Five acclaimed costume designers take us behind the scenes of their costume fittings to reveal the unexpected sparks of inspiration that happen when the wardrobes they created or sourced are paired with their performers for the first time.
In an exclusive video roundtable interview with Gold Derby as part of our Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel, “Abbott Elementary” costume designer Susan Michalek, “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” costume designer Lou Eyrich, “Shōgun” costume designer Carlos Rosario, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” costume designer Bernadette Croft and “The Wheel of Time” costume designer Sharon Gilham discuss what they love most about collaborating with the on-screen talent of their projects. Watch the full roundtable above. Click on each person’s name to watch an individual chat.
“It takes about two-three people to dress anybody with any of those costumes for about 45 minutes or an hour,” reveals Rosario about the arduous process of fitting his “Shōgun” performers.
In an exclusive video roundtable interview with Gold Derby as part of our Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel, “Abbott Elementary” costume designer Susan Michalek, “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” costume designer Lou Eyrich, “Shōgun” costume designer Carlos Rosario, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” costume designer Bernadette Croft and “The Wheel of Time” costume designer Sharon Gilham discuss what they love most about collaborating with the on-screen talent of their projects. Watch the full roundtable above. Click on each person’s name to watch an individual chat.
“It takes about two-three people to dress anybody with any of those costumes for about 45 minutes or an hour,” reveals Rosario about the arduous process of fitting his “Shōgun” performers.
- 5/22/2024
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
“It was fun to pivot,” shares Lou Eyrich about the change of milieu from the first to second installments of FX’s anthology series “Feud.” She was the costume designer on the first season “Bette and Joan” back in 2017, and though she now mostly collaborates with Ryan Murphy as a producer, she seized on the opportunity to return as costumer for “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.” The designer describes the difference between the two sets of episodes as “going from a Hollywood movie perspective to this elite group of socialite jet-setters in New York, Manhattan, at the time, and they were the original influencers.” Gold Derby spoke with Eyrich as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV costume design panel. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Though the series focuses on the title “swans,” the tight-knit group of elites who writer Truman Capote skewered in his unfinished book “Answered Prayers,...
Though the series focuses on the title “swans,” the tight-knit group of elites who writer Truman Capote skewered in his unfinished book “Answered Prayers,...
- 5/22/2024
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
After a seven-year break, FX’s anthology series “Feud” is back with another installment of rivalry and gossip titled “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” telling the story of Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) and a high society New York City socialite group known as The Swans, which includes Babe Paley (Naomi Watts), Slim Keith (Diane Lane), C.Z. Guest (Chloë Sevigny), Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart), Ann Woodward (Demi Moore) and Joanne Carson (Molly Ringwald). The previous season of the Ryan Murphy docudrama that starred Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis nabbed 18 Emmy Award nominations and two wins. Let’s look back at their haul to see how it may impact this current season at the 2024 Emmys.
Here are the 2017 Emmy wins and nominations for “Feud: Bette and Joan”:
Best Limited/Movie Non-Prosthetic Makeup (Won)
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Makeup Designer
Robin Beauchesne, Assistant Makeup Department Head
Shutchai Tym Buacharern,...
Here are the 2017 Emmy wins and nominations for “Feud: Bette and Joan”:
Best Limited/Movie Non-Prosthetic Makeup (Won)
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Makeup Designer
Robin Beauchesne, Assistant Makeup Department Head
Shutchai Tym Buacharern,...
- 4/20/2024
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
Babe Paley, Slim Keith and C.Z. Guest are a few of the iconic jet-set women who conjure images of wealth, glamour, high society … and Truman Capote. Known as “The Swans,” they dominated New York society, with the acclaimed author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s a part of their inner circle.
Ryan Murphy’s second installment of his Feud anthology, FX’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans centers on the author’s complex relationship with the socialites, which was upended with his 1975 Esquire article “La Côte Basque, 1965.” Capote’s exposure of their secrets — including intimating that Babe Paley’s husband, CBS’ Bill Paley, had an affair with the wife of New York’s governor — led to a fallout and Capote’s subsequent tumble off the Manhattan social ladder.
“Everything had to have a feeling of wealth and glamour. Everything was perfectly groomed and polished,” says Lou Eyrich, the series’ costume designer,...
Ryan Murphy’s second installment of his Feud anthology, FX’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans centers on the author’s complex relationship with the socialites, which was upended with his 1975 Esquire article “La Côte Basque, 1965.” Capote’s exposure of their secrets — including intimating that Babe Paley’s husband, CBS’ Bill Paley, had an affair with the wife of New York’s governor — led to a fallout and Capote’s subsequent tumble off the Manhattan social ladder.
“Everything had to have a feeling of wealth and glamour. Everything was perfectly groomed and polished,” says Lou Eyrich, the series’ costume designer,...
- 1/28/2024
- by Cathy Whitlock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Weekly Commentary: Acting nominees Richard Jenkins and Evan Peters (“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”) and Steven Yeun and Ali Wong (“Beef”) added producing noms to their Emmy celebrations.
“Dahmer” marks Peters’ second executive producer credit (the first was “American Horror Story...
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Weekly Commentary: Acting nominees Richard Jenkins and Evan Peters (“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”) and Steven Yeun and Ali Wong (“Beef”) added producing noms to their Emmy celebrations.
“Dahmer” marks Peters’ second executive producer credit (the first was “American Horror Story...
- 8/17/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
In 2017, following eight losses throughout the preceding decade, Ryan Murphy finally achieved his first competitive PGA Award win for producing the first iteration of “American Crime Story,” aka “The People v. O.J. Simpson.” Two years later, his work on the show’s second season – “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” – led to him becoming one of the inaugural honorees in the Best Limited Series PGA category (which was established to separate such programs from TV movies). Now, according to Gold Derby’s odds, he is heavily favored to triumph there again as the producer of Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.”
70% of the Gold Derby users who have made predictions for this particular race are anticipating a “Monster” victory. Nearly all of the remaining top choice votes have been thrown toward “The Dropout,” with “Pam and Tommy,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Inventing Anna” all receiving relatively little support. Taking recent...
70% of the Gold Derby users who have made predictions for this particular race are anticipating a “Monster” victory. Nearly all of the remaining top choice votes have been thrown toward “The Dropout,” with “Pam and Tommy,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Inventing Anna” all receiving relatively little support. Taking recent...
- 2/24/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
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“I’m a regular goddamn Murder, She Wrote,” declares private investigator Theodora Birch (Noma Dumezweni) to overwrought New Jersey patriarch Dean Brannock (Bobby Cannavale) in Ryan Murphy’s The Watcher. But, in her pitch to identify the culprit terrorizing the new suburban homeowners with threatening letters in the Netflix mystery, the Pi could be referring to her enigmatic self.
“She’s an Agatha Christie-type. You don’t know who she really is or where she comes from. You like her so much, and you believe she’s telling the truth. But is she?” asks Lou Eyrich, Murphy’s longtime costume maestro and series producer.
In a dark diner, Theodora makes her first impression in a vintage ’70s Lanvin trench over a black turtleneck and trousers, with a graphic-print head wrap. “She’s covered up, undercover,” adds Eyrich. Theodora shares her colorful origin...
“I’m a regular goddamn Murder, She Wrote,” declares private investigator Theodora Birch (Noma Dumezweni) to overwrought New Jersey patriarch Dean Brannock (Bobby Cannavale) in Ryan Murphy’s The Watcher. But, in her pitch to identify the culprit terrorizing the new suburban homeowners with threatening letters in the Netflix mystery, the Pi could be referring to her enigmatic self.
