MARILYN MONROE

Several gowns Marilyn Monroe donned for “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” are going up for auction this summer along with 1,400 other pieces of Hollywood history.

Sale of "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" smashed the record for the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction. The previous mark was $110 million, Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 painting "Untitled."

Warhol's "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" beat the record price for an American artwork at auction set by a Basquiat skull painting in 2017.

Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” has sold for a cool $195 million.

Andy Warhol's 1964 portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 million at Christie's Monday night, becoming the most expensive work of American art ever sold.

Kim Kardashian was the most recent celebrity to dress up as Marilyn Monroe

A manhunt is underway for Casey White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, and jail official Vicky White after the pair vanished after leaving an Alabama jail on Friday morning. (May 4)

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos by Cindy Ord / MG22 / GettyAt Monday night’s Gilded Glamour-themed Met Gala, Kim Kardashian (and paramour Pete Davidson) swooped onto the red carpet to deliver the most talked-about look of the night. Kardashian arrived in Marilyn Monroe’s original, infamous “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress, the skintight and nearly transparent gown she wore to serenade John F. Kennedy, her rumored lover, in 1962. In an interview with Vogue, Kardashian explaine

Kim Kardashian spent nearly $5 million on her Met Gala dress, which was originally worn by Marilyn Monroe.

Kardashian is the only person aside from Marilyn Monroe to wear the crystal-covered dress.

Kardashian is the only person aside from Marilyn Monroe to wear the crystal-covered dress.

This year’s Met Gala felt quieter than most. Rihanna, Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez, who usually fight it out to be the last one to the carpet, in the most lavish gown, stayed home. Instead, the world's richest man, Elon Musk, showed up in a tuxedo and his mom by his side.

Kim Kardashian went for classic and iconic at the Met Gala, once again breaking the internet by donning one of Marilyn Monroe’s most famous looks.

Kim Kardashian went for classic and iconic at the Met Gala, once again breaking the internet by donning one of Marilyn Monroe's most famous looks. In 2016, the dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy in 1962 was sold at auction to Ripley’s Believe It or Not for nearly $5 million. The figure-hugging nude dress worn by Kardashian at Monday's Met Gala contains more than 2,500 handstitched crystals.

Kim Kardashian cut out sugar and carbs so she could fit into the dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday" to John F. Kennedy in 1962.

Dress was worn by Monroe in 1962 to serenade President John F Kennedy

The TV star and fashion mogul showed up in Monroe's iconic "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress fans had suspected she would wear.

Andreas Homoki’s production of Richard Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” that opened at the Zurich Opera is a family affair, stripping Wagner’s mythology of usual trappings, instead laser-focused on a dysfunctional, brooding bunch consumed by greed.

Kim Kardashian shut down the Met Gala red carpet Monday in one of Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic dresses.

According to the show’s interviewees, the star did not die in her bedroom

Authors and professors shared how historical women across politics, art, literature and activism showed up for one another.

When Bob Mackie was 11, his uncle asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, and his response was a costume designer on Broadway.

A Gucci fashion show in Los Angeles Tuesday night was such a spectacle that Hollywood Boulevard had to shut down to make room for all the stars.

USA TODAY's Brian Truitt breaks down the top movies that will be released this holiday season and the performances that could earn Oscar nominations.

A 1911 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson autographed photograph by Frank W.

Misogyny is a root cause of homophobia, but a famously LGBTQ-friendly city has just raised a monument to it. The cognitive dissonance of #MeTooMarilyn

“Elizabeth and Monty,” by Charles Casillo, charts the pair’s personal and professional relationship.

Some see "Forever Marilyn," the 26-foot statue of the Hollywood icon, as sexist. Others see it as tacky. City officials see it as a major tourist draw.

A woman is found dead and the scene appeared to be staged with a bottle of absinthe. West, a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, posted on OnlyFans, a website some use to share adult content – was a fan involved? "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher reports.

A woman is found dead and the scene appeared to be staged with a bottle of absinthe. West, a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, posted on OnlyFans, a website some use to share adult content – was a fan involved? Correspondent Maureen Maher reports in an all-new "48 Hours" airing Saturday, April 10 at 10/9c on CBS.

