It's over! American Horror Story: Freak Show is finally over! Everyone can forget the misery of trying to understand the point of this season—which might've just been that wealthy inbred white men like Dandy are cray-zay? Just a guess.
From American Horror Story to … O.J. Simpson? Glee creator Ryan Murphy, who stretched his weirdo wings with AHS and the fabulous Sarah Paulson, has a new FX show called American Crime Story coming in 2015.
As American Horror Story has proven, when Ryan Murphy gets attached to an actor, he sticks with 'em, through and through. Over the last couple seasons, 23-year-old Emma Roberts has proven to be his golden child, of sorts, landing strong leading roles in Coven and Freak Show. In Scream Queens, his new comedy-horror for…
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RIP, Major Character #1 and Major Character #2!
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Fans of American Horror Story have always speculated that there was some thread stringing together the various seasons and plots. And Lily Rabe's return the show this season to reprise her role as Sister Mary Eunice has only fueled those theories. Well, conspiracy fans, Ryan Murphy, creator of AHS wants you to know…
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What's going on with clowns these days? Roaming small towns in California, terrorizing people in France, missing entire mouths on American Horror Story? I don't know about you but I think the French town of Vendargues that has banned all clown costumes for the foreseeable future has the right idea.
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American Horror Story: Freak Show is pretty creepy (because clowns), but it also features some of the show's most memorable characters: The dour and bubbly Dot and Bette, the sad, sad Elsa Mars and the hunky Jimmy Darling (lobster hands are a bonus). And now they're Disney characters. Ta-da!
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Patti LaBelle died in a grade A, cheesy fashion during American Horror Story's "Edward Mordrake: Pt. 2" episode on Wednesday. We expected Dandy to eventually slash his mother's maid Dora (played by LaBelle) since she'd challenged him to do so but her expressions in those final moments are pretty classic. Take that, …
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Neil Patrick Harris, savior of every awards show you've ever watched, is swooping down on American Horror Story. Thank God, the Freak Show needs the help.
I first read Katherine Dunn's 1989 novel Geek Love several years ago on the recommendation of my friend Robin. At that point, she still lived in Arkansas, and I'd just come through on tour with a heavy metal band from Georgia. She insisted I give it a chance, ignoring my insistence that I don't usually read fiction.…
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Lana Del Rey got the American Horror Story treatment this week and it was campy fun. Elsa, played by Jessica Lange, covered "Gods & Monsters" flawlessly, except for the part when the song summoned a two-faced carny murderer. Well, not everyone’s going to be a fan.
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Angela Bassett and her three tasseled breasts made their debut on American Horror Story on Wednesday night. Is it weird to anyone else that The Commish is her husband?
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I watched the premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show last night and after braving that horrifying clown sporting a smile of death, there were still plenty of other weird moments. Let's take a look back, shall we?
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The author of a book on Nickelodeon is justifiably getting his ass handed to him after waxing nostalgic for a time when white men ruled pop culture and there was no reason for diversity. Who needs chicks or people of color — let alone chicks of color! — anyway?
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FX is trying very hard to get you excited for American Horror Story: Freak Show. Yesterday, they debuted the first trailer, in which you actually catch a glimpse of the show's characters — and now they've released the show's circus-themed opening credits.
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American Horror Story's writers and creators excel at exploiting our deepest pathologies and paranoias, so it was only a matter of time until they debuted that oh-so-ordinary childhood terror: the scary clown. And Lana del Rey!
The official cast photos from American Horror Story: Freak Show are here at last and the only appropriate reaction is 'holy shit.' But 'holy shit' has to be written in the sky in giant neon orange letters. Because holy shit, these characters look really cool.
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As expected, the new American Horror Story trailer is extremely weird yet somehow still diva fabulous. Kathy Bates is a bearded lady, Angela Bassett has three breasts, there's a sexy (?) three fingered man and Jessica Lange in a dramatic red and white, inspired by a circus big top. Oh, and Sarah Paulson has…
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Okay, so it's more like a forked tongue-twister, but you get what I mean.
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Show creators announced the official air date of the fourth season of American Horror Story's new chapter Freak Show.
