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(Watch) Ana de Armas Jumps Out Front for 2023 Oscar Race as Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde”

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We have our first Oscar nominee for Best Actress, 2023: Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde.”

Yes, Michelle Williams was excellent in “MY Week with Marilyn.” But this movie icon has a lot of stories to tell.

Andrew Dominik has directed this NC-17 movie for Netflix.

Based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, “Blonde,” stars de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, and Julianne Nicholson premieres on Netflix, September 28th.

Netflix should be happy. This has Oscar written all over it. And de Armas is thrilled that everyone will have forgotten “The Gray Man” by then.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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