Why 'American Crime Story' is so much better than 'American Horror Story'
CNN
The premiere of "Impeachment: American Crime Story" juxtaposed with latest edition of "American Horror Story" provides a stark demonstration of why the first of Ryan Murphy's anthology series formats is so much better than the second -- namely, because planting a foot in real-life events, however salacious, helps curb the producer's more distasteful excesses.
The requirements of presenting material based on a true story imposes a degree of discipline that "Horror Story" has lacked from the get-go. And while the show doesn't hide its gruesome marching orders -- "horror" is in the title, after all -- the fact we're up to a 10th season might explain why Murphy and his collaborators keep trying to outdo themselves, in occasionally hard-to-stomach ways.With Christmas music blaring through the speakers of the stadium’s sound system, an army of 500 elementary-age students from ten schools across Los Angeles, lined up to have Demi Lovato help them select a new winter jacket inside an open-air shop seemingly borrowed from the North Pole’s set designer.
Gotham Awards 2024: Zendaya honors mom, while Nicole Kidman and Pamela Anderson bring ’90s nostalgia
The stars were out Monday night for this year’s Gotham Awards, held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.