American Horror Story 5: Hotel [Archive]

SisterNightroad

02-26-2015, 07:58 AM

What 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Could Be About
The Huffington Post | By Erin Whitney

Lady Gaga announced on Wednesday that she'll star on the next season of "American Horror Story": "American Horror Story: Hotel." That's all the official news we have at the moment, but since creator Ryan Murphy is known for sprinkling clues throughout "AHS," it's possible we already have an idea of what "Hotel" could be about.

Murphy already said the recurring top hat in "Freak Show" was an "arcane clue." While we previously speculated that could connect to the popular Operation Top Hat theory, we're not sure how the clue fits in with the hotel theme. (Maybe a bellhop-like hat?) But fortunately, Season 4 included another major hint that makes a lot of sense:

The Garden of Allah Hotel
In the penultimate episode of "Freak Show," Elsa and her "freaks" attempt to kill Denis O'Hare's Stanley for lying about his Hollywood connections. When he pleads for his life, he says, "I do know people in Los Angeles. My cousin works at the Garden of Allah." Redditor Trailkeep picked up on this back in January with a post about its possible connection to Season 5.

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As it turns out, the Garden of Allah was a famous hotel in Hollywood on the Sunset Strip. Opening in 1927 and demolished in 1959, the hotel had celebrity residents and frequent guests that included F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, Errol Flynn, Greta Garbo, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Stuart and the Marx brothers, among others.

Another interesting "AHS" connection is to the 1936 Marlene Dietrich film "The Garden of Allah," which was inspired by the Robert S. Hichens' 1905 novel of the same name and gave the real-life hotel its moniker. In "Freak Show," Jessica Lange's Elsa, herself inspired by Dietrich, references "Garden of Allah" in the first episode.

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If the fifth season is set at this hotel that would also give Murphy ample opportunity to further connect the "AHS" universes. If set in Old Hollywood, he could make connections to the Season 1 Montgomery storyline which took place from 1922 to 1926 or even the Black Dahlia storyline in 1947.

We may also have an idea of who Gaga may play in "Hotel." The blog Vixen Varsity claims to have received a casting call back in October seeking auditions for three characters for an upcoming "AHS" promo. One of them is named Carla, described as a "classy 20-35 year old" who is possessed by a ghost.

The only problem with all this speculation? Last month, FX Networks CEO John Landgraf told TVLine it was his "hope" that Season 5 would be set in the present day.

"American Horror Story" returns in October on FX.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/american-horror-story-hotel_n_6753264.html

SisterNightroad

02-27-2015, 07:01 AM

Why Lady Gaga needs ‘American Horror Story’ more than it needs her
By Emily Yahr on February 27, 2015 - 12:01 AM

After Lady Gaga’s majestic “Sound of Music” medley at the Oscars on Sunday, some speculated she may be headed to Broadway. Wrong genre! Turns out the pop star is aiming to conquer the world of basic-cable television.

FX announced Wednesday that Lady Gaga will star on the fifth season of “American Horror Story,” the much Emmy-nominated anthology horror series. Has there ever been a more perfect fit for a role? Gaga’s wardrobe and selfies already often resemble nightmares, depending on what you’re into. Plus, she’s literally known to fans as Mother Monster. It’s a coup for FX, banking on her millions of intensely devoted fans (“Little Monsters”) to tune in.

There are no details on her leading role, of course, other than that the fifth season will be called “American Horror Story: Hotel,” judging by the slightly terrifying tease that Gaga tweeted. It premieres in October.

This is also good news for Gaga given that she’s been struggling lately to find a place within the music industry. Her last solo album, “Artpop” in 2013, was widely regarded as a flop. Even though it went on to sell 2.5 million copies, it was a steep decline from her first two albums (2011 hit “Born This Way” and 2008 smash “The Fame”), which sold many more millions.

Critics noted that “Artpop” only moved 258,000 copies in its first week – “Born This Way” sold a million in its first – and didn’t launch a single comparable to any of her previous hits. She still spent much of last year touring the world promoting the album, though LiveNation hit back at reports claiming the tour had poor ticket sales.

Gaga also took a break from mainstream pop to record a jazz standards album with Tony Bennett last year, “Cheek to Cheek,” which recently won a Grammy for best traditional pop vocal. Though she’s not nearly in the tabloids as much as she once was, she just made headlines with her recent engagement to actor Taylor Kinney.

Anyway, this appears to be a chance to relaunch Gaga – who has little acting experience beyond her impressive onstage theatrics – back into the pop culture spotlight on a regular basis. And “American Horror Story” has some experience with pop stars rebranding themselves as TV personalities, i.e., Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, who got his arm ripped off in the opening minutes of Season 2.

HelloMonster

02-27-2015, 10:42 AM

...her first two albums (2011 hit “Born This Way” and 2008 smash “The Fame”), which sold many more millions.

Emily Yahr needs to do her homework. She's had three albums, her second one was Fame Monster and although it was initially released as a re-release for Fame, it ended up being a stand-alone Grammy Award winning EP.. Her best work is from the Fame Monster, but I did love Born This Way. :wavey:

sorcerer999

02-27-2015, 11:18 AM

Her best work is from the Fame Monster, but I did love Born This Way. :wavey:

I have a soft spot for "Born This Way". I think it might be the vintage 80's thread that's woven throughout. Not a HUGE fan of Gaga but I love that album!

SisterNightroad

02-27-2015, 11:18 AM

Emily Yahr needs to do her homework. She's had three albums, her second one was Fame Monster and although it was initially released as a re-release for Fame, it ended up being a stand-alone Grammy Award winning EP.. Her best work is from the Fame Monster, but I did love Born This Way. :wavey:
I'm not a fan of her, my sister is, but I hope Lady Gaga's best work is yet to be done or this article is true.
Anyway, since you seem knowledgeable, can she act?

HelloMonster

02-27-2015, 11:27 AM

I'm not a fan of her, my sister is, but I hope Lady Gaga's best work is yet to be done or this article is true.
Anyway, since you seem knowledgeable, can she act?

Eh. If she doesn't try too hard, she might be able to pull this off. I never saw Sin City, though.

HelloMonster

02-27-2015, 11:29 AM

I have a soft spot for "Born This Way". I think it might be the vintage 80's thread that's woven throughout. Not a HUGE fan of Gaga but I love that album!

Love BTW! Which is your favorite song? I love Marry The Night, but it's hard to choose just one! :laugh:

SisterNightroad

02-27-2015, 11:49 AM

Eh. If she doesn't try too hard, she might be able to pull this off. I never saw Sin City, though.
I foud her scene on youtube, needless to say that it's not an exceptional acting scene. I hope hers will be a maybe captivating but small recurring role like Adam Levine's :

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sorcerer999

02-27-2015, 12:12 PM

Love BTW! Which is your favorite song? I love Marry The Night, but it's hard to choose just one! :laugh:

Well, to be honest I love listening to the whole album as a cohesive entity...so I really can't choose a favorite. I will say that I adore "Bloody Mary", "Fashion Of His Love" and "Highway Unicorn". :)

olive

02-27-2015, 01:15 PM

SisterNightroad

02-27-2015, 01:47 PM

Personally I'm offended that Ryan Murphy could even just think that Lady Gaga could be a replacement of any sort for Jessica Lange, but if he revolutionize totally the show and gives equal amount of importance to every character it might work.

where did you read she was replacing her ? that's as ridiculous as saying Angela Bassett replaced Zachary Quinto and I don't see 28 yr old GAGA playing roles meant for 65 yr old Jessica Lange
it would be like 60 something Joan Crawford replacing her 25 year old daughter Christina on The Secret Storm[/QUOTE]
On the italian AHS fansite. Personally, I think that it's just a speculation and she will be one of those roles that are somewhat important but are secondary, like Chloe Sevigny, Patty Labelle/Lupone, Stevie and Adam Levine.
Anyway they say that Lady Gaga will be the protagonist of Hotel and so they keep on speculating that from now on the series will revolve around Lady Gaga and the characters that have the function of "glue" for the show will be hers like before were Jessica Lange's. I'm sure if you search "Lady Gaga protagonist of AHS" or "Lady Gaga replace Jessica Lange" you'll find a lot of conjecturing articles.

olive

02-27-2015, 02:05 PM

where did you read she was replacing her ? that's as ridiculous as saying Angela Bassett replaced Zachary Quinto and I don't see 28 yr old GAGA playing roles meant for 65 yr old Jessica Lange
it would be like 60 something Joan Crawford replacing her 25 year old daughter Christina on The Secret Storm
On the italian AHS fansite. Personally, I think that it's just a speculation and she will be one of those roles that are somewhat important but are secondary, like Chloe Sevigny, Patty Labelle/Lupone, Stevie and Adam Levine.
Anyway they say that Lady Gaga will be the protagonist of Hotel and so they keep on speculating that from now on the series will revolve around Lady Gaga and from now on the characters that have the function of "glue" for the show will be hers like before were Jessica Lange's. I'm sure if you search "Lady Gaga protagonist of AHS" or "Lady Gaga replace Jessica Lange" you'll find a lot of conjecturing articles.[/QUOTE]

no i'll just wait to watch it I am sure gaga will be fantastic

SisterNightroad

02-27-2015, 03:04 PM

no i'll just wait to watch it I am sure gaga will be fantastic

yeah, let's wait and see, I found her performance on "Machete Kills" and that wasn't so bad:

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SisterNightroad

02-28-2015, 09:27 AM

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL REVEALED AS SEASON 5 TITLE
BY RACHEL HAAS

American Horror Story: Season 5 now has its official title.

The news was revealed via Twitter that season 5 will be called American Horror Story: Hotel, with the first of 13 episodes to debut in October.

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AmericanHorrorStory ✔ @AHSFX
This October, will you check in to the Hotel? #AmericanHorrorStory
1:21 AM - 28 Feb 2015

Just days ago, Lady Gaga announced that she would be headlining the season, most likely replacing Jessica Lange who has starred on the series since the show's beginning. Most recently, Lange portrayed Elsa Mars, matriarch of Fraulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities in last season's American Horror Story: Freak Show.

AHS: Freak Show enjoyed a record-breaking premiere, and the season gave us "some tasty, nasty bad guys." But ultimately, Freak Show only pulled a modest overall rating of 6.5 from IGN.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/28/american-horror-story-hotel-revealed-as-season-5-title

SisterNightroad

03-02-2015, 12:20 PM

H.H. Holmes the Inspiration Behind “American Horror Story: Hotel”?

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While there are many theories behind what the next season of “American Horror Story” will be about, the most compelling is that “Hotel” will be based on the horrific crimes of H.H. Holmes, an entrepreneur that is considered to be America’s first serial killer.

The Holmes story goes back to 1893 when Herman Webster Mudgett (a.k.a Dr. Henry Howard Holmes) opened the World’s Fair Hotel in Chicago. It was constructed with the evil ingenuity to murder immigrants and travelers attending the Columbian Exposition (The Chicago World’s Fair).

After the completion of what would become known as “Murder Castle”, “Holmes selected mostly female victims from among his employees (many of whom were required as a condition of employment to take out life insurance policies, for which Holmes would pay the premiums but was also the beneficiary), as well as his lovers and hotel guests, whom he would later kill. Some were locked in soundproof bedrooms fitted with gas lines that let him asphyxiate them at any time. Other victims were locked in a huge soundproof bank vault near his office, where they were left to suffocate. The victims’ bodies were dropped by secret chute to the basement, where some were meticulously dissected, stripped of flesh, crafted into skeleton models, and then sold to medical schools. Holmes also cremated some of the bodies or placed them in lime pits for destruction. Holmes had two giant furnaces as well as pits of acid, bottles of various poisons, and even a stretching rack. Through the connections he had gained in medical school, he sold skeletons and organs with little difficulty.” (Wiki)

While Holmes confessed to 27 murders, it is believed that he took the life of more than 200 people through the year of 1984. He is also thought to be a Jack the Ripper suspect…

For those curious to know more about this sadistic murderer, Netflix Instant has John Borowski’s superb 2003 documentary H. H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer.

Last week it was revealed that Lady Gaga would be starring in the fifth season of “American Horror Story”, dubbed “Hotel”.

What do you guys think of this theory? Is Holmes set to be the inspiration behind “American Horror Story: Hotel’s” antagonist?

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http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3334257/h-h-holmes-inspiration-behind-american-horror-story-hotel/

sorcerer999

03-03-2015, 01:48 PM

SisterNightroad

03-03-2015, 02:25 PM

Yay! This is interesting news!

I've been fascinated with H.H. Holmes' story for years and have read several books about this man. It will be interesting to see how much "inspiration" Ryan Murphy and company use for this next season. Holmes was a crazy f*cker!
Yeah, I'm very excited! I know about him because he appeared in the list of people and facts that should have a horror movie made about them.
His story and that of the girl disappeared in the elevator and found dead on the rooftop of her hotel were the most interesting.

P.S. Found it: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/10-Terrifying-True-Stories-Deserve-Horror-Movie-Adaptations-40046.html
Her name was Elisa Lam. Also the silent twins case is gorgeously creepy.

sorcerer999

03-04-2015, 11:24 AM

SisterNightroad

03-04-2015, 02:08 PM

Yeah...the Elisa Lam story is probably the ONE mystery that has creeped and frightened the HELL out of me in recent years. The video footage in the elevator is just so hard to watch. Everything about that whole situation just feels...evil. I don't know how else to explain it.
Yes, that footage was the only thing I could remember clearly, such was the distress it caused.
Elisa Lam's behaviour in the elevator was clearly a manifestation of stereotypy and mannerisms; these kind of psychomotor alteration is frequent in psychotic diseases or people that used narcotic substances and it's very disturbing to see.

SisterNightroad

03-04-2015, 02:21 PM

How Ryan Murphy got Lady Gaga to check in to American Horror Story: Hotel
Because she really loves her monsters

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We know that Lady Gaga loves her monsters, but this news still took us by surprise: The music superstar announced on Feb. 25 via Twitter that she would be starring in the fifth season of FX’s American Horror Story, premiering in October.

In a quick video, Gaga, who acted on the big screen in 2013’s Machete Kills and 2014’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, also revealed that this year’s AHS would be subtitled Hotel. The show has always attracted top-tier talent (Academy Award winners Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates appeared previously) and has even drawn some music icons (Stevie Nicks and Patti LaBelle have had small roles). But to nab a global sensation on the level of Gaga for a 13-episode series is nothing short of a TV miracle.

So how did creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk do it? EW has learned that Gaga and Murphy have been talking since last fall, and that once the right role was crafted for her, she was fully on board. Still, everyone involved remained silent about the talks—FX didn’t even know about Gaga’s interest in the show—realizing what a coup this could be.

Creative viewers of last season’s Freak Show may have actually been able to predict this casting scoop. In the Oct. 29 episode, the camera noticeably focused on a paper coffee cup with a large top-hat logo. Murphy told EW back in October, “That is a big season 5 clue! It’s an arcane clue, but it’s very purposeful, and it illuminates something that you’ll be like, ‘Oh! You dirty bastard!’”

EW can now confirm that the image was directing viewers not only to the theme (the classic 1935 film Top Hat is set in a hotel) but also to Gaga (the song “Cheek to Cheek” was written originally for Top Hat and is the title of Gaga’s current duets album with Tony Bennett). Details are scarce as to who—or what—Gaga will be playing at this hotel, but we’re guessing it will be even scarier than the hot tub at your local Holiday Inn.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/04/lady-gaga-american-horror-story

SisterNightroad

03-05-2015, 08:16 AM

Zachary Quinto checks into Hannibal
BY NATALIE ABRAMS

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Zachary Quinto has landed a guest-starring role on Hannibal, EW has learned exclusively.

Quinto, who is currently starring on NBC’s The Slap, will appear in at least one episode of the third season as a patient of Bedelia’s (Gillian Anderson). Anyone else hoping his character will be as crazy as his American Horror Story role Bloody Face?

The casting of Quinto, also well-known as this generation’s Spock in the Star Trek reboot, marks a reunion with Hannibal boss Bryan Fuller, who was a writer on Quinto’s breakout series Heroes.

Hannibal is slated to return to NBC this summer.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/04/zachary-quinto-checks-hannibal

SisterNightroad

03-07-2015, 12:38 PM

EVAN PETERS, MAN OF THE YEAR
By EMMA BROWN
Photography BRIAN HIGBEE

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Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, Evan Peters favored comedy and mischief: his role model was Jim Carrey circa Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and he was an avid fan of Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). He enjoyed playing Fagin—his first acting role —in a middle school production of Oliver because, "he was kind of the leader and taught all the kids how to steal stuff."

Today, the 28-year-old actor's outlook is a little more serious, with Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal replacing Carrey. Peters is not, he says, a perfectionist, but he is a worrier. It doesn't take him long to get out of character, but getting into character is a different matter.

Peters is most famous as one of the three leading players of Ryan Murphy's anthology drama American Horror Story alongside Sarah Paulson and Jessica Lange (or "the Langster," as Peters jokes). Over the course of four seasons, he's played a murderous high school student, a suspected serial killer, a frat bro, and a 1950s carnie nicknamed "Lobster Boy." A fan favorite, he's been the good guy, the bad guy, and a few more ambiguous things in between. Peters is already confirmed for the fifth series, which will co-star Lady Gaga.

There's much more to Peters' career than just AHS, however. Two weeks after wrapping the show's fourth series, he was back on set filming Liza Johnson's Elvis & Nixon with Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon. Last Friday The Lazarus Effect, Peters' horror film with Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, and Donald Glover, opened across the U.S. Later this year Peters will begin work on X-Men: Apocalypse, his second film in the monolithic franchise.

EMMA BROWN: The Lazarus Effect takes place over a very short space of time in a very specific context: four young doctors trying to develop a serum to resuscitate the dead. Did you invent a backstory for your character, Clay?

EVAN PETERS: There's definitely a backstory to Clay, and a reason why he's there. I think everybody tried to make that for their character; we each wanted to figure out why we were there, what we were doing there, and also what kind of person we are. Clay, to me, was always the Good Will Hunting of the group; he doesn't have to think about being smart, he just is smart. He wants to develop a serum to make money—obviously to save lives, but I think Clay is a little bit more selfish and excited about making millions of dollars so that he can sit at home and play video games all day. There's a lot of fun things to do with Clay, he's a pretty crazy dude.

BROWN: I know you worked with Olivia Wilde, who plays one of the other doctors, on one episode of House. Did you bring that up and reminisce?

EVAN PETERS: No, not really. I don't know if we ever really talked about that. I was just a day player, and sometimes it can get pretty crazy. I was one of six hostages in an episode—I think it was even more than six—so I highly doubt that she would remember me. I didn't want to say, "Hey, remember me?" And have her be like, "No."

BROWN: When you're thinking about joining a horror-thriller like The Lazarus Effect, is the first thing you want to know, "How am I going to die?"

PETERS: [laughs] No. But I was excited to die. I do enjoy a good death on screen, and that was pretty fun. I was excited to not be the killer, to be the one who's like, "Hey guys, this is bad. We need to get out of here." He's kind of the voice of reason.

BROWN: When you start a new season of American Horror Story, do you know the arc of your character?

PETERS: No. It's kind of amazing; I don't know anything. It's an interesting way to work where you're living in the moment and making decisions for your character in the moment. You have to go with your gut on everything—try not to over-think things. That tends to make me doubt what I did, but then that's always the case. I'm a worrier. I have to accept that and just be a worrier.

BROWN: Does it give you an advantage to only know as much your character knows?

PETERS: I think it does both; it has its advantages and it has its disadvantages. You can't plan your character arc—you have a vague idea, maybe, but I'm constantly surprised. Sometimes actors in films will play the ending of the movie, or even the middle, and you know where it's going—as an audience member you can read the actor. But if you don't know where you're going...the perfect example is [in Season One,] I didn't know that [my character] Tate was Rubber Man until episode seven or so when the audience found out. I wasn't playing Tate like I had this whole other Rubber Man side. I don't think the audience knew, because I was really surprised when I found that out. I think that was possible because I didn't know ahead of time.

BROWN: In Season Four, Freak Show, you sang a Nirvana song. Is that something you were excited or nervous about?

PETERS: I was both excited and nervous! What I was most nervous about was performing and shooting it. In the booth, you're singing and it's fun and you're joking around. I like that. I like making music so that was fun. But shooting it, the whole music video vibe was very weird and I felt uncomfortable in my own skin. I was sort of channeling Future Islands' lead singer. He gets so into it, he preaches every song that he sings, so that helped with my nerves a little bit.

BROWN: Do you know if there will be any singing next season?

PETERS: I have no idea. I really don't know. Lady Gaga is in the next season, so there might be some singing. I wish I knew!

BROWN: Do you socialize as a cast outside of work or is that the last thing you want to do after a long day?

PETERS: It's tough. You try to go to dinner and see movies and hang out with friends, but after an 18-hour day, it's like, "I'm tired, I'm going to chill out, watch some TV, decompress and let go of the day and get ready to do it all again tomorrow."

BROWN: What do you watch to decompress?

PETERS: I actually watch The Walking Dead. I like The Walking Dead a lot. I'm so far behind, though. I don't like to watch a lot of things when I'm working—I like to read and listen to music, but movies and TV, I have to be pretty selective about. I try to watch stuff that's integrated into what I'm working on. It has to be for research or trying to get into the mindset [of a character]. So, I'm so far behind on The Walking Dead. I'm still on the Governor. There are so many good TV shows out that I want to watch—House of Cards, Breaking Bad. I'm so far behind on all those things.

BROWN: We recently featured Alanna Masterson from The Walking Dead and she said that every time a new cast member joins the show, everyone comes down to meet them and welcome them. Do you do something like that on American Horror Story?

PETERS: That's really sweet. We don't have anything like that—we obviously shake their hand and say, "Welcome." I think we're pretty friendly to newcomers. We don't have a ritual; we should definitely work on something. Get a huge cake and then have Kathy Bates pop out of it.

BROWN: Was it weird to transition between American Horror Story and Elvis & Nixon so quickly, or are you used to that?

PETERS: No, it was great. I like going right back to work, and it was New Orleans and I'd been there for, cumulatively, a year, so I know the city pretty well. It was easy to go back there as opposed to going to somewhere else and learning a new city.

BROWN: You play a real person in the film, Nixon's former deputy assistant Dwight Chapin. Did you get to meet the real Dwight Chapin?

PETERS: No, I didn't, but [former Nixon adviser] Bud Krogh got to come around for a little bit. He was very cool and sort of in a surreal headspace about seeing Colin Hanks playing him. He got a little nervous walking back into the oval office set. Then [Elvis' associate] Jerry Schilling came by, which was really awesome, and talked a little bit. And we'd check back to make sure things were fairly accurate, I guess. It's a cool movie with a great cast—very funny. I'm excited to see it.

BROWN: The premise sounds so crazy, but it's based on a true story.

PETERS: It's probably 90 percent true—some of it is a little embellished because it makes for a better story, but Elvis Presley going to the White House and wanting his badge [from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs] was all true. It's hilarious, and then you find out that it's true, and you're like, "Oh my god, this is insane!"

BROWN: I wonder if anyone has ever done that to Obama: "Hey, I'm famous..."

PETERS: "Can I get a badge?" Probably...

BROWN: Had you seen any of Liza Johnson's other films before signing onto Elvis & Nixon?

PETERS: No. I wasn't familiar with any of Liza's work beforehand. I did get copies of it and checked it out. I was very impressed, but I wanted to do the movie before I even saw her work. I was like, "I don't care. This movie is great. This script is hilarious." And I'm a huge Elvis fan.

BROWN: Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey both have quite a strong presence. Before you officially met them, who was more intimidating?

PETERS: They both were equally intimidating, but not because they were actually intimidating people, just because I was so intimidated to work with them. But both of them proved to be incredibly nice and easy-going and very giving actors—professional, but also keeping the set light and having fun. It was really cool to watch them work and see how it's done.

BROWN: Did you watch the original X-Men films when they came out in the early 2000s?

PETERS: Oh yeah. I was a big fan of all the X-Men films growing up. I still am. I recently watched all of them again and they're awesome. I love special effects movies, and the whole idea behind X-Men of homo superior and homo sapiens being at war and trying to accept homo superior—it's a universal struggle. It's a very relatable thing, and I think it gives it a lot of heart. That's important when you're dealing with a movie that's very special effects and sci-fi driven.

BROWN: Who did you want to be when you saw the first three films?

PETERS: Definitely Wolverine. I love the first X-Men; I think it's one of my favorites. When he first gets thrown through the windshield and then starts to heal again, it's amazing! I think that's the coolest power, to have incredible healing abilities. Then, to top it all off, he's got the adamantium [metal claws] and that makes him badass, and he gets to live an incredibly long life, which I think it's pretty sweet. I always liked that about vampires, too.

THE LAZARUS EFFECT IS OUT NOW. X-MEN: APOCALYPSE IS DUE OUT IN MAY 2016.

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SisterNightroad

03-10-2015, 08:24 AM

Beautiful italian fanposter:

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SisterNightroad

03-13-2015, 09:49 AM

'American Horror Story' Season 5 News: Source Says Jessica Lange Is Playing Older Version Of Lady Gaga Character?
A supposed source at FX reportedly knows the plot of the upcoming 'American Horror Story: Hotel' starring Lady Gaga.
By Kevin Jacobsen, EnStars on Mar 11, 2015 01:00 PM EDT

A Tumblr post was featured on the American Horror Story Reddit page that detailed the main storyline for Hotel, the fifth season in the horror anthology series. The post, which includes information from a supposed FX insider, reveals that Gaga is going to be the lead of the next three seasons of American Horror Story, including Hotel:

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The post adds that Gaga's character is a "beautiful strange, yet sophisticated heiress - knees deep in debt - who runs the hotel and will do whatever it takes to keep it up and running, regardless of the tragic and disturbing events that have taken place there."

The FX insider supposedly says that the hotel's guests over the years have included a satanic cult, some corrupt politicians, secret societies, "and other strange guests." As such societies and cults reveal themselves, Gaga's character starts allowing them to meet at her hotel in exchange for paying her more money to stay there.

Additionally, a young married couple checks in to the hotel and ultimately discovers that the "dark force" does not allow them to check out. It is not known who will play the young couple.

Perhaps the biggest bit of news is that the source claims Jessica Lange will be back. Lange will supposedly only appear in the premiere and the finale, playing an older version of Gaga's character.

Other supposed cast members include Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Finn Wittrock, Frances Conroy and Wes Bentley, who all appeared in Freak Show.

FX has not confirmed or denied any of this information, though it all seems within the realm of possibility. Despite rumors she is leaving the series, Lange has not explicitly said that she won't return for Hotel, recently telling E! that she would have discussions with AHS co-creator Ryan Murphy about whether or not she would leave for good.

It is also very early in pre-production for American Horror Story and anything is subject to change. Regardless, fans on Reddit are excited about the potential for this storyline. Whether it is true or not remains to be seen, and may not be revealed for several months.

American Horror Story: Hotel is expected to premiere in October on FX, though the network has not yet announced a specific premiere date.

http://www.enstarz.com/articles/72910/20150311/american-horror-story-season-5-news-source-says-jessica-lange-is-playing-older-version-of-lady-gaga-character-video.htm

SisterNightroad

03-16-2015, 08:10 AM

Jessica Lange Confirms She's 'Done' With 'American Horror Story'

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Jessica Lange is officially leaving the "American Horror Story" franchise. The actress, who starred in all four seasons of Ryan Murphy's anthology horror series, previously said that the most recent season of "Freak Show" would be her last.

During Sunday's "AHS" panel at PaleyFest in Los Angeles, Lange confirmed the news. “Yes, I’m done," she said. "We’ve had a great run here. I absolutely love doing these four characters, and in all madness, I love the writers and Ryan and the insanity of shooting it.” Let that sad news sink in.

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While Lange may be leaving, the "AHS" gang announced a new cast member who will star alongside Lady Gaga in the upcoming season of "Hotel": Matt Boomer. The actor, who made a guest appearance in one episode of "Freak Show," was quiet about who he will play in "Hotel," saying only, "I can’t confirm nor deny that there will be a romantic relationship [with Lady Gaga’s character]." Cheyenne Jackson of "Glee" will also join the new season, but wouldn't spill anything else about his character.

No further details have been announced about "Hotel," but there are fan theories about a real-life hotel it could be based on. We also finally learned what those "Freak Show" top hat clues were all about.

"American Horror Story" returns in October on FX.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/15/jessica-lange-american-horror-story_n_6873892.html?utm_hp_ref=american-horror-story

SisterNightroad

03-17-2015, 05:06 AM

SisterNightroad

03-18-2015, 09:30 AM

Connie Britton ‘Would Love to Come Back’ to ‘American Horror Story’

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It’s no secret: Women have always run “American Horror Story.”

Whether they were running covens or performing as freaks, the women of “American Horror Story” have always made waves. The ladies of the show were celebrated by the Television Academy Tuesday night with a special panel, including cast members Kathy Bates, Jamie Brewer, Connie Britton, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe and Gabourey Sidibe and executive producers Jennifer Salt and Alexis Martin Woodall.

Some of the women, like Paulson and Rabe, had been in the show for several seasons — Britton, however, was only in the first, dubbed “Murder House,” but she hasn’t ruled out returning to the show.

When asked by moderator Debra Birnbaum, executive TV editor at Variety, if she would return to the show, she didn’t miss a beat before answering, “Of course I would!,” eliciting a roar of excitement from the audience.

“I would love to come back, but scheduling is tricky,” clarified Britton, who currently stars in “Nashville.”

Still, Britton looked back fondly on her experience on “American Horror Story,” remembering the show before it became an Emmy-winning hit.

“The thing that [creator Ryan Murphy] said to was, ‘You can take my word for it that you will not be doing anything that you’ve been doing for the last five years on this show,'” remembered Britton, who had been doing “Friday Night Lights” before “American Horror Story.” “And that appealed to me a lot.”

Bates, who first appeared in the show in season three, “Coven,” and would go on to star in season four, “Freak Show,” also looked back on where she was in her life.

“My show got kicked to the curb, I had a double mastectomy and I needed help!” said Bates. “And thanks to my friend Jessica Lange, she got an appointment with me with Ryan, and he pitched Delphine LaLaurie, and I came to life after all those difficult months.”

Even though Lange — who recently announced she won’t be returning to the show after being a staple on it for four seasons — wasn’t at the panel, her presence was certainly felt. The cast and exec producers sang her praises, spilling details on what it’s like to work with the actress.

“She, to me, is like a cat on a wire,” said Paulson. “She’s very alive and incredibly present and totally scary as hell, because there’s something very unnerving about someone who’s that alert in a scene with you. You kind of can’t get away with anything.”

“Being her only daughter was a thrill in itself,” said Brewer, referring to hers and Lange’s mother-daughter relationship in season one.

As far as future seasons go, the women were tight-lipped. None of them would even confirm that they would be in season five, “Hotel.”

Paulson, however, did drop a little scoop on “Freak Show.” The actress is the only one to appear in every season and never have a character die, but she said she thought her most recent characters, conjoined twins Bette and Dot, wouldn’t make it to live to see the end of the season.

“I think it wasn’t always the plan for the twins to survive,” said Paulson. “I don’t it was always the plan. And I think I was a little excited that I was maybe going to get to do a big death scene or something. Then I was always happy to hold onto my title as the only person who’s never died on the show.”

Though the night was focused on the women of the show, there were two men who those on the show wanted to praise. One of them was creator Murphy.

“Ryan Murphy is more enthralled with women and strong women and tough women and gorgeous women and glamorous women,” said Salt. “Every single kind of woman is what he lives for, and bringing them to screen and giving them great things to do is what he lives for.”

Sidibe declared that the highlight of her six-year career as an actress to date was a scene in which she got shot in the stomach, fell on the ground, crawled along the floor until she picked up the gun and shot herself in the head. “I’m never going to get to do that again,” she predicted, appreciating that Murphy let her be a “creep.”

The other man that was brought up was “Murder House” and “Freak Show” cast member Ben Woolf, who died last month after being hit by a car. Bates asked for a moment of silence for the late actor.

“American Horror Story: Hotel” will debut on FX in October, with Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer and Cheyenne Jackson confirmed to star.

Cynthia Littleton contributed to this report.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/connie-britton-american-horror-story-return-panel-1201455105/

SisterNightroad

03-19-2015, 08:56 AM

‘American Horror Story’ Season 5 Update: Ryan Murphy Announces New ‘Hotel’ Cast Member; ‘Freak Show’ Edward Mordrake Actor Wes Bentley Returns

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Another "Freak Show" cast member returns to check-in!
Edward Mordrake returns and this time, he's not back to take evil souls with him. Actor Wes Bentley joins the cast of "American Horror Story" season 5, but are there any other "Freak Show" vets returning?

Ryan Murphy, co-creator of the TV anthology series "American Horror Story" announces another addition to season 5 "Hotel" chapter, and it is no less than Edward Mordrake actor in "AHS: Freak Show," Wes Bentley:

Thrilled to announce Wes Bentley will be a series regular on AHS: Hotel.
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) March 17, 2015

The 36-year-old actor is known for his portrayal of Ricky Fitts in the 1999 award winning film "American Beauty" and has also appeared in "Ghost Rider" (2007) as Blackheart. His recent works include "Interstellar" (2014) and "The Hunger Games" in 2012.
His character in the upcoming "American Horror Story" season 5 remains unknown, and so far, official cast members include Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer and Cheyenne Jackson. "American Horror Story" vets have yet to be unveiled. However, this did not stop the "Freak Show" cast to share their thoughts about Lady Gaga joining the "Hotel."
Sarah Paulson, whose latest "American Horror Story" character was the two-headed performer Bette and Dot Tattler in "Freak Show" said, "Lady Gaga couldn't be more theatrical...I think nobody does it better than Lady Gaga. She'll fit right in," reported E! Online.
Another "AHS" veteran, Kathy Bates, who first appeared in "Coven" shared, "I'm a big fan of hers, my jaw dropped when I saw her on the Oscars."
Both Paulson and Bates have yet to confirm their return for season 5 but both shared their willingness to do so. The announcement of whether Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy, Emma Roberts, Dennis O'Hare and Michael Chiklis will return remains to be seen.
Meanwhile, Connie Britton who appeared during season 1 "Murder House" has recently shared that she is open to return to season 5 "Hotel." In a report by Variety, she said, "I would love to come back, but scheduling is tricky."
"American Horror Story: Hotel" release date is set for October. Stay tuned for more updates on plot and cast members here!

http://www.youthhealthmag.com/articles/12062/20150318/american-horror-story-season-5-hotel-cast-lady-gaga-cast-wes-bentley.htm

SisterNightroad

03-20-2015, 09:01 AM

'American Horror Story' Star Finn Wittrock Reveals Hardest Scene He Filmed For 'Freak Show,' Gives Lady Gaga Advice On How To Survive Shooting 'AHS: Hotel'
Mar, 17, 2015, 02:32 AM

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Finn Wittrock, who played Dandy on "American Horror Story: Freak Show," said that filming the gun spree in the season finale of the show "messed" him up a "little bit" because of his dislike of guns.
Finn Wittrock, who played fan-favorite Dandy Mott on "American Horror Story: Freak Show," has opened up about the most difficult scene he filmed for the fourth installment of the FX horror anthology series.

Speaking to PerezHilton.com on the purple carpet at PaleyFest in Los Angeles on Sunday night, March 15, the 30-year-old actor revealed that Dandy's gun spree in the season finale, in which the overgrown sociopath killed most of the surviving freaks, was the hardest scene for him to shoot.

"Honestly, I don't like guns," he told the website. "So that final spree was actually the hardest for me. It sounds really weird to say but strangling people, knifing people... [they're] more intimate. And shooting people from a distance, it's really not me. It messed me up for a little bit."

In the same event, Wittrock was asked by VH1 if he's got some tips for Lady Gaga, who was cast as the female lead in the upcoming season, titled "American Horror Story: Hotel." And the "Unbroken" actor said, "Get some sleep, because you won't be getting any once you get on set."

He added, "It's pretty crazy. Every character is different. Research has to meet imagination. Dandy was me tapping into my own inner child, and your inner child can actually be not just an innocent, peaceful thing. There's a wild ego in there that's in all of us. Dig into that part of yourself and let it roll."

Wittrock went on to share his thoughts on why he thinks the 28-year-old "Born This Way" hitmaker is a perfect fit for the show.

"You think about what Lady Gaga has done, [series co-creator] Ryan [Murphy] and her are both so theatrical and chameleons in everything they do and have a kind of noir sensibility anyway, so it makes a lot of sense," he said.

Wittrock, who said he has no idea if he's coming back in Season 5, can be next seen on the big screen in the sports drama film "My All American."

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/44250/20150317/american-horror-story-finn-wittrock-reveals-hardest-scene-freak-show-lady-gaga-ahs-hotel.htm

SisterNightroad

03-21-2015, 06:36 AM

Who Would the Women of American Horror Story Play on Hotel?
By Diane Gordon

One of the best things the American Horror Story TV franchise offers is strong, empowered female roles for a wide range of actresses. This was celebrated at the TV Academy’s “The Women of American Horror Story” panel in Hollywood this week. While details about season five are scant, we caught up with some of the actresses and asked which jobs they want if they wind up checking into AHS: Hotel.

Gabourey Sidibe
Sidibe didn’t hold back at all. “I’d want maybe the bellhop because you get to bring suitcases into every room. I’m kind of a weirdo and I like to see everyone’s room in the hotel. I’m such a weirdo, like if I pass by this building — I actually have done this before — I’ll look up the address and look up the floor plans for the building because I like to see the way apartments and hotel rooms are laid out. I’m such a creep about it. I’d like a job that would allow me to walk into everyone’s room.” Would she treat guests better if they gave her better tips? “Absolutely,” Sidibe says. “I’m gonna treat everybody horribly anyway [laughs]. But if you give me a tip, I’m gonna treat you a little less horribly.” Make a mental note: Always tip well.

Lily Rabe
Rabe hemmed and hawed a bit as she mulled over various hotel job options. “I guess I’d like to be … oh gosh ... they all sound really scary. Coat check — that’s terrifying. Bartender sounds scary. They’re all sounding terrifying to me as I think through them. But being a guest might be the worst, right? Then you’re the most vulnerable.”

Connie Britton
Britton surprised us with her job choice: “If I worked at a haunted hotel, I think I’d like to be the lady in charge of the laundry. Because how horrifying does that sound? The lady in charge of the laundry at a haunted hotel? I mean, come on! What are you going to be dealing with? You’ll see all of it. Ewww! Literally everyone’s dirty laundry. Gross! Awesome!” We think doing laundry is beneath Connie Britton, but then, she’s still Mrs. Coach to us …

Kathy Bates
She’s had her head lopped off and played a bearded lady in her past AHS incarnations. This time, Bates says, “I probably want to lie in bed and have people wait on me [laughs]. I just wanna order room service.” Who can blame her?

Naomi Grossman
The woman we came to love as AHS: Freak Show’s Pepper was very animated when we asked her about this. “Oh God, I can’t imagine we’d see more of Pepper, but I can imagine her: ‘Room service! Hee hee’ I think that would be pretty classic, although I don’t anticipate that happening.”

http://www.vulture.com/2015/03/women-ahs-hotel.html

SisterNightroad

03-22-2015, 08:16 AM

American Horror Story: Hotel Cast (Season 5)
American Horror Story: Vacancy (Hotel) centers on what goes on in a shady hotel. Obviously the already missed Lange isn't coming back but we've still got a whole cast to appreciate!

1.
Sarah Paulson
“ Janis Joplin, the real life female rock star unaware of the horrible fate that lies at her next hotel check-in
(Later Hotel Days) ”

2.
Evan Peters
“ The Prowler, a mysterious young man that can be found hanging around the hotel and dark alley ways
(Early and Present Hotel Days) ”

3.
Lily Rabe
“ Annabelle Evergreen, the new owner of the hotel who is slowly losing grip of reality
(Present Day) ”

4.
Michelle Pfeiffer
“ Martina McBride, the previous hotel owner with many secrets
(Early Hotel Days) ”

5.
Kathy Bates
“ Claudia DeVeau, Janis' agent that will do anything to keep her star client's image maintained
(Later Hotel Days) ”

6.
Frances Conroy
“ Maude Madelyn, a Marilyn Monroe copycat and murderous cougar
(Early Hotel Days) ”

7.
Angela Bassett
“ Lolita Jones, a jazz singer that plays at the hotel bar
(Early Hotel Days) ”

8.
Denis O'Hare
“ Leo Maxwell, the bartender and close friend of Lolita
(Early Hotel Days) ”

9.
Wes Bentley
“ Father Dominic Deon, the happy go-lucky leader of a very curious religious group.
(Early and Present Hotel Days) ”

10.
Alexander Skarsgård
“ Joshua Evergreen, Annabelle's supportive husband and potential target
(Present Day) ”

11.
Michael Chiklis
“ Dr. Nelson Brackett, an out of work scientist desperate for a place to work
(Early Hotel Days) ”

12.
Tammy Blanchard
“ Theresa Faulkner, the strict and bitter head maid that secretly peeps on guests
(Early Hotel Days) ”

13.
Matt Bomer
“ Terry Castro, a tedious bell boy with eyes and ears out for everyone
(Early Hotel Days) ”

14.
Lady Gaga
“ Elisa Starr, another popular lounge singer in competition with Lolita (Early Hotel Days) ”

15.
Steven Weber
“ Ray Ottoman, the unwelcome hotel inspector
(Early Hotel Days) ”

16.
Donald Sutherland
“ Father Abner Gates, a priest that comes to cleanse the hotel yet it backfires horribly
(Early and Present Hotel Days) ”

17.
Finn Wittrock
“ Chap Newton, an engaged man that makes the horrible mistake of spending the night at the hotel
(Early Hotel Days) ”

18.
Cheyenne Jackson
“ Thomas Seabras, a gossiping Bell Boy that has under gone strange activity
(Early Hotel Days) ”

19.
Grace Gummer
“ Emma Lam, a maid that has gone under suspicious activity
(Present Day) ”

20.
Christine Estabrook
“ Abigail White, the hotel's realtor
(Present Day) ”

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls073111084/

KarmaContestant

03-23-2015, 12:13 PM

SisterNightroad

03-23-2015, 03:24 PM

I am just now watching season 3 (Coven), and not really liking it very much. The characters aren't as well developed, and *don't shoot me* but I find the Stevie Nicks thing a bit silly. I'm only four episodes in, so I hope it gets better.

Asylum was so incredibly well-written.
I agree, but I found that season awesome at the beginning and progressively a bit disappointing.
My favourite seasons are still the first two, but Murder House is top for me and Freakshow third.
As you have said, Coven characters aren't very well-developed and that for me was the very sin of that season but, to make up for it a little, the photography and acting were stunning.
The silliness is deliberate though, because that season is intended to be a glamourous horror-comedy with lots of black-humour.

Macfanforever

03-23-2015, 10:43 PM

Not to drift off here but I seen Coven DVD box set at Walmart last month.

I'll have to catch the current version online someday.

SisterNightroad

03-24-2015, 11:31 AM

Not to drift off here but I seen Coven DVD box set at Walmart last month.

I'll have to catch the current version online someday.
Thank you, even if I cannot benefit from this opportunity other fans of the show will enjoy it!

SisterNightroad

03-24-2015, 11:33 AM

Chloe Sevigny Is Returning For 'American Horror Story: Hotel'
By Erin Whitney

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And the first official returnee to "American Horror Story" for Season 5 is Chloe Sevigny. Ryan Murphy tweeted on Tuesday that Sevigny, who appeared in Season 2's "Asylum," will come back for "AHS: Hotel" as a series regular.

Ryan Murphy ✔ @MrRPMurphy
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Very excited to announce that Chloe Sevigny returns to the AHS family as a series regular on "AHS: Hotel."
4:06 PM - 24 Mar 2015

So far, no other "AHS" regulars have been announced to return for the upcoming fifth season of FX's horror anthology series. Sevigny joins Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer (who appeared briefly in one "Freak Show" episode) and "Glee" star Cheyenne Jackson in "Hotel." Nothing more is known about the new season, besides the fact that "AHS" favorite Jessica Lange officially won't return to the franchise. (Although we have speculated about what the mysterious "Hotel" could be about.)

"AHS" fans will remember Sevigny as Shelly from "Asylum," an inmate at Briarcliff Manor. Sevigny's character faced one of the worst horrors the series has ever seen when Shelley's legs were amputated by Dr. Arden. Let's hope nothing that horrific happens to her in the hotel.

"American Horror Story" returns in October on FX.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/24/chloe-sevigny-ahs-hotel_n_6931750.html?utm_hp_ref=american-horror-story

Macfanforever

03-24-2015, 02:17 PM

Thank you, even if I cannot benefit from this opportunity other fans of the show will enjoy it!

No problem.I'm at your service.LOL. I'm just spreading out the message that its out there for us fans.

If I see or hear something somewhere in my travels or online about FM or its member .I'll post it on the Ledge.

Macfanforever

03-24-2015, 02:21 PM

SisterNightroad

03-24-2015, 02:40 PM

Wow look at that sidecut on Chloe .

I wonder if Ryan will call in Stevie for his upcoming shows.That would be great.
That was her signature hairstyle for Asylum.
It would be cool to see Stevie sing at the before the court but how could you link her to O.J. Simpson?
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Joking aside, I think she'd really enjoy Scream Queens since it's structured similarly to Coven.

SisterNightroad

03-28-2015, 06:55 AM

'American Horror Story' Alum Naomi Grossman Talks Jessica Lange's Exit; Pepper To Join 'Hotel'?

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"American Horror Story" alum Naomi Grossman dished a few details about her stint as Pepper in two installments of the hit FX horror anthology series during her Reddit AMA.

The actress shared her thoughts about Jessica Lange's exit from the show. Lange was part of all the previous seasons of the series, but she confirmed a couple of weeks ago that she will no longer return for the upcoming season.

"She's had an awesome career behind her," Grossman said. "I don't blame her for wanting to see her grandkids once in a while. What grandma doesn't want to see her grandkids? Haha."

Grossman, on the other hand, admitted she would love to be part of the upcoming season subtitled "Hotel."

"I would love [to]," Grossman said. "I think the other actors on 'AHS' get to play other characters, so why can't I? It would be an interesting move, to actually see my own face and maybe even hair! That would be awesome."

Despite being indebted to her microcephalic character Pepper, the actress admitted that she is ready to give life to another role.

"Don't get me wrong, I could do Pepper forever," she said. "I think it would be hilarious to see her knock on the door and call out 'housekeeping!' at the hotel, but I think it would be time for me to do something new on 'AHS!'"

Grossman's character was the first to appear in two seasons of the series: "Asylum" and "Freak Show."

The show's creator Ryan Murphy revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in January that all seasons of the show are connected and Grossman's character was used to unveil that major detail.

"There's definitely a rhyme or a reason and a connectedness to all of these seasons, but in the same way, they're standalones, which is the fun of it," Murphy explained.

He added, "Part of the fun of the show is the Rubik's cube design of it, but, yes, there are purposeful connections, character connections, and similarities and things that we'll continue to connect moving forward."

http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/54218/20150328/american-horror-story-alum-naomi-grossman-talks-jessica-langes-exit-pepper-to-join-hotel.htm

SisterNightroad

04-01-2015, 05:08 AM

It's the 1st of April after all...

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SisterNightroad

04-02-2015, 07:28 AM

Finn Wittrock Says His Success Is a Testament to Angelina Jolie
by Stacy Lambe 5:35 AM PDT, April 01, 2015

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“I try to keep my head down and do the work -- but, yeah, it’s been awesome,” Finn Wittrock tells ETonline about his breakout year, which went from a small role in Ryan Murphy’s HBO adaptation of The Normal Heart to stealing the spotlight from Jessica Lange as the murderous Dandy Mott in American Horror Story: Freak Show. The year ended with the 30-year-old actor sharing the screen with fellow up-and-comers Jack O’Connell and Domnhall Gleeson in Unbroken, the Angelina Jolie-directed World War II biopic about Olympic champion Louis "Louie" Zamperini.

In fact, both of Wittrock’s Unbroken co-stars are enjoying breakout moments as well. Gleeson will star in the highly anticipated Star Wars sequel, The Force Awakens, while O’Connell coupled the biopic with the successful blockbuster, 300: Rise of an Empire, and the indie hit, Starred Up.

“It’s a testament to [Angelina Jolie] and the casting,” Wittrock says of his director who handpicked the actors and served as a mother figure to them as they went through extreme physical transformations required to portray men stranded at sea (and later imprisoned in internment camps). “It’s been great for us in so many ways. Artistically, it really opened me up and definitely pushed me to places I’ve never gone before.”

With Unbroken and American Horror Story -- he says Murphy has kept everyone in the dark about Hotel -- behind him, Wittrock is focused on doing more movies. This year, he’ll star in two new films, The Submarine Kid, which he also co-wrote, and My All American. The latter will see him return to the biopic world to portray Freddie Steinmark, a former University of Texas football player who helped the team win the 1969 national championship then died of bone cancer two years later.

“It’s always hard,” he says of the pressure of honoring someone’s real-life journey on screen. “You feel a sense of duty to the actual guy who went before but at some point you have to let your imaginative brain take over. You can’t have a part based solely on imitation you have to add yourself to it.”

And if everything comes together, Wittrock may find his way back to the stage, where he made his Broadway debut in the 2012 revival of Death of a Salesman opposite Andrew Garfield and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. “I’m definitely itching to do something again,” he reveals. “There’s been talk actually with Ryan [Murphy] about this play, but it’s down the road.”

Whether or not things work out, the actor admits theater is a more fulfilling challenge -- at least in terms of the emotion toll. “For Unbroken, that death scene was really hard, but I only had to do it once,” Wittrock says. “To do it eight times a week is a different story. You have to make sure it’s something you can really get behind to be willing to go there every night.”

And don’t even joke about the idea of playing a character like Dandy on stage. “I would go totally insane,” he laughs.

Watch as Jolie gets caught in the rain while discussing the struggles of making Unbroken in an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the film now available on Blu-ray/DVD.

http://www.etonline.com/news/162062_finn_wittrock_says_his_success_is_a_testament_to_angelina_jolie/

SisterNightroad

04-07-2015, 07:37 AM

TAISSA FARMIGA

JUST JARED’s APRIL COVER STAR Taissa Farmiga has quickly become a unique, memorable presence on both the big and small screens. She has an endlessly-watchable quality that you can’t get enough of - whether it’s on film in Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring or in real life on the set of a photo shoot. Even if you can't define her oddball charisma, you know it when you see it.

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Taissa got her start in film at the age of 15 when her older sister Vera Farmiga cast her in 2011’s Higher Ground. But it was Ryan Murphy who put Taissa on the map by casting her as Violet Harmon in the first season of his hit series American Horror Story. Playing opposite Jessica Lange and Evan Peters, Taissa demonstrated a chilling depth with her acting prowess, earning her another key role on the third season of the show.

The critically-acclaimed series has repeatedly dominated the Emmy Awards, earning 54 nominations over its first three seasons. And in just four short years, Taissa has become one of Hollywood’s most promising young actresses.

“It’s like watching a peony explode, witnessing Taissa become a woman,” big sis Vera gushes. “She is mid-bloom right now and she is outrageously beautiful. Her cheekiness is in full swell, it’s lush and mischievous. I love laughing with her, always will. I love watching her prance about her life like some mythical unicorn.”

While Taissa doesn’t know if she will return for American Horror Story’s upcoming fifth season, she has no shortage of projects on her plate. She recently premiered two buzzy new movies - The Final Girls and 6 Years - at Austin’s SXSW Film Festival. She’s been shooting non-stop for the ABC drama pilot L.A. Crime with Erika Christensen. And Taissa has two other films in the can - Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes-based romantic drama and a western called In a Valley of Violence with Ethan Hawke and John Travolta.

“The fact that she’s flourishing in her career is just a known certainty,” Vera adds. “She’s always had an attack approach of thriving, when kids her age were just trying to survive, all to do with her innate compassion and passion and fearlessness. One glance into her luminous hazel eyes, and you know her goodness, her honesty, her kindness. I am so proud and in awe of my lil’ sister, but not so much that I still won’t poke her in the ribs with straws.” ■

Just Jared: Can fans expect to see you in future seasons of American Horror Story?
Taissa Farmiga: Well, season four just ended. So I'm hoping the fans will be able see me in the next season of American Horror Story, but we'll see. No promises.

JJ: What's your favorite scene that you've shot on the show?
TF: My favorite scene that I've shot, the most recent one, was on Coven, when I got to be impaled onto the wall. I got to sit there for like an hour on this awesome rig and just be leaning on the wall. And it was pretty fun, blood, guts, it was great.

JJ: Do you have a favorite prop from set?
TF: My favorite prop from American Horror Story is probably the witch hat. It just fits me, and I love it. I love tipping it down so you can't see me, but I can flirt with the eyes. It's my favorite prop.

JJ: Could you tell us about your character in the upcoming film, The Final Girls?
TF: My character in The Final Girls is 18-year-old Max. She's kind of like this 90's chick. She's got her Doc Martens and flannel, and she's dealing with the death of her mom. So two years have passed and she gets sucked into her mom's famous horror movie.

[CENTER]My celebrity crush is probably Chris Pratt. But like Andy Dwyer, 'Parks and Rec' Chris Pratt.

JJ: Any memorable moments with your co-stars Nina Dobrev and Alexander Ludwig?
TF: My favorite moments on the Final Girls set were with Nina and Alexander, they had a scare war going on. That lasted for months after shooting. Nina actually surprised Alexander, he was shooting in Ireland I guess, he was shooting Vikings. But on set, they were always trying to get our help, like, "Go distract him. I'm going to sneak around this tree." It was the best. It was really a blast.

JJ: Could you tell us about your character in your movie 6 Years?
TF: I play Mel, who is a college student, and she's been in a relationship for six years. So all through high school, she's been with the same boy, and she feels like she's a grown up because she's in a situation where it's almost like they're married, and how they act with each other. But 20-year-olds, they're rash, not fully emotionally developed, so she's learning to be that adult she really isn't yet.

JJ: What article of clothing do you wear the most?
TF: My favorite article of clothing is this black fedora that I bought with my sister Vera. It's always on my head. It's got this maroon little strip around it. Sometimes Vera will put a feather, but that's not my thing.

JJ: What are the last three things you charged on your credit card?
TF: The last three things I charged on my credit card were probably a plane ticket to LA, cough drops, and doctor's masks. Because I had the flu.

JJ: What are the next two things you want to check off of your bucket list?
TF: I want to take a personal trip to Europe. I've only ever gone there for work. The second one is I want to hang out with Alexander Ludwig so he can take me bungee jumping.

JJ: Who is your recent celebrity crush?
TF: My recent celebrity crush is probably Chris Pratt. But like Andy Dwyer, Parks and Rec Chris Pratt. WOOOO! Okay, it's hot in here!

JJ: Pick two celebrities to be your parents.
TF: If I was able to pick two celebrities as my parents, I would have to say [A Most Violent Year co-stars] Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.

JJ: Ryan Reynolds or Ryan Gosling?
TF: Ryan Gosling.

JJ: Kanye West or Jay Z?
TF: Jay Z.

JJ: Hugs or Kisses?
TF: Hugs.

JJ: Facial hair or clean shaven?
TF: Facial hair.

JJ: Star Wars or Star Trek?
TF: Star Wars.

