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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Blue Bloods, The Big Bang Theory, Dancing With the Stars and You’re the Worst!

1 | Seeing as both shows are set in New York, is it safe to say that Kevin Can Wait‘s Donna was working alongside Blue Bloods‘ Linda on that medevac helicopter? (#TooSoonX2?)

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If it were up to us, "Project Runway" would never be "out," it would just play on a loop 24/7/365.

Sadly, Season 14 will say auf wiedersehen on Thursday, November 5th, so now seems like a good time to take stock and rank the previous 13 seasons, with the expectation that the 2015 season will probably fall somewhere in the middle of the pack once it's done. (Tim Gunn "hated" Season 14, but there have been worse.) Every season of PR is a precious, unique little rhinestone, but, like the judges, we have our favorites -- and now it's Our turn to be biased.

So here's our very subjective but still definitive worst-to-best ranking, which may only be challenged by a glare from Nina Garcia, an eye roll from Michael Kors, a "make it work" from Tim Gunn, or an "out" from Heidi Klum.

13. Season 11 (aka 'Teams')Maybe it seemed like a good, or at least dramatic,...

In HitFix's new feature "Waxing Episodic," we reflect on an episode of television we'll never forget. I don't know a single person who believes "Project Runway" is at its best now, but the decade-old reality competition is still chugging along, and that's a remarkable feat for a show that peaked in terms of sheer entertainment value at the end of its first season.  Yes, season one.  Say what you will about the subsequent cycles, which have included some of the most hilarious contestants (Santino Rice, Laura Bennett, the loopy, lovable puppetrix Elisa Jimenez) and undeniable talents (Christian Siriano, Mondo Guerra, Leanne Marshall) in reality history, but "Project Runway" has almost always required trumped-up workroom drama to keep us coming back. Season three succeeded with the Jeffrey Sebelia cheating allegations and season eight offered up an irritating, intriguing teacher's pet in the form of winner Gretchen Jones, but the duller seasons...

In this exciting episode, the designers are taken for a ride as they are assigned with a task to craft a dress for Marge Simpson to wear! Keep reading for our recap of ‘Project Runway All Stars’ season three episode six!

It looks like the designers are making their way through the TV networks! First, with last week’s Bonnie & Clyde-inspired challenge, and now Fox’s 25th anniversary of The Simpsons! Marge herself asks the designers to come up with a dress for her to wear on a special date with her husband Homer- even joking that the restaurant will have real waiter service, and not a cafeteria! She tells them she wants to look sexy for her date and asks that the dress not be green, and easy to remove for a late night “dessert” with Homer. Alyssa Milano tells the designers that the winning look will be worn...

Fox’s “Simpsons” star, Marge Simpson, is the guest client on Thursday’s episode of Lifetime’s “Project Runway All Stars” airing at 9/8c. Fans of the show know that the designers are always complaining when they have to design for real women, but they’re pretty jazzed about animated ones. Also read: Lifetime’s Pageant-Coach Reality Show ‘Kim of Queens’ to Premiere in January “Huge fan of ‘The Simpsons,” said Season 3 winner Jeffrey Sebelia. “I’m always in awe when people do amazing work that touches the masses. And ‘The Simpsons’ has done that.” In a teaser for the episode,...

This week the designers paired up and travelled back in time to the 1930s, using ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ for their inspiration. Keep reading for what host Alyssa Milano called “the best runway show yet,” and our recap of ‘Project Runway All Stars’ season three, episode five!

With Lifetime’s new mini-series Bonnie and Clyde hitting the network soon, the designers were greeted by two of the show’s cast-members, Holliday Grainger and Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland! The designers are asked to work with a “partner in crime” and design an updated 1930s look for a couple like Bonnie and Clyde. The looks must relate to one another, but each designer’s outfit will be judged separately — will the designers get along okay??

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The designs this week are extra ambitious: Christopher and Viktor plan to make a red carpet look for the woman...

The designers channel their inner kid as they use school supplies for the unconventional challenge! Keep reading for our recap of ‘Project Runway All Stars.’

This week the designers take a big yellow school bus to P.S. 212, a fine arts elementary school in New York. They are greeted by Alyssa who presents them with the famous unconventional challenge! She urges the designers to embrace their playfulness by using materials found in a typical classroom. They get a backpack and four minutes to stuff as many things as they can in to the bag to take with them. After a chaotic four minutes of grabbing rulers, jump ropes, and other supplies, they take their sketches back to the workroom to begin on their designs.

