. >> beverly monroe wants her life back. for more than ten years, she's been caught up in a web of mystery. a southern gothic melodrama filled with passion, betrayal, and a sudden violent death. the story began back in 1979, when this cultivated, well-mannered daughter of the south, working as a patent specialist for philip morris, met an intriguing stranger at an office christmas party. >> you could tell he was european, and he came up and sort of gave this little bow and introduced himself. >> with his exotic accent and continental flair, roger de la burde had an easy charm. >> this enormous that's being served is almost a spiritual experience. >> he was very different. >> what was it about roger that attracted you? >> oh, gosh, his intelligence. the sense of awareness. the kind of knowledge that he had. >> he was worldly and cultured, a wealthy art collector, a self-described polish count, roger told beverly he was descended from napoleon and had escaped the communists in eastern europe, fleeing to america with extraordin

transformed her into marilyn monroe. it is a breathtaking performance. plays marilyn, norma jean, and then she plays the girl she plays in the movie. it is heartbreaking and fun. this is an entertaining movie. the idea was to entertain the audience and do something they would walk out and feel great and exhilarating by. it is like killing exhilarate it again. that was the intention in making it. tavis: you delivered on this one. when you suggested earlier, and i've heard this before, that is that you make movies you think you would like to see. and hope that others will like to see it. i know you are a movie lover. what is it about your sensibility about the movie business that resonates was -- with the audience? if you start out because you are turned on, you are not that out of sync with the move -- moviegoing public. the stuff you bet on it tends to work. >> i think we have a desire to do something different. to do the kind of things that -- i like to have an out of the box experience. robert downey iron man, for example, here is a movie that blew me

. >> the film explores marilyn monroe's week.lyn" simon curtis. colin clark was the third assistant director on the film? >> yes, he was. and his first job. >> he struck up this extraordinary relationship with marilyn monroe. what brought you to this movie? >> i read the memoirs that he wrote about this experience. he said as a young man who got the golden ticket in his first job not only to star on this fi film, but during the making of the film had a loved charming relationship with her during the making. >> turned it into these memoirs and turned it into something. there has been so much talk, though, about the film and how -- harvey weinstein was with us last week. upbeat time in her life, obviously, a lot of else going on. you said you read the memoirs. what was it about this relationship you wanted to be a part of it? >> i think it's every young man's fantasy they spent a week with marilyn monroe. i can identify with that. that's right. obviously, michelle williams plays marilyn and i was so excited she would play the part.

. >>> a closer look at maryland monroe's death. mark steines has more from hollywood. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight. we are taking a closer look at hollywood's most mysterious deaths. here's a sneak peek. >> was it murder? was it suicide? was it an accidental overdose? one of the most persistent and controversial theories about this mysterious death is that it was due in part to her relationship with a mobster and with president john kennedy. and his brother, robert. author jay randy tera berely disagrees. >> i'm thoroughly convinced that marilyn monroe was not murdered. that the kennedys did not have anything to do with her death. marilyn monroe died because she took too many drugs. and that's the sad truth. >> tera berelli's claims angered the secret life of marilyn monroe. >> reporter: where marilyn and jfk were concerned, we were able to interview people close to kennedy and pinpoint that they were only together a total of five times in maryland -- in marilyn's entire lifetime. marilyn and bobby were never int

the marilyn monroe project.he story revolves around a guy that had a chance to spend a week with marilyn monroe. the guy doesn't even get on stage because he wanted to be in filmmaking so bad. he was ostracized by his family because all he wanted to do was be in hollywood. he makes his way into filmmaking, begging for a job, starts out working for free. just wants to be on the set. how important is that lesson today for people that want to be in this business or any other to realize that you have to find a creative and unique way to get in, and sometimes that means doing it for -- >> sometimes it means working as an intern for nothing or working -- a lot of people come to me and asked me, how do you get started? i like the idea of going to film school. there were very few when i started, and now there are many of them. you can get a good education in film school and you can get a job on independent films and it doesn't make any difference. you might start aircraft services handing out hot doughnuts or something.