“She’s an Agatha Christie-type. You don’t know who she really is or where she comes from. You like her so much, and you believe she’s telling the truth. But is she?” asks Lou Eyrich, Murphy’s longtime costume maestro and series producer.
In a dark diner, Theodora makes her first impression in a vintage ’70s Lanvin trench over a black turtleneck and trousers, with a graphic-print head wrap. “She’s covered up, undercover,” adds Eyrich. Theodora shares her colorful origin...
- 11/27/2022
- by Fawnia Soo Hoo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carly Pope is known as an icon from her time playing Sam McPherson on the WB series Popular.
She’s premiering in Neil Blomkamp's new horror film Demonic on Friday, August 20th. It’s the first film Neil has done in six years, and the two have worked together before.
TV Fanatic got the chance to chat with her about her new movie and rise to fame working on Popular.
Hi Carly. Thanks for chatting with me. You’re known as an Icon from the WB series Popular. What was your favorite part of that series?
Wow. That is a very kind, very kind label to receive. Sam hated labels! Truly, though, I’m honored.
That show was groundbreaking in so many ways, and I love that so many people still love and remember it (when it’s not even streaming). I loved the blend of heart and humor in the show.
She’s premiering in Neil Blomkamp's new horror film Demonic on Friday, August 20th. It’s the first film Neil has done in six years, and the two have worked together before.
TV Fanatic got the chance to chat with her about her new movie and rise to fame working on Popular.
Hi Carly. Thanks for chatting with me. You’re known as an Icon from the WB series Popular. What was your favorite part of that series?
Wow. That is a very kind, very kind label to receive. Sam hated labels! Truly, though, I’m honored.
That show was groundbreaking in so many ways, and I love that so many people still love and remember it (when it’s not even streaming). I loved the blend of heart and humor in the show.
- 8/19/2021
- by Laura Nowak
- TVfanatic
Updated at 5:40 p.m.: Chrissy Teigen had strong words for designer and former Project Runway contestant Michael Costello. Costello accused Teigen earlier this week of bullying him and trying to destroy his career. Teigen wrote on Instagram Friday that she was “surprised and disappointed” by Costello’s allegations and called the alleged texts between them that he posted online “fakes.”
She did admit to commenting publicly about Costello in 2014 when he was accused of making a racist remark. When Costello denied ever making the statement, Teigen says she deleted her post.
Teigen asked fans not to bully Costello for his posts, but warned the designer that the allegations needed to stop “Or this Will go further. Not here, but an actual court of law.”
Teigen had, last month, apologized for old tweets and DMs in which she bullied former reality star Courtney Stodden.
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She did admit to commenting publicly about Costello in 2014 when he was accused of making a racist remark. When Costello denied ever making the statement, Teigen says she deleted her post.
Teigen asked fans not to bully Costello for his posts, but warned the designer that the allegations needed to stop “Or this Will go further. Not here, but an actual court of law.”
Teigen had, last month, apologized for old tweets and DMs in which she bullied former reality star Courtney Stodden.
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- 6/19/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Five top Hollywood costume designers — the creatives behind the looks of The Prom, Mank, Lovecraft Country, Westworld and Barb & Star Go to Vista del Mar — share their top picks and tricks for shopping and renting screen-worthy garments.
Unsurprisingly, Hollywood costume designers turn to local vintage shows, film-friendly designer vintage boutiques, and fabric emporiums to uncover pieces for telling each character’s story through fashion.
The Prom costume designer Lou Eyrich tells The Hollywood Reporter that the alfresco Pickwick Vintage Show and A Current Affair pop-up markets offer “so many options under one roof. Also, some of my most treasured finds have come from The Way We Wore,” the high-end vintage boutique ...
Unsurprisingly, Hollywood costume designers turn to local vintage shows, film-friendly designer vintage boutiques, and fabric emporiums to uncover pieces for telling each character’s story through fashion.
The Prom costume designer Lou Eyrich tells The Hollywood Reporter that the alfresco Pickwick Vintage Show and A Current Affair pop-up markets offer “so many options under one roof. Also, some of my most treasured finds have come from The Way We Wore,” the high-end vintage boutique ...
Five top Hollywood costume designers — the creatives behind the looks of The Prom, Mank, Lovecraft Country, Westworld and Barb & Star Go to Vista del Mar — share their top picks and tricks for shopping and renting screen-worthy garments.
Unsurprisingly, Hollywood costume designers turn to local vintage shows, film-friendly designer vintage boutiques, and fabric emporiums to uncover pieces for telling each character’s story through fashion.
The Prom costume designer Lou Eyrich tells The Hollywood Reporter that the alfresco Pickwick Vintage Show and A Current Affair pop-up markets offer “so many options under one roof. Also, some of my most treasured finds have come from The Way We Wore,” the high-end vintage boutique ...
Unsurprisingly, Hollywood costume designers turn to local vintage shows, film-friendly designer vintage boutiques, and fabric emporiums to uncover pieces for telling each character’s story through fashion.
The Prom costume designer Lou Eyrich tells The Hollywood Reporter that the alfresco Pickwick Vintage Show and A Current Affair pop-up markets offer “so many options under one roof. Also, some of my most treasured finds have come from The Way We Wore,” the high-end vintage boutique ...
For Steven Canals, the co-creator of the groundbreaking FX drama Pose, highlighting the stories of the House of Evangelista was first a selfish act. However, days before the final chapter premieres Sunday, Canals said Pose has evolved to support, represent, validate and celebrate the members of the Black, Latinx, Afro-Latinx and LGBTQ+ communities and other marginalized groups.
“It will not be and it will never be lost on me that alongside Janet Mock and Ryan Murphy, that for us this show was created by and for our community,” he said. “I hope that if nothing else, all of the folks out there who happen to be part of the LGBTQ+ community and all of those folks who happen to be Black and brown, that they always know that I and all of my collaborators and this wildly talented and beautiful cast, that we will always have your back, we will always see you,...
“It will not be and it will never be lost on me that alongside Janet Mock and Ryan Murphy, that for us this show was created by and for our community,” he said. “I hope that if nothing else, all of the folks out there who happen to be part of the LGBTQ+ community and all of those folks who happen to be Black and brown, that they always know that I and all of my collaborators and this wildly talented and beautiful cast, that we will always have your back, we will always see you,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” got a big boost in its Oscar bid for Best Costume Design with a win on April 13 at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. It prevailed in the period design race over two of its Oscar rivals — “Emma” and “Mank” — plus “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “One Night in Miami.”
Its closest Oscar competition could be “Mulan,” which won the fantasy/sci-fi prize at the CDG Awards on Tuesday; the fifth Oscar nominee, “Pinocchio,” was not in contention here. The other CDG winner was the contemporary film “Promising Young Woman.
In its 22-year history, the CDG has previewed only 10 of the Oscar winners for Best Costume Design; seven of these have been period pictures and three have been sci-fi or fantasy flicks. Of the last four Costume Designers Guild Awards winners only one has gone on to repeat at the Academy Awards: “Black Panther” in 2019.
In...
Its closest Oscar competition could be “Mulan,” which won the fantasy/sci-fi prize at the CDG Awards on Tuesday; the fifth Oscar nominee, “Pinocchio,” was not in contention here. The other CDG winner was the contemporary film “Promising Young Woman.
