Justine Bateman has new role sewn up

[TJ]

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Justine Bateman seems to have been cast for life as the designing woman, but at least now she can wear her own fab designs.

Bateman, now 36, won teen hearts in the 1980s TV sitcom "Family Ties' as the trendy, somewhat rebellious Mallory who lived the mall rat's life and dreamed of becoming a fashion designer.

Not long after the series left the air, Bateman left show biz. Wanting to create something of her own, she developed the Justine Bateman Collection -- sold in stores across the country and modeled in slick fashion mags by the likes of pop singer Christina Aguilera. Her line includes intricate spider- web knits, and she credits Edith Eig of La Knitterie Parisienne in Studio City with teaching her the skill.

Beginning at 9 tonight, Nick at Nite will air three back-to-back "Family Ties' episodes. It's part of the network's "Screen Style' marathon that ends Friday with "TV Land: Style and Fashion,' an hourlong special in which the network takes an in-depth look at the way TV characters set major trends.

And we'll see Bateman in June playing a fashion designer on the new Showtime series "Out of Order.'

"The director wanted to bleed some reality into the show, so I play a fashion designer,' Bateman says of her role in the series that also stars Felicity Huffman and Eric Stoltz, with William H. Macy in a recurring role.

"Part of doing research for Justine's character involved us going to Justine's studio, plus she took us to other design studios in the area,' says Wayne Powers, who co-wrote the series with his wife, Donna, and directed the two-hour series premiere. "Since Stolz and Huffman's characters are both screenwriters, it was interesting to see the similarities between creating designs and creating scripts.'

While Donna Powers describes Bateman as easy to work with and willing to use aspects of her own life in the show, Bateman says she really isn't that much like the character.

"I play the neighborhood troublemaker ... one of those people who weaves their way into your life and says charming things at inappropriate moments. She has to pull others into her vortex, where I like being by myself,' Bateman explains, adding, "I've been known to be a loner, but now I have a husband, a baby -- he's 7 months old and named Duke -- and friends I adore.'

Justine Bateman Collection clothing is available at Body in Encino, Fred Segal in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, and La Bella in Long Beach, as well as Bendel's in New York. (For more stores, see www.justinebatemandesigns.com

[Pavan]

Last night during Three's Company Nite on Screen Style Week she was on those promos talking about the Three's Company fashion:

[~Tropical Punch 19~]

Originally posted by Jen1982
I didn't watch the Three Company episodes on Tuesday. What did Justine say? I would have liked to have watched it.
I'm also disappointed that I missed last night's three episodes of FT. Did Justine say anything last night? Was there any type of interview with her? If so, what did she say? Please tell me. Thanks.

I missed it too. i am soooo mad. Figures my VCR broke this week. AGH. Please someone let us know. thanks

[Family Ties Forever!]

Showtime Greenlights Series Pilot 'Out Of Order' Starring Justine Bateman, Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, Kim Dickens, and Dyllan Christopher; William H. Macy and Peter Bogdanovich to Guest Star.Author/s:
Issue: August 14, 2002

NEW YORK -- Showtime Networks Inc. has greenlit Out Of Order (tentative title), a new series pilot, it was announced today by Jerry Offsay, President of Programming for Showtime. Cast in the series, which is expected to air in 2003, are Golden Globe(TM) and Emmy(R) nominee Justine Bateman (Family Ties, Kiss and Tell, Satisfaction), Golden Globe(TM) and Emmy(R) nominee Eric Stoltz (Pulp Fiction and the Showtime Original The House of Mirth), Golden Globe(TM) nominee Felicity Huffman (Sports Night), Kim Dickens (Hollow Man and the Showtime Original Things Behind The Sun), and Dyllan Christopher (Stuart Little 2, Dudley Do-Right, Murphy Brown). The pilot episode will also guest star Emmy(R) and Oscar(TM) nominee William H. Macy (Fargo, Pleasantville, and the upcoming Showtime Original Stealing Sinatra) and Golden Globe(TM) and Oscar(TM) nominated director/actor Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, and Mask).

Out Of Order is about a Hollywood screenwriting couple whose long-term marriage is in crisis. Dealing with clinical depression, affairs, obsessions and addictions, it is a drama where labels like "sympathetic" and "unsympathetic" seem entirely beside the point. The story is seen from the point-of-view of the husband who has always viewed his life as a movie. The pilot is written and executive produced by Donna Powers & Wayne Powers, who wrote Deep Blue Sea, skeletons in the closet and the upcoming film The Italian Job, which is slated to begin filming in August with stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton. The two-hour pilot for OUT OF ORDER will be directed by Wayne Powers.

Peter McIntosh (The Stand and the Showtime Original Pictures Due East and Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints) serves as producer and Larry Sugar (Boxing Helena, Shattered and the Showtime Original Pictures Mermaid, Out of Time and Dead Man's Gun) serves as creative consultant. Danielle Gelber is the creative executive on behalf of Showtime Networks.

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Copyright 2002 Gale Group

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