JJ: Bath or shower?
TF: Shower.

http://www.justjared.com/spotlight/taissa-farmiga-spotlight.htm

SisterNightroad

04-09-2015, 05:36 AM

Kathy Bates Is Back To Run 'American Horror Story: Hotel'
The Huffington Post | By Erin Whitney

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Kathy Bates is officially back for her third season of "American Horror Story." Ryan Murphy announced the news of Bates' return for "AHS: Hotel" on Twitter Wednesday, revealing that Bates' character will be running the titular hotel.

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Kathy Bates is running the Hotel. #AHSSeason5
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Bates, who was previously in "Coven" and "Freak Show," joins Lady Gaga, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Chloe Sevigny and Cheyenne Jackson for Season 5. Nothing more is known about "Hotel" yet, but based on "Freak Show" clues, we've speculated what it could be about.

"American Horror Story" returns in October on FX.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/08/kathy-bates-ahs-hotel_n_7027704.html?utm_hp_ref=american-horror-story

SisterNightroad

04-13-2015, 05:39 AM

DENIS O'HARE: A HOMER RUN

After his riveting performance at D-CAF of An Iliad, a theatre adaptation of Homer's original tragic tale, Kurt Galalah sits down with Denis O'Hare of True Blood fame to talk war, foul, and Lady Gaga...

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War came to Downtown Cairo last Sunday, but not with soldiers in the streets. It came theatrically, in the form of An Iliad, brought to the stage of Falaki Theatre by a single actor and the words of one of history's most celebrated poet. Emmy-nominated actor and Tony Award winner Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story, The Good Wife, The Normal Heart, and the gay king of Mississippi on True Blood) stole the show as he retold the story of the Trojan War, conjuring his own, flesh-and-blood version of the tale that Ancient Greek bard Homer spun the 10-year-struggle at Troy into a tale for the ages.

O’Hare appears on an unadorned stage and shares the tragic narrative he is fated to tell for eternity. He is passionate, present, extraordinary. The epic text he’s co-authored with his director, Lisa Peterson, brings humour, pathos, and excitement to the ancient tale of the Trojan War, colliding it with the contemporary world and creating a wholly captivating theatrical experience. In one mesmerising scene, O’Hare numbly but relentlessly recites the names of war after war after war, scores of them, underscoring how violent humans are and how our history has been defined by our attempts to kill one another. It makes you sad, but also think whether we have really evolved as human beings. As the play ended, everyone got up from their seats and gave O'Hare a 4-minute standing ovation. An Iliad doesn't demand to just be seen, but experienced.

The next morning, it's not Achilles, Hector, Agamemnon or Priam I meet, but Denis O'Hare himself and director Lisa Peterson.

What's the difference between Homer's Iliad and your adaptation of it?

Peterson: When most people study Homer's version, they study it as classic literature. It’s an epic. It’s very long and it has hundreds of characters in it. With ours, we decided we wanted to create the experience of hearing an ancient story teller. Homer might not have been one person. Homer was probably many people who told the story to each other over and over again.

O'Hare: We wanted to have the audience get the experience of 3000 years ago. Like, you’re sitting at some local coffee shop or pub and a guy just comes in and he goes, “Who wants to hear the story of the Trojan War?”

I've noticed that you've made it very easy to understand and relate to…

Peterson: And that was exactly the point and why we made Denis speak in a very contemporary American vernacular and use a lot of contemporary similes and metaphors.

O'Hare: Like there’s this scene where I list the towns where every soldier comes from. It’s a famous part of the classic Iliad, which is like listing and listing all these islands, these Greek islands, but it’s very hard to read now. If I did it with the Greek Islands anyone would go, "Oh yeah, this doesn’t mean anything to me." So in the States we talk about boys from Ohio, Brooklyn, the Bronx, so when we tour, wherever we are, we create a new scene. I've memorised a list of Egyptian towns, and we've done that in Australia and New Zealand as well. We want people to feel the same way or at least understand and relate to these characters.

Peterson: It's really fun for us because it’s so much about being present, and Denis is so present on stage. It’s just so special to have him tell a story in front of you. To be honest, it’s different every night. He just won’t repeat himself. And I'm not saying this because Denis is here, but in addition to being a wonderful character actor on television and in films, he’s one of the best American theatre actors.

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I'm pretty sure you get asked this question a lot, but how? How do you survive up there for 100 minutes by yourself?

O'Hare: Well, we usually have a musician with us, so in that respect it’s actually not just me but two people, but we didn't have him in the flesh in Cairo. He’s doing another gig in New York.

No, but seriously, how do you prepare yourself? Because I'd just cry and faint…

O'Hare: There are a lot of technical stresses, so I’m always worried about my voice, there’s a lot of anxiety about that. Like, I worry if I haven’t been sleeping that good. Then the basic stuff which is learning the lines. I would say 98% of them are still in my head but that 2% could still kill you, where you reach for a verb. So I always review during the time I have. Then you have to think about why we’re doing it and why the character is doing it and where the character is on this night. It could change, depending on where we are. It was a bit odd to be here in Egypt as I had to think what he was thinking and what his experience was, but it was still wonderful.

Peterson: Me and Denis haven't really talked about this before, but out of all the places we’ve performed An Iliad, this is the place that has the most recent political unrest that’s world known, and we are like a block away from Tahrir Square, where it all happened. Our character beams up from ancient Greece to each place, but just imagine for him to beam up and feel the presence of Tahrir Square and all of the barbed wire in the streets. I don’t think that our poet has been in a place like this before, has he?

O'Hare: No, because America, everything is somewhere else. We export our war. There was Occupy Wall Street, which I think was contained…

Peterson: Except for the presence of 9/11 in New York. When we first did this, we were thinking about it. There are a few places towards the end of this where we don’t have it articulated.

O'Hare: I’m still thinking about that.

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You said when you first started An Iliad, you were thinking about 9/11. When exactly did it start and for how long have you guys been doing it?

Peterson: We’ve been writing it for over ten years and we’ve been talking about performing it since 2005, but the first time I started staging it was five years ago with two different actors. Denis has been performing it since 2012.

Do people's reactions change from state to state, country to country? What were you expecting of Egypt?

O'Hare: It changes in many ways, it changes with political climate. When we first did the play we have a line called nine years, and it was exactly nine years from 2003, when America first invaded Iraq. Nine years had a very strong meaning for us. We’re beyond that now and we’re out of Iraq officially, but we’re still in Afghanistan. We also have ISIS now, and ISIS is a very confusing thing for anybody because you kind of think “Well, do you not fight them? Do you not resist them?” Because they're really evil. They’re the bad guys. Isn’t that the proper use of the military? To go up against someone like that? So it confuses the simple anti-war stance when you’re faced with a… Hitler - that’s the example everyone always uses.

The play, also is not talking simply about one side. ISIS should also see this play. They should understand that what they’re doing can have no practical effect. What they can do will not last. All they’re doing is killing themselves and other people. They're nihilists, they’re wasting their own lives. They’re destroying things. That’s just as bad as anything else. They need this play more than anybody. They’re seducing young men into the idea that killing other people is a solution. That’s wrong. And our play speaks of that. So An Iliad is still very relevant when it comes to thinking about their existence. People always say "well you’re saying we shouldn’t fight people like Hitler?" You kind of go no, but Hitler also shouldn’t fight. It’s both sides.

What brought you guys to Egypt though? Why Egypt of all places?

Peterson: We particularly wanted to come to the Middle East but we want to go everywhere. We want to go particularly interesting parts of the world where the culture is different. But Egypt happened because there was a program at Sundance Festival that focuses on engaging with and meeting theatre artists in the Middle East and North Africa, so they met DCAF's Ahmed El-Attar, and convinced him to bring us to Cairo, and here we are.

O'Hare: We also want to go to Beirut, Tunisia, Hong Kong, Singapore, but particularly the Middle East, a place so many Americans are afraid of right now without any form of evidence. It's the most baseless sort of fear.

That is sadly true, because I have so many American friends and before they came to Cairo they thought the same thing, but once they came they realised it's not as bad as the media makes it look like...

O'Hare: Exactly. I was just saying we came from Chicago, working on our other play The Good Book that's about the Bible and we were in a place called High Park in Chicago, where there were security guards on many blocks all day and night and signs that say "No Guns" which means that people are carrying guns. In America, we have millions and millions of people carrying guns all the time. So talk about what’s dangerous? You could get shot in a movie theatre in Colorado… There are shootings all the time.

On a lighter note, have you had time to experience Egypt? Did you do any tourist-y things?

Peterson: I've been to Coptic Cairo; it's unbelievable, so much history.

O'Hare: I tried foul, and I love it. I also went to the Pyramids with my family, which was fantastic, and I’m really glad I went. A little incident happened there though. I was there with my husband and son and someone asked me, "Do you have a son?" I answered yes and pointed at mine. The guy asked my husband the same question and he could only answer with "Well, I have, a, son."

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As you know - or you should know - American Horror Story has a large following in Egypt, are you going to be in the new season?

O'Hare: Yes I will, but how do you know about it? Are people here caught up? How do you watch it?

*whispers "We pirate them"*

O'Hare: Haha, I'm glad people are watching it.

There's rumours that Lady Gaga is going to be in the new season of American Horror Story, is that true?

O'Hare: The rumours are true, but to be fair, if she's going to be in a TV show, it'd be American Horror Story. It's crazy though, who knows what she'll be doing in it.

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SisterNightroad

04-14-2015, 08:04 AM

Sarah Paulson Returns For 'AHS: Hotel' As 'The Baddest Bad Girl'

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We all expected it, but now it's official: Sarah Paulson is returning for "American Horror Story: Hotel."

Ryan Murphy announced on Monday that the "AHS" veteran, who's appeared in all four installments of the anthology series, is officially checking in to Season 5's "Hotel."

Ryan Murphy ✔ @MrRPMurphy
Sarah Paulson is checking into "Hotel." And this season, she's the baddest bad girl of them all. #AHSSeason5
9:35 PM - 13 Apr 2015

Who is "the baddest bad girl of them all?" No clue, but if anyone's a perfect fit for that role, it's the Supreme herself. Paulson also joins former "AHS" co-stars Kathy Bates, Chloe Sevigny and Wes Bentley, as well as newcomers Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer (he guest-starred in one episode of "Freak Show") and Cheyenne Jackson. We don't know what "Hotel" will be about beyond the fact that it's related to the top hat clue from "Freak Show," and that Paulson is equally as excited as we are.

Sarah Paulson ✔ @MsSarahPaulson
I so ****eeeen HAPPY to be able to finally tell you: IM BAAAAAACCK!! #AHSHotel
10:21 PM - 13 Apr 2015

Paulson's previous "AHS" characters include conjoined twins Bette and Dot, witch Cordelia Foxx, reporter Lana Winters and psychic medium Billie Dean Howard. The actress is also starring in Murphy's upcoming crime anthology series "The People v. O.J. Simpson" as prosecutor Marcia Clarke.

"American Horror Story: Hotel" returns in October on FX.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/13/sarah-paulson-ahs-hotel_n_7057310.html?utm_hp_ref=american-horror-story

SisterNightroad

04-19-2015, 08:46 AM

10 things we want from American Horror Story: Hotel

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The details are coming out thick and fast for American Horror Story: Hotel, which is set to debut this autumn.

If you haven’t seen American Horror Story: Freak Show and don’t want any spoilers then stop reading now. If you have and you want to know our thoughts on the next season of American Horror Story then keep reading.

Overall American Horror Story: Freak Show, the fourth season of the anthology series, was better than Coven. The show returned to its horror roots but there were still issues with the season overall meaning it didn’t reach the highs of Murder House or Asylum.

It has been announced that Jessica Lange will not be returning for Hotel, marking the first season without the show’s leading lady. Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Chloe Sevigny and Wes Bentley will all be returning alongside new cast members Lady Gaga and Cheyenne Jackson. It has also been confirmed that Matt Bomer will be back, presumably in a recurring capacity, after his one-off appearance in Freak Show.

As we approach the new season of the show, we’ve gathered our thoughts on the 10 things we want from Hotel.

1. Cohesive storylines. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, the show needs to return to cohesive story telling. Every season has had multiple storylines going on at once but Coven and Freak Show were a hot mess. Ryan Murphy’s shows are now famous for their frenetic pace and tendency to jump from storyline to storyline without ever really doing any of them justice.

2. Less stunt casting. Whilst it’s impressive to have so many familiar faces in every season, having a big cast of big names generally means they are all vying for storylines and to be honest it’s a bit distracting. We miss the earlier seasons when relative unknowns such as Taissa Farmiga and Evan Peters got the most screentime.

3. No introducing characters in the final few episodes. We love Neil Patrick Harris but his character in Freak Show screamed of a room full of writers trying to fill their episode order. Harris was great in the show but he should have either been in it from the start or not in it at all.

4. Don’t kill off the best character early in the season. Twisty’s (John Carroll Lynch) was too soon and he was missed throughout the rest of the season. Granted we got a glimpse of him in the season finale but he brought real horror back to the show.

5. Real resolution for the characters. In part this links in to the cohesive story-telling point we made earlier but we can’t be the only ones who got to the end of Freak Show and let out an ‘oh was that it?’ Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange) definitely did not get what was coming to her and that left us very disappointed.

6. Finn Wittrock. Dandy was the best character in Freak Show, aside from Twisty, and we hope that Wittrock is back for the new season. He’s a very talented actor and he was watchable even when the writers made Dandy ridiculous. We want him back and we want him to get a part worthy of his talents.

7. Another season crossover. We LOVED that Pepper (Naomi Grossman) was in Freak Show and we saw how she ended up in Briarcliff. The crossover felt natural and was one of the big plus points of Freak Show. There are rumours that Hotel may crossover with Murder House and we think that would be epic. If it means Dylan McDermott comes back too then all the better.

8. Genuine scares. At times Freak Show veered onto the shock factor. Murder House was much better with its creepy haunted house theme and jump out of your seat moments. Grossing us out does nothing but make us feel a little sick. The best horror is when things are left unseen or not used gratuitously.

9. Returning actors to play completely different roles. Sarah Paulson has played pretty much the same kind of character for all four seasons of the show and Kathy Bates has had limited variety. Both actresses are incredible and we want to see them play the polar opposites of their previous characters; after all that was the original intention when American Horror Story began.

10. Fewer minor character subplots. Did anyone really care about Penny (Grace Gummer) and her father (Lee Tergesen) or Regina (Gabourey Sidibe) in Freak Show? We certainly didn’t. Flesh out the main plots more for Hotel and stop wasting screen time on characters that come and go quicker than we can blink.

American Horror Story: Hotel is set to debut this autumn on FOX in the UK and FX in the US.

http://www.entertainment-focus.com/tv-section/tv-news/10-things-we-want-from-american-horror-story-hotel/

SisterNightroad

04-24-2015, 06:59 AM

Matt Bomer And Lady Gaga Will Get Pretty Close In ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’
They might even kiss. Gasp!
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We already know that “American Horror Story” season five will be set in a hotel, and we’re guessing it might even take place during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the Garden of Allah hotel, but what we don’t know is how Lady Gaga fits into all of this. Sure, Ryan Murphy teased that Gaga’s role on “American Horror Story: Hotel” will “shock people,” but doesn’t everyone in “AHS” carry an air of shock and surprise?

Now, thanks to “Hotel” star Matt Bomer, we have our first major Gaga-centric clue. We caught up with Bomer at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where he was promoting “Magic Mike XXL,” and he spilled the deets on what we can expect in “AHS: Hotel.”

“I know that I’ll be working with Stefani [Germanotta], Lady Gaga, pretty extensively, so I’m excited about that,” he said.

Okay, so this obviously means two things: one, he calls her Stefani, so they’re pretty tight already, and two, their roles, whatever they may be, are undoubtedly intertwined. And that has us very excited for what’s to come. Gaga and Bomer are both relative newbies to “AHS,” so their dynamic will bring an exciting new energy to the franchise. But wait! There’s more.

“Our storyline is really, really fun,” he added. “And I think what they’re doing with our characters is really unique and kind of an original take on it.”

An original take on what exactly, Bomer? Hollywood romance? Because we simply can’t wait until October to find out what the heck he’s talking about, we have a few suggestions of our own:

1) They’re Hollywood lovers.
It’s a tale as old as time: Hollywood romance. If “American Horror Story: Hotel” is set during the Golden Age of Hollywood, then it would make total sense for Bomer to be the Humphrey Bogart to Gaga’s Lauren Bacall. Glamour. Romance. Celebrity. Hollywood. That sounds like a true American horror story to us. Everyone knows the prettiest people keep the ugliest secrets.

2) They’re hotel musicians.
Gaga and Bomer are both talented musicians IRL, so maybe they’ll put their talents to good use on the small screen. Gaga could easily play the hotel jazz singer, while Bomer could be her swoon-worthy piano man.

3) They have an affair.
We’re sticking to our theory that Gaga’s playing an Old Hollywood starlet. (She was born to play that role.) But Bomer could be part of the hotel staff, lead by Kathy Bates. What if Gaga is actually romantically involved with Wes Bentley, and she and Bomer have a scandalous tryst in her hotel room? The drama!

4) He’s the voice inside her head.
Hey, this is “American Horror Story.” Don’t act like stranger things haven’t happened. Hollywood starlets have big egos, so who’s to say her ego couldn’t take the form of Matt Bomer?

http://www.mtv.com/news/2140741/matt-bomer-lady-gaga-american-horror-story/

SisterNightroad

04-25-2015, 04:44 AM

'American Horror Story': Evan Peters Returning for 'Hotel'
Becoming the latest castmember to re-up for the new season of the FX anthology.

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FX's American Horror Story won't be without Evan Peters for Hotel. Showrunner Ryan Murphy announced Friday that the fan favorite would be returning for season five of the FX anthology.

Ryan Murphy✔@MrRPMurphy
This season, Evan Peters will be waiting for you in Room 64. #AHSHOTEL
10:01 - 24 apr 2015

Peters becomes the latest castmember to re-up for Hotel. The actor has had a central role in all four of the previous seasons and was expected to return following his optimistic comments at PaleyFest in March.

Season five of AHS will star Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer and take place in a haunted Hotel. It will mark the show's first season without leading lady Jessica Lange.

Peters joins a cast that also includes Sarah Paulson as "the baddest girl of them all," plus Kathy Bates, Chloe Sevigny, Wes Bentley and Cheyenne Jackson.

AHS: Hotel will debut in October.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/american-horror-story-evan-peters-791250

SisterNightroad

04-28-2015, 01:33 PM

'American Horror Story: Hotel' Plot Rumors: Evan Peters To Play Character Inspired By Howard Hughes, Season 5 Story Set In Hollywood?

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Ryan Murphy has offered a few hints about the characters of "American Horror Story: Hotel."

When he announced Evan Peters' involvement in the project, Murphy said the actor "will be waiting for you in Room 64."

Considering how Murphy drops "arcane" hints about his shows, the room number might have a significant bearing on the upcoming season of the horror anthology series. It also might mean the installment would be set in Hollywood.

Describing the famed room located in Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont, The Guardian said in an article: "If you really want to go Hollywood A-List, stay in room 64, the two-bedroom penthouse (used by Howard Hughes so he could spy on starlets down at the pool). It has a marble hallway and an enormous wrap-around terrace overlooking the Strip."

Would Peters play a role based on Hughes? Murphy has not confirmed anything, but it would be a good character to explore.

Speaking of Hughes' eccentricity, the Time wrote, "Hughes locked himself in a darkened screening room for four months, doing little more than eating chocolate bars, drinking milk and relieving himself into empty bottles. Later he moved from hotel penthouse to hotel penthouse."

Apart from Peters, Murphy also hinted at what kind of characters returning "AHS" stars Sarah Paulson and Kathy Bates will play.

Paulson will be the season's "baddest bad girl of them all" and Bates will run the hotel where the season is set.

It is still unclear how the three characters connect, but more speculations are expected to arise until the show airs in October on FX.

RELATED: 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Spoilers: Matt Bomer Hints At His Role's Connection To Lady Gaga's Character In Season 5

http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/58587/20150428/american-horror-story-hotel-plot-rumors-evan-peters-to-play-character-inspired-by-howard-hughes-season-5-story-set-in-hollywood.htm

SisterNightroad

05-01-2015, 05:29 AM

Angela Bassett Joins American Horror Story: Hotel
BY CHRISTINA DUGAN 04/30/2015 AT 03:25 PM EDT

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Another American Horror Story alum has just checked in to the Hotel.

Angela Bassett is the latest Horror Story regular confirmed to return for the anthology series's fifth season.

Bassett – who was nominated for an Emmy for her performance in AHS: Coven – will join former cast mates Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Matt Bomer, Chloë Sevigny and Wes Bentley, as well as newcomers Cheyenne Jackson and Lady Gaga.

AHS creator Ryan Murphy took to Twitter to hint at Bassett's connection with the pop star: "In October, Angela Bassett will be making lots of trouble with Lady Gaga in the ballroom and elsewhere. #ahshotel."

Ryan Murphy ✔@MrRPMurphy
In October, Angela Bassett will be making lots of trouble with Lady Gaga in the ballroom and elsewhere. #ahshotel
7:08 PM - 30 Apr 2015

American Horror Story: Hotel will be open for business this October.

http://www.people.com/article/american-horror-story-hotel-angela-bassett

SisterNightroad

05-07-2015, 07:01 AM

Matt Bomer on Co-Starring With Lady Gaga in 'American Horror Story': We’re 'Going to Have a Lot of Fun'
by Denny Directo 5:35 PM PDT, May 04, 2015

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While the world waits with baited breath for Matt Bomer to sizzle on big screens everywhere in Magic Mike XXL this July, there's another big project that has fans equally as excited: his turn opposite Lady Gaga in American Horror Story: Hotel.

ETonline caught up with the 37-year-old actor at the 20th Anniversary Taste for a Cure celebration, which raised over $1 million for the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he gushed about his new co-star and what we can expect when the pair check into Hotel.

While the two have not met yet, Bomer said he is looking forward to working with Mother Monster, adding that they're "going to have a lot of fun."

"I'm a huge fan of hers and I think she's a profoundly gifted artist," he said. "I really looking forward to collaborating with her because I know she's going to bring so much to the table. I know loosely what our storyline is so I'm really excited about that."

So how does Bomer feel about expanding their collaboration into Gaga's world? The actor shared he would pretty much jump at the chance to star in one of the singer's music videos.

"I'm there. Free of charge" he said.

While we have to wait until the next fall TV season until the fifth installment of American Horror Story premieres, this summer fans will go gaga over Bomer in the upcoming Magic Mike sequel. The hunky star nearly broke the Internet when his ridiculously hot poster was unveiled earlier this month.

"I thought everybody's posters were fantastic," he said. "They were all unique and specific to everybody's character. The whole process has been really fun."

Watch the full interview with Bomer to find out how he thought his character poster stacked up against "the hulk" Joe Manganiello's.

http://www.etonline.com/tv/163910_matt_bomer_gushes_about_getting_to_work_with_lady_gaga_on_ahs/

SisterNightroad

05-08-2015, 08:07 AM

Angela Bassett Emmys chat (Exclusive Video)

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"If the script is good and I could find some worthy telling of that story, I'm gonna do it. Even though I'm scared to do it. Even though it's something I've never done before," reveals Angela Bassett during our recent video chat (watch below) about making her directing debut with the Lifetime original movie "Whitney."
The telefilm tell the story of legendary singer Whitney Houston and her relationship with Bobby Brown. What were some of the biggest surprises for Bassett when she stepped behind the camera for the first time? "I came to love editing. Love it. I thought I would be bore to tears, that it would be too technical. You know, 12-14 hours, eat your sandwich on your lap and let's keep going."

"Crowd scenes" were difficult, she admits. "Trying to make a crowd of 10,000 out of 150 people. That's a challenge. Trying to keep your 150 hanging in there with you, all day and all night. But, you know, I appreciated them and let them know it is no story without you. It can't be just these two people."
Bassett details how she came to cast Yaya DaCosta in the starring role and Arlen Escarpeta as Bobby, and she explains why she resisted the urge to cast herself in the movie.
As for her co-starring role on "American Horror Story," what does Bassett make of the show losing powerhouse Jessica Lange? "She will definitely be missed. She was phenomenal to work with. I mean, all that she possesses, her well of emotion, how she gets it done. It was just marvelous to watch and to bear witness to. But we still got Kathy [Bates]!"
Bassett also talks about her return to the franchise for Season 5, dubbed "American Horror Story: Hotel," saying that she's heard rumors it might be taking place during the Civil War.

http://www.goldderby.com/news/9177/angela-bassett-whitney-american-horror-story-freak-show-emmys-entertainment-13579086-story.html

SisterNightroad

05-09-2015, 01:06 PM

FX's 'American Horror Story' to film in L.A.
One horror story L.A. won't dread: Ryan Murphy's series to return to filming in the city: 'American Horror Story' expected to begin filming in L.A. in early July

Here's one horror story Los Angeles won't dread.

The FX television series "American Horror Story" is moving its production back to Los Angeles from Louisiana, a welcome boost to a city that has seen a sharp falloff in the number of TV dramas filming locally.

Ryan Murphy's hit horror anthology series is expected to begin filming its fifth season, "Hotel," in early July, according to FilmL.A. Inc., the nonprofit group that handles film permits for the city and the county.

"American Horror Story" filmed the first two seasons of its series in L.A. but moved to Louisiana after it was unsuccessful in securing a film tax credit through the state's controversial film lottery program.

A spokesperson for FX would not comment on why the series is moving back to L.A.

But a person close to "American Horror Story" said creative, not economic factors, drove the decision to move the series to Louisiana and back to L.A.

"Coven" was set in New Orleans while "Freak Show" was set in Florida but also filmed in Louisiana, where it was easier to replicate the Florida locations than in Southern California. "Hotel" also has a story connection to L.A.

The relocation also could be timed to benefit from California's newly-expanded film tax credit program, which eliminates the lottery system.

To keep more shows in Southern California, the state legislature last year agreed to triple annual funding and allow more projects to qualify for incentives.

The program also establishes a separate pool of incentive money -- $27.6 million -- that is available for returning series like "American Horror Story," which is expected to be among the applicants.

The new program kicks off next week when the California Film Commission will accept applications for non-independent TV productions.

"Hotel," which stars Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett and Sarah Paulson, will air on FX in October. The franchise is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television.

FX also produces the new drama "American Crime Story" in L.A.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-american-horror-20150508-story.html

SisterNightroad

05-19-2015, 08:37 AM

Naomi Grossman Teases "American Horror Story: Hotel" Return, Shows Off New 'Do

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Pepper the Pinhead no more!

"American Horror Story" star Naomi Grossman was spotted out in Los Angeles looking very different from her small-screen counterpart.

The actress, who was required to shave her head for two season of the hit series and sport a ton of prosthetics, was nearly unrecognizable on the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Reality TV Awards.

Sporting a red, off the shoulder evening dress and gold accessories, Grossman looked great -- while also rocking a noticeably longer 'do.

“I keep texting my stylist, like ‘What do you think, should we do streaks? Highlights next? Do you like the color? What do you think, Robin Wright Penn or shaggy rocker?’ and he’s like ‘Just hold off a minute, just get hair first,'" Grossman told toofab's Candice Brock on the red carpet. "I’m so excited; I actually have like hair to do something with!”

While we saw her play Pepper for two seasons on the show, Naomi has expressed interest in returning as a new character in a future season. So, will she pop up on "Hotel," alongside Lady Gaga?

"Of course there’s a chance. Anything’s possible in 'American Horror Story,'" she teases. "Anything could happen. The Beatles could be resurrected and reunited on that show, anything could happen!"

We also put her on the spot, asking what she'd like to see next in a show that's already covered everything from demon babies to minotaurs.

“I’m sure there have been mass murders in hotels, that’s probably where I would look first," she says of possible ideas for next season. "They always draw upon the past and history, so I imagine it’ll be something like that."

We'll see if she's right when "American Horror Story: Hotel" premieres this fall.

