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Halston (miniseries)
''Halston'' is a 2021 American biographical drama streaming television miniseries based on the life of designer Halston, starring Ewan McGregor. Adapted from the 1991 book ''Simply Halston'' by Steven Gaines, the series was ordered by Netflix in September 2019 and premiered on May 14, 2021. Cast and characters Main * Ewan McGregor as Halston * Rebecca Dayan as Elsa Peretti * David Pittu as Joe Eula * Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli * Bill Pullman as David J. Mahoney Supporting * Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher * James Riordan as Henry Bisset * Sullivan Jones as Ed Austin * Kelly Bishop as Eleanor Lambert * Gian Franco Rodriguez as Victor Hugo * Dilone as Pat Cleveland * Vera Farmiga as Adele * James Waterston as Mike * Jason Kravits as Carl Epstein * Mary Beth Peil as Martha Graham * Maxim Swinton as Young Roy Halston * Sietzka Rose as Karen Bjornson *Jack Mikesell as John David Ridge *Shannan Wilson as Bobbi Mahoney Episodes Production Development In January 2019, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biographical Film
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudrama films and historical drama films in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a single person's life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives. Context Biopic scholars include George F. Custen of the College of Staten Island and Dennis P. Bingham of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. Custen, in ''Bio/Pics: How Hollywood Constructed Public History'' (1992), regards the genre as having died with the Hollywood studio era, and in particular, Darryl F. Zanuck. On the other hand, Bingham's 2010 study ''Whose Lives Are They Anyway? The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre'' shows how it perpetuates as a codified genre using many of the same tropes used in the studio era that has followed a simila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Television
Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as TV shows, as streaming media delivered over the Internet. Streaming television stands in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television, and/or satellite television systems. History Up until the 1990s, it was not thought possible that a television programme could be squeezed into the limited telecommunication bandwidth of a copper telephone cable to provide a streaming service of acceptable quality, as the required bandwidth of a digital television signal was around 200Mbit/s, which was 2,000 times greater than the bandwidth of a speech signal over a copper telephone wire. Streaming services were only made possible as a result of two major technological developments: MPEG ( motion-compensated DCT) video compression and asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) data transmission. The first worldwide live-streaming event was a radio live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilone
Janiece Altagracia Dilone (born May 13, 1994), known mononymously as Dilone, is an American model. She has been on the cover of Allure and is currently ranked one of the Top 50 models in the industry by models.com. Early life Dilone has nine siblings and is of Dominican descent. She goes by Dilone because she wanted to represent her family. Career Dilone started modeling at 18. She is signed with DNA Model Management and got her big break in Marc Jacobs's fall 2016 show. She gained wider exposure in the 2016 and 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows. In her debut season, she walked in over 51 shows. She has starred in advertisements for David Yurman, Balmain, American Eagle Outfitters, H&M, Stella McCartney, Coach, and Versace. Dilone can be seen alongside models like Adwoa Aboah, Issa Lish, Maria Borges, and Binx Walton in Sephora's "Let Beauty Together" campaign in their stores. Personal life She is openly bisexual and lives in Brooklyn. See also * LGBT culture in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Hugo (artist And Window Dresser)
Victor Hugo, born Victor Rojas, (1948–1994) was a Venezuelan-born American artist, window dresser, and partner of the designer Halston. Early life Robb Hernandez wrote in 2019 that Hugo was born at the time of a military coup d'état in Caracas and emigrated with his mother to New York City around 1973. Halston and Andy Warhol Hugo first encountered Halston while working as an escort to make ends meet as a student. Upon their relationship progressing from transactional to romantic, Hugo began doing displays for Halston's Madison Avenue store and later became one of Andy Warhol's assistants at The Factory where among other things he worked on the painter's oxidation paintings. He is said to have been the first window dresser to have incorporated Pop art into his designs. He was also a model for Warhol's "Torso" and "Sex Parts" series. In keeping with his energetic persona, Hugo was quoted in ''Interview Magazine'' (April 1975): “Perhaps you would describe me as jaded, da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gian Franco Rodriguez
Gian is a masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Gianni and is likewise used as a diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John. In Italian, any name including Giovanni can be contracted to Gian, particularly in combination with other given names, such as Gianfranco or Gianluca. Gian is also an unrelated masculine Punjabi Sikh name meaning 'knowledge' and is a variant of the Sanskrit name Gyan. Notable people Notable people whose name is now typically expressed as Gian include: * Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter * Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor * Gian Rinaldo Carli, Italian count, economist, and antiquarian * Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany * Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal * Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer * Gian Galeazzo Visconti, First Lord of Milan * Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Sixth Lord of Milan * Gian Marco Centinaio, Italian politician * Gian Pyres, British musician * Gian Maria Volonté, former actor * Gian Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Lambert
