[This story is focused on the sixth episode of Palm Royale, “Maxine Takes a Step.”]
In Palm Royale, parties and Palm Beach high society go together like Maxine Dellacorte (Kristen Wiig) and her signature grasshopper cocktail. But pulling off these ostentatious displays of wealth and popularity disguised as charitable events, episode after episode, was no small feat for the production team behind the Apple TV+ series.
“We shot episode one and two together with Tate Taylor directing, and it was back-to-back balls. Then we got to episode four and there was another one, and then we got to episode six and there was another one, and we’re like, ‘Oh my God, we’re doing Palm Beach Bridgerton,’” production designer Jon Carlos tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We realized we really have to up the ante on every single one of these parties. They have to be insane and then the next one has to be even more insane.”
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In Palm Royale, parties and Palm Beach high society go together like Maxine Dellacorte (Kristen Wiig) and her signature grasshopper cocktail. But pulling off these ostentatious displays of wealth and popularity disguised as charitable events, episode after episode, was no small feat for the production team behind the Apple TV+ series.
“We shot episode one and two together with Tate Taylor directing, and it was back-to-back balls. Then we got to episode four and there was another one, and then we got to episode six and there was another one, and we’re like, ‘Oh my God, we’re doing Palm Beach Bridgerton,’” production designer Jon Carlos tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We realized we really have to up the ante on every single one of these parties. They have to be insane and then the next one has to be even more insane.”
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- 4/13/2024
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the proliferation of antiseptic mall-sized ultra-modern mansions and cookie cutter “modern farmhouses,” with their acres of white walls, miles of pale French oak floors and vast walls of disappearing glass, the extravagant, playfully flamboyant more-is-better Bel Air compound of corporate housing magnate Howard Ruby and late actress-turned-artist Yvette Mimieux is a much-welcomed architectural and decorative antidote. Famous for his head-in-the-clouds more-is-more aesthetic, late and influential set designer and decorator Tony Duquette would certainly approve.
An L.A. native who passed in January, at 80, Mimieux was discovered in the late 1950s while horseback riding in the Hollywood Hills. She went on to appear in dozens of television shows and films, including Where the Boys Are (1960) and Light in the Piazza (1962). In 1964 she earned a Golden Globe nomination when she became what’s believed to be the first woman to bare her belly button on American TV when she guest-starred on Dr. Kildare.
An L.A. native who passed in January, at 80, Mimieux was discovered in the late 1950s while horseback riding in the Hollywood Hills. She went on to appear in dozens of television shows and films, including Where the Boys Are (1960) and Light in the Piazza (1962). In 1964 she earned a Golden Globe nomination when she became what’s believed to be the first woman to bare her belly button on American TV when she guest-starred on Dr. Kildare.
- 3/3/2022
- by Mark David, Dirt.com
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ryan Murphy had a very specific look in mind for Lucia State Hospital, a mental institution that’s at the center of his new Netflix series, “Ratched” (premiering Sept. 18), a “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” prequel and origin story for Nurse Ratched (Sarah Paulson) that takes place in 1947.
“He wanted the hospital not to seem like a hospital, but to be a very glamorous hotel that had been converted into a hospital,” says Oscar- and Emmy-nominated production designer Judy Becker, who has also worked with Murphy on “Feud: Bette and Joan,” “American Crime Story” and “Pose.” “The kind of hotel that movie stars used to go to. He wanted the series to take place in Northern California, so he wanted a lot of wood elements. That was my directive.”
They settled on Arrowhead Springs Resort in San Bernardino, Calif., an hour outside Los Angeles. “You’re driving up this mountain road,...
“He wanted the hospital not to seem like a hospital, but to be a very glamorous hotel that had been converted into a hospital,” says Oscar- and Emmy-nominated production designer Judy Becker, who has also worked with Murphy on “Feud: Bette and Joan,” “American Crime Story” and “Pose.” “The kind of hotel that movie stars used to go to. He wanted the series to take place in Northern California, so he wanted a lot of wood elements. That was my directive.”
They settled on Arrowhead Springs Resort in San Bernardino, Calif., an hour outside Los Angeles. “You’re driving up this mountain road,...
- 9/18/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Images from Hutton Wilkinson’s new book, More Is More. Courtesy of Abrams. Hutton Wilkinson is one very busy gentleman. The day I popped by for a visit at his iconic Dawnridge Estate, the former Los Angeles home of Tony Duquette, Wilkinson was entertaining guests, pouring champagne, giving tours of the house and gardens, and feeding his fish—all while his patient wife, Ruth, lightly reminded him he had to drive off to dinner in less than an hour. But I believe Hutton thrives on the same kind of energy that his mentor Tony Duquette once did. Duquette was one of America’s design icons. Not only was he the first American artist with a one-man show at the Louvre, but his art, costumes, interiors, jewelry, and furniture made him a favorite of the Hollywood social set and of such Über-arbiters of style as Lady Elsie de Wolfe Mendl, the Duchess of Windsor,...
- 10/1/2009
- Vanity Fair
The estate of artist/designer Tony Duquette is suing Michael Kors over claims he used the late California style icon to help sell his new Kors Resort Collection. Kors namechecked Duquette when he launched his new clothing line in 2008, claiming he had been inspired by his hero - and the dead designer's family members are far from happy about the connection.
The estate has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Kors, alleging the designer to the stars infringed on the Duquette name and trademark by referring to him.
Duquette died from a heart attack in 1999.
The estate has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Kors, alleging the designer to the stars infringed on the Duquette name and trademark by referring to him.
Duquette died from a heart attack in 1999.
- 1/28/2009
- WENN
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