In its 22-year history, the CDG has previewed only 10 of the Oscar winners for Best Costume Design; seven of these have been period pictures and three have been sci-fi or fantasy flicks. Of the last four Costume Designers Guild Awards winners only one has gone on to repeat at the Academy Awards: “Black Panther” in 2019.
In...
- 4/14/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Promising Young Woman” were among the film winners at the 23rd annual Costume Designers Guild Awards Tuesday night. TV winners included “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) and the filmed version of “Hamilton” (Disney+).
Broadcast online, the awards celebrated the best in film, TV, and short-form costume design in eight categories that spanned fantasy, contemporary, and period works. Streamed live on Twitter, the virtual ceremony was hosted by Lana Condor (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”).
Oscar frontrunner Ann Roth’s work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” bested other period film nominees at the CDG Awards, heading toward a likely Oscar win, beating “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “One Night in Miami,” and two other Oscar nominees, “Emma,” and “Mank.”
The 89-year-old Roth (an Oscar winner for “The English Patient”) bolstered Viola Davis’ powerful performance as the trailblazing ’20s blues singer. Davis, who picked up a...
Broadcast online, the awards celebrated the best in film, TV, and short-form costume design in eight categories that spanned fantasy, contemporary, and period works. Streamed live on Twitter, the virtual ceremony was hosted by Lana Condor (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”).
Oscar frontrunner Ann Roth’s work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” bested other period film nominees at the CDG Awards, heading toward a likely Oscar win, beating “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “One Night in Miami,” and two other Oscar nominees, “Emma,” and “Mank.”
The 89-year-old Roth (an Oscar winner for “The English Patient”) bolstered Viola Davis’ powerful performance as the trailblazing ’20s blues singer. Davis, who picked up a...
- 4/14/2021
- by Chris Lindahl and Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Bold and vibrant. Glitz and glamour. Spectacular locations. Those words have become synonymous with the world of Ryan Murphy. The stories might be vastly different, but audiences across the worlds of TV and film know a Ryan Murphy set when they see one.
The Art Directors Guild honors the showrunner with its Cinematic Imagery Award at the 25th Annual Adg Awards on April 10.
One of the ingredients of Murphy’s secret sauce is his repeat collaborations with key department heads in production and costume design, as well as in hair and makeup — relying on major players behind the scenes to help create his aesthetic and keep it uniform, whether he’s going after something dark and sinister or bright and glowing.
Production designer Jamie Walker McCall, who worked with Murphy on “American Crime Story” and “Pose,” created the glitz and glamour of Broadway in the film adaptation of “The Prom.
The Art Directors Guild honors the showrunner with its Cinematic Imagery Award at the 25th Annual Adg Awards on April 10.
One of the ingredients of Murphy’s secret sauce is his repeat collaborations with key department heads in production and costume design, as well as in hair and makeup — relying on major players behind the scenes to help create his aesthetic and keep it uniform, whether he’s going after something dark and sinister or bright and glowing.
Production designer Jamie Walker McCall, who worked with Murphy on “American Crime Story” and “Pose,” created the glitz and glamour of Broadway in the film adaptation of “The Prom.
- 4/1/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
FX’s critically acclaimed “Pose” will conclude with its upcoming third season, the cable network announced Friday.
The seven-episode final season will debut on Sunday, May 2 with back-to-back episodes. The series finale will air on June 6.
Moving on from the show’s original setting of 1980s New York, the final set of episodes take place in 1994, as the AIDS epidemic continues to take its toll on the ballroom community. Here is FX’s description of the final season:
In this final season, it’s now 1994 and ballroom feels like a distant memory for Blanca who struggles to balance being a mother with being a present partner to her new love, and her latest role as a nurse’s aide. Meanwhile, as AIDS becomes the leading cause of death for Americans ages 25 to 44, Pray Tell contends with unexpected health burdens. Elsewhere, the emergence of a vicious new upstart house forces the...
The seven-episode final season will debut on Sunday, May 2 with back-to-back episodes. The series finale will air on June 6.
Moving on from the show’s original setting of 1980s New York, the final set of episodes take place in 1994, as the AIDS epidemic continues to take its toll on the ballroom community. Here is FX’s description of the final season:
In this final season, it’s now 1994 and ballroom feels like a distant memory for Blanca who struggles to balance being a mother with being a present partner to her new love, and her latest role as a nurse’s aide. Meanwhile, as AIDS becomes the leading cause of death for Americans ages 25 to 44, Pray Tell contends with unexpected health burdens. Elsewhere, the emergence of a vicious new upstart house forces the...
- 3/5/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
If you want to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design, it’s best to pick a project for which you can create frilly dresses from a bygone era. Since its introduction at the 1948 Academy Awards, this category has favored period pieces, including last year’s winner “Little Women.” Voters love to reward the creative forces behind such films, especially those that are about the aristocracy including recent champs “Marie Antoinette” (2007), “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2008), “The Duchess” (2009), “The Young Victoria” (2010), and “Anna Karenina” (2013). (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2021 Oscars predictions for Best Costume Design.)
By the way, none of those films even competed for Best Picture. Indeed, only 20 of the most recent 71 Best Picture champs also won this award. Among these was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004). Fantasy films such as this often boast Oscar-winning costumes, including 2019 winner “Black Panther,” and recent champs “Alice in Wonderland...
By the way, none of those films even competed for Best Picture. Indeed, only 20 of the most recent 71 Best Picture champs also won this award. Among these was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004). Fantasy films such as this often boast Oscar-winning costumes, including 2019 winner “Black Panther,” and recent champs “Alice in Wonderland...
- 3/4/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
What will the costume design branch of the Academy favor this year? Will it be the lushness of period, or will voters favor something else, something contemporary? Or will they pick a winner who lands in the history books?
Whoever they choose, there are a plethora of eras to select from. David Fincher’s “Mank,” n will most likely nab a wealth of craft nominations and maybe even go home with Oscar in several categories.
Costume designer Trish Summerville is no stranger to Fincher’s world, having worked on “Gone Girl” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Summerville brought the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood with gowns and suits to “Mank.” Her costumes on the grand black-and-white “Mank” have been garnering awards buzz since the first photos were released. And many consider her the front-runner in this category.
Besides, it’s well-known that Hollywood loves stories about Hollywood,...
Whoever they choose, there are a plethora of eras to select from. David Fincher’s “Mank,” n will most likely nab a wealth of craft nominations and maybe even go home with Oscar in several categories.
Costume designer Trish Summerville is no stranger to Fincher’s world, having worked on “Gone Girl” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Summerville brought the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood with gowns and suits to “Mank.” Her costumes on the grand black-and-white “Mank” have been garnering awards buzz since the first photos were released. And many consider her the front-runner in this category.
Besides, it’s well-known that Hollywood loves stories about Hollywood,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Nominees for the 23rd annual Costume Designer Guild Awards (to be livestreamed April 13 on Twitter @CostumeAwards at 5:30 pm Pt / 8:30 pm Et) include Oscar frontrunner “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and other period contenders “Emma,” “Mank,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” and “One Night in Miami.”
Contemporary nods went to “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” “Da 5 Bloods,” “Promising Young Woman,” and “The Prom.” And the sci-fi/fantasy nominees included “Dolittle,” “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” “Mulan,” “Pinocchio,” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”
Netflix was the big winner with five nominations, followed by Warner Bros. and Universal/Focus Features with three. Disney scored with “Mulan,” Amazon with “One Night in Miami,” Lionsgate with “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” and Roadside Attractions with “Pinocchio.”
And it’s a great display of diversity with five Black-themed films.
