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Black-ish (ABC)
Michelle Obama is coming to dinner! Obviously, the best-dressed family on television would bring their sartorial A-game, thanks to nine-time Emmy nominee Michelle Cole — earning her fifth nom for her work on the final season of the Kenya Barris-created sitcom.
While hosting the 44th first lady (playing herself), the Johnsons invited the laughs, too — especially after physician Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) and advertising exec Dre (Anthony Anderson) exclude the kids and grandparents from the occasion. “I love how they’re plotting to figure out how to see her,” says Cole, who collaborated via top-secret Zooms with Obama’s stylist, Meredith Koop, on her vibrantly cozy Jw Anderson sweater. “It’s a casual dinner for her, but everybody else was over-the-top.”
Dre’s pumpkin-hued velvet smoking jacket by Etro, over a black turtleneck, signals his professional success and accompanying pay bump. “He...
Black-ish (ABC)
Michelle Obama is coming to dinner! Obviously, the best-dressed family on television would bring their sartorial A-game, thanks to nine-time Emmy nominee Michelle Cole — earning her fifth nom for her work on the final season of the Kenya Barris-created sitcom.
While hosting the 44th first lady (playing herself), the Johnsons invited the laughs, too — especially after physician Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) and advertising exec Dre (Anthony Anderson) exclude the kids and grandparents from the occasion. “I love how they’re plotting to figure out how to see her,” says Cole, who collaborated via top-secret Zooms with Obama’s stylist, Meredith Koop, on her vibrantly cozy Jw Anderson sweater. “It’s a casual dinner for her, but everybody else was over-the-top.”
Dre’s pumpkin-hued velvet smoking jacket by Etro, over a black turtleneck, signals his professional success and accompanying pay bump. “He...
- 7/31/2022
- by Fawnia Soo Hoo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From bringing back the 1990s in Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy” to styling for a lesbian cruise on “Hacks,” the Emmy-nominated costume designers delivered a wealth of contemporary looks.
Kameron Lennox landed her first nom for “Pam & Tommy,” which took audiences back a couple of decades as Lily James and Sebastian Stan captured the wild antics and looks of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
Perfecting the iconic “Baywatch” red swimsuit was imperative. The original suit was made by Tyr swimwear, which was not only able to match the red precisely but also helped her find the right fabric and cut. “On Pam, the way that it was cut was very sexy,” says Lennox. “The leg was high-cut to elongate her leg and cut low on the sides to accentuate her bust.”
Rock star Lee, meanwhile, wore a plethora of thongs around the house, so Lennox turned to eBay to procure vintage cheetah prints,...
Kameron Lennox landed her first nom for “Pam & Tommy,” which took audiences back a couple of decades as Lily James and Sebastian Stan captured the wild antics and looks of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
Perfecting the iconic “Baywatch” red swimsuit was imperative. The original suit was made by Tyr swimwear, which was not only able to match the red precisely but also helped her find the right fabric and cut. “On Pam, the way that it was cut was very sexy,” says Lennox. “The leg was high-cut to elongate her leg and cut low on the sides to accentuate her bust.”
Rock star Lee, meanwhile, wore a plethora of thongs around the house, so Lennox turned to eBay to procure vintage cheetah prints,...
- 7/29/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The 11th annual Youth Diversity Film Festival will open this weekend, featuring panel discussions and more than 60 films by young filmmakers from the U.S. and 13 other countries, including the UK, Kenya, Russia, Brazil, Bangladesh, South Korea, Iran and India. Presented by the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center, the online festival runs January 16-31.
Bherc president Sandra Evers-Manly, a former president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP, will open the festival on Saturday, and introduce the young filmmakers. On Monday, they’ll discuss their films and take part in a conversation on social justice.
Saturday’s panel, moderated by Frank Bennett Gonzalez, the DGA’s executive in charge of diversity programs and committees, will focus on how sound and music support storytelling. Panelists will include Glenn T. Morgan, supervising sound editor (Dear White People); Bobbi Banks, former president of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Straight Outta Compton); Jesse Dodd,...
Bherc president Sandra Evers-Manly, a former president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP, will open the festival on Saturday, and introduce the young filmmakers. On Monday, they’ll discuss their films and take part in a conversation on social justice.
Saturday’s panel, moderated by Frank Bennett Gonzalez, the DGA’s executive in charge of diversity programs and committees, will focus on how sound and music support storytelling. Panelists will include Glenn T. Morgan, supervising sound editor (Dear White People); Bobbi Banks, former president of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (Straight Outta Compton); Jesse Dodd,...
