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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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Jackie Kennedy is said to have been left "haunted" when Marilyn Monroe called asking to speak to her husband. The late former First Lady was married to President John F Kennedy until he was assassinated in November 1963, and more than a year earlier, she received a phone call supposedly from late Hollywood starlet Monroe - whom he is rumoured to have had an affair with - which stuck with her for years after the 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' star died herself in August 1962 aged 36. J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of 'Jackie: Public, Private, Secret', told Fox News Digital: "There was something abou...
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Tina Turner has been hailed by her costume collaborator for having the “best body” for her revealing stage outfits. The late singer, who died aged 83 on 24 May after years battling illnesses including severe kidney problems, is said by her friend and fashion designer Bob Mackie, 84, to have used her entire toned physique to make the most of her on-stage clothes. He told The Guardian ahead of the launch of the opening of the ‘Diva’ exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert museum, which features the ‘Private Dancer’ singer’s looks: “Tina Turner was larger than life right up to the end.” Bob cr...
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Ana De Armas has joined the cast of Ron Howard's survival thriller 'Origin of Species'. The 35-year-old actress - who previously played Paloma in the James Bond film 'No Time to Die' - is set to star in the upcoming movie alongside the likes of Jude Law, Alicia Vikander and Daniel Bruhl, according to Deadline. The film has been billed as a "tale of murder and survival, set around a group of eclectic characters who abandon civilisation for the Galapagos. They are all searching for the answer to that ever-pressing question that plagues us all: what is the meaning of life." 'Origin of Species' is...
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Ana de Armas felt the “presence” and “spiritual energy” of Marilyn Monroe while filming ‘Blonde’. The 34-year-old actress portrayed the Hollywood icon in the biopic – which landed her a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at Sunday’s (12.03.23) Academy Awards – and she admitted everyone on the production couldn’t help but be affected by the “spiritual energy” of the star. Speaking to E! News’ Laverne Cox on the champagne carpet at the Oscars, she said: "Marilyn is all over LA. "Everywhere we went, all the locations, everywhere you go she's there, everyone has a stor...
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