Contemporary nods went to “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” “Da 5 Bloods,” “Promising Young Woman,” and “The Prom.” And the sci-fi/fantasy nominees included “Dolittle,” “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” “Mulan,” “Pinocchio,” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”
Netflix was the big winner with five nominations, followed by Warner Bros. and Universal/Focus Features with three. Disney scored with “Mulan,” Amazon with “One Night in Miami,” Lionsgate with “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” and Roadside Attractions with “Pinocchio.”
And it’s a great display of diversity with five Black-themed films.
- 3/4/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Four of our five predicted nominees for Best Costume Design at the Oscars reaped bids on March 4 for the Costume Designers Guild Awards. “Emma,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Mank” contend here in the period picture category against “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “One Night in Miami.” Another likely Oscar contender, “Mulan,” vies here in the sci-fi/fantasy race against “Dolittle,” “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” “Pinocchio” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”
Our fifth Oscar nominee, “News of the World,” can take heart that the guild often overlook films that go on to contend at the Academy Awards. Indeed last year’s Oscar winner for Best Costume Design, “Little Women,” was snubbed by the CDG as were two of the other nominees, “The Irishman” and “Joker.” The guild honored one of the other academy nominees, “Jojo Rabbit.”
In its 22-year history, the CDG has previewed only 10 of the Oscar winners for Best Costume Design.
Our fifth Oscar nominee, “News of the World,” can take heart that the guild often overlook films that go on to contend at the Academy Awards. Indeed last year’s Oscar winner for Best Costume Design, “Little Women,” was snubbed by the CDG as were two of the other nominees, “The Irishman” and “Joker.” The guild honored one of the other academy nominees, “Jojo Rabbit.”
In its 22-year history, the CDG has previewed only 10 of the Oscar winners for Best Costume Design.
- 3/4/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The costume designers responsible for the frocks in “Emma.,” the suits in “Mank” and the ’70s duds in “Judas and the Black Messiah” have been nominated for the 23rd annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, the guild announced on Thursday.
Those three films will be competing against “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night in Miami” in the Cdga’s Excellence in Period Film category, one of three feature-film categories honored by the guild.
In the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category, the nominees are “Dolittle,” “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” “Mulan,” “Pinocchio” and “Wonder Woman 1984.” The Excellence in Contemporary Film nominees are “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” “Birds of Prey,” “Da 5 Bloods,” “Promising Young Woman” and “The Prom.”
Television nominees include “The Mandalorian,” “Snowpiercer,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “I May Destroy You,” “Emily in Paris,” “Bridgerton,” “The Crown” and “The Queen’s Gambit.”
In recent years,...
Those three films will be competing against “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night in Miami” in the Cdga’s Excellence in Period Film category, one of three feature-film categories honored by the guild.
In the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category, the nominees are “Dolittle,” “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” “Mulan,” “Pinocchio” and “Wonder Woman 1984.” The Excellence in Contemporary Film nominees are “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” “Birds of Prey,” “Da 5 Bloods,” “Promising Young Woman” and “The Prom.”
Television nominees include “The Mandalorian,” “Snowpiercer,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “I May Destroy You,” “Emily in Paris,” “Bridgerton,” “The Crown” and “The Queen’s Gambit.”
In recent years,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Costume Designers Guild has stitched together the nominees for its 23rd annual CDG Awards for film, TV and shortform. Winners in the eight categories will be announced during the virtual trophy show on Tuesday, April 13, which be streamed on Twitter for the first time.
Read the full list of nominees below.
The designers behind Dolittle, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Mulan, Pinocchio and Wonder Woman 1984 will vie for the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film nod.
The Contemporary Film hopefuls are Barb and Star Go to Del Mar, Birds of Prey, Da 5 Bloods, Promising Young Woman and The Prom.
Up for the Period Film trophy are Emma, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank and One Night in Miami.
“I would like to congratulate all of the nominees of the 23rd Costume Designers Guild Awards,” said Salvador Perez, President of the guild, IATSE Local 892. “We...
Read the full list of nominees below.
The designers behind Dolittle, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Mulan, Pinocchio and Wonder Woman 1984 will vie for the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film nod.
The Contemporary Film hopefuls are Barb and Star Go to Del Mar, Birds of Prey, Da 5 Bloods, Promising Young Woman and The Prom.
Up for the Period Film trophy are Emma, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank and One Night in Miami.
“I would like to congratulate all of the nominees of the 23rd Costume Designers Guild Awards,” said Salvador Perez, President of the guild, IATSE Local 892. “We...
- 3/4/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Ann Roth is on her way to making Oscar history as the oldest best costume design nominee after receiving a Costume Designers Guild Award nomination for her work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
The Cdga (Costume Designers Guild Awards) have announced their nominations for the 23rd CDGAs. Also recognized were Francine Jamison Tanchuck for “One Night in Miami” and Charlese Antoinette Jones for “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
Costume designer Bina Daigeler landed a double nomination for her work on the FX series, “Mrs. America,” and “Mulan” was also recognized. Other designers to receive guild nominations were Trish Summerville for “Mank” and “Emma’s” Alexandra Byrne.
For the first time in Cdga history, the annual awards show will be livestreamed for fans worldwide exclusively on Twitter @CostumeAwards at 5:30pm Pt / 8:30pm Et. This year’s host, presenters and honorees will be announced in the coming weeks.
“I would...
The Cdga (Costume Designers Guild Awards) have announced their nominations for the 23rd CDGAs. Also recognized were Francine Jamison Tanchuck for “One Night in Miami” and Charlese Antoinette Jones for “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
Costume designer Bina Daigeler landed a double nomination for her work on the FX series, “Mrs. America,” and “Mulan” was also recognized. Other designers to receive guild nominations were Trish Summerville for “Mank” and “Emma’s” Alexandra Byrne.
For the first time in Cdga history, the annual awards show will be livestreamed for fans worldwide exclusively on Twitter @CostumeAwards at 5:30pm Pt / 8:30pm Et. This year’s host, presenters and honorees will be announced in the coming weeks.
“I would...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Marking Matthew Libatique’s entrée into the world of musicals, The Prom required the cinematographer to develop two distinct visual languages, in concert with his fellow department heads, which would meld over time.
Based on the acclaimed musical of the same name—with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Beguelin and Bob Martin—Ryan Murphy’s star-studded comedy centers on a group of narcissistic Broadway actors who have found themselves at a low point in their careers. In an attempt to generate publicity that will put them back on the map, they travel to a conservative Indiana town, advocating on behalf of a high school girl who has been banned from attending the prom with her girlfriend.
The languages in question were designed for the contrasting worlds of Broadway and Indiana, and while the film featured over a dozen visually distinct musical numbers, Libatique...
Based on the acclaimed musical of the same name—with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Beguelin and Bob Martin—Ryan Murphy’s star-studded comedy centers on a group of narcissistic Broadway actors who have found themselves at a low point in their careers. In an attempt to generate publicity that will put them back on the map, they travel to a conservative Indiana town, advocating on behalf of a high school girl who has been banned from attending the prom with her girlfriend.
The languages in question were designed for the contrasting worlds of Broadway and Indiana, and while the film featured over a dozen visually distinct musical numbers, Libatique...
- 2/5/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Forget Sarah Paulson. The real star of Netflix’s “Ratched” is Petunia the Monkey.
