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Inside the Costumes of ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’
In the Apple TV series “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” Elle Fanning plays the title character, a young woman who drops out of college when she discovers she’s pregnant from a fling with her English professor. To earn a living as a single parent, she channels her creativity into the Hungry Ghost, a green-skinned retro-futuristic alien character modeled after the fembots of the 1960s (think “Barbarella” and “The Jetsons”) that she debuts on OnlyFans.
Margo is the child of a flamboyant former Hooters waitress, Shyanne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and a former professional wrestler, Jinx (Nick Offerman), so she understands the value of visual impact. “She comes from a world of people who dress the part, like her mother and her father, and they know what to wear to get what they want,” costume designer Mirren Gordon-Crozier said. “She falls into that quite easily.”
Because Margo is working with a limited budget and the amateur sewing skills of her roommate Susie (Thaddea Graham), the custom-created Hungry Ghost costume looks intentionally homemade. It’s made of silver spandex (a nod to Jinx’s wrestling world), a clear vinyl miniskirt and chunky boots that Gordon-Crozier found in a rave shop and decorated with moons and stars. For the shape of the bra, “I really wanted cone because it’s kitsch, and there’s a lot of humor in her OnlyFans videos,” Gordon-Crozier said.
Rico Nasty and Lindsey Normington play Margo’s OnlyFans mentors, who appear in her videos as cowgirls dressed in pink lace bodysuits with bedazzled gun holsters and sporting braids that stretch to the floor. “I asked Jaime (Leigh McIntosh), the hair person, if she would make their hair into lassos,” Gordon-Crozier said. “That’s the fun of it.”
Welcome to the Jungle
Shyanne has a closetful of animal prints. “They say leopard is a neutral,” Gordon-Crozier said with a laugh. “We did a lot of secondhand shopping for her because her style is out of date. She’s still wearing the pleather leggings and the knee-high boots and the fur vest, like a Real Housewife — you know, Orange County, 20 years ago.”
While Shyanne is the show’s most enthusiastic fan of the big-cat theme, it pops up as a unifying motif for several characters. The ex-wrestler lawyer Lace (Nicole Kidman) sports a vintage Dolce & Gabbana acid yellow and black tiger-print dress; Jinx rocks a number of leopard- print T-shirts; and Margo dons snakeskin-print pants and a matching jacket. “She has more of a funky style than her mother and father, like vintage eclectic,” Gordon-Crozier said. “But I wanted to tie them together with prints and fabrics.”
A Teddy Bear in Disguise
Jinx’s style, like his ex-wife’s, is frozen in time, dating back to his heyday in the ring. “With his wrestling background, what would he be attracted to? Leather and flashy patterns,” the designer said. “But he’s obviously very soft inside and not at all like his hard exterior as a wrestler. So we wanted his home clothes to be, like, his faded Jinx tank top and T-shirt.”
He also wears short-sleeve, button-down shirts in a variety of loud, colorful patterns, all sourced secondhand. “Those shirts aren’t easy to find — the right pattern that’s edgy enough that he would wear it and lightweight so it shows that you’re in California,” she said. “He sticks to his uniform a little bit, but he also hasn’t shopped in a very long time.” If he did spring for a new pair of shoes to wear around the house, the costume team reckoned, they would be black Crocs. “We thought that was funny,” Gordon-Crozier said. “He would buy the black ones, not a bright color, because he’s still trying to be sleek.”
Musty Old Money
On the opposite end of the sartorial spectrum is Elizabeth (Marcia Gay Harden), the philandering college professor’s deep-pocketed mother who tries to intimidate Margo and her family. “My backstory was that she comes from the East Coast and lives in California but hasn’t adjusted to the temperature and still dresses like her mother — like, extra, extra conservative, doesn’t show her knees, still wears stockings,” Gordon-Crozier said. Instead of giving Elizabeth a classic old-money Chanel ensemble, she opted for a vintage knit suit from St. John, a luxury American brand with a fustier image, in a color scheme that echoes the character’s coiffure: “The streak in her hair influenced me. I was like, OK, she needs to be in black and white, a little bit like Cruella de Vil.”
This story first ran in the Down to the Wire Comedy issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
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The Television Academy today announced the winners of the 78th Emmy Awards in juried categories from Animation, Costume and Innovation in Emerging Media Programming.
Among the winners: The Masked Singer and The Traitors for Outstanding Costumes, and Eyes of Wakanda and Star Wars: Visions among the winners for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation.
See the complete list below.
The juried awards will be presented over the first two nights of the 78th Emmy Awards, taking place at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6. An edited presentation of these first two nights of Emmy ceremonies will air Saturday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FXX.
Juried category entrants are screened by a panel of professionals in the appropriate peer groups (Animation, Costume Design, Emerging Media Programming, and Motion and Title Design) with the possibility of one, more than one or no entry awarded an Emmy. As a result, there are no nominees but instead a one-step evaluation and voting procedure. Deliberations include open discussions of each entrant’s work with a thorough review of the merits of awarding the Emmy.
The 78th Emmy Awards will be held over three nights, Sept. 5, 6 and 14. The Sept. 14 ceremony, hosted by Emmy-winner Mariska Hargitay, will be broadcast live on NBC from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will stream live and on demand on Peacock. Nights one and two will be edited into a single broadcast, the 78th Emmy Awards (Creative Arts), airing Saturday, Sept. 12, on FXX at 8 p.m. ET/PT, available to stream on Hulu the next day.
