Angelina Jolie won’t be playing Marilyn Monroe after all.

Earlier this week, author Andrew O’Hagan said the actress, 35, would portray the blonde bombshell in the movie version of his novel, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog. But the Oscar winner’s rep tells the Los Angeles Times: “Angelina is NOT attached to this project.” Jolie, who has been promoting Salt in Europe this week, also shot down the report. “This is a new rumor,” she told reporters at the Salt premiere in London Monday. “It sounds very nice – I just haven’t got the phone call yet. You guys will probably know before I do.”

Source: US Magazine

After Michelle Williams another Hollywood star might be taking up a role as Marilyn Monroe. Angelina Jolie (35) is rumoured to be playing Marilyn in a movie version of The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, so tells author Andrew O’Hagan tells The London Telegraph. Frank Sinatra will be portrayed by George Clooney.
An official announcement has not been made.
‘The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe’ follows Monroe’s last two years through the eyes of her pet, Maf, a Maltese terrier which was a gift from Sinatra in 1960.

Angelina Jolie said: “I would be honored [to play the role], but we haven’t gotten the script yet.”

Source: US Magazine

I found the following article on the website of Dailymail.co.uk:

On Sunday, August 5, 1962, the body of Marilyn Monroe was found naked and face-down on her bed at her home on Fifth Helena Drive, at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Brentwood, California. She was 36 years old.
‘The long troubled star clutched a telephone in one hand. An empty bottle of sleeping pills was nearby,’ reported the Associated Press that morning.

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I found some new pictures of Marilyn. In this shoot she’s visiting the movie set of Sitting Pretty in January 1948. I’ve added the pictures to the gallery.

The pictures are taken by Life photographer Loomis Dean. What Marilyn was doing at the set, is still unknown since she wasn’t in the cast. The darkhaired girl is actress Laurette Luez. She wasn’t in the cast either. The two girls seem to be eating chocolates with actor Clifton Webb.

Finally, some new additions to the gallery! I’ve added pictures made by John Vachon to it, which were taken during filming River of No Return from August 1953.

In September 2010 a new photobook will be released, with lots of unseen pictures. Taken by LOOK photographer John Vachon.

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The Brentwood house in the Los Angeles suburb, once owned by Marilyn Monroe and where she has died, is up for sale for $3.6 million.
The house that was built in 1929 in a Spanish colonial style is 2,624-square-foot one-story house built. It has four bedrooms, three baths and a swimming pool.

You can find more pictures and details on the house on the website of real estate agent David Offer.

I haven’t bought The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe yet but it’s high on my wishlist. I’ve read several reviews on the book and most of them are very positive. The books seems to be really funny. What else could it be considering it’s written from the viewing point of a dog?
Since I haven’t read it myself, I give you a link to Tara Hanks’ blog. She can tell you more about the book! Click for Tara’s review.

If you decide to buy the book, I would appreciate it greatly if you order it from my website which is affiliated with Amazon.com. You can find the link at the bottom of this article. Thanks in advance!

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Marilyn Monroe’s chest x-ray has fetched 45000 dollars at auction. A set of three Monroe chest X-rays, has been received from a hospital to which she paid a visit in 1954, reports CBS news. The X-Ray was auctioned at the Hollywood Legends auction at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Julien’s Auctions, which sold the X-rays, estimated that they would only fetch a total of about 3,000 dollars, but to their surprise it fetched more than expected. Other Monroe-abilia that was sold included a chair from her last photo shoot that was auctioned for 35,000 dollars.

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It’s like a dream coming true: Marilyn Monroe’s writing will be published as a book! In the fall of 2010 the book, that will carry the title ‘Fragments’, will come out. The writings are the estate of Anna Strasberg, the wife of late Lee Strasberg who was Marilyn’s friend and acting coach.

Below you can read what Reuters (press agency) wrote about it.

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Jennifer Lopez surprised George Lopez on Lopez Tonight by dressing up as Marilyn Monroe and singing “Happy Birthday” for his birthday. Jennifer wore a blond wig and a revealing tight gown, just like Marilyn Monroe wore on John F. Kennedy’s birthday in 1962. What added something special to it, was that they shot the video in a 60′s style, like a newsreel. You can watch the video below:

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