- 1/15/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
“I was very ambivalent and nervous about working during Covid,” says “Fargo” camera operator Mitch Dubin. He flew to Chicago mid-August to finish two episodes of the series’ new season. “I have to say though, I was a little relieved [once there].”
Working on one of the earlier projects to go back into production in the U.S., Dubin was on set as the industry was hammering out Covid protocols to be adopted across all productions. They were trying to figure out work-arounds and other practical ways to ensure crew and cast safety while still delivering the highest-quality work under restraints.
“It was a bit of a free-for-all,” Dubin says of stepping on a set in August. The production, however, adhered to what are now considered best-practices guidelines: regular Covid testing, daily temperature checks and extensive use of PPE, among others.
Dubin works with unmasked actors in closer proximity and for longer...
Working on one of the earlier projects to go back into production in the U.S., Dubin was on set as the industry was hammering out Covid protocols to be adopted across all productions. They were trying to figure out work-arounds and other practical ways to ensure crew and cast safety while still delivering the highest-quality work under restraints.
“It was a bit of a free-for-all,” Dubin says of stepping on a set in August. The production, however, adhered to what are now considered best-practices guidelines: regular Covid testing, daily temperature checks and extensive use of PPE, among others.
Dubin works with unmasked actors in closer proximity and for longer...
- 12/9/2020
- by Zoe Hewitt
- Variety Film + TV
Anthony Anderson now has six Emmy nominations in a row for his performance on “Black-ish.” He also has an additional three bids from producing when the series itself was nominated.
Anderson recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing writer Kevin Jacobsen about all the work that goes into producing an episode of “Black-ish,” how his character, Dre, has matured over six seasons and what’s happening with Season 7 of the ABC sitcom. Watch the exclusive interview above and read the complete transcript below.
SEETracee Ellis Ross Interview: ‘Black-ish’
Gd: Let’s talk about it. Very few actors could manage that kind of longevity at the Emmys, getting six in a row there. What has that continued love from the academy meant for you?
Anthony Anderson: I wish they’d loved me a little more, Kevin, to give me a win and not just the nomination…
Gd: Yeah, let’s have that conversation!
Anderson recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing writer Kevin Jacobsen about all the work that goes into producing an episode of “Black-ish,” how his character, Dre, has matured over six seasons and what’s happening with Season 7 of the ABC sitcom. Watch the exclusive interview above and read the complete transcript below.
SEETracee Ellis Ross Interview: ‘Black-ish’
Gd: Let’s talk about it. Very few actors could manage that kind of longevity at the Emmys, getting six in a row there. What has that continued love from the academy meant for you?
Anthony Anderson: I wish they’d loved me a little more, Kevin, to give me a win and not just the nomination…
Gd: Yeah, let’s have that conversation!
- 8/31/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Anthony Anderson is nominated in the Best Comedy Actor category at the Emmys for the fifth straight year for his role as Dre Johnson on “Black-ish.” Facing off against the likes of incumbent winner Bill Hader of “Barry” and Golden Globe winner Michael Douglas of “The Kominsky Method,” Anderson has submitted his sitcom’s 100th episode, “Purple Rain,” for judging consideration.
Written by co-executive producer Peter Saji and directed by Charles Stone III in his television comedy debut, “Purple Rain” is a tribute to the music of Prince, complete with music video reenactments that earned costumers Michelle Cole and Devon Patterson a repeat Best Contemporary Costumes nomination. Let us take a closer look at the submission.
SEEOur interview with ‘Black-ish’ costume designer Michelle Cole
Pros
Anderson has submitted slapstick and “very special episodes” over the years; he demonstrates further versatility by dancing and lip-syncing in “Purple Rain” to the 1980s songs “Erotic City” and “Kiss.
Written by co-executive producer Peter Saji and directed by Charles Stone III in his television comedy debut, “Purple Rain” is a tribute to the music of Prince, complete with music video reenactments that earned costumers Michelle Cole and Devon Patterson a repeat Best Contemporary Costumes nomination. Let us take a closer look at the submission.
SEEOur interview with ‘Black-ish’ costume designer Michelle Cole
Pros
Anderson has submitted slapstick and “very special episodes” over the years; he demonstrates further versatility by dancing and lip-syncing in “Purple Rain” to the 1980s songs “Erotic City” and “Kiss.
- 9/17/2019
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Wendy Straker Hauser has found her fountain of youth. As the showrunner for the Freeform friendship drama “The Bold Type,” Hauser gets to tell the story of three young women tackling love and life in the Big Apple’s wild and wonderful world of magazine journalism. The show, which stars Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee and Meghann Fahy, is entering its fourth season.
