Natalie Portman Reveals the Surprising Prop She Stole From the 'Star Wars' Set, Weighs In on Returning to Franchise

The intergalactic worlds of “Star Wars” collided as Hayden Christensen and Diego Luna sit down for a conversation in Variety‘s Actors-on-Actors series.

Hayden Christensen and Diego Luna are opening up about their careers.

Hayden Christensen and Diego Luna have never met, but as Christensen puts it, they’ve occupied the “same galaxy” for years. Christensen rocketed from teenage obscurity in Canada when George Lucas cast him as Anakin Skywalker for 2002’s “Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones” and 2005’s “Revenge of the Sith,” which chronicled the young Jedi’s transformation into the iconic villain Darth Vader. The Mexican-born Luna — who rose to prominence in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2001 coming-of-age masterpiece “Y tu mamá también” — joined “Star Wars” for 2016’s “Rogue One,” a prequel about the band of rebel spies, led by Luna’s Cassian Andor, that steal the plans for the Death Star.

An official premiere date for the series “Ahsoka” has been announced, giving fans of the “Star Wars” universe another reason to celebrate.

Those Disney+ subscribers going through Star Wars withdrawal won’t have to wait any longer as the streamer has set Aug. 23 for the premiere of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Ahsoka series.

Elle Fanning is sharing another story about a role she lost out on.

Jennifer Coolidge got into the thick of things for a conversation with The Bear star Jeremy Allen White in Variety where they discussed their rise to the top of the industry, particularly over the last year. The actress, 61, opened up especially about the means through which she found early success with her work as a character actress and why she feels it was the wrong decision to not capitalize on them. When asked by Jeremy, 32, if she chose roles for longevity or because she found people she liked and wanted to work with, Jennifer responded: "Now that I'm old enough to really look back at my life and certainly my mistakes, I see a lot of those. Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan share reactions to Outlander ending with season eightWhy Princess Eugenie's baby's birth is a huge royal firstRobin Roberts will leave Good Morning America in 2023 temporarily for very special reasonInside the 2023 Oscars goodie bagSean Penn and Charlize Theron grace the red carpet together"But I never had any strategy. I just went job to job. I have to say I made the terrible mistake of not riding the wave that I had early on. "The acclaimed comedienne continued: "It was sort of in the '90s when I had Legally Blonde, Best in Show, and American Pie.

Brooke Shields has had an incredible modeling and acting career, but not everything has been easy. This is why the protective mom had reservations about her daughter Grier Henchy’s interest in modeling.In a recent interview with Live with Kelly and Mark, Shields confessed that she “fought” the idea of Grier modeling for “so long.” She said Grier, whose father is Christopher Thomas Henchy, is doing “little things here and there,” but Grier but she has to wait until she’s older, since she is still 17. “The rules have changed,” she said, “I’m just so happy about that.” Grier will turn 18 on April 18, 2024.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back with Seth Rogen’s help.

Ahsoka fans! Rumors are flying that Book Of Boba Fett’s star, Temuera Morrison, may return to Star Wars in the upcoming series! Fans remember Morrison’s debut as the fan-favorite bounty hunter, Jango Fett. He then reappeared as all of the live-action clone troopers shared his face.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the few Star Wars Disney+ series which pays direct homage to the original George Lucas film canon, versus series such as The Mandalorian which heavily incorporate the animated lore created by Dave Filoni.

Cher is opening up about her longtime friendship with Tina Turner and some of their final conversations together.

William Earl Variety’s Actors on Actors series returns featuring the biggest stars in this year’s TV Emmys race for Season 18. The four episodes will debut on PBS SoCal on Thursday January 15th starting at 8:00 pm, followed by encores on KCET and public television stations across the country and the WORLD Channel (check local listings). All episodes will stream on pbssocal.org and the free PBS App following their premieres. Variety’s Actors on Actors issue will hit newsstands on June 7th and the conversations will start airing on Tuesday, June 6th on Variety.com and its social media channels. This year’s “Actors on Actors” lineup includes:

Still a fan of sand? Natalie Portman revealed she’d be interested in reprising her role in the Star Wars universe — but someone has to approach her about it, first.  

Natalie Portman is tackling fan-asked questions and sharing some fascinating tidbits about her career — including some key questions about her role in the franchise.The actress recently sat down for the video segment «Actually Me,» in which she went onto various online forums and fielded fan questions with official, candid answers.One moment that has drawn a lot of interest came when someone on Reddit asked if her character from the prequels, Padme, might ever return to the franchise in some future film.«I have no information on this. No one's ever asked me to return,» Portman revealed, before adding the hopeful addendum, «but I'm open to it.»While Portman's Queen Padme Amidala starred in George Lucas' prequel trilogy — and served as a key character who was both a love interest for Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and the mother of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia — she died after giving birth at the end of Her character's death meant she wasn't involved in the sequel trilogy.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Natalie Portman told GQ magazine that she’s open to returning to the “Star Wars” franchise, 18 years after “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” served as her exit from the long-running space saga. Portman starred in all three of George Lucas’ prequel films as Padmé Amidala, who wins the heart of Anakin Skywalker. “I have no information on this,” Portman said when a fan floated the idea of her coming back to the franchise. “No one’s ever asked me to return, but I’m open to it.” Portman’s Padmé died in labor after giving birth to Luke and Leia in “Revenge of the Sith,” but the “Star Wars” franchise has a history of bringing back long-presumed dead characters (see “Phantom Menace” villain Darth Maul popping back up in “Solo.”).

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Heidi Klum is spilling the details on how she stays so youthful. For one thing, she was born with good genes. During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Klum attributed her fresh-faced appearance to her parents as well as her positive attitude.  She thinks "always seeing the glass rather half full than half empty" and not frowning helps because "it shows in your face." "I think up with the mouth corners is always better," she told Fox News Digital.

Natalie Portman is looking back on her “Star Wars” era.

Rachel Bilson is revealing the reason she lost a recent job.Opening up on the May 15 episode of her  podcast, the  star said that she apparently lost out on a gig due to her recent comments about sex.«It's been an interesting week, guys,» Bilson said. «This is the first time it's ever happened to me in my professional life that I lost a job this week because of things that were said.»Bilson recently shared her candid talk on the topic during a May 3 appearance on the  podcast.«A job got taken away from me because I was speaking candidly and openly about sex in a humorous way on our friend's podcast,» she explained.