UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Donatella Versace's rep calls Lifetime biopic a 'work of fiction'

The famed designer has issued a statement distancing herself from the upcoming Lifetime movie about her life.
  |
 
Gina Gershon in character as Donatella Versace (Lifetime).
Gina Gershon in character as Donatella Versace (Lifetime).
Published: Oct. 3, 2013 at 11:36 PM
By KATE STANTON, UPI.com

Gina Gershon's might bear an uncanny resemblance to Donatella Versace in Lifetime's upcoming biopic, "House of Versace," but the 58-year-old is nonetheless displeased with the film's subject matter.

"Versace has neither authorized nor had any involvement whatsoever in the forthcoming TV movie about Mrs. Versace," the Italian fashion house told Women's Wear Daily Thursday.

“Since Versace did not authorize the book on which it is based, the movie should only be seen as a work of fiction,” the firm said in reference to Deborah Ball's 2010 book, “House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder and Survival.”

The Versace family reportedly "took issue" with the published book, though The Cut notes that Ball "was granted extensive interviews" with the designer and her friends.

"House of Versace" debuts 8 p.m. Saturday on Lifetime.

© 2013 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Next Story: Meg Ryan ditched the Hollywood spotlight for a quiet NYC life
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
New York Fashion Week 2013 U.S. Open 2013 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
Celebrity families of 2013 MTV VMAs 2013 Style Awards
Video
1 of 18
Obama visits Sandwich Shot in Washington, D.C.
View Caption
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool
fark
Shepherds guide 2,000 sheep through Madrid, Spain, and hope their attempt to save ancient herding...
Not news: being charged with weapons possession. Fark: the weapon was a puppy
I spied 'er across the crowded lawn. She had eight of the hairiest, most beautiful legs I've ever...
Since there's a popular caffeinated beverage/food fight trifecta in play, here's an article that...
Nine in ten travelers think reclining seats should be banned on airplanes. The tenth should be ejected...
Remember the guy who was caught on camera punching a female clerk over 41 cents? He has been captured...