the lynching of 2 couples in monroe, georgia occurred july 25, 1946.s now referred to has the morris ford lynching. insurance man, 1946. silos you might not be here april. ain't none of us never promise said tomorrow. if you died you would need a will. that way you control your nickel when you are gone. get your ducks in a row you might not be here come april. yeah, your policy is up-to-date and we will pay say if you lose an arm at the elbow at the mill. if you died you need a will. double pay for accidental deaths we have you down. your wife will not need to borrowo. you might not be here come april. being alive is enough to get you killed. do you hear about the folks in monroe? if they hang you from a tree you need a will. your folks won't have to worry about a meal with this insurance when that day of sorrow come. silos you might not be here april. if you died right sudden you'd need a will. >> this next is titled no one's real high button. >> beat, beat, beats here the sound of the train on the georgia road the claps of wheels at the gaps of the j

also, i moved to monroe elementary, which is the school my heart is in right now. now, this amazing principal who had a vision for every student to achieve. i do not know where she is. there she is. then, all the teachers that work with me. i'm learning their everyday from every teacher working with me. we have a very strong, collaborative community. i also want to thank my personal community, my friends and my family. i also especially -- working as a teacher is really hard, and i have two young kids somewhere running around. i have to thank my husband for all this incredible patience, and my two little girls who have the money that is very busy. thank you very much for everything. -- a mommy that is very busy. >> i want to thank jeff the steiner also because monroe elementary is one of our community high schools, and also see gene. thank you both for helping with that. these are our winner is, but we could not have done this without the amazing support of someone who ran a program this year for me. i want to know he single- handedly solicit those -- american airl

reporter: an outpouring of love and support formerly monroe and her family, a -- for merle monroe and her family, a family grieving an unbelievable loss. early sunday morning a fire raced through the their family home. her 6-year-old grandson was killed. his mother and aunt clung to life more than a day, but they also died. merle monroe was the only one who made it out. >> i don't know what i could have done to save my daughter's life, my sister or my grand. so. reporter: thursday night dozens gathered in lewis -- grandson. reporter: thursday night dozens gathered to donate anything they could to help. fire officials say there was no smoke alarms in the home and say many in the largely immigrant community are not a weight of device. smoke detectors -- not aware of the device. smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors were handed out at event. >> this is something that's so easy but priceless in the end. reporter: mario attended the elementary school here and his principal remembers him. she said his loss has been hard. >> he was a delight. we could just see good things happening t

. >> he struck up this extraordinary relationship with marilyn monroe.s he wrote about this experience. he was a young man as a golden ticket during the making of the film had this lovely sort of charmed relationship with her during the make of it. >> they're talking about a golden ticket, turned it into these memoirs and really turned it into something. there's been so much talk about the film and how -- harvey wine stephen was talking about it. it was an upbeat time in her life. you said you read the memoirs. what was it in particular about this moment in time and this particular relationship that you really wanted to be a part of? >> i think it's every young man's fantasy to be with marilyn monroe. >> the truth comes out. >> i can identify with that. >> obviously michelle williams plays marilyn. i'm so excited that she would play the part. she finds the private complicated marilyn, but also she's so brilliant as the fun and sexy marilyn. the song and dance marilyn. to see michelle as marilyn singing and dancing was really exciting. >> why did marilyn

he shook the lawyer's hand, walked out to his car and crowe back to monroe -- drove back to monroe. he called jen from the road. it's done, he said. let's celebrate. they met at a mexican restaurant in monroe where the lunch entrees cost $4.95 and came big enough to split. jen leaned her crutches against the wall and wrapped her arms around jay. they smoked their half cigarettes and went inside to order, a beer for him and a margarita for her. it was 11:15 a.m. jay had to work later that night at the airport, jen had to take jaden to the doctor to check on the ear ache. the restaurant was empty. mare yap chi music played in the background. they sat on the same side of the booth holding hands. jay took off his hat, smirked and raised his glass. to bankruptcy, he said. to fresh starts, she said. to 2010, he said. so, um, you know, the book, i think it reveals a holt of what was -- a lot of what was going on in the country over the course of that year that i was reporting. for jen and jay, you know, one of the heavier stories in the book, over the course of the year they filed for bank

