Kelly Marie Tran defends divisive ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ scene

As Drive My Car sped from a best screenplay win and stellar reviews at Cannes to four Oscar nominations (Best Picture, International Feature, Director, Adapted Screenplay), distributor credits for the three-hour Japanese drama went to Sideshow/Janus Films – the former a little known new venture from Jonathan Sehring.

A plan to turn a 'builder's yard' into commercial dog kennels has been lodged with East Ayrshire Council.

Hello again fans of the silver screen, my latest 'Movie Memories' article for Lanarkshire Live is dedicated to the memory of cinema icon Sidney Poitier, with a belated thank you to Lulu for supplying the stills from To Sir With Love.

FIFA have imposed football sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Queen's Gambit with for another Versace runway show in March 2021 before significantly in June to a more cherry tone. From there, she went almost for the Meg Gala in September. Her redhead phase ended in 2022 when she briefly tried on the “” tone that has been all the rage among celebrities before in late January. Obviously, she looked incredible in every shade, so it's hardly a surprise the no-brow look was also a success. More from GlamourSee More Stories© 2022 Condé Nast.

Young performers from Ayrshire will step on to the stage next month alongside TV and West End stars in a musical theatre extravaganza.

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers were rumored to have broken up and ended their engagement earlier this month.

“But you want to speak about it because he was such a wonderful man.”Jane immediately broke down in tears as she remembered her late fiance and explained that “it wasn’t Ed” to be sad.Jane said: “I’m so sorry. I'm so sorry.

Peaky Blinders star was remembered by her husband Damian Lewis in a special poetry reading at the National Theatre.Just last month, Damian paid tribute to his beloved wife in a poignant speech.The event, which took place in January, marked the first time Damian spoke publicly about her death.Alongside his family and friends, he took to the stage on January 27 to dedicate a poetry evening to Helen.The event was based around Allie Esiri's book A Poet For Every Day of the Year.Speaking about his late wife, he said: “This evening is dedicated to her and it's perfect, because Helen loved the National Theatre."One person whose thunder would absolutely not be stolen, was Helen McCrory."As well as this, Damian read a verse from Irish poet Derek Mahon's Everything is Going to Be All Right to end the evening.Author Allie also shared some insight into Damian’s words.She told The Times in January: "We dedicated the evening to Helen, and Damian said a few words.“But we just wanted to get on and do the show."It's what she would have told us to do, ‘OK, enough already, get on with the show!’"She loved poetry and I think she would have been pleased to be kind of here with us.

Baroness Brady has spoken out against sporting boycotts, calling them a “hopeless gesture”.The Apprentice star has suggested that the measures taken by sporting organisations feel futile in light of Russia’s ruthless invasion of Ukraine.Karren, 52, was left unimpressed by football authorities as they announced that they would be boycotting the Russian city of St Petersburg for the Champions League final. After mounting pressure to address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine with some sort of sanction for Russia, Uefa announced on Friday that the Champions League final will be played at the Stade de France just outside Paris instead of in the Russian city of St Petersburg.In response to the decision, Karren wrote in her column for the Sun: “One cannon snort from a Russian tank and hitting back with the boycott of a football venue looked like what it eventually became, a hopeless gesture.“Despots of the Vladimir Putin kind aren’t going to be put off by the equivalent of smacked legs, the history of failed sports boycotts has repeatedly informed us.”“‘Is that all you’ve got’ is a boxer’s sneer that just about sums up Putin’s attitude to the West’s efforts to persuade him to halt his invasion of Ukraine,” she continued.“It was certainly going to take a good deal more than a threat to take the Champions League final away from St Petersburg, which Uefa finally did.“Uefa’s self-importance and the West’s gullibility led them to think a parcel of financial threats might just sway the thug Putin and his henchmen.”The vice-chairman of West Ham United F.C.

