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Updated 9:32 AM ET, Fri May 14, 2021 Ewan McGregor (center) in the limited series Halston (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix) (CNN)"Halston" follows the familiar rise-and-fall structure of cinematic biographies — think "Citizen Kane," only with more sex, better clothes and disco. Yet what really defines this style-over-substance miniseries, other than Ewan McGregors no-holds-barred performance, are its insights regarding the tension between art and commerce. Spanning three decades in the designers ...

Halston TV Review Plot: The limited series Halston follows the legendary fashion designer (Ewan McGregor), as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status, and fame, literally defining the era he lives in, 1970’s and ‘80’s New York — until a hostile takeover forces him to battle for control of his most precious asset… the name Halston itself. Review: I have long been a fan of Ryan Murphys brand of storytelling. S...

Chris Pratt stars in "The Tomorrow War" (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) A teaser trailer for Amazon’s military sci-fi thriller “The Tomorrow War” is here, with actor Chris Pratt taking center stage as a time-traveling draftee of a futuristic war. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World” star plays high school teacher Dan Forester, who goes from teaching class to futuristic 2051 war fighting in an effort to fend off an alien invasion that threatens the extinction of huma...

Halston follows a familiar rise-and-fall biopic structure. But despite the obvious affection all involved have for their subject (the writers include Murphy, his frequent collaborator Ian Brennan, and playwright Sharr White, among others), the details of the designer’s fall come through much more clearly than those of his rise. While the creative team has five episodes of approximately an hour each to play with, the miniseries bounces rapidly through Halston’s story, from an unhappy Indiana...

Roy Halston Frowick, from New York, was an iconic designer to the stars in 70s    Rose to fame after designing hat for Jackie Kennedy for the inauguration in 1961  Thanks to his success in fashion world Halston embarked on a life of debauchery Hosted man-on-man orgies, slept with prostitutes and saw bestiality sex shows Addicted to drugs and doled out cocaine to dinner party guests as dessert Coke-fueled tantrums prompted him to be fired from his own company in 1984    In 1988, Halsto...

Marcy Chin Downsound Records recording artist Marcy Chin is in high spirits after she recently received news from her music publisher that one of her songs was used in two American television series last year. The song Soy Bonita which she recorded with electronic duo French Horn Rebellion, was featured in Season 4 (Episode 2) of The Bold Type, an American comedy-drama series.  The series which is produced by Universal Television for Freeform, is filmed in Toronto, New York City and Montreal....

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. What defines a space movie? Does it actually have to take place in space and, if so, how much? Plus, how far away from Earth should we boldly go before breaching parameters of plausibility? These are questions we asked ourselves while compiling the best space movies available to watch on streaming, with a digital rental or p...

The series, which premieres May 14 and stars Ewan McGregor as Halston, has already attracted criticism from the late designers family.

Skip to main content Below Deck and Kandi Burruss Spinoffs, Southern Charm-Summer House Mashup Among New NBCU Cable Shows Kate Aurthur, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Before NBC Universal’s upfront presentation on Monday to advertisers, the company announced dozens of new shows for Bravo, E!, USA Network, Oxygen and SYFY. In the press release, 33 new unscripted shows were announced along with 30 shows returning to the suite of channels. Among the highlights is a new “Below Deck” spinof...

The family of the legendary fashion designer Halston slammed Ryan Murphys upcoming Netflix limited series for its allegedly failing to accurately reflect his life and work in a statement released Monday. The Halston Archives, run by Haltons niece, Lesley Frowick, derided the Ewan McGregor–starring series as fictional and said it was inaccurate in a scathing rebuke. The miniseries, simply titled Halston, premieres on Netflix on Friday, May 14. Preemptive criticism: The Halston Archives, run by...