“There was something about ‘The Bold Type’ that felt so personal to me,” says Hauser, who jumped on the series as a writer in between seasons of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Now she helms “The Bold Type.”
“I grew up in New York and I worked in magazines and it felt like my 20s,” she says. “I’ve been able to go back and relive this really important time in my life when everything felt really raw and significant and scary. When friendships are your family. And I...
“There was something about ‘The Bold Type’ that felt so personal to me,” says Hauser, who jumped on the series as a writer in between seasons of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Now she helms “The Bold Type.”
“I grew up in New York and I worked in magazines and it felt like my 20s,” she says. “I’ve been able to go back and relive this really important time in my life when everything felt really raw and significant and scary. When friendships are your family. And I...
- 8/6/2019
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- Variety Film + TV
Over recent months, Gold Derby has hosted fascinating interviews with 194 of this year’s Emmy Awards contenders. And now with Tuesday’s announcement of 2019 nominations, we’re proud that 65 of these people are now officially nominees. Visit our Emmy Awards nominees video folder to watch these exclusive 15-20 minute chats.
And be watching over the next month as we add many more nominee interviews. Several are already being scheduled.
SEE2019 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards
Here is the full list of 65 nominee interviews you can now watch:
The Act — Joey King (actress)
The Amazing Race — Phil Keoghan (producer)
Barry — Anthony Carrigan (actor)
Beto Breaks The Internet — Jimmy Fallon (actor)
Better Call Saul — Giancarlo Esposito (actor), Bob Odenkirk
The Big Bang Theory — Mark Cendrowski (director)
Black-ish — Michelle Cole (costume designer)
Bodyguard — Jed Mercurio (producer)
Broad City — Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson (actresses)
Chernobyl — Jared Harris...
And be watching over the next month as we add many more nominee interviews. Several are already being scheduled.
SEE2019 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards
Here is the full list of 65 nominee interviews you can now watch:
The Act — Joey King (actress)
The Amazing Race — Phil Keoghan (producer)
Barry — Anthony Carrigan (actor)
Beto Breaks The Internet — Jimmy Fallon (actor)
Better Call Saul — Giancarlo Esposito (actor), Bob Odenkirk
The Big Bang Theory — Mark Cendrowski (director)
Black-ish — Michelle Cole (costume designer)
Bodyguard — Jed Mercurio (producer)
Broad City — Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson (actresses)
Chernobyl — Jared Harris...
- 7/18/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
This story about the costume design of “black-ish” first appeared in a special section, “The Look,” in the Comedy/Drama/Actors issue of TheWrap’s Emmy Magazine.
Designing costumes for a sitcom episode that pays tribute to Prince by re-creating several of his videos and performances may sound easy: Just get a lot of purple lace, pull out the old photos and make what you see. And in part, that’s what Michelle Cole did on the 100th episode of “black-ish,” which paid homage to the pop titan who died in 2016 by putting the show’s stars into his clothes and having them lip-sync (and occasionally sing) his songs.
“It was so iconic,” said Cole, who got her first three Emmy nominations on the groundbreaking show “In Living Color.” “We took great pride in trying to deliver those costumes accurately. Deon (Cole)’s cloud costume (pictured above), we had that...
Designing costumes for a sitcom episode that pays tribute to Prince by re-creating several of his videos and performances may sound easy: Just get a lot of purple lace, pull out the old photos and make what you see. And in part, that’s what Michelle Cole did on the 100th episode of “black-ish,” which paid homage to the pop titan who died in 2016 by putting the show’s stars into his clothes and having them lip-sync (and occasionally sing) his songs.
“It was so iconic,” said Cole, who got her first three Emmy nominations on the groundbreaking show “In Living Color.” “We took great pride in trying to deliver those costumes accurately. Deon (Cole)’s cloud costume (pictured above), we had that...
- 6/20/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
If there’s one word to describe the Costumer Designers Guild, it’s supportive. “Everyone’s stepped up. We’re pushing each other, but it’s supportive and it doesn’t feel at all competitive. It feels really wonderful to be part of it,” Jenny Eagan (“Catch-22”) told Gold Derby at our Meet the Btl Experts: Costume Design panel, moderated by this author (watch above).
During our discussion that also featured Gersha Phillips (“Star Trek: Discovery”), Michelle Cole (“Black-ish”) and Ruth E. Carter (“Yellowstone”), the quartet revealed how the tight-knit community walks the walk and doesn’t just talk the talk. Carter and Phillips have known each other since 1995, working on several films together, and when Carter needed some research assistance on her future Oscar-winning “Black Panther” designs, she knew exactly who to call. “I called Gersha when I got ‘Black Panther’: ‘Please help me.’ She said, ‘I’m on vacation in … Italy.