- See more at: http://www.toofab.com/2015/05/14/naomi-grossman-american-horror-story-pepper/#sthash.PwvawH9K.dpuf

SisterNightroad

05-20-2015, 04:17 PM

Sarah Paulson Teases Villainous ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Role, Plan to Become BFFs With Lady Gaga (Video)

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The actress debunks a major rumor floating around about her character in the latest episode of TheWrap’s “Drinking with the Stars: Emmy Edition”

“American Horror Story: Hotel” co-creator Ryan Murphy introduced Sarah Paulson as “the baddest bad girl of them all” when announcing the actress’ return to the FX anthology series, and Paulson teases what her boss could have possibly meant in the latest episode of TheWrap’s “Drinking With the Stars.”

“I’ve never played any villain on the show, so perhaps there’s going to be an element on bad, bad girl,” Paulson tells host Greg Gilman after shooting down a rumor about her character.

“Here’s the only thing I can give you … I am not playing Janis Joplin,” Paulson says. “I would love that, that would be amazing, but no, I am not doing that.”

She hopes what she will be doing is becoming BFFs with Lady Gaga, who been cast as a series regular in Season 5, which begins shooting in Los Angeles in July. Paulson isn’t afraid to express her excitement for the opportunity to bond with the pop star — but maybe Gaga should be.

“I will not have succeeded in this season if I do not have a way of contacting her directly, like a cell phone number, by the end of the season,” Paulson says. “It will be very embarrassing to me if we don’t become really tight, close friends.”

“The fact that I’m announcing that I want that is what should be terrifying to Lady Gaga,” Paulson adds.

http://www.thewrap.com/sarah-paulson-teases-villainous-american-horror-story-hotel-role-plan-to-become-bffs-with-lady-gaga-video/

SisterNightroad

05-23-2015, 01:38 PM

Jessica Lange Talks Hollywood Ageism, Sexism: Industry Is Run With Male Point of View
Emmy winner sounds off on male wish fulfillment and co-star age gaps in show business

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Jessica Lange has been the powerhouse female lead of FX’s “American Horror Story” for four years, and a symbol of female empowerment throughout her film career, but she’s not immune to conversations in the air this week about sexism and ageism in show business.

“Hollywood is run with this male point of view. Even if a woman runs a studio, she still does it with a male point of view. And as long as that exists, you’re still going to have this wish fulfillment,” Lange said during an interview for an upcoming issue of TheWrap Magazine.

“That men continue to be fascinating and attractive and virile, and women age and are no longer sexual or beautiful — it’s a fantasy that has nothing to do with reality.”

Her comments come on the heels of a Wednesday interview TheWrap conducted with Maggie Gyllenhaal, wherein “The Honorable Woman” star revealed her anger and disappointment when she was informed that her age of 37 was “too old” to be cast as love interest to a 55-year-old man.

Lange wonders, “why would a 37 year old want to play opposite a 55-year-old man?” “When I was in my thirties I wasn’t fascinated by 70-year-old men. But then, I didn’t have to be. It’s classic Hollywood, ” Lange posed while speaking from her home in New Orleans. “I’m glad the media has picked up on it, but it’s certainly not a new phenomenon.”

Lange’s swan song for the “Horror Story’ anthology, which has changed themes and characters each year while retaining most of the cast, was as Elsa Mars, the head of a traveling freak show. If she’s learned anything during her tenure as Ryan Murphy‘s horror queen, it’s about the human response to the inevitability of death.

“I think a lot of it is fear of mortality,” Lange said of the male lens on entertainment. “One’s mortality, one’s youth and virility… now they have Viagra, they’re humping away on their deathbeds. Hollywood is a perfect expansion of that idea that permeates our society.”

In addition to Lange’s feedback, prolific producer Brain Grazer weighed in on the debate Thursday. Grazer brought an optimistic point a view that there are workarounds to the gender and age gap, like that one he found for Jodie Foster in Disney’s 2005 thriller “Flightplan.”

“This feels like an unfair, illogical and prejudicial thing to do,” he told Wrap CEO and Editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman. “A 40-year-old woman, a 50-year-old woman… Meryl Streep today… they [all have] sex appeal. It’s just about chemistry of the couple.”

http://www.thewrap.com/jessica-lange-hollywood-is-run-with-male-point-of-view-even-by-women/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp

SisterNightroad

05-25-2015, 08:24 AM

Gaga to Ryan Murphy: "I heard you called for a blonde"

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Lady Gaga✔‏@ladygaga
I heard you called for a blonde @MrRPMurphy #AHSHotel
16:03 - 22 mag 2015

SisterNightroad

05-26-2015, 09:31 AM

Max Greenfield will check in to American Horror Story: Hotel
Posted May 25 2015 — 12:27 PM EDT

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It looks like New Girl’s Schmidt has booked a (potentially temporary) stay at American Horror Story: Hotel.

On Monday, American Horror Story: Hotel creator Ryan Murphy announced on Twitter that Max Greenfield has joined the show’s sprawling cast. According to Murphy, Greenfield—”like you’ve never seen him”—will join the show in October, but as Murphy teased, Greenfield won’t be “checking out.” So he either has a very permanent stay within the walls of the hotel, or he isn’t long for that world.

Ryan Murphy ✔@MrRPMurphy
This October, Max Greenfield (like you've never seen him) is checking in to the hotel….but not checking out. #AHSHotel
6:07 PM - 25 May 2015

Greenfield joins a cast that includes Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Sarah Paulson, Chloe Sevigny, Kathy Bates, Wes Bentley, and Cheyenne Jackson.

American Horror Story: Hotel will debut this fall on FX.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/25/max-greenfield-american-horror-story-hotel

SisterNightroad

05-27-2015, 10:29 AM

Everything We Know So Far About American Horror Story: Hotel
BY JOANNA ROBINSON

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Just a few short months ago Ryan Murphy announced Season 5 of American Horror Story with a splashy intro from his new star: Lady Gaga. Ever since then, information has been trickling in. Here’s a round-up of everything we know so far and our best guess as to how American Horror Story: Hotel will “radically reinvent” the gruesome FX series.

We Know Where and Probably When: There was some question as to where the 5th season might take place and though we don’t have official confirmation within the world of American Horror Story, we do know that production is moving out of Louisiana (where it has been for the past two seasons) and back to Los Angeles. Filming will start there in early July. We also know that Season 5, like the previous odd-numbered seasons, will probably take place in modern day America.

It’s All Connected: So what do you get when you combine horror, hotel, Los Angeles, and modern day? You get the frightening 2013 tale of Elisa Lam at the Hotel Cecil. The Canadian student was found drowned in a water tank, but a disturbing elevator surveillance video of her allegedly taken right before her death shows erratic behavior that some chalk up to drug use, and others to paranormal activity. Ryan Murphy has said before that the seasons are all linked so the fact that the Hotel Cecil (which has since rebranded as Stay on Main) not only reportedly housed serial killers Richard Ramirez in 1985 and Jack Unterweger in 1991, but also Beth Short a.k.a. The Black Dahlia would give Season 5 a connection to Season 1 where Short was played by actress Mena Suvari.

The Musical Theory: This part fall more into the “wishful thinking” than “we know for sure” camp, so I’ll be brief. But with the splashy casting of Lady Gaga, the possibility arose that American Horror Story Season 5 might fill the musical-shaped hole the cancellation of Glee left in Ryan Murphy’s heart. The confirmation from Ryan Murphy that the Top Hat motif in Season 4 was a massive “arcane” hint about Season 5 indicates that at the very least dancing, a la Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1935 musical Top Hat, might be in the cards. As you’ll see below, Murphy has cast several great dancers (and some singers) for Season 5, so musical lovers get excited. Could a hotel-hosted dancing competition—a la Strictly Ballroom or even They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?—set the scene for the horrors of the fifth season?

Many Regulars Will Be Back: There was some concern, at first, that the departure of star Jessica Lange would cause American Horror Story irrevocable damage. That may still prove to be the case but even without Lange in the lead, Ryan Murphy has managed to get most of the band back together. The show’s next biggest stars, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters, will return. Paulson reportedly gets to play a villain—or at least “the baddest bad girl of them all”—for the first time in her Horror Story tenure. Peters doesn’t get a character description, but Murphy promises his character will be “waiting in Room 64.” Permanent resident? Of the ghostly variety perhaps?

Newer regulars like Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett will also return. Bates’s character will run the hotel whereas Bassett will be making trouble “in the ballroom and elsewhere”. Sounds like either a poltergeist or a dancing competition. Both work for me.

Actors like Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, and Chloe Sevigny—who have all appeared in at least one previous season—will be back as series regulars for Season 5. Bomer implied that he might be a love interest for Lady Gaga’s character but, at the very least, he’ll be partnered with her for much of the shoot. Bomer, as we know, has some fantastic moves so fingers crossed for dancing partner.

There Are Some New Kids on the Block: There are some new faces alongside the familiar, returning ones. The big headline, of course, is Lady Gaga. We’ve no clue on what her role will be, but we know it calls for platinum blonde hair.
Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson—who previously worked with Murphy on Glee—was announced along with New Girl’s Max Greenfield. Murphy teased that Greenfield will appear “like you’ve never seen him” and promised that though the actor would be checking in to the hotel, he won’t be checking out. You can cue up “Hotel California” any time now. Both Jackson and Greenfield, for the record, are solid dancers.

Here are the Maybes: Regular American Horror Story player Emma Roberts is busy with Murphy’s other pulpy project Scream Queens but has said she thinks she’ll be joining Season 5 “at the end.” Another regular, Denis O’Hare, says he hasn’t officially been asked back yet, but that he signed a two-year contract last season so could be called up at any moment. American Horror Story favorite Frances Conroy will likely be too busy with Jason Reitman’s new series to join in the fun for Season 5 and there’s no word yet on Lily Rabe—though she hasn’t said no—but if she came back to the American Horror Story fold, I’ve no doubt she’d bring her dancing moves.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/american-horror-story-season-five-cast-hotel?mbid=social_facebook

SisterNightroad

05-29-2015, 12:09 PM

Evan Peters on Emmys, challenges of 'AHS: Freak Show' and playing drunk

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SisterNightroad

05-31-2015, 03:29 PM

Why Horror TV Succeeds, And The Difficulty Of A Good Wig
May 30, 2015 1:04pm

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Why is horror so successful on television? We’ll get to that, but first make note – Grimm is planning some kind of reboot in its fifth season. The Zombie-as-metaphor has evolved into a reflection of American office culture. And the hardest special effect of all is a good toupee. Those revelations and more spewed forth like rivers of blood from the unfocused but highly entertaining Scary 3.0: The New Horror panel, held today in the Paramount Theater at the start of the 2015 Produced By Conference.

In attendance were executive producers Dave Alpert of The Walking Dead, Norberto Barba of Grimm, Jeremy Carver of Supernatural, Carlton Cuse of Bates Motel and The Strain, and Tim Minear of American Horror Story. The five of them talked at length about the increasing success of horror on television and why audiences are responding so strongly to horror, digging in to how technology and social media impact their work, while also revealing surprising trivia, like the difficulty of making a convincing hairpiece.

So why has horror made such a strong comeback? Alpert attributes the success of horror on television in part to what he calls “a certain amount of escapism,” that allows audiences to set aside their own worries, but he went further, making the case that the genre’s resurgent popularity is a specific reflection of our tumultuous times. “It started during the economic crisis,’ he said, adding that “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that when the crash hit is when horror started to really take off on television.”

"Horror" is watching something dreadful happen to someone else -- "Terror" is the fear of something horrible happening to you.

Alpert continued that theme later in the panel. Zombies have, of course, always been used as metaphors, from civil rights turmoil, to consumerism, and even delayed adulthood, but in Alpert’s view they are reflective of American working culture. Asked why zombies are so scary, Alpert referenced the Chuck Klosterman essay “How Life Is Like A Zombie Onslaught", adding that “A lot of people, they spend all day working… somedays you spend all day responding to emails, and the more you do, the more you have to do.”

But other members of the panel weren’t necessarily so (humorously) glum, attributing the success of horror more to the changing landscape of television. As networks give greater freedom for shows to push the envelope, with the ability to achieve greater technical ambitions, and the increasingly cinematic quality of television, in that view horror is allowed to thrive more fully than was previously possible. “With higher production value and really awesome looking stuff, horror is like the perfect genre to play with cinema, and I think play with genre,” Barba said. “And audiences are enjoying… all the possibilities that we can do visually with horror.”

Carver concurred, adding “with all the programming out there now these horror shows can go almost in a way more niche in terms of they don’t have to appeal to everybody, they can be much more adventurous and daring.” But, he made clear, the writing ultimately matters most. “I personally think the horror genre is, like any other genre, the show is only gonna sustain itself if it has the characters to sustain these stories. Horror or not, I don’t think horror alone is going to bring people in.”

“Um, when you put a giant billboard up with a worm crawling into an eyeball, it kind of cuts through the clutter,” Carlton Cuse said about The Strain‘s success, to big laughs.

More seriously, taking about technological advancements that have made convincing special effects much cheaper, Cuse said outright that “it would not have been possible to make [The Strain] five years ago.” Carver backed him up, noting how SFX heavy Supernatural is, and how “well over a thousand” visual effects shots were made possible by bringing their visual effects team in house.

Not that non premium cable networks are allowing these shows an free hand when it comes to gore. All five producers talked openly about the things done to get around network censors. “You pad out your episode with horrible horrible things that you know will never be let on,” Carver said. Cuse meanwhile confirmed that The Strain has filmed so truly grotesque stuff that never made it onscreen – specifically, when the character Bolivar loses his genitals during his transformation into a vampire during The Strain’s first season, they actually shot a scene of “his d-ck falling off.”

But having those limitations helps, the panelists agreed. “Real horror is the build up, the suspense, the dread,” Minear said. “When you show something you take the air out of it.”

Minear also credited the current television landscape, which he called “the greatest boon to writers in recent years,” Minear praised the rise of the limited series, which he later said saves writers from having “to bullsh-t your way through five years,” and noted that with American Horror Story‘s success, other networks have explored limited series, citing The Slap and Aquarius in particular.

Other highlights:

* Discussing the success of their shows, and the need for reinvention, Barba dropped an interesting tidbit about the upcoming fifth season of Grimm. “The fifth season is going to go through a reboot phase just to keep it fresh,” he said, though he declined to elaborate.

* The panelists were very bullish about social media’s contribution to the success of their shows. Barba, noting how precisely analysts study social media reactions during broadcasts of Grimm, said “they’re almost like test screenings.”

* Talking about his anxiety regarding the SFX on The Strain, Cuse described his relief at how it turned out, before adding, to big laughs, that “The only thing people didn’t buy into was Cory Stoll’s hair.”

* So what scares them? Cuse: “earthquakes”; Barba: “disease”; Minear: “personal interaction”.

http://deadline.com/2015/05/produced-by-conference-horror-tv-panel-1201434799/

SisterNightroad

06-02-2015, 02:59 PM

Scream Queens', 'American Horror Story', 'Minority Report' Coming to Comic-Con
Twentieth Century Fox Television is also bringing 'The Omen' follow-up 'Damien', Seth MacFarlane's 'Bordertown' and 'Sleepy Hollow' among others to the annual convention.
June 02, 2015 08:24:46 GMT

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Twentieth Century Fox Television is already prepping for the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con. The studio has unveiled its line-up of programs that are heading to the annual convention from July 9-12.

Among the highlights is the world premiere screening of new series "Scream Queens" from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan on July 11. The cast of the show, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels and Keke Palmer, will also join "American Horror Story" stars Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Matt Bomer for a joint panel.

Also having its world premiere screening at the event is upcoming TV adaptation of "Minority Report". Fans can also expect a first look at "Damien", an upcoming series based on horror film series "The Omen".

Seth MacFarlane will participate in a SDCC panel for the first time to talk about the new seasons of "Family Guy" and "American Dad!", as well as debut a first look at new comedy "Bordertown" which he executively produces.

Another new series, "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll", will have a panel with series creator/star Denis Leary and other cast members Elizabeth Gillies, John Corbett, Elaine Hendrix, Robert Kelly and John Ales scheduled to attend.

Other shows coming to the convention include "Sleepy Hollow", Will Forte's sophomore comedy "The Last Man on Earth", "Salem" (WGN America), "Bob's Burgers" and "The Simpsons".

Further details of the Twentieth Century Fox Television panels will be revealed in the coming weeks. The studio will also have a two-story booth at the convention center.

"The Strain" (FX) and "Doctor Who" (BBC America) are going to take part in the event as well.

Read more: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00084227.html#ixzz3bw7H2pF7

SisterNightroad

06-03-2015, 02:01 PM

Sarah Paulson Emmys chat: 'AHS: Freak Show' was hardest thing I've ever done (Exclusive Video)

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"This was the hardest thing I've ever done, for sure," admits Sarah Paulson ("American Horror Story: Freak Show") during our recent video chat about the challenges of playing conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler. "I played both characters [and] I worked very hard to make sure that the girls had two distinct personalities ... In the beginning it was an incredibly terrifying, overwhelming deal in terms of how we were gonna figure out how we were gonna do this."

When she first learned she'd be playing the groundbreaking role of a two-headed woman, Paulson reveals, "I don't think I really believed it until [Ryan Murphy] sent me the first script and I thought, I can't believe this is really happening and that I get to do this. It's really exciting."

Despite the immense challenges that came with playing the two girls, Paulson tells us, "By the time we got to the middle, to the end of the season, I felt that there was nothing they could throw at me within this world that I couldn't pull off in terms of the technicalities of the things we were doing."

Even though Paulson has two Critics' Choice TV Awards victories under her belt, she has yet to win an Emmy despite three prior bids ("Game Change," "AHS: Asylum" and "AHS: Coven"). Could this year be the charm? Gold Derby's combined odds currently have Paulson in first place in the Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress category, one that'll be full of many heavy-hitters. "I feel very honored that when I get nominated I'm up against these sort of very, very celebrated, anointed actresses whom I've always admired," she says. "Pinch me, I can't believe I'm in this company."

Don't forget, Paulson may have a head up on the competition this year because Emmy voters love rewarding performers who play dual roles or have multiple personalities. Just ask Toni Collette ("United States of Tara"), who earned her Emmy in 2009 for showing her range and versatility as a woman battling her alters. Paulson's theory? "I guess it shows a certain range within the show itself."

Also in our chat, Paulson teases her upcoming roles in "American Horror Story: Hotel" (she plays a "badass") and "American Crime Story: The People vs. O. J. Simpson" (she plays Marcia Clark) and relives her favorite moments working with departing star Jessica Lange.

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SisterNightroad

06-10-2015, 02:01 PM

‘American Horror Story’ Emmy exclusive: Finn Wittrock on Dandy Mott, memorable ‘Freak Show’ scenes, future
June 9, 2015

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To say that Finn Wittrock was one of the breakout TV stars of 2014 would be an understatement. This is an actor who had a chance to appear in Ryan Murphy’s “The Normal Heart,” and then transitioned over to “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” where he had an extremely memorable arc as infantile psychopath Dandy Mott. His arc went from the beginning of the season more or less until the end, and it was full of sensational character moments, shocking endings, and of course plenty of death. Dandy is responsible for the death of a good many characters on this past season, though he eventually did meet a grisly fate of his own.

Today, we had a chance to speak exclusively with actor Finn Wittrock in our latest edition of our Emmy Preview series, and we had a chance to go through much of what it took for him to give such a fantastic performance this past season (one that is definitely nomination-worthy). We also briefly talk about what the future could hold for him at the end of the chat.

CarterMatt – Was it around this time last year when you started filming ‘Freak Show’?

Finn Wittrock – It was around mid-July last year I believe.

It has to be a strange experience going from doing all of that to still talking about the character now. Is that hard to do? Has your impression on the character or anything on the show changed over time?

It’s kind of that thing where the more you talk about it, the more you realize what it is. A lot of stuff that you do unconsciously when you’re filming it, sometimes after you get some perspective on it you’re like ‘oh yeah, that’s what I did’ (laughs). You can articulate it. If it’s a movie or a show or a part that I get sick of, sure [it would be hard]. But I had so much fun doing this and it was so stimulating … I’m sure that by the time the Emmys are over I’ll be like enough Dandy! (laughs), but it was so cool. First of all it opened so many doors for me, and as an actor it was such a fun, challenging stretch as a character.

I remember back when Ryan first announced you were on the show on Twitter, and while I had seen ‘The Normal Heart’ and was excited, I had no idea who you were playing. When did you first get the news yourself?

I didn’t know for a while. Last year I was wrapping this football movie called ‘My All-American,’ and it probably could not be any more different than Dandy, and I remember around the end of the shoot I got the first three episodes of ‘Horror Story,’ which told you a lot but didn’t tell you everything. Then we started filming not long after that. The turnaround between getting it and working on it was not that huge. You kind of had to take a leap and trust your instincts, and trust that Ryan is going to lead you in some awesome direction, though you don’t know what that is.

Because Ryan directed the first episode of last season, I got to spend some time talking with him one-on-one, which is a special thing. That was less about the storyline, but more around what we thought Dandy’s backstory was, what his emotional infrastructure was, was he capable of love, his sheltered childhood, and sort of the idea of him having an infant ego that never grew up, even though the rest of his brain really did mature. You have this really smart person with this really infantile, emotional state, which is kind of a scary combination.

We kind of went from there, and every new episode was kind of late ‘what are you going to throw me this time?’ (laughs). ‘Who am I going to kill now?’

So what in the world is the preparation like for this character? He’s obviously got this terrible part of him, but then we also saw early in the season that a big part of him really just wants to be accepted.

It’s like going back to the playground. He never was accepted, despite all of his wealth and all of the opportunities he had. You saw what happened in the second episode; not even the freaks accept him. So he’s always sort of ostracized, and that leaves him lonely, and that kind of vacuum is what leads the way for the clown to become his idol. Like his god, almost.

The prep kind of kept coming back to the inner child thing; it may sound hippy-dippy, but that’s kind of what it was about. ‘Me me me me me.’

What was it like filming some of those scenes early on with John Carroll Lynch as Twisty? You’re doing these scenes with someone who doesn’t communicate in traditional dialogue, not reacting in traditional ways. Were these scenes even more exciting?

It’s exciting to break up the pattern of your line / my line. I was working with such a good actor in John so that it wasn’t a monologue, even though I had all of the words. It was definitely a dialogue, and he was [acting] it through as an actor would. He wasn’t just a stuntman, standing there. He was giving me a lot, and it was a scene between us. There were definitely still challenges about that kind of thing, like ‘what exactly is f***ing happening?’ (laughs); it was about getting specific about this really bizarre reality.

There are a lot of people who talk about the bathtub scene or the killing spree at the end as these iconic Dandy moments, but is there maybe a part of the season that you are especially proud of that maybe isn’t getting the same sort of attention?

My last big scene with Frances Conroy, [who played my] mom [Gloria], I was proud of that, actually. I thought that the scene had a lot of ups and down, intricacies. It wasn’t just like a one-note, ‘I’m going to kill you, mother.’ In it we found, because she’s so good, a whole lot of depth there. Even the murder itself is not even an act of pure hatred. [There was self-loathing], sadness that I have to do this. A plethora of feelings. The complexity of that scene was definitely one of my favorites.

At what point during the production did you get the sense of what was going to happen to this character? I’m sure that even before you were told, there was probably a feeling of ‘yeah, this guy’s not making it to the end alive.’

Yeah, I didn’t think he was going to reform. (Laughs) There were a lot of rumors flying around the set before, based on the fact that the writers were toying with different ideas; in terms of whether he was going to die or not, that was the big question. I heard conflicting things from different people. I honestly didn’t know until I read it.

I had a pretty decent idea that he was at least going to go out with a pretty big bang. It kind of had to end, after a lot of murder. We all kind of saw that coming. So the big question was ‘does Dandy get away with it or not'; actually, the show has been like that through all of the seasons. Despite being twisted and dark and macabre as it is, there is bizarrely like a moral compass to it. People usually do get what they deserve in this universe.

We talked a little bit about the killing spree [at the end of the season]. How twisted was it to film that?

It was actually really hard. People are always asking me ‘did it affect you working on Dandy, going into a dark place?’. Some characters you take home with you more than others. With Dandy, I was mostly able to kind of leave him on set when I went home, and not let him crawl into my nightmares (laughs). The killing, though, I did start to get some guilt and self-loathing after that. I was a little sick with myself. Especially with a gun! I really don’t like guns, so having to shoot all of those people did have an [impact] on me.

But actors love to die, you know, so everyone who I was killing was having a great time! I was just like ‘I hate myself.’

But when you did get to die, did you have a good time with that?

I did. Technically it was a very difficult process, that cage. There were some issues with it, and it was our last day and we were so tired. It was definitely a trying day at work; I felt like I really earned my paycheck at the end of it. It really was fun; I knew he had to die, but I really wanted to see that he had an epic death and I think he got it. I felt it was a wonderful kind of cinematic irony for him going out on stage. This was the dream he had all of his life, and the one time he gets it, it is like this great death scene.

A couple of last questions for you. Before the show premiered, were you worried at all that some would try to transpose this character onto you in any way?

Oh definitely. People do that. Like, when I was on a soap opera [in “All My Children”], people were like ‘why did you sleep with Colby’s mom?!’. People would get mad at me! People who are very into a show often don’t make any discrepancy between the character and you. I was mostly worried that they would just write it off as a weird, psychopathic mama’s boy and not be willing to go to any depth with him. That was my work. When I saw the reaction and saw that people were scared and creeped out, but there was also more than that, that was encouraging.

So what are you looking for next? I’m sure that you’ll want to work with Ryan and Ryan would want to work with you again, but is there anything in particular that you are looking for?

I’m always wanting to find a thing that is somewhat of the opposite direction of the thing I’ve done before. I am looking to do something … whatever the opposite of Dandy is (laughs.) Maybe something gritty and masculine. We’ll see. You kind of don’t know until you see it. I’m sure that Ryan has something up his sleeve.

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SisterNightroad

06-12-2015, 07:17 AM

Emmys: 'American Horror Story's' Evan Peters on the "F—ed-Up Stuff" He Loves
by Bryn Elise Sandberg 6/11/2015

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This story first appeared in a special Emmy issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

His character in the X-Men films, Quicksilver, is a mutant capable of superhuman speed — that must be typecasting because Evan Peters, 28, has spent the past couple of years zooming between soundstages and working on multiple projects simultaneously. This summer, he’ll do it again, shooting X-Men: Apocalypse while at the same time taking on another role in the FX anthology series American Horror Story, which is about to start production on its fifth season (this one titled Hotel). He spoke to THR about the "f—ed-up stuff" he loves.

What drew you to American Horror Story?

I was basically out of work. I didn’t know it was going to be anything like it ended up being, but I just fell in love with [my character] Tate. Then Ryan [Murphy, the creator,] called me and asked me if I wanted to do season two and said, "Do you want to be a different character? Because it’s going to be a whole new story." That’s a huge draw because you don’t get pigeonholed. I’ve had the opportunity to play four different characters so far, which is just unheard of.

And it helped you land the role of Quicksilver in 2013’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, right?

Yeah, [director] Bryan Singer is a really big fan of AHS. He called me up and told me he has this cool role for me in X-Men, a guy who is incredibly fast and hyperactive, and if you give him some caffeine, forget about it. I said, "He sounds really fun, so of course." And then I got off the phone and started jumping on the couch.

This year, you’re hoping to compete in the lead actor in a miniseries/movie category at the Emmys. What makes Freak Show’s Jimmy Darling more than a supporting character?

He was kind of the leader in the freak show — and it was a really hard role. There was a lot of emotion involved, a lot of physical stuff. Wearing those [deformed] hands every day and trying to make them believable was very difficult. I mean, they were rubber. You can’t really touch anything because the paint rubs off quickly and the glue comes undone. They were a very temperamental prosthetic.

But they ended up getting cut off at one point.

I didn’t expect that. Poor Jimmy. They ended up giving him wooden hands. That was another challenge, to re-create the experience of not having any painkillers.

