A gallery thats not a gallery at 980 Madison. What does a dispossessed Cherokee tribe, a John Lennon-Eric Clapton supergroup and Marilyn Monroes unborn son have in common? All were shopping for an apartment on the Upper East Side on Monday afternoon. Well, not exactly, but it is possible to shop for both a $4 million apartment and a $40,000 manuscript at the Douglas Elliman showroom at 980 Madison Avenue through Thursday. Profiles in History, a middlebrow auction house (Albert Einsteins letters, the desk Bram Stoker wrote Dracula on, Kate Winsletts emerald earrings from Titanic) and Marsha Malinowski, who once auctioned off a Magna Carta for $21 million, are offering some 299 items on December 18, the Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector. Ms. Malinowski, after 26 years at Sothebys, struck out in May on her own, and her first big offering is the work of the collector she has long known. After partnering with Profiles in History for the auction, Ms. Malinowski had plann...

Whether she was undecided about what to wear or just fancied paying homage to an icon, Rita Ora tried out the Marilyn Monroe look this weekend. Working bouncy curls while in Germany, the singer teamed her tight ringlets with bold red lips and smoky eyes for a seductive screen siren vibe. Going the whole hog with a white frock and penciled on beauty spot too, we think Rita makes a convincing case for dressing up every day! What do you think? Leave a comment below to be in with a chance of winning a 100 goodie bag KATE MIDDLETON AND PRINCE WILLIAM EXPECTING FIRST CHILD KIM KARDASHIAN DOES VINTAGE GLAM KUWAITI STYLE LADY GAGA TURNS BLINGED-UP SAFARI BARBIE

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) Even 50 years after her death, the interest in Marilyn Monroe remains insatiable. For serious authors, filmmakers and fans, the obsession with the Hollywood icon inevitably leads them to Salisbury, a place she never visited yet knew everything about. Credit the late Ralph Roberts for that. For the last three-plus years of Monroe's life, Salisbury native Roberts served as her personal masseur and, probably, closest friend. By most accounts, Roberts was the last person Monroe tried to contact the night she died of a drug overdose in Los Angeles. Only two weeks ago, documentary filmmakers from Paris were here, interviewing Ralph Roberts' nephew, Hap, who saw his uncle almost every day for the last three years of his life in Salisbury. French Connection Films also spoke to Chris "Steve" Jacobs, the man Hap Roberts has made archivist for his uncle's papers and all things Marilyn. Together, Roberts and Jacobs have developed a Ralph Roberts website....

HBO Documentary Films Marilyn Monroe is the subject of the documentary "Love, Marilyn," from Liz Garbus. Based on recently discovered diaries and letters, Love, Marilyn is mostly the voice of Marilyn Monroe spoken by a range of actors and contemporaneous observers in a collage by the director, Liz Garbus . But this slick documentary is also a respectful love letter to Monroe, presented here as a sexpot, feminist and Tennessee Williams heroine come to life, noble in her respect and need for a sensitive, considerate humanity. Some of the actors speaking Monroes words (with talent like Glenn Close and Viola Davis, no one is going for impersonation) do subtle, thoughtful work, linking many of Monroes worries to those that all actors face. (Uma Thurman, you nailed it.) Others get a bit cringe-worthy. (Ben Foster works way too hard in his effort to be cool with the language of Norman Mailer.) The star appearances alternate with material of Monroe ! herself, performing or giving i...

HBO Documentary Films Marilyn Monroe is the subject of the documentary "Love, Marilyn," from Liz Garbus. Based on recently discovered diaries and letters, Love, Marilyn is mostly the voice of Marilyn Monroe spoken by a range of actors and contemporaneous observers in a collage by the director, Liz Garbus . But this slick documentary is also a respectful love letter to Monroe, presented here as a sexpot, feminist and Tennessee Williams heroine come to life, noble in her respect and need for a sensitive, considerate humanity. Some of the actors speaking Monroes words (with talent like Glenn Close and Viola Davis, no one is going for impersonation) do subtle, thoughtful work, linking many of Monroes worries to those that all actors face. (Uma Thurman, you nailed it.) Others get a bit cringe-worthy. (Ben Foster works way too hard in his effort to be cool with the language of Norman Mailer.) The star appearances alternate with material of Monroe ! herself, performing or giving i...

In fall 1961, Marilyn Monroe was asked by Look magazine to pose for its 25th-anniversary issue. The question we asked her was, How would you like to be remembered 25 years into the future? recalls photographer Douglas Kirkland , who was then 27, had grown up in a Canadian town of 7,000, and would soon be dazzled by the 35-year-old Monroe. Her reply, Kirkland told ABC News, was to invent the shoot. She said, We should have a bed and a white silk sheet. It must be silk. And I want Dom Perignon champagne and a Frank Sinatra record playing. The photographer and his subject met three times in California. For Kirkland, it was like meeting three diabolically different individuals. The first Marilyn was like the girl next door. We went to her apartment; it was surprisingly modest in many ways, like a large deluxe hotel room, with a kitchenette at one end. It was as if she was trying to hide out, and so we were taken there and told to never say where this was. She was attractive but she could ...

Marilyn Monroe slipped into the 90-degree water in a flesh-colored bikini and emerged without it. A man at poolside that late spring night in 1962 will be at Heather James Fine Art in Palm Desert Saturday evening. Lawrence Schiller, photographer extraordinaire, is showing his Marilyn pictures, many newly revealed. After 50 years, some I didnt think were very good at first take on a new meaning, he said during a recent phone conversation. They have a life of their own. There are lots in the big Taschen book the story of her life. He refers to his tome Marilyn & Me: A Photographers Memories, $1,000, though there is also a modestly priced version. Schiller, who currently lives in Manhattan, said he was lucky in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. I live in a high-rise in great shape, no problem. We could help others. Looking back, it seems the film goddess was a long way from his original subject. Skid marks. After he was given a camera for his bar mitzvah it became his escape. The Brookly...