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Cathy Whitlock

Cathy Whitlock is a freelance contributor and author of the books Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction (Harper Collins) and re-de-sign: New Directions For Your Interior Design Career (Fairchild). She also covers travel, costume, set and interior design, and celebrity profiles for a variety of magazines including The Hollywood Reporter, Frederic, Traditional Home, Four Seasons Hotels, Atlanta Homes, Santa Barbara, Southern Living and Regent Seven Seas.

She has covered celebrities from Meryl Streep and Javier Bardem to Bradley Cooper and Sidney Poitier and her travels have taken her everywhere from Australia and Ireland to Tahiti and Sri Lanka. Cathy is also a speaker and panel moderator on the subjects of production and set decor on film and television and was profiled in Italian Vogue and The Wall Street Journal. When she is not meeting a deadline or binging on Netflix (it’s work!), you can find her on the pickleball court. Follow Cathy on her website here and on Instagram @catwhitlock.

set design

5 Secrets From the Sets of The Sound of Music

As Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical returns to theaters to celebrate its 60th anniversary, AD looks back behind the scenes
Set Design

We’re Enamored With the Design in Ripley—Here Are Our Top 5 Favorite Details From the Thrilling Netflix Series

The black-and-white miniseries starring Andrew Scott has it all: deceit, fraud, murder, fine art used as symbolism, and Italian antiques galore
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Set Design

11 Fabulous Design Moments From the James Bond Films

In 60 years on the big screen, 007 has found himself in many a dicey—and stylishly designed—spot
Travel

Plan Your Italian Vacation Using Scenes in These Classic Films

Or simply satisfy your wanderlust with a movie marathon
Celebrity Lifestyle

5 Beautiful Italian Riviera Accommodations Inspired by Hotel Portofino

The PBS Masterpiece series tells the story of the fishing village turned resort town and inspires serious wanderlust
Celebrity Lifestyle

Jessica Alba Is Getting a Home Renovation Show—With a Twist

Honest Renovations will show the entrepreneur and co-host Lizzie Mathis reimagining spaces and offering parenting advice
Set Design

Sanditon Season Two Leans Into Romantic Escapism

After the series was saved from cancellation by an outcry from fans, production designer James North turned up the color for season two
Set Design

A Champagne-Colored Plaza Hotel Suite Stars In Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s New Broadway Play

In the Neil Simon comedy Plaza Suite, the real-life married couple acts against one decadent backdrop
Set Design

Creating the Real Fancy World of Fake Heiress Anna Delvey

Somewhat poetically, the locations in the new Netflix show Inventing Anna are fictionalized versions of their real counterparts
Set Design

Inside the Global Design of Around the World in 80 Days

Production designer Sebastian Krawinkel and set decorators Mark Rosinski and Birrie Le Roux turned Romania and South Africa into eight countries for Masterpiece’s new adaptation of the classic
Set Design

Inside West Side Story’s New York City Sets

To recreate 1950s Manhattan, Steven Spielberg and his crew filmed everywhere from Washington Heights to Harlem, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and even New Jersey
Set Design

From the Palace to the Stage: Inside the Making of Diana, the Musical 

How production designer David Zinn resurrected Princess Diana’s world for the new Broadway show, which is also streaming on Netflix
Set Design

Only Murders in the Building Sets the Scene for a Stylish Whodunit

Hulu’s new series stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, and is set at a fictitious classic prewar Upper West Side co-op
Set Design

Bringing In the Heights to the Big Screen

The director, production designer, and set decorator behind Crazy Rich Asians reunited for the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tribute to his beloved neighborhood
Set Design

The Heady, Hazy, Hedonistic Days of Halston Get the Ryan Murphy Treatment

A new Netflix limited series offers a nostalgic look at the life of the legendary fashion designer
Set Design

Inside the Old and New Worlds of Atlantic Crossing

The latest Masterpiece PBS show is a fictionalized account of Crown Princess Märtha of Norway’s friendship with FDR
Set Design

Coming 2 America: How Rapper Rick Ross’s Atlanta Mansion Turned Into Zamunda

The sets of the sequel were modernized for a new generation, with the My-T-Sharp Barber Shop built at Tyler Perry Studios
Set Design

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar Evokes Dorothy Draper on Steroids

The sets of the new comedy from Bridesmaids writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo can only be described as a technicolor dayglow escape
Set Design

An Exclusive Look at the Making of Mank

Production designer Donald Graham Burt takes AD behind the scenes of the Golden Globe–nominated film
Set Design

Inside the Recording Studio of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

The minimalist set—which evokes the intimate feeling of a Broadway play—is louder than it initially appears
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