Can Mark Hamill’s Name Alone Make a Tweet Go Viral? The Actor Tests the Theory

Howard Kazanjian: A Producer’s Life,” about the “Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” producer. (The book is out this month; Rinzler passed away in July.)The films weren’t as popular not because they weren’t good, Hamill went on, but because they weren’t as easily digestible as the franchise’s more beloved films.“They were criticized because they were exposition-heavy and more cerebral and probably, like he said back in 1976, they weren’t as commercial.

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Christina Haack’s ex-husbands, Tarek El Moussa and Ant Anstead, learned about her engagement to Joshua Hall with the rest of the world.

Gojira have become the latest band to have some fossils named after them.The French metal band have had a trio of “brittle star fossils” named in their honour by scientists at Luxembourg’s Natur Musee and America’s Florida Museum (via Kerrang!).The brittle stars, which are a similar shape to starfish, were discovered in France, Luxembourg and Austria on what was once the Jurassic Tethys Ocean bed.The scientists named the three fossils Ophiogojira labadiei, Ophiogojira andreui and

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The Marrakech International Film Festival has opted to postpone its 19th edition, citing the current global health situation. However, the Festival Foundation will continue to present its industry and talent development program with the fourth edition of the Atlas Workshops to be conducted online from November 22-25 with the support of Netflix. This follows a similar path to 2020 when the Moroccan fest was also canceled and the Atlas Workshops, which launched in 2018, were moved online.

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Rihanna has dropped a lawsuit against her father in which she accused him of using her name to make money.The pop star opened the suit against Ronald Fenty in January 2019, with the pair set to appear in court over the matter later this month. Ronald previously rebuked claims that he falsely used his daughter’s name to promote his business.Now, according to Radar Online, the singer has scrapped the suit in favour of an out-of-court settlement.

Emilio Mayorga Aardman Animations’ founder Peter Lord will receive the honorary Chinelo del Año at Mexico’s 10th Pixelatl animation festival, hosted by the city of Cuernavaca. Taking place in an online format, the event runs Sept.

Mark Hamill had some fun last weekend when he put one fan’s Twitter theory to the test after they suggested he would garner "thousands of likes" just for tweeting his own name. The "Star Wars" actor, 69, pressed send on a simple "Mark Hamill" tweet to his 4.7 million followers on Sunday and just like that the flood gates had been opened.

Naomi Campbell recently enjoyed a much-needed break from busy life as a new mum she has revealed.The supermodel informed her 11 million+ followers yesterday of her recent restoration trip in Austria, posting a series of photos of her time away. “Thank you to my incredible Team at @vivamayrmariawoerth headed by my Dr Schuscha.

“Star Wars” icon caused chaos in the Twittersphere over the weekend when he simply tweeted his own name and it instantly went viral. Hamill, 69, was challenged by a fan (@LozzaBean12) to “just tweet ‘Mark Hamill’ and you’d get thousands of likes.”To which the actor responded, “Mark Hamill.” Surely enough, since he tweeted Sunday evening, the tweet has been liked almost 560K times and has nearly 30K retweets.

An iconic role in one of the most loved movie series of all time had long secured him a lifetime of adulation from millions. And the force appears to be so strong in Star Wars actor Mark Hamill that he now needs only to tweet his own name to trigger an avalanche of approval from fans.