),So what does a fiftysomething girl have to do, anyway, to get a decent part?

She can start by plonking her Oscar statuette on her agent’s desk and demanding better scripts. ),Fade in, after Hitchock-mod animated credits, on Catherine Zeta-Jones as actress Olivia de Havilland circa 1978 — resplendent in petunia-pink lipstick, yards of black chiffon, and an ozone-depleting blond bouffant: “There was never a rivalry like theirs. She was suddenly —,Later, Bette, having agreed to let B.D. I’ll show them to you.” — Jack Warner, complaining to Robert Aldrich,“You wanted me to starch your shirts and greet you at the door with a martini in hand and a, ‘How did your day go, darling?’,“Cut back on the shoulder pads, and lose the lipstick.

Watch Inside Look: Feud - Bette and Joan season 1 episode 1 online. FEUD: Bette and Joan, the first installment of the new FX anthology series from Ryan Murphy, tells the story of the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) during their collaboration on the Academy Award®-nominated thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, and well after the cameras stopped rolling. I still have ‘em! The show is framed by Olivia de Havilland (Zeta-Jones) and Joan Blondell (Bates) explaining the backstory of Bette and Joan's feud to an unseen documentary filmmaker. To the woman with the Bette Davis eyes. It'll never last.Gird your loins, lovers, for the WWE of midcentury divas, the stone-cold Olympics of bitchery; there will be blood. It explores how the two endured ageis… ‎FEUD: Bette and Joan, the first installment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series, centers on the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) during the filming of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? That’s not hate, though, you see — it’s pain! Come on in.” — Hedda Hopper, greeting her guests.this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. reserved.If you like TVLine, you'll LOVE our weekly newsletter.ABC Sets November Dates for Grey's, Good Doctor, Million Little Things and Others — The Rookie's Return…,The Conners Promotes [Spoiler] to Series Regular For Season 3,Rebel Drama From Grey's Boss, Starring Katey Sagal, Gets Series Order at ABC,Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice, Dead at 87,The View's Joy Behar Abruptly Ends Interview With GOP Candidate After…,ABC Sets November Dates for Grey's, Good Doctor, Million Little…. Watch the full episode online now! Enter Bette (Susan Sarandon), finally, in denim dungarees, vamping her way through a supporting role on Broadway in.And at last our two weather systems meet in Bette’s dressing room: A few solid volleys of passive-aggressive banter and aggressive-aggressive f-bombs later, the gauntlet is thrown/seed planted/choose your own analogy. She wants $1500 or she walks.And because it’s not a Ryan Murphy cast without Kathy Bates, here she comes as contract player Joan Blondell, to fill us in on the respective home lives of B & J, which come off about as cozy and restorative as a barbwire daybed stuffed with scorpions. marry older man Jeremy if she could plan the wedding, was hurt to learn that as soon as she’d signed the consent forms, the couple had eloped to City Hall. Until next week, babies.Bette lunging for her first cigarette of the day at 5 a.m. like a nicotine fiend running down the gangplank after a transatlantic flight.Stanley Tucci demanding “a lunch thing. But before she’d even made it to her mansion, she’d noticed that her big monologue had been cut from the revised script. But hey, that’s cool, she’s easy! Any fan of Davis, Crawford or both knew going into this week’s.At the following night’s cast party — without Joan, always without Joan — Victor stuck up for Crawford when Bette made fun of her. When Pauline pleaded with Crawford to be sensible, she swore she’d have Bob can the “secretary.” (Which didn’t faze Pauline at all — she’d already decided that ego-driven Hollywood wasn’t the place for her.) He’s game, and Joan has a few casting ideas.

Joan obliges.

No gorgons. Feud: Bette and Joan recap: 'And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)' It's finally Oscars time for Joan and Bette; let the backstabbing begin (and the drinking, crying, and cage-fighting continue).