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Marilyn Monroe fascination comes to Netflix with 'Blonde'

Marilyn Monroe has been dead for almost 60 years, but there is still a kind of madness around her that remains

The Independent UK

Overwrought, overlong ‘Blonde’ depicts Marilyn Monroe’s life as a joyless nightmare

Netflix film has an arresting look, but too many visual and aural tricks fight for our attention.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blonde review – Ana de Armas gives her all as Monroe in otherwise incurious film

Glossy horror perpetuates the tradition of portraying the brilliant actor as an infantile, sacrificial sex-lamb on the altar of celebrity

The Guardian - UK

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Review: Ana de Armas Digs Deep as Marilyn in Brutal ‘Blonde’

What a dream it must be to be Marilyn Monroe, a starstruck assistant tells her. “Everyone would give their right arm to be you!” And we cringe, as we’ll do many times during Andrew Dominik’s brutal, bruising and often beautiful “Blonde,” starring a heartbreaking Ana de Armas. This time, it’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blonde movie review: Ana de Armas’s Marilyn Monroe drama does nothing to help reclaim its subject’s power

Ana de Armas embodies Monroe’s sexiness and vulnerability but is given frustratingly little chance to express her wit and intelligence

Evening Standard

The best of Marilyn Monroe's films from Some Like It Hot to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Choosing favourites becomes a bit of an embarrassment of riches

Evening Standard

SI:AM | Serena’s Farewell Tour Begins

It’s win or go home—for good.

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Ana de Armas looks just like Marilyn Monroe in new pictures released from film biopic

Blonde, starring Ana de Armas, is based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates and is a fictionalised narrative of Marilyn's life

Daily Mirror

SI:AM | Liz Cambage’s Messy Sparks Exit

The Sparks dumped one of their key players during the playoff chase, reportedly due to a variety of off-court issues.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The Lightning Win Game 3 Behind a Huge Second Period

Plus, the Nets-Kyrie Irving contact impasse was entirely predictable.

Sports Illustrated

Yogi Berra: the man behind baseball’s greatest catchphrases

A new documentary, made with the help of the Yankees star’s family, aims to remind its audience that his skill was equal to his warmth

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: major cast members bid farewell in season finale

Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney say goodbye as they depart the hit-and-miss comedy show

The Guardian - US

Baseball quiz: Read all about it!

Extra! Extra! You’ll feel extra good if you become a book buddy after taking this quiz.

Chicago Sun-Times

Heartbreaking Marilyn Monroe doc moments

A series of conversations recorded by journalist Anthony Summers reveal more about the actor's tragic life

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