Paramount+’s long-in-the-works crime drama series Happy Face is headed to production with Emmy-nominated and Tony Award-winning actor Annaleigh Ashford set as the lead. Michael Showalter has been tapped to direct the first episode of the the CBS Studios-produced series, from executive producers Jennifer Cacicio – who also serves as showrunner – and Robert and Michelle King. Filming on the eight-episode first season is slated to begin production this year for a 2025 premiere on Paramount+.
Happy Face reunites Ashford with the Kings having guest starred on their other two Paramount+/CBS Studios original series, the current hit Evil the recently wrapped The Good Fight.
The CBS Studios-produced Happy Face is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa Moore; the Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook.
Happy Face reunites Ashford with the Kings having guest starred on their other two Paramount+/CBS Studios original series, the current hit Evil the recently wrapped The Good Fight.
The CBS Studios-produced Happy Face is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa Moore; the Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook.
- 1/8/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Welcome to Chippendales” details the rise and fall of the male exotic dancing troupe, as told through the tale of creator Somen “Steve” Banerjee. And yet, little is known about Banerjee’s wife, Irene, and her origin story. So, when Annaleigh Ashford signed on to play the loving partner of the immigrant entrepreneur-turned-millionaire criminal on the Hulu series, she knew she had a tough job ahead.
Having appeared on Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” as Paula Jones, Ashford says she knew the responsibility of portraying a real life figure in history. But without much character background to research for Irene, the Tony Award winner was left to dive deeper into the historical context to imagine Irene’s general motive.
In Episode 6, “February 31,” the series follows the rising tension between Steve (played by Kumail Nanjiani) and his business partner Nick De Noia (Murray Bartlett). “As Steve’s financial woes mount,...
Having appeared on Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” as Paula Jones, Ashford says she knew the responsibility of portraying a real life figure in history. But without much character background to research for Irene, the Tony Award winner was left to dive deeper into the historical context to imagine Irene’s general motive.
In Episode 6, “February 31,” the series follows the rising tension between Steve (played by Kumail Nanjiani) and his business partner Nick De Noia (Murray Bartlett). “As Steve’s financial woes mount,...
- 12/21/2022
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
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Sarah Paulson earned her eighth Emmy nomination this season for her portrayal of Linda Tripp on FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story, delivering a nuanced and compelling portrait of the civil servant whose involvement in the Clinton-Lewinsky affair made her a household name after she handed over taped phone calls between herself and Monica Lewinsky (played on the limited series by Beanie Feldstein) to independent counsel Kenneth Starr — conversations in which the latter reveals her sexual affair with President Bill Clinton while she was an intern at the White House.
For showrunner Sarah Burgess, who is also Emmy-nominated for outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series, Tripp was not the villain of the piece, despite her infamous betrayal of her onetime friend and former Pentagon colleague Lewinsky.
“Not that she’s not responsible for her actions, but the slur on Linda at the time,...
Sarah Paulson earned her eighth Emmy nomination this season for her portrayal of Linda Tripp on FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story, delivering a nuanced and compelling portrait of the civil servant whose involvement in the Clinton-Lewinsky affair made her a household name after she handed over taped phone calls between herself and Monica Lewinsky (played on the limited series by Beanie Feldstein) to independent counsel Kenneth Starr — conversations in which the latter reveals her sexual affair with President Bill Clinton while she was an intern at the White House.
For showrunner Sarah Burgess, who is also Emmy-nominated for outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series, Tripp was not the villain of the piece, despite her infamous betrayal of her onetime friend and former Pentagon colleague Lewinsky.
“Not that she’s not responsible for her actions, but the slur on Linda at the time,...
- 8/21/2022
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A version of this story about the designers behind “Angelyne,” “Impeachment: American Crime Story” and “Pam & Tommy” first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Drama issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
A nostalgic look in the rearview mirror is nothing new for television creators. But it is unusual when so many mine the same era, in this case reframing controversial personalities and events from the recent past. The frenetic landscape of the 1980s smashing directly into the 1990s was omnipresent in three different limited series: Peacock’s “Angelyne,” FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” and Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy”. They not only provided viewers with a satisfying reintroduction to the excesses of those decades, but also gave their leading female characters a dissecting reevaluation. And the designers on all three projects were vital to the series’ success.
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A nostalgic look in the rearview mirror is nothing new for television creators. But it is unusual when so many mine the same era, in this case reframing controversial personalities and events from the recent past. The frenetic landscape of the 1980s smashing directly into the 1990s was omnipresent in three different limited series: Peacock’s “Angelyne,” FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” and Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy”. They not only provided viewers with a satisfying reintroduction to the excesses of those decades, but also gave their leading female characters a dissecting reevaluation. And the designers on all three projects were vital to the series’ success.
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- 8/15/2022
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
When they started working on “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” makeup department head Robin Beauchesne and prosthetics designer Justin Raleigh both found themselves having to look up a lot of information. “A lot of research goes into it, watching a lot of documentaries, talking within the department and figuring out all the different ways that we can do it and also talking to the actors and seeing how they feel and how far they want to go,” Beauchesne tells Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above).
Raleigh emphasized that they also needed to be mindful of how long it would take to get in and out of the makeup, especially for someone like Sarah Paulson. “She was in that makeup well over a hundred times, so we had to make sure that this was a very efficient process from prosthetics to hair to Robin. It was...
Raleigh emphasized that they also needed to be mindful of how long it would take to get in and out of the makeup, especially for someone like Sarah Paulson. “She was in that makeup well over a hundred times, so we had to make sure that this was a very efficient process from prosthetics to hair to Robin. It was...
- 8/12/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Any limited series created by Ryan Murphy creates controversy, excitement and awards chatter. Six Emmy wins (out of 36 nominations) cement his status as a perpetual contender. His entry this year, the FX limited series “Impeachment: American Crime Story” checked all the Murphy boxes as he zeroed in on the relationship between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and White House intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein).
The cast is stocked with such Emmy favorites such as Sarah Paulson, a winner for her performance as Marcia Clark in Murphy’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson, who portrays the diabolical Linda Tripp; multiple Emmy winner Edie Falco who embodies an explosive Hillary Clinton and multiple winner Margo Martindale (“The Americans”), who is smarmy literary agent Lucianne Goldberg.
The arc of the limited series based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book traces not only the ill-considered, ill-fated Clinton-Lewinsky affair, but also Tripp’s masterful manipulation of Lewinsky.
