Niecy Nash-Betts has no appetite for horror. So it’s hard to fathom her decision to star as an alcoholic detective in the FX horror series Grotesquerie, which opens with a murdered family hogtied and stuffed like a roasted pig. But presented with an irresistible script by Ryan Murphy — with …
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Ari Graynor has tears in her eyes. We had been scheduled to speak this afternoon, Oct. 24, about her role in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the Netflix miniseries that has helped reignite public fascination with the 1989 murder case in which the two brothers, 18 and 21 …
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Ryan Murphy said he and the creative team behind Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story have considered shooting new bonus episodes if the brothers are able to secure release from prison. “It’s been discussed, I’ll tell you that much,” Murphy said in a new interview with Variety. “Everyone has …
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Ryan Murphy believes Netflix‘sMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story may have played a role in reaching a “move towards justice” in the brothers’ case. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the series director reacted to Thursday’s announcement that the case was being reevaluated. “When we were making it, Nicholas [Chavez] …
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The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez issued a statement Thursday slamming Netflix’s Monsters series about the brothers, as well as the show’s creator Ryan Murphy, claiming the miniseries is filled with “mistruths and outright falsehoods,” and that family members were never even contacted by the production. The statement, penned …
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Ryan Murphy brushed off Erik Menendez’s criticism of his latest true crime series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, saying of Menendez: “I know he hasn’t watched the show.” Murphy made the comments during a red carpet interview with E! News ahead of the premiere of his new horror …
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Following the release of Netflix‘s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Erik Menendez released a statement denouncing the show as a “dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime.” In 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez and sentenced …
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Excess, violence, and the kind of family psychodrama that would make Sigmund Freud’s eyes pop — yes, the first full trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is here. The new series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennen will dig into the infamous Nineties true crime story, in …
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In the Grotesquerie trailer, Detective Lois Tryon (Niecy Nash-Betts), suspects a criminal committing heinous crimes — including the murder of an entire family — is taunting her. “It’s like God left the keys to the candy store to the devil,” Nash-Betts’ character confesses to a pastor. As dead bodies populate, …
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The tragic life of the late football player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez will get the Ryan Murphy treatment this summer in FX’s new series, American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez. The 10-episode limited series premieres on Sept. 17. A trailer for the show, for which Murphy is an executive producer, …
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