The following juried awards will be presented Saturday, Sept. 5:
Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming
The Masked Singer • Premiere Part 1 • FOX • Fox Alternative Entertainment
Grainne O’Sullivan, Costume Supervisor
Luke D’Alessandro, Costume Designer
Steven Lee, Costume Designer
Arleen Flores, Assistant Costume Designer
Alice Garland, Assistant Costume Designer
Maro Isakulyan, Head of Workroom
The Traitors • The Black Banquet • Peacock • Peacock Original, Studio Lambert
Sam Spector, Wardrobe Designer
Rikki Finlay, Stylist
Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming
Crafting Crimes • Meta Quest • TARGO
TARGO
Meta Quest
Victor Agulhon, Producer
Chloé Rochereuil, Director
To be presented Sunday, Sept. 6:
Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation
Eyes of Wakanda • Into the Lion’s Den • Disney+ • Marvel Animation
Uzoma Dunkwu, Character Design
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal • Kingdom of Sorrow • Adult Swim • Cartoon Network Studios
David Krentz, Storyboard by
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal • Vengeance of Death • Adult Swim • Cartoon Network Studios
Scott Wills, Art Direction
The Mighty Nein • Mote of Possibility • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Titmouse Studios, Critical Role Productions
Howard Chen, Background Design
Star Wars: Visions • The Duel: Payback • Disney+ • Kamikaze Douga + ANIMA and Lucasfilm Ltd.
Takashi Okazaki, Character Designer
Outstanding Motion Design
No Emmy awarded
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“The Masked Singer,” “The Traitors,” “Eyes of Wakanda” and “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” were among the Emmy winners in the juried categories announced on Wednesday.
The Television Academy’s juried categories have no nominees. Entrants are evaluated by a panel of professionals in the peer groups that pertain to each award: Animation, Costume Design, Emerging Media Programming, and Motion and Title Design. A single winner, multiple winners or no winners at all may emerge from these deliberations. (This year, no winner was selected for motion design.) Those selected by the panel bypass the nomination process and head directly to the winner’s circle.
The winners will be acknowledged at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmys, which take place at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE on Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6. An edited version of the two evenings will then air Saturday, Sept. 12, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on FXX.
Mariska Hargitay will host the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14.
The full list of winners in juried categories is below.
Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming
“The Masked Singer,” “Premiere Part 1,” FOX, Fox Alternative Entertainment
Grainne O’Sullivan, Costume Supervisor
Luke D’Alessandro, Costume Designer
Steven Lee, Costume Designer
Arleen Flores, Assistant Costume Designer
Alice Garland, Assistant Costume Designer
Maro Isakulyan, Head of Workroom
“The Traitors,” “The Black Banquet,” Peacock, Peacock Original, Studio Lambert
Sam Spector, Wardrobe Designer
Rikki Finlay, Stylist
Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming
“Crafting Crimes,” Meta Quest, TARGO
TARGO
Meta Quest
Victor Agulhon, Producer
Chloé Rochereuil, Director
Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation
“Eyes of Wakanda,” “Into the Lion’s Den,” Disney+, Marvel Animation
Uzoma Dunkwu, Character Design
“Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal,” “Kingdom of Sorrow,” Adult Swim, Cartoon Network Studios
David Krentz, Storyboard by
“Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal,” “Vengeance of Death,” Adult Swim, Cartoon Network Studios
Scott Wills, Art Direction
“The Mighty Nein,” “Mote of Possibility,” Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, Titmouse Studios, Critical Role Productions
Howard Chen, Background Design
“Star Wars: Visions,” “The Duel: Payback,” Disney+, Kamikaze Douga + ANIMA and Lucasfilm Ltd.
Takashi Okazaki, Character Designer
Outstanding Motion Design
No Emmy awarded
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Unwell, the media company co-founded by Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan, has been valued at $500 million after an investment from Patrick Whitesell‘s firm.
Cooper, a popular podcaster known for hosting popular shows like Call Her Daddy, launched Unwell with Kaplan in 2023.
While terms were not disclosed, the buy-in by WTSL, the firm run by former TKO execs Whitesell and Jason Lublin, represents the first outside investment in Unwell. Along with the financial resources, the move gives Unwell access to the strategic expertise and connections of WTSL, which has an interest in firms like Omaha Productions. Prior to TKO, Whitesell was a top exec at Endeavor and WME, working closely with Ari Emanuel for more than a decade before the two parted ways.
Gen Z women are the sweet spot for Unwell, which says its audience is 89% female, with 72% between the ages of 18 and 35. The company has nearly 100 million followers across platforms and operates a podcast network of more than a dozen shows reaches millions of listeners daily. Unwell last year formed a partnership with SiriusXM partnership and has ramped up its video efforts on YouTube.
Podcasting in general has been migrating from audio to video, with not only YouTube but Netflix, Disney+, Peacock and other streamers adding it to their programming mix.
In a statement, Cooper said Unwell is “scaling on all fronts, combining nimbleness, social-first premium content, and our understanding of culture to serve this highly influential audience. With WTSL’s backing, the company is now also poised to accelerate our media platform’s growth through acquisitions and investments.”
Whitesell said Unwell’s co-founders and the company’s team “have demonstrated an exceptional ability to anticipate where audiences are headed and create entertainment experiences that resonate deeply.”
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