lohan wanted to mirror her idol marilyn monroe. she's looked up to her. it paid off for lohan. her troubled starlet, the recent "playboy" spread is selling very well according to the founder, hugh hefner. he quoted sunday, the lindsay lohan january-february double issue is breaking sales records. cnn called multiple newsstands in los angeles, atlanta, chicago and new york, yes, brooke, we had to check for ourselves, we found that just one sold out of the issues, but that store is expecting more kpcopies of the magazine to reach them today. a spokesman for "playboy" wouldn't provide any exact information regarding sales numbers but they did echo hef's tweet confirming that lohan issue is selling very well. lohan was reported by paid as you mentioned $1 million to pose for the photos, which feature the 25-year-old with blonde hair posing nude in a style so of of the photograph taken of her idol of marilyn monroe on the cover in 1953. monroe at that time was paid, just 50 bucks for that shoot, so, boy, have times changed. >> a million dollars. >> brooke, we should also mention --

and he thought it was time to explore the legend of marilyn monroe.. >> good year for you. >> so far, so good. >> so tell us, talk about "the artist." it's getting good attention at that. what possessed you to back a silent film? >> possessed is probably a good word. >> you like that? >> oh, yeah. that's the softball of today. you know, i love silent movies. i went to film school. chaplain, keaton are the obvious choices and there are many, many more after that. but i followed this director because he made a james bond spoof called "os 117." i tried to get my brother to hire him to do a scary movie but it didn't work out. i was a fan of him and knowing he was making a movie in los angeles and american movie direct by a french director. it's about the early days. but it's really, really funny. really, really smart. i like those kind of movies. >> i read like to watch people watch these movies. so have you been able to sit in a theater and get the audience's reaction "the artist"? i-not what i expected. >> you see it. the audience howl and explode in la

we do have to give credit, mariah made the best list for naming her daughter monroe.ist, pink, naming her daughter willow spade. >> i do like monroe. >> moroccan, there might be identity issues. >> i went with paloma for my daughter. >> very nice. >>> for some of you, local news is next. >> for everyone else, we're talking to the busiest man on tv, ryan seacrest. the softest bear on the web... a new bedtime story: added to cart. watching her play with the box instead: priceless. your mastercard makes sure you don't pay for unauthorized purchases, not online, not anywhere. that's credit or debit mastercard. that's priceless. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow, ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums here would you go next if you had a nothing works faster. hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible ith a hoveround., tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor rand founder of hoveround., when we say you're fr

marilyn monroe and michael jackson. marilyn monroe movie is out and i interviewed michelle williams about the movie last week, and what do you believe is the biggest misconception about her? >> i was very, very drawn to her. to many, she was like a golden child. she radiated light, and vulnerability and i think that she was attracted to me as she used to gravitate a little bit to me at parties, because she knew that i was not very secure either, and she was fragile, and i was very touched by her. michael jackson, also, someone who was fragile. you know, the both of them had these, these beyond famous iconic images, and yet, in their innermost selves, they were very, very vulnerable, damaged people. it was the tension between those two things perhaps that made them so brilliant, each in their own way. i mean, michael, what a genius in terms of the music and the dancing and the moves and the impact he had on the musical culture and just amazing and yet, you know, i lived with him for a week. when i was making "on golden p

the new movie showcasing the late screen siren in the 1950s but more to marilyn monroe than we know.etween monroe and the famous actor and director sir lawrence olivia. >> cut! you wait. marilyn, please, tell me how i can help you. >> i don't know who else -- i don't know who she is. >> you have had all of your gift, we all are. >> she's not real. >> then simply rely on your natural talents. >> a bit of sarcasm perhaps in there. we're joined now by kenneth branagh. >> a man with natural talents and also nominated for golden globe for best supporting actor. we loved the film and must have been so interesting to play someone who is a real person trying to interact with another real person in your industry making a real film. >> it was because i direct film that i've acted in and he's directing this film that he's acting in with marilyn monroe come to england to meet with a bunch of actors and michelle williams comes and works with a bunch of british actors. we filmed where the original movie was trying to make on the same sound stage. michelle had the same dressing room as marilyn. we

