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'Project Runway: All Stars' features three Atlanta alums

Anthony Williams, Edmond Newton and Ken Laurence are all Atlantans and all participating on "Project Runway All Stars" in January 2018. CREDIT: Lifetime

Credit: Rodney Ho

Credit: Rodney Ho

Anthony Williams, Edmond Newton and Ken Laurence are all Atlantans and all participating on "Project Runway All Stars" in January 2018. CREDIT: Lifetime
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Dec 1, 2017

Posted Friday, December 1, 2017 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

Next month, Lifetime is airing its seventh edition of "Project Runway All Stars" with three Altanta residents on the cast of 16. It's also the first time they are mixing newbie "All Star" participants with veteran "All Star" designers.

The official launch date hasn't been officially released yet.

Alyssa Milano, Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman return as judges.  Zanna Roberts Rassi returns as the designers' mentor.

Three designers are from Atlanta:

Explore RELATED: Atlantan "Project Runway" alum Mychael Knight dies
ExploreThe entire cast list is here and includes the second, fourth and fifth place finishers from season 14 along with Newton. 

Of course, "All Stars" isn't the same as the original because of the familiarity with the contestants and no Tim Gunn or Heidi Klum. But challenges and structure are similar.

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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