The cast is stocked with such Emmy favorites such as Sarah Paulson, a winner for her performance as Marcia Clark in Murphy’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson, who portrays the diabolical Linda Tripp; multiple Emmy winner Edie Falco who embodies an explosive Hillary Clinton and multiple winner Margo Martindale (“The Americans”), who is smarmy literary agent Lucianne Goldberg.
The arc of the limited series based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book traces not only the ill-considered, ill-fated Clinton-Lewinsky affair, but also Tripp’s masterful manipulation of Lewinsky.
- 6/28/2022
- by Robert Rorke
- Gold Derby
In order to convey the claustrophobic feeling of Monica Lewinsky being trapped in her DC apartment in “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” cinematographer Simon Dennis played around with the windows on the set. “Obviously it gives you much more an exposure of an outside but it also feel a little bit more down and kind of restrictive in that way,” he tells Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above). The same method was also used to convey the same sort of feeling in the scenes when Lewinsky is being held at the Ritz Carlton by members of the Office of the Independent Counsel. “Again, you have the big bank of windows but you never really get any detail of what’s out there. It’s a bit more abstract and, in a funny way, can feel more like a bad dream.”
“Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which...
“Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which...
- 6/15/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Sarah Paulson believes to her core that playing Linda Tripp on “Impeachment: American Crime Story” is the biggest challenge she’s ever had as an actress. “It was a whole lot of fun because she was a really complicated character where nobody felt the need to dull her edges,” she tells Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above). She adds that she relished that opportunity specifically because of its complexity. “I sort of feel the minute you start to get very comfortable and complacent in your work, that’s just not really an interesting place for me.”
“Impeachment,” which can currently be streamed on FX on Hulu, explores the affair between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and White House intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), how Tripp taped conversations between her and Lewinsky when they worked at the Pentagon and Ken Starr’s investigation that led to the titular punishment.
“Impeachment,” which can currently be streamed on FX on Hulu, explores the affair between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and White House intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), how Tripp taped conversations between her and Lewinsky when they worked at the Pentagon and Ken Starr’s investigation that led to the titular punishment.
- 6/10/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
“I was so mindful that I was coming into a pre-existing, incredibly successful franchise that Ryan [Murphy] built,” explains Sarah Burgess, the co-writer and showrunner for “Impeachment: American Crime Story” on FX. “Because Ryan directed episode one, I first met him through his ideas for my script that I had written. We were supposed to start shooting this show in March of 2020, so there was a very sudden stop. Finally everything came together in the Fall of 2020 and I met him at a production meeting. He mentioned one of my favorite movies without he and I ever speaking about it, ‘The Lies of Others,’ as a visual reference and tone reference for the show. As a neurotic, self-involved writer it meant so much to me that I felt that this person read and understood the anxious tension in the script.”
We talked to Burgess as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV showrunners panel.
We talked to Burgess as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV showrunners panel.
- 6/6/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
For Meredith Markworth-Pollack, Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) proved to be the hardest character to design costumes for on the FX limited series, “Impeachment: American Crime Story.” “She was almost six feet, which is very tall for a woman and she had these very broad shoulders and so I think that was the hardest part of the project,” she tells Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above). She also described how it was more than just a padding that gave Paulson the look of the character. “It was really about changing her whole demeanor because if you’re that tall and your shoulders are like this, you have a presence whether you want to or not.”
“Impeachment,” which can currently be streamed on FX on Hulu, explores the affair between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and White House intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), how Tripp taped...
“Impeachment,” which can currently be streamed on FX on Hulu, explores the affair between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and White House intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), how Tripp taped...
- 5/12/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Hulu is now the streaming home of all past and future seasons of Ryan Murphy’s big FX franchises, American Crime Story, American Horror Story and Pose. All three shows left Netflix at the end of February.
While previous seasons of AHS had been available on Hulu, the streaming platform for FX programming within the Disney universe, American Crime Story and Pose had been exclusive to Netflix, which shared AHS with Hulu and Prime Video for the last couple of years. American Crime Story and Pose will join Hulu’s lineup March 7.
Speculation grew over the last couple of weeks that the series may be headed to Hulu after Netflix put up notices that they would be leaving the streamer. The Ryan Murphy shows are part of a major wave of Disney-owned series that are relocating from Netflix to Disney streamers this month; the Defenders Marvel series and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D....
While previous seasons of AHS had been available on Hulu, the streaming platform for FX programming within the Disney universe, American Crime Story and Pose had been exclusive to Netflix, which shared AHS with Hulu and Prime Video for the last couple of years. American Crime Story and Pose will join Hulu’s lineup March 7.
Speculation grew over the last couple of weeks that the series may be headed to Hulu after Netflix put up notices that they would be leaving the streamer. The Ryan Murphy shows are part of a major wave of Disney-owned series that are relocating from Netflix to Disney streamers this month; the Defenders Marvel series and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D....
- 3/3/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford has been tapped to star opposite Kumail Nanjiani in Hulu limited series Immigrant (working title), from Pam & Tommy creator Robert Siegel.
Written and executive produced by Siegel, Immigrant (wt) is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales. The series will detail the insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon.
Ashford will play the series regular role of Irene. An accountant by trade, Irene is the wife of Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Nanjiani), falling in love over a shared passion for tax loopholes and revenue expansion. Shy and unassuming at first, she steadily finds her footing within the company, growing into a formidable behind-the-scenes powerhouse.
Murray Bartlett also stars as producer-choreographer Nick De Noia.
Siegel and Nanjiani executive produce alongside Dylan Sellers, Jenni Konner, Ramin Bahrani, Emily V. Gordon, Nora Silver and Rajiv Joseph,...
Written and executive produced by Siegel, Immigrant (wt) is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales. The series will detail the insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon.
Ashford will play the series regular role of Irene. An accountant by trade, Irene is the wife of Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Nanjiani), falling in love over a shared passion for tax loopholes and revenue expansion. Shy and unassuming at first, she steadily finds her footing within the company, growing into a formidable behind-the-scenes powerhouse.
Murray Bartlett also stars as producer-choreographer Nick De Noia.
Siegel and Nanjiani executive produce alongside Dylan Sellers, Jenni Konner, Ramin Bahrani, Emily V. Gordon, Nora Silver and Rajiv Joseph,...
- 1/25/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s no surprise given year when known quantities turn out career-best work in any given year — of course, Penélope Cruz is going to soar as a conflicted mother in the latest Pedro Almodóvar film, Benedict Cumberbatch will kill it as a repressed cattle rancher in a Jane Campion film, and Kate Winslet will nail the rough edges of a Pennsylvania police detective in freefall.
