This summer, five A&R veterans convened on Zoom to discuss racism in the music industry. As protests erupted around the country after the killing of George Floyd, various music companies made statements supporting equality and announced donations to organizations fighting for racial justice. This virtual panel was notably different — …
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To celebrate May the 4th, the annual “Star Wars Day,” the franchise’s long-awaited Galaxy’s Edge theme park opened within Disneyland. The theme park comes with new music created by Star Wars‘ longtime composer John Williams; a portion of that score, “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite,” premiered in full Sunday. …
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The upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX will feature unused footage of Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa to give the character a “truly satisfying conclusion” following the actress’ December 2016 death. With production on the J.J. Abrams-directed Episode IX set to begin August 1st, Star Wars producers revealed that, contrary …
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April showers bring May flowers – and end-of-April blockbusters apparently bring larger, more expensive May blockbusters. Movies, mainstream and otherwise, will be swimming in Avengers: Infinity War‘s wake for a good long while, but that doesn’t mean Hollywood Inc. is taking a month off. In the next 30 days, we’re …
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Director Ron Howard previewed the darkness of an Empire-ruled planet in a new teaser clip promoting Solo: A Star Wars Story, the upcoming Han Solo spinoff film. “The Star Wars universe that we see in Solo was different from anything that we’ve seen in any previous Star Wars movies,” the …
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Mark Hamill’s return to the Star Warsalmost didn’t happen, he revealed in a new interview with The New York Times.He will reprise his career-defining role as Luke Skywalker in the forthcoming Star Wars installment, The Last Jedi, out on December 15th. “I was just really scared,” Hamill said of when …
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British screenwriter Jack Thorne has been tapped to finish the screenplay for Star Wars: Episode IX, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Thorne will take over for director Colin Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly. According to sources, a new set of eyes was needed to finish the final installment …
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