What sort of character do you want to play next season?

Something totally scandalous. I like the real f—ed up stuff.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-american-horror-storys-evan-801599

SisterNightroad

06-12-2015, 02:24 PM

Jessica Lange On Leaving 'American Horror Story': "There's Always An End To Everything"
By Antonia Blyth

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In her four seasons of American Horror Story, Jessica Lange has carved a niche as the show’s grande dame. From her turn as a crazed nun in Asylum to the deranged witch of Coven to most recently her all-singing ringmaster Elsa Mars in Freak Show, Lange steals the show every time. Raking in two Emmys, a Globe and a SAG award for her AHS efforts, her recent announcement that she will not be joining the latest in the series, Hotel, has come as a shock to fans. Her involvement with AHS creator Ryan Murphy does not end there however. He will be producing Long Day’s Journey Into Night on Broadway in which Lange will reprise her role as Mary Tyrone – a performance that won her an Olivier award nomination in 2000 —opposite Gabriel Byrne.

A nation weeps–it’s the end of American Horror Story for you. Why?

I mean they’ll continue and it’ll be great. You know, when I originally agreed to do this, it was for one season. (I thought) “this will be interesting to try this. I’ve never done this kind of television before.” Then I had such a great time doing it the first year, when they approached me to do it again I thought, “well okay, maybe we can do it season to season.” Instead, I agreed to do three more seasons. And that was fine because I’ve had just such a great time doing it. I have no regrets or second thoughts about that decision. But there’s always an end to everything.

You seem to have an almost collaborative relationship with AHS creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

Yes, I mean I love Ryan. I think he’s absolutely unique and wonderful and brilliant. And the fact of the matter is what kept me coming back were the characters. I mean they wrote such characters for me – so diverse and wild. They gave me so much to do every season in a time in my career where that’s the exception not the rule anymore. I mean we could get into a long thing about women aging in Hollywood and what happens.

That shouldn’t be a topic of conversation anymore, but unfortunately it is.

No, it shouldn’t. But it is because that’s just the natural order of things. There’s a period of time when the work is just plentiful, and then there’s a steep drop-off as far as what is still interesting to play. What was great about these four years is that it reminded me of the kind of work that I was doing when I was in my thirties and forties. Those huge roles. It was kind of like inexhaustible, bottomless. I mean what you could do. And well written with really something to play. I mean, this last season, it was just huge. It was a great role – one of the best I’ve ever had. I really hope that Ryan and I can continue some kind of work situation, but I did feel like four seasons for me was probably enough of this particular piece.

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“What kept me coming back were the characters. They wrote such characters for me, so diverse and wild”

Murphy will produce Long Day’s Journey Into Night on Broadway–you’re playing Mary Tyrone, one of your favorite characters–a role for which you previously won an Olivier Award nomination.

What was wonderful is Ryan and I were talking, he’s so generous, and I mentioned this thing of wanting to do this play because I had done it 15 years ago and I really wanted to do it again. He went out and got the rights, which was so touching. I love him. He’ll be involved as a producer, but he signed it over to the Roundabout Theater so it’s all done, it’s a not-for-profit theater, and we’ll do it on Broadway next year. It’s going to be great. At one point I thought, “what if this doesn’t work out? I don’t care. I’ve played Mary Tyrone,” and then it kept getting closer, one step closer, and I thought, “yes, I get to do it again.” I loved that character.

You consistently play these kind of tortured, extreme women–what draws you to these characters in particular?

Well I just find them so much more interesting. It allows you to really just work from your imagination. Whatever you can imagine is possible because there are no limits to these characters. You know, I’ve always loved that thing of a character who’s just walking that tightrope between holding onto sanity and just with a slip of a foot can fall into that well of madness. All the great characters that I’ve played have been like that – certainly Blanche (DuBois) and Frances Farmer. I do love that thing of navigating that edge.

Your performance of Life on Mars was so Bowie-esque on Freak Show–how did that come about?

The first song Ryan presented was Life on Mars. (I thought), “I mean, what? Certainly not.” But then I realized it’s so perfect and it’s so brilliant because of what the lyrics are and the fact that it’s David Bowie. I studied his music video from that and they copied the blue suit. His movements were very minimal. So I studied them very carefully because I thought, “if I’m doing David Bowie, I’m never going to be able to come up with something’s that’s going to be better than David Bowie. I’ll do it as an homage to his brilliance.”

What is it about TV that works for you in comparison to film?

Well it’s a couple of things. For me it was kind of a perfect storm because of the length of time that you’re given to develop the character – 13 hours as opposed to an hour and-a-half film time – and yet I didn’t have to sustain the same character from one season to the next which, knowing me, I’m sure I would have gotten bored. So this was the best of all possible worlds.

Do you have an all-time favorite co-star? You’ve worked with so many of the greats.

Well probably my all-time favorite, and I worked with her twice, was Kim Stanley. There’s nobody like her, nobody. There was a rawness to her and a truthfulness and a ferocity. I loved working with Tommy Lee Jones, we had a really great way of working together and obviously Nicholson and DeNiro. Liam Neeson. It’s a long list.

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SisterNightroad

06-13-2015, 10:59 AM

American Horror Story’ Cast on Lady Gaga and Trusting Their Writers

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Lady Gaga’s casting in the next season of “American Horror Story:Hotel,” may have thrown the Internet, but the cast of the horror anthology wasn’t too shocked.

“Are you out of your mind?” Kathy Bates asked an audience member who asked about the “nontraditional” casting at a For Your Consideration panel Thursday night. “It’s perfect casting for this show!”

“I’d set your TiVos if I were you,” exec producer Tim Minear teased.

Bates and Minear, along with cast members Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Finn Wittrock, Denis O’Hare and John Carroll Lynch, gathered at Paramount Studios in front of Emmy voters for the FYC “Freak Show” screening and panel, going over everything from the aforementioned pop star joining the show to their biggest challenges in the unique series.

When asked about what it’s like to tackle a new character in every season (“Freak Show’s” Elsa was her favorite, she revealed), Lange, who is leaving the show after four seasons, praised the system.

“I thought it was the greatest,” she said. “I mean, I love that whole idea of a repertoire theater, you know, a company. It was exciting because you come and you’d be playing with the same actors, actors that you really love and have deep respect for, and you know their rhythm and you know how you work together and everything, but you’re both in different skins. I mean, I thought that was one of the best conceits of our show.”

“Every actor has to be so brave,” she went on. “There’s never a moment where you can be timid with your character or the subject matter. So you know right off the bat that the actors you’re working with, from experience and the way you’ve worked together over the seasons, that there’s never going to be any hesitation on their part either.”

Bates echoed her praise, calling it an honor to work with actors who know how to handle the challenge. O’Hare, who starred in “Murder House,” “Coven” and “Freak Show,” also pointed out the narrative that such a format lays out.

“It also set up a weird sort of multiseasonal theme,” he said. “For instance, Taissa [Farmiga] and Evan [Peters] were lovers in more than one season. People took the same kind of role. I always tended to be subordinate to Jessica’s characters somehow. I was either a henchman, a servant — in love with her somehow. But it’s a crazy thing that you can get an echo of a past season because of those sort of relationship themes. That’s a really complicated thing that’s only possible to do in this kind of form.”

With the series’ unusual format, though, the cast also faces unusual challenges. One audience member pointed out that they may not know where their characters will end up a few episodes from now, forcing the actors to create their own backstory.

The cast members chalked up their success to several different factors, but Lynch pointed out an important one: trust.

“There’s another level of trust,” he said. “You jump in and go, ‘Okay, I’m just going to trust that you’re going to take me to a place that’s going to make all of this make sense.’ You really have to really trust them.”

Lynch noted that television overall is a collaborative process, and that actors have to be willing to accept writers will always be a little bit ahead — but, as Lange pointed out, “Not always ahead of you!”

As for Bates, she focused on living in the current scene and letting the writing guide her that way. She brought up a memorable scene in “Coven,” in which she and Gabourey Sidibe’s characters, who were once enemies, headed to a fast food restaurant late at night.

“It’s living in the moment,” she said. “You have to make each moment, each scene, real. When I read that Gabby and I were going to go to the hamburger joint in the middle of the night, I was just absolutely thrilled. I thought that would be so much fun. But I never would have dreamed in a million years that our characters would be doing that. But that’s part of the fun of it, I guess.”

The panel was followed by a “Freak Show”-themed after-party, complete with contortionists, fire breathers and carnival food. “American Horror Story” returns to FX with “Hotel” in October.

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SisterNightroad

06-15-2015, 12:30 PM

‘American Horror Story’s’ Finn Wittrock Talks Fake Blood, Tighty-Whities and the Emmys

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Is there any TV series with a higher volume of disturbing images than “American Horror Story”? Probably not. The anthology series’ latest chapter, “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” may have outdone its predecessors in this arena.

Most of the season’s terrifying moments were supplied by Finn Wittrock (“Unbroken,” “The Normal Heart”) as the murderous man-child Dandy Mott. Wittrock spoke to Variety about the joys of getting acquainted with stage blood, working with Jessica Lange and his hopes for Emmy season. Oh, and he wants you to know that he’s much nicer than the unhinged guy he plays on TV.

What was the best part of playing Dandy?

The clothes. I just got to wear really nice Brooks Brothers suits and really go for it. That was fun. The best thing about the show is getting to work with the best people, and really going to dark depths with them. Frannie (Conroy) and I really got to invent and discover this bizarre, twisted relationship together. We have the same alma mater, the old Juilliard, so we kind of spoke the same language. Well, she speaks her own language, but I understood.

And getting to work with Sarah (Paulson), too, was a pretty special thing. Working with both of her heads was a pretty special experience, seeing her be able to transform scene to scene. It was really technically difficult, and it took three times longer to film her stuff than a normal scene, with lots of special effects, lots of very technical things. You had to be in a very specific place, and your eyes had to be in a very specific place, so trying to stay inspired and stay loose and free with all those restrictions is a big challenge. It was cool to do it with her and watch her be a total pro about it.

Were you ever jealous of the cool prosthetics the “freak” characters got to wear? Did you ever wish you had a third arm?

Honestly, no. I was much happier to sleep in for those two hours that it would have taken in the morning. Poor Jimmy (Evan Peters). Those prosthetic hands would take two hours every morning. I would much rather show up and get my hair perfect and wear a nice suit.

And then get blood all over you, right?

Yeah, I did have a lot of blood. I learned a lot about stage blood and all the different kinds of it. The stuff that they want to make look like it’s old, caked-on blood is really hard to get off. It was definitely a learning experience.

Are you a squeamish person? Or were you before working on this show?

I hope not. No, I’ve always loved horror movies. I love that darkness. I love horror. I don’t like gratuitous stuff, but I’m pretty willing to go into crazyland. I think it’s fun. Having to do something else on TV, like a procedural, sitting in an office all day — at least I get to come home from my job and be like, “Guess what I did today, honey? I bathed in my mother’s blood. I chased Emma Roberts through the woods in a clown outfit. Just a normal day at the office.”

Is there anything that stands out to you as the most surreal moment from set?

It kind of happens every day. There was a moment way at the end of the shoot when I was being lowered into a glass tank in my tighty-whities, and they had to get a rigging apparatus under my underwear that made me look like I was floating in water. They didn’t want to put me in the actual tank with water, because there was an issue with the tank, like it might explode. So we did this special effect where I was floating there and they made my hair look like it was sticking up, waving in the water. So I’m being elevated from this thing coming from the top of the stage, going under my little underwear, pretending to act like I’m dead and drowned. And I thought, “This is not the sort of thing I thought I’d be doing when I auditioned for drama school.” But, like I say, that was like a Tuesday.

What kind of reactions do you get from fans?

People are always like, “Gosh, you seem so nice,” in a very surprised tone. I don’t actually massacre animals in my backyard. I am acting. I know! It’s weird!

You don’t know how people are going to react. You know there’s going to be a shock value on the show, but you don’t always know if it’s going to be positive or negative. The fact that it was positive, from what I’ve seen, was a very nice surprise. Once I knew that people were into it, it gave me a little bit of confidence to keep going. Like, “How far can I push it?”

Were you ever disturbed that people found your psychotic character to be so alluring?

I felt bad for Michael Chiklis (who played Dell), because he didn’t kill a lot of people, but he killed Ma Petite, and I feel like no one forgave him for that. The outrage was so big because she was so cute. I feel a little guilty, because I killed, like, 25 people and no one seems to be mad at me. What’s wrong with this picture? He kills one cute girl and it’s done. He cannot be forgiven.

Do you have any fond memories of working with Jessica Lange in her last season on the show?

Yeah. I didn’t get to do a whole lot with her. We were kind of in separate universes. The little scene we had in the last episode I think was the last scene she did at all. So it was a very special thing. She was there, and the whole crew was there and said goodbye to her. It was very bittersweet. She’s such a classic. She’s a real pro. I think she was excited but also sad to say goodbye. It was epic.

What went through your head when you heard Lady Gaga would be on “American Horror Story: Hotel”?

I was like, “Perfect!” Ryan (Murphy) always has a way of outdoing himself. It’s hard to keep surprising people when each season is so surprising. He very wisely makes a big awesome casting choice to get people intrigued. This was the epitome of that.

The thing about her, with her great theatricality and the gratuity of her own image, it actually makes a lot of sense for her to be on this show. The show is heightened and gothic and that’s sort of what she is. It’s a good omen for the way the season will turn out.

What are you anticipating for Emmy season?

I have no expectations….I’m biased and I work with her a lot, but I really think Sarah deserves a lot. The work that she put in, I don’t think everyone quite realizes how hard that is, to do what she did.

What’s up next for you in the Ryan Murphy universe?

I can’t say for certain, because it’s still up in the air. But I will definitely be doing something on one of his shows very soon. That’s really all I know.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/american-horror-storys-finn-wittrock-talks-fake-blood-tighty-whities-and-the-emmys-1201519279/

SisterNightroad

06-17-2015, 02:09 PM

Finn Wittrock joins American Horror Story: Hotel... and a Lady Gaga love triangle

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Another alum of American Horror Story: Freak Show is joining October’s Hotel: Co-creator Ryan Murphy announced today on Twitter that Finn Wittrock, who played serial killer Dandy on Freak Show, will return for the next AHS installment. Based on Murphy’s tweet, it appears Wittrock will be involved in some sort of triangle with stars Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer.

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Finn Wittrock is checking into HOTEL. Who will Gaga choose -- Finn or Matt Bomer? #AHSHotel
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Wittrock joins a cast that includes Gaga, Bomer, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Chloe Sevigny, Angela Bassett, Wes Bentley, Evan Peters, Max Greenfield, and Cheyenne Jackson. It premieres this fall on FX.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/17/finn-wittrock-american-horror-story-hotel

SisterNightroad

06-19-2015, 02:55 PM

Ryan Murphy On Jessica Lange's 'AHS' Exit & Possible Return, Building His 'Hotel & Next 'American Crime Story' – Emmys
By Nellie Andreeva

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With American Horror Story, Ryan Murphy helped usher in the current golden age of event/anthology series. Alongside frequent collaborators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, he continues to be at the forefront of the trend with three anthology series on the air. Murphy has FX’ AHS, whose most recent installment, Freak Show, just became the most watched program in FX history with 12.64 million linear and non-linear viewers, and is about to start filming the next one, Hotel, starring Lady Gaga. He just directed the first two episodes of the spinoff American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson starring John Travolta and Cuba Gooding Jr, as well as the first episode of the new Fox horror comedy Scream Queens. In an interview with Deadline, Murphy speaks about the amount of awards respect genre shows are getting, the real horror in Freak Show, bidding farewell (for now?) to AHS leading lady Jessica Lange, who is the latest member of the AHS troupe to join the new “bloodier and grislier” Hotel installment, why Lady Gaga won’t be singing, what big surprise Hotel has in store for Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters, and what direction ACS would be going after O.J.

DEADLINE: The Walking Dead, American Horror Story and Game Of Thrones are among the most popular series on TV yet none has landed a top award. Do you think there is stigma against genre programming?

MURPHY: I really don’t. I think that the only way you could ever say that is if those programs, including Game Of Thrones and American Horror Story, never got nominations, but they do. And they usually lead the pack with nominations so I feel like people do watch them and do recognize their excellence. I know that people write articles: is genre tough to be recognized. I think maybe it used to be, particularly in film, but I don’t believe that. I feel like, who wins what year is always a crap shoot, but we’ve had great luck with it. We’ve won many Emmys so we’re always thankful just to be in the game whether you win the big prize or not.

DEADLINE: Freak Show just was named the most-watched series in FX history and Coven was the one before that. Why is awards recognition so important to you when the franchise already has been such a commercial success?

MURPHY: Well, the thing that’s important to me about the whole process is that the cast and crew was really recognized because the people that I work with work themselves into the ground, they love the material so much, and they give 150%. That was really true last year in Freak Show where it was a really difficult shoot. We shot in really tough conditions. Some days it would be 120 degrees, actors were having heat strokes; it was the nature of the material. It was a traveling freak show set out by a pond, a swamp. So I’m always just trying to beat the drums for the people I work with because I think they’re so extraordinary.

And I think we’re all really excited about this season because it was Jessica Lange’s last season and it was her idea so, in a certain way, I’ve been viewing it as a tribute to her because she had been such a great collaborator over four years. This is her last year so I think people were just trying extra hard for her because she’s so close to that cast and that crew.

DEADLINE: Let’s talk about the genesis of Freak Show. Did you have circus nightmares as a child?

MURPHY: No, I think I’m one of the rare people who was never afraid of clowns. A lot of the crew members were but there’s an actual phobia for that so I shouldn’t make light of it. I think that it’s a horror trope, a very terrifying clown. We wanted to do ours in a weird way — I thought that his back story was really emotional and really upsetting, and John Carroll Lynch is such a great actor, it was sort of written for him. He was the first and only person I contacted about that role because I had seen him in Zodiac and I was so obsessed with Zodiac, when Mark Ruffalo and I were doing The Normal Heart, I was always talking to him about John Carroll Lynch and he said, oh, I’ve got to put you two together. So Mark sort of set that up in a way.

DEADLINE: You mentioned that Freak Show was Jessica Lange’s idea.

MURPHY: The whole theme was her idea. It was always the one that she talked about a lot, that she was always very, very interested in it. She is a photographer so she was very drawn to the images of these haunted traveling freak shows. She would send me postcards, she would buy me books. And, after this she would sit around on the set, and we talked a lot about it and she was just so passionate and interested in it that, we spent sort of a year and a half researching that. I knew we were going to do it, and she was very thrilled when I said, “OK, we’re going to do Freak Show”, because it was her great passion and she was so invested in it. She had done so much research already and I think the day that she got to show up to that set — we really did take over acres and acres of farmland near the swamp — there were tears in her eyes, she was so thrilled and she just kept saying “it’s like a poem come true, it’s like a poem come true”.

DEADLINE: How hard was it to say goodbye to Jessica?

MURPHY: Well, all I can say about that never say never with Jessica. She and I are doing something else right now. I’m producing a production of A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, that is one of her dream roles. She’s done it before and she wanted to do it again and I got the rights for her, we’re going to do that on Broadway. So we’re working again together, and I think if I went to Jessica and I had an amazing role, I think she would do it. I think she wanted some time off, but Jessica is somebody that is always about the role, in every season on this show.

One of the unique things about American Horror Story is, it’s very respectful to actors. Actors in many cases don’t want to be tied down to a seven-year contract. So my deal with the cast is: you’re free after every year, you can come back or you cannot come back. And what I usually do is tell them, “If you come back, this is the role I have in mind for you and these are the other actors you’re going to be working with, the script, the theme and the tone.” And I think from that for them comes a great amount of personal freedom. They feel that they have a choice to a certain degree and that’s certainly how I always approached Jessica every season; I would say, “Here’s the role, here’s the theme; are you in, do you want to do it?” and I was lucky enough that she said yeah. I think if I came up with something extraordinary for her, if I could come up with a great character, she’s all about that, and she’s told me that, if you have something great after I sort of get my rest then let’s keep talking, so I’ll do that.

DEADLINE: Is there one element that sets Freak Show apart from previous American Horror Story installments?

MURPHY: Jessica used the word “poem.” It felt very poetic to me and much sadder than previous seasons. It was also I think a little bit more character-based. I think the true horror of this season was the fact that these people, these so-called freaks, were driven out and langesongfreakshowtreated so terribly in our society and many of them were put into institutions and they were complete outsiders and outliers. Also this season we did something that was sort of unique — it was a traveling freak show so we did some musical numbers that were different and original and weird, and I really enjoyed them. I think that we’ll never do that again. This season there’s not a number to be had but for last season I thought, and for Jessica’s character particularly, the sad chanteuse that she played, that it worked great.

DEADLINE: No musical numbers in Hotel? With Lady Gaga starring?

MURPHY: No. People, keep saying to me, “What numbers are they singing, what numbers are they singing,” and I say there will be no numbers. The interesting thing is we cast a lot of singers this season but I like that singers, for the most part, are always great actors because they know how to sell a story through song, through a scene. I’m excited about that and I think that’s why Gaga was excited about it; it’s not something that she’s ever done before. It’s a pure acting part. I think people expect that she’s going to be sitting in a bar in a white silk gown sort of singing songs — she is not. The upcoming season that we’re doing is much more horror-based; it’s much more dark. It’s about a theme and an idea that’s very close to my heart that I’ve always wanted to do that’s a little bloodier and grislier I think than anything that we’ve done before; it’s straight horror this year.

DEADLINE: What was the inspiration for Hotel?

MURPHY: It’s based in the hotel in horror movies and horror tropes. We’ve researched several real-live hotels in downtown LA where absolutely horrifying things happened. Murder House I thought was a very primal season because everybody’s great fear is about the bogeyman under the bed in their house, and this feels similar to me in that when you check into a hotel, there are certain things beyond your control. Other people have the keys to your room; they can come in there. You’re not exactly safe, it’s a very unsettling idea.

DEADLINE: Any new Hotel castings you can share?

MURPHY: We’re just finalizing Denis O’Hare’s deal, he’s going to come back. Everybody else is pretty much done. We start shooting in three weeks and we’re building this incredible set which is one of our best sets ever I think — which is saying a lot because our production designer Mark Worthington I thought really outdid himself in Freak Show — but we’re building this incredible six-story Art Deco hotel on the Fox lot. Everybody in the show is very excited about this season, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters particularly because in every season thus far they’ve always been sort of the heroes, the good guy or the good lady so to speak, and this season they’re playing absolute evil villains so they’re very excited about that and I think people will really enjoy it, and the Gaga part is bananas good.

I also think that the thing that’s different about the season is that before we’ve always been very driven by the Jessica Lange character. She was always the lead character. This year, it’s a true ensemble and I think we have more male parts and more male stories. The Wes Bentley part is really big, the Matt Bomer part is really big; Evan Peters and Finn Wittrock are really big. That’s not to say that the women aren’t either; I mean Kathy Bates and Gaga and Paulson’s part and Angela Bassett’s part are great. But I guess it’s a different tone this year than we’ve had.

DEADLINE: Switching gears, how was it filming the O.J. Bronco chase on the streets of Los Angeles for American Crime Story?

MURPHY: It was amazing. The interesting thing about this show is everybody knew what was happening outside the Bronco but in this case we tell people what went on in the Bronco. We shut a couple of L.A. freeways down for two days and we really show A.C. Cowlings and O.J. Simpson in that car, what they were doing. It was really tough, it was very emotional and very wrenching. We’re always very cognitive of the fact that two innocent people were butchered and killed and we’re very respectful of that. It’s one of those stories that’s just fixed in your dreams. It’s very intense, and the reason I’m even a part of it was because I’d read the first two scripts just as a fan, and I thought they were so fantastic that I wanted to help get them made. Then cut to a year later, and we’re almost done shooting the first two episodes.

DEADLINE: Are you already thinking of a new crime to tackle for next season?

MURPHY: We have some ideas. It’s going to be difficult to top this one because of the star power, and also the story is so riveting. But I think as in the case of American Horror Story, we always do the opposite of what we did so probably after O.J. we’re going to probably try and find something that’s much more character-based and maybe not a trial but that’s all I can say. I think we’ve figured out what we want to do but I’m not ready to announce it yet.

DEADLINE: But it will stay in the crime franchise with a new crime right?

MURPHY: One hundred percent. It’s always going to be a true famous case, yes.

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SisterNightroad

06-20-2015, 02:24 PM

Jessica Lange Says She’s Open to ‘American Horror Story’ Return

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“If Ryan came to me and said, ‘Would you want to do a small character for a couple episodes?’ I would absolutely say yes,” actress tells TheWrap.

It seems that Ryan Murphy still has Jessica Lange under his “American Horror Story” spell.

Though four years on the FX anthology have netted the actress two Emmys, three Emmy nominations, a SAG Award and a Golden Globe, she broke fan hearts by announcing her exit on a PaleyFest panel in March. “I’m done,” she declared simply.

Or is she?

“If Ryan came to me and said, ‘Would you want to do a small character for a couple episodes?’ I would absolutely say yes if I liked it,” Lange said during a recent interview for TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. “This was a great collaboration, so I would love to keep working with him.”

Lange is technically headed back to work for Murphy — for a Broadway staging of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” which begins previews at the Roundabout Theatre Company in March 2016. But first we’ll see if her last major “Horror Story” effort, as grande dame Elsa Mars in this year’s “Freak Show,” will earn her a fourth consecutive Emmy nod.

“There was a thread through all four of those characters, which is a kind of desperation, a profound disappointment in life,” Lange said.

“As on-edge or neurasthenic as they appear to be, they have a spine of steel,” she said. “It’s exactly the kind of complexity in a character that I love, that it appears to be one thing and it’s something else.”

The fifth season, “American Horror Story: Hotel,” returns to FX in October and will star Matt Bomer, Lady Gaga, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates.

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SisterNightroad

06-22-2015, 02:01 PM

Emmy Contender Sarah Paulson on Challenges of Playing ‘AHS: Freak Show’ Role: ‘It Was Really Scary’

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The actress opens up to TheWrap on how difficult it was to play conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler

“American Horror Story” star Sarah Paulson is busy preparing to play a brand new character in the next installment of the FX miniseries, but she hopes her “AHS: Freak Show” characters Bette and Dot Tattler won’t soon be forgotten.

And with a 2015 Critics Choice TV Award already under her belt for the role, it’s hard to imagine Paulson’s performance will escape the attention of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which has twice previously nominated her for an Emmy for her work on the horror drama.

Only time will tell if Paulson will finally get to go home with a trophy in hand this year, but if she does, it will be particularly meaningful, since she considers playing the conjoined twins the most difficult role she’s ever tackled.

“It’s no question, just because for me it was also a lot of acting on my own with myself,” Paulson told TheWrap while taping of a recent “Drinking with the Stars” episode. “And when you’re not looking at anything, but kind of cocking your head to one side and imagining your own eyes looking back at you, it takes a very big imagination. I had to kind of [have] a lot of faith. It was really scary.”

Paulson talked at length about the challenges she faced while bringing the character life, how weird it is to work with a fake identical head strapped on, and which “AHS” season has been her favorite.

TheWrap: Let’s talk about “Freak Show.” Because I know there’s something you want to correct people’s opinion about, you play Bette and Dot Tapper.

Sarah Paulson: I do. I play them both. There’s not an animatronic puppet playing the other part. I sort of think that there’s been a misconception that because I did, in fact, wear an animatronic head that looked exactly like me — I had to do a life cast that was totally terrifying, you feel like you’re suffocating.You’re in there for half an hour, covered in paper mache that’s just getting wrapped around you

Oh, God. Are you claustrophobic at all?