But that also means plenty of fresh faces and new talents get the chance to emerge out of the year’s best films and TV series. A watercooler sensation like “The White Lotus,” featuring a sprawling and diverse cast, meant many audiences were tuning into at least a few key new performers making their breakout bows. Meanwhile, in a year where film festivals were up and running again, a handful of foreign titles gained major crossover traction — meaning that new actors from overseas and beyond...
But that also means plenty of fresh faces and new talents get the chance to emerge out of the year’s best films and TV series. A watercooler sensation like “The White Lotus,” featuring a sprawling and diverse cast, meant many audiences were tuning into at least a few key new performers making their breakout bows. Meanwhile, in a year where film festivals were up and running again, a handful of foreign titles gained major crossover traction — meaning that new actors from overseas and beyond...
- 12/1/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio and Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Spoiler alert: The below contains details about “The Wilderness,” the final episode of “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”
“Impeachment: American Crime Story” promised a glimpse into a tawdry affair between an intern and a married president but in the end delivered a sharp message about scorned women and the class divide in this country.
Tuesday night’s finale on FX pulled no punches in depicting how the fates of Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Hillary Clinton hinged on their social class, with Linda Tripp, a divorced bureaucrat with an abrasive personality and ridiculed physical appearance, the recipient of the most censure by her peers. After a media flurry surrounding the release of the Starr Report, rife with sordid details about President Bill Clinton (played Clive Owen), the episode ended with cheated-upon Hillary (Edie Falco) running for Senate, Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) simultaneously hounded by the media and embraced by fans, Jones (Annaleigh Ashford...
“Impeachment: American Crime Story” promised a glimpse into a tawdry affair between an intern and a married president but in the end delivered a sharp message about scorned women and the class divide in this country.
Tuesday night’s finale on FX pulled no punches in depicting how the fates of Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Hillary Clinton hinged on their social class, with Linda Tripp, a divorced bureaucrat with an abrasive personality and ridiculed physical appearance, the recipient of the most censure by her peers. After a media flurry surrounding the release of the Starr Report, rife with sordid details about President Bill Clinton (played Clive Owen), the episode ended with cheated-upon Hillary (Edie Falco) running for Senate, Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) simultaneously hounded by the media and embraced by fans, Jones (Annaleigh Ashford...
- 11/10/2021
- by Diane Garrett
- Variety Film + TV
The Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky saga reached its conclusion in Tuesday’s finale of Impeachment: American Crime Story — but no one really got a happy ending.
It’s September 1998, and Monica lands a book deal with the author who co-wrote Princess Diana’s tell-all. (She needs the money, since she still has a lot of legal bills to pay.) Kenneth Starr’s staff scrambles to get the final report ready, and suddenly, it’s being released, with boxes of the report dropped on the steps of Congress. It’s also released online at the same time, and people everywhere are...
It’s September 1998, and Monica lands a book deal with the author who co-wrote Princess Diana’s tell-all. (She needs the money, since she still has a lot of legal bills to pay.) Kenneth Starr’s staff scrambles to get the final report ready, and suddenly, it’s being released, with boxes of the report dropped on the steps of Congress. It’s also released online at the same time, and people everywhere are...
- 11/10/2021
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
FX’s limited series “Impeachment: American Crime Story” staged a star-studded FYC event for awards voters on November 8 at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. Actors Sarah Paulson (as Linda Tripp), Beanie Feldstein (as Monica Lewinsky) and Annaleigh Ashford (as Paula Jones) were joined by producers Sarah Burgess, Monica Lewinsky and Alexis Martin Woodall on the red carpet prior to a sold-out screening of the season finale, “The Wilderness,” which airs November 9 on FX. Backstage, the actresses chatted with Gold Derby on the red carpet about their infamous real-life characters.
See‘American Crime Story’ looks to continue Emmys winning streak with ‘Impeachment’
“[Linda Tripp] was a human being who I think made a really terrible mistake and irrevocable choice,” Paulson told us about her controversial character. During the Bill Clinton impeachment scandal in the late-1990s, Tripp recorded her conversations with her friend and co-worker, Lewinsky, and later released them to authorities. “I...
See‘American Crime Story’ looks to continue Emmys winning streak with ‘Impeachment’
“[Linda Tripp] was a human being who I think made a really terrible mistake and irrevocable choice,” Paulson told us about her controversial character. During the Bill Clinton impeachment scandal in the late-1990s, Tripp recorded her conversations with her friend and co-worker, Lewinsky, and later released them to authorities. “I...
- 11/9/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Spoiler alert: This column contains light spoilers about the Nov. 2 episode titled “The Grand Jury.”
On the penultimate episode of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) closes her testimony before the grand jury in the Clinton perjury case by tearfully declaring “I hate Linda Tripp.” The jury, which had begun its service in an adversarial position and asked Lewinsky some tough questions, has fallen for her: “I know, that’s right,” declares an unseen juror. “Forget her!” What sounds like a second voice says, “What goes around comes around.”
The “American Crime Story” franchise hasn’t been shy about a certain narrative gaudiness in the past. But this strikes the viewer as, finally, too much. That Lewinsky actually said this is a matter of historical record. Whether or not they really did, the jurors rooting for her represents one more instance of the show throwing its narrative power behind one character.
On the penultimate episode of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) closes her testimony before the grand jury in the Clinton perjury case by tearfully declaring “I hate Linda Tripp.” The jury, which had begun its service in an adversarial position and asked Lewinsky some tough questions, has fallen for her: “I know, that’s right,” declares an unseen juror. “Forget her!” What sounds like a second voice says, “What goes around comes around.”
The “American Crime Story” franchise hasn’t been shy about a certain narrative gaudiness in the past. But this strikes the viewer as, finally, too much. That Lewinsky actually said this is a matter of historical record. Whether or not they really did, the jurors rooting for her represents one more instance of the show throwing its narrative power behind one character.
- 11/8/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Murphy‘s FX anthology series “American Crime Story” is an Emmy magnet, winning Best Limited Series for each of its first and second seasons, “The People v. O.J. Simpson” (2016) and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” (2018). Now the buzzy third installment, “Impeachment,” is hoping to match the success of its predecessors and walk off with the top trophy at the 2022 Emmy Awards.
SEESarah Paulson: Double Emmy nominations (again) for ‘Impeachment’ and ‘AHS: Double Feature’?
“Impeachment,” which is based on Jeffrey Toobin‘s book “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President,” tells the story of the sex scandal and aftermath between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein). The 10-episode series also follows the lives of Lewinsky confidant Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), former Clinton accuser Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford) and then-First Lady Hillary Clinton (Edie Falco).
