Ewan McGregor confirms Star Wars ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi ‘series will start shooting this spring

Outlander's Richard Rankin, Lauren Lyle and John Bell are appearing on the red carpet at Glasgow Film Festival for an exclusive preview screening of the first episode of season six.

A British couple have become trapped in Ukraine after going over to see a surrogate mother who gave birth to twins they waited 13 years for.

The family of a Scots man who died in a tragic accident before finding out he had won the Postcode Lottery have collected thousands of pounds in his honour.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are enjoying some late nights out together!

Just as we always suspected: Selena Gomez can make any look work!

Nathy Peluso is easily one of the most exciting artists in Spanish-language music!

Liza Foreman Hip hop is a popular pastime in Paris and its suburbs, having now made its way into many of the city’s high schools. At The Turgot high school in central Paris, hip hop is now part of the curriculum, as the Berlinale documentary “Rookies” (“Allons Enfants”), by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai, shows.This compelling film follows some of the school’s most talented hip hop aficionados train and battle under the watchful eye of a demanding coach. It served as the opening film this year for the Generation section at the Berlin festival, a sidebar dedicated to new films exploring the lives of teens and children.

Manori Ravindran International EditorIn 2020, one of the first indications that all wasn’t right for a global TV industry just waking up to the threat of COVID was the Chinese delegation of buyers pulling out of the BBC Studios Showcase.As revealed by Variety on Feb. 5, 2020, around 20 Chinese companies skipped the early February event due to travel bans in place for parts of China following the coronavirus outbreak, whose death toll had just surpassed that of SARS.Two years later, world events are again affecting London Screenings. Several senior distribution sources have told Variety that most representatives from Russian streamers, broadcasters and distributors, as well as Ukrainian media companies, have canceled their trips to the U.K.

K.J. Yossman Universal Music Publishing Group  has acquired Neil Diamond’s entire song catalog, as well as the rights to all recordings from his career, the company announced Monday.The deal covers songs, masters and videos and includes 110 unreleased tracks and an unreleased album.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.There are more than a few Apple Watch models that are on sale right now, but with dozens of competing sales and listing prices on different retailers it can be hard to keep track of the best deals.Currently, the best two deals are on the Apple Watch Series 5 (45% off on Amazon) and the Series 3 (40% on Walmart). Apple is notorious for rarely going on sale so you’ll want to jump on these good prices while they last through. The Series 5 debuts an always-on Retina display so it’s easy to see the time and other important information without tapping the display.

evacuated from Afghanistan last year amid widespread criticism of his “disaster tourism,” has now travelled to Ukraine, where he is live-streaming the sound of battle from his Kyiv hotel room. In a sarcastic tweet about the situation, international aid worker Miles Routledge wrote: “Hearing some bombs right now, very inconsiderate because we’re trying to sleep."He later added: “It’s gotten to the point where gunfire and bombing noises just don’t register, I hear them and do not worry in the slightest.

Derek Beaumont has revealed how he cheated death by minutes after stepping into a nest of killer wasps.The Leigh Centurions owner admits he’s still traumatised by how his life hung in the balance after the terrifying accident.Beaumont, who was on his own in a South African game reserve on January 5, collapsed as his body went into shock after he was stung by swarms of angry wasps.After several attempts to raise help by phone failed, Beaumont was convinced he was going to die.He said: “My head had swollen up like a football, I went blind, I was delirious and had chest pains and knew I was basically dying.”In an incredible stroke of luck, his wife Laura phoned him and immediately raised help after hearing him gasping for breath.But even then, with many anaphylactic shock victims dying within 30 minutes, there was no guarantee he’d survive because they had to find him first.Beaumont said: “I am so lucky they got to me. I’d lost consciousness but could hear voices in the distance telling me to stay awake.”The rescue team forced antihistamine tablets down his swollen throat, which bought him a little bit of time, before medical help, in the shape of David Venter, arrived.Miraculously, the game reserve paramedic whose patch covers hundreds of miles, was nearby and got to Beaumont within 17 minutes.That still meant a race against time to stabilise him and get him out of immediate danger before he was taken to hospital.Beaumont said: “The paramedic said it’s the worst version he’s ever seen and he thought there was no way I could live.“My statistic were: blood pressure 63/30, blood oxygen 81 and 26 breaths per minute.“He immediately shot me with steroids and adrenaline and got me on oxygen.

Extremely OK Games has finally acquired the Game Awards trophy that it won for Celeste in 2018 but never received.YouTuber PrestigeIsKey discovered the award on eBay when attempting to track down a replica of a Game Awards trophy that he could own. He was surprised to find an actual Game Award listed on the site (via PCGamer).The award was offered for £373 ($500 USD), and the seller’s other items were primarily car parts and key fobs, which raised some suspicion about the authenticity of the product on offer.

With the emergence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the premier film franchise of the past decade-plus (honestly, you could argue it’s the greatest film franchise of all time, in terms of size, scope, box office, and other metrics), many have joked that Kevin Feige would find some way to mix his love of superheroes with his well-documented love of “Star Wars.” They’re both owned by Disney, right? Continue reading Kevin Feige (Thankfully) Doesn’t See A Reason Why ‘Star Wars’ & Marvel Should Ever Crossover at The Playlist.

STAR Wars filming has begun with a sprawling set popping up in rural Buckinghamshire. The former quarry in Little Marlow will be the sci-fi backdrop for the Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off TV series.

the Daily Mail reported. She was 76.Noble died on Jan.

Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off series has been the subject of a lot of reports about when and where it's going to be filming, but now Ewan McGregor has officially set the record straight on when he's donning the robes again. Back in October, the actor said that cameras were going to start rolling in March, but now he's told Eddie Izzard during the latter's charity livestream event that there's been a bit of a pushback on that.

EA has confirmed it will continue to work on Star Wars games despite losing its exclusive rights to create games for the franchise.Earlier this year, Disney announced that current and future Star Wars games will be branded together under the revived Lucasfilm Games brand name. During the announcement Disney said that Lucasfilm Games will be the “official identity for all gaming titles from Lucasfilm”.EA responded to the news via Twitter on January 13, saying that it looks “forward to continuing our partnership with Lucasfilm Games” and will continue to make Star Wars games in the future.✅ We love Star Wars.

, which saw the pair experience the many different cultures across Europe and Asia.The friends later joined each other for a second travel series in 2007 called Long Way Down.However, the pair have since admitted that after the series made its debut, their friendship began to break down.Ewan told The Irish News last year: "Charley and I had drifted apart somewhat over the years since we did Long Way Down, due to the fact I'd moved to America and Charley was very busy."He'd shot some other television shows, and he was doing a lot of touring with other people on motorbikes."So, when I was working in London or I came over to visit family in London, Charley was often just not there."The actor added: "There was no falling out or anything, we

Writing the script for 1977's Star Wars, George Lucas drew inspiration from late-romantic symphonies by Richard Wagner and Antonín Dvorák and the ravishing film scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood). He wasn't sure what his space epic would sound like, but he knew he didn't want it to have one of those modernist, atonal scores that had accompanied sci-fi films since 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still (composed by Bernard Herrmann and featuring a theremin).

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has confirmed the film contains a nod to Han Solo.In the film’s opening scene, the Resistance takes the fight to the First Order, and shows a number of bombs as part of one of the attacks.Translating the alien language written on one of the bombs, one fan pointed out the message reads “Han says hi,” which would act as a tribute to Solo who was killed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Confirming the fan’s suspicions on Twitter, Johnson replied with a GIF of Han Solo saluting those who remember him.