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Amid the classic, flashy film and television premieres this week at SXSW, the festival also offered a forum for burgeoning creators to showcase their work in the Independent TV Pilot Program.

These seven wide-ranging pilots rely primarily on personal experiences — from mental illness to queer identity — while also taking creative risks to offer something new to the television landscape.

Screened throughout the week, the pilots debuted at the Rollins Theatre at The Long Center on March 9 to a receptive crowd, which included Woody Harrelson, who attended in support of former Champions co-star Kevin Iannucci’s project R&r.

Following the premiere screening, the creative teams from each project took the stage to discuss the unique challenges that independent filmmakers are facing in the current television environment and how those were overcome on their projects, including lack of financing and resources.

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Project Runway's future was uncertain after season 20, but it was later confirmed as renewed for season 21. Season 21 may premiere later in 2024 or extend into 2025, following the large gap between seasons 19 and 20. Season 20's cast, including judges Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell, and Elaine Welteroth, could return for season 21 with new contestants.

Project Runway, which first premiered in 2004, has fans wondering if Bravo has pulled the plug on the popular reality TV competition after 20 years. The Emmy Award-winning show is the one that inspired countless others that came after it. The format was simple fashion designers competing against each other. Created by Eli Holzman, the show has launched some of the biggest names in the industry, such as Christian Siriano (he was the shows youngest winner), Chloe Dao, Leanne Marshall, and Irina Shabayeva. The latest winner in Project Runway season 20 was Bishme Cromartie, whod returned after installment 17.

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Season 15 of The Real Housewives of New York City is reportedly gaining a new castmate!

Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff has joined the returning ladies for the new season, according to Deadline.

She joins the returning new cast – Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Erin Lichy, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank and Brynn Whitfield.

Find out more about Rebecca Minkoff’s casting inside…

While sources reveal Rebecca has been filming with the cast of the show, it is currently unknown if she will be getting an apple as a main cast member, or if she will just be a “friend of.”

Rebecca is no stranger to reality TV, as she has been a guest judge on Project Runway and Project Runway All Stars, as well as appearing on Project Runway: Fashion Startup and So Cosmo.

Stay tuned for more on Rebecca Minkoff‘s casting on Rhony!

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Alyssa Milano just overcharged on selfies amid her recent GoFundMe debacle. The former Charmed star caught immense heat for attempting to raise funds for her son’s sports team. So, it would seem she would try to humble herself, at least for appearance’s sake. That did not happen. Keep reading for all of the details.

Alyssa Milano Overcharges Selfies Amid GoFundMe Debacle

For decades, Alyssa Milano has been in the spotlight with shows like Who’s The Boss?, Melrose Place, Charmed, Project Runway All Stars, and more. She also made her mark in films with Commando, Fear, and Hall Pass plus she is a stunner so she has had promo deals, as well. Then, in 2009, she wed David Bugliari and together, they had two children. Yet, nearly a year ago, the actress helped make a GoFundMe to help her son, Milo, and his travel baseball team. Their goal was 10K...

[Warning: The below contains major spoilers for Project Runway All-Stars season finale.] Redemption was on the mind of designers taking part in Project Runway’s first-ever All-Stars season, which featured contestants from previous seasons of the Bravo show. During the milestone Season 20 finale, which aired Thursday, September 7, it came down to Bishme Cromartie, Brittany Allen, and Laurence Basse. For the last challenge, the final three were tasked with creating eight looks in eight days that really told the story of who they are in the fashion world. Along with mentor Christian Siriano, they had to impress judges Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell, and Elaine Welteroth, plus designer Zac Posen and Billy Porter, the Pose star who is no stranger to any runway. As the show reached its climax, Bishme was named winner. The self-taught designer from season 17 earned $250,000, a mentorship with the Cfda (Council of Fashion Designers of America), a feature in Elle magazine, and six months of...

“Project Runway” returned for its long awaited 20th season on June 15, 2023. It’s an “All-Stars” season, the first ever to air on Bravo; in the past seven seasons of “Project Runway All-Stars” aired on Lifetime before the “Runway” franchise returned to Bravo in 2019. So who has been eliminated so far? Scroll down to see who left the show, when, and why, updating every week as additional designers are sent home.