The...
SEESarah Paulson: Double Emmy nominations (again) for ‘Impeachment’ and ‘AHS: Double Feature’?
“Impeachment,” which is based on Jeffrey Toobin‘s book “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President,” tells the story of the sex scandal and aftermath between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein). The 10-episode series also follows the lives of Lewinsky confidant Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), former Clinton accuser Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford) and then-First Lady Hillary Clinton (Edie Falco).
The...
- 11/5/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Hallmark Channel announced that former “Desperate Housewives” stars James Denton and Teri Hatcher are reuniting in the upcoming original film “A Kiss Before Christmas.” The film will premiere during Hallmark Channel’s annual “Countdown to Christmas” programming event. This is the first time the pair has worked together since the “Desperate Housewives” series ended in 2012.
“A Kiss Before Christmas” follows the story of Ethan Holt (Denton), a real estate development executive and married father with two teens, who learns he’s losing out on a promotion on Christmas Eve. Due to his laments paired with some Christmas magic, Holt awakes the next morning to find that his life is entirely different. He’s no longer married to his wife Joyce (Hatcher), doesn’t have his children and is CEO of his company. He has only a day to reclaim his original life.
“A Kiss Before Christmas” is from Crown Media Productions,...
“A Kiss Before Christmas” follows the story of Ethan Holt (Denton), a real estate development executive and married father with two teens, who learns he’s losing out on a promotion on Christmas Eve. Due to his laments paired with some Christmas magic, Holt awakes the next morning to find that his life is entirely different. He’s no longer married to his wife Joyce (Hatcher), doesn’t have his children and is CEO of his company. He has only a day to reclaim his original life.
“A Kiss Before Christmas” is from Crown Media Productions,...
- 10/6/2021
- by Katie Song and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
With the 2021 Emmys in the rear view and the Fall television season is in full swing, what better time is there to look forward and make a few bold predictions about what we might see being honored when the Emmys roll around again come September of 2022?
If this sounds like fool’s folly, think again. The Television Academy actually starts official screenings and “campaign” season right after the first of the year, and already there are a number of logical contenders rolling out. In fact even now at the beginning of October, I have already found the show I will vote for in the all-important Outstanding Limited Series category.
Say what?
That is because I was — and am — among the many who found HBO’s summer series, The White Lotus simply irresistible.
For me, having been to the Four Seasons in Maui where the fictional White Lotus was filmed, it...
If this sounds like fool’s folly, think again. The Television Academy actually starts official screenings and “campaign” season right after the first of the year, and already there are a number of logical contenders rolling out. In fact even now at the beginning of October, I have already found the show I will vote for in the all-important Outstanding Limited Series category.
Say what?
That is because I was — and am — among the many who found HBO’s summer series, The White Lotus simply irresistible.
For me, having been to the Four Seasons in Maui where the fictional White Lotus was filmed, it...
- 10/2/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
“American Crime Story: Impeachment” posed a unique challenge for Monica Lewinsky.
The activist and writer had to navigate two different roles on the FX anthology series, which chronicles Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment following allegations that he committed perjury and obstructed justice related to an affair in the Oval Office. First, Lewinsky is the subject of the dramatized series as a White House intern (played by Beanie Feldstein) who falls in love with the president, and mistakenly shares her secret with work confidante Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson).
Second, Lewinsky is also a producer on the show, working with the series’ creative team of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Sarah Burgess. It wasn’t always easy to juggle both parts for Lewinsky, who’s turned down millions of dollars, valuing her privacy above all else — especially over a quick paycheck.
“I don’t make decisions to work on things that...
The activist and writer had to navigate two different roles on the FX anthology series, which chronicles Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment following allegations that he committed perjury and obstructed justice related to an affair in the Oval Office. First, Lewinsky is the subject of the dramatized series as a White House intern (played by Beanie Feldstein) who falls in love with the president, and mistakenly shares her secret with work confidante Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson).
Second, Lewinsky is also a producer on the show, working with the series’ creative team of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Sarah Burgess. It wasn’t always easy to juggle both parts for Lewinsky, who’s turned down millions of dollars, valuing her privacy above all else — especially over a quick paycheck.
“I don’t make decisions to work on things that...
- 9/29/2021
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Sarah Burgess first encountered details of President Bill Clinton’s sex life as a preteen in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when they were pulled straight out of independent counsel Ken Starr’s report and splashed across the front page of her hometown newspaper. “My mom worked in the Pentagon, and I was waiting for her to drive me to school,” Burgess recalls. “She had a paper there in the front seat, and I remember being shocked.”
Two decades later, the scandal would shock her all over again.
Burgess grew...
Two decades later, the scandal would shock her all over again.
Burgess grew...
- 9/22/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Amidst all the discussion surrounding the recent release of FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” is the universal acknowledgment that the series attempts to tell Clinton/Lewinsky scandal through the eyes of women. Within the last few years, television has taken off the nostalgia glasses to illustrate how audiences didn’t necessarily know everything as history was being made, and that’s how showrunner Sarah Burgess wanted to look at “Impeachment.”
Series creator Ryan Murphy always envisioned the series as being told through the eyes of Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford), Burgess told IndieWire. Though she was a child when the scandal originally started she always noted how adults of that era reflected back on it. “There’s this incorrect belief that Monica Lewinsky enjoyed wanting the story to become public,” Burgess said. “[In fact], she did not want this to come out. She...
Series creator Ryan Murphy always envisioned the series as being told through the eyes of Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford), Burgess told IndieWire. Though she was a child when the scandal originally started she always noted how adults of that era reflected back on it. “There’s this incorrect belief that Monica Lewinsky enjoyed wanting the story to become public,” Burgess said. “[In fact], she did not want this to come out. She...
- 9/14/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Initial Nielsen ratings for FX’s Sept. 7 debut of “Impeachment: American Crime Story” dropped significantly from earlier premieres of Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” anthology five and three years ago, respectively.
According to Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings, the “Impeachment” launch drew 916,000 viewers and a rating of 0.24 in the key adults 18-49 demographic.
The series failed to come close to the record-setting numbers achieved by the first season of the show “The People v. O.J. Simpson” in 2016 and the respectable premiere scores of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” in 2018. The former garnered over 5 million viewers and a rating of 2.0 in the key demo, while the second obtained 2.22 million viewers and a 0.72 rating in the key demo. Both previous debuts topped all other cable telecasts the night they aired, while “Impeachment” was in the fourth slot.