‘Project Runway All Stars’ Recap Season 3 Episode 4:

Elena is immediately concerned since she was on the bottom during her season’s unconventional challenge. The challenge...

This week the designers toast their way into the challenge — but don’t think a cocktail makes this week any easier! Read on for our recap of ‘Project Runway All Stars’ Season 3 Episode 3!

The designers are told they have the night off and are invited to spend their evening at Jay-z‘s hot club, 40/40. But their hopes of relaxing for one night are diminished when they are met by Alyssa Milano! Jeffrey jokes, “I know she’s not here to just chill with us.” Boy is he right. Alyssa tells them that the 40/40 club has a variety of signature cocktails, nine of which they will pick from and use as the inspiration for, (but of course!), the perfect cocktail dress. And this week the designers get a smaller budget of only $100. We can’t wait to see what the designers come up with!

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Editor's Note: Senior fashion editor of Marie Claire magazine and E! News fashion contributor Zanna Roberts Rassi is blogging exclusively on E! Online about the current season of Project Runway All Stars, giving her reactions and spilling behind-the-scenes secrets. Once again, it's time to make it work! Project Runway All Stars returned for its third season tonight, bringing fan favorite designers back into the work room. The returning contestants? Ari South, Christopher Palu, Daniel Esquivel, Elena Slivnyak, Irina Shabayeva, Jeffrey Sebelia, Korto Momolu, Melissa Fleis, Mychael Knight, Seth Aaron Henderson and Viktor Luna. The judges? Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman and Isaac Mizrahi. The host? Mistresses...

"Project Runway All Stars" returns for its third season tonight with a brand new host, Alyssa Milano, and the most talented crop of former contestants to date.For the first time ever, former winners are invited back, including Season 4's Jeffrey Sebelia, Season 6's Irina Shabayeva and Season 7's Seth Aaron Henderson.Other notable alums include Season 3 finalist Mychael Knight, Season 10's tempermental Elena Slivnyak, and Season 8's Ari South, now living as a woman named Andi South.toofab's Lawrence Yee chatted with Alyssa Milano about joining the popular reality TV competition.Some fans of the show have questioned Alyssa's participation given her acting background. But Alyssa actually has her own clothing line, Touch By Alyssa Milano, and is a longtime lover of fashion ... and "Project Runway.""My mom was a fashion designer when I was a little girl. And she was sold in Bloomingdales and then she had...

"Project Runway All Stars" kicks off its third season Thursday (Oct. 24) with new host Alyssa Milano, guest judge Debbie Harry, and a whole lot of scores needing to be settled.

"I have always been a huge 'Project Runway' fan," Milano tells Zap2it. "I watched since the very first season."

Milano, who has a licensed sports apparel line for women -- and is the daughter of a designer and granddaughter of a milliner -- says she loves being around the fashions from creation to execution.

The new "All Stars" season features designers Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman returning as judges, joined by newcomer Zanna Roberts Rassi of Marie Claire magazine. Guest judges include Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Urie and Nate Berkus. 

"The emotion is really raw on competition television and because there is always a clock ticking down. It [lends] itself to the drama," Milano says. "The fun of it...

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Eliza Coupe may have found her next series following Happy Endings (admittedly, I was hoping she might return to Community). She is set to star in Benched, a USA comedy pilot about a woman who goes from working in corporate law to being a public defender.

The Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will be shown in theaters in 3D, including screens in the USA. Unfortunately, it looks like the specifics haven’t been settled, so we’ll all have to wait to find out if its going to be shown on the big screen in our city.

I wouldn’t mind switching out one of those companions, tho…

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The new season of "Project Runway All Stars" is getting a visit from rock royalty: Legendary Blondie singer Debbie Harry will appear on the Lifetime competition as the first guest judge of Season 3. The returning designers will compete to create a look that honors Harry's musical legacy, taking inspiration from her music and punk-rock aesthetic.

Harry's visit coincides with the 40th anniversary of Blondie in 2014, but celebrations are kicking off early as Harry introduces the new track "Sugar on the Side," which will be released on the "Pras" Twitter account during the episode. Blondie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

The new season of "PR: As" will include three winners who are returning to defend their titles -- Jeffrey Sebelia, Season 3, Irina Shabayeva, Season 6, and Seth Aaron Henderson, Season 7. Their competitors come from Seasons 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11. The new "Pras" host is Alyssa Milano, who will be joined by Zanna Roberts Rassi,...