This furry, banana-eating thespian exploded on social media last September when she appeared alongside her human-sized co-star Sharon Stone in Ryan Murphy‘s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” adaptation. Fans weren’t just impressed with Petunia’s acting chops, but also her colorful wardrobe, which consisted of several dazzling looks. “This was my first time designing for a monkey and working with one,” reveals costume designer Rebecca Guzzi during our recent interview (watch below). “Miss Petunia had five changes overall and believe me, if we could have made 100 for her, we would have.”
See Peachy! Sarah Paulson on track for Golden Globe nomination for Ryan Murphy’s ‘Ratched’
Stone played Lenore Osgood throughout the first season, a spoiled heiress who stopped at nothing to make sure Dr. Hanover (Jon Jon Briones) paid the ultimate price for disfiguring her son,...
This furry, banana-eating thespian exploded on social media last September when she appeared alongside her human-sized co-star Sharon Stone in Ryan Murphy‘s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” adaptation. Fans weren’t just impressed with Petunia’s acting chops, but also her colorful wardrobe, which consisted of several dazzling looks. “This was my first time designing for a monkey and working with one,” reveals costume designer Rebecca Guzzi during our recent interview (watch below). “Miss Petunia had five changes overall and believe me, if we could have made 100 for her, we would have.”
See Peachy! Sarah Paulson on track for Golden Globe nomination for Ryan Murphy’s ‘Ratched’
Stone played Lenore Osgood throughout the first season, a spoiled heiress who stopped at nothing to make sure Dr. Hanover (Jon Jon Briones) paid the ultimate price for disfiguring her son,...
- 2/1/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“The Prom” may be welcome counter-programming for Oscar voters. It’s a sunny, optimistic musical comedy at the end of a dark year many people wish they could forget. And it’s one of the few upbeat contenders in an awards season filled mostly with dramas.
Consider the upper echelons of our official racetrack odds for Best Picture, which are calculated by combining the predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. Leading the way are “Nomadland,” about a struggling working-class woman living out of her van; “Mank,” about the political and professional conflicts of the famed screenwriter of “Citizen Kane”; “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” about anti-war activists railroaded by a corrupt justice department; “One Night in Miami,” in which famous figures clash over their roles in the Civil Rights Movement; and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” in which Black musicians deal with racism and trauma in the 1920s.
See...
Consider the upper echelons of our official racetrack odds for Best Picture, which are calculated by combining the predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. Leading the way are “Nomadland,” about a struggling working-class woman living out of her van; “Mank,” about the political and professional conflicts of the famed screenwriter of “Citizen Kane”; “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” about anti-war activists railroaded by a corrupt justice department; “One Night in Miami,” in which famous figures clash over their roles in the Civil Rights Movement; and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” in which Black musicians deal with racism and trauma in the 1920s.
See...
- 1/6/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Since the Netflix movie musical “The Prom” started screening for press, Meryl Streep‘s odds in the Best Actress Oscar race have been rising. Could she receive a record-extending 22nd nomination?
See‘The Prom’ costume designer Lou Eyrich on heightened style of Ryan Murphy musical: ‘Like reality, but with a little kick’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Streep plays a vain but washed-up Broadway actress trying to revitalize her career by latching onto a political cause, specifically the plight of a teenage girl (Jo Ellen Pellman) whose school community tries to stop her from taking her girlfriend to the prom. Streep gets to show off her song-and-dance skills in a number of musical numbers, and it wouldn’t be her first Oscar nomination for a musical performance: she earned a Best Supporting Actress nom for the Sondheim adaptation “Into the Woods” (2014), and she contended for Best Actress for pretending to sing badly in “Florence Foster Jenkins...
See‘The Prom’ costume designer Lou Eyrich on heightened style of Ryan Murphy musical: ‘Like reality, but with a little kick’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Streep plays a vain but washed-up Broadway actress trying to revitalize her career by latching onto a political cause, specifically the plight of a teenage girl (Jo Ellen Pellman) whose school community tries to stop her from taking her girlfriend to the prom. Streep gets to show off her song-and-dance skills in a number of musical numbers, and it wouldn’t be her first Oscar nomination for a musical performance: she earned a Best Supporting Actress nom for the Sondheim adaptation “Into the Woods” (2014), and she contended for Best Actress for pretending to sing badly in “Florence Foster Jenkins...
- 12/19/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Lou Eyrich calls herself one of the “luckiest designers in town.” The Emmy-winning costume designer and producer is part of Ryan Murphy’s go-to team when it comes to creating the look of his shows.
Eyrich worked on Murphy’s recent “Hollywood” and “Ratched,” as well as “The Boys in the Band” and “The Prom,” which is now streaming on Netflix.
The film stars Meryl Streep as Dee Dee, Nicole Kidman as Angie, Andrew Rannells as Trent and James Corden as Barry. Together they are a group of down-on-their-luck Broadway stars who find a cause to support in the hope that it will boost their star power. They end up in small-town Indiana helping out Emma, played by Jo Ellen Pellman, who just wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.
Eyrich breaks down the looks of “The Prom,” contrasting the bold and bright colors of Broadway against the neutrals...
Eyrich worked on Murphy’s recent “Hollywood” and “Ratched,” as well as “The Boys in the Band” and “The Prom,” which is now streaming on Netflix.
The film stars Meryl Streep as Dee Dee, Nicole Kidman as Angie, Andrew Rannells as Trent and James Corden as Barry. Together they are a group of down-on-their-luck Broadway stars who find a cause to support in the hope that it will boost their star power. They end up in small-town Indiana helping out Emma, played by Jo Ellen Pellman, who just wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.
Eyrich breaks down the looks of “The Prom,” contrasting the bold and bright colors of Broadway against the neutrals...
- 12/15/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
One of the first things viewers notice about Ryan Murphy‘s “Ratched” is the colors. The costumes and sets of Netflix’s series are bright, lively and full of life, a direct contrast with the film that inspired it, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975). As “Ratched” costume designer Rebecca Guzzi explains to Gold Derby in our TV Costume Designers Panel (watch above), “Ryan from the first meeting was very adamant that he did not want what was featured so prominently in ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ — this really bleached, institutionalized, void of any color palette, both in the costumes and the sets. We are gonna lead up to that, but we don’t want to start there.”
SEECan ‘Ratched’ creep its way into the SAG ensemble race? Don’t underestimate this killer cast!
Guzzi and fellow costume designer Lou Eyrich immediately began discussing fresh ideas for the nurse’s scrubs. “We scratched our heads and said,...
SEECan ‘Ratched’ creep its way into the SAG ensemble race? Don’t underestimate this killer cast!
Guzzi and fellow costume designer Lou Eyrich immediately began discussing fresh ideas for the nurse’s scrubs. “We scratched our heads and said,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
After a lackluster November that left Netflix scrambling to rescue its award season ambitions after “Hillbilly Elegy” didn’t quite hit the mark, the streaming giant is showing its full strength with a December lineup that pairs unmissable Originals like “Mank” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” with quintessential library titles like “E.T.” and “Jurassic Park.” Add a bearded George Clooney and a rapping Meryl Streep into the mix, and you’ve got the kind of holiday viewing slate that only Netflix has the chutzpah to put out into the world.
Here are the seven most exciting movies coming to the platform this month.
7. “The Prom” (2020)
Future historians will note that 2020 ended the only way this cursed year possibly could: With Meryl Streep rapping on camera in a Netflix musical directed by Ryan Murphy. And yet, despite all evidence to the contrary, it seems “The Prom” might be just the party...
Here are the seven most exciting movies coming to the platform this month.
