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Tony Blair's Ghost (Writer)

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, George W. Bush, Roman Polanski, Kim Cattrall, Dick Cheney, The Ghost, Tony Blair, Iraq, Olivia Williams, Pierce Brosnan, Cherie Blair, Chilcot Inquiry, War on Terror, The Ghost Writer, Robert Harris, Switzerland, European Union, Britain, Star Wars, Sex and the City, James Bond, 9/11, Berlin Film Festival, Dollhouse, Mike Huckabee, Fox News, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Tony Blair complained that his widely panned appearance before the Chilcot Inquiry into the origins of the Iraq War stirred up negativity because people are hungry for a conspiracy. If that is so, The Ghost Writer is the movie.

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ReelzChannel: Family Be Damned - Top 10 Cursed Movie Characters

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Top Ten List, Oliver Stone, James Coburn, Humor, Al Pacino, Rodney Dangerfield, Juliette Lewis, Woody Harrelson, Gene Hackman, Film, Movies, Francis Ford Coppola, Rob Zombie, Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, John Woo, The Wolfman, Eric Bana, Horror Movies, Reelzchannel, Wes Anderson, Fantasy, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

The curse that trips its way through the branches of a family tree is a great means to get to an audience's gut. We are, after all, consigned to what we're handed by our forebears.

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Darth Vader's Original Wimpy Voice Revealed (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Video, Funny Videos, Darth Vader's Original Voice, Original Darth Vader, Darth Vader Before James Earl Jones, David Prowse, James Earl Jones Star Wars, Darth Vader Voice, Darth Vader, Voice of Darth Vader, Comedy News

I know this may not be a bombshell to most "Star Wars" fans, but James Earl Jones was not in the Darth Vader suit at the time of filming. For the eigh...

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Wookieepedia: The Wiki For Wookies (PICTURE)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Chewbacca, Wookie, Wookieepedia, Wookiepedia, Wiki, Technology News

Have you ever wished you could find out what plants are native to the Wookiee's home planet, Kashyyyk, but wanted to read about it in your native Wook...

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Skywalker Lawsuit: Star Wars Filmmakers Sue Local Billboard Company 'Skywalker Outdoors'

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Luke Skywalker, Copyright, U.S. District Court, Lucasfilms, Star Wars, Copyright Law, Skywalker Outdoors, Anakin Skywalker, Chicago News

The company that produced the Star Wars films is suing a local Chicago billboard company in federal court for using the term Skywalker on billboards a...

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Snoop Dogg, Darth Vader Debut Star Wars/Adidas Collaboration In SoHo (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Storm Troopers, Adidas, Video, Star Wars Adidas Collaboration, Snoop Dogg Star Wars, Snoop Dogg, Darth Vader, Snoop Darth Vader, Snopp Dogg Darth Vader, Adidas Star Wars, Star Wars Adidas, Snoop Dogg Darth Vader, Snoop Dogg Adidas, New York News

Snoop Dogg has gone over to the Dark Side, if only for a day. The rap star was spotted marching through SoHo with Darth Vader and a gaggle of storm t...

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Tuesday's Five Lessons for the Democrats

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Scott Brown, 2010 Elections, Scott Brown Martha Coakley, James Madison, Scott Brown vs Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Special Election, Martha Coakley Senate Seat, November-2010-Elections, The Empire Strikes Back, Midterm Elections, Scott Brown Massachusetts, Scott Brown Senate Race, 2010 Midterm Elections, Adlai Stevenson, Massachusetts Senate Race, Martha Coakley, Boston Red Sox, Elections 2010, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

On Tuesday, the Bay State shook Capitol Hill to its core. Here are the five lessons Democrats should learn from this special election.

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Power vs Force - A New Year's Lesson From Yoda

Lotta Alsen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Wisdom, Franz Kafka, Dating, Getting Clients, Power, Yoda, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Lotta Alsen

In all spiritual traditions, which is where Yoda got his wisdom from, you learn how to center yourself, and it's when you are able to stay in that center, that magic occurs.

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Seth MacFarlane On The "Family Guy" "Star Wars" Parody

latimes.com | Scott Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy, Television, George Lucas, Entertainment News

Seth MacFarlane, 36, created "Family Guy," Fox's animated sitcom, which this year became the first cartoon series nominated for a prime-time Emmy sinc...

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Dumpster Diving: Deleted Scenes That Should Have Stayed in the Final Film

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Scrubs, Scott Mendelson, Dirty Dancing, Modern Family, Robert Downey Jr, Movies, Gilmore Girls, Zach Braff, Kelly Bishop, Jerry Orbach, Jeff Bridges, New Line Cinema, Edward Norton, Deleted Scenes, Sixth Sense, Ty Burrell, Garden State, Natalie Portman, Alan Rickman, Away From Her, Incredible Hulk, Revenge-of-the-Sith, Alternate Ending, M. Night Shyamalan, Jon Favreau, Iron Man, Blade, George Lucas, Love Actually, Final Destination, Galaxy Quest, Star Trek, News, Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Grey, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

If you had a scene that explained away a massive plot hole, wouldn't you keep it in the final film? Stephen Norrington felt otherwise, leaving this breakthrough Marvel-adaptation Blade with a major storytelling gap.

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Of Jedi Knights, Death Stars, and Afghanistan

William Astore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, World, U.S. Military, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Jedi, US Troops Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, World News
William Astore

Can one truly be both Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, both cunning and courteous Jedi Knight and Dark Lord of imperial power projection?

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WATCH: Top Technology Movies Of The Decade

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Star Wars, Wall-E, Roger Ebert, Avatar, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Hollywood, Technology News

James's Cameron's "Avatar," which has humanized the use technology like no film before it, "inaugurates the next generation and raises the bar," Roger...