In fairness to “Impeachment,” the media landscape has changed significantly even from the...
According to Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings, the “Impeachment” launch drew 916,000 viewers and a rating of 0.24 in the key adults 18-49 demographic.
The series failed to come close to the record-setting numbers achieved by the first season of the show “The People v. O.J. Simpson” in 2016 and the respectable premiere scores of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” in 2018. The former garnered over 5 million viewers and a rating of 2.0 in the key demo, while the second obtained 2.22 million viewers and a 0.72 rating in the key demo. Both previous debuts topped all other cable telecasts the night they aired, while “Impeachment” was in the fourth slot.
In fairness to “Impeachment,” the media landscape has changed significantly even from the...
- 9/9/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu customers expecting to stream “Impeachment: American Crime Story” today — or anytime soon — will be disappointed: The FX limited series isn’t on the Disney-controlled streaming platform’s on-demand streaming tiers.
Instead, “Impeachment,” a retelling of the notorious Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton saga from more than two decades ago, will be headed to Netflix sometime in 2022. The first episode of the series aired Tuesday night on FX.
Ordinarily, episodes of new FX original series and new seasons of existing series that premiere on FX and Fxx are available the day after on Hulu (starting at 3:01 a.m. Pt) streaming packages with ads and without ads. Hulu just announced a $1-per-month price hike for the two on-demand plans, starting next month.
But “Impeachment: American Crime Story” will not be available on Hulu because of licensing agreement that 20th Century Fox struck back in 2016 with Netflix for exclusive global SVOD...
Instead, “Impeachment,” a retelling of the notorious Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton saga from more than two decades ago, will be headed to Netflix sometime in 2022. The first episode of the series aired Tuesday night on FX.
Ordinarily, episodes of new FX original series and new seasons of existing series that premiere on FX and Fxx are available the day after on Hulu (starting at 3:01 a.m. Pt) streaming packages with ads and without ads. Hulu just announced a $1-per-month price hike for the two on-demand plans, starting next month.
But “Impeachment: American Crime Story” will not be available on Hulu because of licensing agreement that 20th Century Fox struck back in 2016 with Netflix for exclusive global SVOD...
- 9/8/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
FX is giving us another history lesson with a new American Crime Story season, shedding fresh light on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal with Impeachment.
Tuesday’s premiere begins in January 1998, with Monica (played by Beanie Feldstein) preparing to move from D.C. to New York when she gets a page from her pal Linda Tripp. (Hey, remember pagers?) Linda invites her to lunch at a mall food court, hinting that she may have “a solution to our problem.” As Monica arrives, she doesn’t notice that she’s being followed by men in suits. Linda (played by Sarah Paulson) shows up,...
Tuesday’s premiere begins in January 1998, with Monica (played by Beanie Feldstein) preparing to move from D.C. to New York when she gets a page from her pal Linda Tripp. (Hey, remember pagers?) Linda invites her to lunch at a mall food court, hinting that she may have “a solution to our problem.” As Monica arrives, she doesn’t notice that she’s being followed by men in suits. Linda (played by Sarah Paulson) shows up,...
- 9/8/2021
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the premiere of “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”)
“It takes a dramatic turn” is all the information that the “Impeachment: American Crime Story” audience gets from Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford) to describe her drawing of President Bill Clinton’s (Clive Owen) penis, which she sketched in front of her attorneys as evidence to support her sexual harassment claim against the then-president, before they take the steps to pursue a lawsuit against Clinton.
This drawing, which Jones does in front of her husband, Steve Jones (Taran Killam), makes the men tilt their heads due to its “distinctive shape,” as Ashford put it. While we viewers don’t get to see this allegedly unique member drawn by Jones on-screen, Ashford says she didn’t just put some scribbles down, but truly drew a penis on a piece of paper while shooting that scene directed by series creator Ryan Murphy.
“It takes a dramatic turn” is all the information that the “Impeachment: American Crime Story” audience gets from Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford) to describe her drawing of President Bill Clinton’s (Clive Owen) penis, which she sketched in front of her attorneys as evidence to support her sexual harassment claim against the then-president, before they take the steps to pursue a lawsuit against Clinton.
This drawing, which Jones does in front of her husband, Steve Jones (Taran Killam), makes the men tilt their heads due to its “distinctive shape,” as Ashford put it. While we viewers don’t get to see this allegedly unique member drawn by Jones on-screen, Ashford says she didn’t just put some scribbles down, but truly drew a penis on a piece of paper while shooting that scene directed by series creator Ryan Murphy.
- 9/8/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of tonight’s Impeachment: American Crime Story debut episode.
“Make her stay to watch,” a trapped Monica Lewinsky tells FBI agents of Linda Tripp in a January 1998 Ritz-Carlton hotel room after being snared mere hours before an unknowing Bill Clinton was scheduled to sit down before lawyers. “I want that treacherous bitch to see what she’s done to me,” the Beanie Feldstein portrayed Lewinsky adds as Sarah Paulson’s Tripp stares in something resembling shame in the real life scene depicted in the opening minutes of the opening ‘Exile’ episode of Impeachment: American Crime Story tonight on FX.
Executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Paulson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Brad Falchuk and Sarah Burgess, with Lewinsky herself serving as a producer too, the latest iteration of the Emmy-winning franchise returned with more of the best of the worst of the 1990s.
“Make her stay to watch,” a trapped Monica Lewinsky tells FBI agents of Linda Tripp in a January 1998 Ritz-Carlton hotel room after being snared mere hours before an unknowing Bill Clinton was scheduled to sit down before lawyers. “I want that treacherous bitch to see what she’s done to me,” the Beanie Feldstein portrayed Lewinsky adds as Sarah Paulson’s Tripp stares in something resembling shame in the real life scene depicted in the opening minutes of the opening ‘Exile’ episode of Impeachment: American Crime Story tonight on FX.
Executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Paulson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Brad Falchuk and Sarah Burgess, with Lewinsky herself serving as a producer too, the latest iteration of the Emmy-winning franchise returned with more of the best of the worst of the 1990s.
- 9/8/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Impeachment’ Showrunner on Making Linda Tripp More Than a ‘Cartoon Villain’ in Monica Lewinsky Saga
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the series premiere of “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”
In true “American Crime Story” form, the anthology drama’s third installment, “Impeachment,” opens a little bit in the future from the events covered by the series.