During our discussion that also featured Gersha Phillips (“Star Trek: Discovery”), Michelle Cole (“Black-ish”) and Ruth E. Carter (“Yellowstone”), the quartet revealed how the tight-knit community walks the walk and doesn’t just talk the talk. Carter and Phillips have known each other since 1995, working on several films together, and when Carter needed some research assistance on her future Oscar-winning “Black Panther” designs, she knew exactly who to call. “I called Gersha when I got ‘Black Panther’: ‘Please help me.’ She said, ‘I’m on vacation in … Italy.
- 6/11/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Tracee Ellis Ross directed her second episode of “Black-ish” last season, the superb “Black History Month,” and the second time was just as rewarding as the first. Not just because she knew how to balance the duties of an actor and director now, but directing in general gives her a greater, deeper appreciation of all the different elements that come together to produce an episode of television.
“I think the biggest benefit of directing, especially within your own family, is you really get to take an objective point of view and see how extraordinary our family is,” Ross shared during ABC’s Emmy Fyc event held on Saturday, June 1 at the Walt Disney lot in Burbank, California (watch above). “Our crew is exceptional. Even if we were great actors, if the cameramen don’t capture it, it doesn’t matter. Every piece — wardrobe, hair and makeup, Rob [Sweeney], our Dp — every single part of our crew,...
“I think the biggest benefit of directing, especially within your own family, is you really get to take an objective point of view and see how extraordinary our family is,” Ross shared during ABC’s Emmy Fyc event held on Saturday, June 1 at the Walt Disney lot in Burbank, California (watch above). “Our crew is exceptional. Even if we were great actors, if the cameramen don’t capture it, it doesn’t matter. Every piece — wardrobe, hair and makeup, Rob [Sweeney], our Dp — every single part of our crew,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Purple reigned in the 100th episode of “Black-ish” last season. The milestone episode, which aired in November, paid tribute to Prince and saw each of the Johnsons reenact some of the late legend’s music videos. It was a massive undertaking, not the least for costume designer Michelle Cole.
“As soon as we got back in July 2018, we knew right away because they told us we were going to have a Prince episode,” the five-time Emmy nominee revealed at Gold Derby’s Meet the Btl Experts: Costume Design panel, moderated by this author (watch above). “Devon Patterson is my [costume] supervisor, so we started right away doing the drawings, looking for fabrics, seeing what we had to print. We started going through the music, so it took us about two months.”
Adding another wrinkle to the proceedings was the fact that the show was in the midst of clearing Prince’s songs for the episode.
“As soon as we got back in July 2018, we knew right away because they told us we were going to have a Prince episode,” the five-time Emmy nominee revealed at Gold Derby’s Meet the Btl Experts: Costume Design panel, moderated by this author (watch above). “Devon Patterson is my [costume] supervisor, so we started right away doing the drawings, looking for fabrics, seeing what we had to print. We started going through the music, so it took us about two months.”
Adding another wrinkle to the proceedings was the fact that the show was in the midst of clearing Prince’s songs for the episode.
- 6/10/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
It isn’t often that costumes get a direct shout-out in a TV show title. But then there’s Fox’s “The Masked Singer,” a singing competition series in which contestants all wore mascot-sized creature costumes, including full headpieces, to disguise themselves in front of a panel of judges.
“Singer” became broadcast’s biggest mid-season hit.
So all due credit to costume designer Marina Toybina, who translated the Korean concept series for American audiences — turning her costumes into the real stars of the show, at least until their occupants were revealed. “It’s go big or go home,” Toybina says. “Everyone’s trying to experiment with different ways of building costumes, going back to big pictures, big fabrics.”
Character outfits on TV have begun taking on bigger roles as costume designers let loose with assertive looks that not only dress actors, but enhance the overall show.
On Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
“Singer” became broadcast’s biggest mid-season hit.
So all due credit to costume designer Marina Toybina, who translated the Korean concept series for American audiences — turning her costumes into the real stars of the show, at least until their occupants were revealed. “It’s go big or go home,” Toybina says. “Everyone’s trying to experiment with different ways of building costumes, going back to big pictures, big fabrics.”
Character outfits on TV have begun taking on bigger roles as costume designers let loose with assertive looks that not only dress actors, but enhance the overall show.
On Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
- 5/30/2019
- by Randee Dawn
- Variety Film + TV
You are invited to attend our Q&A discussion with four of TV’s top costume designers who now compete for Emmys. Join us on Thursday, June 6, at 7 p.m. at the Landmark Theater at 10850 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles. Admission and parking are free. TV Academy and guild members will get priority seating.
