ACS Versace Design Process by Kenneth Kegley | 24 January 2018
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ACS Versace Design Process by Kenneth Kegley | 24 January 2018
All The Book-To-TV Adaptations We Can’t Wait To See In 2018
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Available on BBC iPlayer.Based On: Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth
What It’s About: The second instalment of American Crime Story looks at the assassination of fashion designer Gianni Versace at the hands of 27-year-old serial killer Andrew Cunanan. The show then travels back in time to look at the forces that shaped both of these men.
Starring: Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez, Ricky Martin
The year’s best TV shows so far
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace” (FX)
The second season of Ryan Murphy’s true-crime anthology series hones in on the world of fashion, murder and police department homophobia in the late 1990s. Told in an innovative backwards structure, it boasts a career-defining performance from Darren Criss (“Glee”) as serial killer Andrew Cunanan.
Penelope Cruz (‘Assassination of Gianni Versace’) is the Emmy front-runner, but Experts name 5 women who could beat her
The Emmy nominations will be announced on Thursday, July 12, and Penelope Cruz (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) maintains her lead in our Emmy predictions for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress, but she shouldn’t get too comfortable. This is one of the most divided races at this year’s awards, according to our Experts, who point to five women who could overtake her.
As of this writing 10 of the 18 Expert journalists we’ve polled from top media outlets are predicting a victory for Cruz: Eric Deggans (NPR), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Chris Harnick (E!), Matthew Jacobs (Huffington Post), Lynette Rice (Entertainment Weekly), Robert Rorke(New York Post), Anne Thompson (IndieWire), Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) and Adnan Virk (ESPN).
Cruz has never been nominated for an Emmy before, but she’s an Oscar winning movie star and Emmy voters often love those. She also plays a recognizable real-life figure, fashion designer Donatella Versace, which required the Spanish actress to speak English with an Italian accent. But it’s far from an open-and-shut case.
Two Experts say the Emmy will go to Laura Dern (“Twin Peaks: The Return“): Lynn Elber (Associated Press) and Glenn Whipp (LA Times). Dern just won this award last year for “Big Little Lies,” and voters will also be watching her this year in the telefilm “The Tale,” for which she’s the front-runner for Best Movie/Mini Actress. All that plus her recent role in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has made her a Hollywood darling in the last 12 months.
Another two Experts are predicting Nicole Kidman (“Top of the Lake: China Girl”): Debra Birnbaum (Variety) and Ken Tucker (Yahoo). Like Dern, Kidman was an Emmy winner last year for “Big Little Lies” (Best Limited Series and Best Movie/Mini Actress), so she too is on a hot streak.
Two more Experts are betting on Angela Lansbury (“Little Women”): Tom O’Neil(Gold Derby) and Matt Roush (TV Guide Magazine). Lansbury is long, long, long overdue with no wins out of a whopping 18 past nominations. In a divided field, voters might decide it’s a good time to finally reward the 92-year-old acting legend.
Debbie Day (Rotten Tomatoes) is going out on a limb for Cruz’s “Assassination” co-star Judith Light. She’s a two-time Daytime Emmy winner for her role on “One Life to Live” (1980-1981) but she has never won in primetime despite three past nominations.
And our last Expert, Ben Travers (IndieWire) thinks Merritt Wever (“Godless”) will surprise. It wouldn’t be the first time. Wever was an upset Emmy winner in 2013 for Best Comedy Supporting Actress for “Nurse Jackie.”
What to Make of a Wide Open Limited Series Emmy Race
From Big Little Lies to Fargo to American Crime Story the Outstanding Limited Series category has consistently celebrated some of the best shows on TV at the Emmys. Five years ago, largely inspired by the work of Ryan Murphy, the Emmys even separated limited series and tv movies into their own program awards. Now in a year with 44 submissions, voters have more than enough anthologies and miniseries to choose from but surprisingly nothing is really sticking with voters. Critics haven’t rallied behind any specific show, audiences and fans aren’t throwing support towards anything specific, and no show really has the star power of a Jessica Lange or Nicole Kidman.
Usually, critics groups and ratings give at least some sense of consensus but this year they’ve shown just how wide-open the limited series race is shaping up to be. A quick ranking of Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes scores (as well as their user ratings) gave completely different lists with American Vandal being the only show to make an appearance on all four lists. Shows like Alias Grace and The Sinner are much more popular on Rotten Tomatoes while Howard’s End is more popular at Metacritic. Patrick Melrose was popular with critics but loathed by users. This only proves that at this point any limited series has a chance to walk away with the Emmy.
The Likely Contenders
The Outstanding Limited Series category wouldn’t be complete without some sort of Ryan Murphy project and 2018 is no exception. The highly anticipated second installment of American Crime Story premiered with The Assassination of Gianni Versace. The premiere was well-received by fans and critics but the overall reaction came across as muted compared to the phenomenon that was the first season. It will be interesting to see if Gianni Versace carries as much weight with voters as OJ Simpson did especially with plenty of award-worthy performances from Darren Criss, Edgar Ramirez, Penelope Cruz, and Judith Light.
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