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Kelsa, the protagonist of Billy Porter’s sweet and blazing film directorial debut Anything’s Possible, doesn’t want you to call her brave. As a Black trans girl growing up in Pittsburgh, she’s heard the adjective one too many times.
There’s indeed more to this charismatic and self-possessed high school senior, played by the magnetic Eva Reign. She loves fashion — her wardrobe (kusos to Pose alum Analucia McGorty’s costume designs) pops with bejeweled accessories, mini-skirts, funky shoes and colorful blouses. She has a YouTube vlog, where she details her transition, talks about growing up in Pittsburgh and waxes poetic about school, her mom and friendship.
But above all else, Kelsa adores animals. The film opens with the teen explaining her fondness for creatures whose names reflect their unique traits. The Pink fairy armadillo, the blue-footed booby, Scaptia beyonceae (or...
Kelsa, the protagonist of Billy Porter’s sweet and blazing film directorial debut Anything’s Possible, doesn’t want you to call her brave. As a Black trans girl growing up in Pittsburgh, she’s heard the adjective one too many times.
There’s indeed more to this charismatic and self-possessed high school senior, played by the magnetic Eva Reign. She loves fashion — her wardrobe (kusos to Pose alum Analucia McGorty’s costume designs) pops with bejeweled accessories, mini-skirts, funky shoes and colorful blouses. She has a YouTube vlog, where she details her transition, talks about growing up in Pittsburgh and waxes poetic about school, her mom and friendship.
But above all else, Kelsa adores animals. The film opens with the teen explaining her fondness for creatures whose names reflect their unique traits. The Pink fairy armadillo, the blue-footed booby, Scaptia beyonceae (or...
- 7/19/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Saturday night, Pose was recognized with its first trio of 2021 statuettes at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards for its third and final season.
Barry Lee Moe, Timothy Harvey, Greg Bazemore, Tene Wilder, Lisa Thomas and Rob Harmon claimed the award for Contemporary Hairstyling; Sherri Berman Laurence, Nicky Pattison Illum, Charles Zambrano, Shaun Thomas Gibson, Jessica Padilla and Jennifer Suarez took the award for Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic); and Analucia McGorty, Michelle Roy and Linda Giammarese won out in the category of Contemporary Costumes.
In their appearances both onstage and backstage, many of these winners reflected on the groundbreaking nature of the FX series, and its impact on their own lives, along with those of viewers.
“Pose demanded visibility and let the trans community worldwide be seen with love,” said Moe, who served as Department Head Hairstylist. “This [award] is for the trans people who have felt disregarded in this world and...
Barry Lee Moe, Timothy Harvey, Greg Bazemore, Tene Wilder, Lisa Thomas and Rob Harmon claimed the award for Contemporary Hairstyling; Sherri Berman Laurence, Nicky Pattison Illum, Charles Zambrano, Shaun Thomas Gibson, Jessica Padilla and Jennifer Suarez took the award for Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic); and Analucia McGorty, Michelle Roy and Linda Giammarese won out in the category of Contemporary Costumes.
In their appearances both onstage and backstage, many of these winners reflected on the groundbreaking nature of the FX series, and its impact on their own lives, along with those of viewers.
“Pose demanded visibility and let the trans community worldwide be seen with love,” said Moe, who served as Department Head Hairstylist. “This [award] is for the trans people who have felt disregarded in this world and...
- 9/12/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
An old proverb once said too much is never enough, and the eventful three seasons of “Pose” seemed to live by that credo. Especially the costumes since, after all, you cannot be timid when crafting the vibrant underground scene of drag balls, even when the narrative takes you into the less-excessive 1990s and AIDS is tearing through the environs of the largely BiPOC, queer and gender-nonconforming NYC community it depicts.
“I don’t think there’s any reason for us to look at honesty and truth as something that has to be depressing,” says costume designer Analucia McGorty, noting that the final season was not without its share of shed tears. “Even if it leads to something upsetting, I think there is real beauty in honesty and truth. So, I don’t find it challenging to add color to that, particularly.”
McGorty is nominated in the Contemporary Costumes category at the Emmys,...
“I don’t think there’s any reason for us to look at honesty and truth as something that has to be depressing,” says costume designer Analucia McGorty, noting that the final season was not without its share of shed tears. “Even if it leads to something upsetting, I think there is real beauty in honesty and truth. So, I don’t find it challenging to add color to that, particularly.”
McGorty is nominated in the Contemporary Costumes category at the Emmys,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
The FX drama “Pose” took a final walk down the ballroom floor, airing its third and final season weeks ago. The period drama about the underground ballroom culture in New York City was created by Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy. The Emmy-winning series has one more chance to score tens across the board with Emmy voters. Scroll down to check out 11 exclusive video interviews with top Emmy contenders from the series.
