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Ryan Murphy Launches Foundation to Tackle Hollywood’s Diversity Problem

For all the shit I talk about Ryan Murphy (and there’s a lot, and sometimes he deserves it), I appreciate him saying “I personally can do better”, and then trying to do it.

Those are some real commitments. 

Oh this is really wonderful. He is committed to having 50% of the director
slots on his shows taken by women and minority candidates by the end of
this year. And I also love that the
foundation is committed to reaching out to college students and
providing them with opportunities and training. Good on him for taking the call for people in power to use it to make a change to heart and using his position and influence to initiate that change. He is in a prime position to really make a difference and I hope this gains momentum and continues to grow.

Over the course of six seasons of Glee, which petered out earlier this year, there was plenty written about backstage drama, fractured relationships and the death of star Cory Monteith from a drug overdose. All Murphy will offer are his own misgivings about his role on the show. “I was there with them all day long, and then we’d finish work and we’d go out and have fun all night, and I guess in a weird, twisted way, I was trying to relive the childhood I never had,” he says. “I thought they wanted a parent, and they didn’t. They didn’t want me to tell them what to f—ing do. They didn’t want me to tell them how to treat each other or what the world was like at the end of the day. I wish I could go back and do that differently with a lot of those actors. Some of them I’m still very close to: Lea Michele, Chord Overstreet, Darren Criss — but there were some that didn’t work out well, and I regret that. I guess I just wish I had been able to let them figure it out for themselves.”

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American Horror Story Scoop: Is Jessica Lange Back? Will Gaga Stay? And Who Will Make You Say Holy S–t?

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How did Darren Criss coming on AHS come about? Will you cast anyone else from Glee?

Ryan Murphy: I don’t know. I’m close to a number of them. The thing with Darren is he left Glee and went off to Hedwig, and it was such a sensation and he was so great. Darren and I had been talking about a number of things, and the thing about Darren is that I think he wants to do adult, different roles as I think anybody who’s played a teenager for more than four years would want to. He’s such a talented guy. Without telling me anything specific, he was just telling me about ‘the path that I’m on. This is what I want.’ We were writing this bat s–t crazy role on American Horror Story and I felt Darren would be good at this, because it’s completely different than anything you’ve seen him do before. He’s incredibly sexualized and violent in all his scenes for the most part with Kathy Bates. I thought, ‘Well, he’ll love that.’ We started filming and he didn’t disappoint. He’s just so talented. There’s nothing he can’t do. I feel the same way about Lea [Michele]. I feel the same way about many of them. You never say never—there’s room for it. If you’re in there, you’re in there. It really is a family feeling and a repertoire of people that come in and out. And that’s been great.

American Horror Story Scoop: Is Jessica Lange Back? Will Gaga Stay? And Who Will Make You Say Holy S–t?

Scream Queens season preview with Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk | EW.com

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If you watched last week’s premiere of Fox’s Scream Queens, you know it’s a wild ride and it’s gonna get even crazier. For starters, the central mystery is waaaaaay more elaborate than just the identity of the Red Devil. “It’s a big elaborate gothic story that plays out involving the baby in the bathtub and who rescued the baby in the bathtub,” co-creator Ryan Murphy tells EW. “It’s a 20-year conspiracy of revenge that has been plotted and planned and it’s all coming to a head this year at Kappa.” Much like American Horror Story, there are clues along to the way for the faithful viewer. “We’re designing it so that when everything is revealed it will all have been lined up in a way that you won’t need much to explain it,” adds co-creator Brad Falchuk.

Since it’s a college-set show, there will be a big Thanksgiving episode where we’ll get to learn about more of the characters. One major sequence will follow Chad Radwell’s family Thanksgiving which features guest stars Chad Michael Murray and Patrick Schwarzenegger as his siblings, Thad and Brad. “Radwell Thanksgiving is pretty much the biggest Thanksgiving in the country,” teases Falchuk.

Speaking of Chad (Glen Powell), it also turns out that Dean Munch (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Denise Hemphill (Niecy Nash) both have had relations with the frat dude. Says Murphy, “They have a scene where they high-five each other and compare notes.”

Hester (Lea Michele) will also connect with Chad over her love of dead things and will proceed to get even weirder. “We find out she had her first orgasm in a funeral home,” teases Murphy. “So she finds out Chad Radwell also has this syndrome. So they are brought together and united over their fascination with dead things.”

You’ll also at some point meet the mother of Emma Roberts’ Chanel. “You do find out that her mother is a horrible alcoholic who forgets to invite her home to family holidays and actually doesn’t remember her name,” teases Murphy. Hmmm. A terribly mean woman who doesn’t remember people’s names? Sounds like the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

The epic reveal of the killer(s?) will occur in the finale and set the stage for a whole new mystery and new location if a season 2 of Queens happens. “We’re looking for anywhere from 4–5 people to continue on to the second season,” says Murphy.

Scream Queens season preview with Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk | EW.com