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by Frankie TAGGART Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Carrie Fisher’s death caused a huge disturbance in the Force, but the women of “The Last Jedi” vowed Sunday to honor her legacy in the latest girl-powered “Star Wars” chapter. The cast came together in a secret location in Los Angeles with director Rian Johnson to build buzz for the latest chapter in the blockbuster space saga, which hits theaters on December 15. […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — “Stranger Things” fans, rejoice: more adventures in the Upside Down are on the way. Netflix said Friday it had renewed its hit 1980s-set nostalgic supernatural drama, which has won critical acclaim and instant fame for its cast of young stars. “Should we make another season of Stranger Things?” the subscription-only streaming giant teased with an interactive poll on Twitter before adding: “season 3 is officially happening!!!” No date was […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The thunderous success of “Thor: Ragnarok” has helped Walt Disney Studios become the first distributor in history to hit $5 billion in annual global box office sales three times, it said Thursday. The superhero movie, made by Disney’s Marvel subsidiary, is on the verge of surpassing $800 million worldwide, putting the company’s haul for 2017 at $1.8 billion in North America and $3.2 billion abroad. It is the third […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Jim Nabors, who created the beloved comic TV character Gomer Pyle and used his surprisingly rich baritone voice on several hit records, died Thursday at the age of 87, his assistant Charisse Gines told AFP. “He passed away this morning at his home in Hawaii” of multiple causes, she said, speaking from the actor’s Honolulu-based entertainment company Naborly Productions. “He’d been ill for a while.” Nabors’ husband, Stan Cadwallader, […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Disney’s pick of Chinese actress Liu Yifei to star in their upcoming live-action remake of “Mulan” was welcomed by residents in Beijing on Thursday (November 30). Disney announced that Liu, a popular star of Chinese film and dramas, snapped the role early on Wednesday (November 29). She is fluent in English and has also appeared in several international co-productions such as “Outcast,” where she starred alongside Nicholas Cage. While many were […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — It’s the moment that fans of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe have been waiting months for – the release of the “Avengers: Infinity War” trailer. The film pulls together the ensemble casts from the different franchises, which include “Iron Man,” “Captain America,” “Thor,” “Ant-Man,” “Doctor Strange,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Black Panther” and “Spider-Man.” “This is the culmination of ten years of film making and I think it’s unprecedented,” said the film’s […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — One of the most successful comic book characters in history, Spiderman, nearly didn’t get off the ground, 94-year-old creator Stan Lee admitted on Thursday. Lee told reporters in Tokyo he came up with the idea while watching a fly climb a wall and wanted to create a superhero with the same abilities. “Somehow calling him ‘flyman’ didn’t sound dramatic enough. What else could he be? Mosquito man? Then I said: Spiderman. […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rap superstar Jay-Z led the nominations announced Tuesday for the Grammy Awards as the US-based music industry embraced hip-hop for its top honors — a move some critics have said is long overdue. Jay-Z received eight nominations, followed by fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar at seven and retro R&B star Bruno Mars at six. Here is a list of nominees in major categories for the Grammy Awards, with winners to […]
Reuters — Starring Meryl Streep as the late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as late editor Ben Bradlee, “The Post” on Monday (November 28) was named the best film of 2017 by the National Board of Review, a New York-based 100 year-old group of academics, filmmakers and professionals. Streep was named best actress and Hanks was voted best actor, setting the film up as an early front-runner for the Oscars. The other […]
TOKYO, Japan (Eagle News) – More than 400 guests attended in the special screening of ‘Hapi Ang Buhay’ Season 2 in Itabashi Culture Hall, Tokyo, Japan on Nov. 26. The screening was part of ‘Hapi Ang Buhay’’s Asian tour. A number of screenings have been held in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, and Japan. It will be followed by more screenings in other Asian cities and in the Middle East. The purpose of the screening […]
NEW YORK CITY, New York (Reuters) — An aspiring British actress sued Harvey Weinstein in New York federal court on Monday (November 27) accusing the movie producer of sex trafficking by inviting her to a hotel room in France and sexually assaulting her. The civil lawsuit filed by 31-year-old Kadian Noble in U.S. District Court in New York accused Weinstein of violating a U.S. federal sex trafficking law in Cannes, France. Noble’s lawyer is attempting […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prince Harry and his American fiancee Meghan Markle will marry at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in May next year, a royal spokesman said Tuesday. Markle will be baptized and confirmed for the wedding and intends to become a British citizen, Harry’s spokesman Jason Knauf told reporters. Knauf said Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II’s weekend residence, was a “very special place” for Harry and that he and Markle had spent […]
