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Ryan Murphy Makes Public Plea to Lady Gaga to Return to “American Horror Story” for Sixth Season
Lady Gaga becomes The Countess, a vampire owner of the Cortez Hotel in tomorrow’s season premiere of “American Horror Story: Hotel” (review) the fifth season in the anthology series.
Even before the first episode could air, creator Ryan Murphy made a public plea begging Gaga to return in FX’s sixth season, which would debut next October.
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Built in 1930 by the rich and charming but deeply psychotic James March (Evan Peters), the beautiful art-deco Cortez Hotel is, in actuality, a labyrinthine structure built to hide March’s murderous activities.
Gaga’s Countess was described by EW as a glamorous socialite who attends art openings and fashion shows and maintains her looks not from a steady diet of kale but from imbibing human blood.
The Countess is also insatiable when it comes to love and sex, which sets up a macabre love triangle between her, the similarly blood-hungry Donovan (Matt Bomer) and the newly turned male model Tristan (Finn Wittrock).
Lady Gaga is so brilliant in AHS Season 5 that yesterday I officially asked her to join Season 6. Say yes @ladygaga!
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) October 6, 2015
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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