We can quibble about the name Project Runway: All-Stars, since I don't see prized contestants like Nick Verreos or Jillian Lewis in this lineup, but the second installment of Lifetime's alumni competition is probably going to be entertaining all the same. Truly. There are enough wild cards at play here -- each equipped with a wildly different skill type and level -- to make the season worth a run. The only problem? We need to rank which of these all-stars is destined for success. So here, just two days shy of Thursday's premiere, my predictions for the rankings of Project Runway All-Stars' new season. Spoiler: Pretty sure I made it work, guys.

13. Peach Carr

Now, I am a human being, so I love Peach Carr, her constant catchphrasing (Loved when she said that her skirt wasn't short enough to "show the good china?), and her ritzy suburban Chicago flair.

Project Runway has become something of a caricature of itself in the past few years, but let's never forget how amazing this show was and -- sometimes -- still is. The reason it remains my favorite reality competition show of allllll time (excepting perhaps The Mole) is its judges are such callous buzzards. So offensively dismissive. So haughty in their derision. So unnecessarily mean. So everything I want my children to be. Ten seasons in, Michael Kors is still the most damning character on that panel, and because he turns 53 today, I say we revisit his most hilarious and cutting barbs. So happy birthday, Mr. Kors! The crotch on your birthday is Insane.

(I've listed his quotes according to the garments he insulted. Scroll below each picture to read his legendary retort.)

1. Raymundo Balthazar's Barbie dress (season two)

Kors: "She looks like barefoot Appalachian Li'l Abner Barbie."

2. Marla Duran...

The art-world reality competition, Work of Art, with its oddball artists, overly harsh judges, and a terrifically animated mentor has become must-see television. Let’s be honest: Many of us watch reality television to fulfill a voyeuristic need to peer into other people’s lives, and to perhaps feel better about our own. The staggering success of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise would seem to prove this, just as, similarly, the cable channel’s reality shows tap this universal human need within the context of competition. We’ve seen pastry chefs break down about Red Hots, fashion designers make competitors’ mothers cry (Project Runway’s Jeffrey Sebelia, we’re looking at you), but the drama has perhaps never seemed quite so real or the participants quite so tortured as the artists on Bravo’s highly addictive Work of Art, currently airing its second season Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. Over at The Daily Beast,...

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Project Runway‘s Season 3 winner (and bad boy!) — Jeffrey Sebelia — is back!

But now the designer is dabbling in kids fashions, debuting a hip, edgy boys collection called La Miniatura.

Sebelia, who famously got a neck tattoo during the taping of the show featuring his then infant son’s name, created the line so his kid could “dress with some dignity!”

Well, it looks like he’s accomplished his goal.

A fun mix of British posh and punk, it features artsy graphic tees and sweatshirts, sophisticated trench coats, skinny tartan trousers, rocker-ready velvet suits and slim-cut colored jeans.

First, The CW announces an all-star version of America’s Next Top Model. And now, Lifetime tells us that we’ll see some of our favorite reality stars back on an all-star edition of Project Runway?! Is 2011 just a year-long Christmas?! Because this is quite a gift to us pop-culture junkies: In addition to a ninth season of the Emmy-nominated fashion competition, the network will air Project Runway All Stars, eight one-hour episodes featuring previous contestants. This makes it slightly different than the two-hour Project Runway: All-Stars Challenge, which saw the return of players Jeffrey Sebelia, Santino Rice, Daniel Vosovic,...

Now you can get your hands on Jeffrey’s designs!

Jeffrey Sebelia, the Project Runway winner with great rock ‘n’ roll style from season three, may have kept a low profile since his win, but now he’s back in the spotlight with his latest role – as the head designer at Fluxus! The brand, which is often seen on celebs like Jessica Alba, (above, she’s wearing the Zanny sweater), is super-affordable, (with prices ranging rom $60-$200, the clothing), and available on the Fluxus site. The collection is a great way to add some tough-girl chic into your wardrobe for spring!

-Katrina Mitzeliotis...

