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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
"Project Runway" finalist Kenley Collins was arrested today after assaulting her fiance with their cat, authorities said today.

After throwing the feline, a laptop computer, and three apples at Zak Penley, Collins, 26, was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon (of meow destruction).

"It was a miscommunication," Collins told The Post after getting released without bail from Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday morning.

"Fights happen, And that's that. There is no case."

According to law enforcement sources, an enraged Collins woke Penley up just after 7 a.m. by hurling their cat in his face. Then she threw her laptop, and as he fell crawled on the floor, slammed a door on his head.

She threw three apples, and doused him with water, before he was able to dial 911.

"You're lucky, it could have been worse," Collins told Penley after the blow, according to sources.

Collins and Penley, an artist and musician who penned a song called "CAT?" for her Project Runway finale, were to be married in October.

Neighbors said the couple had been fighting for weeks.

"Lately there has been a lot of yelling," neighbor Ken Edge, 31, said. "I can hear Kenley much louder than I can hear Zak. When she speaks, she yells. Since she moved in around September there have been a lot of noise problems."

from nypost.com

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
There was a miscommunication so she threw the cat?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
<100> I knew i didn't like her. Animal abuser.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 2:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
He's well out of the relationship! Hope he gets custody of the cat!

Is there a new Project Runway in our future?

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Sooo, if she married him, her name will be
Kenley Penley LMAO. My sister and I used to lay in bed at night and do famous names
If Leslie Gore married Elvis Presley, her name would be Leslie Presley

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Usually I love to laugh at married names like that, but the animal abuse just makes me not even care about the humor in Kenley Penley. (But good catch Ginger. Let's hope Zak had a good catch too--when the cat came flying at him.)

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
If he was asleep, how did they miscommunicate?

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Heidi Klum was talking that the new Project runway is filmed, but Bravo and Lifetime are fighting over the rights to it!

and why are there so many domestic abuses lately?

Thorandtara
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09-15-2008

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Thorandtara a private message Print Post    
Was throwing the cat domestic abuse or animal abuse? Why would you throw a cat, a living thing? I hope the nail her for animal abuse because the cat probably wanted nothing of this, and landed on the bf and took off. Throwing a cat...a living thing that knows no better. Sad. Crazy. Take the cat away from her.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 4:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
It sounds like she was just throwing whatever came to hand - a cat, a laptop and three apples are an odd assortment of missiles. I too hope she gets nailed on animal abuse -

Reader - I think there has always been domestic abuse, but the victims were ashamed to come forward because they thought they were the "only" one suffering it. With more openness that perception has changed.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 5:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I never liked Kenley. I hope they throw the book at her for animal abuse.

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
I always thought Kenley had a pretty bad temper. She always came across as a spoiled brat, so I'm not surprised at all to hear this. If she would treat the judges as badly as she did, I imagine that the people close to her get an even bigger dose of temper when she's mad. She'll very likely end up ruining her own career.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Bleah. It really bothers me that she threw her cat. :-(

Thorandtara
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09-15-2008

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Thorandtara a private message Print Post    
According to the NY papers, she only threw one cat, but two were present (there was a picture of the 2 of them). There was no comment on whether either cat had claws.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Mario was laughing about it when telling the story on Inside Edition entertainment show; the laughter really bothered me. I too also hope they get her for animal abuse.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Friday, March 20, 2009 - 2:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
Lexie, there has been enough of throwing items here!

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Friday, March 20, 2009 - 7:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
Well, it must have been a heck of a misunderstanding if he called 911, unless he needed a medic. A cat and a laptop can do some serious damage.

I agree, the cat needs a home away from Kenley.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
So is there not going to be any more Project Runway on Bravo ever again? I know there was some talk of it changing networks. Bravo doesn't even list it under "shows" anymore and all I see is a survey about "Who WAS your favorite judge?" rather then "Who IS your favorite judge".

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Monday, March 23, 2009 - 1:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
They Couldn't Make It Work
Thursday, February 19, 2009;
Season 6 of "Project Runway" will tape its New York Fashion Week finale tomorrow --

It will? But I've heard nothing!

Shhh. We'll get to that.
................
But none of that happened, because nary an episode of the contest for amateur fashion designers has aired, because the show is trapped in a juicy legal battle that has dragged on for nearly a year. The episode taping tomorrow will be cloaked in secrecy until -- well, even infinitely wise co-host/mentor Tim Gunn doesn't know. "I haven't a clue," Gunn says in a phone interview from New York. "I hate to disappoint you, but I haven't a clue."
..............................
In previous season finales, the finalists have skipped onto a Bryant Park runway during Fashion Week to proudly introduce their collections and talk about what "Project Runway" has meant to them. It was the pinnacle of their experience, and ours.

