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5 Oscar winners of Asian descent you might not have known

This year's Oscar nominations have brought recognition to numerous film artists of Asian descent. If any of them win (it's Michelle Yeoh's time, surely?), they'll join a small, distinguished coterie. The Academy Awards' history of winners of Asian descent goes back many decades, and while you may recognize recent names…

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The Mandalorian, Troops, and the Fan-Filmification of Star Wars

Today's Star Wars fulfills the promise of the late '90s internet.

Reason

'Mandalorian' Season 3 Could Finally Fix The Biggest Gap in Star Wars Canon

The tonal differences between the Mandalorians of the cartoons and those of live-action are massive. Could Star Wars finally fix it?

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The Mandalorian Season 3, episode one on Disney+ review: thank the maker it’s back

With Favreau at the helm once more, every episode is sure to be a treat

Evening Standard

The Mandalorian season three episode one drops today: here’s everything to bring you up to speed

Grab your lightsabers: Pedro Pascal and Baby Yoda are back

Evening Standard

Telluride Film Festival co-founder Tom Luddy dies at 79

Tom Luddy, who co-founded the Telluride Film Festival as part of a long and varied career in the film industry, has died at age 79.

Los Angeles Times

'Honored' Ron Howard salutes 'Happy Days,' 'American Graffiti' co-star Cindy Williams

LOS ANGELES — Director and producer Ron Howard says he's honored to be able to comment on the life of his "American Graffiti" and "Happy Days" co-star Cindy Williams, who died Wednesday at age 75, because "she lived it with a lot of integrity" and he "always respected her."

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‘Laverne & Shirley’ Actor Cindy Williams Dies at 75

Cindy Williams, who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the beloved sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, her family said Monday. Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a…

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Actor Cindy Williams, the optimistic Shirley of ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 75

LOS ANGELES — Cindy Williams, who played sweet, wide-eyed Shirley Feeney on the “Happy Days” spinoff “Laverne & Shirley,” has died. She was 75.

Los Angeles Times

Joe Cornish: Netflix’s Lockwood & Co creator talks ghosts - and the sequel to Attack the Block

The writer-director is back for more supernatural hijinks - this time, with ghosts

Evening Standard

Stop Spazzing Out About 'Spaz'

Social media, streaming, and a new era of digital self-censorship

Reason

'Avatar: The Way of Water' takes the wrong lessons from 'Star Trek'

Forget about the great VFX of 'Avatar: The Way of Water,' what's the actual story here? And do the good VFX actually hurt the movie?

Inverse

James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water Is a Can-You-Believe-It Spectacle That Looks to the Future

Also, there are battle whales.

Reason

22 unforgettable films that turned 20 this year from Spider Man to Bend It Like Beckham

Before Tom Holland was Spiderman and the Harry Potter franchise was complete

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The Buddhist and Taoist influences that underpin the Star Wars universe

When George Lucas’s space saga about a fledgling rebellion of Jedi knights fighting the evil Galactic Empire hit cinemas in 1977, few could imagine that it would become one of the most successful film franchises in history.

The Guardian - US

Fifth Indiana Jones movie releases first trailer and title

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, in theaters June 2023, sees Harrison Ford reprising his role as the hero archaeologist

Inverse

'Willow's LGBTQ+ relationship is part of its legacy, star says

Willow star Warwick Davis and EP Jon Kasdan talk honoring and building on the progressive legacy of the cult '80s fantasy flick.

Inverse

Star Wars has finally mastered George Lucas' biggest weakness

This trope should be a mainstay of Star Wars, but we haven't really seen it until 'Andor.'

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: ‘Star Wars’ has always been political. ‘Andor’ made it must-see TV

Despite what some people — and at least one giant media company — might have you believe, “Star Wars” has always been political.

Tribune News Service

New ‘Indiana Jones’ film de-ages Harrison Ford through special effects

It’s not the years, it’s the mileage.

Total Film

Every new Star Wars movie and TV show currently in the works

Everything you need to know about the new Star Wars movies and TV shows releasing in the next few years

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t have a single audition for a year’: Goonies and Indiana Jones child star Ke Huy Quan on finding fame again

Forced to quit Hollywood in his 20s through the lack of roles for Asian actors, he is back on screen in the hit Everything Everywhere All at Once. He talks about being a refugee, the wilderness years - and what tempted him to return

Inverse

Star Wars is bringing back a George Lucas tradition that Disney abandoned

Disney did its best to sanitize Star Wars, but Tony Gilroy is finally bringing back the edge that made the franchise more than just a tool to sell action figures.

Inverse

Star Wars just fixed a narrative flaw that’s plagued it since the beginning

Star Wars has been about “Episodes” ever since George Lucas took the original movie and renamed it 'Episode IV.' But it took 'Andor' for the franchise to finally embrace the art of the television episode.

Inverse

Star Wars just introduced a powerful concept from George Lucas' first sci-fi masterpiece

Narkina 5 is basically a new version of a future dystopia on Earth. Here's how 'Andor' moved the first George Lucas movie into the actual 'Star Wars' galaxy.

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