Well, here it is at last. The Project Runway season six finale airs tonight and I for one haven't been this excited since ... I last got my teeth cleaned. D'oh! I'm only joking. How can I not after this bizarre season that cruelly deprived us of the Holy Judging Trinity for weeks on end and forced us, time and again, to watch slack-jawed as ever-hideous designs limped down the catwalk? Grrr! But enough with that grumbling. Let's now get down to speculating how this hootenanny might conclude. Who will win? And to quote Lady Ridonkulous herself (i.e. Tyra Banks), Who!

Let's hear it for Milla Jovovich, who did a damn fine job guest-judging on last night's Project Runway. The model-turned-actress-turned-designer displayed a keen knowledge of fashion and had chutzpah to spare. Which means the person who's guest-critiquing next week has a mighty unenviable task. I'm about to tell you who that person is, so if you're averse to anything resembling a spoiler, now would be a good time to skip on ahead to the comments section. But if you have working eyeballs, you probably already figured out that it's Kerry Washington. (Sorry, gotta have a photo!) Will the actress (of...

Last night "Project Runway" premiered on its new network with its highest-ever first-night ratings -- a 3.3 household rating -- but before the new season got underway, Lifetime TV aired a one-time-only, two-hour "Project Runway: All Stars" with some of the top designers from past seasons, including Santino Rice, Jeffrey Sebelia, Chris March, Sweet P, Korto Momolu, who finished second, and the champion and winner of the $100,000 prize: Daniel Vosovic. The morning after his win, Et spoke with Daniel about how he will spend his cash, and if Nicole Kidman will be wearing his winning design on the red carpet for the premiere of her upcoming movie. Et: Congratulations. Does this win mean more than it would have to win your season, since the competition was the best of the best? Daniel Vosovic: I will be honest; it felt really good. Like you said, the bar was raised with this group and this challenge.

Click here for last week's preview of Project Runway. Tgif, gentle readers. Are you ready for some Project Runway recapping? Let's do this thing! Lifetime's Runwaypalooza commenced with a two-hour "All-Star Challenge" special that brought back past contestants to compete in a single runway show for a $100,000 prize. The "All-Star" title is kind of misleading, as the show featured only one actual winner (Jeffrey Sebelia of Season 3, who has grown himself an impressive handlebar mustache. My husband Jeff said it best: "He looks like... if Sonny Bono had a meth phase. Like, if Cher dumped him and he moved to Detroit." But I digress.) I cannot believe that the producers didn't at least try to get other winners on the show, so I harbor suspicions that they just started calling everyone. One must wonder why Kenley Collins didn't make the...

The biggest Project Runway competition of the night? Whether Lifetime's inaugural cast could match the sheer fun of the All-Star Challenge, which pitted eight Bravo-era returnees—including Daniel Vosovic, Korto Momolu and a double-barrel blast of bad boys Santino Rice and Jeffrey Sebelia—against one another. Thank goodness, Tim Gunn was there, too. Competing for the chance to design for Nicole Kidman, a $100K prize and the opportunity to destroy a restaurant dining room, the pros showed at the very least they all still know how to make watchable TV. And the new L.A. crew, which includes a budding neurosurgeon turned designer, an emotional former crystal meth addict and...

Movies DVD: The Devil Wears Prada Project Runway comes back tonight, so bring out your inner stylista with one of our favorite films about fashion—the 2006 hit that earned Meryl Streep an Oscar nod for her icy performance as magazine editor Miranda Priestly. TV Project Runway All-Star Challenge (Lifetime, 8 p.m. Edt) Season 6 of Project Runway finally premieres at 10 p.m. -- and on a new network, Lifetime, no less! But just before, catch up with eight alumni All Stars -- highlighted by Santino Rice, Jeffrey Sebelia, Mychael Knight, Chris March, and Korto Momolu -- who duke it out in this sure-to-be-special two-hour special. Read more about the special Music Watch Me Fall, Jay Reatard The guy with one of the absolute worst stage names in indie rock also happens to be the guy with some of its sharpest melodic instincts. Look past his unfortunate handle and you'll find an excellent garage-punk album.

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The 2-hour Project Runway: All Stars airs on Lifetime this Thursday at 8pm. Competing are prior Runway standouts Chris March, Sweet P, Korto Momolu, Mychael Knight, Uli Herzner, Jeffrey Sebelia, Daniel Vosovic, and Santino Rice.