To RSVP, make your reservation here: https://goldderbycostumedesign2019.splashthat.com/
Gold Derby senior editor Joyce Eng will moderate the Q&A with the following contenders for 2019 awards consideration:
Ruth Carter represents Paramount Network for “Yellowstone”
Carter won at the Oscars this year for “Black Panther” and was nominated twice before for “Malcolm X” and “Amistad.” She has been nominated at the Costume Designers Guild Awards for “Selma” and won for “Black Panther.” Her prior Emmy nomination was for “Roots.”
Michelle Cole represents ABC for “Black-ish”
Cole was nominated at last year’s Emmy Awards for “Black-ish.
To RSVP, make your reservation here: https://goldderbycostumedesign2019.splashthat.com/
Gold Derby senior editor Joyce Eng will moderate the Q&A with the following contenders for 2019 awards consideration:
Ruth Carter represents Paramount Network for “Yellowstone”
Carter won at the Oscars this year for “Black Panther” and was nominated twice before for “Malcolm X” and “Amistad.” She has been nominated at the Costume Designers Guild Awards for “Selma” and won for “Black Panther.” Her prior Emmy nomination was for “Roots.”
Michelle Cole represents ABC for “Black-ish”
Cole was nominated at last year’s Emmy Awards for “Black-ish.
- 5/21/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Black-ish” is an adventurous show, balancing humor with a wide variety of challenging subjects from racism to postpartum depression and even to Donald Trump. But its fourth season premiere, “Juneteenth,” was ambitious even by the show’s usual standards. The episode explored the African-American holiday commemorating June 19, 1865, the day the abolition of slavery was announced in the state of Texas. As it turns out the television academy will be marking their Emmy ballots when the holiday rolls around this year — 153 years after the original Juneteenth — and “Black-ish” is overdue for an Emmy breakthrough.
The series has been well received in top categories since it debuted. It has earned three straight nominations for Best Comedy Actor, two straight noms for Best Comedy Actress and two noms in a row for Best Comedy Series (2016-2017). But over the course of its first three seasons the show has accumulated only eight nominations, and it hasn’t won any.
The series has been well received in top categories since it debuted. It has earned three straight nominations for Best Comedy Actor, two straight noms for Best Comedy Actress and two noms in a row for Best Comedy Series (2016-2017). But over the course of its first three seasons the show has accumulated only eight nominations, and it hasn’t won any.
- 6/12/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Costume design isn’t all fancy designer clothes and period outfits. Sometimes the costume designers themselves have to give the clothes off their backs.
“I took my bra off for Lisa Bonet. She forgot her bra,” Michelle Cole said during Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel featuring four top Emmy contenders, moderated by this author (watch above). Cole was working as a customer under the late Palmer Brown on “A Different World” at the time. “I had to take my bra off for her and give it to her. She had no choice.”
See How ‘Black-ish’ costume designer Michelle Cole made the Johnsons the most stylish family on TV [Exclusive Video Interview]
At least she only had to donate one piece of clothing, unlike “This Is Us” costume designer Hala Bahmet. “I’m not going to name names, but once, literally the actress and I looked at each other and...
“I took my bra off for Lisa Bonet. She forgot her bra,” Michelle Cole said during Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel featuring four top Emmy contenders, moderated by this author (watch above). Cole was working as a customer under the late Palmer Brown on “A Different World” at the time. “I had to take my bra off for her and give it to her. She had no choice.”
See How ‘Black-ish’ costume designer Michelle Cole made the Johnsons the most stylish family on TV [Exclusive Video Interview]
At least she only had to donate one piece of clothing, unlike “This Is Us” costume designer Hala Bahmet. “I’m not going to name names, but once, literally the actress and I looked at each other and...
- 6/12/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Mari-An Ceo has proven herself wrong. During Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel, moderated by this author, Ceo revealed that she initially turned down styling the NBC series because “I said it could not be done.” The period-specific costumes in the drama, in which its three heroes Lucy (Abigail Spencer), Wyatt (Matt Lanter) and Rufus (Malcolm Barrett) time-travel, would be a daunting task to accomplish in a movie, but tackling new time period every week — and a time period is never repeated — “just is not possible,” Ceo thought.
“[Co-creator] Eric Kripke, who I’ve worked with before and had great confidence in me, said, ‘Please, just go up to Canada and just get it going. We just really want to do this show. We’ll figure it out as we go and we’ll back you up. We’ll be there for you,’” Ceo recalled. “I said I...