It is 1998 and Monica Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) is preparing to leave Washington, D.C. for New York City — and a job in Revlon’s publicity department, although that detail is not made explicit in the show at the start. Before she goes, she agrees to meet up with Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), who ominously tells her she may have a solution to a problem. That problem, although not named yet, is the fact that President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) is being accused of improper conduct with other women and Monica confided some of the details of her own relationship with him to Linda.
In true “American Crime Story” form, the anthology drama’s third installment, “Impeachment,” opens a little bit in the future from the events covered by the series.
It is 1998 and Monica Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) is preparing to leave Washington, D.C. for New York City — and a job in Revlon’s publicity department, although that detail is not made explicit in the show at the start. Before she goes, she agrees to meet up with Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), who ominously tells her she may have a solution to a problem. That problem, although not named yet, is the fact that President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) is being accused of improper conduct with other women and Monica confided some of the details of her own relationship with him to Linda.
- 9/8/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” premieres Tuesday on FX, revealing a different side of the Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton scandal than the public has ever seen before. Namely, the series offers the perspectives of the women central to the historical incident: Monica Lewinksy (played by Beanie Feldstein), Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford).
Part of the reason the show — which is the third installment in Murphy’s “American Crime Story” franchise — is able to explore this angle so fully is because Lewinsky herself was a producer on “Impeachment” and worked very closely with the season’s writer, Sarah Burgess, on making sure everything in the script was accurate. That meant giving many, many notes about her personal experiences and, according to Burgess, requesting no cuts.
“I had written three scripts when I met her,” Burgess told TheWrap. “So the process did allow me, as a writer,...
Part of the reason the show — which is the third installment in Murphy’s “American Crime Story” franchise — is able to explore this angle so fully is because Lewinsky herself was a producer on “Impeachment” and worked very closely with the season’s writer, Sarah Burgess, on making sure everything in the script was accurate. That meant giving many, many notes about her personal experiences and, according to Burgess, requesting no cuts.
“I had written three scripts when I met her,” Burgess told TheWrap. “So the process did allow me, as a writer,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
After three years in development, Impeachment: American Crime Story is now just days away from being shown to the world — and to the subjects it depicts, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge and Paula Jones.
“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have… I know there will be ...
“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have… I know there will be ...
After three years in development, Impeachment: American Crime Story is now just days away from being shown to the world — and to the subjects it depicts, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge and Paula Jones.
“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have. I know there will be contrast ...
“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have. I know there will be contrast ...
It’s been so long since FX’s American Crime Story debuted (Obama was still president!) that it’s easy to forget how much trepidation surrounded that first season, The People v. O.J. Simpson. The O.J. trial was a circus at the time it unfolded. Producer Ryan Murphy’s track record seemed even more fragile in 2016 than it does now, circa the death rattle of Glee and misfires like Scream Queens. And the casting felt odd in so many places: David Schwimmer as Kim Kardashian’s dad? John Travolta...
- 9/1/2021
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
If you were anywhere near a TV in the ’90s, you probably remember the most sensationalized talking points about President Bill Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent impeachment trial. Like, her blue dress stained with his semen, the footage of her in a black beret hugging the president at his inauguration. And lest we forget, the lie heard around the world: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Thankfully, Ryan Murphy’s new FX miniseries “American Crime Story: Impeachment,” isn’t interested in retreading any of that.
Besides, “Saturday Night Live” did a thorough job on a weekly basis throughout the decade.
Instead, “Impeachment” showrunner Sarah Burgess shifts the story to the perspective of Lewinsky (sensitively portrayed by “Booksmart” star Beanie Feldstein), the 24-year-old woman who was the subject of late-night ridicule and sexist public scrutiny amid the meteoric rise of the next Great White Man.
Besides, “Saturday Night Live” did a thorough job on a weekly basis throughout the decade.
Instead, “Impeachment” showrunner Sarah Burgess shifts the story to the perspective of Lewinsky (sensitively portrayed by “Booksmart” star Beanie Feldstein), the 24-year-old woman who was the subject of late-night ridicule and sexist public scrutiny amid the meteoric rise of the next Great White Man.
- 9/1/2021
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: This review contains details of FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story which debuts on September 7.
Ultimately David Geffen said it best and worst of Bill and Hillary Clinton: “Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it’s troubling.”
Debuting on September 7, FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story is an indictment of those lies, their corresponding hypocrisies and the people often treated as cannon fodder by the ruthlessly ambitious First Couple.
Penned by playwright Sarah Burgess and based on Jeffrey Toobin’s 1999 book A Vast Conspiracy, the latest 10-episode installment of the Acs franchise executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson strives to keep the spotlight away from the Clintons. Instead, the focus is on the trials and tribulations of the once infamous Paula Jones, Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky, with the latter serving as a producer on the pandemic-delayed project.
Ultimately David Geffen said it best and worst of Bill and Hillary Clinton: “Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it’s troubling.”
Debuting on September 7, FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story is an indictment of those lies, their corresponding hypocrisies and the people often treated as cannon fodder by the ruthlessly ambitious First Couple.
Penned by playwright Sarah Burgess and based on Jeffrey Toobin’s 1999 book A Vast Conspiracy, the latest 10-episode installment of the Acs franchise executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson strives to keep the spotlight away from the Clintons. Instead, the focus is on the trials and tribulations of the once infamous Paula Jones, Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky, with the latter serving as a producer on the pandemic-delayed project.
- 8/31/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
When a story seems too hyperbolic or prescient to be true, we call it “stranger than fiction.” We marvel that “you couldn’t script” the kind of twists that make up our wildest tales, or else that no one would believe them for embodying every cliché they possibly could. The wisdom then becomes that “seeing is believing”: that the only real way to believe a supposedly unbelievable melodrama is to watch it unfold with your own eyes and feel your skepticism calcify into an understanding. Then, maybe, the story that once seemed unfathomable evolves into something more layered and recognizably real.
Such is the mission of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which follows in the footsteps of the FX anthology series’ previous installments (“The People v. O.J.” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) by trying to recreate a national scandal by highlighting its most human elements. This chapter, steered by playwright Sarah Burgess,...
Such is the mission of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which follows in the footsteps of the FX anthology series’ previous installments (“The People v. O.J.” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) by trying to recreate a national scandal by highlighting its most human elements. This chapter, steered by playwright Sarah Burgess,...