enough already about marilyn monroe. first job on a movie is to work on a movie that lawrence olivier is directing, marilyn monroe in "the prince and the showgirl." she has an argument with arthur miller, her husband, he leaves, goes off to paris. the boy gets close and closer and a romance ensues. even though the movie takes place over a period of time. we focus on this one gorgeous week where she kidnaps him one day. they go skinny-dipping on the lawn. it sounds like what you do every week, right? they go skinny-dipping on the lawn of windsor castle. they go through the library. it's absolutely fun. it's the charming fun of marilyn's life. the movie plays more like a comedy than it does the serious trauma, tragedy marilyn. >> it's amazing some of the places where you could do things. >> i have been making movies in england for far too long. and never get any of that stuff. i always say, can we shoot here, when i did "the king's speech" can we shoot the palace? absolutely not. after "the king's speech" and also, i think

you know james dean and you know marilyn monroe, but you don't know who he is.n in his day wrote some best sellers like the magic christian, candy, but he also wrote the screenplay for doctor strangelove. >> smith: right. >> borowitz: so he was one of america's greatest satirists of all time. has really been forgotten. it was so cool, i took a chapter from magic christian which happens to bb myú favorite ameriian comic novel,,and i put that in there, so maybe now like, i reaa that when i was 17 >> smith: yeah. >> borowitz: maybe somewhere in america there's a 17 year old who's now going to read that. >> smith: going to read that. >> borowitz: yeah. >> smith: invariably you had more than 50 people you considered or you know >> borowitz: i did. >> smith: more than 50 pieces. so who -- what was 50, what or who was 51, 52, 53, tell us who alloss made the cut that didn't. >> orowitz: well, i actually started with a list of 100 -- &->> borowitz -- nd i went to library of america and said you know i think the book will work best if it') shorter. so they whittled it dow

. >> coming up on coffee with and taking on the part of marilyn monroe in my week with marlin. williams there, not marilyn. we will have more on traffic and weather. >>> don't go away and don't forget that the holidays are here and we are continuing to ask for help to deck our halls. e-mail your pictures to us -- ,, . >>> the totals around the area, washington county, two inches of snow and moving up -- . >>> those are the temperatures, getting cooler as the rain cooled it down in western maryland and that is the reason for the snow out there with that fast-moving storm system. 35, 66, the winds from the west at nine. -- -- >>> those are the temperatures near the water. the winds coming from the north west and over at the river. gusting up to 20 miles per hour and the winds gusting over at marshall today at 52 miles per hour. a look at the storm system that blasted the neighbors to the northeast and we will see more clearing and the winds starting to move in and the high pressure will build into the area. the cheering wind will dry us out. with the cooler air, for the forecast,

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. >> put you to sleep like sputnik monroe's sleeper. >> we were just sitting there, we share a wrestlinghome town of louisville, kentucky, there is a wrestler, an old school guy named sputnik monroe and i have his picture and ice is a good thing, can i just say this, even winning a match, ice is a good thing, bro. here is a picture, take the internet a second, sputnik, i don't want to say he invented the sleeper. >> we are having trouble getting that picture on the air. >> really? >> yeah. >> that is too bad. >> well you got me here. >> would you demonstrate that on him. >> what is the second move? >> the anaconda. >> you could blur the line. >> that is my appeal. i throw a lot of kicks and strikes, and i do practice bra brazilian jujitsu and you blend that together. >> i got to be honest with you the idea is to take the rules and push them as far as you can but one of your opponents say you have crossed a line there. >> it happens, i am a habitual line stepper. >> you know what? we got something common, we do, wwe in town, all c m punk here, all furnished by them. hit the website for de