Yes. Anybody would be. You feel like you’re being buried alive. It’s awful. So they made this puppet essentially. They made two, one for Bette and one for Dot, that I would wear only when the camera was high and wide, so you can see the body completely with both heads without having to do any special effects, which are very expensive. And the show is already an expensive thing to produce, so when Ryan decided to do this, they had to think of a way to do it where they could sometimes shoot across both heads, so having a puppet that was exactly crafted to look exactly like me. Which, I have to tell you is really horrifying because when you look in the mirror, you’re seeing yourself reflected, but when you’re seeing a puppet that has been made to look exactly like you down to every freckle and mole, you’re actually I think seeing what everyone else sees when they look at you. Because it’s seeing yourself outside of yourself, if you know what I mean? It’s beeping weird, I have to tell you.

I would just be more worried that like one day the puppet would just start talking and just like Chuckie-style.

Believe me, I did a big joke every time I had the puppet on where I’d always talk to it. Like, “Why are you so quiet? I don’t understand why you don’t talk.”

You should’ve learned ventriloquism.

I could have, but you know I have enough. Thanks very much, but I have enough on my plate. I have to do two completely — you know, girls that shared a body but had very different personality. I would wear an earwig so that I could come in in the morning and pre-record my dialogue so that I will have played both girls. And I would switch the earwig so that when I had conversations with myself I was listening to my own voice. And you know, all of that stuff.

It sounds like, I would imagine, it’s your most challenging role to date.

It’s no question, just because for me it was also a lot of acting on my own with myself. I get obviously a lot of pleasure of acting with other people. Looking into other faces and eyes and you know acting is really, for me anyway, about listening and responding. And when you’re not looking at anything, but kind of cocking your head to one side and imagining your own eyes looking back at you, it takes a very big imagination. I had to kind of [have] a lot of faith. It was really scary. I had never done it before. It has not been done this way before.

So did you have reservations about playing the character at all?

I certainly didn’t. I had reservations in my ability to pull it off, for sure. Because I thought “How?” I really didn’t know how I was going to do it. And so much of it was — there was so much of a technical reality to the part that I have never experienced before in terms of I had to hit every mark exactly and then position my body in such a way that it was slightly off the mark so that when I came in playing the other character I could lean my body in the opposing way. And so it was just a lot of my brain was working in a way that my brain just doesn’t actually work. It just — it almost felt that I had to become a mathematician and just being very physically aware of my body in a way that I’m not normally. In terms of having to shift my ribcage over when I was playing Bette and shift it more center when I was playing Dot. It was like patting your head and rubbing your stomach and running down the street and trying to solve an algebra equation all at the same time.

So you you created two distinct physical characteristics for playing those characters. Did you have any others that you did?

Well, no. I mean, I think with Dot I kept thinking how because she was much more sullen and sort of cynical, darker soul, my body would end up getting more compact when I would play her. My face, my neck, everything got kind of smaller. When I was playing Bette, I had one head tilted to side. She was much more open and so I would have my face felt more open, my body felt more open. I actually had them create what I would call the buttress, which was a piece that fit under my arm that I would switch to whichever side I was. If I was playing Bette I would put it on my right side, so I would remember spatially that I had another person attached to me. Because if I didn’t have that, I would — it was very hard for me, particularly in the beginning, to remember that the width of their bodies were different, their arms swung at different paces. I had them build up one side of my shoe higher so that I could remember.

A lot of work that went into pulling that character off.

It was a lot of work and I’m an actress, not a brainiac for God’s sake. It was very challenging.

Did you have a favorite sister to play? Did you like one role over the other?

I liked them both because I feel like they’re two sides of that person and everyone, and certainly in me, the part of me that can be very playful and kind of juvenile, which was Bette. And the other person that’s sort of cynical and cigarette smoking and just like, “Everything’s terrible.” I feel like I can be both of those gals. They both live in me, so it was a kind of yin and yang quality. I think it was sort of more fun to play Bette because she was more open and I found somehow that my emotions were more readily available to me in emotional scenes as Bette because I wasn’t so shut down. She was just a sort of very open person. So all of a sudden if I was supposed to cry in a scene, it just happened because she was–. It was an interesting thing to take that part of me that is a little more shut down in the way that you are as a human being in the world to protect yourself from the horrors that come to you during the day–to let some of that go and having a more open sense of yourself brought a lot of things out of me that I wasn’t aware I could do. It was hard.

Do you look back on any season more favorably than others in terms of just the experience?

Well Season 2 was a very special season to me because I felt very attached to that character of Lana Winters. She kind of became the heroine of the show by the end and yet she was very flawed and her ambition got the best of her some times. And I liked that I wasn’t playing a heroine that only had everyone else’s best interests at heart. She was self-serving sometimes and I thought it was very human for the writers to depict her that way and therefore very freeing as an actor to not worry about playing someone that needed to be liked or loved by the audience and I just you know didn’t have to think about those things so much. I don’t think you should ever think about those things, but sometimes they’re written into the material where you can tell that they want to engender goodwill from the audience to your character. I didn’t feel that so it was very freeing and liberating as an actor to not be thinking about that kind of stuff. She’s a very strong character, she’s the only survivor of that season, I like that.

Do you think that’s important? You hear a lot that, “Oh, this character’s not likable enough.” Do you think that matters or that audiences are smart enough where they don’t need “like” a character?

I do think there’s more sophistication to audiences than people give credit to. At the same time, I definitely have had experiences — not on ‘American Horror Story’ at all, that’s one of the more exciting things about being on it. I don’t think anyone’s thinking about trying to be likable. I think that’s death as an actor. Trying to be worrying about that because then you’re not going to be open to all of the nuanced things about playing a person that isn’t necessarily likable all the time. You don’t like anybody all the time do you?

Of course not.

No, I mean even the person you love the most in the world can be frustrating and disappointing. I think it’s really interesting to have those kinds of characters depicted. And it’s certainly more fun to play them than to play the person that you feel has to be liked by the audience. And I actually think people are actually drawn to characters that they can recognize themselves in. Because everyone’s a narcissist and see themselves reflected back.

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SisterNightroad

06-24-2015, 09:19 AM

‘American Horror Story’s’ Finn Wittrock on Filming in Tighty Whities and 5 Other Emmy Contender Quickies

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Actor describes show as “noir, musical, horror, romantic drama. With a clown”

Finn Wittrock is generating awards buzz very early in his career.

The young actor turned heads and stomachs on “American Horror Story: Freak Show”as the murderous Dandy Mott, a spoiled child who becomes the protege of the even more demented Twisty the Clown (John Carroll Lynch).

Here the actor discusses his toughest moments during “Freak Show,” which episode he would submit for awards consideration and the acting prowess of co-star Sarah Paulson.

TheWrap: What was the toughest thing you had to do this season?

Finn Wittrock: I think the last episode was the toughest, in general. I don’t believe in guns, so to kill a bunch of people that I had come to know and love with a gun was actually hard [emotionally].

But then I got my comeuppance, which was hard physically because I had to drown in this box … they had to make me look like I was drowning because I couldn’t actually be in the tank with the water filled. They had to put a harness under my tighty whities … and they raised me up and they sort of put my hair up to look like it was in the water; they put crazy gel in it. And then I had to somehow act like I’m drowning and dead in the water. And I’m floating there in the air and it’s 3 a.m. the last day of shooting.

What was the most fun thing you got to do this season?

The funnest thing was working with John Carroll Lynch, the crazy clown … especially in our one big scene in the playroom together, because he had no lines but he communicated a lot, you know? With only his scary eyes. And so it was this sort of bizarre, heightened, weird conversation with your spooky, scary best friend, who has two kids that he’s hidden in a school bus in the middle of the woods. He’s like my hero.

If someone hadn’t seen your show, how would you describe it?

I’d describe it as a noir, musical, horror, romantic drama. With a clown.

Who else on your show deserves an Emmy and why?

There’s a lot of talent all over the cast, but I think Sarah Paulson‘s challenge was greater than anybody’s, having to be two people at once (the conjoined Bette and Dot). It’s a very hard, laborious, technical, tedious process … and she was a real pro throughout all of it. It literally takes three times as long to film those scenes than any other scenes, and to be able to do that and maintain two separate characters is pretty extraordinary.

Are you a binge TV watcher or a once-a-week viewer?

If I’m actually current, I want to watch “Game of Thrones” when it’s on, you know? But other than that I’m a binge watcher. Like “House of Cards” — I’ve become a Netflix junkie.

If nominated, which episode would you submit?

I really liked working with Fraces Conroy, who was my mom. And I think that our big, final scene is really cool. And I think that’s episode eight … After that Dandy really spiraled out of control, which is fun, but I think that that episode is the big climax for him.

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SisterNightroad

06-26-2015, 02:13 PM

An ‘American Horror’ Success Story: Finn Wittrock’s Emmy-Worthy ‘Freak Show’
Fresh off the news that he’ll be returning for ‘American Horror Story: Hotel,’ Finn Wittrock recounts the wildest scenes he shot as murderous man-child Dandy on ‘Freak Show.’

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"People really love to abuse me. Why do I have that effect?"

What was the wildest thing that Finn Wittrock had to do during his run as Dandy—the dashing Peter Pan with a murderous streak—on American Horror Story: Freak Show? And what does it say about this show that, in one scene, Wittrock stripped to his underwear to bathe in a tub filled with his character’s mother’s blood, and that may not even take the crown?

“There’s a lot of, ‘We’ll see how they pull this together!’” Wittrock laughs. “‘Good luck guys!’”

The trust exercise that is working on a Ryan Murphy series (Murphy is also the mastermind behind Glee and the upcoming Scream Queens) certainly paid off for Wittrock, the 30-year-old actor who also appeared last year in Angelina Jolie’s World War II epic Unbroken and Murphy’s HBO adaptation of The Normal Heart.

Quick with a hearty laugh and almost addictively good-humored in real-life, it turns out that Wittrock was quite adept at playing against type as the sociopath. Whether he was playing the protégé of a demented clown, stripping to his tighty-whities to lather up in his mom’s blood, or laying waste to a troupe of circus freaks in a graphic season-ending massacre, Wittrock was so convincing playing Dandy’s dark side that people are legitimately confused when they meet him.

“A lot of times fans will say, ‘Wow, you’re so nice! I’m so surprised!’” he says. “It’s like, what did you think?”

Fresh off the news that he’ll be returning for ‘American Horror Story: Hotel,’ Finn Wittrock recounts the wildest scenes he shot as murderous man-child Dandy on ‘Freak Show.’
Wittrock has already garnered a Critics Choice Awards nomination for his role on the series and is a favorite to land an Emmy nomination next month. Plus, Murphy has already invited him back into the American Horror Story fold: it was recently announced that he’d be checking in alongside Lady Gaga, Sarah Paulson, and Matt Bomer when the anthology series returns for its Hotel season later this year.

With all of this going on, we chatted with Wittrock about navigating the delirious TV funhouse that is shooting a Ryan Murphy series, the hardest Freak Show scenes to shoot, and why he’s basically become an honorary member of the Jolie-Pitt family.

What’s the thing that people have been hounding you about the most from this past season? And has that been annoying?

People always want to ask me where the character comes from, and whether I’m like him. Or a lot of times fans will say, “Wow, you’re so nice! I’m so surprised!” And it’s like, what did you think? That Ryan Murphy hired me for the job because he knows I have a weird relationship with my mother and I like to bathe in blood? (Laughs) Obviously, it’s a bit of a stretch, but I always explain it that I always thought of Dandy as a stunted child. He emotionally never matured, but intellectually did mature. That sort of infant psyche, which is all ego, never matured into a well-balanced adult. He was allowed to grow and become a monster.

I don’t know whether this speaks to any deranged behavior on my part, but I see in a way the fun of being in Dandy’s mindset, of being petulant and selfish and demanding. Murder and mayhem aside, that might be a gratifying way to behave.

Yeah. There’s a part of us that wants to have permission to act like that. A baby is really cute and innocent and adorable, but if they could they would kill someone to get to their mother. (Laughs) It’s a good thing that they can’t, you know? So I think that there is that infant brain inside us all. But we have just become socialized—or most of us—so we quell that. But there is something satisfying about seeing it on a rampage.

So many scenes were just really bonkers. Was there one you remember being really daunted by, or that you were nervous about pulling off?

Well the stuff with the clown, those first episodes, when we were all discovering—me and the writers—what world this lived in. So there were times when I was afraid it would be too much of a cartoon. And I wanted those scenes to be really grounded. I wanted his mind to really be blown off a bit. And actually John Lynch [who plays Twisty the Clown] really helped with that. He was silent, but he really gave you a lot as an actor. So I was nervous about that. And when I first read the bathing in blood, it was like, “Wow, I really thought you couldn’t outdo yourselves after all you’ve done. But you’ve found a way.” (Laughs)

Is that a scene that a lot of people ask you about?

Yeah. Yeah. People had lots of mixed reactions to that. But the stuff I was really most proud of was the stuff with Frances Conroy [who plays his mother]. I really liked those last few feuds we had where everything exploded and things went crazy. It was like doing a really great play, working with her. When you can sort of ground it in that drama for a while, you’ve earned yourselves the place where you can go bathe in blood and kill a bunch of people and all the crazy stuff. You’ve gone to some depths, so you give yourselves permission to do crazier things.

The bathing in blood scene might be a good example of this: I imagine being on a show like American Horror Story requires a lot of faith that something on the page that seems so out there and could go so, so wrong will turn out OK. What’s a good example of that for you?

Where you’re like I trust you…? Well, those things that were happening at the end of the season, like the crazy puppet thing and then the big mass murder at the end. No matter what you do, professionally there’s a lot that’s just not in your control having to do with tone and rhythm and effects. So you do have to put faith in your creators. (Laughs) Then again, by the time we got to the end of the season we were on the same page. You get to know them really well and you get a feel of what it’s supposed to be and how it will come together. You’re in charge of a lot of it, and there’s a lot of, “We’ll see how they pull this together! Good luck guys!”

What was it like acting against Sarah Paulson as the conjoined twins?

It’s always challenging. She’s such a pro, so it was really cool to see how she would transform from Bette to Dot. Even when she wasn’t “acting” but had a Dot wig on, the way she’d talk to me was different from the way she did when she was Bette. It was a very technical and sometimes tedious process with those special effects. It basically takes three times longer than a normal scene would. There’s a lot of tweaking. It took a lot of patience, especially since the schedule got a bit crazy at the end. You really want a good actor next to you for that, and I felt like I really needed to be there because she had such a huge task. She deserves a lot for this season, I think.

Her characters are a good example of seeing something on the page and acting it on set and not having any clue of what it will end up looking like on TV. There’s a lot of that with this show, because it’s so stylized.

It’s very stylized. I’ve heard that with TV directors, it’s very in-demand. Directors want to do this show because they get to really go for it. There’s no holds barred in terms of what you want to do with the camera. They really experiment and have fun. But it is a test of faith. “I hope this works…”

Let’s talk about Dandy’s demise. What was it like shooting that massacre scene? It plays so tense and exciting, but what was it like for you, the guy doing the offing?

People would ask me if it would disturb me, and most of the time during the shoot I was able to leave Dandy on the set and walk home as Finn and not have Dandy follow me. But at the end of that day having killed everybody, it was weighing on me for the first time. I was really feeling guilt and disgust. But dying is much easier. Actors are always happy to die themselves. Killing other people can be much harder on the soul.

You’ve been dying so much on screen lately. The Normal Heart, Unbroken, this…

I know! I don’t know why. People really love to abuse me. Why do I have that effect?

They’re good death scenes, though.

I had a string in a row, a bunch of them. I don’t know what that’s about! Maybe I should look into that.

So we talked about the surreal nature of filming the bathing in blood scene. But the other, um, revealing scene was the big nude scene you had in front of Gabourey Sidibe. I imagine when you sign on for a Ryan Murphy series and you’re an attractive young male, the writing’s a bit on the wall…

Yeah. All the guys, we all had to at least show our ass once. It’s basically in the contract. (Laughs) You see it coming, and then you don’t quite see that coming. Luckily, that was down the road. So I had gotten to know the crew and gotten to know Gabby a bit.

Is it better to shoot a nude scene when you’ve gotten to know a crew, or better when you don’t know them?

It’s better when you know them because when you have to do a love scene on the first day of shooting or something, that’s just hard. There’s so much ice to break beforehand. This you can just jump in and play and hope that everyone’s going to be a professional.

Well you looked great, needless to say. Between that and your role in The Normal Heart, you’ve solidified a rather strong and passionate gay following.

So I’ve been told.

Well that should help secure a healthy future in this business.

Knock on wood, yeah. And I got to play a cool gay character in Masters of Sex. People have asked if I feel like I’m being typecast, and it’s just not on my radar. If it’s obscene or over-the-top, that’s something else. But these were all good stories and really challenging characters to play. Sexuality was secondary.

And in really prestige projects.

That’s the thing. I remember I had seen the play The Normal Heart and was staggered by it. And I saw Larry Kramer in the lobby handing out these pamphlets as the audience was leaving, “The AIDS crisis is today.” I was like, “This guy is on another level.” And Ryan really expanded the play in a way that only he could do it.

We opened talking about what people ask you most about in working on American Horror Story. But I imagine in the past year you’ve had to talk exhaustively about “what Angelina Jolie is really like.”

(Laughs) Oh yes.

Did that get annoying to have to answer all the time?

It would if I was lying. I could be very honest and say that she was such an impressive, awesome person. It’s really true. We kept waiting on Unbroken, “Is the ball going to drop and she’s going to come to set one day and be a crazy diva?” No one would actually hold it against her, but she never did. Even in the most stressful time, that opening scene, the airplane scene, was a really technical, difficult thing. And it’s the only time production went over schedule. She deserved to have been stressed out and angry, but whatever she was she never showed it to anybody. She was always graceful and collaborative. So it was a very special time. And I just got to work with Brad on The Big Short, another movie.

Now you’re part of the family.

Yeah, I only do movies with one of the two of them.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/26/an-american-horror-success-story-finn-wittrock-s-emmy-worthy-freak-show.html

michelej1

06-30-2015, 08:12 PM

10 Best Musician Cameos in Movies and TV

By Josh Chesler Monday, June 29, 2015 Phoenix New Times

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8. Stevie Nicks — American Horror Story: Coven

When Nicks’ name was first mentioned on the third season of FX’s supernatural horror series (before it became a slightly gorier version of Glee), it seemed like an amazing pop culture reference to one of music’s most famous “witches.” When Nicks actually appeared, it was clear this was more than just an appropriate reference, but actually a perfect fit. The Fleetwood Mac singer played herself (as a witch), and even performed a bit of music, but the real showstopper was that shawl and the twirling that goes with it.

SisterNightroad

07-02-2015, 09:05 AM

Oh, thank you!
I totally agree with that article.

SisterNightroad

07-02-2015, 09:14 AM

'American Horror Story: Hotel': Emma Roberts returning, Ryan Murphy confirms
By Chris E. Hayner

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A familiar face will be checking into "American Horror Story: Hotel." Emma Roberts, who starred in the "Coven" and "Freak Show" seasons of the anthology series will return for the next installment of "AHS."

Creator Ryan Murphy spilled the news to Zap2it in a group interview. "She's still going to do a couple episodes of 'Horror Story' at the end, I think," he says. He adds, "She comes at the end. She comes and she has a great thing with Evan Peters at the end."

Roberts will jump to "AHS" after she finishes shooting the first season of Murphy's "Scream Queens," which wraps in early October.

Pairing her with Peters should prove to be an interesting twist on the end of the season. After dating since 2012, the engaged couple have reportedly ended their relationship.

http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/american_horror_story_hotel_emma_roberts_returning_ryan_murphy_confirms-2015-06

SisterNightroad

07-03-2015, 03:54 PM

American Horror Story: Hotel and Fargo trading cards for Comic-Con: First Look

FX will hit Comic-Con next week, and fans of Fargo and American Horror Story: Hotel will be able to pick up some souvenirs to tide them over until the shows return this fall. The network worked with illustrator Martin Ansin to create seven different trading cards exclusive to Comic-Con fans, and EW is pleased to debut the ones for Fargo and AHS: Hotel.

FX will also have cards for Archer, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, The Bastard Executioner and The Strain. Each will be available for fans to pick up throughout the FX Fearless Arena after acquiring up a complimentary carrying case at the Welcome Area.

See the cards for American Horror Story: Hotel and Fargo below:

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SisterNightroad

07-06-2015, 08:12 AM

‘American Horror Story’ Season 5 Spoilers: ‘Hotel’ Production Begins Monday
Denis O'Hare revealed that production on Season 5 begins Monday

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The cast of “American Horror Story” Season 5 will begin to check into “Hotel” on Monday! Returning actor Denis O’Hare confirmed the good news on Twitter on Thursday.

O’Hare spent a few days in Italy, visiting Genova and Turin. When a fan tweeted and asked him to visit Milan, the actor responded that he couldn’t due to prior obligations … “American Horror Story.”

“Would love that,” he replied. “But I have to go back to US and start work on AHS-Hotel on Monday.”

It’s not clear where O’Hare and the rest of the cast will be, or if filming will start on Monday. Series co-creator Ryan Murphy previously revealed at PaleyFest in March that filming wouldn’t begin until August. Production for the FX anthology is set to return to Los Angeles after the last two seasons, “Coven” and “Freak Show,” were filmed in New Orleans. A six-story hotel for Season 5 is being built on the Fox lot.

O’Hare, who previously starred in Season 1, Season 3 and Season 4, was cast in “Hotel” in mid-June. No details about his character have been released. The actor will join fellow returning stars Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts, Chlöe Sevigny and Finn Wittrock. Newcomers to the franchise include Lady Gaga, Max Greenfield and Cheyenne Jackson.

New details about “American Horror Story: Hotel” are speculated to be announced at the San Diego Comic-Con panel on Sunday, July 12.

http://www.ibtimes.com/american-horror-story-season-5-spoilers-hotel-production-begins-monday-1996129

SisterNightroad

07-11-2015, 06:50 AM

American Horror Story gives fans a glimpse of ‘Hotel’ at Comic-Con
American Horror Story has opened the doors to their newest adventure American Horror Story: Hotel at Comic-Con in San Diego.

We are only a little over two and a half months away from the moment that American Horror Story fans have been waiting for from the very second the curtain fell for the final time on American Horror Story: Freak Show; the premiere of Season 5 of the FX Original Series known as American Horror Story: Hotel.

As most of you are already well aware, the extravaganza known as the San Diego Comic-Con has officially kicked off in sunny California, and with it comes the latest and greatest from all of your favorite movies, television shows, comics, and so very much more.

What better place to get your first look at what hides behind the doors of the new season of American Horror Story? While the official American Horror Story panel is not until Sunday evening, this has not stopped FX Networks from dropping little pieces of insight into what fans can expect from the new series.

In fact, they have gone as far as to give their fans a look inside the American Horror Story exhibit at Comic-Con. One can only assume that this can be interpreted as our first look at what we will see when the doors to the hotel officially swing open in October.

Judging by the pictures, which you can see below, this, is going to be one creepy adventure. Of course, we would expect nothing less from series co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

As we mentioned before, there is no official word if this is actually the design of the hotel we will see in the series, but one could imagine that if there are changes that they will not be very significant. This is not to say that it couldn’t happen, but let’s be real…they premiere in just over two and a half months.

The first image we see is a wide shot of the hotel itself. Much like the second season of the series, which was known as American Horror Story: Asylum, they have chosen to go with very dark colors like the worn down grey that surrounds the building. There is a significant amount of damage to the outside, but as the old saying goes, never judge a book by its cover.

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When we take a look inside, we see a pristine white lobby area. This is reminiscent of Miss Robichaux’s Academy in American Horror Story: Coven in both theme and color. The room is very crisp, clean, and very open.

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The focal point of the room is the bright and inviting check-in desk. There is no telling what awaits us behind the counter, but if we know Murphy and Falchuk the way we do, they will be incredibly devious and most certainly not looking out for your best interests.

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Finally, we have a look at what appears to be a hotel key. More than likely, this is something that they are handing out to people who attend the event and not an actual representation of something we will see in the show. The one thing we do know for sure is that we want one!

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While we are incredibly disappointed that HBIC Jessica Lange will not be joining us on this new adventure, FX Networks has scared up a terrific cast for the latest season of the creepy series that will undoubtedly hold up the legacy that has been established in the four seasons before it.

At this point and time we do not have an official premiere date for American Horror Story: Hotel other than the fact that it is slated to premiere in October. On the bright side, we have a pretty good feeling that this information will become available on Sunday night at the panel.

http://fansided.com/2015/07/10/american-horror-story-comic-con/

SisterNightroad

07-12-2015, 07:15 AM

Sarah Paulson’s excited to play a bad guy for the first time American Horror Story
BY ARIANA BACLE

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Sarah Paulson’s about to play a bad guy for the first time in the upcoming season of American Horror Story — and she’s ready.

“I think what I’m going to do is try to bring Jessica Lange to the show without her being here by just borrowing all her moves,” she said when she stopped by the Entertainment Weekly Lounge at Comic-Con. She has some competition though: Co-stars Angela Bassett and Matt Bomer are also itching to steal some of the American Horror Story veteran’s tricks. Watch the three fight it out — and share Lady Gaga stories:http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/11/american-horror-story-sarah-paulson-comic-con-video

SisterNightroad

07-12-2015, 07:22 AM

5 kick ass moments from EW's: Women Who Kick Ass panel at Comic-Con
We salute Hayley Atwell, Gal Gadot, Jenna Coleman, Gwendoline Christie and Kathy Bates.

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EW took over Hall H for the sixth year in a row for its annual Women Who Kick Ass panel, celebrating our favorite bad ass women in pop culture. Moderated by EW senior writer Sara Vilkomerson, this year’s roster featured Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter), Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who), Gal Gadot (Batman v Superman) and Kathy Bates (American Horror Story). Here are the 5 most kick-ass moments:

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Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman in the comic book movie, says putting on the costume was exhilarating. “It was like an out of body experience. There I was little Gal from Israel becoming Wonder Woman.”

Bates says that the new season of Hotel is going to deliver the goods. “I’ve just gotten the first couple of scripts of Hotel. I know I’m running the hotel which is very exciting.” She added, “It’s almost like a completely different way of telling a story. Everybody is just going to be knocked out of their seats when they see this.”

Coleman thinks that the next Doctor Who could be a female. “I think it’s absolutely possible. There’s absolutely no reason why not. I think Peter Capaldi is doing the most wonderful job so there’s not currently a vacancy.”

Atwell understands why there are shippers who want Peggy Carter and Lyndsy Fonseca’s character together. “I think it’s quite rare on television these days in a scene together who aren’t talking about the men.” She added, “Not in competition with each other and being catty.”

Christie says that Brianne of Tarth’s fight with the Hound in the last season of Thrones was actually brutal—she truly punched the actor in the groin. “What you see in that fight is a genuine connection of fist and under carriage.”

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/11/comic-con-ew-women-kick-ass-panel

SisterNightroad

07-13-2015, 05:32 AM

Here Are The First 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Character Names

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We finally know who will be checking into the "American Horror Story: Hotel" next season.

Actors from both "American Horror Story" and "Scream Queens" joined Ryan Murphy, co-creator of both shows, onstage at a combined Comic-Con panel on Sunday. "AHS" Season 5 cast members Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Evan Peters and Matt Bomer took the stage alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, Abigail Breslin and Billie Lourd of Fox's upcoming "Scream Queens."

While Murphy didn't share any new footage from either series, he did reveal a handful of details about the new season of "AHS," according to multiple outlets. We now know that Sarah Paulson will play Hypodermic Sally, Evan Peters is Mr. March, Kathy Bates is Iris and Matt Bomer is Donovan. We also know that all of the above characters, plus Angela Bassett's character, will be evil.

Although Murphy reportedly didn't say much about how "Hotel" will tie in to the previous seasons of "AHS," which he revealed last year were all connected, he did say that former "AHS" characters will return in the new season.

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We will see more and more and more former #AHS characters this season. They'll check into the hotel. #SDCC
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Ryan Murphy: Characters are connected to different seasons. You'll see more & more of that this season in #AHSHotel. #SDCC
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Murphy also revealed that Paulson, whose characters have previously survived all four seasons of "AHS," may not survive this year.

