What’s worse than wearing white to a wedding? Well, if you’re one of the Mercury 7 wives, wearing a bold floral print to a photoshoot where all the other women have agreed to dress plainly.
That’s what happens in Episode 3 of Disney+ series “The Right Stuff,” when Scott Carpenter’s wife, Rene Carpenter (played by Jade Albany Pietrantonio), shows up the other gals. Imagine the side-eye just before the flash.
But did it really happen? Yes, the platinum blonde Mrs. Carpenter arrived at the wives’ Mercury space capsule photoshoot wearing a sleeveless red floral dress, breaking the dress-code rules, as the other women were dressed in their assigned solid colors: pink, yellow, blue and white.
Readers can see the original photo from the shoot in question, which was done by Life magazine, here.
Rene Carpenter, who later divorced Scott Carpenter (played by James Lafferty in the Disney+ series...
That’s what happens in Episode 3 of Disney+ series “The Right Stuff,” when Scott Carpenter’s wife, Rene Carpenter (played by Jade Albany Pietrantonio), shows up the other gals. Imagine the side-eye just before the flash.
But did it really happen? Yes, the platinum blonde Mrs. Carpenter arrived at the wives’ Mercury space capsule photoshoot wearing a sleeveless red floral dress, breaking the dress-code rules, as the other women were dressed in their assigned solid colors: pink, yellow, blue and white.
Readers can see the original photo from the shoot in question, which was done by Life magazine, here.
Rene Carpenter, who later divorced Scott Carpenter (played by James Lafferty in the Disney+ series...
- 10/17/2020
- by Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Clearly, the newly launched NASA didn't have enough time to get their ducks in a row for a space launch.
The pressure across the board is astronomical, and it's eating away at everyone.
When even a smug dude like Alan Shepard is feeling the heat, then you know the tension is off the rails.
The Right Stuff Season 1 Episode 3 featured the leadup to the launch of Mercury 1. It was doomed from the start because of egos and forced deadlines.
For instance, the Air Force wanted to use Atlas to launch the capsule, something that wasn't even going to be in play when astronauts got attached to the proceedings.
But if there's anything we know about the government, they're extraordinarily good at grandstanding.
Of course, the astronauts aren't too bad at it themselves.
Instead of baring down and giving their all to the program, they're boozing and sexing it...
The pressure across the board is astronomical, and it's eating away at everyone.
When even a smug dude like Alan Shepard is feeling the heat, then you know the tension is off the rails.
The Right Stuff Season 1 Episode 3 featured the leadup to the launch of Mercury 1. It was doomed from the start because of egos and forced deadlines.
For instance, the Air Force wanted to use Atlas to launch the capsule, something that wasn't even going to be in play when astronauts got attached to the proceedings.
But if there's anything we know about the government, they're extraordinarily good at grandstanding.
Of course, the astronauts aren't too bad at it themselves.
Instead of baring down and giving their all to the program, they're boozing and sexing it...
- 10/16/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Jade Albany[/link], who starred in Amazon original American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, has scored recurring roles in Nat Geo’s The Right Stuff and Paramount Network’s 68 Whiskey.
The actress, who recently booked a role in Netflix’s Japanese drama The Naked Director, will play Rene Carpenter in The Right Stuff. Rene is the glamorous wife of Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter, a savvy and confident woman who ultimately becomes a television personality. The series, which is an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book, stars Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn and Colin O’Donoghue as Gordo Cooper. The series, which launches in 2020 on Nat Geo, is executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson of Appian Way, Mark Lafferty as showrunner, and Will Staples.
In Paramount Network’s 68 Whiskey, she plays Cassola, a lieutenant from the Italian army and nurse who...
The actress, who recently booked a role in Netflix’s Japanese drama The Naked Director, will play Rene Carpenter in The Right Stuff. Rene is the glamorous wife of Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter, a savvy and confident woman who ultimately becomes a television personality. The series, which is an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book, stars Jake McDorman as Alan Shepard, Patrick J. Adams as John Glenn and Colin O’Donoghue as Gordo Cooper. The series, which launches in 2020 on Nat Geo, is executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson of Appian Way, Mark Lafferty as showrunner, and Will Staples.
In Paramount Network’s 68 Whiskey, she plays Cassola, a lieutenant from the Italian army and nurse who...
- 10/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Handmaid’s Tale” star Yvonne Strahovski has come on board to star opposite Noomi Rapace in the Australian psychological thriller “Angel of Mine,” with Kim Farrant directing.
Rapace was attached to the project in early February and Fortitude International began pre-selling the picture at the European Film Market in Berlin. “Angel of Mine” is a remake of 2008 French film “L’Empreinte de L’Ange,” which follows a woman’s descent into madness after she loses her daughter and becomes convinced that another woman’s child is in fact her own. Strahovski, a native of Australia, will play a woman accused of stealing the daughter.
Farrant, whose first film was the Nicole Kidman-starring “Strangerland” in 2015 will direct from a script by Luke Davies (“Lion,” “Candy”) and David Regal. Production is scheduled to begin in April.
Production companies are SixtyFourSixty and Garlin Pictures. Producers are Brian Etting, Josh Etting, and Su Armstrong.
Rapace was attached to the project in early February and Fortitude International began pre-selling the picture at the European Film Market in Berlin. “Angel of Mine” is a remake of 2008 French film “L’Empreinte de L’Ange,” which follows a woman’s descent into madness after she loses her daughter and becomes convinced that another woman’s child is in fact her own. Strahovski, a native of Australia, will play a woman accused of stealing the daughter.
Farrant, whose first film was the Nicole Kidman-starring “Strangerland” in 2015 will direct from a script by Luke Davies (“Lion,” “Candy”) and David Regal. Production is scheduled to begin in April.
Production companies are SixtyFourSixty and Garlin Pictures. Producers are Brian Etting, Josh Etting, and Su Armstrong.
- 3/28/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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