some of you have been asking where my assistant monroe has gone. what happened to him?! simmer, sanders. monroe has decided to breed mastiffs up in canada. apparently you can get $1,200 per puppy. so that's pretty good. anyway... i decided to promote lorraine to be my new assistant. now, we'll need a new receptionist, so i'm going through résumés. but i'll be honest, the only ones we've gotten are from chinese spies trying to infiltrate us. silly chinese. even with their ninja magic they could never pass for one of us. (chinese accent): they've mastered art of the noodle, but not art of disguise. (laughing): good one, butch. but seriously, anyone know anything about any launch codes? my name is butch johnson from 5 green lane, plymouth, indiana, zip 46563-3781. i like shooting hoops and ms. kelly ripa. but seriously, anyone seen anything to do with launch codes? bam! two orders. prepaid. oh, boy. wait. two houses? i-i don't know if i can produce at that volume. steve, relax. you just concentrate on being the creative force god made you, and leave the rest to me. to our n

i want to talk to you about marilyn monroe, michael jackson, and what has been the greatest moment ofr life. really, head & shoulders is for more than dandruff? yeah, it does seven great things like giving me a healthy scalp and great looking hair. you should make that eight things. dude, why don't you just use the stuff? [ male announcer ] head & shoulders: seven benefits. every bottle. >>> oh, i'm so happy for you. congratulations. thank you. i'm so happy for you. i'm so pleased that you're going to be my daughter-in-law. oh, congratulations. >> thank you. >> 15 years of not acting, jane fonda burst back onto the scene with "monster-in-law" with jennifer lopez. you said it was one of the best career moves you have made, that. >> well, it was an a fantastic role, it was different than anything i had ever done and i knew having spent ten years with ted turner i knew how to play outrageous and over the top in a way that was also lovable. he taught me that. and it was just -- it was a fabulous part and i knew that people would come to the movie because of jennifer and they would discove

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these were the photos taken back in 1946 when monroe was still norma gene. a beautiful woman. the judge ruled the pictures must be auctioned to set it will photograph's debt. the photos sold for $362,000 in beverly hills yesterday. they came with negatives and the rights to sell and distribute them as well. >> she looks great, different from the blonde bombshell we're used to seeing. what a difference a little makeup and hair dye can do. >> we'll leave it there. >>> if dogs could talk a pooch named petunia had to say. >>> found last week in a rural area of the county eight years after she disappeared from her home in virginia. a microchip of them reunites the pet with the family. >> hard to believe she was alive. it's been 8 years. >> very thirsty and hungry when i found her. glad she took the right fork in the road and came to me. >> she was two years old when she left home. how she ended up 5,000 miles away remains a big mystery. petunia -- that doesn't look like a petunia, but she's not talking. >> petunia is very sweet. i'm sure she's happy to be at home. what was up to? h

marilyn monroe and michael jackson. you knew them both. marilyn has a new movie out. what do you think the biggest misconception about marilyn was? >> i was very, very drawn to her. to me she was like a golden child. she radiated light and vulnerability. and i think that she was attracted to me as -- she used to gravitate a little bit to me at parties because she knew that i was not very secure either. and she was fragile. and i was very touched by her. child. and i was very touched by her. michael jackson also, someone who was fragile, you know. both of them had these beyond famous iconic image, and yet in their inner most selves they were very, very vulnerable. they were damaged people. it was the tension between those two things, perhaps that made them so brilliant each in their own way. i mean, michael, what a genius in terms of dancing and music and moves and the impact he had on our musical culture and yet i lived with him for a week when i was making "on golden pond." he wanted to watch my father and katherine hepburn work. he was interested in becoming a movie

she say she's wearing a sports mouth guard because her tattoo removal session to laser off marilyn monroe are incredibly painful. apparently she's clenching her jaw so hard she's endangering her teeth. >>> youtuu2 was the top grossinr taking in $156 million. country princess taylor swift tour was a distant second with $97 million. katy perry photographed in hawaii without russell brand and her wedding ring is fueling rumors of some trouble. "us weekly" quotes a source saying a mega fight, not just a fight, a mega fight, between the two led the two to spend holidays apart with brand heading to england. >>> e news reports bradley cooper is involved with zoey zaldona. >> who this is. >> i said the same thing. her spokesperson dismissed rumors last month but a source told the website the two are, quote, totally dating. apparently their source is 16 and a valley girl. totally dating. >> she's beautiful. i just don't know who she is. >> i'm not familiar either. i was under the impression he was dating jennifer lopez so this will have to be worked out in our entertainment segment. >>> news comes