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Liza minelli and halston8/15/2023 We speak specifically about Minnelli and Halston’s relationship at the 14-minute mark, and at the 30-minute mark. You can listen to the full interview on Apple or right here: “But in that era, no one had the talent of Halston and no one had the talent of Liza, and together it’s a wonderful combination.” “We’re living in a day and age right now where I think talent is not necessarily… the top thing that famous people have,” Ballester told us. In February, we spoke with Cheng and “Halston” producer Roland Ballester for our “Shoot This Now” podcast. “Halston,” from 1091 and CNN Films, is now playing in New York and opens this week in Los Angeles. Her loyalty to her best friend is so intense that she refuses to offer a cruel word, even nearly three decades after his death. Several people in the documentary criticize Halson, but Minnelli isn’t one of them. ![]() The film offers an honest, fair assessment of Halston’s life. His muses included Elizabeth Taylor, Angelica Huston and, of course, Minnelli.Īlso Read: How Halston Went From Studio 54 to JC Penney (Podcast) He brought high fashion to JC Penney and used plus-size models and models of color at a time when few designers did.Īlong the way, he did a fair amount of drugs, hurt some feelings, and made some mistakes - while making the world more beautiful. ![]() ![]() Tcheng’s lush, detailed documentary chronicles Roy Halston Frowick’s journey from Depression-era Midwesterner to disco’s favorite designer to Wall Street pioneer. Halston was extremely showbiz, as were the ‘Halstonettes’ a nocturnal collective of ultra-talented women (including Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, Elsa Peretti and Liza Minnelli) who were party pals at the height of the Studio 54 era. Halston’s influenced spanned decades - he designed pillbox hats for first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and dresses for everyone. With members of Halston’s family questioning the factual correctness of the show, we’ll stick to indisputable truths. It’s when one of his closest friends, Liza Minnelli, refuses to divulge anything bad about him. The most moving moment in Frédéric Tcheng’s documentary, “Halston,” about the commanding and complex fashion designer, isn’t a secret revelation about his private life.
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