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Books of the month: From Ian McEwan’s Lessons to Terry Pratchett: A Life in Footnotes

Martin Chilton reviews six of September’s biggest new books for our monthly column

The Independent UK

Marilyn Monroe’s estate defends Ana de Armas over biopic accent criticism

Cuban-Spanish actor’s accent in movie Blonde disparaged but ABC says she ‘captures Marilyn’s glamour, humanity and vulnerability’

The Guardian - US

The myth of Marilyn Monroe: how her ‘sex bomb’ image buries the truth

Six decades on, the spectacle of Marilyn Monroe’s tumultuous life and death continues to hold us in its grip. With a major new biopic on the way, her biographer sorts fact from fiction

The Guardian - UK

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Ana de Armas looks just like Marilyn Monroe in new pictures released from film biopic

Blonde, starring Ana de Armas, is based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates and is a fictionalised narrative of Marilyn's life

Daily Mirror

Blonde author Joyce Carol Oates praises controversial Netflix adaptation of Marilyn Monroe biography

Film is released on the streaming service in September

The Independent UK

Blonde: first trailer for ‘disturbing’ Marilyn Monroe biopic released

Netflix film, which has been called ‘startling’ by source author Joyce Carol Oates, stars Ana de Armas as the tragic actor

The Guardian - US

Blonde: will a shocking new film shatter the myth of Marilyn Monroe?

From Cannes to the Met Gala, the screen icon’s lucrative legacy lives on. But how will a new film affect the way the world sees her?

The Guardian - UK

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Ten tweets in need of the new edit button: from covfefe to Oscars selfie

As Twitter prepares to roll out its new edit function, a look back at the tweets that could have done with one

The Guardian - US

Night, Neon and Other Stories of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates review – nuanced, not neat, thrillers

Embracing the twists and turns of everyday American life, the author’s latest short story collection is playful, gripping and disturbing

The Guardian - UK

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