Ahmed Best Quashes Rumors Of Jar Jar Binks Showing Up In ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

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Netflix is to open an office in Bogota, Colombia, this year, the streamer has announced.

Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal went into 2019’s Toronto International Film Festival without a distributor. Now, a year-and-a-half on, it’s a six-time Oscar nominee and perhaps the most hard-fought of all of this year’s crop of Best Picture candidates. Joe Utichi meets Marder and stars Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci to take stock of a film that transformed its key players in ways they hadn’t expected.

Spider-Man's Zendaya and American Horror Story star Angela Bassett have joined the "ensemble cast" of presenters for the 2021 Oscars. This year's ceremony will take place later this month, with coronavirus pandemic regulations still in place.

Busta Rhymes has announced he’s releasing a special 25th anniversary edition of his debut album ‘The Coming’.The album – which was originally released on March 26, 1996 – will feature remastered audio, instrumental tracks, and a number of hard-to-find remixes.

Art imitating life … again? Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett return as Nini and Ricky in the season 2 trailer for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and already the on-again, off-again TV couple are having problems.

Chris Willman Music WriterJimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett were named the best new male and female artists of the year by the Academy of Country Music in pre-telecast reveals posted Thursday morning.Both artists were pictured opening up video cards from ACM Awards co-host Keith Urban and being shocked by the news. Allen was handed his as “something that arrived in the mail” in a studio control booth.

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If, like us, you’ve been craving a shopping spree in Primark throughout lockdown, you’ll be pleased to know that the bargain retailer is finally reopening its doors to the public from Monday 12th April, alongside all other high street brands. And Primark has a whole host of brand new beauty bargains to tempt eager shoppers.Think budget-friendly body oils, facial serums, make-up palettes and even sheet masks to combat PPE-influenced breakouts – and everything costs less than £6.

Sound of Metal star Riz Ahmed has said he “got into trouble” for smashing up his trailer while filming a scene for his new film.The actor, who plays Ruben in Darius Marder’s film, recalled an early scene of panic in the film in which Ruben breaks down in the mobile home in which he lives.“Darius started rolling and all of that just kind of came tumbling out,” Ahmed told NME.

2021 Oscars, and the race is heating up.The Producers Guild just named “Nomadland” best picture of the year, meaning it’s a shoo-in for the top Oscar. And the Screen Actors Guild Awards will air Sunday and cement the front-runners in the four acting categories.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is returning, but everyone’s favourite Gungan won’t be by his side.

Star Wars‘ upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series will not feature the beloved Jar Jar Binks, according to voice actor Ahmed Best.The upcoming show confirmed its full cast list this week alongside a production start date.

If you’re a “Star Wars” fan, you likely fall into one of two categories.

better known as a survivor and critic of the NXIVM sex cult.

NXIVM, has been cast in the Disney+ original series , starring Ewan McGregor as the Jedi Master. The Australian actress and singer-songwriter most recently appeared on TV in the HBO docuseries , which chronicled her escape from NXIVM and her attempts to get others out while exposing founder Keith Raniere’s personal development company as a pyramid scheme and cult.  Prior to being associated with NXIVM, Piesse was most famous for being part of the film franchise.

Star Wars‘ upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series has confirmed its full cast list, as well as a production start date.The Disney+ show has already confirmed that Ewan McGregor will return as the Jedi master alongside Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader, both from the prequels.Disney has now confirmed a host of cast additions, including the previously-announced Indira Varma alongside Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit), Kumail Nanjiani (Eternals), Rupert Friend (Homeland), O’Shea Jackson Jr.

After numerous delays and tons of fan speculation, it appears that Lucasfilm is ready to begin production on the long-awaited “Star Wars” live-action series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” And with production scheduled to begin in April, the studio is ready to pull back the curtain and unveil the ensemble cast that will help bring the prequel series to life.

Fans have pointed out that “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” star Sebastian Stan kind of looks like a younger Mark Hamill for a while now. But now, Stan is going on the record about whether he’s playing young Luke Skywalker, and what it’d take for him to do it.

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