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How Ryan Gosling's 'I'm Just Ken' Performance Mirrored Marilyn Monroe's 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend'

Many Oscars viewers pointed out the similarities between Gosling's 'I'm Just Ken' and Monroe's 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.'

Gosling was joined by the song's producers, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, as well as four of his fellow Kens from the movie -- Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Simu Liu. In the 1953 movie musical, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Monroe performs "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in a stunning hot pink gown, on a set of red stairs surrounded by suitors. The performance, which became one of the bombshell's most iconic movie moments, was clearly an inspiration for Gosling's Oscar rendition -- though in his case, the tuxedo-clad Kens around him carried large cutouts of Barbie heads, instead of hearts.

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