“[Co-creator] Eric Kripke, who I’ve worked with before and had great confidence in me, said, ‘Please, just go up to Canada and just get it going. We just really want to do this show. We’ll figure it out as we go and we’ll back you up. We’ll be there for you,’” Ceo recalled. “I said I...
- 6/8/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Hala Bahmet didn’t know what she was getting into when she agreed to be the costume designer for “This Is Us.” Bahmet had styled the pilots of “This Is Us” and “Riverdale,” and when both were picked up to series, she had to choose one, she revealed at Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel, moderated by this author (watch above). At the time, she had very little info to go on about the NBC drama — it was still untitled and no one knew about the multiple-timeline format.
“In the pilot, we really just show the two eras: what’s 1979-1980 and then contemporary. And none of us knew what the storylines were going to be going forward in the series. And we didn’t know we were always going to be in a minimum of four decades at all times, every few days,” Bahmet said. “I asked [my crew], I said,...
“In the pilot, we really just show the two eras: what’s 1979-1980 and then contemporary. And none of us knew what the storylines were going to be going forward in the series. And we didn’t know we were always going to be in a minimum of four decades at all times, every few days,” Bahmet said. “I asked [my crew], I said,...
- 6/8/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Outside of “The Good Wife” pilot, Daniel Lawson oversaw the fashionable fashions on all seven seasons of the legal drama, transforming boring office-wear into aspirational, sophisticated and feminine power suits. So when its spin-off “The Good Fight” was picked up to series, the two-time Emmy nominee wanted to raise the bar even more.
“I think we definitely upped the ante,” Lawson said at Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel, moderated by this author (watch above). “With the first episode of ‘The Good Fight,’ we knew people would tune in looking for ‘The Good Wife’ because that was the mothership, but by the end of [the pilot], we knew it needed to [be] its own show, its own feeling, otherwise people wouldn’t continue to tune in because it was too similar. … I felt like I went in and wanted to do more.”
See How ‘Black-ish’ costume designer Michelle Cole made...
“I think we definitely upped the ante,” Lawson said at Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel, moderated by this author (watch above). “With the first episode of ‘The Good Fight,’ we knew people would tune in looking for ‘The Good Wife’ because that was the mothership, but by the end of [the pilot], we knew it needed to [be] its own show, its own feeling, otherwise people wouldn’t continue to tune in because it was too similar. … I felt like I went in and wanted to do more.”
See How ‘Black-ish’ costume designer Michelle Cole made...
- 6/8/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
If you’ve found yourself drooling over the Johnsons’ clothes on “Black-ish,” you have one person to thank for that: costume designer Michelle Cole. But the four-time Emmy nominee would credit someone else: creator Kenya Barris.
“Kenya had a lot of ideas. He’s an incredible person to work for,” Cole said during Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel, moderated by this author (watch above). “He’s extremely smart, he’s socially aware. He is one of the smartest producers I’ve ever met. He’s very focused on what he wants and we talked through each and every character.”
Because the ABC sitcom starring Emmy nominees Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson is based on Barris’ own life and family, he wanted every aspect of the Johnsons’ life to reflect that — down to the clothes. “If you saw Kenya’s own family, they’re a very stylish family,...
“Kenya had a lot of ideas. He’s an incredible person to work for,” Cole said during Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel, moderated by this author (watch above). “He’s extremely smart, he’s socially aware. He is one of the smartest producers I’ve ever met. He’s very focused on what he wants and we talked through each and every character.”
Because the ABC sitcom starring Emmy nominees Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson is based on Barris’ own life and family, he wanted every aspect of the Johnsons’ life to reflect that — down to the clothes. “If you saw Kenya’s own family, they’re a very stylish family,...
- 6/7/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Meet top Emmy contenders for costume design at Gold Derby’s exclusive Q&A panel on Tuesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. Pt in Los Angeles.
Limited free seating – RSVP soon. See our lively discussion of what makes TV costume design great with Hala Bahmet (“This Is Us”), Mari-an Ceo (“Timeless”), Michelle Cole, Daniel Lawson (“The Good Fight”).
Moderated by our Senior Editor Joyce Eng. Landmark Theater, 10850 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064. Make your reservation via email: rsvp@goldderby.com...
Limited free seating – RSVP soon. See our lively discussion of what makes TV costume design great with Hala Bahmet (“This Is Us”), Mari-an Ceo (“Timeless”), Michelle Cole, Daniel Lawson (“The Good Fight”).
Moderated by our Senior Editor Joyce Eng. Landmark Theater, 10850 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064. Make your reservation via email: rsvp@goldderby.com...
