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February 21 - 27, 2020—3 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN March 21 - 27, 2020 — 3 2 x 3.5" ad a) greene cnty farmers b) swango's 2 x 4" ad williams electric 2 x 1.5" ad ymca 2 x 1.5" ad doughty stevens 2 x 1.5" ad midway const. By George Dickie It seems a no-brainer that a fashion competition series would make its winning creations available for sale online. But in the case of Amazon's "Making the Cut," the retail infra- structure was already in place. Premiering Friday, March 27, the 10-episode reality show brings 12 designers to three of the world's fashion capitals — New York, Paris and Tokyo — to face challenges designed to test their design skills and their ability to run a business. In each episode, they'll be tasked with creating one avant garde concept and one more mainstream design. The winning entry in the latter category — as determined by judges includ - ing Naomi Campbell, Nicole Richie, Joseph Altuzarra, Carine Roitfeld and Chiara Ferragni — will then be sold on Amazon's "Making the Cut" store for $100 or less. The season finale victor receives $1 million to invest in their brand and the opportunity to create an exclusive line for Amazon. It's an idea that has hosts, executive producers and former "Project Run- way" mentors Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum ecstatic over the possibilities, as they told a recent gathering of jour- nalists in Pasadena, Calif. "For the first time, finally our audience can shop so, it's great.," Klum says. "It's a win/win situation I feel like for everyone. That was very important for me that we're going to go with a company, such as Amazon, versus other companies, in order to have that component for these designers, because that was never possible before. You see something, you want it, but you can't have it. So here, you have a winning look every week and people can buy it around the world." "And to be perfectly blunt," Gunn adds, " 'Making the Cut' wouldn't have happened without 'Project Runway.' ... I would say that 'Proj - ect Runway' is the undergraduate program and 'Making the Cut' is the graduate and Ph.D. program. In 'Project Runway' we talk about how a sleeve is set into a bodice. You don't hear a conversation like that happen - ing on 'Making the Cut.' It's more about how does this mini-collection you've designed for this particular episode's assignment ... fit into your larger view of your brand? And it re - ally is about finding the next global brand. And we do." Both hosts point out that "Making the Cut" will be more egalitarian in that its designs will not be just for people of a certain size but all sizes. "It should be everywhere," Klum says. "Not just on this show, it should be everywhere," "And it's seamless," Gunn says. "We don't address it other than the fact that you see it visually in who the models are." Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop Fashion design meets retail on Amazon's 'Making the Cut' Cover Story Cover Story By Jay Bobbin Robert Herjavec is happy that "Shark Tank" has returned to Fridays, but he'd be glad to keep being a Shark anyway. A multiple Emmy Award win- ner, the ABC series that lets a wide cross-section of inventors present their ideas to business experts and would-be investors is in its 11th season, and Her- javec still enjoys being part of the process enabling clever and lucky innovators to bring their products or services to market. The regular judging panel also continues to include Mark Cu- ban, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran and Kevin O'Leary. The founder of the technol- ogy-driven Herjavec Group, dealing largely in cybersecurity, the pleasant Herjavec maintains that he always envisioned "Shark Tank" as a success. "Kevin and I started the show in Canada (as 'Dragons' Den'), and it was a Checking in with Robert Herjavec big hit," he explains, "but there's only one 'Shark Tank.' Once you have a success, everybody wants to copy it, but Clay (ex- ecutive producer Newbill) didn't think of that. He just cast us, and it all worked. It's magic." It's not exactly magic, though, that each year brings a new crop of hopefuls wanting to sell Her- javec and his "Shark Tank" peers on their creations. Any suc- cessful reality show continually perpetuates the crowd that wants to be on it, a fact Herjavec is quite grateful for. (So is CNBC, which has become an additional home for "Shark Tank" repeats.) "Every season when we show up," Herjavec reflects, "we think, 'Oh, it's going to be the same old stuff ' ... but we end up seeing things we've never seen before. And when we have guest Sharks, it changes the dynamic and the energy. That's nice." Birthdate: Sept. 14, 1962 Birthplace: Varazdin, Croatia Current residences: Los Ange- les and Toronto, Ont. Family info: Married to Kym Johnson Herjavec, who was his partner on "Dancing With the Stars"; they have twin children, a boy and a girl; he also has two daughters and a son from a previous mar- riage Other television work in- cludes: "Dancing With the Stars," "Family Guy" (voice only), "Dr. Ken," "Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens," "Jay Leno's Garage," "Jeopar- dy!," "Small Business Revolu- tion: Main Street," "Beyond the Tank," "Hero Dog Awards," "The World Dog Awards," "American Music Awards," "The Neighbors," "Dragons' Den" Books he's written include: "Driven," "The Will to Win," "You Don't Have to Be a Shark" Call 638-4181 To Advertise In... Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home 423-638-4141 www.doughty-stevens.com 1125 Tusculum Blvd. Greeneville, Tennessee Established 1892 Serving the community for 127 years! One Y. One Community. 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