There were cheers, gasps, droid photo opportunities, casino games and more than a few standing ovations at the jam-packed world premiere of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Saturday night in Los Angeles, which many are already praising online.
After several high-profile exits by previous “Star Wars” directors, Lucasfilm is turning to the filmmaker who helped resurrect the franchise in the first place.
Hollywood film director J.J. Abrams and wife Katie McGrath each donated $125,000 to the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group backed by former President Barack Obama and chaired by former Attorney General Eric Holder working to support Democrats in upcoming elections through redistricting reform.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of the largest talent agencies in the world, is set to host its first annual “Amplify” event to promote diversity in Hollywood and the entertainment industry.
Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams are teaming up to turn a real-life Syrian refugee story into a feature film.
Past and present Star Trek producers, actors, directors and crew members have signed an open letter denouncing Donald Trump as the presidential candidate who “stands in complete opposition to the ideals of the Star Trek universe.”
J.J. Abrams is defending his new HBO series Westworld from a deluge of criticism focused on its treatment of women, including that the rape and sexual violence-driven sci-fi Western “dehumanizes” them.
A pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC has enlisted a group of documentary filmmakers to spearhead an advertising campaign targeting her opponent in the 2016 presidential race, Donald Trump.
Michelle Obama got a boost from Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams, who produced an introductory video ahead of the First Lady’s speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night.
Actor Jeffrey Tambor, who plays transgender woman Maura Pfefferman on Amazon’s Transparent, said he believes “people’s lives depend” on his award-winning show.
Star Wars star Mark Hamill says his iconic character Luke Skywalker could be gay — if you want him to be.
Now that Oscar season is over, major Hollywood studios are getting behind a concerted, industry-wide effort to increase the diversity of talent both in front of and behind the camera.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams said this week he wants to see the Star Wars franchise more accurately reflect “the way the world looks,” especially in regards to being more inclusive of gay characters.
Billionaire entertainment mogul Haim Saban wants Hollywood to know exactly how much he has donated to Hillary Clinton’s campaign because he hopes the eye-popping figure inspires other deep-pocketed donors to open their wallets for the Democratic presidential candidate.
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams is throwing his support behind Clinton in the 2016 election.
In an interview with Charlie Rose last weekend, George Lucas used the word “breakup” to describe how he felt about being left out of the process in creating the latest installment of the Star Wars franchise, “The Force Awakens,” and likened Disney’s acquisition of the brand to “white slavers” taking his children.
Not every reviewer walked away feeling impressed with J.J. Abrams’ first Star Wars film. The reviewer for the Vatican’s daily newspaper felt the villains in George Lucas’ earlier films were better.
Studio estimates on Sunday say “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” brought in a galactic $238 million over the weekend, making it the biggest North American debut of all time.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens director-producer J.J. Abrams said that he could see Ava DuVernay in the director’s chair on a future installment of the franchise.
John Boyega, who is a rebellious Stormtrooper named Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, answered questions about his sex life, or lack there of, and the controversy surrounding his casting in the new blockbuster film.
Disney dropped the international trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Friday, featuring lots of new footage.
Disney granted terminally-ill “Star Wars” fan Daniel Fleetwood, 32, of Houston, Texas, his dying wish to see the new film “The Force Awakens” in an early screening.
A casting contract for extras on the upcoming HBO series Westworld is so sexually explicit that the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union has issued a formal warning reminding members that they can withdraw consent at any time during an upcoming shoot.
Star Wars fans have been clamoring for new footage and details of the upcoming seventh installment, The Force Awakens, ever since the first extended trailer for the film debuted in March.
Disney theme parks in Orlando, Florida and Anaheim, California are set to receive galaxy-sized Star Wars-themed expansions, CEO Bob Iger announced at the D23 Fan Expo on Saturday afternoon.
The eerie first teaser trailer for HBO’s highly anticipated new sci-fi/Western series Westworld played during Sunday night’s season finale of True Detective, and it’s already getting better reviews than the entire second season of Detective got this year.
The second trailer for the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens dropped this week. The film is so highly anticipated that box office analysts are already saying it could gross $2 billion in worldwide revenue.
The future of the Star Wars universe is on display this weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center, with an estimated 60,000 Star Wars fans expected to attend the Star Wars Celebration. The expo began Thursday with a presentation revolving around the newest
J.J. Abrams unveiled the second trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens during Thursday’s kickoff panel for the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim
It looks like the Force is still strong with the Star Wars franchise; J.J. Abrams’ forthcoming installment, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, topped the upcoming Avengers sequel to be crowned Fandango’s most anticipated film of 2015.
