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The famously stubborn George Lucas gave in to Star Wars fans five times, from shrinking Jar Jar to deleting Luke's scream
The Holiday Special, the Special Edition scream, Han and Greedo, midi-chlorians and Jar Jar Binks: when the creator of Star Wars listened.
September 19, 2026 5:21 pm
The Virgin Suicides true story: Jeffrey Eugenides has traced the whole novel to a single conversation
Readers have hunted for the real Lisbon sisters since 1993. Jeffrey Eugenides has said the whole novel grew from one exchange he had while waiting for dinner at his brother's house — and from a five-word answer he never got past.
September 18, 2026 6:57 pm
Michael B. Jordan is giving Thomas Crown a motive — he says nobody wants to watch a billionaire stealing art for fun
Michael B. Jordan’s take on The Thomas Crown Affair will break from the original in a key way — and he’s not doing it on a whim.
September 18, 2026 1:09 am
The new Naruto movie just got a big update
A new animated Naruto film edges closer, as Viz Media lines up a panel promising franchise announcements — with a reveal expected to headline.
September 10, 2026 4:03 pm
27 years after the pool table dance, Julia Stiles is going on Dancing With the Stars
Julia Stiles has signed on for a dance-heavy gig, and 10 Things I Hate About You fans are buzzing about a nod to one of her standout routines.
September 6, 2026 5:34 pm
Turns out not even Statham, Wahlberg and Gibson could reboot this 92-minute crime thriller masterpiece
Sir John Boorman’s 1967 movie, based on Donald E. Westlake’s first Parker novel, has spawned three underwhelming reboots — which rather tells its own story, doesn’t it?
September 6, 2026 3:57 pm
Alpha is No. 3 on Netflix's non-English chart with 3.3 million views and a 22% Rotten Tomatoes score
Netflix’s latest action thriller raids the Jason Bourne toolbox with gleeful abandon — the question is whether that mash-up really delivers the high-octane espionage rush it’s chasing.
September 5, 2026 11:12 pm
Where are the Impractical Jokers from? All four shared the same high school classrooms
Staten Island. Specifically, room by room, the same all-boys Catholic high school on Staten Island, where four freshmen were put in the same religion class in 1990 and have essentially not stopped working together since.
September 5, 2026 9:14 pm
So, about that Kubrick final-film rumour — his daughter just weighed in
Vivian Kubrick is pushing back against the conspiracy chatter around her father's final film — and her response aims to put the myths to bed.
September 2, 2026 9:20 pm
Tom Hardy has been rapping as Frankie Pulitzer since 2021, and now there is an album
An actor’s moonlighting as Frankie Pulitzer has led to a 15-track link-up with Czarface — and the name behind the mic isn’t who you’d expect.
August 31, 2026 3:52 pm
Why did Barba leave SVU? The show gave one answer — Raúl Esparza gave another
Why did Barba leave SVU? What happened to ADA Rafael Barba in Law & Order: SVU season 19, the case that ended his run, and how Raúl Esparza explained the exit in his own words.
August 29, 2026 9:48 pm
What happens at the end of Song Sung Blue? The real Sardina family says it didn't go down quite like that
Craig Brewer's Song Sung Blue opened on 25 December 2025 with Hugh Jackman as Mike Sardina and Kate Hudson as his wife Claire — the Milwaukee couple behind Neil Diamond tribute act Lightning & Thunder. It's adapted from Greg Kohs's 2008 documentary of the same name.
August 20, 2026 8:51 pm
What happens at the end of Animal Farm the movie is not the ending Orwell wrote
Andy Serkis's animated Animal Farm reached cinemas on 1 May 2026 — a PG-rated, 96-minute family film carved out of one of the most pessimistic books of the 20th century. That combination should tell you roughly where this is heading.
August 18, 2026 11:36 pm
After marrying Tom Cruise, did Nicole Kidman give up on her career?
Nicole Kidman has opened up about marrying Tom Cruise despite industry warnings about her career — and told British Vogue just how blunt the pushback was.
August 15, 2026 5:03 pm
Lift your mood with 18 of the best feel-good movies on Disney+
Disney+ has the feel-good films to lift a blue mood or anchor a cosy family night, no faff required.
August 11, 2026 9:33 pm
Spider-Man Brand New Day's deleted scenes: here's the complete list (and it's a lot)
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ is the Spider-Man franchise’s latest entry — and the cast list is seriously stacked.
August 11, 2026 7:40 pm
Where is Courtney Mitchell in EastEnders now?
Three different actresses, one of the most famous soap deaths in British TV history in her backstory, and a bloodline running straight through the Mitchell family — yet Courtney Mitchell hasn't set foot in Albert Square in nearly a decade.
August 9, 2026 11:33 pm
Why did Stabler leave SVU? The character never got a goodbye on screen
For 12 seasons, Elliot Stabler was one half of television's most famous detective partnership — Christopher Meloni opposite Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson, from Law & Order: SVU's first episode in 1999 through to 2011.
August 7, 2026 5:30 pm
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