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Hollywood Directors Go Viral

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Natalie Portman, Werner Herzog, Steven Spielberg, Golden Globes, David Lynch, Film Directors, Hollywood, American Film Institute, Entertainment News
James Sims

I'd like to look a few directors that won't be getting much attention this awards season -- directors who recently popped up in an internet video.

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Stargate Universe's Ming-Na Shows Us Her Geek Chic

Jenna Busch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stargate, Star Wars, SyFy Channel, Stargate Universe, Star Trek, Ming-Na Wen, Dungeons and Dragons, Ming-Na, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

I'm always thrilled to find fellow geek girls, so imagine my excitement when I found out that Stargate Universe star, Ming-Na is also a geek!

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Review: Carrie Fisher Drinks Her Way to Broadway

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Debbie Reynolds, Broadway, Carrie Fisher, Eddie Fisher, Roundabout Theatre, Studio 54, George Lucas, Geffen Playhouse, New York News
James Sims

How does a famous person cope with a litany of personal disasters and addictions? They do what every other actor seems busy with these days -- put on a one-person show.

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Doctor Who: The Long Goodbye

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Bernard Cribbins, Royal Shakespeare Company, Christopher Eccleston, Sydney Newman, Steven Moffat, Murray Gold, Verity Lambert, John Simm, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Timothy Dalton, Torchwood, James Bond, Dylan Thomas, Russell T. Davies, Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate, Barack Obama, Elisabeth Sladen, John Barrowman, Entertainment News
William Bradley

The finale for the great tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, came round at last. It was the end of a long goodbye, which itself was part of a long goodbye.

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Darth Vader Rings Opening Bell At New York Stock Exchange

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Opening Bell Darth Vadar, Darth Vader New York Stock Exchange, Lucasfilm Ltd, Wall Street, Darth Vader Wall Street, George Lucas, Storm Troopers, Darth Vader Stock Exchange, Darth Vader Opening Bell, Darth Vader, Wall Street Opening Bell, New York Stock Exchange, Video, New York News

Some might find Darth Vader's presence on Wall Street today an ominous sign, but there he was with a group of Storm Troopers to ring the opening bell ...

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"Something Something Something Darkside": Family Guy Star Wars Saga Continues! (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Something Something Something Darkside Full Trailer, Family Guy, Video, Something Something Something Darkside, Family Guy Empire Strikes Back, Family Guy Star Wars, Family Guy Star Wars Full Trailer, New Family Guy Star Wars, Star Wars, Comedy News

Fox is releasing the next installment of the Family Guy Star Wars saga just in time for Christmas. In "Something, Something, Something Darkside" young...

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Today Show Halloween Costumes: What The Cast Did For 2009 (VIDEOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Today Show Star Wars, Today Show Costumes, Halloween Today Show, Today Show Halloween 2009, Today Show, Anchors, Today Show Halloween, Today Show Nbc, Today Show Halloween Costumes, Today Show Halloween Costumes 2009, Today Show Costumes 2009, Halloween Costumes, Halloween Costumes 2009, The Today Show, Costumes, Media News

The Today Show had some fun this morning, with the cast decked out in Star Wars Halloween costumes with a special set for a Halloween-themed special. ...

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DVDs -- Fractured Fairy Tales

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Star Wars, The Hurt Locker, Extract, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, G-Force, Best Film of the Year, Academy Awards, Jason Bateman, Family Guy, Farscape, Harry Potter, (500) Days of Summer, Oscar, Mike Judge, Sci-Fi, Dvds, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Just when I despaired about the overweening cleverness of screenwriters confusing a chopped up timeline with intelligence and craft, two films popped up to prove there's still life in this unconventional convention.

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"Baby-Sitters Club" Returns With Prequel, Reissued Books

The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Baby-Sitters Club Prequel, Babysitters Club, Baby-Sitters Club, Scholastic, The Summer Before, New Baby-Sitters Club, Young Adult Books, Babysitters, Children's Books, Books, Ann M. Martin, Goosebumps, Books News

Taking a page from Broadway and George Lucas, Scholastic Inc., the children's book publisher, is trying for a revival -- with a prequel attached. In ...

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Mark Hamill Talks Star Wars Live Action TV Show and the Joker

Jenna Busch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vga's, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Video Games, Star Wars, The Joker, Mark Hamill, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

I rarely get star struck anymore, but I couldn't help myself this time. I recently attended the red carpet for the Spike TV Video Game Awards in Down...

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Star Wars Gangsta Rap (VIDEO): Vader, Luke, Leia Throw Down

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Star Wars Gangsta Rap, Video, Atom, Star Wars Gangsta Rap Video, Star Wars Rap Video, Star Wars Gangsta Rap Chronicles, Comedy News

Bent TV is at it again, making "Star Wars" story lines into cartoon rap videos. Their first installment covered the basics, but didn't really give us ...

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George Lucas On The Daily Show With His New "Doorstop" Book (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, George Lucas Daily Show, Directors, Jon Stewart, Indiana Jones, George Lucas, New Books, Author Interviews, Books, The Daily Show, Movies, Blockbusting, Political Humor, Books News

George Lucas, beloved creator of the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies, was on the Daily Show last night with Jon Stewart to talk about the new b...

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Best Books For Your Christmas Wishlist (PHOTOS, POLL)

Lena Tabori | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, US Constitution, Book Collectors, Best Books, Warhol, Coffee-Table-Books, Young & Rubicam, France, Art Books, Andy Warhol, Star Wars, Made in France, Guy Bourdin, Constitution, Galaxy, Slidepoll, Books News
Lena Tabori

Books are beautiful objects, and to me there's nothing more alluring than one produced with all the stops pulled out: on uniquely gorgeous paper and practically ready for the museum glass case.

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