Chef Jose Andres is continuing his humanitarian efforts. The chef, who’s based in Washington D.C., has set up mobile kitchens in the Ukraine-Poland border, providing meals for people fleeing the Russian invasion.Lauren Sanchez is hard at work with Van Jones and chef Jose AndresSofía Vergara, Eva Longoria, Emilio Estefan, José Andrés will become board members of the National Museum of the American LatinoA post shared by José Andrés (@chefjoseandres)Jose Andres has been vocal about what’s going on in Ukraine and how he feels about it.

In an online ceremony, the USC libraries announced the winners of their 2022 USC Scripter Awards, an honor that rewards not only the screenwriter, but the author of the original adapted work. On the film side, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Elena Ferrante won for “The Lost Daughter.” The television award went to Danny Strong and Beth Macy for “Dopesick,” based on the latter’s nonfiction book “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America.” READ MORE: Oscars 2022: “The Power of the Dog” leads with 12 nominations [Full List] The Scripter Award winners are selected by a group of industry professionals and have rarely lined up with their equivalent Oscar or Emmy categories.

Kanye West , 44, and his gorgeous new muse Chaney Jones, 24, has been drawing major comparisons to his ex  Kim Kardashian, 41. The two ladies look so much alike to the point that eyewitnesses at Miami restaurant Makato actually thought Chaney was Kim, a source tells HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY.

LEGO Star Wars holiday special announced for November, now is the perfect time to strike with an excellent gift. Luckily, there is  swag for every type of fan.You can surprise Dad this Father's Day with  collectibles, gifts, clothing and accessories.

Star Wars.The actor, best known for his role as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare On Elm Street, was sharing an apartment with Hamill when casting was taking place for 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.Speaking in a new interview, Englund, who auditioned for the role of Han Solo in the film, said he told Hamill he should get in contact with the casting agents because he would be perfect for the now iconic role.“Mark Hamill was my roommate and I said to him, ‘You know, George Lucas is doing another movie and you might be right for this’,” the actor told the Inside Of You podcast.“So my once upon a time in Hollywood story is that Freddy Krueger told Luke Skywalker to call his agent and he got the part.

Star Wars film – but it’s no longer going to be attached to the sci-fi franchise.Back in 2013, when Snyder was gearing up to release Man Of Steel, news broke that he was developing a Star Wars movie inspired by Akira Kurosawa.According to Vulture, Snyder’s film was going to be separate from the new trilogy of Star Wars movies, Episodes VII, VIII and IX, but set within the Star Wars galaxy.The report stated that it would be a “Jedi epic loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic Seven Samurai, with the ronin and katana being replaced by the Force-wielding knights and their iconic lightsabers.”Often listed among the greatest films of all time, Seven Samurai is known to be a personal favourite of George Lucas’.

J.J. Abrams admits the latest “Star Wars” trilogy could have benefited from more thoughtful planning.

Years and years ago, Zack Snyder was reportedly interested in tackling a “Star Wars” film for Lucasfilm. The film was said to be Kurosawa-inspired and would take place in the galaxy far, far away.

Say what you will about the “Star Wars” Sequel Trilogy, it’s hard to deny the three most recent Skywalker Saga films suffered from the lack of planning. No matter if you think Rian Johnson destroyed everything you loved about the galaxy far, far away in ‘The Last Jedi,’ or if you think JJ Abrams botched the ending in ‘Rise of Skywalker,’ the fact that Lucasfilm clearly didn’t have a story already mapped out led to some truly baffling creative choices.

Discovery CEO David Zaslav, a week after announcing a $43 billion deal to merge with WarnerMedia in a spinoff from AT&T, sees validation in today’s news that Amazon is swallowing MGM.

Rangers Of The New Republic, a Star Wars spin-off series from the world of The Manalorian, has been put on hold.Originally announced during Disney’s investor day last December, the show is no longer in active development according to a report published about The Mandalorian‘s Dave Filoni’s new job title.The Variety report discussed the several spin-offs that Filoni and Jon Favreau are executive producing for Disney+, including The Book Of Boba Fett, which is currently shooting and premiering in December, and Ahsoka, starring Rosario Dawson, and based on the character Filoni created in The Clone Wars.The publication then added that “a third announced spinoff, ‘Rangers of the New Republic’, is not currently in active development.”It’s not