Fourteen designers went in to compete for the grand prize of $250,000, a career-changing mentorship with the Cfda (Council of Fashion Designers of America), and a feature in Elle magazine: Brittany Allen (Season 18), Prajje Oscar Jean Baptiste (Season 19), Laurence Basse (Season 15), Fabio Costa (Season 10), Bishme Cromartie (Season 17), Johnathan Kayne Gillaspie (Season Three), Mila Hermanovski (Season Seven), Rami Kashou (Season Four), Viktor Luna (Season Nine), Korto Momolu (Season Five), Nora Pagel (Season One), Kara Saun (Season One), Hester Sunshine (Season 17), and Anna Yinan Zhou...

And then there were three. Following Thursday’s episode of Project Runway All Stars, which required the remaining designers to create avant-garde looks inspired by NYC’s Summit One Vanderbilt, we now know which trio will return to compete in next week’s season finale.

The 90-minute pressure cooker of an episode found Bishme Cromartie, Brittany Allen, Laurence Basse and Rami Kashou fighting tooth and nail — er, needle — for one of the few spots in Project Runway‘s legendary New York Fashion Week presentation.

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“Project Runway All-Stars” is closing in on its finale, but to get there the designers had to get through a show-stopping menswear challenge. So who survived “Let Me See Your Peacock!” and who was sent out of the competition in fifth place? Scroll down for our live blog with all the minute-by-minute developments and commentary throughout the episode.

Korto Momolu was sent home from “Runway” last week in the confounding “Double Bind” challenge leaving five designers competing for another chance at the “Project Runway” title: Brittany Allen (Season 18), Prajje Oscar Jean Baptiste (Season 19), Laurence Basse (Season 15), Bishme Cromartie (Season 17), and Rami Kashou (Season Four). The winner of the competition will get $250,000, a mentorship with the Cfda (Council of Fashion Designers of America), and a feature in Elle magazine.

“Let Me See Your Peacock!” tasked the designers with creating extravagant red carpet looks for men that embraced the trend of flamboyant fashion.

“Project Runway” fans are in for a treat next week! “Project Runway All-Stars” is back for its 20th season, and you won’t want to miss out on a moment of the action. This spin-off series is giving some of the best “Project Runway” competitors a second chance to win big. The new season premieres with two back-to-back episodes on Bravo on Thursday, June 15 at 8 p.m. Et. You can watch Bravo with a subscription to Sling TV. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Hulu Live TV, Fubo, or YouTube TV.

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It’s a new year, and that means there’s a new lineup of series premieres, season premieres and the premiere of some shows’ last seasons. Our 2023 TV premiere dates guide will help you curate your “when to watch” list for the year.

Grab your popcorn, tissues and please keep the phone calls and texts to a minimum, because this year’s lineup of shows will have you hooked. Check out our guide below, and come back frequently as we’ll keep this updated throughout the year

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You’ve heard about it for months, Vanderpump Rules fans, and now we get to see how the #Scandoval actually went down in real time.

Last week’s episode was supposed to serve as the Season 10 finale, but then Tom had to go and cheat on Ariana with Raquel, and so Bravo naturally fired up the cameras to capture all of the fallout. Wednesday’s season premiere opens with a flashback to March 1, when Raquel appeared on Watch What Happens Live and declared Sandoval the sexier Tom. (Foreshadowing!) That same night, Tom was performing and his phone fell out of his pocket,...

Bravo is set to launch its first-ever “Project Runway All-Stars” with a two-part premiere on June 15th at 8 p.m. The show will feature 14 designers from previous seasons who will get one last shot to change their lives forever with a career-defining win. The all-stars will be judged by a panel of famous names from the fashion and arts industry, including Alicia Silverstone, Billy Porter, Zac Posen, and Stacey Bendet.

The show’s challenges will include an unconventional test, the classic denim challenge, and a uniform refresh for fan favorites from the cast of “Below Deck.” The All-Stars will get to showcase their creativity in iconic locations such as Fao Schwarz, Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park, and the skyscraper Summit One Vanderbilt.

Pilot FriXion Erasable Pens will return as the official Grand Prize partner and award $250,000 to the winning designer. In addition, the winning designer will receive a...

