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Project Runway Lawsuit Settles: Show Will Air on Lifetime

BuzzSugar — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:00:01 -0700

Tim Gunn will be making it work on our TVs again before too long after all: NBC Universal and Lifetime have settled their lawsuit over the fate of Project Runway, and the decision means the show will air on Lifetime, not Bravo, from now on.

A statement from NBC said the Weinstein Company - which produces the show and set off the legal battle when it opted to take Runway to Lifetime - has agreed to pay for the right to move the show to a new channel. "All of the parties are pleased with the outcome," the statement said.

Meanwhile, a statement from Lifetime president Andrea Wong said, "Lifetime is the perfect home for this outstanding program as well as its companion series, Models of the Runway" - the model-themed spinoff that the Weinstein Company first mentioned last year. The statement says Runway will be on the air this Summer.

An entire season of Runway is ready to go, and a somewhat awkward finale filmed in February at New York Fashion Week. Could it really be on the air in just a month or two? Fingers crossed!

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Biggest Headlines of '08: The Battle For Project Runway

BuzzSugar — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:30:38 -0800

Project Runway was the tentpole show of Bravo, the series that birthed a million spin-offs (Top Chef, Shear Genius) and became a cultural phenomenon. There was no reason to think anything would change - until April, when we first saw the shocking announcement that Project Runway now belonged to Lifetime.

It turns out the announcement of the Weinstein Company's deal with Lifetime was a wee bit premature - or at least naive of the legal battle that was to come. More than eight months later, the fate of Runway remains up in the air, after lawsuits and counter-lawsuits, and the current expectation is that Runway will be grounded for months.

The legal nitty-gritty has given us some funny revelations, like Harvey Weinstein's "five true friends" speech and the sullying of Meredith Baxter Birney's good name. But there's some serious stuff here, too - or, at least, as serious as any battle over a fashion-related reality TV show could be. Episodes for an upcoming season six, produced by Real World producers Bunim-Murray and not original producers Magical Elves, have been filmed, but there's no telling if or when or where they'll air.

A judge initially ruled against the Weinstein Company and said Lifetime couldn't air Runway or any planned spin-offs. But Weinstein is still challenging the ruling, and Lifetime has now filed a suit of its own. With no end in sight, and many of you saying you wouldn't watch more Lifetime even if they did have Runway, a lawsuit isn't the only thing that could be lost - Runway's audience could flee, too.

Check out FabSugar for her take on the Project Runway drama.

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Buzz News Roundup, 7/18

BuzzSugar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:29:39 -0700

ABC Family has ordered 13 more episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
According to Variety, Don Cheadle will get to star in and produce a movie he has long wanted to make: a drama based on the memoir Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine and South America's Strangest Jail.
Will Ferrell and friends will be poking fun at both racism and split personalities in the movie 2-Face, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
The LA Times wonders if the Emmys are out of touch with what viewers are watching.
AdWeek has the story of how the Project Runway legal battle went down in court this week (short story: no decision yet).
A Chinese artist is suing DreamWorks over what he says is an "insulting" depiction of China's national symbol in Kung Fu Panda, Variety reports.
According to Pitchfork, Jarvis Cocker is working on music for The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson's forthcoming film.
Billboard has the news that Jimi Hendrix will be the next musical artist to be used for Guitar Hero.

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Do You Agree With the Winner of Project Runway?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:24:09 -0800

The sixth season of Project Runway, punctuated by a network change and a long lawsuit, wrapped up this week, and the winner was finally announced. And I really mean finally - the collections were actually shown way back in February.

Last week, the majority of you predicted that Carol Hannah would take home the honors. Of course, she didn't win, though I did love her collection. It was Irina and her urban lady-warrior collection that took home the title in the end. Althea was complimented for her sportswear, Carol Hannah wowed with beautiful draping, but neither bested Irina.

Do you agree with the judges and Irina's win, or do you think it should have been Carol Hannah or Althea?

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