7. “The Prom” (2020)
Future historians will note that 2020 ended the only way this cursed year possibly could: With Meryl Streep rapping on camera in a Netflix musical directed by Ryan Murphy. And yet, despite all evidence to the contrary, it seems “The Prom” might be just the party...
- 12/2/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“It’s a great panel because our [movies] are all so different … and listening to you both, you had a completely different process than I did,” observed costume designer Lou Eyrich when comparing her work on “The Prom” to Susan Lyall‘s costumes in “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and Megan Stark Evans‘ designs for “Sound of Metal.” The three compared notes about their different challenges and inspirations during our “Meet the Experts” panel. Watch our group discussion above, and click each name above to watch their individual interviews separate from this group panel.
“Susan, your having to be so precise to an actual event and being able to put your own signature on it is great,” Eyrich added, “and Megan having to create these characters out of nothing — you had to design the whole concept of each character within a budget.” Those two approaches were quite different, and yet...
“Susan, your having to be so precise to an actual event and being able to put your own signature on it is great,” Eyrich added, “and Megan having to create these characters out of nothing — you had to design the whole concept of each character within a budget.” Those two approaches were quite different, and yet...
- 12/1/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“One of the elements we worked with all departments was contrast,” explains costume designer Lou Eyrich about the collaboration that led to the dramatic looks in Netflix’s musical “The Prom.” “Some of it was subtle, some of it was lighting, some of it was literally the set decorating with our clothing … That was fun, I’d never worked that way before.” Eyrich joined us for our “Meet the Experts” costume design panel to discuss the work that went into the extravagant production. Watch our interview above.
The stage version of “The Prom” premiered on Broadway in 2018, telling the story of a group of self-involved actors who try to improve their image by coming to the defense of a small-town teenager fighting for the right to take her girlfriend to prom. The film version is directed by Ryan Murphy, who wanted to hit a “refresher button” when it came to...
The stage version of “The Prom” premiered on Broadway in 2018, telling the story of a group of self-involved actors who try to improve their image by coming to the defense of a small-town teenager fighting for the right to take her girlfriend to prom. The film version is directed by Ryan Murphy, who wanted to hit a “refresher button” when it came to...
- 12/1/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
It’s every teenage girl’s dream: The high school PTA has just announced they’d rather cancel prom than let you bring your girlfriend, when a gaggle of garishly dressed Broadway stars you’ve never heard of storms in singing, “We are gonna help that little lesbian…”
Although these colorful coastal elites cause quite a stir while managing to muddle everything up, they give you a mall shopping spree, a sequined shoulder to cry on — and some killer song and dance routines. That’s “The Prom.”
Aside from its impassioned overtures for LGBTQ+ rights, “The Prom” has all the makings of a classic Hollywood musical: Haughty urbanites descend reluctantly on a small provincial town seeking validation and instead find love, connection, and renewed life’s purpose. It’s like if the strivers from “The Philadelphia Story” went to Allentown to help Peggy Sawyer find her way to “42nd Street.
Although these colorful coastal elites cause quite a stir while managing to muddle everything up, they give you a mall shopping spree, a sequined shoulder to cry on — and some killer song and dance routines. That’s “The Prom.”
Aside from its impassioned overtures for LGBTQ+ rights, “The Prom” has all the makings of a classic Hollywood musical: Haughty urbanites descend reluctantly on a small provincial town seeking validation and instead find love, connection, and renewed life’s purpose. It’s like if the strivers from “The Philadelphia Story” went to Allentown to help Peggy Sawyer find her way to “42nd Street.
- 12/1/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Three top costume designers will reveal the secrets behind their crafts when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 Oscar contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to be published soon: one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a group chat with Daniel and all of the designers together. RSVP today by clicking here to be one of the first people in the world to watch our premiere video event. This one-hour event will debut on Tuesday, November 24, at 5:00 p.m. Pt. 8:00 p.m. Et.
This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 Oscar contenders:
“Sound of Metal” (Amazon Prime): Megan Stark Evans
Evans’ career has included such projects as “A Teacher,” “Uncle Frank,” “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” and “The Sound of Silence.”
“The Prom” (Netflix): Lou Eyrich
Eyrich is...
This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 Oscar contenders:
“Sound of Metal” (Amazon Prime): Megan Stark Evans
Evans’ career has included such projects as “A Teacher,” “Uncle Frank,” “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” and “The Sound of Silence.”
“The Prom” (Netflix): Lou Eyrich
Eyrich is...
- 11/18/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Director Ryan Murphy’s upcoming adaptation of the Broadway musical “The Prom” is timely, making strides for diversity and inclusion. With an all-star ensemble and two breakout stars in Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose, the Netflix feature is in prime position to hit the zeitgeist when viewers begin streaming it in December.
“The Prom” can easily be envisioned as the movie that runs on repeat by high schoolers everywhere. If it were released in theaters under normal circumstances, it would have all the makings of a $150 million hit for a studio. From an awards season perspective, the movie is an obvious frontrunner for the Golden Globes comedy or musical races. Still, it can also make serious headway with the Academy voters, including best picture. Clearly Murphy’s best directing effort yet, it will be fascinating to see how the Academy, along with the general public, respond. I would expect...
“The Prom” can easily be envisioned as the movie that runs on repeat by high schoolers everywhere. If it were released in theaters under normal circumstances, it would have all the makings of a $150 million hit for a studio. From an awards season perspective, the movie is an obvious frontrunner for the Golden Globes comedy or musical races. Still, it can also make serious headway with the Academy voters, including best picture. Clearly Murphy’s best directing effort yet, it will be fascinating to see how the Academy, along with the general public, respond. I would expect...
- 11/16/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“Accentuate the positive and camouflage the rest,” were words legendary designer Edith Head lived by. Crafting wardrobes for stars including Grace Kelly, Tippi Hedren, Bette Davis and Elizabeth Taylor, Head was the mastermind for Audrey Hepburn’s iconic look in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” along with dress designer Hubert de Givenchy.
With 35 Academy Award nominations, Head, born on Oct. 28, 1897, remains the most lauded female Oscar contender. Her creativity and use of color and texture continue to resonate with designers today.
Costume designer Avery Plewes, who worked on “The Craft: Legacy,” ranks Head-designed movies “Sweet Charity” and “What a Way to Go!” as some of her all-time favorites for costumes. “There is an irreverence with her use of color that you rarely see,” says Plewes, “There is a fearlessness that I learned from her films. I often question whether my ideas go too far, and her work taught me to always try the crazy idea.
With 35 Academy Award nominations, Head, born on Oct. 28, 1897, remains the most lauded female Oscar contender. Her creativity and use of color and texture continue to resonate with designers today.
Costume designer Avery Plewes, who worked on “The Craft: Legacy,” ranks Head-designed movies “Sweet Charity” and “What a Way to Go!” as some of her all-time favorites for costumes. “There is an irreverence with her use of color that you rarely see,” says Plewes, “There is a fearlessness that I learned from her films. I often question whether my ideas go too far, and her work taught me to always try the crazy idea.
- 10/28/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Prior to Friday’s premiere there were warning signs that “Ratched” might be more of a Ryan Murphy camp-fest than a sincere prequel to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” An eye-popping color palette, with certain scenes completely bathed in red or green, stood in stark contrast to the white and gray backdrop of Milos Forman’s 1975 movie.