- 6/5/2018
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Watch out, world, she's grown now. For years, TV viewers knew and loved Zoey Johnson (Yara Shadidi) as the outspoken and sassy teen daughter of Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross) on ABC's Black-ish. But now Zoey is coming of age on Grown-ish, her college-set spinoff on Freeform. Viewers seem more than ready to watch Zoey live the best four years of her life, as the comedy has quickly become a hit, earning a second season pick-up after becoming the network's highest-rated comedy debut in six years. Grown-ish's immediate success has been a pleasant surprise for costume designer Michelle Cole, who also works on Black-ish and got her start on In Living Color in the early...
- 2/7/2018
- E! Online
Yara Shahidi is dominating 2018 and the new year only just started. Since the premiere of her black-ish spin-off, grown-ish, the 17-year-old actress has been sending social media into a frenzy on everything from her ultra-stylish wardrobe to societal issues students face on college campuses. And that’s not all she has us talking about. She’s slated to attend Harvard next fall, she’s was just named a brand ambassador for Chanel, and she recently launched the “18 by 18” philanthropic initiative to encourage young voters to take advantage of their power and vote. Is there anything this girl can’t do?...
- 1/26/2018
- by Briana Draguca
- PEOPLE.com
As it so often does, at least on TV shows, it all comes down to the clothes.
In Nickelodeon's "Instant Mom," Sundays, Tia Mowry-Hardrict plays Stephanie, who goes from being a single, carefree young woman, with a wardrobe to match, to being the stepmother to three children.
One of those children is Gabby (Sydney Park), who like most 15-year-old girls, thinks she's 29, especially when it comes to wearing outfits that will show off her cute figure. And unfortunately for all involved, she fits well into her stepmom's party dresses.
In the pilot, Stephanie has no problem with lending her stepdaughter a skimpy dress that most moms would object to. Stephanie's mom, Maggie (Sheryl Lee Ralph), has the good sense to bring to her daughter's attention how inappropriate the dress is for a 15-year-old.
The show does a great job of dressing three generations of stylish women, and that's because of costume designer Michelle Cole.
In Nickelodeon's "Instant Mom," Sundays, Tia Mowry-Hardrict plays Stephanie, who goes from being a single, carefree young woman, with a wardrobe to match, to being the stepmother to three children.
One of those children is Gabby (Sydney Park), who like most 15-year-old girls, thinks she's 29, especially when it comes to wearing outfits that will show off her cute figure. And unfortunately for all involved, she fits well into her stepmom's party dresses.
In the pilot, Stephanie has no problem with lending her stepdaughter a skimpy dress that most moms would object to. Stephanie's mom, Maggie (Sheryl Lee Ralph), has the good sense to bring to her daughter's attention how inappropriate the dress is for a 15-year-old.
The show does a great job of dressing three generations of stylish women, and that's because of costume designer Michelle Cole.
- 10/6/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
COLOR OF NIGHT
Buena Vista
Director Richard Rush -- whose last film was the original, inventive, crowd-pleasing ''The Stunt Man, '' released in 1980 -- tries to make up for lost time by spicing up a promising thriller concept with athletic sex, tumultuous group therapy sessions and gratuitous car chases. But the blatantly commercial elements of ''Color of Night'' don't jibe with the director's old-fashioned visual style and bungled Hitchcockian pretentions.
Starring Bruce Willis as a tough-talking, guilt-ridden psychologist, the Hollywood Pictures release should have a colorful opening weekend, but poor word-of-mouth will guarantee a swift passage out of the marketplace.
The film's biggest problem is the script, credited to Matthew Chapman and Billy Ray. But casting is also suspect. Willis tries to broaden his range with several emotional speeches and, by golly, he doesn't blow anyone away (HR 8/19).-- David Hunter
BLANKMAN
Columbia
He fights crime in his underwear, draped in granny's housecoat as his cape. He's got no distinguishing moniker -- he's not super, nor does he soar like a bat.
This Daman Wayans-starring comedy is a refreshingly goofy takeoff on comic-book superheroes.
A devilishly funny satire of the superhero genre, ''Blankman'' is a nifty blend of lowbrow humor, sight gags and social zingers. Screenwriters Wayans and J.F. Lawton, like Blankman, have wired together a wad of generic story parts and situations and polished them off with a high comic sheen.
Mike Binder's deft comic direction keeps ''Blankman'' on a fast pace, nicely blending the film's off-color jokery with its sweet underpinnings. It's a tricky blend and Binder shows a real feel for physical comedy, while balancing it with a kind decency.
As the eccentric, virginal vigilante, Wayans is an engaging comic superhero. Robin Givens is well-cast as the beauteous love interest. Givens' comic ability is in her natural reactive takes.