“Project Runway” returns for its long awaited 20th season on June 15, 2023. It’ll be a special “All-Stars” season, the first such season to air on Bravo; seven seasons of “Project Runway All-Stars” aired when Lifetime was the home of all things “Runway” before the franchise returned to its original home Bravo in 2019. So who are you rooting for? Scroll down to meet the 14 returning contestants competing for the grand prize of $250,000, a career-changing mentorship with the Cfda (Council of Fashion Designers of America), and a feature in Elle magazine.

Season four “Runway” champion Christian Siriano returns as mentor to the contestants, as he has done since season 17 of the fashion design competition. Judges Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell, and Elaine Welteroth are also back to evaluate the best (and worst) looks from each challenge.

They’ll be joined by a star-studded roster of guest judges, including actor, author and activist Alicia Silverstone; actor,...

It’s finally time to make it work again: Project Runway All-Stars will return with its first-ever season on Bravo, premiering Thursday, June 15 at 8/7c with two episodes. The series last aired in March 2019 on Lifetime.

The competing Project Runway vets include Brittany Allen (Season 18), Prajje Oscar Jean Baptiste (Season 19), Laurence Basse (Season 15), Fabio Costa (Season 10), Bishme Cromartie (Season 17), Johnathan Kayne Gillaspie (Season 3), Mila Hermanovski (Season 7), Rami Kashou (Season 4), Viktor Luna (Season 9), Korto Momolu (Season 5), Nora Pagel (Season 1), Kara Saun (Season 1), Hester Sunshine (Season 17) and Anna Yinan Zhou (Season 19).

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Spring is in the air, and for many that means it’s time to head outside, enjoy the fine weather and wave goodbye to winter. Vizio, however, is doing its best to make sure that users of its free streaming service Vizio WatchFree+ stay inside for the season.

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WatchFree+ has launched what it dubs its “Spring Showcase,” a curated collection of content that is sure to be a big hit with audiences. The collection includes a fantastic amount of exclusive content, so WatchFree+ users can feel like true VIPs as they enjoy the series and movies in the Spring Showcase.

Exclusive titles available as part of the Spring Showcase on Vizio WatchFree+ include:

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MRC Live & Alternative — the division formerly known as Dick Clark Prods. — has tapped Stephen Hill and Rob Bagshaw to serve as executive vice president of creative. The execs will report to president Adam Stotsky, who announced the appointments on Thursday.

Hill will oversee creative on all of MRC’s existing tentpole shows, which include the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “American Music Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,” “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and “Streamy Awards.” He’ll also handle a select number of projects currently in development. Next up, the “Billboard Music Awards” will air live across the continental U.S. on NBC Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.m. Pt from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

As for Bagshaw, he’ll handle creative for new franchises, as well as helping to identify formats and shepherd projects through all stages from development through production. That includes...

Exclusive: Alyssa Milano has signed with United Talent Agency for representation in all areas.

Milano is an actor, producer, host, activist, entrepreneur, humanitarian and New York Times bestselling author who recently inked a first-look production and writing deal with A+E Studios. Under the pact, she will write and produce projects for A+E Studios for international and domestic television platforms and services. The deal came following A+E Studios’ acquisition of her pilot script Things I’m Seeing Without You, which she adapted from Peter Bognanni’s 2017 YA novel of the same name.

Milano will next be seen in Bobby and Peter Farrelly’s Roku comedy series The Now, opposite Dave Franco and Bill Murray. She will also star in Monika Mitchell’s upcoming Netflix film Brazen, based on the novel Brazen Virtue by bestselling author Nora Roberts. She recently starred as Coralee, the social climbing wife of disgraced lawyer...

Alyssa Milano is expanding her relationship with A+E Studios with a first-look production and writing deal. Under the pact, Milano will write and produce projects for A+E Studios for sale on all global and domestic television platforms and services.

The deal follows A+E Studios’ acquisition of her pilot script Things I’m Seeing Without You, which she adapted based on Peter Bognanni’s YA novel. Things tells the story of a teenage girl reconnecting with her estranged father following the death of her boyfriend.

“Alyssa Milano is a creative force-of-nature,” said Barry Jossen, President & Head of A+E Studios. “She has already achieved so much in her life as a performer, activist, author, podcaster and more. Alyssa’s tireless energy and brilliant creative instincts are certain to bolster her current and emerging career as a top producer in television. She is also an inspired writer, having written her...

