2011 News & Updates
December 20, 2012
Split: Jessica Lange, 62, and Sam Shepard, 68, after more than a quarter-century and two children, reports People. The actress and the playwright-actor first connected in 1982 and spent many of their early years together on a farm near Charlottesville. The never-married duo actually parted almost two years ago, it seems, but apparently no one got around to asking until now.
Split: Jessica Lange, 62, and Sam Shepard, 68, after more than a quarter-century and two children, reports People. The actress and the playwright-actor first connected in 1982 and spent many of their early years together on a farm near Charlottesville. The never-married duo actually parted almost two years ago, it seems, but apparently no one got around to asking until now.
December 15, 2011
Lange nominated for Golden Globe
Best Supporting Actress in TV Series, Mini-Series, or Made-for-TV Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
Lange nominated for Golden Globe
Best Supporting Actress in TV Series, Mini-Series, or Made-for-TV Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
December 14, 2012
Jessica Lange among SAG Award Nominees
Nominations have been announced for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be handed out January 29 in Los Angeles and aired live on TNT and TBS.
Stage veterans nominated for their film work include Kathy Bates (Midnight in Paris), Demian Bechir A Better Life), Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Mariilyn), Beau Bridges (The Descendants), Jessica Chastain (The Help), Jill Clayburgh (Bridesmaids), Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Viola Davis (The Help), John Goodman (The Artist), Judy Greer (The Descendants), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help), Allison Janney (The Help), Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs), Penelope Ann Miller (The Artist), Octavia Spencer (The Help), Christopher Plummer (The Beginners), Michael Sheen (Midnight in Paris), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Cicely Tyson (The Help), and Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn).
Stage performers nominated for their work in primetime television include Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Kathy Bates (Harry's Law), Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Glenn Close Damages), Jon Cryer (Two and Half Men), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Laurence Fishburne (Thurgood), Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Diane Lane (Cinema Verite), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Maggie Smith (Dowtown Abbey), and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family).
As previously announced, Mary Tyler Moore will receive the group's Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented by Dick Van Dyke.
December 9, 2011
TV Guide's Best Performances of the Year
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Homicidal Southern bigotry never looked so good, and only Lange, doing her Tennessee Williams best in kitten heels, can pull off American Horror Story's complicated grande dame. Those ghosts don't stand a chance against her hot-blooded determination to rule the supernatural roost.
Full Story
Jessica Lange among SAG Award Nominees
Nominations have been announced for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be handed out January 29 in Los Angeles and aired live on TNT and TBS.
Stage veterans nominated for their film work include Kathy Bates (Midnight in Paris), Demian Bechir A Better Life), Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Mariilyn), Beau Bridges (The Descendants), Jessica Chastain (The Help), Jill Clayburgh (Bridesmaids), Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Viola Davis (The Help), John Goodman (The Artist), Judy Greer (The Descendants), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help), Allison Janney (The Help), Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs), Penelope Ann Miller (The Artist), Octavia Spencer (The Help), Christopher Plummer (The Beginners), Michael Sheen (Midnight in Paris), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Cicely Tyson (The Help), and Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn).
Stage performers nominated for their work in primetime television include Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Kathy Bates (Harry's Law), Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Glenn Close Damages), Jon Cryer (Two and Half Men), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Laurence Fishburne (Thurgood), Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Diane Lane (Cinema Verite), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Maggie Smith (Dowtown Abbey), and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family).
As previously announced, Mary Tyler Moore will receive the group's Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented by Dick Van Dyke.
December 9, 2011
TV Guide's Best Performances of the Year
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Homicidal Southern bigotry never looked so good, and only Lange, doing her Tennessee Williams best in kitten heels, can pull off American Horror Story's complicated grande dame. Those ghosts don't stand a chance against her hot-blooded determination to rule the supernatural roost.
Full Story
October 31, 2011
FX Orders Season 2 of ‘American Horror Story’
From Screen Rant:
Although it comes as no surprise, FX has fittingly made a Halloween announcement that the highly-rated haunted house drama American Horror Story has been granted a second season, after airing only four episodes of season 1.
The freshman drama has been a breakout for the network, drawing in better-than-expected numbers – which look to help make AHS the highest-rated first season of any drama on the network.
FX Orders Season 2 of ‘American Horror Story’
From Screen Rant:
Although it comes as no surprise, FX has fittingly made a Halloween announcement that the highly-rated haunted house drama American Horror Story has been granted a second season, after airing only four episodes of season 1.
The freshman drama has been a breakout for the network, drawing in better-than-expected numbers – which look to help make AHS the highest-rated first season of any drama on the network.
April 11, 2011
Jessica Lange To Star In Ryan Murphy/Brad Falchuk's FX Pilot 'American Horror Story'
In a major casting coup for their FX drama pilot American Horror Story, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have tapped Jessica Lange to star in a lead role opposite Connie Britton. This marks the first foray into TV series for the two-time Oscar winner.
The premise of American Horror Story is under wraps, but a breakdown for the pilot listed two main characters: Ben Harmon, a sensitive therapist, and Vivien Harmon (Britton), his gorgeous wife who is a force to be reckoned with. Lange will play their nosy neighbor.
Murphy and Falchuk are now rewriting the script to expand the role for Lange, turning it into a full-fledged third lead. In the pilot, Lange also joins Denis O'Hare, who plays Larry the burn guy, while the role of Ben is yet to be cast.
Murphy is set to direct the pilot, from 20th Century Fox TV, which will start production later this month, after Murphy and Falchuk wrap production on Glee. Murphy and Falchuk are executive producing American Horror Story with Dante Di Loreto. FX was already high on the pilot, with president John Landgraf saying that he was targeting it for a fall series launch. Getting a marquee name like Lange in addition to Britton is sure to further boost the projects' chances for a series order. Lange, repped by WME and Untitled, most recently starred in the HBO movie Grey Gardens, which earned her an Emmy. She will next be seen opposite Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum in the feature The Vow, helmed by her Grey Gardens director Michael Sucsy.
2010 News & Updates
Jessica Lange To Star In Ryan Murphy/Brad Falchuk's FX Pilot 'American Horror Story'
In a major casting coup for their FX drama pilot American Horror Story, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have tapped Jessica Lange to star in a lead role opposite Connie Britton. This marks the first foray into TV series for the two-time Oscar winner.
The premise of American Horror Story is under wraps, but a breakdown for the pilot listed two main characters: Ben Harmon, a sensitive therapist, and Vivien Harmon (Britton), his gorgeous wife who is a force to be reckoned with. Lange will play their nosy neighbor.
Murphy and Falchuk are now rewriting the script to expand the role for Lange, turning it into a full-fledged third lead. In the pilot, Lange also joins Denis O'Hare, who plays Larry the burn guy, while the role of Ben is yet to be cast.
Murphy is set to direct the pilot, from 20th Century Fox TV, which will start production later this month, after Murphy and Falchuk wrap production on Glee. Murphy and Falchuk are executive producing American Horror Story with Dante Di Loreto. FX was already high on the pilot, with president John Landgraf saying that he was targeting it for a fall series launch. Getting a marquee name like Lange in addition to Britton is sure to further boost the projects' chances for a series order. Lange, repped by WME and Untitled, most recently starred in the HBO movie Grey Gardens, which earned her an Emmy. She will next be seen opposite Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum in the feature The Vow, helmed by her Grey Gardens director Michael Sucsy.
2010 News & Updates