Ricky Martin joins FX's “Versace: American Crime Story”April 8, 2017 - 12:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - FX's Versace: American Crime Story is adding another star player to its impressive cast. Grammy winner Ricky Martin has boarded the third season of the anthology from Ryan Murphy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Versace — which will come after the franchise's second season, Katrina — will explore the July 1997 assassination of legendary designer Gianni Versace (Edgar Ramirez). His killer, Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss), committed suicide eight days later as Miami Dade police were on the verge of capturing the serial killer behind five slayings. Oscar winner Penelope Cruz stars as Donatella Versace, the sister of the slain fashion designer, who took over the company following his death. Martin will take on the role of Antonio D'Amico, Gianni Versace's longtime partner who had a shaky relationship with his family. He was previously portrayed by Oscar Torre in the 1998 film The Versace Murder. The Versace casting marks Martin's second collaboration with Murphy. He previously guest-starred as a Spanish teacher in a season three episode of Fox musical Glee. (Criss, who starred as Blaine in the dramedy, did not appear in that episode.) Martin's 10th studio record debuted at No. 1 last year before going on to win the Grammy for best Latin pop album. He has appeared on Broadway and can currently be seen at the Monte Carlo's Park Theater residency "All In," which runs through September. The 10-episode third season of ACS will debut in 2018, following quickly on Katrina's heels. Production begins in April. Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson exec produce the Fox 21 TV Studios and FX Productions drama. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |