What becomes a legend most? Well, in the case of Marilyn Monroe, it’s countless books, feature films, TV movies, limited series, documentaries and even a Broadway musical. “Blonde,” the latest film about the influential sex symbol, who starred in such films as 1953’s “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and 1959’s ‘Some Like it Hot” and tragically died at the age of 36 in 1962, has been polarizing critics and audiences since it premiered at the recent Venice Film Festival.
Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ best-selling 2000 novel, “Blonde” offers a fictionalized look at the troubled actress. Currently in theaters and streaming on Netflix, “Blonde” stars Ana de Armas. She has been singled out by critics for her work, but director Andrew Dominik (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”) hasn’t been so lucky. “’Blonde’ has been conceived as a slow-motion death march,” said the L.A. Times Justin Chan.
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Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ best-selling 2000 novel, “Blonde” offers a fictionalized look at the troubled actress. Currently in theaters and streaming on Netflix, “Blonde” stars Ana de Armas. She has been singled out by critics for her work, but director Andrew Dominik (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”) hasn’t been so lucky. “’Blonde’ has been conceived as a slow-motion death march,” said the L.A. Times Justin Chan.
The...
- 10/3/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Ana de Armas • (2021) “Blonde”
Kelli Garner • (2015) “The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe”
Katharine McPhee • (2012) “Smash”
Megan Hilty • (2012) “Smash”
Uma Thurman • (2012) “Smash”
Blake Lively • (2012) “Gossip Girl”
Michelle Williams • (2011) “My Week With Marilyn”
Charlotte Sullivan • (2011) “The Kennedys”
Poppy Montgomery • (2001) “Blonde”
Barbara Niven • (1998) “Rat Pack”
Ashley Judd • (1996) “Norma Jean & Marilyn”
Mira Sorvino • (1996) “Norma Jean & Marilyn”
Melody Anderson • (1993) “Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair”
Susan Griffiths • (1991) “Marilyn and Me”; (1993) “Quantum Leap”; (1994) “Pulp Fiction”; (1997) “Dark Skies”; (1997) “Timecop” and many more
Paula Lane • (1989) “Good Night, Sweet Marilyn”
Theresa Russell • (1985) “Insignificance”
Madonna • (1984) “Material Girl” music video
Catherine Hicks • (1980) “Marilyn: The Untold Story”
Tracey Gold • (1980) “Marilyn: The Untold Story”
Misty Rowe • (1976) “Goodbye, Norma Jean”
Read original story 20 Actresses Who’ve Played Marilyn Monroe – From Michelle Williams to Ana de Armas (Photos) At TheWrap...
Kelli Garner • (2015) “The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe”
Katharine McPhee • (2012) “Smash”
Megan Hilty • (2012) “Smash”
Uma Thurman • (2012) “Smash”
Blake Lively • (2012) “Gossip Girl”
Michelle Williams • (2011) “My Week With Marilyn”
Charlotte Sullivan • (2011) “The Kennedys”
Poppy Montgomery • (2001) “Blonde”
Barbara Niven • (1998) “Rat Pack”
Ashley Judd • (1996) “Norma Jean & Marilyn”
Mira Sorvino • (1996) “Norma Jean & Marilyn”
Melody Anderson • (1993) “Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair”
Susan Griffiths • (1991) “Marilyn and Me”; (1993) “Quantum Leap”; (1994) “Pulp Fiction”; (1997) “Dark Skies”; (1997) “Timecop” and many more
Paula Lane • (1989) “Good Night, Sweet Marilyn”
Theresa Russell • (1985) “Insignificance”
Madonna • (1984) “Material Girl” music video
Catherine Hicks • (1980) “Marilyn: The Untold Story”
Tracey Gold • (1980) “Marilyn: The Untold Story”
Misty Rowe • (1976) “Goodbye, Norma Jean”
Read original story 20 Actresses Who’ve Played Marilyn Monroe – From Michelle Williams to Ana de Armas (Photos) At TheWrap...
- 6/1/2021
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Fans of James Marsters and Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files, rejoice! Confirmed at this past weekend’s Dallas Comic Con, James Marsters will indeed return to lend his voice for the audio book for Cold Days, the next book of the Dresden series coming out in this fall.
Marsters had narrated the audio books for the entire fourteen-book-and-counting Dresden series except for the latest one, Ghost Story. A fan asked Marsters at the Q&A session why and this was his response:
“Sorry, sorry, guys. When they first called me, I was doing a piece for French television for the series called Metal Hurlant [Chronicles] which is the comic book that gave rise to Heavy Metal, a really cool movie in the 80’s. Really dark, kinda a modern Twilight Zone.
So I was in Brussels filming that so they said that they would reschedule and when they called back a...
