Carrie Fisher and actor and director Griffin Dunne shared an unusual and deep friendship. The pair were onetime roommates in New York City, as Dunne was a working actor and Fisher was about to land her breakout role in “Star Wars.” In his new memoir, “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir,” available Tuesday, Dunne details their friendship, including his …
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Legendary “Star Wars” creator George Lucas hit back at critics claiming his series hasn’t been diverse enough. During an interview at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday –just ahead of a Palme d’Or ceremony honoring his contribution to film – Lucas recalled longtime criticism that his movies featured too many White males, and argued that the franchise has always featured …
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The Walt Disney Company has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of Gina Carano, a conservative actress who has alleged she was wrongfully terminated from the Disney+ “Star Wars” show “The Mandalorian.” In a notice of motion and motion to dismiss, The Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC and Huckleberry Industries (U.S.), collectively known as “Disney,” …
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A Scottish man dressed as a “Star Wars” character caused a brief stir on a train after it was falsely reported that he was armed. “Was on the train to Dundee for DeeCon in my stormtrooper [costume],” wrote a man known as “Grampian Stormtrooper” on Facebook on April 6. On the page, Grampian Stormtrooper described himself as a “stormtrooper with …
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“Star Wars” icon Billy Dee Williams floored liberal comedian Bill Maher while arguing that actors should be allowed to perform in “blackface.” On Sunday’s installment of the “Club Random” podcast, Williams spoke about his past friendship with acting legend Laurence Olivier. He then pointed to Olivier’s Oscar-nominated performance as Othello in the 1965 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” which the …
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Woody Allen’s quaint, quirky film “Annie Hall” incited one of the great controversies in Oscar history when it captured the Academy Award for Best Picture over innovative blockbuster and American cultural landmark “Star Wars” on this day in history, April 3, 1978. The Hollywood hullabaloo has grown only greater in the decades since. “‘Annie Hall’ contains more intellectual wit and …
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