The letter from Jefferson, enlisting the help of Gouverneur Morris in Paris, is expected to achieve an impressive $14,000-$16,000. “It is extremely rare to find any letters from Thomas Jefferson in reference to his love for food and French cuisine,” said David Gindy of One of a Kind Collectibles. A 1951 letter signed by Albert Einstein addresses how businessman Joseph Halle Schaffner would best donate his money. One of a Kind Collectibles Auction was founded in 1994. One of a Kind Collectibles Auction always is accepting quality consignments for future auctions.

(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK – The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other. And with more people shopping online, stores are doing double duty as shipping centers to try to get gifts to doorsteps as fast as possible. Meanwhile, Best Buy says that 340 of its stores are being specially designated to handle a higher volume of online orders, though all its stores ship e-commerce packages. Its goal: to have the 340 stores ship more than 70% of its ship-from-store units during the holiday quarter. Typically, 25% of holiday shopping is based on impulse, according to Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor at NPD Group, a market research firm.

A buyer shouted out with glee that they would pay $368,000 for the Rudolph and Santa Claus figures used in the perennially beloved Christmas special “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.”Bidding for the figures soared past the projected sale price of between $150,000 and $200,000 on Friday at the Icons & Legends of Hollywood Auction held in Los Angeles by Profiles in History. The 6-inch-tall Rudolph and 11-inch-tall Santa were made in Tokyo of wood, wire, cloth and leather, and are still malleable. Other highlights from the two-day auction include Marilyn Monroe's tiger-striped gown from “The Seven Year Itch,” which sold for a whopping $593,750. Another Monroe gown that she wore when she met Queen Elizabeth II at a London film premiere went for $294,400. A Scarlett O'Hara dress that Vivien Leigh wore in “Gone With the Wind” and Gene Kelly's rain suit from “Singin' in the Rain” sold for $150,000 apiece.

PARIS – From escapism at the disco, to resistance and aggression, even to pondering the importance of the postal service while working from home, designers in Paris have presented divergent creative responses to the global health crisis as spring-summer shows continued Friday. Like Milan before it, Paris is undertaking an unusual fashion season for spring-summer 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. PARIS FASHION MUSEUM REOPENSAfter delays because of the COVID-19 crisis, Paris fashion museum the Palais Galliera has finally reopened following about two years of construction and renovation work to coincide with Paris Fashion Week. The designer’s life came at a consequential moment in Europe, as war nearly shuttered her fashion house. Perfume and accessories were for a period the only surviving lines sold at 31 rue Cambon in Paris.

What's sure to get the most tongues wagging, however, is the $5,000 gold lobster dinner. Prut, who also owns the gallery where the caf is located, says the dinner comes with an emoji sculpture by Ukrainian artist Lina Condes. Prut describes the meal as a lobster for two encrusted in and surrounded by edible gold, served with risotto and 24-karat gold leaf. If $5,000 is too pricey, LaMuse offers other items on its "Art on a Plate" menu. The special "Art on a Plate" menu is available through the end of the year and is offered Thursday through Saturday evening.

Personal and career items from Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Jerry Lee Lewis, Judy Garland and Garth Brooks are up for auction. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Memorabilia from some of the most iconic stars and artists of all time are hitting the auction block later this month and we got a sneak peek. Kruse GWS Auctions previewed personal and career items from Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Jerry Lee Lewis, Judy Garland and Garth Brooks. We also got a look at some of the items aboard Garth Brooks' tour bus, which is also being auction off later this month. "It makes perfect sense to bring some of this incredible memorabilia to Music City USA aboard the Garth Brooks tour bus we will be auctioning," said Brigitte Kruse, Founder of Kruse GWS Auctions.

Prosecutors say a man who stole a statue of Marilyn Monroe from atop a Hollywood public art installation has been sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay more than $14,000 in restitution.

Holiday moviegoers flock to "The Hunger Games" "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" raked in nearly $57 million this holiday weekend. Also, rare personal items belonging to screen siren Marilyn Monroe are headed for the auction block.Suzanne Marques has those stories and more in today's Eye on Entertainment.

Celebrity photo collection by Milton Greene sells for $2 million Photos of Marilyn Monroe and other stars, taken by fashion photographer Milton Greene, were sold at an auction in Poland after sitting in a New York vault for 20 years. Gayle King reports.