- 8/31/2021
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
“Impeachment: American Crime Story” is empty. Season 3 of FX’s anthology series, following 2016’s lauded debut “The People vs. O.J. Simpson” and 2018’s divisive follow-up “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” is stark in its tomb-like depiction of Washington D.C., from the desolate corridors of the White House to a lonely residence at the Watergate. But the series, which dramatizes the investigation into Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky in the lead up to his impeachment, is also obsessed with its own recreation; tawdry character reveals and nostalgia traps overwhelm the exigent reframing of a well-known story, now seen (in part) from the victim’s point of view. Better appreciating America’s past abuses of power — by the president, by the media, by anyone who can benefit from punching down — is a compelling ambition, but “Impeachment” is far more beguiled by the trappings of history than excavating telling angles for today.
- 8/31/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“American Crime Story: Impeachment,” the third installment of the FX anthology series, is set to debut the first of its 10 episodes September 7, and it’s sure to create a firestorm. This season will focus on “the Clinton Affair,” the 1998 scandal in which former President Bill Clinton lied under oath about a sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky, triggering impeachment proceedings. Bill and Hillary Clinton have both addressed the scandal many times, but having these events dramatized will likely summon up a media stir they’d both prefer to avoid. So have they expressed any feelings about the show?
The new cover story of The Hollywood Reporter — all about the show, which follows previous seasons on the O.J. Simpson case and the murder of Gianni Versace — gives an answer: They haven’t. The Clintons, or anyone in their “camp,” haven’t expressed so much as a “peep” to anyone involved with the FX series,...
The new cover story of The Hollywood Reporter — all about the show, which follows previous seasons on the O.J. Simpson case and the murder of Gianni Versace — gives an answer: They haven’t. The Clintons, or anyone in their “camp,” haven’t expressed so much as a “peep” to anyone involved with the FX series,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
As the only producer on Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” with a firsthand account of what occurred during the real-life scandal the FX series is depicting, Monica Lewinsky is in a very unique, and potentially traumatizing, position when it comes to actually watching the show. That’s why Lewinsky hired a therapist to watch “Impeachment” with her over Zoom, so that she was not alone as she took down her notes on the project, which stars Beanie Feldstein as Lewinsky and Clive Owen as her former lover, President Bill Clinton.
“Because it’s hard,” Lewinsky told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday. “It’s really hard, especially with the dramatic license that needs to be taken.”
Lewinsky worked closely with Feldstein to create the on-screen version of Monica but was never around when the “Booksmart” star was in character on set, according “Impeachment” executive producer Nina Jacobson,...
“Because it’s hard,” Lewinsky told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday. “It’s really hard, especially with the dramatic license that needs to be taken.”
Lewinsky worked closely with Feldstein to create the on-screen version of Monica but was never around when the “Booksmart” star was in character on set, according “Impeachment” executive producer Nina Jacobson,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
“Impeachment,” the latest outing in FX’s evolving “American Crime Story” universe, charts the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal that rocked the nation in the 1990s. In the limited series debuting on September 7, “Booksmart” star Beanie Feldstein plays Monica Lewinsky opposite an unrecognizable Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, with Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Margo Martindale, Edie Falco, Billy Eichner, and Cobie Smulders rounding out the cast as the various figures involved in the controversy. Check out a new trailer for the series below.
According to Feldstein, Monica Lewinsky was personally involved every step of the way in the series’ creation. As she explained to Entertainment Weekly, “When I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved and had been to Monica first… [The producers] would go through the scripts with her and [she would] give all her feedback and her notes. And by the time it got to me, I was...
According to Feldstein, Monica Lewinsky was personally involved every step of the way in the series’ creation. As she explained to Entertainment Weekly, “When I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved and had been to Monica first… [The producers] would go through the scripts with her and [she would] give all her feedback and her notes. And by the time it got to me, I was...
- 8/21/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Impeachment: American Crime Story examines the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century through the eyes of the women at the center of the events: Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp and Paula Jones. All three were thrust into the public spotlight during a time of corrosive partisan […]
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- 8/20/2021
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
“No one, as far as we know, from the Clinton camp has seen this series,” Impeachment: American Crime Story executive producer Brad Simpson said today of the former First Couple who loom large in the FX limited series.
“Of course, I’m curious what they would think,” Simpson added at Friday’s virtual TCA panel of media savvy and sensitive ex-President Bill Clinton and almost Potus Hillary Clinton. “I don’t imagine she will watch, no matter how emphatic we are to her,” the EP noted of the role played by Sopranos vet Eddie Falco to Clive Owen’s 42nd Commander-in-Chief in the show debuting on September 7.
Neither of the Clintons, nor the likes of Matt Drudge and Anne Coulter, were consulted on the Simpson, Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Falchuk EP’d 10-parter, like Monica Lewinsky was, as a producer herself. However, for Simpson on Friday, the legacy...
“Of course, I’m curious what they would think,” Simpson added at Friday’s virtual TCA panel of media savvy and sensitive ex-President Bill Clinton and almost Potus Hillary Clinton. “I don’t imagine she will watch, no matter how emphatic we are to her,” the EP noted of the role played by Sopranos vet Eddie Falco to Clive Owen’s 42nd Commander-in-Chief in the show debuting on September 7.
Neither of the Clintons, nor the likes of Matt Drudge and Anne Coulter, were consulted on the Simpson, Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Falchuk EP’d 10-parter, like Monica Lewinsky was, as a producer herself. However, for Simpson on Friday, the legacy...
- 8/20/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” tells the story of the infamous affair between President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. While the upcoming FX anthology will dive into many details surrounding the scandal, it will not include depictions of sexual acts that occurred between Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) and Clinton (Clive Owen).
In fact, the most intimate interaction you’ll see the two share over the first few episodes of “Impeachment,” which premieres Sept. 7, is a kiss. The more explicit elements of the relationship are revealed during Lewinsky’s phone calls with former White House employee Linda Tripp (played by Sarah Paulson).
And the reason for that decision, according to writer Sarah Burgess, is because enough of the public already knows the “graphic sexual detail” of the 90s scandal — like the blue dress Lewinsky kept that was stained with Clinton’s semen after she performed oral sex on him.
In fact, the most intimate interaction you’ll see the two share over the first few episodes of “Impeachment,” which premieres Sept. 7, is a kiss. The more explicit elements of the relationship are revealed during Lewinsky’s phone calls with former White House employee Linda Tripp (played by Sarah Paulson).
And the reason for that decision, according to writer Sarah Burgess, is because enough of the public already knows the “graphic sexual detail” of the 90s scandal — like the blue dress Lewinsky kept that was stained with Clinton’s semen after she performed oral sex on him.