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While "Hotel" newcomer Lady Gaga was not at the panel on Sunday, Murphy revealed the story behind her casting. The pop singer apparently contacted Murphy herself and asked if she could play an evil character. His response? "YES," in all caps, according to Mashable. Gaga won't have any singing moments on the horror series, but fashion will be a major aspect of the "Bad Romance" singer's character.

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So far, Murphy hasn't revealed any further details about "Hotel," but we do know it will also star Chloe Sevigny, Wes Bentley, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield and Cheyenne Jackson. "AHS" veteran Jessica Lange has already been pretty clear that she won't be returning to the show; however, Murphy reportedly made a comment during the panel that the actress could come back one day, according to E! News.

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FX has yet to release further plot details about "American Horror Story: Hotel," but we have speculated on what the new season could be about, based on previous clues.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/american-horror-story-hotel-characters_55a2bfffe4b0a47ac15cbbb0?utm_hp_ref=american-horror-story

SisterNightroad

07-14-2015, 09:40 AM

Get Your First Glimpse At Lady Gaga In 'American Horror Story: Hotel'

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The Lady is ready to check in to AHS:Hotel this October on FX.

Five months after FX first announced Lady Gaga would join the cast of "American Horror Story: Hotel," we finally have our first glimpse, (and we do mean glimpse) of Mother Monster in character.

A 10-second teaser (yes, 10 seconds, it's such a tease) released on Monday features the hand of a woman you don't want to mess with, but one we are clearly dying to meet as she rings the hotel's concierge bell.

The new teaser comes just two days after the show's Comic-Con panel, where the returning cast members revealed the names of the characters they'll be playing this season. Sarah Paulson will play Hypodermic Sally, Evan Peters is Mr. March, Kathy Bates is Iris and Matt Bomer is Donovan. We also know that all of the above characters, plus Angela Bassett's character, will be evil.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lady-gaga-american-horror-story-hotel_55a4326ee4b0b8145f736198?utm_hp_ref=american-horror-story

SisterNightroad

07-16-2015, 07:40 AM

Lady Gaga shares glimpse of bloody American Horror Story: Hotel script as she prepares for her hair-raising role

Her 'Little Monsters' are not easily shocked.

But even Lady Gaga's devoted fans may have raised some eyebrows when the singer, 29, posted an image of an American Horror Story: Hotel script covered in what looked like blood to Instagram.

The singer and actress stars in the upcoming season of the creepy FX show, as the upcoming season takes place in a spooky hotel.

Making a reservation: Lady Gaga posted this image of her bloody American Horror Story script to Instagram
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Just doing a bit of monster homework. Horrible lipstick accident. #AHS

The episode's title "Checking In" was clearly visible in the snap, as was the name of American Horror Story creators and writers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

A new teaser video for the new show released this week showed Lady Gaga 'checking in' to the hotel.

In the clip, a grey, gloved hand with long, talon-like nails rings a bell on the front desk before the words 'Lady Gaga' were flashed across the screen.

The singer reportedly told showrunner Murphy she wanted to play a character that was involved in fashion.

Gaga is an experienced actress, scoring roles in feature films Machete Kills and Sin City: A Dame To Kill for.

She also had a small part on The Sopranos before shooting to fame as an international pop star.

The Born This Way singer will join returning AHS stars Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson and Chloe Sevigny in the latest season of the anthology series, which hits US television screens in October.

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SisterNightroad

07-17-2015, 08:57 AM

Richard T. Jones Books ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’

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EXCLUSIVE: Richard T. Jones is the latest to check into American Horror Story: Hotel, booking an 8-episode arc on the FX anthology series. He will play Detective Hahn, a Los Angeles police Homicide Detective.

Jones joins Sarah Paulson, Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Angela Bassett, Max Greenfield, Finn Wintrock, Wes Bentley, Evan Peters, and Chloë Sevigny in Hotel.
Jones recently appeared opposite Reese Witherspoon in feature Hot Pursuit, and will next be seen in Sony’s upcoming pic Concussion. His other TV credits include recurring roles on CBS’ Extant and Netflix’s Narcos. Jones is repped by APA, Michael McConnell at Artists International Management and Felker Toczek.

http://deadline.com/2015/07/richard-t-jones-cast-american-horror-story-hotel-fx-1201476663/

SisterNightroad

07-17-2015, 09:05 AM

'American Horror Story' Nominees Sarah Paulson & Finn Wittrock Talk 'Hotel' & Playing Dark For Ryan Murphy – Emmys

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“He trusts his gut more than most actors do.”

Finn Wittrock is talking about American Horror Story: Freak Show co-creator Ryan Murphy, who selected him actor to play the sociopath rich brat Dandy Mott after playing a dying AIDS patient in the HBO movie The Normal Heart. The roles couldn’t be different. Ask Wittrock, “How did Murphy know you could go dark?” and the actor is dumbfounded.

Murphy also had a similar instinct with actress Sarah Paulson, who started off playing Southern psychic on Season 1 of American Horror Story and graduated to the challenging role of Siamese twins Dot and Bette in Freak Show.

How did Murphy know that Paulson could pull it off? “He threw everything at me and the kitchen sink during season two,” she said. “I had to simulate masturbation, give myself an abortion and breastfeed Zachary Quinto.” Once Murphy knew he could throw Paulson in any kind of peril and not jar her, he know the actress could go the distance.

Murphy’s thespian flexing also has its upside: Today, Wittrock earned his first Emmy nomination as a supporting actor and Paulson earned her fourth Emmy nom (third as supporting) in the limited series/movie category.

In preparing for her role as Dot and Bette, Paulson watched video of the only living conjoined twins, Brittany and Abby Hensel, “to get the physicality and mimic their body movements.” She also read about the Hilton twins. When playing one twin, she had to keep her rib cage off to the side, and when playing the other half, had to sit erect. Camera shoots took twice as long because they had to shoot the left and right sides of Paulson’s body, with her changing her head band to reflect the angle. “It was labor intensive and incredibly challenging,” says the actress. “I’m right-handed, not left. It was hard on the brain.”

Speaking about his bloodthirsty character Dandy Mott, Wittrock says: “He always wanted to be a performer and be appreciated by a mass audience. It wasn’t for artistic reasons.”

Then joking, “It was because he wanted to get his own Emmy!”

He added: “Dandy was never accepted by anyone and was even rejected by the freaks. He was never allowed to mature.”

In regards to their roles on next season’s Lady Gaga headliner American Horror Story: Hotel, Paulson stuck to her reveal at last Sunday’s AHS Comic-Con panel and nothing else: “My character’s name is Sally Hypodermic.” Murphy hinted then that Paulson’s character could be killed off because none of her AHS alter egos has experienced death.

Wittrock, who also is appearing in a string of upcoming features — Damien Chazelle’s musical La La Land, Adam McKay’s The Big Short and Angelo Pizzo’s My All American — says that his AHS: Hotel character “is not a good guy by any means, but a very different person” from Dandy. As has been buzzed about on the web, Wittrock’s character has a love triangle with Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer’s characters.

Speaking specifically about his connection with Bomer, Wittrock explains: “There might be some payback, specifically in terms of what Dandy did to Matt’s character on Freak Show — Dandy dismembered him. So Matt and I may or may not go head to head over Lady Gaga. She has that affect on you.”

http://deadline.com/2015/07/american-horror-story-sarah-paulson-finn-wittrock-lady-gaga-1201478009/

SisterNightroad

07-17-2015, 09:09 AM

American Horror Story's Finn Wittrock Talks 'Surprise' Emmy Nod and Battling Matt Bomer for Lady Gaga in Hotel

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It seems fitting that a woman’s scream is what alerted Finn Wittrock to his Emmy nomination Thursday morning for his role as killer clown Dandy Mott in American Horror Story: Freak Show.

“My wife had the [live stream] up, and I was like, ‘Ugh. This is too much suspense. Just tell me if I got one or not. I can’t deal with watching this,’ the actor recounts to TVLine. “So I made some scrambled eggs and coffee and then suddenly I heard her let out this joyful scream: ‘You got it!'”

Below, Wittrock reveals which fellow Freak he celebrated the news with, reflects on Dandy’s tragic life and “intense and painful” death, and previews his Horror Story rematch with Matt Bomer in this fall’s Hotel.

TVLINE | How does it feel?
I’m surprised. I didn’t see it coming. There was some talk about [the possibility of a nod] but I’m still in shock. It’s incredibly nice and humbling.

TVLINE | Have you hard from any of your Horror Story co-stars this morning?
Sarah Paulson and I have been texting. [Her nomination] was incredibly well deserved.

TVLINE | Where did you draw your inspiration from for Dandy?
Anthony Perkins from Psycho. Honestly, it was less about watching other psychos and more about finding your inner child, in a dark way. [Laughs]

TVLINE | You were asked to do a lot of out-there stuff in Freak Show. Anything make you go, “Um… wow.”
How do you pick a No. 1 between hacking Matt Bomer to bits, stabbing Patti LaBelle and bathing in your mother’s blood… The mass murder at the end finally made me like, “Oh, God. This is hard.” Killing that many people did start to take an emotional toll on me a little bit.

TVLINE | Do you think Dandy got off easy just merely drowning to death? Did he deserve a punishment more befitting of his crimes?
I think drowning is maybe the scariest way to go. [Laughs] And filming it was actually really intense and a bit painful. I’m sure they could’ve cooked up other more torturous [deaths], but I think it was pretty befitting.

TVLINE | When do you start work on AHS: Hotel?
Very soon. Two weeks

TVLINE | What can you say about your character?
I’ll be pretty involved with Ms. Gaga.

TVLINE | You’re in a love triangle with Gaga and Bomer, right?
Yes. Bomer and I will go head-to-head once again. Payback might be a bitch.

http://tvline.com/2015/07/16/ahs-hotel-spoilers-finn-wittrock-lady-gaga-ahs/

SisterNightroad

07-23-2015, 08:09 AM

Lily Rabe To Play Famous Serial Killer In 'American Horror Story: Hotel'

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We've seen Lily Rabe as a nun, a grieving mother and a Stevie Nicks-loving witch. Now, the actress will play a serial killer in "American Horror Story: Hotel."

Entertainment Weekly revealed on Wednesday that Rabe is officially returning for the new season of the FX anthology series. Rabe appeared in Seasons 1 through 3 and made a small cameo in Season 4's "Freak Show," reprising her "Asylum" character Sister Mary Eunice. But this year, Rabe will be checking into the "Hotel" to portray a famous serial killer.

Since Rabe will seemingly be playing a real-life figure, "AHS" fans are already digging for clues. One guess from redditor TheStarDescent is that Rabe could portray Lavinia Fisher, who, according to legend, may have been the first female serial killer in America. Rumor has it that Fisher and her husband John ran the Six Mile House, which some believe was a hotel or hideout for outlaws, outside of Charleston, South Carolina. After last season's Edward Mordrake, we know that co-creator Ryan Murphy loves to dabble in scary myths.

The same fan also theorized that Rabe's casting could signal the return of her Season 1 character, Nora Montgomery. In "Murder House," Nora and her husband Charles moved to Los Angeles in 1922. While we don't know what year or era "Hotel" takes place in, fans are guessing the hotel could roughly be from the 1920s or 1930s because of a photo that recently surfaced online.

Murphy's assistant, Sara Stelwagen, recently posted a photo of what appeared to be the "AHS: Hotel" directors chair on her Instagram. This set fans on Tumblr into a frenzy as they tried to decode what the logo could mean, suspecting that the art deco font signaled the '20s or '30s era and theorizing what appears to be the letters "C" and "H" printed on the chair cover. We can assume the chair is real, though, since "Hotel" star Matt Bomer shared a photo of his chair on Twitter on Wednesday.

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But in truth, no one really knows what year "Hotel" will take place in or what the titular hotel will be called (though, we've made our guesses). We do know some character names, however. Sarah Paulson will play a character named Hypodermic Sally, Evan Peters will be Mr. March, Kathy Bates is Iris and Matt Bomer is Donovan. The season will also star Lady Gaga, Chloe Sevigny, Angela Bassett, Finn Wittrock, Wes Bentley, Max Greenfield, Denis O'Hare and Cheyenne Jackson.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lily-rabe-american-horror-story-hotel_55afea9be4b07af29d573bf3?utm_hp_ref=american-horror-story

SisterNightroad

07-24-2015, 07:44 AM

'American Horror Story' season 5 spoilers: Helena Mattsson from 'Mistresses' joins cast

More and more folks are swarming into the hotel, with the latest season of "American Horror Story" casting "Mistresses" star Helena Mattsson. The actress revealed her horror gig by posting a photo on her Instagram account with #americanhorrorstory on the caption.

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According to her IMDB profile, Mattsson will play a character named Agnetha and she will appear in the premiere episode of "American Horror Story: Hotel" titled "Checking In." Unfortunately, other than that, there's no information available that will help fans develop a description or an image of the newcomer.

It is also unknown if she will only be putting in an appearance in the opening episode. Carter Matt guesses that she will be one of those characters that creator Ryan Murphy mentioned will book a room in the hotel.

Mattsson is no stranger to the horror genre. Before "AHS," the actress starred in sci-fi horror film "Species: The Awakening," where she portrayed the role of a half-human, half-alien. She also appeared in ABC's fleeting supernatural drama series "666 Park Avenue."

"American Horror Story: Hotel" will be headlined by Lady Gaga. Other staple cast members in the FX anthology appearing this season are Sarah Paulson (Hypodermic Sally), Kathy Bates (Iris), Evan Peters (Mr. March), and Angela Bassett (Ramona).

Those whose characters have yet to be revealed include Emma Roberts, Chloe Sevigny, Finn Wittrock, and Wes Bentley. Newcomers include Max Greenfield, Denis O'Hare, Cheyenne Jackson, Matt Bomer (Donovan) and Richard T. Jones (Detective Hahn).

Murphy told Deadline that the new season is "based in the hotel in horror movies and horror tropes." He added that it will be the same as the show's "Murder House" season "in that when you check into a hotel, there are certain things beyond your control."

"American Horror Story: Hotel" will premiere in October. The filming for the new season began this month.

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/american.horror.story.hotel.helena.mattsson.mistresses.joins.cast/59727.htm

SisterNightroad

07-24-2015, 07:48 AM

American Horror Story: Naomi Campbell to Face Off With Lady Gaga in Hotel (and Become Ultimate Fashion Victim)
By Michael Ausiello / July 23 2015, 6:12 PM PDT

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Undeterred by the verbal beatdown she received last season at the hands of Empire‘s Cookie, Naomi Campbellis going toe-to-toe with another formidable diva: Lady Gaga.
The actress-supermodel is checking into American Horror Story: Hotel for a multi-episode arc, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Campbell — who starts shooting next week — will play a fashion editor who pays the ultimate price for her critiques. In addition to Gaga, she will also have scenes with returning AHS alum Angela Bassett.

Campbell joins a swelling Hotel guest list that includes fellow AHS virgins Gaga and Max Greenfield, as well as franchise vets Bassett, Matt Bomer, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Denis O’Hare, Finn Wittrock and Lily Rabe.

In a recent interview, exec producer Murphy revealed that AHS: Hotel will be “much more horror-based” and “more dark” than its predecessors, adding, “It’s… a little bloodier and grislier I think than anything that we’ve done before. It’s straight horror this year.”

http://tvline.com/2015/07/23/naomi-campbell-ahs-hotel-cast-american-horror-story-death/

SisterNightroad

07-28-2015, 08:28 AM

A Newly Single Evan Peters Explains What It Takes to Date Him
The American Horror Story babe show discusses his shy side, why he dislikes Instagram, and what he thinks when he hears a girl say she "can't even."

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Your American Horror Story boyfriend Evan Peters is now starring in a movie called Safelight, about a high school boy (Peters) with cerebral palsy who goes on a road trip with a young prostitute (played by Juno Temple) to help her escape her pimp. The movie, set in the 1970s, is pretty heavy, but in the interest of supporting your American Horror Story boyfriend — an excellent actor, don't forget — you should see it (it's available on VOD and in select theaters). Cosmopolitan.com spoke to Peters about why the role resonated with him, what he doesn't understand about teenage girls, and how you can win over his (newly single) heart.

The movie is so heavy. How do you deal with that between takes? Do you stay in character? Try to lighten things up?
I think it's important to stay in it. Obviously you have to separate yourself from the character, but it's important to get the job done as quickly and correctly as you can rather than go cracking a bunch of jokes. There are definitely periods where you have so much down time you're able to do whatever: eat a sandwich, hang out and talk.

Do you have any hobbies or things you like to do?
I have knitted before, but I gave that up.

Knitting? Really?
Yeah. Now I just read or listen to music or search online and hang out and talk to people. There are so many people at work who are interesting to talk to and learn from, so I'm trying to do that a little bit more.

What appealed to you about this movie?
Well, the physical challenge was a huge thing. I felt a lot for the character — my uncle had cerebral palsy. It's tough, it's a really difficult life, but people power through and they push through and that's what's so beautiful about it.

Oh, wow, that's so inspiring. Is your uncle still alive?
No, he passed away.

I'm so sorry. What a wonderful tribute.
Yes, absolutely.

Obviously you're so different than your character in many ways, but is there anything that teenage Evan can relate to?
Yeah, definitely being insecure and wanting to date a girl but being too insecure with myself to even talk to her.

Really?
Oh, yeah, tons of that. I can definitely relate.

It's so interesting to hear because so many people see you as a big star, so it's hard to imagine. Have things changed for you now?
No, I'm still terrified. I'm not very good at dating. So. Yeah.

OK, so what's the way to your heart? How does one crack you?
I don't know. I guess girls who give me a chance, you know? If I say the wrong thing or do something stupid or fumble or spill **** on my shirt, she's OK with it. She's cool with that and will give me another chance to say the right thing, and get past my nerves and insecurity. Gotta give a guy a chance, essentially. There are a lot of girls out there who don't really want to do that. But there are a lot of girls out there who do, and those are the ones — the only ones — I can really go for. I need a couple more chances than just the first one.

"Gotta give a guy a chance, essentially. There are a lot of girls out there who don't really want to do that."

First impressions aren't your forte?
Not really. I'm kind of horrible at it. I'm more of an acquired taste I think. I'm just shy and I don't know what to say. I have such a, it's hard to describe it — I get nervous about things I say. I don't want to offend any body or hurt somebody's feelings or whatever.

You're so in your head.
So in my head! Then I clam up and can't say anything. What's wrong with me? I don't know.

I think a lot of people can relate to that.
That's true. It's not just me; there are a lot of people out there like that.

Yep, and they're all just fumbling their way through first, second, and third dates.
It's also, like, when you're trying to say something or do something, and it doesn't come out the right way, and they're like, "I get what you're trying to say." There's something really awesome about that — "I get it." It's cool.

I get what you're saying.
[Laughs.] Sorry, I don't even know what I'm talking about now.

It ties in to my next question. You have such a huge fan base, particularly of teenage girls — what fascinates you about teenage girls today?
Selfies and selfie sticks. I think they're kind of hilarious. And Instagram — I never really understood it; I still don't get it. And I'm not very good at it. I just chalk it up to not being good at it.

If a girl said "pizza is bae," would you get it?
Yeah, I know about bae. I only learned about it a couple of years ago. I was like, "What the hell are you saying? Is that babe?" "It's like babe but it's bae. It's with no b." OK, great, all right. I guess it's easier to say.

It takes way too much energy to finish the word.
That's the thing too, teenage girls don't finish words. Like "amaze" and other things I just can't think of right now. Let's just talk for a second and I'm sure I'll think of something. Oh, totes. Ah, there you go. Totes.

Good one. How about "I can't even"? Can't even what?
Ah, "I can't even." Yeah, I can't even with "I can't even."

Switching gears now, I have to ask you about Lady Gaga.
I'm so excited to work with her and to see her on the show.

Do you remember when she first came on the scene?
I remember the video that came out. It was really cool, I liked that.

Which one? Like her first song?
No, the video that named [the season] Hotel. First of all, I didn't know the name of the show and second of all, I didn't know that Lady Gaga was going to be on it. So I was like, "This is badass."

Do you think you'll sing together at all?
There's going to be no singing this year. Ryan [Murphy, co-creator of American Horror Story ] was very adamant about that. No singing. He's always switching it up. So it'll just be her there to act. It'll be brilliant.

Are you going to refer to her as Lady Gaga? Ms. Gaga? Or Stefanie?
All of the above! Depending on the situation. Actually, I want to call her Stefanie. I think it would be really cool to call Lady Gaga by her first name. Or Gags [pronounced GAHGZ].

Like the teenage girls would do.
Ha. Yes. I'm going to go hang out with Gags on set.

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/q-and-a/a43651/evan-peters-safelight-interview/

SisterNightroad

08-04-2015, 05:04 AM

Emmy Contenders: Finn Wittrock gets bloody in 'Horror Story'

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Finn Wittrock was thrilled when he won a role on Ryan Murphy's television production of "The Normal Heart," but then when Murphy came up to him on set one day and flat-out offered the 30-year-old actor a role on his other project -- "American Horror Story: Freak Show" -- well, he just had to do a reality check. "Uh, is this real life?" the newly minted Emmy nominee wondered.

It was indeed, but it was another two months before he found out what he'd be doing on "Freak Show" -- small animals and little children beware. He's not sure exactly what Murphy saw in him to play the spoiled child-turned-murderous psychopath Dandy Mott, friend to killer clowns, but he's glad he saw something. How else could he have killed off Patti LaBelle? And then there's that whole blood bath thing.

Take a look at what he has to say about the crazy extremes his character goes to in the video above.

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SisterNightroad

08-05-2015, 09:04 AM

NEWS/ Darren Criss in Talks for American Horror Story: Hotel—Find Out Who Has It Out For Him!

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Darren Criss is in talks to check into American Horror Story: Hotel. Commence the freak out! E! News has learned exclusively that the Glee veteran, who just wrapped an acclaimed run on Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, is set to join American Horror Story in the Halloween episode, for a recurring role. And he will play a hipster!

Criss is in talks to play Justin, a Silver Lake hipster who heads to the hotel on Halloween with his equally hip girlfriend to escape pesky trick-or-treaters. But after one too many room service demands, Kathy Bates' character, the head of the hotel, gives Criss' character a Halloween trick they will never forget.

Let that sink in for a moment: Kathy Bates vs. Darren Criss.

Yeah. We're in.

The cast of American Horror Story: Hotel is already filled to the brim with talent including Lady Gaga, Sarah Paulson, Matt Bomer, Finn Wittrock, Angela Bassett, Cheyenne Jackson, Lily Rabe, Evan Peters, Wes Bentley and more. Yes, more! Look for other characters from previous seasons to pop up. (It's all the same universe, and connected, and our minds are still trying to wrap around that.)

Here's what else know about this season: Basically everybody is bad and Paulson has asked for her character to die since she's never had an on-screen death on AHS. Lady Gaga's character is into fashion and these are the names that are out there: Bomer is Donovan, Peters is Mr. March, Paulson is Hypodermic Sally and Bates is Iris.

"There's not a whole lot of good guys, I won't say—I don't think I'm quite as malevolent as Dandy, but I'm definitely not a good guy," Wittrock teased earlier this summer.

Is it October yet?

American Horror Story: Hotel premieres this October on FX.

http://uk.eonline.com/news/683182/darren-criss-in-talks-for-american-horror-story-hotel-find-out-who-has-it-out-for-him

SisterNightroad

08-07-2015, 06:54 AM

American Horror Story: Madchen Amick Is Latest Hotel Guest
By Kimberly Roots / August 6 2015, 10:47 AM PDT

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Something (formerly) witchy this way comes…

Witches of East End alum Madchen Amick will have a role in American Horror Story‘s upcoming Hotel season.

On Thursday, the actress hinted at her involvement with a tweet, and series co-creator Ryan Murphy later confirmed it to TVLine.

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Clue #2 of my #mysteryfilming ...this secret envelope came for me today, anyone recognize the font?

Murphy revealed that Amick will share scenes with Chloe Sevigny’s character. “She is playing the mother of a boy who becomes ill,” said the EP. “And Chloe plays the doctor.”

Amick’s prolific TV career includes turns on Twin Peaks, ER, Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl, Damages and Longmire. She’ll revisit the role of Twin Peaks‘ Shelly for Showtime’s upcoming revival of the cult classic series.

Naomi Campbell, Lady Gaga, Max Greenfield, Angela Bassett, Matt Bomer, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Denis O’Hare, Lily Rabe, Wes Bentley, Kathy Bates, Darren Criss and Finn Wittrock are already signed on to take part in Hotel.

http://tvline.com/2015/08/06/american-horror-story-madchen-amick-cast-hotel/

SisterNightroad

08-10-2015, 06:53 AM

Everything We Know About 'American Horror Story: Hotel'
Get ready to check in to Hotel Cortez!

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We now know who the main characters are in "American Horror Story: Hotel," the real-life incident that inspired the season and when it will debut.

On Friday, the cast and creators of "AHS: Hotel" revealed a slew of new details about the upcoming season during the Television Critics Association summer press tour. We've compiled a list of everything we know about Season 5 of the anthology series so you're fully prepared to check in on Oct. 7.

The name of the titular hotel will be Hotel Cortez, set in downtown Los Angeles.
The new season will be more like Season 1. Co-creator Brad Falchuk described "Hotel" as more "noir-y" and said the horror will be "dripping out of" the hotel.
The new season was inspired by a surveillance video of a girl who went missing after she entered an elevator in a downtown hotel. "She was never seen again," Ryan Murphy said at the TCA panel. While it's not confirmed, we have a strong theory that Murphy was referring to the death of Elisa Lam, a woman who was last seen in the lobby of LA's Cecil Hotel in 2013 and was found dead in one of the hotel's rooftop water tanks.
Lady Gaga plays Elizabeth, the owner of the hotel. Murphy described her as "a very wealthy social doyenne who is consumed with art and fashion and people." Elizabeth also has a nefarious plan that unravels over the course of the season. Don't expect any musical moments from Gaga this season, though.
Sarah Paulson is Hypodermic Sally, who lives at the hotel and hates Kathy Bates' Iris. The actress described Sally as "a nasty gal" who is "quite dark." "She's sexy, she’s a drug addict," Paulson said at the panel. "Not that drug addicts are sexy, but she’s sexy." Sally also has a "budding something" with Wes Bentley's character.
Kathy Bates is Iris, who Bates described as "very, very sexy." Iris runs the hotel and has a relationship with Matt Bomer and Wes Bentley's characters.
Denis O'Hare plays a character named Elizabeth Taylor, who the actor described as "a person inspired by the awesomeness" of Taylor's movies, such as "Cleopatra" and "Butterfield 8." In the show, Liz Taylor works at the hotel bar, the Blue Parrot Lounge, with Iris.
Matt Bomer is Donovan who has a "very interesting" relationship with Gaga's Elizabeth.
Wes Bentley plays Detective John Lowell who is investigating gridly murders that lead him to check into the hotel. John is married to Chloë Sevigny's Alex who is dealing with a loss in the family.
Finn Wittrock plays Tristan Duffy, a male model who is "always looking for the next high and finds the biggest high in Lady Gaga." Wittrock said Gaga "sees all of [him]," whatever that means.
Cheyenne Jackson plays Will Drake, a fashion icon who has moved from New York to Los Angeles.
Angela Bassett plays Romana Royale, an actress who Bassett said is "sexy as hell." Romana has a strong, lasting relationship with Gaga's character. She doesn't live in the hotel, but she visits often.
Murphy revealed that characters from previous "AHS" seasons will begin checking in to "Hotel" starting with Episode 6.
Evan Peters will play Mr. March, and will be "evil" along with Paulson, Bates, Bassett and Bomer's characters.
Lily Rabe will portray a famous serial killer on "Hotel."
Naomi Campbell will guest star as a fashion editor who will face off with Gaga's Elizabeth.
Darren Criss will reportedly appear on "Hotel" for a Halloween episode as Justin, a Silver Lake hipster, according to E! Online. Justin will apparently have some drama with Bates' Iris after he has too many room service demands.