In “Pose,” Mj Rodriguez stars as Blanca Evangelista, an HIV positive trans woman making her way in the world of ballroom as well as facing outside forces seeking to break her down. Her house includes trans model Angel (Indya Moore), Angel’s devoted boyfriend Lil Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) and dancer Ricky (Dyllón Burnside). In the show’s final season, Blanca fulfills her dreams of finding true happiness by becoming a nurse and finding true love with...
In “Pose,” Mj Rodriguez stars as Blanca Evangelista, an HIV positive trans woman making her way in the world of ballroom as well as facing outside forces seeking to break her down. Her house includes trans model Angel (Indya Moore), Angel’s devoted boyfriend Lil Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) and dancer Ricky (Dyllón Burnside). In the show’s final season, Blanca fulfills her dreams of finding true happiness by becoming a nurse and finding true love with...
- 6/23/2021
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
“Pose” ends its run this June after three seasons. It’s a groundbreaking drama with more trans actors of color as series regulars than any other program in television history. And it’s an Emmy-winning show that earned a Best Drama Series nomination in 2019 for its first season. So it’s kind of surprising that so far it has zero trans representation in acting categories. Will that change this year?
Seetv directors group panel discussion: ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Pose,’ ‘Solos’ and ‘Unpregnant’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The series tells the story of queer people who find refuge in New York City’s ball culture in the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2019 Billy Porter won Best Drama Actor, making him the first openly gay Black man to win that category. But even though the show was also nominated for Best Casting that year, Porter is the only performer who has ever been nominated for it, a conspicuous...
Seetv directors group panel discussion: ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Pose,’ ‘Solos’ and ‘Unpregnant’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The series tells the story of queer people who find refuge in New York City’s ball culture in the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2019 Billy Porter won Best Drama Actor, making him the first openly gay Black man to win that category. But even though the show was also nominated for Best Casting that year, Porter is the only performer who has ever been nominated for it, a conspicuous...
- 6/3/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
In the third episode of the third and final season of “Pose,” the FX period drama goes back to the beginning to show off the first ball performance by Elektra’s (Dominique Jackson) new House of Abundance. The theme was “once upon a time,” but the house that appears before Abundance is more “broke-down princesses” than fairytale couture, as hair department head Barry Lee Moe puts it. Conversely, everyone in Elektra’s family comes more than correct, from Candy’s (Angelica Ross) pillow headdress for Sleeping Beauty to Blanca’s (Mj Rodriguez) fairest one of them all, aka Snow White to Elektra’s Evil Queen. It was 10s across the board, naturally, and a statement on what such icons of beauty could and should look like.
“There was an order we wanted them to be introduced [in] and a particular emotional experience that we wanted the audience to have for each entrance.
“There was an order we wanted them to be introduced [in] and a particular emotional experience that we wanted the audience to have for each entrance.
- 6/1/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the penultimate episode of “Pose,” which aired May 30 on FX.
“It’s been a journey to get here,” Angel (Indya Moore) says to Lil Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) on the penultimate episode of FX’s “Pose.” It’s the opening line of her wedding vows, but it also describes the creation of the very dress she is wearing.
“We were down for seven months and I had a lot of time to think about” the wedding dress, costume designer Analucia McGorty tells Variety. “When I finally got the script, I had this insane idea that I’d been ruminating [on] for a while about making a dress that was mechanical and that would physically bloom.”
When Angel first tries on the dress at the bridal salon, it is more in line with ‘90s fashion trends than the extravagance typically seen on “Pose”: an asymmetrical,...
“It’s been a journey to get here,” Angel (Indya Moore) says to Lil Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) on the penultimate episode of FX’s “Pose.” It’s the opening line of her wedding vows, but it also describes the creation of the very dress she is wearing.
“We were down for seven months and I had a lot of time to think about” the wedding dress, costume designer Analucia McGorty tells Variety. “When I finally got the script, I had this insane idea that I’d been ruminating [on] for a while about making a dress that was mechanical and that would physically bloom.”
When Angel first tries on the dress at the bridal salon, it is more in line with ‘90s fashion trends than the extravagance typically seen on “Pose”: an asymmetrical,...
- 5/31/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
When “Batwoman” costume designer Maya Mani saw Alain Resnais’s 1961 film “The Last Year at Marienbad,” a movie that famously features dresses designed by Coco Chanel, she left wondering what all the fuss was about.
“What was I thinking?” Mani says during the Gold Derby Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel. “And my friend said, ‘If you think you’re so good, why don’t you try it?’ Being young and not very smart in that case, I was like fine.” Mani soon began working on a low-budget movie for seven days a week and says she was never happier. So that’s how she began her costume design career. “That and I inflicted designs on my dog,” she jokes.
