Since I’m an avid collector of any magazine that features Marilyn Monroe on the cover, I just had to have Vanity Fair’s June issue to not only keep for a collector’s item but to also scan for this site as well. I hope you enjoy the scans.

By now, you’d think the world has seen every picture of Marilyn Monroe in existence and heard every story there is to tell about the iconic actress, who would have turned 86 on June 1. But the June issue of Vanity Fair proves there’s more Marilyn scoop to be had, even 40 years after her death. The magazine has published a set of six never-before-seen suggestive pictures of the star taken by photographer Lawrence Schiller (who was 23 and went by Larry Wolf back when he took the pics) during a legendary poolside photo shoot.

It was 1962 and Schiller, on assignment for Look magazine, captured a near-naked Monroe as she frolicked by a shimmering swimming pool. In one photo, she holds a towel to her chest as she climbs out of the pool, smiling softly at the camera, one leg pointed towards the sky. But before you start assuming that the male photographer talked a vulnerable Monroe into shedding more than she wanted to, check out some of what Schiller reveals in an adaption of his memoir, Marilyn & Me: A Photographer’s Memories, excerpts of which are included along with the photos in Vanity Fair.

“Fox [Studios] should start paying as much attention to me as they are paying to Elizabeth Taylor,” Schiller recounts Monroe telling him, referring to her disappointment that not only was the movie studio not taking her seriously enough, but she was also jealous of her fellow actress’ success, especially after Taylor got a huge publicity boost from her affair with “Cleopatra” co-star Richard Burton and a media frenzy ensued.
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After many months of setting on my computer, I finally got around to adding video clips of 2 documentary / tv segments that aired last year that featured Marilyn — Icons: Marilyn Monroe and Mystery’s at the Museum. I hope you enjoy them because I recorded them specifically for this site.

Icons: Marilyn Monroe Part 1 7:25 min – 37.7 MB – AVI Download | Downloads	Icons: Marilyn Monroe Part 2 5:41 min – 31.7 MB – AVI Download | Downloads
Icons: Marilyn Monroe Part 3 8:04 min – 46.7 MB – AVI Download | Downloads	Mystery’s at the Museum Part 1 4:13 min – 24.6 MB – AVI Download | Downloads
Mystery’s at the Museum Part 2 2:09 min – 11.5 MB – AVI Download | Downloads

Blonde bombshell moment: MAC Cosmetic has unveiled plans for a special makeup collection inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s glamorous beauty. The limited-edition line (in partnership with Authentic Brands Group) includes nearly 30 products — eye shadow, lipstick (think retro red and hot pink), nail lacquer and eyeliner — and will arrive in stores in October.

“Marilyn’s an icon, plain and simple. Her look not only defined a generation but also is relevant today,” MAC senior vp James Gager told THR. Monroe’s presence is felt everywhere, even 50 years after her death, from NBC’s new hit show Smash, which stars American Idol alum Katharine McPhee and Broadway vet Megan Hilty, to the Oscar-nominated My Week With Marilyn with Michelle Williams. “Marilyn’s back in the zeitgeist,” says Gager.

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Since the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, the blonde bombshell continues to spark fascination, as evidenced by the recent release of My Week With Marilyn. But do Monroe’s heirs benefit from such persistent popularity? Her estate is now making a $3 million bet that the answer will be yes, and that the public will continue to have a strong appetite for images of the actress who became a sex symbol in the 1950s.

Gaining from Monroe’s enduring fame hasn’t been easy for her heirs. Over the past decade, Marilyn Monroe, LLC, in conjunction with its manager CMG Worldwide, have been attempting to gain a cut whenever the late actress’s image has been used in commercial endeavors. This aggressive stance has put them at odds with others who have a stake in the Monroe mystique, such as the various photographers who captured Monroe’s life.

For nearly six years, Monroe’s estate has been in court with the family of one such photographer, Sam Shaw, who is now deceased. The litigation became closely followed by many observers, but it also caused Shaw Family Archives LTD to go into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On Friday, Shaw’s estate told a bankruptcy court about a new plan to regain financial footing and revealed that it had entered into a deal whereby the Monroe estate gets exclusive rights to images of the blonde bombshell in return for $3 million in guaranteed royalties.

The deal also leaves important legal questions unanswered.

Shaw was a legendary photographer who captured some of the biggest stars from old Hollywood, including Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. His images of Monroe were the most iconic, and after the photographer’s death, his family began to license the images around, including to Target for T-shirts and to one documentary producer who was making a film entitled Marilyn’s Man about the star’s first husband.
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