Billy Dee Williams: Last News

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Bill Maher, 68, on an episode of his “Club Random” podcast.Williams touched upon the idea when he mentioned legendary screen star Laurence Olivier covering his face with dark makeup for the 1965 film adaption of “Othello.”The William Shakespeare play centers around a Moor — a person of Muslim descent who lived in parts of Europe during the Middle Ages — military lieutenant who is fighting against the Ottoman Turks.“When he did ‘Othello,’ I fell out laughing,” Williams said.“He stuck his ass out and walked around because Black people are supposed to have big asses,” he continued. Maher then chimed in: “And Bradley Cooper thinks he’s got a problem with the nose.”The “A Star Is Born” director, 49, caught flack last year when he wore a fake prosthetic nose to portray composer Leonard Bernstein in his biopic “Maestro.”The costume sparked outrage among the Jewish community, who saw the nose as a stereotypical characterization of themselves.Williams went on: “I thought it was hysterical.

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.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has a full slate of programming set for this year, as the classic movie home celebrates its 30th anniversary.

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. .

Plugg pioneer Tony Shhnow has announced a new album titled Love Streaks, coming April 28. He shared the news today (March 16) along with the project’s lead single, “ILY / IH8U.” The new track is short, sweet, and as paradoxical as its title suggests — just over 90 seconds and constantly swerving between opposite emotional poles. “I can’t pick and choose,” the Atlanta emcee raps on the song’s first and only verse, which lasts less than half a minute.

Star Wars film could have had a completely different ending.Brian and his team at Nacelle Company, who are behind docuseries such as The Toys That Made Us and Down To Earth With Zac Efron, have taken a six hour deep dive into Star Wars Episodes I-VI for new TV show Icons Unearthed, which is currently airing on Vice TV.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, Brian spoke about making Icons Unearthed, having dinner with C3PO actor Anthony Daniels and shared some of the incredible behind the scenes stories from the making of the saga.READ NEXT: Star Wars and Fantastic Beasts star Mads Mikkelsen announced at For The Love Of Sci-FiIcons Unearthed features interviews with cast and crew involved in the making of Star Wars, including Billy Dee Williams, Paul Hirsch, Rick Baker, John Dykstra and Ian McDiarmid - as well as the first ever on-camera interview with George Lucas' wife at the time, Marcia Lucas.Their stories have revealed never-before-heard insights into the films, with Brian saying that one moment particularly took him by surprise."To give you a couple of specifics, I had never heard - and this is a spoiler for episode two - I had never heard that, because they were overschedule and over budget, Fox wanted to end the movie after they rescued Princess Leia," said Brian.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterJames Caan, whose indelible, Oscar-nominated performance as Sonny Corleone, the recklessly hotheaded son of Marlon Brando’s Mafia don in “The Godfather,” is sure to be remembered as long as there are gangster movies, died on Wednesday, his family announced on Twitter. He was 82.“It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6,” the tweet reads.

James Caan, who scored an Oscar nom as mafioso Sonny Corleone in The Godfather and an Emmy nom for playing NFL running back Brian Piccolo in Brian’s Song among a host of big film and TV roles including Elf and Las Vegas, died Wednesday night. He was 82. His family confirmed the news on Caan’s Twitter page.

doomed Santino “Sonny” Corleone, the eldest son of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and brother to Fredo (John Cazale), Connie (Talia Shire) and Michael (Al Pacino).Prior to his breakout, Oscar-nominated role in “The Godfather,” The Bronx-born Caan was best-known for roles on a slew of ’60s-era television series — including “The Untouchables,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Get Smart,” “Wagon Train,” “Naked City” and “Route 66” — and for playing cancer-stricken Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo opposite Billy Dee Williams (as Gale Sayers) in “Brian’s Song,” ABC’s tearjerking Movie of the Week which aired in November 1971.(He also appeared in several movies, including “The Rain People” in 1969, directed by Coppola — Caan’s classmate at Hofstra — and co-starring Robert Duvall, aka Corleone Family consigliere Tom Hagen.)Caan, who turns 82 on Saturday (March 26), spoke to The Post in a wide-ranging interview about his memories of filming “The Godfather,” which airs somewhere on television virtually every day — in all of its iterations — and will be re-released Tuesday (March 22) in a comprehensive 4K ultra-high-definition Blu-ray package.“One of the things that made ‘The Godfather’ successful, besides brilliant directing and writing and wonderful actors … was that everyone really enjoyed making it, and that comes off on the screen,” Caan said. “And I think the audience can tell that we were having a good time doing what we were doing up there.“Marlon was great,” Caan said of Brando.

Lando, another Disney+ Star Wars series based on the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi scoundrel Lando Calrissian is in the works, per Lucasfilm Boss Kathleen Kennedy.

and the Skywalker Saga are officially crossing over — for the, at least. On Thursday, Disney+ gifted the first trailer for the animated comedy, which features an appearance by Baby Yoda, the return of Kylo Ren's greased-up abs and lots and lots of Life Day festiveness."'Twas the night before Life Day in a galaxy far, far away," Yoda narrates the trailer.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorStar Wars franchise alums Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) will be reprising their iconic roles in the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special set to air November 17 on Disney+. Also set for the special are Star Wars: The Clone Wars vets Matt Lanter (Anakin Skywalker), Tom Kane (Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), and Dee Bradley Baker (clone troopers).Taking inspiration from the 1978 TV movie directed by Steve Binder, the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special reunites Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewie, Rose and the droids for a joyous feast on Life Day.

Gale Sayers, the legendary all-purpose running back whose friendship with cancer-stricken Chicago Bears teammate Brian Piccolo was recounted in the fabled telefilm Brian's Song, has died. He was 77.

With his chiseled good looks, suave style and unmistakable voice, Billy Dee Williams has personified 'cool' for more than six decades in the public eye.And that cool and charming demeanor was on full display when the Star Warsicon enjoyed a lunch date with friends at Fred Segal's outdoor restaurant Mauro's in the West Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.The 83-year-old actor appeared to be in great spirits if his seemingly endless smile was any indication. Mr.

Billy Dee Williams headed out for lunch with some friends amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Los Angeles.The 83-year-old actor was in good spirits while seen meeting up with friends outside of Fred Segal in West Hollywood on Tuesday.The Star Wars icon stayed safe amid the pandemic, seen wearing a white face mask after finishing his meal. Lunch:Billy Dee Williams headed out for lunch with some friends amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Los AngelesWilliams was spotted wearing a long white button-down dress shirt with a black necklace around his neck.He also wore royal blue pants and two-tone blue shoes, while staying safe from COVID-19 with a white face mask covering his mouth and nose.

reports Deadline.The Empire Strikes Back, which is considered to be the best Star Wars film, is the fifth film in the Star Wars Saga and second in the original trilogy; it stars Mark Hamil, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Billy Dee Williams.The film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2010.The reissuing of the film, as well as several other classical or audience favorite, is a measure that many movie theaters are using to generate income as the coronavirus pandemic rages across the globe.Other films now popular at pop-up drive-ins include “Jaws,” “Ghostbusters” and “Jurassic Park.”The Star Wars Saga globally has made $10.3 billion.

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