Liam Neeson Defends ‘The Phantom Menace’ And Praises Jar Jar Binks Actor Ahmed Best

Ed Meza @edmezavarIf all goes as planned, the Lumière Film Festival will kick off this month in Lyon, France, to again celebrate classic cinema and fete such guests as Viggo Mortensen and Oliver Stone.This year’s edition, which runs Oct. 10-18, is taking place under strict health and safety measures, including limiting public gatherings to a maximum of 1,000 people.

Liam Neeson picks film roles based on his need to have a cup of tea.The movie star knows a film is going to be good if he doesn’t feel the need to take a tea break while reading its script.Such was the case with his new movie, The Honest Thief, in which he portrays a bank robber trying to go straight.“I have something I call my cup of tea test,” Neeson tells WENN.

90 Day Fiancé star Larissa Dos Santos Lima confirmed on Saturday, September 26, that she was fired by TLC after appearing in an adult lingerie webcam show for CamSoda’s livestreaming platform.“Dear Friends and Followers, I want to make a statement for you, I’m no longer a cast member of the show ’90 Day Fiancé,'” the Brazil native, 34, wrote in an Instagram post captioned “This is my final statement” on Saturday.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Lynn Whitfield (Greenleaf, The Josephine Baker Story, Madea’s Family Reunion), Robert Wisdom (Motherless Brooklyn, The Alienist), and Kamal Bolden (Rosewood, Insecure) have been added to the cast of Hulu’s Vacation Friends comedy, joining John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, and Meredith Hagner, and Yvonne Orji.Clay Tarver is directing the feature, from a spec script by Tom and Tim Mullen.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Good news, movie theaters.Open Road Films’ Liam Neeson action-thriller Honest Thief, which was set to go wide, is going really wide now at 2,000 theaters. However, you’ll have to wait a week later than anticipated.

Noggin, the learning subscription service for pre-schoolers from ViacomCBS' Nick Jr., is launching on Amazon Prime Video Channels as an add-on subscription product in the U.K., France, Germany and Austria. The entertainment company said that will "significantly" bolster the service's footprint across Europe.

The reception to “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” has been nothing less than fascinating. Originally mixed, to say the least, the film angered older fans of the franchise, but has not started to be re-examined through kinder eyes by younger fans who’ve grown up with the prequel trilogy as well as fans of the expanded universe, including the animated shows.

What a wild past 24 hours it has been for 90 Day Fiancé star Larissa Dos Santos Lima, who was taken into ICE custody on Saturday afternoon.

90 Day Fiancé alum Larissa Dos Santos Lima was arrested by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers on Saturday, September 19.“Hi everyone, I am here with Eric Nichols [right now], @LarissaLimaReal just got arrested buy ICE when she was about to leave their house and move to Colorado,” the TLC star’s friend Carmen Nys wrote in an Instagram Story on Saturday. “We have no clue why.

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In 2018, Liam Neeson‘s son Micheál Richardson decided to change his last name to his late mom’s last name.