997, but because they didn't have much time, they instead opted to rework 'Candle in the Wind' - their 1974 tribute to Marilyn Monroe - and it didn't take long for Bernie to come up with new lyrics. In an extract from his upcoming autobiography 'Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton And Me' obtained by the Daily Mail newspap...
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