- 8/20/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Although “Impeachment: American Crime Story” has been described as being based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book, “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President,” the greatest source the show had, the stars and producers noted during the Television Critics Assn. press tour panel for the show, was Monica Lewinsky herself.
“I had the great gift of that, when I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved by and had been to Monica first,” said actor Beanie Feldstein, who portrays Lewinsky in the limited series. She added that the producers “would go through the scripts with [Monica] and she would give all her feedback and her notes, and by the time it got to me, I was sure that everything in there was something that she felt comfortable with, she thought was real to her life, and felt represented her.
“I had the great gift of that, when I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved by and had been to Monica first,” said actor Beanie Feldstein, who portrays Lewinsky in the limited series. She added that the producers “would go through the scripts with [Monica] and she would give all her feedback and her notes, and by the time it got to me, I was sure that everything in there was something that she felt comfortable with, she thought was real to her life, and felt represented her.
- 8/20/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, Veep alum Dan Bakkedahl, Joseph Mazzello (Bohemian Rhapsody), Blair Underwood (Quantico), Kevin Pollak (Mom) and Patrick Fischler (The Right Stuff) are set for recurring roles in Impeachment: American Crime Story, Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX limited series about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, sources said. Reps for the network, Murphy, 20th Television and the actors declined comment.
The third season of American Crime Story is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President. Feldstein stars as Lewinsky, Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones and Billy Eichner as journalist Matt Drudge.
Sorvino is believed to be playing Marcia Lewis, Monica Lewinsky’s mom. The role reunites Sorvino with Murphy, with whom she worked on his recent Netflix series Hollywood.
Bakkedahl would portray Kenneth Starr, independent counsel during the...
The third season of American Crime Story is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President. Feldstein stars as Lewinsky, Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones and Billy Eichner as journalist Matt Drudge.
Sorvino is believed to be playing Marcia Lewis, Monica Lewinsky’s mom. The role reunites Sorvino with Murphy, with whom she worked on his recent Netflix series Hollywood.
Bakkedahl would portray Kenneth Starr, independent counsel during the...
- 8/16/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Murphy first told us about his idea for Studio 54: American Crime Story on Deadline’s Crew Call in June, and FX made it official today that the fourth installment of the series is in development.
FX Day @ TCA: Deadline’s Full Coverage
Studio 54: American Crime Story will tell the story of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, who in 1977 turned their Midtown Manhattan disco into an international mecca of nightlife for the rich and famous and commoners alike — renowned for its lavish parties, music, sex and open drug use. With Rubell and Schrager’s meteoric rise came their epic fall less than three years later when the impresarios were convicted of tax fraud.
In December 1978, Studio 54 was raided after Rubell had been quoted as saying that only the Mafia made more money than the club brought in. The business partners were charged with tax evasion, obstruction of justice,...
FX Day @ TCA: Deadline’s Full Coverage
Studio 54: American Crime Story will tell the story of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, who in 1977 turned their Midtown Manhattan disco into an international mecca of nightlife for the rich and famous and commoners alike — renowned for its lavish parties, music, sex and open drug use. With Rubell and Schrager’s meteoric rise came their epic fall less than three years later when the impresarios were convicted of tax fraud.
In December 1978, Studio 54 was raided after Rubell had been quoted as saying that only the Mafia made more money than the club brought in. The business partners were charged with tax evasion, obstruction of justice,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Murphy is expanding his “American Story” universe with two new spinoff limited series, “American Sports Story” and “American Love Story,” and development on a Studio 54-themed fourth season of “American Crime Story,” FX revealed Friday ahead of its virtual panels at the Television Critics Association press tour.
The first season of “Sports Story” will focus on Aaron Hernandez, while the debut installment of “Love Story” will follow John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.
Both series will be produced by “AHS” studio 20th Television and FX Productions and executive produced by Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson.
See the descriptions for the two new series below, provided by FX:
American Sports Story
American Sports Story is a scripted anthological limited series focusing on a prominent event involving a sports figure and re-examines it through the prism of today’s world, telling that story from multiple perspectives.
The...
The first season of “Sports Story” will focus on Aaron Hernandez, while the debut installment of “Love Story” will follow John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.
Both series will be produced by “AHS” studio 20th Television and FX Productions and executive produced by Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson.
See the descriptions for the two new series below, provided by FX:
American Sports Story
American Sports Story is a scripted anthological limited series focusing on a prominent event involving a sports figure and re-examines it through the prism of today’s world, telling that story from multiple perspectives.
The...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
FX has launched a full trailer for ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ the third instalment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology drama series.
The show examines the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century through the eyes of the women at the centre of the events: Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp and Paula Jones. All three were thrust into the public spotlight during a time of corrosive partisan rancour, shifting sexual politics and a changing media landscape.
The cast includes Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky, Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Margo Martindale as Lucianne Goldberg, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, and Billy Eichner as Matt Drudge.
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The show examines the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century through the eyes of the women at the centre of the events: Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp and Paula Jones. All three were thrust into the public spotlight during a time of corrosive partisan rancour, shifting sexual politics and a changing media landscape.
The cast includes Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky, Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Margo Martindale as Lucianne Goldberg, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, and Billy Eichner as Matt Drudge.
Also in trailers – Intense new trailer drops for Netflix limited series ‘Clickbait’
It will air on FX in the US on September 7th.
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- 8/13/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Bill Clinton/ Monica Lewinsky scandal gripped the nation like no other story in the 1990s, save for O.J Simpson’s murder trial (the subject of the first season of “American Crime Story.”). “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” based on President Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment trial, details the seemingly never-ending saga and its memorable cast of characters like Lewinsky, Paula Jones, Linda Tripp, and Matt Drudge.
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Sarah Paulson leads a stacked cast as Linda Tripp.
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Sarah Paulson leads a stacked cast as Linda Tripp.
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- 8/12/2021
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
The latest installment in FX’s “American Crime Story” series will tackle the events leading up to the impeachment of former United States president Bill Clinton. FX has now unveiled the trailer for “American Crime Story: Impeachment,” and with it comes the first footage of Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky and a nearly-unrecognizable Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp. Bound to stir up the most buzz is Clive Owen’s transformation into Bill Clinton.
The series’ official synopsis from FX reads: “‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ is a limited series examining the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century. It tells this story through the eyes of the women at the center of the events: Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford). All three were thrust into the public spotlight during a time of corrosive partisan rancor,...
The series’ official synopsis from FX reads: “‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ is a limited series examining the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century. It tells this story through the eyes of the women at the center of the events: Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford). All three were thrust into the public spotlight during a time of corrosive partisan rancor,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
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