‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ Lands One Of California’s Largest Tax Credit Awards Ever; First ‘Star Wars’ Flick To Be Shot In Golden State

It was a star-studded affair at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards and we have a full recap of all the celebs who stepped out for the event!

Does Gina Carano deserve what happened to her? In a new interview with THR, the “Star Wars” actress spoke about her dismissal from “The Mandalorian,” her ongoing lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm, and her focus on “clearing my name.” Carano lost her role as “Cara Dune” on the popular Disney+ series in February 2021, after the actress’s several controversial social media posts led to Lucasfilm dropping her.

Aspyr has admitted a series of “critical errors” impacted the launch of the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection.Originally announced last month, the Classic Collection brought together the first two Star Wars Battlefront games for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series.Alongside the base games, the package included a number of bonus levels and characters as well as an online multiplayer mode that was advertised as allowing up to 64 players to take part in challenges like conquest, capture the flag, hunt, hero assault, and space assault.However, when Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection launched yesterday (March 14), players found themselves facing a number of bugs and glitches, alongside a seemingly tiny number of servers available for multiplayer. Currently the game has an “overwhelmingly negative” rating on Steam, with just 19 per cent of players leaving a positive review due to the issues.In a statement, Aspyr wrote: “We’d like to thank the Battlefront community for their overwhelming support and feedback for the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection release.

Disney+‘s The Mandalorian saying “It became very popular to hate me and pick on me.”The former MMA champion turned actress played the lead role of Cara Dune in The Mandalorian, a role which was written by series creator John Favreau with her specifically in mind. Her stint on the series didn’t last long as roughly a year after the show’s premiere, Carano was fired from the show.She was let go from the Disney+ Star Wars spinoff series after making posts on social media that the company deemed “abhorrent and unacceptable”.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, as well as a number of James Bond films, passed away on February 27, aged 85. A cause of death has not been disclosed.The news was announced by Alliance Agents on Tuesday (March 12), with the agency paying tribute to a career “spanning over 50 years with notable roles in Sherlock Holmes, A Passage to India, Secret Army and of course one of the most memorable death scenes in the Star Wars franchise.”Culver played Captain Needa in The Empire Strikes Back, the character who is Force-choked to death by Darth Vader after losing track of a rebel ship.“Apology accepted, Captain Needa,” Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) says as Culver’s character drops to the ground clutching his throat.

New plans to clamp down on poor housing and rogue landlords will be put into action in Oldham. An extended selective licensing scheme will allow the local authority to hold those renting out homes to higher standards.

Simon Cowell revealed he would love to bring back the X Factor, but he said there would have to be some changes. The singing competition was once the most successful programme in the country, with 14 million people tuning in during its peak. But over time, viewers dwindled, with Simon determined to restore the ITV show back to its former glory.

Fans of Saturday Kitchen were left disgruntled at this weekend's instalment of the show, which featured Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones as a guest star. While many were happy to see the actress, 57, who is famed for playing Nessa in the sitcom, some took to social media X, formerly Twitter, to share their frustration at her 'annoying habit'. As she spoke with presenter Matt Tebbutt and got involved in the show, viewers felt she was 'speaking over' the chef too much during the programme.

If a movie has to be good to win even one Oscar, imagine how fantastic it must be to win multiple times in one night.

Coleen Rooney led stars at an International Women's Day event in Manchester - and shared details about her Wagatha Christie court victory that gripped the nation last year. Coleen was in her trademark stylish form - showing off her new bobbed hairstyle and wearing a lilac suit for the glittering event held at Harvey Nichols in Manchester city centre.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Chris Rock had the good sense to arrive early at the Jean-Michel Basquiat Made on Market Street exhibition at the  Larry Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills.

Star Wars movie.Walken, who stars in the recent critically acclaimed movie Dune: Part Two, recalled the opportunity he had to star in George Lucas’ sci-fi action franchise, and shared the fellow Oscar-winner with whom he shared the process.Speaking with Vanity Fair, the star opened up about the experience: “I think it was for Han Solo,” he shared. “Yes, I auditioned for it.

Disney has been like “sitting in the desert”.In 2021, the MMA fighter-turned-actor was fired by Disney and the show The Mandalorian after she posted a string of controversial opinions online.Carano has recently filed a lawsuit against Disney and its subsidiary Lucasfilm, alleging that the production companies wrongfully terminated her from The Mandalorian and other Star Wars titles for sharing a range of far-right opinions.Last month, Elon Musk said he would help to fund Carano’s suit.The posts in question saw Carano — who portrayed Cara Dune on The Mandalorian — upload a string of controversial posts, one of which compared the treatment of conservatives in the US to that of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.Others included ridiculing mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, and furthering false suggestions of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. Carano also shared online comments criticising protesters during the Black Lives Matter movement.And now, in an interview with The Post Millennial, she has spoken out about the knock-on effects of the firing, saying that it has “stuck” on her, making it difficult for her to get acting work or to attract an agent.“It’s like I’ve been in this desert where I belong nowhere,” she explained.

In a wide-ranging interview with Empire, Hayden Christensen has revealed his doubts that he’d win the role of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. He also talked of its backlash.

It’s been 20 years since Simon Cowell set out on a mission to put together his own popular version of The Three Tenors and “operatic boy band” Il Divo were the result. His team at what was then Syco Music scoured music halls around the world before bringing together California native David Miller, Frenchman Sébastien Izambard, Urs Bühler from Sweden, and the late Carlos Marin, from Spain. As the original Il Divo, the foursome pioneered a new classical-meets-pop sound, earning a No1 in the UK charts with their first release, followed by a further 30 million album sales worldwide.

William Earl The upcoming Lucasfilm theatrical release “The Mandalorian & Grogu” is one of 15 films to secure an estimated $61 million in 2024 production tax incentives through California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. The California Film Commission touted Disney’s “Mandalorian & Grogu” as the biggest-budget movie to ever qualify for state’s tax program, which distributes $330 million annually in state tax credits to TV and film productions.

to —and it dates all the way back to the beginning of their relationship.During a recent appearance on her co-star Amber Tamblyn's Substack series , explained that she and Reynolds created a “rule” to make sure they never got too busy to spend time together. "When Ryan and I got together, we made a rule not to work at the same time," Lively said, per . "So that we could always prioritize our personal life."Lively and Reynolds met on the set of The Green Lantern in 2010, though they were both in other relationships at the time.

told his three daughters: Scarlet, 21, Sistine, 25, and Sophia, 27 – referring to his wife of 26 years, Jennifer Flavin.He added, “We’re gonna sell this house. We already have the place, it’s a done deal.”Florida Gov.

The teams from Netflix’s Oscar-nominated Society of the Snow and HBO’s The Last of Us won Camera Operator of the Year honors at the Society of Camera Operators‘ 2024 SOC Lifetime Achievement Awards.

They’re like an Oscars crystal ball.The Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best of the previous year’s movies and TV shows, have long been the best predictor of which films are likely to win Academy Awards each year.“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” are the most-nominated films, with four nods each, while “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “American Fiction” and “The Color Purple” are among the other top movie nominees.Follow along with the Post’s live coverage of the 30th annual SAG Awards, airing live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles starting at 8 p.m.