Mani was one of six talented costume designers to participate in the roundtable discussion, including Jennifer Moeller (“Dickinson”), Analucia McGorty (“Pose”), sisters Rita McGhee and Alita Bailey (“P-Valley”) and Jacqueline Demeterio...
“What was I thinking?” Mani says during the Gold Derby Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel. “And my friend said, ‘If you think you’re so good, why don’t you try it?’ Being young and not very smart in that case, I was like fine.” Mani soon began working on a low-budget movie for seven days a week and says she was never happier. So that’s how she began her costume design career. “That and I inflicted designs on my dog,” she jokes.
Mani was one of six talented costume designers to participate in the roundtable discussion, including Jennifer Moeller (“Dickinson”), Analucia McGorty (“Pose”), sisters Rita McGhee and Alita Bailey (“P-Valley”) and Jacqueline Demeterio...
- 5/27/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
When “Pose” writer, director, and executive producer Janet Mock was thinking about how to conclude the groundbreaking FX series after three seasons, she landed on the idea of a lavish wedding ceremony. “It was my love letter to ‘Pose,’” Mock said to the New York Times earlier this year, “and to the women who watch this show, who are craving that sort of deep, deep partnership with someone who fully shows up for them and celebrates them and loves them in public.”
Spoilers Ahead About The Series Finale
The marriage ceremony between Angel (Indya Moore) and Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) takes place during episode 6 of the final season (airing May 30) and afforded costume designer Analucia McGorty the chance to do something she hadn’t done previously.
“I wanted this whole season to feel like a big love note to our writers, our cast, our crew, to all of the fans.
Spoilers Ahead About The Series Finale
The marriage ceremony between Angel (Indya Moore) and Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) takes place during episode 6 of the final season (airing May 30) and afforded costume designer Analucia McGorty the chance to do something she hadn’t done previously.
“I wanted this whole season to feel like a big love note to our writers, our cast, our crew, to all of the fans.
- 5/27/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Five top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, May 20, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a group chat with Christopher and all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“Batwoman”: Maya Mani
Mani’s career has included “Arrow,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The Flash” and “Continuum.”
“Dickinson...
RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“Batwoman”: Maya Mani
Mani’s career has included “Arrow,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The Flash” and “Continuum.”
“Dickinson...
- 5/12/2021
- by Chris Beachum and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
There’s a change this year for FX’s trailblazing “Pose,” set in the New York drag ballroom culture scene of the late ’80s. The third and final season begins in 1994, where the ballroom is all but a distant memory and AIDS is the leading cause of death for many.
Yet costume designer Analucia McGorty confesses an upcoming episode that takes place a decade earlier than the original timeline is one of her favorites. The installment, airing May 9, not only flashes back to the 1970s; it’s also an origin story for Elektra Abundance-Wintour, played by Dominique Jackson. It shows where Elektra’s strength and resilience come from and allows audiences to learn where House of Abundance started.
McGorty confabbed with series co-creator Ryan Murphy, who explained his vision, and had conversations with writer and co-creator Brad Falchuk and writer Janet Mock. The designer then began her collaborations with makeup...
Yet costume designer Analucia McGorty confesses an upcoming episode that takes place a decade earlier than the original timeline is one of her favorites. The installment, airing May 9, not only flashes back to the 1970s; it’s also an origin story for Elektra Abundance-Wintour, played by Dominique Jackson. It shows where Elektra’s strength and resilience come from and allows audiences to learn where House of Abundance started.
McGorty confabbed with series co-creator Ryan Murphy, who explained his vision, and had conversations with writer and co-creator Brad Falchuk and writer Janet Mock. The designer then began her collaborations with makeup...
- 5/6/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“Pose” star Billy Porter just scored his second consecutive Emmy nomination for his performance as emcee Pray Tell. Last year, the multi-talented actor made history as the first openly gay Black man to win the Emmy for Best Drama Actor, stating in his acceptance speech that he was “overwhelmed and overjoyed” to have lived to see the day. What makes it extra special for Porter is to have won with material that comes from an authentic place. “The gratitude to be living in a time where this particular story can be told in this mainstream way is such a gift,” says Porter, in an exclusive interview with Gold Derby before this year’s nominations. “It’s such a blessing.”
See‘Pose’ Emmy interviews: Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore and more discuss groundbreaking FX drama [Watch]
Behind the scenes, “Pose” largely consists of producers, directors and writers that reflect what’s onscreen: Black,...
See‘Pose’ Emmy interviews: Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore and more discuss groundbreaking FX drama [Watch]
Behind the scenes, “Pose” largely consists of producers, directors and writers that reflect what’s onscreen: Black,...
