Ewan McGregor reveals meeting with Liza Minnelli ahead of portraying her late friend Halston

Robin Roberts has been inundated with messages of support for both her and her partner Amber Laign, following the news of Amber's breast cancer.MORE: Robin Roberts reveals partner Amber's heartbreaking cancer diagnosisThe Good Morning America star told viewers of the ABC morning show on Thursday that she would be off from time to time as she supports her long-term partner, who has been battling cancer for the past year.Since making the news public, Robin revealed that Amber was starting her chemotherapy on Friday, and has since shared a new message for her other half.VIDEO: GMA's Robin Roberts gives a tour inside her Connecticut home where she lives with partner AmberTaking to the couple's popular Instagram account dedicated to their beloved rescue dog, Lukas, Robin shared a photo of their pet pooch standing upright on the sofa with a stuffed toy in his mouth.MORE: Robin Roberts to take a backseat from GMA following partner Amber's cancer newsMORE: Robin Roberts makes fans emotional with remarkable revelation about time with GMA"Love you mommy... you've got this," the caption read, alongside a love heart emoji.Fans were quick to comment on the post, with one writing: "Sending prayers for your mom, she's got this!" while another wrote: "We are praying for your Amber." A third added: "Oh my goodness.

Katie McGlynn has confessed that she received death threats over her character’s racist and controversial comments throughout her time on Hollyoaks. The 28-year-old – who joined the Channel 4 soap last summer as Becky Quentin – was hit with a wave of abuse after her character started to voice her prejudicial opinions throughout the village.

Arsenal and Ukraine defender Oleh Luzhnyi has put his coaching dreams on hold in order to fight alongside his people following the Russian invasion.The 53-year-old spent four years at Arsenal and won both the Premier League and FA Cup under the guidance of Arsene Wenger in 2002 and 2003 respectively.Luzhnyi has held several coaching roles at Dynamo Kyiv since his 2005 retirement, holding one permanent management role at Tavriya Simferopol - but that career has now been paused.Luzhnyi has told Sky Sports News of his reaction to the Russian invasion of his country, which president Vladimir Putin has called "a special military operation"."The situation is horrific," Luzhnyi said."I want to come to coach in the UK but before anything I will stand firmly and fight for my people, for my country and for democracy."We all hope this will be over soon as innocent lives are being lost and families are being torn apart. A country being invaded and destroyed is all for what? "We need to stand together as one and bring to an end this criminal warfare."The emotion of Ukraine captain and Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko was full of emotion before their clash against Everton.He shared a touching moment with Everton's Vitaliy Mykolenko during the warm-up, with Andriy Yarmalenko being given time off by West Ham amid the war in his home country.Pep Guardiola said: "It's a worry, what we feel with our country where we were born.

Cristiano Ronaldo prevented a Manchester United goal in bizarre fashion as his rough patch of form continued against Watford.The Red Devils club legend has found the back of the net just once in his last 10 games.Prior to bagging against Brighton earlier this month, he was on his longest goal drought of his club career since 2009.In fairness, in wasn't for a lack of trying at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon, as he had a goal ruled out for offside, a shot hit the post and would've scored had Bruno Fernandes played him in for an open goal.However, Fernandes may have been getting his own back on his fellow Portugal international.Earlier in the match Ronaldo had inadvertently blocked one of his shots which may have gone in otherwise.Despite all of those chances, United were unable to find a goal as Premier League strugglers Watford secured a valuable point on their travels. Should Man Utd sell Ronaldo in the summer? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

Sky Sports News.Viewers were left concerned about the presenter after they thought she was crying on live TV.The 42-year-old became visibly emotional following a segment featuring several sports stars that have been impacted by Russia's aggressive invasion of Ukraine this week. McQueen, the daughter of former Manchester United and Leeds defender Gordon, was wearing a blue top and a yellow skirt as a show support for the war-torn country.And she addressed the moment on social media, saying she was "a little embarrassed" but her maternal instincts got the better of her.In an Instagram post, she wrote: "I’ve covered many tragic stories on Sky Sports over the years and pride myself on remaining professional and keeping emotions in check but for some reason yesterday really got to me."Since becoming a mother I guess I think about the world differently and have definitely become a lot more sensitive.

Boxing fans were in uproar on Saturday night following Josh Taylor's controversial split decision win over Jack Catterall at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow.Catterall dominated the bout against unified light-welterweight world champion Taylor but was robbed of an historic victory following the shock scores of the judges.Pundits and fans alike have since slammed the decision and called for a rematch, with the fight's outcome labelled as one of the worst decisions in recent boxing history.Therefore, here are six of boxing's most terrible decisions from the past, including Taylor v Catterall, Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin.It had been thought that Catterall had come out on top before the judges scores were read out, having knocked down an underwhelming Taylor.However, two of the three judges had ruled the fight in favour of the unified champion, scoring the fight 114-111 and 113-112 in Taylor's favour.The third judge scored the fight 113-112 in favour of Catterall, with both fighters having had points deducted during the bout.Enraged by the decision, Catterall stormed out of the ring and towards the changing room, before later taking to Twitter to say: "What a load of s***!"Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield met at Madison Square Gardens in New York in March 1999 in a heavyweight unification bout.Following a pulsating 12 rounds, the commentators expected Lewis to be declared the victor, despite a late flurry from Holyfield in rounds eight to 11.However, boos rang around the arena after the fight was deemed a split decision draw, with HBO's announcers calling the decision "a travesty".A rematch was ordered almost immediately, taking place eight months later in Las Vegas, with Lewis winning via unanimous

According to Specsavers, it takes on average 10 years before people decide to get their hearing checked.Around 56 per cent of people admit feeling a stigma around hearing aids.John spoke to the Independent in September 2021 about the experience of having hearing aids and how he decided to work with Specsavers.He added that he had up to 15 years of experience with them.The star said: “It all started around 15 years ago, when I began to realise I was struggling to hear certain voices and sounds.“I thought people were mumbling when they weren’t.

