Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel tonight!
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Oh, Lifetime. It's like you read our minds.Shirley MacLaine stars as Coco Chanel tonight on Lifetime! Best. Miniseries idea. Ever. Aren't you glad you read StyleList on Saturdays? Set your Tivos. This is gonna be awesome on an Ice Capades scale. We have triple-salchow hopes.
Tiffany wrote about it way back in March, and the day has finally arrived. 8pm ET/PT. This is either going to be amazing, disastrous, or BOLTH. Our knees are bouncing excitedly under our desks.
A little background information:
Shirley loved the idea of playing Coco Chanel:
"I think we're both colorful. I think we're both rude. I think we're both spontaneous. We both can't hold back what we feel to be our honest opinion. And I think we both have talent." - Lifetime
In fact, it was playing Chanel that got Shirley into the idea of designing her own jewelry, Chakra Sky Jewelry.
The miniseries also stars Malcolm McDowell and Slovakian actress Barbora Bobulova (as the young Coco). Watch it!
R.P. Langley 9-14-2008 @ 12:34AM
The movie was great, I am very impressed how CoCo went with the jersey b/c the other was already sold but had the same effect as what she really wanted in a fabric. The designs now are awesome but then they really were too.
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Annie Scott 9-14-2008 @ 7:44PM
All I want for my birthday this year is hair like the young Coco's. Fingers crossed.
Katherine 9-14-2008 @ 11:50PM
Barbora Bobulova stole the show. Watching Shirley as the old Coco was OK, but Ms. Bobulova, who played the young Coco, and had three times the screen time McClain did, should get the credit, and should be the one who is getting the publicity and interviews now. This women is TRULY gorgeous, charming and very talented.
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