- 8/1/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“Pose” made history with its representation of transgender people of color actually played by trans actors in leading roles. It earned an Emmy nomination for Best Drama Series in 2019 for its first season, and it made history again by winning Best Drama Actor for Billy Porter, the first openly gay Black actor to take home that award. So how will it do in season two? Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top Emmy contenders from the show.
SEEBilly Porter (‘Pose’) on his ‘life-altering’ experience of playing Pray Tell and his Emmy victory [Exclusive Video Interview]
The FX drama takes place during the late 1980s and early 1990s in New York City, where LGBT people support each other amid discrimination and the ongoing AIDS crisis, but also compete for personal pride and glory on the ballroom scene. Mj Rodriguez stars as Blanca, who is a house mother to a group of outcasts.
SEEBilly Porter (‘Pose’) on his ‘life-altering’ experience of playing Pray Tell and his Emmy victory [Exclusive Video Interview]
The FX drama takes place during the late 1980s and early 1990s in New York City, where LGBT people support each other amid discrimination and the ongoing AIDS crisis, but also compete for personal pride and glory on the ballroom scene. Mj Rodriguez stars as Blanca, who is a house mother to a group of outcasts.
- 7/9/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Costume designers Analucia McGorty and Lou Eyrich adjusted to a new dynamic heading into Season 2 of “Pose.” While they were both designers on the FX drama’s first season, Eyrich was only credited as a producer for Season 2, though before the season she still prepped extensively with McGorty, who stepped into a sole leadership position for the costume department. “There was a big arc and change from what we had done in Season 1 time-wise, so Ana did great tone boards which then we run by Ryan [Murphy] because Ryan is very hands-on,” Eyrich says, joining McGorty in an exclusive new interview for Gold Derby. “I print them in L.A., I get them to Ryan, Ryan goes through all those notes and then I transfer all those notes to Ana and Ana started the process of collaborating with the actors.” Watch the full video interview with Eyrich and McGorty above.
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- 5/28/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Months before Pose received its Emmy nomination in July, costume designer Analucia McGorty and her crew of tailors and designers spent hours hand-painting toy horses that would line the underside of a metal petticoat. McGorty said that she sat under the Marie Antoinette-inspired "guillotine" skirt, painting imagery of the children’s toys, and thought, “This is amazing; this is my job. I love this!"
The whimsical garment was just one of the many pieces that McGorty, now an Emmy nominee for best outstanding period costumes, created to help Elektra’s (Dominique Jackson's) season two look come to life....
The whimsical garment was just one of the many pieces that McGorty, now an Emmy nominee for best outstanding period costumes, created to help Elektra’s (Dominique Jackson's) season two look come to life....
Ryan Murphy’s groundbreaking FX series, “Pose,” opened up the TV series format to Lgbtq inclusion and diversity like never before with its dazzling depiction of ’80s African-American and Latino ball culture in New York. It served as an allegorical bridge of liberation and empowerment amid the rise of Trump, and costume designers Lou Eyrich and Analucia McGorty were key collaborators in creating the boldest costume statement of the season.
“Ryan had a vision from the beginning with his support team of [co-creator] Steven [Canals] and [producer] Janet [Mock],” said Eyrich, who also served as producer. “They bring such a wealth of experience and information so we were guided by them. To be able to tell this story during those dire times, and to have this place for people to walk in and feel safe and dance and dress up was vital. So we got to learn both worlds.”
“It is a little bit...
“Ryan had a vision from the beginning with his support team of [co-creator] Steven [Canals] and [producer] Janet [Mock],” said Eyrich, who also served as producer. “They bring such a wealth of experience and information so we were guided by them. To be able to tell this story during those dire times, and to have this place for people to walk in and feel safe and dance and dress up was vital. So we got to learn both worlds.”
“It is a little bit...
- 6/21/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The costume designers of Pose, Lou Eyrich and Analucia McGorty were thrust into the unknown, in a beautiful way, while working on the critically acclaimed FX series. Created by Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy, Pose is set in 1987 New York, looking at three segments of society—the downtown social and literary scene, the ball culture world, and a Trumpian luxury universe on the rise.
Starting out on the series, which returns for its second season tomorrow, the pair knew little to nothing about the world of ball culture, so the process that would ensue for the costume designers was one of constant discovery, on a number of levels.
Featuring a huge cast of principal characters, and several worlds where costume was king, both costume designers engaged in their own personal firsts with the production. McGorty was stepping up to the role of co-costume designer on a remarkably ambitious series,...
Starting out on the series, which returns for its second season tomorrow, the pair knew little to nothing about the world of ball culture, so the process that would ensue for the costume designers was one of constant discovery, on a number of levels.
Featuring a huge cast of principal characters, and several worlds where costume was king, both costume designers engaged in their own personal firsts with the production. McGorty was stepping up to the role of co-costume designer on a remarkably ambitious series,...
- 6/10/2019
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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