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Bombshell Tapes May Reveal New Marilyn Monroe Mystery
By Chris Epting - AOL NewsDid Marilyn Monroe take a mystery trip aboard Frank Sinatra's private jet the very weekend she died? A trip during which she spent an intense night at the singer's retreat with mobster Sam Giancana? That's one of the suggestions made on the recently disclosed tapes featuring a close confidante of Monroe's -- who was also one of the most famous stylists in history. The legendary screen star's passing on Aug. 5, 1962, remains, arguably, the most mysterious and controversial death in Hollywood history. STR / AFP / Getty Images Undated file photo of American actress Marilyn Monroe ...
Jane Russell Dead at 89: A Tribute [VIDEOS]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsA screen legend is no more. Jane Russell, the actress and sex symbol who rose to fame in the 1940s, passed away this week at the age of 89, KCOY News reported. Her many feature films included "The Outlaw," "Foxfire," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes." With her distinctive hour-glass figure, Russell was often compared to Marilyn Monroe, with whom she starred in "Gentleman Prefer Blondes." Unlike Monroe, however, she became known as much for her singing as she did for her acting. Surge Desk offers the following look back at Russell's heyday. Singing "Bye Bye Baby" in ...
Filmmaker Psychs Out Psychics and ET Believers
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsMany of us have given a few bucks to some alleged psychic to tell us stuff we already know, but what if you spent your entire life savings looking into the future, attempting to contact ghosts and protecting yourself from aliens? That's the premise behind filmmaker Blake Freeman's newest documentary, "Gawd Bless America," in which he travels across America with a 69-year-old "believer" named LeRoy Tessina who's gone bankrupt after years of buying into fraudulent fortune-tellers and alien-protection devices. In hopes of setting Tessina straight, the duo set out on a weird cross-country ...
Dream Recording (and Playback) Comes Closer to Reality
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 28) -- Dream journals are so last century. A sophisticated brain-machine interface might one day give us the chance to record -- and then revisit, rewind and presumably overanalyze -- our nocturnal imaginings. In a remarkable experiment on a group of epileptics, whose brains had been wired to computers, researchers at the California Institute of Technology used celebrity images to explore patterns and dynamics of focus within the mind. First, the team established links between the activity of specific neurons and pictures of different celebrities. For example, one neuron might fire in ...
Child Painter Wows the Art World [VIDEO]
By Mara Gay - AOL News![Child Painter Wows the Art World [VIDEO]](http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/BLOG/resize/151x82^/crop/151x82/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/9/690380/1287091661055.JPEG)
(Oct. 14) -- Autumn de Forest was only 5 years old when her father noticed something different about her artwork. It was unusually sophisticated, beautiful, even Rothko-like. Doug de Forest said he was staining some wood in his garage one day when Autumn came out to join him. "She asked me if she could mess around with the brush. I turned away, I turned back -- it was like a modern art masterpiece," he told NBC's "Today Show." Art collectors agreed. At nearly 8 years old, Autumn has created oil paintings that have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The brightly colored modern art ...
Marilyn Monroe's Private Writings Published
By Marta Falconi - AOL News
ZURICH, Switzerland (Oct. 6) -- A new book hitting European stands on Thursday is shedding a fresh light on Marilyn Monroe and her iconic figure, detailing her melancholic look upon the world and her most intimate reflections. Swiss editor Bernard Comment is the man behind the publishing coup titled "Fragments," a collection of the diva's musings until 1962, the year she died a mysterious death that contributed to her myth. The book, with more than 250 pages of notes, letters, poems and even cooking recipes, is being published jointly by French publisher Editions du Seuil in Europe and ...
Museum Intentionally Showcases Particularly Bad Art
By Matthew Hall - AOL News
(Oct. 4) -- The world's greatest art museums have a new rival in their midst -- kind of. While New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre in Paris need not lock up their treasures just yet, there is a new kid on the block. Museum of Particularly Bad Art Is this painting, titled "Madonna and Child," a metaphor about religion and celebrity -- or is it just a piece of bad art? It can be found at the Museum of Particularly Bad Art. The Museum of Particularly Bad Art in Melbourne, Australia, is attempting to boost the blossoming genre of paintings in poor taste with an annual ...
Botox Nation . . . or Why Can't Women Age Naturally?
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyLet's be honest. Most face-lifts are unflattering. They turn the faces of middle-aged women, who should be wrinkled from all that laughing, crying and squinting in the sunshine, into frozen wastelands. Okay, I'll admit to a little mannequin phobia (thank you "Twilight Zone"), but my point still stands. I think dyed hair can have the opposite of the desired effect. Instead of: How young she looks! people think: What did she do to her face? Maybe she smokes, or never uses sunscreen. Hair that grays prematurely, on the other hand, is almost always attractive, because then people get a glimpse ...
Enjoy Marilyn Monroe Landmarks -- No Charge
By Chris Epting - AOL News(July 15) -- The house where Marilyn Monroe died may have just been listed for $3.6 million, but that doesn't mean there aren't other places where fans of the iconic starlet can enjoy some history -- for free. The greater Los Angeles area is a virtual stomping ground for fans of the voluptuous blond bombshell. It's just a matter of knowing where to look (and respecting private property). 1. The First Marriage Mel Bouzad, Getty Images The house where actress Marilyn Monroe died in Brentwood, Calif., has been put on the market for $3.6 million. But fans of the starlet who don't have that ...
House Where Marilyn Monroe Died Is for Sale
By Scott Martelle - AOL News(July 13) -- The Los Angeles-area house in which sex symbol Marilyn Monroe died of a probable suicide nearly a half-century ago could be yours for a mere $3.6 million. The Los Angeles Times first reported that the house, in the ritzy Brentwood neighborhood near Beverly Hills, has gone on the market. The real estate agent's website, which doesn't mention the Monroe connection, describes the house as a "rare hidden jewel" with four bedrooms and three bathrooms in 2,624 square feet. And, of course, a swimming pool. Mel Bouzad, Getty Images Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a drug overdose on ...
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