Recently Tim Gunn spoke with Maureen Ryan of The Watcher and shared a few choice tidbits about what it was like filming All-Stars. Says Gunn, "I was as close to a psychotic breakdown as I’ve ever been."

What nearly put him over the edge? In addition to typical production headaches, Tim had some problems with a particular contestant...

Santino Rice (Season 2)

"I don’t want to give him anymore press. He doesn’t need it. But that Santino Rice -- I was ready to take a cyanide capsule. I mean, he just sucks all the air out of a room."

Gunn goes on to say that...

She looks great in a gown, walks fabulously on a red carpet and knows Christian Dior from Christian Lacroix. But can she handle such Project Runway all stars as the outspoken Jeffrey Sebelia and Santino Rice? Lifetime says she can. Here's the deal...  A rep at the show's new network confirms that Nicole Kidman will make a cameo on this Thursday's Project Runway: All-Star Challenge, which features eight returning designers to battle it out for the top spot. Meanwhile, the rep reminds us that the only guests confirmed for the new season of Project Runway, which debuts this Thursday as well, are Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria Parker and Christina Aguilera. Project Runway:...

She's graced many red carpets but can Nicole Kidman handle the catwalk? Or at least say "Make it work" as effectively as Tim Gunn? Mais oui! A rep for Lifetime confirms that the Australia actress will appear on the reality hit Project Runway. Her appearance on the special, Project Runway: All-Star Challenge, will air before the sixth season premiere of Project Runway on Aug. 20. She'll join returning designers such as Jeffrey Sebelia and Santino Rice on the special. Kidman's guest stint was first reported by Access Hollywood. -- Cynthia Wang Don Arnold/WireImage...

Nicole Kidman will be heading to Lifetime! No, she won’t be starring in one of their original movies—she’s been tapped as the latest guest judge for Project Runway! According to Access Hollywood, Nicole will be appearing on the Project Runway All-Star Challenge special episode. The episode will feature some of the most talented and controversial stars from the show, and Nicole will join Heidi Klum as she sets up challenges for the contestants. Daniel Vosovic and Santino Rice will return from Season 2. Uli Herzner, Jeffrey Sebelia and Mychael Knight are back from Season 3. Season...

Lifetime has announced that it will air a special "Project Runway" all-stars special, which will air Aug, 20, the same night "PR" debuts its sixth season. Here's the rundown of the competitors in the one-hour special. It does indeed include quite a few fan favorites from previous seasons: Daniel Vosovic, Season 2 Santino Rice, Season 2 Jeffrey Sebelia, Season 3 Uli Herzner, Season 3 Mychael Knight, Season 3 Chris March, Season 4 Sweet P, Season 4 Korto Momolu, Season 5 Is that guy with the weird 'stache in the photo at right Jeffrey Sebelia? I think it must be. Lifetime's...

Lifetime has announced that it will air a special "Project Runway" all-stars special, which will air Aug, 20, the same night "PR" debuts its sixth season. Here's the rundown of the competitors in the one-hour special. It does indeed include quite a few fan favorites from previous seasons: Daniel Vosovic, Season 2 Santino Rice, Season 2 Jeffrey Sebelia, Season 3 Uli Herzner, Season 3 Mychael Knight, Season 3 Chris March, Season 4 Sweet P, Season 4 Korto Momolu, Season 5 Is that guy with the weird 'stache in the photo at right Jeffrey Sebelia? I think it must be. Lifetime's...

Some of the notable designers who have taken part in the previous seasons of "Project Runway" will be back for one more round on the reality show. Called "Project Runway: All Star Challenge", the two-hour special edition will serve as the warm up for the long-delayed sixth season premiere on Lifetime.

The eight designers will compete for a $100,000 prize in cash. Once again they will create a design that will have to suit the theme and the judges' favor before one winner is declared. Coming back as the mentor on the workroom is Tim Gunn and returning to criticize the all-star designers are Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia.

"All Star Challenge" will air Thursday, August 20 at 8/7c and followed by the sixth season of "Project Runway" at 10/9c. There is also a companion series called "Models of the Runway" airing at 11/10c. The additional series "will give...

Lifetime is hitting the "Runway" in a big way. Not only will it be premiering the long-awaited sixth season of "Project Runway" and a new companion series "Models of the Runway," they're also bringing back some of the season's most famous faces for an all-star challenge.

