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Did you hear that the classic Star Wars character Lando Calrissian is set to appear again as part of Disney's upcoming Han Solo spinoff film.
According to The Wrap, the studio is now casting a young Calrissian to join his smuggling best friend Solo played by Alden Ehrenreich, who was officially announced to be taking on the iconic role back in July.
Originally portrayed by Billy Dee Williams, Calrissian first appeared in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back as the leader of Cloud City who was said to have a long history with Solo, a role made famous by Harrison Ford.
Calrissian was last seen in 1983's Return of the Jedi where he once again got to pilot the Millennium Falcon which Solo had described as having won from Calrissian in a card game.
The untitled spinoff is set to be directed by 21 Jump Street and Lego Movie helmers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a script by Lawrence Kasdan, who co-wrote three Star Wars films and his son Jon Kasadan.
"It will not be, 'Here's where [Han] was born and this is how he was raised,'" Lawrence said previously of the film's plot. "I think what it will be is what he was like 10 years earlier, maybe a little earlier, you'll get a glimpse."
The Han Solo Star Wars spinoff is due in theaters May 25, 2018.
Personally, I think that Billy Dee Williams should reprise his role as Lando. Nobody is going to be as cool, smooth or suave as Billy Dee. Just "Benjamin Button" Billy Dee because - WHY NOT!? I think I may have something here.
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Steve
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'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story': The Rebellion fights back in new story trailer
The Rebellion is on the offensive against the Empire in the new story trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
The clip released Thursday during NBC's coverage of the Summer Olympics, features main protagonist Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) as she accepts a dangerous mission to steal the plans to the dreaded Death Star.
Erso's rag-tag team of Rebel fighters who accompany her on her journey are highlighted as well including main partner and co-pilot Cassian Andor (Diego Luna); a grizzled solider, Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen); a spiritual warrior who believes in the Force, Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen); and tall repurposed Imperial droid, K-2SO (Alan Tudyk), who gives the team their odds of survival.
Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), from Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but now much older, also appears to offer Erso some sagely advice along with former Imperial pilot Bohdi Rook (Riz Ahmed) and the white-suited Imperial Military Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn)
"There isn't much time. Everyday they grow stronger," Erso mentions in the trailer as the Empire readies their planet-destroying weapon.
As the trailer concludes, iconic franchise villain Darth Vader is teased as he is shown from behind, letting out one of his signature breaths. This will mark the first time Vader is seen in a film since 2005 with the release of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrives in theaters December 16, 2016.
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"It literally made me physically ill. I thought I was going to cry and I was going to throw up."
--Sarah Paulson, on watching her portrayal of Marcia Clark in The People v. O.J. Simpson, at a Television Critics Association panel
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Which celebrity mom said it's 'so important' that my kids aren't spoiled?
Nickelodeon reviving 'Rocko's Modern Life' for one-hour special
Twenty years after it ended, Nickelodeon is bringing back Rocko's Modern Life for an original one-hour special, the network announced Thursday.
Centered around the adventures of anthropomorphic Australian wallaby Rocko and his friends Heffer, a steer, and Filburt, a turtle, and Rocko's dog Spunky, Rocko's Modern Life followed the trio's day-to-day life in the Midwestern city of O-Town.
Created by Joe Murray, Rocko deals with both the mundane and the ridiculous elements of every day life.
"My work has always been to poke fun at where we are and hold up a mirror to where we are and see the insanity of it," Murray said in an interview with Motherboard. "Some of the things that we're doing is just insane."
The show ran from 1993-1996 and was often at the center of some sexually charged innuendos, including Rocko's brief stint as a phone operator and the local hangout, a restaurant called The Chokey Chicken.
Rocko's resurrection comes on the heels of the announcement of the Hey Arnold! movie, which is set to be released next year.
There's no date or casting information for Rocko yet, but Murray is looking forward to getting started.
"I'm very happy to be rejoining Rocko and my friends from O-Town again," Murray said in a statement. "What I have found by bringing these characters back is that it's not so much about nostalgia, but a sense that they still feel relevant and fresh to me, and after twenty years, they can't wait to comment on modern life in the 21st century. They still have a lot to say."
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Which celebrity mom said it's 'so important' that my kids aren't spoiled?
Mila Kunis refuses to raise spoiled or entitled children.
The 32-year-old actress revealed in an interview with the Kyle and Jackie O Show this week that she and husband Ashton Kutcher intend to raise their kids without the trappings of celebrity.
"It's so important because we both came from pretty solid poverty backgrounds and grew up very poor and are very much self-made and are very aware of what a dollar is worth," Kunis said. "Nothing's been handed to us."
"It's a matter of teaching them from a very early age that 'Mommy and Daddy may have a dollar, but you're poor,'" she explained. "'You are not rich. You are very poor. You have nothing. Mommy and Daddy have a bank account.'"
Kunis and Kutcher welcomed their first child, daughter Wyatt, in 2014 and married in a quiet ceremony the next year. The couple confirmed in June that the actress is pregnant with their second child.
"My parents went through hell and back. They came to America [from Ukraine] with suitcases and a family of seven and $250, and that's it," Kunis had recalled in the August issue of Glamour.
"Ultimately, my dad owned cabs, and my mom worked her way up to manager of a Rite Aid," she said. "But growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I was lesser than any other kids."
Kunis last starred in the comedy Bad Moms and will next appear in Jackpot with Bryan Cranston. Kutcher is slated for James Franco's adaptation of the William Gay novel The Long Home.