Contestants bring attitude to ‘Project Runway All Stars’
“Project Runway All Stars” kicked off its third season Thursday with new host Alyssa Milano, guest judge Debbie Harry and a whole lot of scores needing to be settled.
“I have always been a huge ‘Project Runway’ fan,” Milano says. “I watched since the very first season.”
Milano, who has a licensed sports apparel line for women and who is the daughter of a designer and granddaughter of a milliner, says she loves being around the fashions from creation to execution.
The new “All Stars” season features designers Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman returning as judges, joined by newcomer Zanna Roberts Rassi of Marie Claire magazine. Guest judges include Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Urie and Nate Berkus.
“The emotion is really raw on competition television and because there is always a clock ticking down. It (lends) itself to the drama,” Milano says. “The fun of it for those of us watching at home, we all have our own pick. Sometimes it does not work
‘Project Runway All Stars’
9 p.m. Thursday, Lifetime out as we think it should.”
The returning contestants bring attitude and a need to avenge themselves, except for Jeffrey Sebelia, who won Season 3. Most seem to feel the way Viktor Luna (Season 9, third place) does: “I was robbed,” he says.
Others are poised for a fight, and the tension is pretty clear from the moment the designers hit Mood.
“There is drama, personality conflicts, and the drama is heightened because they are all tired, and the competition is so fierce there is no way they couldn’t be emotionally drained, and drama gets more and more as the episodes progress,” Milano says.
Despite the cattiness, tension and the fact that scissors make great weapons, no one is hurt.
“There are no physical altercations,” Milano says. “I think it is all pretty professional in that sense. There is definitely ego involved and personality conflicts.”
TVOne’s news premiere
TVOne’s new morning news show, Roland S. Martin’s “News One Now,” will premiere Nov. 4, the network announced.
The show will try to differentiate itself from a crowded morning news field by offering news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports and culture from an African-American perspective. Martin, the former CNNcommentator and “Washington Watch” host, will look at newsmakers, media stars, authors, celebrities, filmmakers, comedians and others.