"American Horror Story: Hotel" will premiere on Oct. 7 on FX.

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SisterNightroad

08-10-2015, 07:00 AM

'American Horror Story: Hotel' Might Be Inspired By This Real-Life Mystery
Remember Elisa Lam?

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On Friday, "American Horror Story: Hotel" co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk revealed new details about the upcoming season during the Television Critics Association summer press tour. We learned who all the main characters are, the name of the titular hotel and that the season was inspired by a real-life event. Murphy didn't reveal the exact horror story that gave him the idea for Season 5, but based on his description and some clues, we have a pretty good idea.

During the panel, Murphy told the TCA audience that the creators were inspired by a real-life surveillance video. "A girl got in an elevator in a downtown hotel," he said. "She was never seen again." So what incident happened two years ago in a downtown hotel? The Elisa Lam mystery.

In 2013, Lam, a 21-year-old Vancouver woman, was found dead on the rooftop of the former Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles (now known as Stay on Main). The woman was last seen in the lobby of the hotel on Jan. 31 and presumed missing until police found her body in one of the water supply tanks on the hotel's rooftop on Feb. 19. During the investigation, the Los Angeles Police Department released a surveillance video of Lam acting strange in the hotel elevator, which showed her pressing multiple buttons, flailing her arms around and standing in the corner as if she was hiding from something. The LA County Coroner later ruled Lam's death accidental. Could this be the video Murphy and Falchuk were inspired by?

If so, one "AHS" fan already guessed it back in July. Tumblr user FriendlyWafer posted a photo of a director's chair from "AHS" (allegedly posted on Instagram by Murphy's assistant) along with a photo of Lam. FriendlyWafer speculated that the season could be about Lam's death since the initials CH were inscribed on the chair. Could Hotel Cortez be a reference to the Cecil Hotel?

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Looks like the the C stands for “Cecil Hotel” OMG!!
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Do you guys think they are going to do that scary story about Elisa Lam???
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The Huffington Post could not immediately reach an FX rep for comment on the theory, but we have a burning suspicion that "AHS" will have a spooky elevator scene this season.

"American Horror Story: Hotel" will premiere on Oct. 7 on FX.

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SisterNightroad

08-11-2015, 08:37 AM

"American Horror Story: Hotel" first teaser poster

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SisterNightroad

08-14-2015, 09:06 AM

'American Horror Story': Lily Rabe to play Aileen Wuornos; Lady Gaga's role revealed

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Every year Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk reboot their surreal, hot button-mashing horror TV series "American Horror Story." And each new season we're left guessing what surreal character the usual cast of players will appear as. Fake Anne Frank? A possessed nun? What about real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos? Today at the Television Critics Assn. tour, Murphy and company finally revealed the new plot and characters who will populate their horror show.

Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Chloë Sevigny, Denis O’Hare, (newcomer) Cheyenne Jackson, and Finn Wittrock took the stage for FX's panel prepped to divulge secrets for the new season. And due to the massive cast (the stage holds only a small portion of the players and didn't even include new additions Lady Gaga, Max Greenfield and "American Horror Story" alum Lily Rabe), we're breaking this panel into character-reveal quotes one by one.

"Hotel" is set, well, in a hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Murphy confessed that he was inspired by a surveillance video from around two years ago that showed a woman entering a hotel and disappearing. And here's who's checking in.

Ryan Murphy on Lady Gaga’s character:

"Her character’s name is Elizabeth, she owns the hotel. And she is sort of a very wealthy social doyenne who is consumed with art and fashion and people. And she has nefarious plans revealed in the first episode, and plays out over the course of the season. She starts shooting on Monday."

Later on in the "scrum" Murphy would add this about Lady Gaga’s character:

“Everybody who does the show has to start with something disturbing and awful right away. And I think the first two days [Lady Gaga] has a pretty spectacular murder scene to shoot with Matt Bomer. And I’m glad that she has Matt. Because she’s so great and they’ve all socialized… I can’t say enough great things about her.“

Ryan Murphy on Max Greenfield's character:

Murphy was able to elaborate on the role Greenfield is playing, which he dyed his hair for. “[Greenfield] plays an addict who checks into the hotel and tangles with Sarah Paulson," said Murphy. "Again that's just from my love of Max.... I always just wanted to work with him. So I went with him, you know he’s been doing comedy. And I said, ‘I have a feeling that you can, and want to do, something really ... up.’ And he said, ‘How did you know?’ So he cut off his beautiful hair, and dyed it, and then we had to let the roots grow in. I think he’s lost 30 pounds, which is odd because his wife is due to have a baby any day now. She's nine months' pregnant and he’s living on celery water, so she’s not happy about that. And yesterday I talked to him. His waist is down to a 27, so he's really committed to it and he looks amazing. He’s super cool and he does incredibly, probably the most disturbing scene we’ve ever done, he’s really at the center of. He really pushed himself as an actor, I was proud of him."

Finn Wittrock:

“I play a male model named Tristan Duffy who is always looking for the next high. And I think he sort of finds the biggest high in Lady Gaga. And we have a lot to do together. She sees all of me.”

Cheyenne Jackson:

“I’m playing Will Drake, fashion icon. He’s trying to creatively re-establish himself so he moves from New York to Los Angeles. A father… and a little desperate.

Denis O’Hare:

“I play Liz Taylor, movie icon. I’m not actually playing Elizabeth Taylor but I’m playing a person who is inspired by the awesomeness of ‘Butterfield Eight’ and ‘Cleopatra,’ and eye makeup like that. I shaved my head for the part, and other body parts. I work in the hotel. I work with Kathy. And I work in the bar, which is fantastic, it’s called Blue Parrot Lounge. It’s an extraordinary part of our set. We even have our own, homemade coasters, that have the hotel Cortez emblem on them. They’re gorgeous, and I’ve already stolen two.

Chloë Sevigny:

“I play Alex Lowel, I’m the wife of Wes Bentley, and a mother and a doctor. And I’m dealing with a great loss that we had in our family, and coming to grips with that.”

Matt Bomer:

“I play Donovan, who is involved in the Hotel Cortez. Closely associated with Ms. Gaga and Ms. Bates, Mr. Wittrock, amongst others. He has very interesting relationships with the lady folk in his life.”

Wes Bentley:

“I play detective John Lowell, I’m married to Alex Chloë’s so we have a great loss in the family. I’m investigating some grisly murders, which somehow leads me to checking into the hotel.

Angela Bassett:

“I play Ramona Royale and I’m sexy as well, but not in a drug addicty kind of way. I have a very strong, real lasting relationship with Stephanie’s [Lady Gaga’s] character. So I’m sure I’ll be at odds with you down there Donovan, who gets the girl? My character is also this fabulous actress. I don’t live in the hotel. But I visit there a lot.”

Kathy Bates:

“I play Iris. I’m also very, very sexy. What else? I run the hotel. I have relationships with Matt Bomer, and with Wes, and I can’t stand you [Sarah Paulson]. I hate you. I don’t know, yet, if I get to work with Angela, I hope I do. Liz Taylor and I have a very close relationship. And I do crossword puzzles in my spare time.”

Sarah Paulson:

"My character this year is quite dark, she’s sexy, she’s a drug addict... Not that drug addicts are sexy. This girl happens to be quite sexy... not because I’m sexy. I should just stop talking and be quiet. She’s unlike anything I've ever done in this show."

Later on in the panel Paulson would continue: “I play Sally," said Paulson. "I hate Iris in a rather ancient way for reasons that are revealed, quickly. I have a budding something with Wes’ character. It’s sort of dark. Sorry [to Wes Bentley], you don’t know this yet.”

And finally, Ryan Murphy on Lily Rabe:

A final bit of news. When asked what the big plans were for the annual "American Horror Story" Halloween episode, Murphy confirmed that show alum Rabe would be joining them for the pivotal two-parter.

"We're doing a two-part, well, we always do a two-part Halloween episode, but our Halloween episode this year is called 'Devil's Night,'" said Murphy. "I'm directing it because I love the script so much, when we finished it I said, 'I can't give this to anybody else.' Lily Rabe is coming to that episode. And she's playing Aileen Wuornos, which is really fun and bizarre. I don't want to give too much away but I will tell you that she's at the centerpiece of that, and that's who she's playing."

And there you have it, or most of it. No doubt a parade of new, big-name cameos and characters will appear as the production moves forward. Surprise characters, gorgeous sets and the tackling of hot-topic issues are the things you can always count on in "American Horror Story" canon. That and Jessica Lange, but she's gone now, hopefully to someday return after her hiatus from television.

The 13-episodes series will air beginning Oct. 7.

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SisterNightroad

08-20-2015, 09:50 AM

VIDEO: The American Horror Story: Hotel Cast Shares Insane New Details About Their Characters

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The months leading up to American Horror Story's premiere are almost as exciting as the show itself as viewers play detective, piecing together every bit of information about the new season. But rather than scour the Internet for clues, TVGuide.com went directly to the cast to find out exactly who they'll be playing and what sort of trouble they'll be causing in Hotel's halls.

Freak Show's breakout star and Emmy nominee Finn Wittrock returns for Hotel as Tristan Duffy, a male model and drug addict who catches the attention of Lady Gaga's character Elizabeth. But just because romance will play a major role in Wittrock's story line this year, that doesn't mean Tristan has a good heart. "He's always looking for a high and he does start to find that high in unusual places that might have to do with hurting other people," Wittrock teases.

Angela Bassett will play Ramona Royale, an over-the-top fabulous and successful actress who is "looking to improve her game," the star reveals. And though Ramona is ambitious, Bassett says she "won't sink to belittling herself or just doing anything for the part, which she's always asked to do."

Cheyenne Jackson will make his AHS debut as Will Drake, a fashion icon and father who moves from New York to Los Angeles' Hotel Cortez. "He's coming in and he's definitely kind of taking control of things, moving people out of their rooms and making room for his own fashion empire," says Jackson, who notes that his character's arrogant behavior definitely creates some enemies within the hotel.

Kathy Bates says Iris is a huge break from the more outlandish characters she's played in the past. And since Iris runs the hotel, you can bet your dollar that she's deeply involved in all the trouble that goes down there. Which means Sarah Paulson's character, Hypodermic Sally, should probably watch out. "She hates [Sally]," Bates says. "She's vile. She's trash, as far as Iris is concerned."

Denis O'Hare will show off a very different side of himself on Hotel as employee Elizabeth Taylor. While O'Hare isn't exactly playing the legend herself, based on the actor's description of the character, Liz is extremely committed to the persona. "She is Liz Taylor," O'Hare insists.

Matt Bomer plays Donovan, a resident of Hotel Cortez who is kicked to the curb by his lover Elizabeth (Gaga) after she meets Tristan (Wittrock). And in true AHS fashion, Bomer reveals Donovan has some serious mommy issues thanks to his complicated relationship with his mother, Iris (Bates).

American Horror Story: Hotel premieres Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 10/9c on FX.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/american-horror-story-hotel-cast-characters-spoilers/

SisterNightroad

08-21-2015, 04:51 PM

Here Are The First Photos Of Lady Gaga On The 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Set
The Countess has arrived!

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We finally have our first look at Lady Gaga's character on the set of "American Horror Story: Hotel," and she looks pretty Gaga-esque.

Gaga's Elizabeth, the Countess and owner of Season 5's Hotel Cortez, was spotted filming on location for the series on Wednesday night outside of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Wearing a red caped gown and the metal arm piece from the first "Hotel" teaser, Gaga walks through Chris Burden's street lamp sculpture at the Wilshire Boulevard entrance to the museum as some sort of black tie party takes place around her.

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A fan also uploaded a video to YouTube of Mother Monster entering the sculpture to the music of Dinah Washington's "Coquette."

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So what could it all mean? For starters, the footage left some fans on Reddit perplexed as they theorized whether or not "Hotel" will be set in the present day. Although FX President John Landgraf previously said it's his "hope" that Season 5 takes place in the modern day, the network has yet to reveal exactly what era the show will be in. But this new footage could give us some clues.

Burden's sculpture "Urban Light" was installed outside the museum in 2008. If "Hotel" is acknowledging the piece's real-life location at LACMA, then we can expect at least some episodes to take place sometime between '08 and today. But, Ryan Murphy also might be using the sculpture to reference the era of them lamps themselves. Burden's piece is made up of restored cast iron street lamps from the 1920s and '30s. Could it also take place then?

One thing we can guess is that "Hotel" will likely flash to the years 1989 or 1990 when Aileen Wuornos murdered several men -- Lily Rabe will portray the infamous serial killer this season. Knowing Murphy's style though, "Hotel" will probably jump between a variety of eras.

"American Horror Story: Hotel" premieres on Oct. 7 on FX.

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SisterNightroad

08-21-2015, 04:54 PM

Exclusive new AHS: Hotel teasers: This definitely ain't a Holiday Inn

Most hotel fears involve getting a bad view. Or maybe even a tiny room. Well, American Horror Story: Hotel is definitely going to change all that. The FX series, premiering on Oct. 7 and featuring a wild cast that includes Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Kathy Bates and Sarah Paulson, will take you inside one of the most horrific hotels ever put on screen.

Now EW has the exclusive reveal of two brand new teasers. Buckle up. Also, look carefully: these two spots tease characters involved in this latest season of AHS and terrifying new set pieces.

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SisterNightroad

08-27-2015, 07:21 AM

'American Horror Story: Hotel' First Look: 11 EW exclusive photos

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The Countess (Lady Gaga)
The owner of the titular Hotel Cortez, The Countess is a glamorous but deadly creature who sustains on a healthy diet of sex and blood — she kills with her very fashionable but very sharp chainmail glove. “She’s extremely strong,” explains Gaga. “She’s been through so much. It’s kind of impossible for anything to penetrate her.”

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Donovan (Matt Bomer)
Gaga’s lover of 20 years finds himself rebuffed when she meets similarly handsome male model Tristan. Says Bomer, “He’s very interested in domesticity and sort of nesting and hunkering down and having her to himself every now and then, and that doesn’t go over so well with her limitless hunger.”

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Will Drake (Cheyenne Jackson)
This fashion designer from New York arrives at the Cortez with his son Lachlan looking for inspiration. "He comes to the hotel and he is going to turn part of it into his atelier and of course he gets sucked up into the Countess," says Murphy.

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John Lowe (Wes Bentley)
This LAPD detective moves into the Cortez in order to investigate a series of murders perpetrated by the Ten Commandments Killer, who arranges vicitms according to the biblical dictates. His family, including pediatrician wife Alex (Chloe Sevigny), get sucked into the Cortez’ darkness. “He has a family he loves very much but that is sort of falling apart,” says Bentley. “He struggles with a lot of things. It’s clear most of what John struggles with is control.”

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Ramona Royale (Angela Bassett)
A film star who used to have a romantic relationship with The Countess, Ramona teams up with Donovan to take revenge on The Countess. Says Bassett, “They are powerful women at opposite sides and at odds with one another, each believing that they’re right.”

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Claudia (Naomi Campbell)
Campbell plays a Vogue editor who decides to stay at the Cortez and ends up regretting it. “She’s kind of outlandish,” says Campbell. “She thinks she’s indestructible and nothing’s going to hurt her.”

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Iris (Kathy Bates)
Donovan’s mother works at the hotel so she can see her son on a daily basis, even though he deplores her. Says Bates, “Iris is overprotective with a capital O, especially now since her son is ill. She wants to be there every day to make sure he’s all right, and she’s very controlling that way.”

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Tristan (Finn Wittrock)
This male model catches the eye of The Countess at a fashion show at the Cortez. “He’s got an addictive personality,” says Wittrock. “I think he’s hypersexual also. It makes him a prime candidate for the Countess’ charms and he is very willingly seduced and then turned by her.”

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James March (Evan Peters)
Like other seasons, AHS: Hotel’s time-frame bounces around, including flashbacks to the murderous Mr. March. “He’s the builder and owner of the hotel from the 1930s, and he is unique,” says Peters. “He’s designed a hotel to cater to his specific needs, which tend toward the dark evil.”

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Gabriel (Max Greenfield)
The New Girl star plays an addict who checks into the Cortez and has an unforgettable experience. “He’s a Hollywood junkie,” says Greenfield. “Originally, he had a job and was more preppy or business. And Ryan [Murphy] came back and was like, ‘I think we should be more rock and roll.’”

SisterNightroad

08-27-2015, 07:23 AM

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Hypodermic Sally (Sarah Paulson)
Another junkie who lives at the Cortez, Sally is one of the more tragic figures found in the halls of the hotel. “She’s selfish,” says Paulson. “She will put a stiletto in your face if it means she can get what she needs. But she’s also like a broken rag doll.”

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SisterNightroad

08-27-2015, 08:08 AM

Here's How 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Is Connected To Season 1
And how Evan Peters' character is oddly connected to Leonardo DiCaprio.

Entertainment Weekly just debuted their "American Horror Story" cover featuring Lady Gaga's Countess. Along with new details about Gaga's bloodthirsty hotel owner (not exactly a vampire), the issue also features new character photos and reveals how Season 5 will connect to Season 1 of the series.

Ryan Murphy revealed last year that all the "AHS" seasons were connected, and now we know Season 5 will visit the Murder House from Season 1. "We do go to the Murder House for one episode," the co-creator told EW. Christine Estabrook, who played realtor Marcy in the first season, will also reprise her character this year. A new photo from EW reveals Marcy showing off Hotel Cortez to Cheyenne Jackson's fashion designer Will Drake and his son.

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We also know that the season will jump between the present day, during which The Countess acquires Hotel Cortez, and the 1930s, when Evan Peters' Mr. James March built it. Mr. March is a rich and charming psychopath who builds the hotel in order to hide his murderous activities within secret rooms and shafts. Hmm, that sounds familiar ...

Fans know that Murphy's "AHS" characters and storylines are somewhat based on real-life people and events. (Here's our theory on what incident could have influenced "Hotel.") But for Mr. March, we think he may be inspired by not one, but two real-life figures. First is likely Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, known infamously as H.H. Holmes, who is believed to be America's first documented serial killer. In 1893 near the Chicago World's Fair, Holmes built a three-story hotel equipped with horrific torture rooms, which then became nicknamed the "Murder Hotel" -- if that doesn't scream Murphy, nothing does. And as fans know, psychopathic murderers are a staple in the "AHS" universe. Earlier this year, we connected all of the crazy killers from the series (as well as 10 other connections between the seasons.)

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But based on the 1930s period, it doesn't seem like Peters' character is just inspired by Holmes. He also has a twist of Howard Hughes. The billionaire and business tycoon also had his hand in hotel real estate in real life. Peters' interview with the Television Academy last month confirmed Mr. March's Hughes connection, and from the looks of EW's new photo of the character, Mr. March looks a bit like Hughes.

The weirdest coincidence about all of this, though? Leonardo DiCaprio played Howard Hughes for Martin Scorsese in 2004's "The Aviator" and will portray Holmes for the director in their upcoming film, "The Devil in the White City." Hey Murphy, we found your Season 6 star. (If Leo can't get an Oscar, maybe he can try for an Emmy?)

For new photos and the "AHS" cover story, head to EW.com. The issue hits newsstands on Friday.

"American Horror Story: Hotel" premieres on Oct. 7 on FX.

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SisterNightroad

08-28-2015, 11:31 AM

American Horror Story exclusive: Mare Winningham to return for Hotel

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Yet another American Horror Story alum has decided to check into this season’s Hotel: EW has learned exclusively that Mare Winningham will return to the franchise this year. The St. Elmo’s Fire actress will play the titular establishment’s laundress who works closely with Evan Peters’ character, Mr. March.

Winningham previously played the sister of Pepper (Naomi Grossman) on Freak Show and Peters’ abusive mother on Coven.

She joins an incredible cast that includes Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Wes Bentley, Finn Wittrock, Chloe Sevigny, Angela Bassett, Cheyenne Jackson, Denis O’Hare, Evan Peters, Max Greenfield, and Naomi Campbell.

American Horror Story: Hotel premieres Oct. 7 on FX.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/20/american-horror-story-hotel-mare-winningham

SisterNightroad

08-28-2015, 11:36 AM

Ryan Murphy on the bloodsuckers of AHS: Hotel: 'It’s not vampires. There’s no capes and fangs'

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Each season of American Horror Story tackles a different horror genre and this year’s iteration, Hotel, focuses on vampirism … well, kind of. “I prefer the term ‘ancient blood virus,’” co-creator Ryan Murphy tells EW. “It’s not vampires.” He adds, “It’s really a form of hemophilia in a way. There’s no capes and fangs.”

Lady Gaga’s character, The Countess, is afflicted with this virus as are her lovers, Donovan (Matt Bomer) and Tristan (Finn Wittrock), which causes the infected to crave human blood. “Around the middle of the season, we sort of explore the origins of all that and her character and where [the virus] comes from,” teases Murphy.

Since they don’t have fangs, The Countess and Donovan kill with their chainmail gloves as seen in the above photo and on EW’s new AHS cover; the nails are razor sharp and handy when slitting throats. “Ryan wanted the glove to look like armor,” explains costume designer Lou Eyrich. “So we started there, kind of Daphne Guinness-esque. But we wanted to make it our own and again timeless – Is it an old glove? Is it a new glove? We wanted it to look both rock ‘n’ roll but old at the same time. But then the nail that pops out with diamonds on the edge to slice you.”

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/26/american-horror-story-hotel-vampires-ryan-murphy

SisterNightroad

08-28-2015, 11:38 AM

Lady Gaga Introduces Us To Her Creepy 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Children
This season just keeps getting better.

Lady Gaga may have just introduced the creepiest "American Horror Story: Hotel" characters yet.

The singer took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to share a photo of her bloodthirsty Countess character sitting with three cherubic blond boys. Sure, they look sweet and innocent, but if we've learned anything through our years of watching horror films, it's that little kids are probably the scariest characters ever (see: "The Ring," "The Shining," "The Omen," "Children of the Corn"). Oh, and the fact that they seem to be sucking on bottles full of blood just affirms that fact. We just know they're going to end up in our nightmares.

Gaga captioned the photo, "We are family. Meet my magical children. HOTEL #AHS."

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Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly released more photos from the new season, getting us even more excited. We can already tell this season's going to be good.

"American Horror Story: Hotel" premieres on Oct. 7 on FX.

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SisterNightroad

08-28-2015, 11:43 AM

There could be TWO seasons of American Horror Story in 2016

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The appetite of American Horror Story has grown from year to year in terms of ratings and awareness, with last year’s Freak Show garnering the biggest audience and most Emmy noms than any iteration preceding.

So, it’s not altogether surprising that Ryan Murphy and his writing team are considering doing two iterations of the series going forward. “Next year we might do a fall American Horror Story and a spring,” says Murphy. “We have to decide.”

He adds, “We’re doing something that we’ve never done before on the show where we’re doing two different groups of writers rooms. Some of our writers will be bouncing around but a whole different group coming in late August. The next thing we’re crafting up is very, very different than this. Not smaller. But just not opulent. More rogue and more dark.”

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/27/american-horror-story-two-seasons-2016

SisterNightroad

08-28-2015, 11:49 AM

Will Jessica Lange return to American Horror Story? 'She’ll be back,' says Ryan Murphy

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One of the biggest changes in this year’s American Horror Story is the absence of Emmy-winning star Jessica Lange. The actress had previously appeared in all four AHS seasons but chose to bow out of Hotel to return to Broadway (Lange will star in a spring 2016 revival of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, produced by AHS co-creator Ryan Murphy). But that doesn’t necessarily means she’s gone for good.

“I’ve been talking to her,” admits Murphy. “It’s always possible. I’m trying to deal with her play schedule. Jessica is always about the character. She’ll be back—she’s not gone forever. But that’s the fun and fresh thing about the show: sometimes somebody has to go away before you realize how much you miss them. She wants to come back we just have to come up with something.”

Hotel is set in modern day Los Angeles about five years after the first season of AHS. So it’s safe to assume Lange could reappear as her season one character, the villainous and manipulative Constance, who ended the series by parenting one of Harmon’s murderous twins.

EW has already revealed that the series will return to the Murder House for one episode and that realtor Marcy (Christine Estabrook) from season one appears in Hotel. Perhaps the return of Constance isn’t so far-fetched?

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/27/american-horror-story-jessica-lange-return

SisterNightroad

08-28-2015, 11:56 AM

Inside 'the most disturbing scene' in American Horror Story history

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American Horror Story has given us some pretty terrifying creatures. Of course there’s anything involving Rubberman (or the Frankenstein baby nicknamed the Infantata) from season 1. The aptly named serial killer Bloodyface from Asylum. And who can forget Twisty the Clown from Freak Show?

Well … they are nothing compared to what’s in store for viewers of AHS: Hotel. Co-creator Ryan Murphy announced at TCA that this year’s installment features “the most disturbing scene we’ve ever done” and it involves AHS newbie and New Girl star Max Greenfield, Sarah Paulson’s Sally and a little fella named The Addiction Demon. Hotel’s new monster looks as if his eyes and mouth were covered in melted wax or skin (similar to the frightening figure in one of the newly released teasers) and he wears a conical metal dildo. “He is a representation of that and what people go through fighting addiction,” explains Murphy. “It’s not done lightly or blithely. I think it’s very powerful and strong.”

Greenfield plays Gabriel, a platinum blonde junkie who checks into the Cortez in the premiere and has a run-in with both Sally and the demon. Let’s just say it is not a gentle love scene. Teases Greenfield, “Ryan gets real pleasure out of how far, I think, he can push it. And when we were doing that stuff, he was happy and he was scared. We all were. And it was a good vibe on set because of that. I think we were like, ‘F— yeah, man. Let’s push this and let’s see how far we can go.”

For Paulson, who has been on all five seasons, it was oddly just another day at work on AHS. “None of it crazy to me,” she says. “I walk in and I’m like ‘Hello conical dildo demon person.’ I don’t even think twice. I had two heads last year — I don’t know what you want me to say. Like there’s nothing anybody can do on the show to shock me anymore.”

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SisterNightroad

09-01-2015, 09:21 AM

Sleep With The Lights On -- New 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Teasers Are Here
You might want to avoid your mattress for a while.

Just in case the first two teasers for "American Horror Story: Hotel" didn't convince you to avoid checking into hotels for a while, these new ones definitely will. In three new teasers, which Ryan Murphy tweeted on Monday night, the titular Hotel Cortez gets even creepier.

In one called "Jeepers Creepers", we get a look at the hotel's room 64, which we know is the room of Evan Peters' Mr. James March, the charming murderous psychopath who built the hotel in the 1930s. But is that him snooping through the peephole? As one fan on Reddit pointed out, Peters doesn't have blue eyes, so perhaps this is the eye of a victim in his room. Either way, we're bound to see Mr. March snooping at some point this season, since Peters' character is partly influenced by Howard Hughes, who was known to stay in room 64 at the Chateau Marmont and supposedly used it to spy on women down at the pool.

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The second teaser, "Towhead", shows a group of pale, blonde children standing in an eerie hallway. Could some of these be the blood-drinking kids of Lady Gaga's Countess?

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The third teaser changes the entire meaning of sleepwalking. Perhaps you should avoid your mattress tonight and sleep with the lights on.

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Murphy also shared two new character photos over the weekend, including one of The Countess and one of a masked man who may be Mr. March.

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The Countess is bringing back The Turban in a major way.
5:07 AM - 29 Aug 2015

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Who is this AHS all star behind the mask?
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Still not scared? Don't worry, on Monday, Lily Rabe posted a photo on Instagram of the contacts used to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos on "Hotel." That means Murphy & Co. are already shooting the two-part Halloween episode, which we know will feature a dinner party of the most infamous serial killers. Prepare to not sleep for a while.

"American Horror Story: Hotel" premieres on Oct. 7 on FX.

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