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Andrew Dominik's controversial Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde landed eight nominations from this year's Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture.  Announcing the film's Razzies haul, the organization described the biopic as a film that "explores the exploitation of Marilyn Monroe…by continuing to exploit…

Yesterday, Universal’s troubles suddenly weren’t so far away, at least when it comes to Ana de Armas’ absence from the 2019 Danny Boyle-directed flick Yesterday. "Universal is correct that trailers involve some creativity and editorial discretion, but this creativity does not outweigh the commercial…

Andrew Dominik shared his thoughts on the unexpected backlash against his Marilyn Monroe drama Blonde during an In-Conversation event at the Red Sea International Film Festival on Sunday. The feature, starring Ana de Armas as the tragic, iconic actress, divided critics when it world premiered at the V…

Ana de Armas had zero difficulty finding streams of research to play Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. But learning what drove Norma Jean, the delicate and insecure woman behind the public persona, was an entirely different challenge. “It was important to find the emotional truth in this character,” she…

Blonde, the Marilyn Monroe biopic, premiered on Netflix and it took the second spot on the charts. The Ana de Armas-starring movie got an 11-minute standing ovation when it was screened at the Venice Film Festival. Despite glowing reviews for Blonde, the film directed by Andrew Dominik didn’t debut…

Adrien Brody, who features as playwright and one-time Marilyn Monroe spouse Arthur Miller in Andrew Dominik's Blonde, says elements of the story adapted from Joyce Carol Oates' 2000 bestselling fictionalized novel, are "terrifying" but hopefully lead to a feeling of empathy for the woman behind the…

Few movie dramas in recent years have generated as much fevered online speculation as Andrew Dominik's Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde. Fourteen years in the making, Blonde uses Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name as a starting point to chart a fictionalized chronicle of Monroe’s inner life. After a number of false…

Hollywood's glory days were on full display Thursday as the cast of Blonde, with star Ana de Armas resplendent in a pink full-length gown, walked the red carpet before the film premiered in the Palazzo del Cinema at the 79th Venice Film Festival. Click on the image above to launch a photo gallery. 'Blonde': Andrew Domi…

Blonde, Andrew Dominik's long-awaited and anticipated Marilyn Monroe biopic starring Ana de Armas, just had its world premiere Thursday night at the Venice Film Festival, where the audience greeted it with an 11-minute standing ovation after the credits rolled. The Sala Grande audience chanted “Ana, Ana, Ana” at the…

Forget Seberg, forget Mank, forget Judy — Andrew Dominik's Venice Film Festival competition entry Blonde takes a blowtorch to the entire concept of the Hollywood biopic and arrives at something almost without precedent. Gus Van Sant, at the height of his Béla Tarr period, achieved something remarkable and kind of…

Blonde director Andrew Dominik and his star Ana De Armas very much felt the presence of Marilyn Monroe while making the long-awaited biopic that has its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival tonight. Dominik told the Lido press corps this afternoon, "We were kind of chasing her ghost around… Her dust is…