Updated at 5:40 p.m.: Chrissy Teigen had strong words for designer and former Project Runway contestant Michael Costello. Costello accused Teigen earlier this week of bullying him and trying to destroy his career. Teigen wrote on Instagram Friday that she was “surprised and disappointed” by Costello’s allegations and called the alleged texts between them that he posted online “fakes.”

She did admit to commenting publicly about Costello in 2014 when he was accused of making a racist remark. When Costello denied ever making the statement, Teigen says she deleted her post.

Teigen asked fans not to bully Costello for his posts, but warned the designer that the allegations needed to stop “Or this Will go further. Not here, but an actual court of law.”

Teigen had, last month, apologized for old tweets and DMs in which she bullied former reality star Courtney Stodden.

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Exclusive: We have learned that producer Meryl Poster has optioned the rights to the Broadway Books novel Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch under her new deal at Columbia Pictures which focuses on female-driven projects.

Time of My Life follows a discontented stay-at-home mom who wakes up seven years prior and gets a second chance to relive the choices she made and tries to discover if changing her past can changer her future.

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Hulu is kicking off the new year with a mix of new and old movies and TV shows that will be added to the streaming service in January.

Reality series including “The Bachelor,” “Project Runway” will release this month, along with “Cooks vs. Cons” and “Cutthroat: Kitchen.”

On the film front, “13 Going on 30,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Forrest Gump” and “Little Miss Sunshine” are arriving early in January.

Several children’s classics will be added on the platform as well. “Dennis the Menace,” which stars a young Mason Gamble as a neighborhood hooligan, and the animated saga “An American Tail,” starring an adventurous mouse named Fievel, will be available to stream.

See a complete list of movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in January 2020:

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Hulu is out with its list of everything new coming in January, as well as everything that’s leaving at the end of the month.

Highlights include the Season 24 premiere of “The Bachelor,” available the day after it airs first on ABC — so Jan. 7 for Hulu subscribers. Get ready to see Peter Weber in all his glory.

“Homeland” Seasons 6 and 7 will be available Jan. 10, following CIA officer Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) and her mentor, Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin).

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U.K.’s “Love Island” Season 6 will premiere on Jan. 20, sans Caroline Flack. The second seasons of “Lodge 49” and “Shrill” premiere Jan. 13 and the 24th respectively.

Leaving on Jan. 31 are “The Fantastic Four,” “Crazy For Christmas,” and a handful of others.

Here’s the full list of everything coming and going to and from Hulu in January.

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Chris March, a costume designer who rose to fame after appearing on season four of Bravo’s reality show Project Runway, died of a heart attack on Thursday at age 56.

TMZ broke the story, which was confirmed on Instagram by the Project Runway executive producer, Andy Cohen.

“This is how I’m going to remember Chris March,” wrote Cohen, “dressed as Lisa Vanderpump as I wear a Giggy costume he made for one of our first Halloween specials. Chris was a finalist on Season 4 of Project Runway. He designed for everyone from Beyoncé, Gaga, Madonna, Meryl, Prince and many legendary downtown drag queens (And Sonja Morgan!). He had a big booming laugh; he was a joy and delight. #Rip “

A New York City resident, March was in poor health for several years. A fall in his apartment two years ago saw him unconscious for four days. When he went to the hospital upon awakening,...

It’s the end of an era. After a win and six nominations together, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn will not be in the Best Reality Host Emmy lineup for “Project Runway” this year as they left the show before the 17th season. The series will look to return to the field with its current hosts Karlie Kloss and Christian Siriano, which would make “Project Runway” stand alone as the most nominated show in the category.

“Project Runway” is currently tied with “Dancing with the Stars” with nine nominations each. “Dancing” host Tom Bergeron was shortlisted for the first nine years of the category’s existence, winning in 2012, before getting dumped in 2017. Klum scored three consecutive solo bids from 2008-10 before being dropped in 2011 and ’12. After that, she and Gunn submitted together, won in 2013 and had been nominated every year since. Until now.

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“It’s anybody’s game,” said Dmitry Sholokhov at the beginning of the “Project Runway All Stars” season finale. He had won the show twice before and was going for an unprecedented three-peat, but this season of “All Stars” featured nothing but past champions, so he was up against fellow Us winners Michelle Lesniak and Irina Shabayeva as well as Canadian “Runway” victor Evan Biddell. Who was named the “Runway” world champion at the end of the night?

The episode got off to an exciting start with the announcement of the final challenge. After weeks of unique, innovative and highly specific design tasks that ran the gamut from airplane materials to Willy Wonka inventions, the designers had no rules at all for their finale collections. Their mission was to take four days and a $3,000 budget to create six-look collections inspired by whatever theme they wanted. Essentially, their design objective could...

After narrowly escaping elimination last week, Project Runway All Stars‘ final four designers — Evan Biddell, Irina Shabayeva, Michelle Lesniak and Dmitry Sholokhov — faced off Wednesday for the newly minted titled of “World Champion.”

This time around, the designers were given more freedom than ever, challenged with creating a six-look collection in four days with a budget of $3,000. “The specific theme can be whatever you want,” host Alyssa Milano revealed, which seemed to please everyone. Let’s see how this all panned out…

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In just 12 short hours, Lifetime will make reality TV history, crowning the first-ever Project Runway All Stars “World Champion” in a dramatic season finale event 15 years in the making.

But which of the four remaining designers — Dmitry Sholokhov, Evan Biddell, Irina Shabayeva or Michelle Lesniak — deserves to take home the brand-new title, and which one is most likely to? (Come on, we’ve all seen enough finales to know that the “right” person doesn’t always win.)

Statistically speaking, any of the four finalists could finish on top. Evan, Irina and Michelle have each won two challenges this season, while...

“Project Runway” premiered its 17th season on Bravo Thursday night with a new host, a new mentor, new judges and a new crop of designers competing for fashion supremacy. But that’s not the only thing that’s new about the series. After 15 years the show has introduced its first transgender model.

The season premiere episode, “First Impressions,” made a strong first impression when MiMi introduced herself to her designer for the first challenge, Kovid Kapoor. “I want to change the industry,” she told Kapoor. “I want to inspire all the transgender young generation who have a dream.” Kapoor’s overjoyed reaction to her opening up to him was one of the premiere’s most moving moments. “You’re a real goddess!” he told her. Watch that touching exchange below.

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Kapoor could also relate to her struggle for Lgbt equality.

Christina Exie was surprised that she was eliminated from “Project Runway All Stars” in the “Climate Quick Change” challenge, and so were a lot of our users. Our predictions pointed to Dmitry Sholokhov as the designer most likely to be sent home, but he actually ended up with one of the top three scores even though his look sharply divided the judging panel. When we asked our readers what they thought of the judges’ decision, though, the vast majority thought the wrong designer was sent home.

The “Climate” challenge was to design a look that could transition from one weather condition to another. Exie had to create a look for the beach that would go from sun to high winds, so she went with a black bathing suit worn under a caftan that could be tied around the waist. The look wasn’t too inventive, and the cinching required too...

Well I didn’t see that coming. This season of “Project Runway All Stars” has been a dizzying merry-go-round of fashion fabulousness and faux pas, with designers going from high scores to low scores and back again, but I didn’t expect the judges to oust a contestant the week after she won her second design challenge. That’s what happened to Christina Exie in episode 10, “Climate Quick Change.” Were you as surprised as I was? And did you agree with that result? Scroll down to vote in our poll at the bottom of this post.

To be fair, I can see where the judges were coming from. The challenge was to design a resort look that would transition quickly from one climate to another. Exie was tasked with a beach look that would go from sunny to windy, but all she offered the judges was a two-piece bathing suit...

After Dmitry Sholokhov won the first design challenge on “Project Runway All Stars” season seven he quickly became our front-runner to win the whole competition, and for good reason. Sholokhov has never lost. He previously won season 10 of the main “Runway” series and then season 4 of “All Stars.” Even low scores are almost unheard of for the dominant designer. But is he at risk of being eliminated from “Runway” for the first time ever? Our users think so.

Based on the combined predictions of our users as of this writing, Sholokhov is the likeliest to be eliminated from episode 10 tonight with leading odds of 27/10. But how could that be if he has historically been so rock-solid? Well, he’s coming off what was arguably his worst week in “Runway” history. In “All-Inclusive,” his gender-neutral trench coat in metallic silver looked to the judges like a Martian costume, and he landed in the bottom two,...

The ninth challenge this season on “Project Runway All Stars” was “All-Inclusive,” in which the designers created gender-neutral looks that could be worn by anyone on the spectrum: male, female and non-binary. This was an unusual challenge for a show that predominantly focuses on fashion for cisgender women, but maybe it shouldn’t be. I think TV’s premier fashion competition should follow the lead of fashion trendsetters like Billy Porter, who wasn’t nominated for anything at the Oscars but nevertheless won the event with his show-stopping tuxedo gown on the red carpet. And it was designed by “Project Runway” alum Christian Siriano.

Siriano won season four of “Runway” and is arguably the show’s most famous champ. For Porter’s Oscars look he served up traditional masculinity up top and then billowed out from there into a bold dress. “I was ready to create the conversation,” Porter told...

Miranda Lambert's hot cop husband is no stranger to the spotlight ... because his thirst for fame once led him to an appearance on 'Project Runway.' We did some digging and discovered Brendan McLoughlin reset his 15-minute clock for a part on "Project Runway All Stars" alongside Alyssa Milano.  Brendan appeared on the 4th episode of season 5, logging some serious camera time during the "Unconventional Materials Challenge" ... where designers are tasked with creating...

The remaining six designers were thrown for a bit of a loop on Wednesday’s episode of Project Runway All Stars, which required them to think a little differently about gender and fashion.

“Social awareness about gender has finally become an open conversation,” host Alyssa Milano told the contestants, each of whom would have to “design gender-neutral high-fashion street wear” for a model who either identifies as male, female or non-binary. Though the designers were given their models’ measurements, they wouldn’t actually get to meet them until it was time for the first runway fitting.

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You know the right designer was sent home when their only defense is: “I really don’t think that my outfit today was that bad.” (Oh, but it was. It really was.)

Wednesday’s episode of Project Runway All Stars sent the season’s remaining eight designers to Jc Penney to “shop for three different daytime separates and transform them into one sensational nighttime look.” Unfortunately, two of those elements — specifically “sensational” and “nighttime” — were missing from Cynthia Hayashi‘s final presentation.

“The vest is a little frumpy,” guest judge Vanessa Williams said in her critiques. “It’s a little matronly.

Eight designers remained going into episode eight of “Project Runway All Stars.” After dealing with unconventional materials, corsets, zoo animals and more, the designers had to make fashionable evening looks out of — gasp! — daytime separates. Which designers achieved the best day-to-night transformations in “Penneys from Heaven,” and whose looks belonged in the bargain bin? Find out below in our live blog with all the minute-by-minute developments as they happen.

Every single “All Stars” contestant this season is a past “Runway” champion. The playing field is so level that six out of the eight remaining designers won a design challenge in the first seven episodes. The only contestant who won twice up to this point was Anthony Ryan Auld, who had the best graduation look in “Top of the Class” and then prevailed again last week in “Pure Imagination.” Dmitry Sholokhov, Irina Shabayeva, Christina Exie, Michelle Lesniak and Sean Kelly also won challenges.

Last week on “Project Runway All Stars” Anthony Ryan Auld became the first contestant of the season to win two design challenges. He has sure come a long way since almost being eliminated in the season premiere. As a result of that windfall he has moved up in our predictions for who will win the season, while former front-runner Dmitry Sholokhov dips. But even with his sudden ascent, Auld isn’t our front-runner to win the competition. That’s still Irina Shabayeva.

Shabayeva has been hit-and-miss this season, but when she’s on she’s on fire. She won the “Buckle Up!” unconventional materials challenge, and she was the runner-up in three other challengers. That’s more high scores than any other contestant this season so far. But she has also gotten two low scores. She was in the bottom two for her tacky graduation dress in “Top of the Class” in week two,...

Django Steenbakker was eliminated from “Project Runway All Stars” last week after landing in the judges’ bottom three for several challenges. But now that he’s gone, who’s next? Of the eight remaining competitors there are only two left who have yet to win a design challenge. One of them has never gotten a low score (Evan Biddell), while the other has never gotten a high score (Cynthia Hayashi). Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s the low-scorer we’re expecting to exit the competition tonight.