Eleanor Lambert (August 10, 1903 – October 7, 2003) was an American fashion publicist. She was instrumental in increasing the international prominence of the American fashion industry and in the emergence of New York City as a major fashion capital. Lambert was the founder of New York Fashion Week, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Met Gala, and the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List, International Best Dressed List. Personal life Lambert was born to a Presbyterian family in Crawfordsville, Indiana. She attended the John Herron School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago to study fashion. Lambert wanted to be a sculptor, but instead went into advertising. She started at an advertising agency in Manhattan, dealing mostly with artists and art galleries. She was married twice, firstly to Wills Conner, in the 1920s, which ended in divorce, and secondly to Seymour Berkson in 1936, which ended with his death in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Bishop
Carole "Kelly" Bishop (born February 28, 1944) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series ''Gilmore Girls'' and as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey's Frances "Baby" Houseman in the film ''Dirty Dancing.'' Bishop originated the role of Sheila in ''A Chorus Line,'' for which she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. She also starred as Fanny Flowers in the ABC Family short-lived comedy-drama series ''Bunheads.'' Early life Bishop was born on February 28, 1944, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Jane Lenore ( née Wahtola) and Lawrence Boden Bishop. She grew up in Denver, Colorado, where she trained to be a ballet dancer, attending the San Jose Ballet School. At 18, she headed to New York City and landed her first job dancing in a year-round ballet company at Radio City Music Hall. Bishop continued to dance in Las Vegas, summer stock and on television until she was cast in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Riordan (actor)
James Riordan (born February 15, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a New York City-based Broadway, film and television actor. Theatre work Broadway On Broadway James Riordan played Frank Whitworth in ''Jerusalem'' with Mark Rylance, and in ''The Elephant Man'' with Billy Crudup, Kate Burton and Rupert Graves. ''The New York Daily News'' review of ''The Elephant Man'' called his performance "wonderful" in a "variety of roles" and Curtain UP said, "The supporting cast is also well chosen, with especially good work from Jack Gilpin, and James Riordan". James Riordan's other Broadway credits are "Present Laughter" with Kevin Kline''Dance of Death'' starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen and the comedy ''Noises Off'' by Michael Frayn, Off-Broadway ''The Countess'' Off-Broadway James Riordan portrayed Victorian art critic John Ruskin in '' The Countess'' by Gregory Murphy at both the Samuel Beckett and later the Lamb's Theatre Theater. The New York Times called the perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Schumacher
Joel T. Schumacher (; August 29, 1939June 22, 2020) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer. He first entered filmmaking as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on ''Car Wash'', ''Sparkle'', and ''The Wiz''. Schumacher received little attention for his first theatrically released films, ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' and ''D.C. Cab'', but rose to prominence after directing ''St. Elmo's Fire'', ''The Lost Boys'', and ''The Client''. Schumacher was selected to replace Tim Burton as director of the Batman franchise and oversaw ''Batman Forever'' and '' Batman & Robin''. Later, Schumacher directed smaller-budgeted films, including ''Tigerland'' and ''Phone Booth''. In 2004, he directed ''The Phantom of the Opera'', which was released to mixed reviews. His final directorial work were two episodes of ''Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Culkin
Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor who is known for his roles in ''Scream 4'', ''Lords of Chaos (film), Lords of Chaos'', ''You Can Count on Me'', ''Columbus (2017 film), Columbus'', and M. Night Shyamalan's ''Signs (2002 film), Signs''. He is the younger brother of actors Macaulay Culkin and Kieran Culkin. Early life Rory Hugh Culkin was born July 21, 1989 in New York City, the youngest of seven children born to Kit Culkin, Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin, a former Broadway theatre, Broadway stage actor, and Patricia Brentrup, a native of North Dakota who met Kit in 1974 while working as a road traffic controller in Sundance, Wyoming. Culkin's siblings include Shane ( 1976), Dakota (1979–2008), Macaulay Culkin, Macaulay ( 1980), Kieran Culkin, Kieran ( 1982), Quinn ( 1984), and Christian ( 1987). He also had a paternal half-sister, Jennifer (born 1970), who died in 2000. Culkin's paternal aunt is actress Bonnie Bedelia. Career Culkin began acting by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David J
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and for Love and Rockets. He has composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own plays, ''Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick)'', in 2008, which was restaged at REDCAT in Los Angeles in 2011, and ''The Chanteuse and The Devil's Muse'' in 2011. His artwork has been shown in galleries internationally, and he has been a resident DJ at venues such as the Knitting Factory. David J has released a number of singles and solo albums, and in 1990 he released one of the first No. 1 hits on the then nascent Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "I'll Be Your Chauffeur". His most recent single, "The Day That David Bowie Died" entered the UK vinyl singles chart at number 4 in 2016. The track appears on his double album, ''Vaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Minnelli
Liza May Minnelli ( ; born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is among a rare group of performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy (Grammy Legend Award), Oscar, and Tony ( EGOT). Minnelli is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour. Daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli, Minnelli was born in Los Angeles, spent part of her childhood in Scarsdale, New York, and moved to New York City in 1961 where she began her career as a musical theatre actress, nightclub performer, and traditional pop music artist. She made her professional stage debut in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival of ''Best Foot Forward (musical), Best Foot Forward''Scott Schechter (2004): ''The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook'', pp. 12–13. and received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for starring in ''Flora the Red Menace'' in 1965, which marked the start of her lifelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
