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Avalon Hotel: An Old Hollywood Retreat In Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills is home to the world famous Rodeo Drive, the best shopping and dining and so much more. Beverly Hills also hides a beautiful gem that holds a lot of character and history. This hidden gem is the Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills.

2013/01/18

Undated file photo of actress Marilyn Monroe a few weeks before she died on August 5, 1962. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Missing FBI Files On Marilyn Monroe Found, Made Public

FBI files on Marilyn Monroe, that went missing earlier this year, have been found and were made public.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/12/28

Most Morbid Hollywood Tours

Superstition is rife among those who work in show business, which means that Angelenos living in the shadow of the entertainment industry have heard their share of ghost tales. And some of the spooky looking […]

CBS Los Angeles–2012/10/23

A photo of screen icon Marilyn Monroe taken after she became a Hollywood superstar. (credit: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)

Hugh Hefner Talks About His Memories Of Marilyn Monroe

She was his first centerfold. Marilyn Monroe helped put Playboy magazine on the map.

2012/08/03

Somber Anniversary Of Marilyn Monroe’s Death Nears

It was 50 years ago this weekend that Marilyn Monroe was found dead.

2012/08/02

Marilyn wrote "thanks for keeping me out of the clink." (credit: CBS)

Late Beverly Hills Cop Asked Celebs For Autographs Instead Of Tickets?

Police officers often ask you to sign a traffic ticket, but one late Beverly Hills cop took that to extremes.

2012/07/05

New Allegations Emerge About Marilyn Monroe’s Final Hours

Fifty years after Marilyn Monroe’s death, questions still remain. Did Monroe take her own life or did someone take it for her?

2012/05/11

Images From Marilyn Monroe’s 1st Photo Session Go For $352K At ‘Icons & Idols’Auction

Copyrights and images from Marilyn Monroe’s first photo shoot sold for $352,000 at an auction that included items from Lady Gaga and John Lennon.

2011/12/04

Gaga Channels Marilyn Monroe At Clinton’s Concert

Lady Gaga enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” with former President Bill Clinton.

2011/10/16

Actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe, died at the age of 36. (credit: AP)

Images From Marilyn Monroe’s 1st Photo Session Go On The Auction Block

Copyrights and images from Marilyn Monroe’s first photo shoot are hitting the auction block.

2011/09/23

Auction Of ‘Marilyn Monroe’ Sex Film Gets No Buyers

There were no buyers Sunday at the auction of a 1940s stag film that an events promoter claimed shows an underage Marilyn Monroe having sex before she became a movie star.

2011/08/07

Marilyn Monroe was the first Playmate even though Hugh Hefner had never met her. The pictures were taken from her 1949 nude calendar shoot. Hefner bought the crypt next to Monroe in 1992 for $75,000. (credit: AP)

Collector Plans To Peddle Purported Marilyn Monroe Sex Tape

A Spanish collector plans to auction what he claims is a newly discovered 8-mm version of a film purportedly showing Marilyn Monroe having sex when she was still an underage actress known as Norma Jean Baker.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2011/07/20

Monroe appeared on the magazine's cover in 1953. (credit: AP)

Catalina Exhibit Looks At Monroe’s Life ‘Before She Was Marilyn’

The time Marilyn Monroe spent on the Southern California isle in 1943 is the focus of an August exhibit titled “Before She was Marilyn” at the Catalina Island Museum, which is changing direction to broaden its appeal.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2011/04/25

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MJ Memorabilia Fetches Major Bucks At Auction

Items from the Michael Jackson’s stage wardrobe, including one of the King of Pop’s famous gloves, attracted furious bidding at an auction of celebrity memorabilia in Beverly Hills.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2010/12/05

Photographer Who Documented Hollywood Freeway Construction Dies At 98

Photographer Richard C. Miller, who documented the construction of the Hollywood Freeway in the middle of the 20th century and photographed celebrities, has died. He was 98.

2010/10/16