Explicit, darkly comic threats over the theft of a breakroom peach took the place of Nurse Ratched’s passive-aggressive manipulation of patients. And the villainous character’s symbolic place in popular culture as a representative of corruption and dehumanization within industrialized medicine, especially for anyone reliant on in-patient care, didn’t appear as important to the new series as ghoulish frights.
Also, Sharon Stone’s co-star was a monkey. Again.
Seeing as the Oscar-nominated actress has turned curious guest arcs on random shows into high art a time or two before, she...
Explicit, darkly comic threats over the theft of a breakroom peach took the place of Nurse Ratched’s passive-aggressive manipulation of patients. And the villainous character’s symbolic place in popular culture as a representative of corruption and dehumanization within industrialized medicine, especially for anyone reliant on in-patient care, didn’t appear as important to the new series as ghoulish frights.
Also, Sharon Stone’s co-star was a monkey. Again.
Seeing as the Oscar-nominated actress has turned curious guest arcs on random shows into high art a time or two before, she...
- 9/19/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
FX’s award-winning series “Pose” is planning to return to production in October.
While the situation remains fluid, a member of the “Pose” crew is getting tested for Covid-19 this week in anticipation of the show starting to film next month, a source tells Variety. Production on season 3 was halted in March, due to the coronavirus outbreak in New York City and across the country.
“When production paused, I wasn’t shocked — I knew it would happen — but it was a bittersweet moment for me,” star Indya Moore told Variety in June. “On the one hand, if anyone had gotten sick, it surely would have spread fast. On the other hand, most folks working on a production are living paycheck to paycheck. So I was worried about how they are going to survive.”
Disney Television Studios declined to comment.
Production has recently begun on Disney shows such as “Grey’s Anatomy,...
While the situation remains fluid, a member of the “Pose” crew is getting tested for Covid-19 this week in anticipation of the show starting to film next month, a source tells Variety. Production on season 3 was halted in March, due to the coronavirus outbreak in New York City and across the country.
“When production paused, I wasn’t shocked — I knew it would happen — but it was a bittersweet moment for me,” star Indya Moore told Variety in June. “On the one hand, if anyone had gotten sick, it surely would have spread fast. On the other hand, most folks working on a production are living paycheck to paycheck. So I was worried about how they are going to survive.”
Disney Television Studios declined to comment.
Production has recently begun on Disney shows such as “Grey’s Anatomy,...
- 9/8/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
“Weeks upon weeks upon weeks.” That’s how long it took, says costume designer Lou Eyrich, to gain Ryan Murphy’s approval on the precise hue and weight of the bluish-green fabric for the hospital uniforms in Ratched, his origin story for the nurse memorably played by Louise Fletcher in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The horror series, starring Sarah Paulson as Mildred Ratched, premieres Sept. 18 on Netflix.
Eyrich and co-costume designer Rebecca Guzzi are used to Murphy’s meticulous attention to detail. “I’ve worked with Ryan for 20 years, so there’s a little bit of shorthand, but this ...
Eyrich and co-costume designer Rebecca Guzzi are used to Murphy’s meticulous attention to detail. “I’ve worked with Ryan for 20 years, so there’s a little bit of shorthand, but this ...
“Weeks upon weeks upon weeks.” That’s how long it took, says costume designer Lou Eyrich, to gain Ryan Murphy’s approval on the precise hue and weight of the bluish-green fabric for the hospital uniforms in Ratched, his origin story for the nurse memorably played by Louise Fletcher in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The horror series, starring Sarah Paulson as Mildred Ratched, premieres Sept. 18 on Netflix.
Eyrich and co-costume designer Rebecca Guzzi are used to Murphy’s meticulous attention to detail. “I’ve worked with Ryan for 20 years, so there’s a little bit of shorthand, but this ...
Eyrich and co-costume designer Rebecca Guzzi are used to Murphy’s meticulous attention to detail. “I’ve worked with Ryan for 20 years, so there’s a little bit of shorthand, but this ...
Six Emmy-nominated artisans from different Netflix shows — “Stranger Things” music supervisor Nora Felder, “Ozark” editor Cindy Mollo, “Space Force” production designer Susie Mancini, “Hollywood” and “The Politician” costume designer Lou Eyrich, “Cheer” cinematographer Melissa Langer and “The Crown” casting director Nina Gold — joined Variety’s Artisans editor Jazz Tangcay for an exclusive virtual Q&a event in the Variety Streaming Room. The “Crafted by Women” panel covered the ins and outs of their work from behind the scenes.
Langer spoke to the challenges of building personal relationships with the cheerleaders in her documentary. The film captures the cinematographer and her subjects’ growing comfort-level, but that didn’t necessarily make Langer’s job easier. In one particular scene, in which a student hurts herself performing a cheer sequence, she said, “The human in me wants to close my eyes and put the camera down and cross my fingers, but the Dp...
Langer spoke to the challenges of building personal relationships with the cheerleaders in her documentary. The film captures the cinematographer and her subjects’ growing comfort-level, but that didn’t necessarily make Langer’s job easier. In one particular scene, in which a student hurts herself performing a cheer sequence, she said, “The human in me wants to close my eyes and put the camera down and cross my fingers, but the Dp...
- 8/21/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
The stars, creator and director of Netflix’s “The Crown” and selected Emmy-nominated artisans from Netflix shows, including “Stranger Things” music supervisor Nora Felder, “Ozark” editor Cindy Mollo, “Space Force” production designer Susie Mancini, “Hollywood” and “The Politician” costume designer Lou Eyrich, “Cheer” cinematographer Melissa Langer and “The Crown” casting director Nina Gold, will come together for two exclusive virtual Q&a events in the Variety Streaming Room on August 19 and 20, respectively, at 4 p.m. Pt / 7 p.m. Et.
“The Crown” stars Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter, as well as creator/writer Peter Morgan and director Jessica Hobbs, will participate in an exclusive Q&a following a screening of the “Cri De Coeur” episode from the latest season.
The “Crafted by Women” panel will feature the aforementioned Netflix Emmy nominees who are making marks behind the camera.
The Variety Streaming Room is dedicated to presenting virtual conversations that span...
“The Crown” stars Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter, as well as creator/writer Peter Morgan and director Jessica Hobbs, will participate in an exclusive Q&a following a screening of the “Cri De Coeur” episode from the latest season.
The “Crafted by Women” panel will feature the aforementioned Netflix Emmy nominees who are making marks behind the camera.
The Variety Streaming Room is dedicated to presenting virtual conversations that span...
- 8/12/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
“Pose” star Billy Porter just scored his second consecutive Emmy nomination for his performance as emcee Pray Tell. Last year, the multi-talented actor made history as the first openly gay Black man to win the Emmy for Best Drama Actor, stating in his acceptance speech that he was “overwhelmed and overjoyed” to have lived to see the day. What makes it extra special for Porter is to have won with material that comes from an authentic place. “The gratitude to be living in a time where this particular story can be told in this mainstream way is such a gift,” says Porter, in an exclusive interview with Gold Derby before this year’s nominations. “It’s such a blessing.”
See‘Pose’ Emmy interviews: Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore and more discuss groundbreaking FX drama [Watch]
Behind the scenes, “Pose” largely consists of producers, directors and writers that reflect what’s onscreen: Black,...
See‘Pose’ Emmy interviews: Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore and more discuss groundbreaking FX drama [Watch]
Behind the scenes, “Pose” largely consists of producers, directors and writers that reflect what’s onscreen: Black,...
