In 1953, the dazzling, showstopping and glamorous musical spectacle Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was released in theaters. It followed showgirls Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell ...

Separating fact from fiction is tricky in the new Marilyn Monroe drama Blonde. The Netflix film, which stars Ana de Armas in its central role, doesn’t take the familiar form of a Hollywood biopic ...

Norma Jeane Baker was born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926. She was the unwanted child of an absent father, Stanley Gifford, and her mother, Gladys Baker. A search for lasting love permeated her life, ...

Marilyn Monroe went down in the history books as a blonde bombshell who many wrote off as just a pretty face. But Monroe was a trailblazer. When she was dismissed as a replaceable actress, Monroe knew ...

Marilyn Monroe historian Scott Fortner is one of many who are slamming Netflix’s controversial Marilyn Monroe film. The NC-17 flick, an adaption of Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 novel, is a fictionalized ...

As 'Blonde' hits theaters and streaming, take a look at some of the most memorable portrayals of the beloved bombshell. By Katherine Schaffstall Marilyn Monroe is arguably one of the most iconic ...

The film is out Sept. 28 on Netflix. In the new full trailer for "Blonde," the biographical fiction movie about Marilyn Monroe, starring Ana de Armas, the screen legend grapples with her onscreen ...

Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since April 2022. Her work previously appeared in Newsweek. The long-awaited film adaption of Blonde by Joyce Carol ...

According to Turner Classic Movies and Monroe biographer Sarah Churchwell, Let’s Make Love was a project Monroe reluctantly agreed to make because 20th Century Fox insisted she fulfill her revised ...

However, was Monroe's natural hair color really blonde? Well, it turns out that — much like her name — Monroe's appearance, ...

Ana de Armas gave a subtle nod to Marilyn Monroe, who she portrays in the upcoming biopic “Blonde,” at the Venice Film Festival this week. While promoting the film by director Andrew Dominik, the ...