Tag: april 2018

Five point story…

The first season of anthology crime series American Crime Story helmed by Ryan Murphy, swooped accolades at various award platforms. Now, the second installment of the series – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story is something you cannot afford to miss out on! 

The series airs on Star World from Monday to Friday at 9 pm. Here are five reasons why this show is strongly recommended…

  • We cannot emphasize on this enough! Ryan Murphy. Ryan Murphy. Ryan Murphy! The man knows how to turn film-making into an art and we do not know anyone else to whom this comes naturally!
  • The series has a spectacular cast! From Academy Award winner Penelope Cruz donning the role of one of her favourite designers – Donatella Versace to Point Break, Zero Dark Thirty star Edgar Ramirez as Gianni Versace, the comeback of one of the most sensational singers of all time – Ricky Martin playing Gianni’s boyfriend Antonio D’Amico and Glee fame Darren Criss’ career-defining performance as serial murderer Andrew Cunanan.
  • Darren Criss. Critics have gone gaga over his performance and the entire industry is talking about him! Criss definitely deserves a shout-out for his performance on the series and it is difficult for us to imagine him anywhere else! 
  • The fashion and glamour is breathtaking. The series not only showed Gianni in all his glory and lavish style but pieces from his final fashion show – Atelier Versace’s fall 1997 show in Paris.
  • The immersive plotline! The series not only showcases the nuances of Gianni Versace’s murder, but also chronicles everything from the aftermath of Gianni’s death to the lives of each of Cunanan’s victims – painfully elaborating his life and how he managed to dodge authorities for months before he shot himself!

Five point story…

It’s worrying how far removed we are from the source of our food says JENNIFER SELWAY

IN Miami I drove along Ocean Drive past the house where fashion designer Gianni Versace lived and was shot dead by Andrew Cunanan in 1997.

It’s now a hotel but its notoriety lives on and there was a bunch of people taking photographs.

A local told me: “You know why the bloodstains were so hard to get rid of? The steps were made of limestone and the blood just seeped in”.

BBC Two’s The Assassination Of Gianni Versace ends next week and has been less about Versace and more about his nemesis, the serial killer Andrew Cunanan.

What an amazing performance from Darren Criss.

I can’t wait to see what else this young actor is in.

But it’s hard to imagine him playing a goodie.

It’s worrying how far removed we are from the source of our food says JENNIFER SELWAY

This week’s best home entertainment: from Westworld to Barry

The Assassination of Gianni Versace

Versace’s killer Andrew Cunanan has arrived at the endgame, and so has this vivid and eventually shattering drama. As the manhunt closes in, Cunanan (the brilliant Darren Criss) is holed up, relishing his own infamy and watching TV reports of his crimes as he finally runs out of road.
Wednesday 25 April, 9pm, BBC Two

This week’s best home entertainment: from Westworld to Barry

I hope the Queen gave bum’s rush to idiots for Windrush debacle

My Glee for Daz

I AM obsessed with the latest American Crime Story series about the assassination of fashion designer Gianni Versace.

Once I got over Versace – actor Edgar Ramirez – looking like chef Antony Worrall Thompson and those comedy false teeth affected by ­Penelope Cruz as his sister Donatella, I was able to sit back and be enthralled by the performance of ­Darren Criss as serial killer Andrew Cunanan.

It’s an astonishing acting tour de force and light years away from his wholesome role in Glee, where he played Kurt Hummel’s love interest.

Darren is the triple threat. He can sing and dance, as he proved in Glee, and also in his one-man shows – but boy, can this man act up a storm. He should be clearing a space on his mantelpiece right now to accommodate all of the awards that must surely be coming his way.

In the final episode, to be aired next week, he almost makes us feel sorry for the monster that was Cunanan – and that takes the very greatest of acting talent.

I hope the Queen gave bum’s rush to idiots for Windrush debacle

One-On-One With The King Of Vintage Fashion, Seth Weisser, Of Celeb-Favorite WGACA

HL: Do you curate each store to the specific location in terms of what you carry?

SW: Yes, our stores are a unique experience because each store has one-of-a-kind products. My partner Gerard is very careful with the way he designs each of the stores in the different locations—each are unique based on the space and based on the market. We’re consistent in that the service and the quality of the product is the same, but each store has a totally different feel on a cultivated uniqueness that makes it fun for our customer to come to new stores. Between our five stores, you’ll find that what we have in Miami is distinctively different than what we have in Beverly Hills or New York. So, you’ll want to go to each store to see what pieces are there that fits their style at the moment, and each market gets a little bit of its moment. For example, In Miami, we’ve been emphasizing Versace because it’s been really hot since the show [American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace] came out.

One-On-One With The King Of Vintage Fashion, Seth Weisser, Of Celeb-Favorite WGACA