Marsters had narrated the audio books for the entire fourteen-book-and-counting Dresden series except for the latest one, Ghost Story. A fan asked Marsters at the Q&A session why and this was his response:
“Sorry, sorry, guys. When they first called me, I was doing a piece for French television for the series called Metal Hurlant [Chronicles] which is the comic book that gave rise to Heavy Metal, a really cool movie in the 80’s. Really dark, kinda a modern Twilight Zone.
So I was in Brussels filming that so they said that they would reschedule and when they called back a...
- 5/23/2012
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
It’s been 50 years since the tragic death of Hollywood’s most tortured star, Marilyn Monroe, but her legacy lives on and her legend remains as popular today as when she was alive. My Week With Marilyn – released this week on Blu-ray and DVD – offers a tender and intriguing glimpse at the woman behind the façade. Read on for our review…
In the early summer of 1956, 23 year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), just down from Oxford and determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’. The film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams), who was also on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller (Dougary Scott). Nearly 40 years on, his diary account The Prince, the Showgirl and Me was published, but one week...
It’s been 50 years since the tragic death of Hollywood’s most tortured star, Marilyn Monroe, but her legacy lives on and her legend remains as popular today as when she was alive. My Week With Marilyn – released this week on Blu-ray and DVD – offers a tender and intriguing glimpse at the woman behind the façade. Read on for our review…
In the early summer of 1956, 23 year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), just down from Oxford and determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’. The film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams), who was also on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller (Dougary Scott). Nearly 40 years on, his diary account The Prince, the Showgirl and Me was published, but one week...
- 3/17/2012
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
Even though Arthur Conan Doyle wrote only four novels and 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, his sleuthing never stops.
Robert Downey Jr solves more mysteries in December with sequel A Game of Shadows, while Benedict Cumberbatch brings his own hit version of the Baker Street legend back to the BBC later this year.
And if that's not enough deductive derring-do, the fictional detective is also getting a new comic book.
New adventures from Sherlock Holmes and fellow Victorian-era hero Allan Quatermain are set to unfold in the pages of American publisher Bluewater Comics.
It has announced two four-issue limited series featuring the iconic characters, starting in December.
Sherlock 1, written by Ken Janssens with pencils and cover by Matt Marting, finds Arthur Conan Doyle's hero trying to solve a murder while dealing with a haunted hoarding house.
"Throughout my life, I have been creating characters that have been influenced by Sherlock Holmes,...
Robert Downey Jr solves more mysteries in December with sequel A Game of Shadows, while Benedict Cumberbatch brings his own hit version of the Baker Street legend back to the BBC later this year.
And if that's not enough deductive derring-do, the fictional detective is also getting a new comic book.
New adventures from Sherlock Holmes and fellow Victorian-era hero Allan Quatermain are set to unfold in the pages of American publisher Bluewater Comics.
It has announced two four-issue limited series featuring the iconic characters, starting in December.
Sherlock 1, written by Ken Janssens with pencils and cover by Matt Marting, finds Arthur Conan Doyle's hero trying to solve a murder while dealing with a haunted hoarding house.
"Throughout my life, I have been creating characters that have been influenced by Sherlock Holmes,...
- 10/11/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
San Diego is calling all geeks! Comic-Con 2011 is so close yet so far away, But the amount of fun we are planning on having is going to be epic. Comic-Con International has unleashed the full schedule for Saturday July 23rd, and of course it's going to be another great day at the con, and since it's Saturday it will also be the most crowded. Here's a an example of what you will be going down... Immortals, Snow White and the Hunstman, Alcatraz, Terra Nova, Family Guy, Marvel TV, Community, Knights of Badassdom, Grimm, Kevin Smith and more!
I've gone through the list and put stars next to all of the events and panels that we want to cover. Let us know what panels and events you would like to know about and we will try and get them covered for you! If you are actually going to be at the con,...
I've gone through the list and put stars next to all of the events and panels that we want to cover. Let us know what panels and events you would like to know about and we will try and get them covered for you! If you are actually going to be at the con,...
- 7/9/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
That's not actually Marilyn Monroe in the McDonalds commercial above. It's Susan Griffiths, a Marilyn impersonator who you may have seen on the cover of this month's GQ magazine. I'm not sure how old the ad is, but I wanted to use it as the Clip of the Day in order to share some other McDonalds print ads that I discovered while on vacation in Buenos Aires last week (no, I wasn't du ...
