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Kim Kardashian In Marilyn Monroe’s Iconic Dress To Bella Hadid’s Spray On Coperni Ensemble – The 5 Most Talked About Fashion Moments Of 2022! ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Fashion is something that gets people talking and 2022 only cemented this proof further. The 360+ days saw several stars in the West hit the red carpets at film/show premieres, fashion shows and more looking their fashionable best – and they had us thumbs us from us like Rihanna, Jenna Ortega, Kim Kardashian and many more. While Hollywood divas…

Earlier this year, Netflix gave its users a colorful and at times horrifying look at a version of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. It is divisive, has been criticized for its titular portrayal and now its director is blaming today’s culture for its received backlash. A Deadline Hollywood article from earlier today features director Andrew Dominik discussing his piece at the Red Sea International Film Festival. He says he was surprised by the response at first — as he has often made acclaimed films no one has seen while in this…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe only letter written to Marilyn Monroe from her estranged father is going up for auction next month.The letter is one of the 170 belongings of Monroe that will be auctioned on 17 and 18 December.One of the most appealing lots is undoubtedly a handwritten letter from Charles Stanley Gifford, the man who was recently proven to be Monroe’s father via DNA testing.“This card is the only…

Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe are not only famous for their Hollywood films, they are also icons of beauty. But how would Marilyn, Audrey and many other old Hollywood actors look if they lived in today's times? An Instagram user decided to use artificial intelligence (AI) on various apps to edit and modernise old photos of stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren, and the results are attracting all kinds of reactions on social media. While some say they ‘all look like the Kardashians’, others also called the…

Nick Cave has said Blonde is his “favourite film of all time”, disregarding the largely damning critical response surrounding the new Marilyn Monroe biopic.The 65-year-old Australian singer worked alongside Warren Ellis to record the soundtrack for the Ana de Armas-led adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s novel of the same name. And despite “disgusted” viewers having already branded it “unwatchable” since its release on Netflix last month, Cave has proudly proclaimed it his “favourite” film.In the latest edition of the…

Netflix users are being left particulary outraged by a “horrifying” scene in new Marilyn Monroe film Blonde.The controversial new movie from director Andrew Dominik was adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’s fictional book about Monroe, which was released in 2001.For some time now, the project, which stars Knives Out actor Ana de Armas, has been hyped up as being a shocking watch, with the film being handed an NC-17 age certificate in the US.For those in the UK, this is similar to an 18 – but American directors tend to try and…

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone wondering what “The Daily Show” will do without Trevor Noah. Noah announced during Thursday’s taping that he plans to step down as host after seven years on Comedy Central’s influential late-night program, where he ably filled the shoes of predecessor Jon Stewart. According to a network spokesperson, a timeline for his departure is still to be determined — as, of course, is the name of the next person to sit behind “The Daily Show” desk. As TV critic Lorraine Ali writes…

In the Hollywood mythology surrounding Marilyn Monroe, there were rumors that she and Joe DiMaggio hoped to reconcile, years after their brief, turbulent marriage fell apart in 1954. While it’s known that Monroe and DiMaggio remained good friends, the movie star reportedly downplayed any plans to reconcile with her ex. Sadly, any hopes that these two icons could find their way back together ended when Monroe died in August 1962 at age 36, officially from an accidental drug overdose. “Blonde,” the controversial new biopic…

Netflix users are being left particulary outraged by a “horrifying” scene in new Marilyn Monroe film Blonde.The controversial new movie from director Andrew Dominik was adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’s fictional book about Monroe, which was released in 2001.For some time now, the project, which stars Knives Out actor Ana de Armas, has been hyped up as being a shocking watch, with the film being handed an NC-17 age certificate in the US.For those in the UK, this is similar to an 18 – but American directors tend to try and…

There are few films so horrifying, brutal and still so stunning as Andrew Dominik's latest feature, Blonde. The closest association I can tether it to is Darren Aronofsky's Mother! and Requiem For A Dream. Both divisive, both gorgeous and both absolutely impossible to watch more than once. Blonde is a reimagined, fictional biopic on the woman the world just cannot let rest, Marilyn Monroe. Dominik brings Marilyn back from grave and gives her the worst life one can imagine. With multiple scenes of rape, harassment, child…