Hayashi hasn’t really had a disastrous run this season on “All Stars.” Out of the first seven challenges, she only got low scores twice: in the season premiere episode, and then in “Of Corsets Fashion.” But every other week she has simply been declared safe, and seven challenges is a long way to go without being singled out for judges’ praise even once. So most...

In the first six weeks of competition on “Project Runway All Stars” there had been six different design challenge winners — no repeats. That finally changed in the lucky seventh week. Or at least, it was lucky for Anthony Ryan Auld, who won the “Pure Imagination” avant garde challenge. That made him the first contestant to win two challenges. Did he deserve his repeat victory? Scroll down to vote in our poll at the bottom of this post.

This challenge, inspired by “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” was to create a never-before-seen fashion invention that would be incorporated into their looks. Auld’s idea was a coat that would aid in communication: a wearable dry-erase board. The ever-supportive Dmitry Sholokhov wondered what the point of such an invention was in a world full of smartphones, but the judges didn’t share his grumpy assessment.

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Django Steenbakker‘s elimination from “Project Runway All Stars” was a long time coming. He spent three weeks in a row in the judges’ bottom three, but the avant garde challenge in “Pure Imagination” was the last straw. Did he really deserve to be sent home instead of Sean Kelly, who was convinced he would be axed after he had to scrap an idea and start over mid-challenge. Scroll down to vote in our poll at the bottom of this post.

The avant garde challenge this week was inspired by “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” It was the two-time Tony-winning star of that Broadway musical Christian Borle who told the top nine designers that they had to create a new fashion invention for their bold designs. But Steenbakker struggled with both directives. He seemed to think inventing was fundamentally inconsistent with being a designer. And he appeared not to...

An avant-garde challenge on Wednesday’s episode of Project Runway All Stars revealed which of the remaining designers have pure imagination… and which may not have any at all.

Following a trip to Broadway’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Musical, the nine contestants were tasked with using their imagination to “invent something never seen before in fashion. It could be a practical but surprising use for a garment, an unexpected innovation, or an inventive way to wear something new.” (And to give you an idea of how long ago this episode must have been filmed, Charlie ended its run in Jan.

“What we’ll see will defy explanation.” Those lyrics from “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” couldn’t have been more fitting on “Project Runway All Stars.” In episode seven, “Pure Imagination,” the designers embarked on this season’s avant garde challenge. So who got the judges’ golden ticket, and who was booted from this factory tour? Scroll down for our live blog with all the minute-by-minute developments as they happen.

The avant garde challenge has always been an opportunity for designers to let their freak flags fly, but they had better fly high, especially this season. In the first six weeks of the competition the judges saw some wild, unflattering designs, but they have often been harder on contestants who created bland, uninspired looks (like Juli Grbac) than those who took big swings and missed (like three-time low-scorer Django Steenbakker). And when it comes to avant garde fashion, there’s nothing worse than boring.

After six weeks of competition “Project Runway All Stars” season seven has a new front-runner: Irina Shabayeva has surged into the lead based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users who make their predictions every week in our predictions center. But a few weeks ago it looked like she might not be long for this fashion world. So what changed? Daniel Montgomery and Susan Wloszczyna recently discussed the current season. Watch their slugfest above.

In week two of the competition, in the “Top of the Class” challenge, our readers thought Shabayeva should have been sent home for her overly provocative graduation party dress. But in almost every other challenge she has passed with honors. In the first six challenges she won once and got high scores three other times, which is more than any other designer. The reason she has veered between hot mess one week and judges’ pet...

Anya Ayoung-Chee warned us in the season premiere of ‘Project Runway All Stars” that sewing wasn’t her strong suit. She was almost eliminated from the show on that very first challenge. But then she seemed to get along just fine, earning safe scores from the judges every week thereafter … until now. In episode six, “Pedal to the Metal,” the rubber finally met the road and she couldn’t drape her way out of it, even with ample assistance from her fellow designers. Did she really deserve to go? Scroll down to vote in our poll at the bottom of this post.

Ayoung-Chee’s strength was in flowing looks, so she knew she was in trouble as soon as the challenge was announced: to create a red carpet look with metallic fabric. The problem was that a metallic fabric wouldn’t work with her usual aesthetic, so it exposed her biggest weakness as a designer.