- 11/6/2008
- by Christopher Campbell
- Spout
That's not actually Marilyn Monroe in the McDonalds commercial above. It's Susan Griffiths, a Marilyn impersonator who you may have seen on the cover of this month's GQ magazine. I'm not sure how old the ad is, but I wanted to use it as the Clip of the Day in order to share some other McDonalds print ads that I discovered while on vacation in Buenos Aires last week (no, I wasn't du ...
- 11/6/2008
- by Christopher Campbell
- Spout
Ilana Bar-Din's documentary ''Legends, '' shown at Women in Film and the American Film Institute's presentation ''A Festival of Women Directors, '' could have been just another put-down of Vegas philistinism but for the misfortune that struck the participants of the celebrity look-alike show she chose to chronicle.
But because of the calamities of backstage squabbles, apparent psychosis and death, ''Legends'' has the appeal of a shock-aroo scandal sheet, an expose of the emotional squalor that lies behind showbiz glitter. (It screens Saturday at 7 p.m. at the AFI.)
The film's title is taken from producer John Stuart's stage show, a Vegas act -- apparently with Atlantic City and cruise ship satellites -- featuring three performers got up to look and sing like Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland. The Elvis, Jonathon Von Brana, is an unusually good one. Susan Griffiths's Marilyn and Monica Maris' Garland are more notable for their physical resemblance than their vocal similarities.
However, the quality of the act becomes secondary when, as the film contrasts Stuart's self-puffery at his desert ranch with the vulgarity of the act and its audience reception, Von Brana and Griffiths, who are lovers, are suddenly canned by Stuart when they have the nerve to ask for title billing. This sets off a rush for replacements, a tremor that feels mild when Bar-Din begins interviewing Maris.
An emotionally shaky type who already has done her apartment over the way ''Judy'' would like it, Maris, in the middle of an interview, seems to break down into two personalities, one herself and the other ''Judy.'' She has an argument with her selves over who gets to control her life. Even if this is a bit of self-dramatization rather than a legitimate psychotic episode, it is pretty disturbing. Then we learn that Maris eventually died from lung cancer, which was apparently diagnosed late and suddenly overcame her.
Without these accidental disasters, the film would be a pointless mockery of tinselly excess; with the human toll, Bar-Din seems aware she should come up with something deeper, but isn't sure what. Under the circumstances, her decision to accompany the ego-inflated Stuart to Maris' walled-in tomb comes across as just as tacky on her part as on his.
LEGENDS
Crosswinds Prods.
Director Ilana Bar-Din
Producers Ilana Bar-Din, Claes Thulin, Sarah Jackson
Editor Kate Amend
Cinematographer Claes Thulin
With: John Stuart, Jonathon Von Brana, Monica Maris, Susan Griffiths
Color
Running time -- 55 minutes
No MPAA rating
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
But because of the calamities of backstage squabbles, apparent psychosis and death, ''Legends'' has the appeal of a shock-aroo scandal sheet, an expose of the emotional squalor that lies behind showbiz glitter. (It screens Saturday at 7 p.m. at the AFI.)
The film's title is taken from producer John Stuart's stage show, a Vegas act -- apparently with Atlantic City and cruise ship satellites -- featuring three performers got up to look and sing like Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland. The Elvis, Jonathon Von Brana, is an unusually good one. Susan Griffiths's Marilyn and Monica Maris' Garland are more notable for their physical resemblance than their vocal similarities.
However, the quality of the act becomes secondary when, as the film contrasts Stuart's self-puffery at his desert ranch with the vulgarity of the act and its audience reception, Von Brana and Griffiths, who are lovers, are suddenly canned by Stuart when they have the nerve to ask for title billing. This sets off a rush for replacements, a tremor that feels mild when Bar-Din begins interviewing Maris.
An emotionally shaky type who already has done her apartment over the way ''Judy'' would like it, Maris, in the middle of an interview, seems to break down into two personalities, one herself and the other ''Judy.'' She has an argument with her selves over who gets to control her life. Even if this is a bit of self-dramatization rather than a legitimate psychotic episode, it is pretty disturbing. Then we learn that Maris eventually died from lung cancer, which was apparently diagnosed late and suddenly overcame her.
Without these accidental disasters, the film would be a pointless mockery of tinselly excess; with the human toll, Bar-Din seems aware she should come up with something deeper, but isn't sure what. Under the circumstances, her decision to accompany the ego-inflated Stuart to Maris' walled-in tomb comes across as just as tacky on her part as on his.
LEGENDS
Crosswinds Prods.
Director Ilana Bar-Din
Producers Ilana Bar-Din, Claes Thulin, Sarah Jackson
Editor Kate Amend
Cinematographer Claes Thulin
With: John Stuart, Jonathon Von Brana, Monica Maris, Susan Griffiths
Color
Running time -- 55 minutes
No MPAA rating
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 11/14/1991
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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