Video: Ukraine: Charity warns of humanitarian catastrophe if crisis is not de-escalated (PA Media)Sex predator admits murder of primary school teacher Sabina NessaAssistant Chief Constable pledges to help Noah Donohoe family get justicePolitical economist warns of 'double-digit inflation' following Russia's invasion of UkraineRussia bans UK flights over its air space in retaliation to British sanctionsRussia invasion of Ukraine 'not as successful as planned', says defence ministerSir Keir Starmer: Parliament united in Russia responseZelenskyy calls for stronger sanctions against Russia‘Diplomacy is absolutely off the table’ - Defence SecretaryPolitics daily briefing: February 25Volodymyr Zelensky announces death toll from first day of Russian invasion of Ukraine'This is a war of choice' - Kamala Harris on Russia's invasion of UkraineUkrainian ambassador: Russians came from all four sidesBiden: Freedom will prevail, amid Russia attacks on Ukraine‘Heartbroken’ Ukrainian protesters call on UK to ‘stop Putin’Russia's invasion of Ukraine - key pointsJohnson unveils 'most severe package of economic sanctions that Russia has ever seen'“They need protection. @usaforunhcr is providing it.

Prince George cheekily stuck his tongue out while sitting between Prince William and Kate Middleton at a Six Nations match as his parents went head-to-head. The Cambridges took their eldest son, 8, to watch England beat Wales 23-19 at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday. The result will have thrilled Kate, 40, who was made the patron of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) this month.

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Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have joined a host of other celebrities in sending their love to Ukraine. The presenting duo, both 46, took a moment to send their 'thoughts and prayers' to Ukraine during Saturday's episode of Saturday Night Takeaway.  In the early hours of Thursday morning, Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion on Ukraine with it being confirmed on Saturday the Ukrainian civilian death toll is 219.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have promised to match donations made to assist Ukrainian refugees up to an amount of $1m (£745,850). The couple – who share three daughters and have been married since 2012 – took to social media on Saturday (26 February). The actors encouraged fans to make donations to assist Ukrainians who have been displaced by the ongoing invasion.

Krysta Rodriguez is best known for her many roles on the Broadway stage including originating the role of Wednesday Addams in the Tony Award-nominated musical The Addams Family as well as First Date the Musical opposite Zachary Levi. She also starred in the groundbreaking 2015 Tony-nominated Deaf West Theatre production of Spring Awakening. On top of all that, she starred in NBC’s Broadway series Smash and led the Netflix zombie dark comedy Daybreak.

Ewan McGregor channels American fashion designer Roy Halston in, the limited Netflix series created and directed by Daniel Minahan, it’s hard not to be enraptured by Krysta Rodriguez, who fully transforms into his best friend and longtime performer, Liza Minnelli. As the Broadway and screen actress, who has a dedicated following thanks to the beloved but short-lived series, tells ET’s Leanne Aguilera, it was a role that she was born to play.

Sex and the City 2 – that whenever there is a peak of gay energy in any room, Liza Minelli automatically appears. I didn’t care for Sex and the City and its grasping archetype hags – it was consumerist Feminism, empty Feminism - but it is right in this sense, if only by coincidence or mistake.Minelli is in Halston from Netflix, a new five-part series about the most original designer America ever produced, with the ever-watchable Ewan McGregor as her best friend Roy (Halston) Frowick.

Netflix promises to explore the life and work of a fashion designer whom the show is named after. The show premiered last week, May 14, and stars Ewan McGregor in the title role.

By All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.There's a lot of flashy, glamorous things about Halston, Netflix's that follows the rise and fall of the innovative fashion designer, played by Ewan McGregor.

In Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix series “Halston”, Ewan McGregor plays the late American fashion designer Roy Halston who became the face of an international brand but almost lost it all with a spiralling addiction to drug and alcohol. Having gotten sober years ago, McGregor says he’s more than familiar with Halston’s struggles.

Trainspotting star was on one of his epic motorcycle trips with friend Charley Boorman when he was approached by a fan. The man said he recognised him as an actor and told how he had seen him in "adult movies".McGregor, from Crieff, Perthshire, told the man he had got the wrong person but later thought he may have seen some of his early films where he regularly appeared in nude scenes.He said: "There was a guy in Russia who saw me and he went 'actor, actor,' and I said 'yeah'."He didn't use the word 'porno' but he used a very polite way of saying 'porno'."He was like 'adult movies,' it was very charming the way he phrased it."I went 'no, no'.

Spoilers are ahead. Halston, Ryan Murphy’s latest historical drama now on Netflix, takes a lot of liberties with the life and times of fashion designer and icon Roy Halston.