In what has been an especially turbulent season of “Project Runway All Stars,” Sean Kelly is the latest to go from worst to first. He was a surprise addition to the show at the end of the season premiere episode, and it’s been a tumultuous run for him. He landed in the bottom two just last week in “On the Prowl,” but he immediately bounced back from that scare and got his first win of the season in “Pedal to the Metal.” This is the third time that has happened already this season.

Anthony Ryan Auld was in the bottom two in the very first episode as he had been reeling from the recent death of his grandmother. But the judges kept him around and he won the very next week in “Top of the Class,” in which he designed a sporty graduation party look.

Irina Shabayeva finished at...

A metal-themed challenge on Wednesday’s episode of Project Runway All Stars took one designer a little too far out of her element. The remaining 10 contestants were instructed to create an “elegant red carpet carpet look using metallics,” one that also includes a “unique texture.”

For the most part, the designers seemed pretty confident going into this challenge — perhaps too confident. Michelle Lesniak, who prides herself on her work with metallics, was the first to brag, declaring this the “sparkle dazzle challenge.” Irina Shabayeva, meanwhile, gave us a full rundown of the stars she’s dressed on red carpets: Carrie Underwood,...

Django Steenbakker, Cynthia Hayashi and Anya Ayoung-Chee are the only contestants left on “Project Runway All Stars” this season who haven’t gotten a single high score from the judges yet. So it comes as little surprise that they’re the three designers our users think are most likely to get the boot tonight in episode six, “Pedal to the Metal.” Will they reform their low-scoring ways, or will one of them finally be sent home?

Steenbakker gets leading odds of 46/25 of being sent home. We thought the Netherlander would be eliminated last week too, and I was a little surprised he wasn’t. His interpretation of a lion for the “On the Prowl” challenge was an ill-fitting mint green number the judges couldn’t make heads or tails of. But while he did land in the bottom two, the judges decided to eliminate Juli Grbac for her less tragic,...

“Project Runway” has always been an international affair, with contestants originating from all over the world. But this seventh and final Lifetime season of “Project Runway All Stars” is an especially global affair. Half of the contestants are past winners from the show’s foreign spin-offs. But those foreign contenders have been dropping like flies. Can the remaining contestants rebound, or will they quickly be deported?

There have been four eliminations over the first five weeks of the competition, and three of them have been international designers: Sunny Fong (Canada) in “Top of the Class,” Jasper Garvida (UK) in “Of Corsets Fashion” and Juli Grbac (Australia) in “On the Prowl.” The one American sent home thus far was actually a big surprise: Seth Aaron Henderson, who had won not one but two past seasons of “Runway.”

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Veteran reality TV producer Rob Bagshaw has been hired as Executive Vice President, Unscripted Content for Nickelodeon. It is the latest executive move for the Viacom network, which has been revamping its programming team under new president Brian Robbins.

In his new role, Bagshaw will be in charge of the development and production of unscripted content across all formats and platforms, ranging from reality competition shows to the network’s marquee live events like Kids’ Choice Awards and Kids’ Choice Sports. Bagshaw will report to Nickelodeon President Robbins and will be based in the network’s Burbank headquarters.

“Unscripted series are continually the most popular shows in every demo, and Rob has a proven talent for creating a wide range of hits,” said Robbins. “I’m excited to have him join our team, where he can use his experience and skills to create the next wave of fun, must-watch shows...

Nickelodeon has named Rob Bagshaw as its executive vice president of unscripted content, where he will oversee the development and production of unscripted content across all platforms and formats.

That ranges from reality competition shows to live events such as the Kids’ Choice Awards and Kids’ Choice Sports. He will be based in Burbank, Calif., and report to Nickelodeon President Brian Robbins.

“Unscripted series are continually the most popular shows in every demo, and Rob has a proven talent for creating a wide range of hits,” said Robbins in a statement. “I’m excited to have him join our team, where he can use his experience and skills to create the next wave of fun, must-watch shows for our kids and family audience.”

Bagshaw was most recently executive producer of upcoming YouTube series “If I Could Tell You Just One Thing” and E!’s “The Funny Dance Show.” He has...