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Marilyn 1998

• The February 1998 issue of Playboy includes several pictures of Marilyn in Playboy's History of the Sexual Revolution Part VI (1950-1959): Something Cool
• There's a picture of Marilyn on page 98 of the current issue of People Weekly. This is the February 16, 1998 issue with Celebrity Style Secrets '98 on the cover. MM is in the feature about The Little Black Dress and is shown wearing (you guessed it) a black dress.
• Marilyn is on the cover of The National Enquirer, March 3, 1998, as part of Unsolved Hollywood Mysteries. Includes two color pictures of Marilyn plus a photograph of the bedroom in which she died.
• Life magazine has a special issue dated Spring 1998 which presents The Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography. The issue includes a nice portrait of Marilyn by Eisie, which can be viewed here. The issue should be on sale at newsstands through April 27.
• The Hollywood 1998 issue of Vanity Fair contains two pictures of Marilyn at Ciro's in the mid-'50s, a reproduction of a Photoplay cover with MM, and Absolut Vodka's Absolut Marilyn ad.
• A reproduction of Marilyn's May 14, 1956 Time cover appears on the cover of the 75th Anniversary issue of Time, March 9, 1998. Inside in the section about the '50s is a picture of Marilyn from 1956, and an excerpt from a Time MM story from 1953. Time is on the web at Pathfinder; there is also a special web feature about 75 years of Time covers.
• Marilyn is on the cover of CineAction no.44, undated (copyright date is July 1997). The illustrated article, Performance and Still Photography: Marilyn Monroe focuses on Marilyn's image as it relates to her performances for motion and still pictures, and culminates in analyses of two famous Eve Arnold pictures of Marilyn.
• Marilyn Monroe: From Beginning to End, a book of photographs by Earl Leaf, has been released in the U.S. (an earlier edition had already appeared in the UK).
• A George Barris picture of Marilyn is on the cover of the March 1998 San Diego magazine. Read the story online.
• Marilyn Monroe: From Beginning to End, a book of photographs by Earl Leaf, has been released in a paperback version.
• The September 1998 issue of InStyle has a full page color portrait of Marilyn by George Barris.
• Entertainment Weekly has released a special publication called The 100 Greatest Stars of All Time. It features an inset cover picture of Marilyn, as well as two pages inside. This publication is distinct from the one of the same title issued by Entertainment Weekly last year.
• Two new books about Marilyn have just appeared in bookstores: Marilyn Monroe, a biography by Barbara Leaming, and The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe by Donald Wolfe.
• People Weekly for November 23, 1998, has a review of Barbara Leaming's biography, Marilyn Monroe (includes a nice picture of Marilyn).
• The October 22, 1998 issue of Paris Match has Marilyn on the cover. See the story as well.
• The 15-21 October 1998 issue of the French magazine L'Express also has a feature about the Wolfe book, illustrated with pictures by Bert Stern.
• Profiles In History will be having an auction of rare Hollywood memorabilia (Hollywood: A Collector's Ransom 5) on December 12. Several items are related to Marilyn/Norma Jeane.
• Marilyn is featured in the People Weekly magazine publication, Unforgettable Women of the Century.