Tomorrow's fashion show will be completely anonymous to better protect the identities of the unknown contestants, who will hide out backstage.
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"I can only imagine that they're disappointed," Gunn says.


So... Life time is suing for the delay. Bravo is suing because they feel they were promised right of first refusal and the PR company is suing because they say Bravo stole the format for top Chef and other shows.
They finished taping season 6 and are about to start on season 7 without showing any episodes.
It is so sad the contestants could not be there with their collections on the runway. I have to look for spoilers to see what they did.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, March 23, 2009 - 3:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
That really is sad that the designers couldn't walk out on the runway with their collections. That is every designer's dream.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 10:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Happily, Miss Collins says the stories about her throwing a kitty at her boyfriend are incorrect. Thank goodness. link

[...] "The only reason why a cat was involved in this story because when I first approached Zak, I was holding my cat and it was gently tossed onto my bed," she said.

"There was no cat hurt or thrown. The cat was not thrown at Zak. It was tossed onto the bed. There was an argument. No violence was used. Nothing was thrown." [...]

I wish we'd heard her side of the story earlier.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 4:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I feel so much better. Thank you for posting that story.

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 6:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
Well, the cat part was pretty much accepted as humor by me because how can you tell what happened when you were asleep, but the "no violence was used." is in more doubt. I believe he was described in the police report as bruised.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
'Project Runway' cleared to air on Lifetime
NBC, Weinstein Co., Lifetime settle lawsuit
By Rick Porter
April 1, 2009

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-project-runway-suit-over,0,2911584.story

Our long national fashion nightmare is over: "Project Runway" will be back on the air this summer.

NBC Universal -- parent company of the show's previous home, Bravo -- producer The Weinstein Co. and Lifetime, which snatched up rights to the show last year, have settled a lawsuit over the show. The settlement clears the way for "Runway," which kept filming its sixth season while the suit was working its way through the courts, to debut on Lifetime in the summer.

"NBC Universal, The Weinstein Company and Lifetime have resolved their disputes," a statement from the parties involved reads. "The Weinstein Company will pay NBCU for the right to move 'Project Runway' to Lifetime. All of the parties are pleased with the outcome."

In a separate statement, Lifetime president and CEO Andrea Wong says, "I couldn't be more excited that Lifetime will bring its viewers an amazing, all-new season of 'Project Runway' this summer. ... All of us at Lifetime are thrilled to move forward with Heidi [Klum], Tim [Gunn], Nina [Garcia], Michael [Kors], The Weinstein Company and the entire 'Project Runway' team."

Lifetime announced at its upfront last year that it had acquired the rights to "Project Runway" and would begin airing the series in November 2008. NBC Universal -- parent company of the show's previous home, Bravo -- sued to block the move, claiming that The Weinstein Co. denied Bravo a right of first refusal to pick up more seasons of the show.

A New York court granted NBCU a preliminary injunction stopping the network switch in September. Lifetime then tried and failed to get the case moved to a federal court. The case was settled after The Weinstein Co. agreed to pay NBC Universal a fee to move the show to Lifetime.

Lifetime's deal with The Weinstein Co. includes five more seasons of "Project Runway," a spinoff series called "Models of the Runway" and a third show called "Project Pygmalion," along with a package of Weinstein Co. movies that will air on the cable channel.

"Project Runway's" final season on Bravo ended in October. It averaged 3.6 million viewers -- making it the most-watched season of the show ever -- with almost two-thirds of those viewers falling in the adults 18-49 demographic that advertisers love. Close to 5 million people watched the finale.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
And then this, Bravo creates a replacement:

Meet your 15 'Fashion Show' designers
Bravo's answer to losing 'Project Runway' premieres May 7
April 1, 2009

Auf Wiedersehen, " Project Runway." Bravo's "The Fashion Show" will bring its own design competition flair this spring.

Bravo announced its 15 professional designers for its new fashion competition series "The Fashion Show," which debuts on Thursday, May 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Among them are Andrew the Panty-Christ, the self-described "gaylebrity" who already has conquered the world of designer underwear, the high-tech savvy Angel, and Merlin the materials magician.

Isaac Mizrahi and singer-actress Kelly Rowland (formerly of Destiny's Child) will co-host and act as judges alongside Fern Mallis, IMG Fashion's Sr. VP.

The 15 designers will compete in the Harper's Bazaar mini challenge -- which will be judged by the magazine's Special Projects Director Laura Brown -- and then the elimination challenge. The winning contestant will nab the $125,000 prize as well as have their clothing line available for retail, so the designs will also have to appeal to the Average Joe or Jane, not the haute couture crowd.

The unveiling of the 15 competitors coincides with NBC Universal's announcement that the Weinstein Company has paid for the right to move "Project Runway" from Bravo to Lifetime.

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-fashion-show-designers-premiere,0,4000562.story