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Billy Dee Williams Spent ‘a Lot of Years’ Getting Yelled at by Angry ‘Star Wars’ Fans: ‘You Betrayed Han Solo!’
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Billy Dee Williams appeared on Entertainment Weekly’s “Dagobah Dispatch” podcast and discussed the backlash he’s faced throughout the years due to the “Star Wars” franchise. Williams debuted as Lando Calrissian in “The Empire Strikes Back,” which includes a moment in which Lando makes a deal with the Empire that leads to Han Solo being captured and frozen in carbonite. Some “Star Wars” fans still have not forgiven Lando and the backlash extended into Williams’ real life.
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‘Homeland’s’ David Harewood Says Actors ‘Should Be Able to Do Anything’ Including Blackface — but It ‘Better Be F—ing Good’ or ‘You’re Gonna Get Laughed Off the Stage’
Naman Ramachandran “Homeland” actor David Harewood thinks that actors should be able to “Black up” for roles, but warns “it’d better be fucking good.” Speaking to The Guardian, Harewood, who also serves as president of prestigious British drama school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, said: “We’re at this strange point in the profession where people go: ‘Oh, you can’t play that role because you’re not disabled, or you can’t play that because you’re not really from there.’ The name of the game is acting.” He added, “Yes, we’ve got to be representative, but I do think we have to be careful. That even extends to ‘Othello’ in Blackface. I say, if you want to Black up, have at it, man.
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Billy Dee Williams defends actors doing blackface
Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams has said that actors should be able to perform in blackface in a new interview.Speaking on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, Williams recalled watching Laurence Olivier in 1965’s Othello, in which Olivier wore blackface to portray the title role.He told the podcast: “When he did Othello, I fell out laughing. He stuck his ass out and walked around with his ass, you know, because Black people are supposed to have big asses.”“I thought it was hysterical.
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‘Star Wars’ vet Billy Dee Williams has blunt reaction to Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian: ‘I created that character’
who famously played Lando Calrissian in the “Star Wars” movie franchise, sort of praised Donald Glover, who inherited the role, in comments he made to the Radio Times in the UK.“I had a nice little lunch with him. He’s a delightful young man.
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Billy Dee Williams says ‘Star Wars’ fans gave him a tough time for “betraying” Han Solo
Star Wars fans gave him a tough time for “betraying” Han Solo.Appearing on Entertainment Weekly‘s Dagobah Dispatch podcast, the Lando Calrissian actor explained how his character’s actions in The Empire Strikes Back – which included making a deal with Darth Vader that lead to Han Solo being captured and frozen in carbonite – resulted in a backlash that extended into his real life.“When I would pick my daughter up from school, the kids would run up to me and say, ‘You betrayed Han Solo!’” Williams said. “I’d go on an airplane and the airplane stewards would say, ‘You betrayed Han Solo!’ I got that for a lot of years.”Williams said that he would try to reason with upset Star Wars fans, telling them: “Look, think about the whole situation.
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Marlene Clark, Who Appeared in ‘Sanford and Son’ and ‘Ganja & Hess,’ Dies at 85
McKinley Franklin editor Marlene Clark, an actor who appeared on “Sanford and Son,” the horror movie “Ganja & Hess” and several other films of the ’60s and ’70s, died on May 18. She was 85. Clark starred in several films ahead of landing her breakout role as Lamont Lawson’s (played by Demond Wilson) wife Janet in “Sanford and Son.” She later starred in the 1973 horror movie “Ganja & Hess” alongside Duane Jones.  Clark was born and raised in Harlem, N.Y., and spent time in West Virginia during her summers. She returned to New York after attending Morristown Jr. College in Tennessee and enrolled in City College. While at school, Clark participated in school plays, igniting her interest in the acting world.
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Marlene Clark dies: Actress starred in ‘Sanford and Son’ and ‘Ganja & Hess’
The Hollywood Reporter. She died the same day as her “Slaughter” co-star and NFL legend Jim Brown, who was 87.Her cause of death wasn’t immediately available.“RIP beautiful actress Marlene Clark. .
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‘Icons Unearthed: Star Wars’ Picked Up By Amazon Freevee In The UK
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Freevee has picked up Icons Unearthed: Star Wars for the UK, the doc series that features the first tell-all on-camera interview with George Lucas’ former wife Marcia Lucas.
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‘The Simpsons’ Comes To ‘Icons Unearthed’ Picked Up for Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE)
Michaela Zee editorThe Nacelle Company’s “Icons Unearthed” has been renewed for Season 2 by Vice TV, Variety has learned exclusively.In Season 2, the six-part documentary series will focus on long-running animated sitcom “The Simpsons.” Directed by Nacelle Company CEO Brian Volk-Weiss (“The Toys That Made Us,” “The Movies That Made Us”), “Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons” will reveal previously unknown and surprising details about the beloved animated series. The second season also features exclusive interviews with several writers, directors, actors and network executives, including Bill Oakley, Rich Moore, Jon Vitti, Mimi Pond, Doug Benson, Todd McFarlane, Garth Ancier, Phil Roman and Jennifer Howell.“We’re ecstatic to have the second season of our ‘Icons Unearthed’ documentary series officially picked up by Vice TV.
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James Caan: A Career In Pictures
The late, great James Caan, who died today, had a career that spanned 55 years and included classic films such as Howard Hawks’ El Dorado, Michael Mann’s Thief, Rob Reiner’s Misery, Jon Favreau’s Elf and, of course, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece, The Godfather.
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‘Brian’s Song’ Actor Billy Dee Williams, ‘Misery’ Director Rob Reiner Remember James Caan As Hollywood Pays Tribute To An Icon
Refresh for updates… Hollywood is mourning the loss of one of its greatest: James Caan is being remembered today as one of the best actors of his generation.
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Vice TV’s ‘Icons Unearthed: Star Wars’ Series Debuts With First Ever On Camera Interview With George Lucas’ Ex-Wife, Marcia
Vice TV will world premiere its new Icons Unearthed series on July 12 with the first installment of a 6-hour deep dive into the Star Wars Universe.
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Longtime Motown Exec Suzanne de Passe Talks Launching the Jackson 5, and Being One of the Music Industry’s First Top Female Executives
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMotown founder Berry Gordy had a galaxy of star executives helping him build the company into the powerhouse it became, but not many of them shone as brightly as Suzanne de Passe.Joining the company relatively late in its heyday, de Passe moved from her native Harlem to Detroit in 1968 and soon convinced a skeptical Berry to sign a group of kids calling themselves the Jackson 5. She quickly took charge of developing the group into the pop-culture juggernaut they immediately became — their first four singles went to No.
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