Arts & Entertainment

Ewan McGregor will star as gay fashion designer Halston in TV series

‘Versace’ director attached to project

Published

8 years ago

January 7, 2019

**Ewan McGregor.** Photo by Der Golem via Wikimedia Commons.

Ewan McGregor will portray gay fashion designer Halston in the limited TV series “Simply Halston,” according to Deadline.

“Simply Halston” will follow the rise of Roy Halston Frowick, a milliner from Indiana, as he transforms into the one-name moniker and fashion powerhouse, Halston. His career was kickstarted when he designed Jacqueline Kennedy’s famous pillbox hat that she wore to John F. Kennedy’s presidential inauguration. He later became a well sought after designer creating pieces for celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, among others. He also designed the uniforms for the U.S Olympic team, Girl Scouts, NYPD and Braniff Airways.

He made the controversial decision to sign a deal with J. C. Penney in 1983 which was a rare move for a high-end designer to partner with a chain store. His company was eventually acquired by Revlon and in 1984 he was banned from creating designs for his empire.

Halston’s on and off again lover was Venezuelan artist Victor Hugo. Halston died in 1990 of AIDS-related complications.

Dan Minaha (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) is on board to direct. Sharr White (“The Affair”) will pen the script. McGregor, White and Minahan will also be executive producers for the project.

No release date has been announced.

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Clavicular charged in alleged rape of teenage influencer

Online personality’s real name is Braden Peters

Published

26 minutes ago

September 23, 2026

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Braden Peters a.k.a. "Clavicular" (Screen capture via NBC News/YouTube)

Online personality Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, has been accused of rape.

According to NBC, Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, an 18-year-old influencer known online as Alorah or Alorah Ziva, accused Peters of sexual assault, and the case is making its way through the court system.

The alleged incident occurred on May 23, 2025, when Mendoza was 17.

According to a criminal complaint from the Chatham (Mass.) Police Department, Peters called her an Uber to his family’s home. Once there, he allegedly got her drunk on vodka while they livestreamed on Twitch and then raped her. His mother and grandmother were allegedly in the house.

The documents allege Clavicular committed rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and procuring and providing liquor to a person under 21.

According to court documents acquired by NPR, Mendoza began communicating with Peters on Instagram, where he paid her to appear on his livestreams to help her “make her name known on social media.”

According to those documents, Peters arranged for the minor to come to Cape Cod home to participate in a videostream for his 437,000 followers on Kick, 1.2 million followers on TikTok, and more than 1 million followers on Instagram.

At his home, Peters allegedly instructed Mendoza to say she was 18 on his videostream and to claim the alcohol on camera was water instead of vodka. Mendoza said she felt peer-pressured to drink the spirit and that she became noticeably intoxicated after a couple of drinks.

The allegations go on to state that after stopping the stream, Peters and Mendoza kissed on a couch and then had sex in his bed without her consent. Mendoza said she did not receive a sexual assault forensic exam after the incident. NPR does not name alleged victims of sexual assault.

The charges come months after Mendoza sued Peters in Miami, accusing him of sexual battery in connection with the events of May 2025. The civil lawsuit also separately alleges that he injected her face with a non-FDA-approved fat-dissolving substance during a November livestream in Florida.

Peters is known for his “looksmaxxing” concept of vanity, which is at the core of his online presence. The “looksmaxxing” culture he has helped cultivate combines elements of incel culture and heterosexuality, with the stated goal of attracting the opposite sex. He has gone as far as to say he has undergone “bonesmashing,” or hitting his own face with a hammer; taken anabolic steroids to more rapidly grow muscle; and used crystal meth as an appetite suppressant.

At the same time, looksmaxxing has been described as having elements of homoeroticism, with “looksmaxxers” appearing more concerned with impressing other men than women. Peters has multiple times pointed to openly gay actor Matt Bomer as the gold standard for male facial aesthetics.

Peters’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 14.