Technically, ''Blankman'' is smart and funny. James Spencer's eco-trash production design is hilarious, while Michelle Cole's costumes are a savvy patchwork of old clothes and idiosyncratic color (HR 8/22).-- Duane Byrge
MILK MONEY
Paramount
''Milk Money'' is an ill-conceived romantic comedy about a 12-year-old boy who brings home a hooker as potential marriage material for his widowed dad.
The first production under former Amblin duo Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall New's multiyear deal with Paramount, ''Milk Money'' stars newcomer Michael Patrick Carter as Frank, a suburban preteen whose newly awakened hormones prompt him and his friends to pool their allowances and head for the big city in the hopes of seeing a real live naked woman.
They hit the jackpot with V (Melanie Griffith), a hooker with a literal heart of gold (guess what kind of pendant she favors?) who ends up following Frank back to the safe haven that is suburbia. Riddled with plot inconsistencies and pubescent dialogue and behavior that just doesn't ring true, ''Milk Money' '' warm, fluffy intentions quickly curdle.
Saddled with the problematic material, director Richard Benjamin does what he can to keep it all stitched together, but this is clearly not one of his best efforts (HR 8/22).-- Michael Rechtshaffen
Other reviews
Also reviewed last week were the films ''Drunken Master II'' (HR 8/17), ''The Advocate'' (8/19) and ''Killing Zoe'' (8/19).
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Buena Vista
Director Richard Rush -- whose last film was the original, inventive, crowd-pleasing ''The Stunt Man, '' released in 1980 -- tries to make up for lost time by spicing up a promising thriller concept with athletic sex, tumultuous group therapy sessions and gratuitous car chases. But the blatantly commercial elements of ''Color of Night'' don't jibe with the director's old-fashioned visual style and bungled Hitchcockian pretentions.
Starring Bruce Willis as a tough-talking, guilt-ridden psychologist, the Hollywood Pictures release should have a colorful opening weekend, but poor word-of-mouth will guarantee a swift passage out of the marketplace.
The film's biggest problem is the script, credited to Matthew Chapman and Billy Ray. But casting is also suspect. Willis tries to broaden his range with several emotional speeches and, by golly, he doesn't blow anyone away (HR 8/19).-- David Hunter
BLANKMAN
Columbia
He fights crime in his underwear, draped in granny's housecoat as his cape. He's got no distinguishing moniker -- he's not super, nor does he soar like a bat.
This Daman Wayans-starring comedy is a refreshingly goofy takeoff on comic-book superheroes.
A devilishly funny satire of the superhero genre, ''Blankman'' is a nifty blend of lowbrow humor, sight gags and social zingers. Screenwriters Wayans and J.F. Lawton, like Blankman, have wired together a wad of generic story parts and situations and polished them off with a high comic sheen.
Mike Binder's deft comic direction keeps ''Blankman'' on a fast pace, nicely blending the film's off-color jokery with its sweet underpinnings. It's a tricky blend and Binder shows a real feel for physical comedy, while balancing it with a kind decency.
As the eccentric, virginal vigilante, Wayans is an engaging comic superhero. Robin Givens is well-cast as the beauteous love interest. Givens' comic ability is in her natural reactive takes.
Technically, ''Blankman'' is smart and funny. James Spencer's eco-trash production design is hilarious, while Michelle Cole's costumes are a savvy patchwork of old clothes and idiosyncratic color (HR 8/22).-- Duane Byrge
MILK MONEY
Paramount
''Milk Money'' is an ill-conceived romantic comedy about a 12-year-old boy who brings home a hooker as potential marriage material for his widowed dad.
The first production under former Amblin duo Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall New's multiyear deal with Paramount, ''Milk Money'' stars newcomer Michael Patrick Carter as Frank, a suburban preteen whose newly awakened hormones prompt him and his friends to pool their allowances and head for the big city in the hopes of seeing a real live naked woman.
They hit the jackpot with V (Melanie Griffith), a hooker with a literal heart of gold (guess what kind of pendant she favors?) who ends up following Frank back to the safe haven that is suburbia. Riddled with plot inconsistencies and pubescent dialogue and behavior that just doesn't ring true, ''Milk Money' '' warm, fluffy intentions quickly curdle.
Saddled with the problematic material, director Richard Benjamin does what he can to keep it all stitched together, but this is clearly not one of his best efforts (HR 8/22).-- Michael Rechtshaffen
Other reviews
Also reviewed last week were the films ''Drunken Master II'' (HR 8/17), ''The Advocate'' (8/19) and ''Killing Zoe'' (8/19).
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 8/23/1994
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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