- 8/1/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“Pose” made history with its representation of transgender people of color actually played by trans actors in leading roles. It earned an Emmy nomination for Best Drama Series in 2019 for its first season, and it made history again by winning Best Drama Actor for Billy Porter, the first openly gay Black actor to take home that award. So how will it do in season two? Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top Emmy contenders from the show.
SEEBilly Porter (‘Pose’) on his ‘life-altering’ experience of playing Pray Tell and his Emmy victory [Exclusive Video Interview]
The FX drama takes place during the late 1980s and early 1990s in New York City, where LGBT people support each other amid discrimination and the ongoing AIDS crisis, but also compete for personal pride and glory on the ballroom scene. Mj Rodriguez stars as Blanca, who is a house mother to a group of outcasts.
SEEBilly Porter (‘Pose’) on his ‘life-altering’ experience of playing Pray Tell and his Emmy victory [Exclusive Video Interview]
The FX drama takes place during the late 1980s and early 1990s in New York City, where LGBT people support each other amid discrimination and the ongoing AIDS crisis, but also compete for personal pride and glory on the ballroom scene. Mj Rodriguez stars as Blanca, who is a house mother to a group of outcasts.
- 7/9/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Audiences know the Ryan Murphy aesthetic. The showrunner and television impresario has created a universe that blends glitz and glamour with a heavy dose of camp, and that is often best exemplified in the work done by his costume designer and producer Lou Eyrich. Murphy and Eyrich are a package deal, having consistently worked together on nearly every Murphy project since the 1999 teen series “Popular.” When describing his first meeting with Eyrich to IndieWire, Ryan Murphy said the two “kind of clicked immediately.” Murphy is meticulous about the design of his shows, especially with regards to costumes and production design and upon first meeting Eyrich, “she knew all my references. And if she didn’t know them she would quickly become a student of them.” It’s a synchronicity that nearly every one of Murphy’s collaborators and stars noticed. “Lou is an extraordinary interpreter of Ryan’s vision,” actress Sarah Paulson told IndieWire.
- 6/30/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
“Hollywood” made sure to put the “golden” in Golden Age of Hollywood. Ryan Murphy’s reimagining of an idyllic, progressive 1940s Tinseltown is an aspirational ideal and it needed the resplendent costumes to match.
“It all started with this idea of the Golden Age of Hollywood, which informed the color palette. It was Hollywood glamour, Golden Age of Hollywood, aspirational. It started with everything being [George] Hurrell-inspired, super glamorous and everything having a golden sheen. So that was the jumping off point for our color palette,” Sarah Evelyn told Gold Derby during our Meet the Btl Experts: Costume Design panel (watch above). “It was like gold, butterscotch, caramel and sort of worked itself into the rest of the rainbow.”
Evelyn, who worked with longtime Murphy costume designer Lou Eyrich on the limited series, turned to some ‘40s classics for inspiration to capture the era’s glamorous vibe, including “Now, Voyager” (1942), “Casablanca...
“It all started with this idea of the Golden Age of Hollywood, which informed the color palette. It was Hollywood glamour, Golden Age of Hollywood, aspirational. It started with everything being [George] Hurrell-inspired, super glamorous and everything having a golden sheen. So that was the jumping off point for our color palette,” Sarah Evelyn told Gold Derby during our Meet the Btl Experts: Costume Design panel (watch above). “It was like gold, butterscotch, caramel and sort of worked itself into the rest of the rainbow.”
Evelyn, who worked with longtime Murphy costume designer Lou Eyrich on the limited series, turned to some ‘40s classics for inspiration to capture the era’s glamorous vibe, including “Now, Voyager” (1942), “Casablanca...
- 6/30/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Emmy-winner Lou Eyrich rose up to the rank of costume designer on Ryan Murphy’s “Popular” just over two decades ago and has worked with the prolific producer ever since. Three years ago she was promoted again, and now acts as a costume design producer across all of his series. This Emmy season alone that includes “9-1-1” and its spinoff “Lone Star” for Fox, limited series “Hollywood” and the first season of “The Politician” for Netflix, and both “American Horror Story: 1984” and the second season of “Pose” for FX — all while also working on projects for next Emmy season, too. Those soon to premiere series include “Ratched,” “Boys in the Band” and “The Prom,” all for Netflix.
What went into adding producer to your already long list of responsibilities?
It shifted about three years ago when he started working on multiple projects overlapping. We had down three or four...
What went into adding producer to your already long list of responsibilities?
It shifted about three years ago when he started working on multiple projects overlapping. We had down three or four...
- 6/18/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Costume designers Analucia McGorty and Lou Eyrich adjusted to a new dynamic heading into Season 2 of “Pose.” While they were both designers on the FX drama’s first season, Eyrich was only credited as a producer for Season 2, though before the season she still prepped extensively with McGorty, who stepped into a sole leadership position for the costume department. “There was a big arc and change from what we had done in Season 1 time-wise, so Ana did great tone boards which then we run by Ryan [Murphy] because Ryan is very hands-on,” Eyrich says, joining McGorty in an exclusive new interview for Gold Derby. “I print them in L.A., I get them to Ryan, Ryan goes through all those notes and then I transfer all those notes to Ana and Ana started the process of collaborating with the actors.” Watch the full video interview with Eyrich and McGorty above.
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- 5/28/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Attention, campers: We’re about to spoil the events of Wednesday’s American Horror Story finale. You’ve been warned!
Margaret Booth may not have lived to be Ahs: 1984‘s final girl, but she still played an unforgettable role in Wednesday’s finale, one that cost her an arm and a leg. And another arm. And another leg.
More from TVLineAHS: 1984 Finale Recap: Who Got the 'Happy Ending' They Deserved?American Horror Story Season 10: Ep Ryan Murphy Looking to Reunite 'Fan-Favorites' for Potential 'Last Season'American Crime Story: Clive Owen to Play Bill Clinton in Season 3, Focused on Monica Lewinsky...
Margaret Booth may not have lived to be Ahs: 1984‘s final girl, but she still played an unforgettable role in Wednesday’s finale, one that cost her an arm and a leg. And another arm. And another leg.
More from TVLineAHS: 1984 Finale Recap: Who Got the 'Happy Ending' They Deserved?American Horror Story Season 10: Ep Ryan Murphy Looking to Reunite 'Fan-Favorites' for Potential 'Last Season'American Crime Story: Clive Owen to Play Bill Clinton in Season 3, Focused on Monica Lewinsky...
- 11/14/2019
- TVLine.com
Ryan Murphy’s groundbreaking FX series, “Pose,” opened up the TV series format to Lgbtq inclusion and diversity like never before with its dazzling depiction of ’80s African-American and Latino ball culture in New York. It served as an allegorical bridge of liberation and empowerment amid the rise of Trump, and costume designers Lou Eyrich and Analucia McGorty were key collaborators in creating the boldest costume statement of the season.
“Ryan had a vision from the beginning with his support team of [co-creator] Steven [Canals] and [producer] Janet [Mock],” said Eyrich, who also served as producer. “They bring such a wealth of experience and information so we were guided by them. To be able to tell this story during those dire times, and to have this place for people to walk in and feel safe and dance and dress up was vital. So we got to learn both worlds.”
“It is a little bit...
“Ryan had a vision from the beginning with his support team of [co-creator] Steven [Canals] and [producer] Janet [Mock],” said Eyrich, who also served as producer. “They bring such a wealth of experience and information so we were guided by them. To be able to tell this story during those dire times, and to have this place for people to walk in and feel safe and dance and dress up was vital. So we got to learn both worlds.”
“It is a little bit...
- 6/21/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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