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Ana de Armasis having just as much fun as a brunette while channeling everybody’s favorite blonde bombshell.
On Saturday, the first-timeAcademy Awardnominee, 34, paid tribute to Marilyn Monroe’s iconic 1962 “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress in a David Koma nude look forNetflix’s pre-Oscar party in Los Angeles.
She brought the old Hollywood glam in a sequined nude mid-length slip dress with a bodice top, complemented with matching pointed stilettos. The ensemble was finished with gold bangles and a green structured clutch with gold details.
“The night before….” de Armas wrote on her Instagram Story with a close-up selfie of her glam look, which featured a bold red look befitting her style inspo.
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Kim Kardashianbrought Monroe’s actual dress out of retirement towear to last year’s Met Gala, leading tocriticism from historiansand reports that shedamaged the one-of-a-kind piecethat was custom-made for Monroe’s measurements. Ripley’s Believe it or Not!, the current owner of the dress, insisted it “was in the same condition” as it was before loaning it to Kardashian.
De Armas isnominated for Best Actressthis weekend after shestarred as Monroelast year in Netflix’sBlonde, a fictional take on the screen legend’s life based onJoyce Carol Oates' 2000 novel from writer-directorAndrew Dominik.
The film has since been met with backlash from some critics, who say it “revels in her victimization and self-abnegation.”
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“I think that’s what has beentough for the audience to understand about the movie; the emotional truth is so powerful in the film that it’s hard to separate that it’s not a biopic,” de Armas previously toldVarietyof the backlash. “I’ve heard, ‘You missed this part of her life,’ and ‘She was not only sad or depressed.’ And I’m like, ‘I know, but we’re not telling that story.'”
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Up against de Armas in the Best Actress category areCate BlanchettforTár,Andrea RiseboroughforTo Leslie,Michelle WilliamsforThe FabelmansandMichelle YeohforEverything Everywhere All at Once.
The Oscarsair Sunday, March 12 at 8 p.m. ET live on ABC.
source: people.com
