Round 5: Tossup 16

A story by this author inspired a film in which a mother and daughter dance to James Taylor’s song “Handy Man” in separate rooms. A book by this author about five female gang members in this author’s frequent setting of Hammond, New York inspired the (15[1])early Angelina Jolie movie Foxfire. Joyce Chopra cast Treat Williams and a teenaged (15[1])Laura Dern in her adaptation of a story by this author, (15[2])the 1985 (15[2])film Smooth Talk. (15[1])A 2000 novel by this author uses (15[1])the initials “R. F.” for a man who orders a hit on the protagonist and refers to the protagonist’s (15[1])(*) ex-husbands as the “Ex-Athlete” and “Playwright.” (10[1])In a film adaptation of that novel by this author, the pregnant protagonist’s fetus talks to her near a rose bush. This author, who wrote “Norma Jean is me” in a journal while working on a novel adapted by Andrew Dominik, also wrote over a dozen tweets lambasting The Fabelmans. For 10 points, Ana de Armas played Marilyn Monroe in the film of what author’s novel Blonde? ■END■

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