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Carrie Fisher's Walk of Fame star provokes family wars
Late "Star Wars" actor Carrie Fisher was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame Thursday, in a ceremony overshadowed by a bitter feud among her family.
Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the highest-grossing sci-fi film franchise of all time, died of a heart attack in 2016. She is survived by her daughter, actor Billie Lourd.
Turkish-British actress awarded in int’l festivals
Turkish-British actress Susku Ekim Kaya, who has been awarded by the international film festivals in New York and Italy for the quarantine short film she directed and played in London, will be honored at the NY Cat Film Festival in New York and the Vesuvius International Film Festival in Italy for her short film, titled "Will you be my quarantine?"
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'The Last Jedi' seeks balance in a 'Star Wars' galaxy in tumult
Light faces dark, old faces new and there's a struggle to find a balance in the Force when "Star Wars" returns with "The Last Jedi," the sequel that places Luke Skywalker and his sister Leia at the center of an emotional adventure.
Star Wars costume designer who created Darth Vader & stormtrooper outfits dies
The Oscar-winning British costume designer who created Darth Vader’s iconic black outfit in Star Wars has died.
London-born John Mollo, who has passed away at the age of 86, began working in movies as a military history expert.
Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Star and Mother of Carrie Fisher, Dead at 84
Debbie Reynolds, the indefatigable star of Singin’ in the Rain, who bounced back time and again on the strength of a career that spanned the golden age of the Hollywood musical to the new golden age of TV, died on Dec. 28 at the age of 84 in Los Angeles.
Famous actress Debbie Reynolds dies, a day after daughter Carrie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds, the "Singin' in the Rain" actress who tap-danced her way into American hearts as a star of Hollywood's Golden Age, died on Dec. 28, grief-stricken over daughter Carrie Fisher's death a day earlier.
'Star Wars' actress Carrie Fisher dies aged 60
Hollywood star Carrie Fisher - best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the wildly popular "Star Wars" films -- died on Dec.27, days after suffering a heart attack on a transatlantic flight.
The 60-year-old actress had been in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital after collapsing on the jetliner from London on Friday.
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Hours of agony for Star Wars’ Princess Leia
Carrie Fisher suffered a massive heart attack onboard a flight from Los Angeles to London, where she was about to start filming the third season of the TV series “Catastrophe”.
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Famous “Slave Leia’s” bikini sells for $96,000
The iconic bikini worn by Princess Leia in “Return of the Jedi” sold for $96,000 at the “Profiles of History” online auction Friday.
It included the collar and chain links alien gangster Jabba the Hutt used to keep the kidnapped princess on a tight leash, as well as a letter of authenticity from the costume designer.
The winning bidder was not named.
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The Sun endorses Cameron but Scottish edition backs SNP
The Sun newspaper on April 30 urged readers to vote for the Conservative party of British Prime Minister David Cameron in next week's election but its Scottish edition backed rival nationalists.