The first ever "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge" will pit fan favorites from past seasons in an all-new challenge for a cash prize of 0,000. Returning to the workroom are Season 2's runner-ups Daniel Vosovic and Santino Rice, Season 3's top 3 Jeffrey Sebelia, Uli Herzner, and Mychael Knight, Season 4's Chris March and Sweet P, and Season 5 first runner-up Korto Momolu.

The two-hour "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge" special will air at 8pm Et/Pt on Thursday, August 20th, prior to the season premiere of "Project Runway" at 10pm Et/Pt.

Following the debut of "Project Runway" is the new Lifetime series "Models of the Runway," which...

After a long wait for the return [1] of Project Runway, the show's new network is giving you an extra dose of designer drama. Lifetime has officially announced the list of contestants returning to compete in Project Runway: All-Star Challenge, a two-hour special, set to air before the season 6 premiere of Project Runway on Aug. 20. Daniel Vosovic and Santino Rice of season 2, Jeffrey Sebelia, Uli Herzner and Mychael Knight of season 3, Chris March and Sweet P of season 4 and season 5's Korto Momolu will compete against each other for a $100,000 prize, a rep for the network confirmed. Tim Gunn will be on hand to guide them in the workroom before they face judges Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia on the runway. Immediately following the All-Star Challenge, it's time for the newest crop of designers to step into the spotlight with the much-anticipated season 6 premiere. Meet the new contestants now.

"Project Runway" is bringing back some of its past contestants in a new fashion face-off on the runway. Eight designers from past seasons are set to compete against each other once again in a two-hour show special.

"Project Runway: All-Star Challenge" will be bringing Daniel Vosovic (Season 2), Santino Rice (Season 2), Jeffrey Sebelia (Season 3 winner), Uli Herzner (Season 3), Mychael Knight (Season 3), Chris March (Season 4), Sweet P (Season 4), and Korto Momolu (Season 5) to vie for the 0,000 cash prize and the ultimate bragging rights.

Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia are back as judges, while Tim Gunn will be serving as mentor once again.

The two-hour "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge" special will air August 20, Thursday at 8 p.m. Et on Lifetime.

'Project Runway''s all-star challenge is sew on. A source for AfterElton says that Lifetime will bring back past 'Runway' designers for a special all-stars edition, set to air a week or two before season 6's Aug. 20 launch. Among the designers who will allegedly participate include Chris March, Jeffrey Sebelia, Michael Knight, Daniel Vosovic, Santino Rice, Kenley Collins, Sweet P, Korto Momolu and possibly others. Meanwhile, Christian Siriano, Rami Kashou, Jack Mackenroth, Kit Pistol and Laura Bennett have all turned it down. ...Read more

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Since we're still more than a month away from the return of Project Runway, I thought now might be a good time to share a little PR scoop that recently came my way. I haven't confirmed this elsewhere, but I have good reason to trust my source knows of what they speak.

By now, every PR fan knows that show returns on August 20th, but I'm told that a week or two before the show debuts on Lifetime, the network plans to pump up excitement for the return with a special All-Star Challenge featuring past designers.

My source says those confirmed to participate so far include Chris March, Jeffrey Sebelia, Michael Knight, Daniel Vosovic, Santino Rice, Kenley Collins, Sweet P, and Korto Momolu. Others might also participate.

Chris March, Santino Rice, Michael Knight, Daniel Vosovic

Filming is apparently taking place around a building called the Atlas where crews have been...

Talk about looking sharp. Wednesday's third-season finale of Project Runway set a viewership record for Bravo by a huge margin. The hourlong episode that saw Los Angeles resident Jeffrey Sebelia emerge as the winner of the clothing design competition drew a whopping 5.4 million viewers in the 10 p.m. hour. That was well above Bravo's previous record high of 2.4 million viewers set in July with the season opener of Runway. It also was strong enough to make Runway the top-rated program on cable for the night. "To say we are pleased by last night's numbers would be an understatement," Bravo president Lauren Zalaznick said. In adults 18-49, the Runway finale brought in a healthy 3.4 million viewers. The show also has been a boon to Bravo on digital and mobile platforms. On the BravoTV.com Web site, Runway hit a new show high with the heaviest traffic in network history, up 267% over the traffic on the Runway section last season. Additionally, page views were up 36% with 73 million and streaming video was up 38% with 5.1 million users, according to Bravo.