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Bollywood actor and stunt performer Vidyut Jamwal, center with black cap, is mobbed by media and fans outside a cinema in Mumbai in this Dec. 1, 2019 file photo. — AFP
As the going gets tough, Indians get going ... to the movies
MUMBAI, India — As a prolonged economic slowdown forces Indians to curb spending on everything from underwear to automobiles, business in Bollywood has never been better -- offering audiences an escape from the increasingly grim daily grind.And the cash registers are likely to keep ringing, with high-profile films such as superstar Salman Khan's "Dabangg 3" (Fearless 3) scheduled for release this week as a blockbuster season comes to a close.Ankita Maneck will be among the millions queueing to see Khan beat up bad guys, break into song-and-dance numbers and ride off into the sunset for the customary happy ending.In the last 12 months, Maneck lost her job, moved back home and then had to scrounge for funds to pay for her father's surgery.Her only respite came in the form...
December 18, 2019

As the going gets tough, Indians get going ... to the movies

Star Wars fan Kristin Grady, wearing a Princess Leia costume, started a petition for Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia, to receive her posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame Star outside the world premiere of Disney's
Mega-fan campaigns for Princess Leia star in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — Dressed in white robes and sporting Princess Leia's distinctive spiral bun hairstyle, Kristin Grady walks up and down Hollywood collecting signatures on behalf of her idol.She believes the late actress Carrie Fisher deserves her own star on the Walk of Fame — and hopes this week's new "Star Wars" film will boost her campaign.The conclusion to nine films spanning four decades, "The Rise of Skywalker" will be the last to feature Fisher, who appears posthumously in unused footage from previous episodes.Grady believes it may be Fisher's last chance to take her place alongside 2,600 stars bearing the names of celebrities along Hollywood's sidewalks — including those of Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Harrison Ford (Han...
December 18, 2019

Mega-fan campaigns for Princess Leia star in Hollywood

US actor Kelly Marie Tran poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the European film premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in London on Wednesday. — AFP
'Star Wars' bows after 42 years as Carrie Fisher heads reunion
LOS ANGELES — The last survivors of "Star Wars," created by George Lucas 42 years ago, reunite on the big screen for a final time on Friday in the nostalgic conclusion to the epic "Skywalker saga" — led by a screen legend who has departed this galaxy."Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" serves as a swansong to the genre-defining, nine-film series for stalwarts such as Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) and, in particular, the late Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia).Thanks to some innovative repurposing of footage shot during the previous Star Wars installments, Fisher improbably remains at the center of a movie released three years after her death."The idea of continuing the story without Leia...
December 18, 2019

'Star Wars' bows after 42 years as Carrie Fisher heads reunion

Scottish actress Karen Gillan arrives for the World Premiere of
'Jumanji' sequel bests 'Frozen II' to top N. America box office
LOS ANGELES — "Jumanji: The Next Level" iced out "Frozen II" at the North American box office this weekend, raking in $59.3 million on its debut, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday.Sony's latest "Jumanji" sequel stars Jack Black, Dwayne ("The Rock") Johnson and Kevin Hart as a group of friends once more sucked into a dangerous video game world.Disney's "Frozen II" — a return to Arendelle and the magical animated world of Queen Elsa, sister Anna and the gang — took in $19.1 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period.In third place was Lionsgate's droll murder mystery "Knives Out," at $9.1 million. Daniel Craig stars as a Southern detective hired by an anonymous client to unravel the bloody death of a...
December 17, 2019

'Jumanji' sequel bests 'Frozen II' to top N. America box office

Julien's Auctions Jason DeBord adjusts an original Superman cape worn by actor Christopher Reeve in the 1978
Superman's cape sells for nearly $200,000 in Hollywood auction
LOS ANGELES — Superman's very first movie cape was sold for nearly $200,000 Monday alongside a collection of rare Hollywood memorabilia, the auction house said.The prop from Christopher Reeve's "Superman", which went for $193,750, headlined Monday's sale of about 400 cinephile items at Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles.Only six capes in total were used while shooting the film, which came out in 1978.Multiple costumes from "Star Trek" also found buyers. These included the uniform worn by Patrick Stewart for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, which sold for $28,800.Leonard Nimoy's Romulan costume from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" sold for $20,000.Dan Akroyd's jumpsuit from "Ghostbusters II" also went up for auction and was...
December 17, 2019

Superman's cape sells for nearly $200,000 in Hollywood auction

R2-D2, left, and C-3PO arrive for the world premiere of Disney's
Droid leaks: How C-3PO crossed his legs for 'Star Wars'
PARIS — Anthony Daniels has been holding something in for 42 years.You may know Daniels better as C-3PO in "Star Wars", the uptight golden robot with the manners of an English butler.He has been a "Star Wars" constant since the opening scene of the original movie, or what is now called "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" in the ever-expanding galaxy of sequels, prequels and spin-offs.And for all that time the English actor has been suffering for his art.Really suffering.Fans may have wondered why C-3PO walked so awkwardly.Now we know. The robot costume was painful to wear and took so long to put on that Daniels wasn't allowed to go to the toilet all day."The first day it was horrible," he said in Paris in the build up to the release of what...
December 17, 2019

Droid leaks: How C-3PO crossed his legs for 'Star Wars'

Fans in Star Wars costumes attend the world premiere of Disney's
'Star Wars' grips Hollywood with 'Rise of Skywalker' premiere
LOS ANGELES — The final film in the epic "Star Wars" trilogy of trilogies brought Hollywood to a standstill, as a galaxy of VIPs from the space saga that began four decades ago descended on a glittering world premiere.Veterans Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo) arrived on Monday to bid farewell to the movies that launched their careers in style at a futuristic hangar filled with life-size X-wing starfighters in Los Angeles.They were joined by a who's who of Hollywood, with special guests from Steven Spielberg to Spike Lee."Tonight, looking at this whole mise-en-scene is quite bewildering," Anthony Daniels, who has played droid C-3PO in every main "Star Wars" film, said."In fact, it's such a big experience that I'm not...
December 17, 2019

'Star Wars' grips Hollywood with 'Rise of Skywalker' premiere

Tourists walk in front of the Khazneh (Treasury) in Jordan's ancient city of Petra in this March 25, 2015 file photo. — AFP
Jordan, a blockbuster location for Hollywood
AMMAN — The lunar landscape of Jordan's Wadi Rum valley gets a starring role this week when the next and final episode of the Star Wars saga opens to global audiences.The spectacular desert, with its shimmering red sands, majestic dunes and stunning rock formations was also where Peter O'Toole was filmed riding his horse in the 1962 epic "Lawrence of Arabia".From Matt Damon in "The Martian" to Will Smith in Disney's "Aladdin", Jordanian authorities have worked to ensure the country's diverse landscape features in some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters."When you travel to locations everything changes inside of you," Smith told a news conference earlier this year in Jordan's capital Amman."When we landed in Jordan all...
December 17, 2019

Jordan, a blockbuster location for Hollywood

US singer Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York in this Dec. 13, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Taylor Swift to headline UK's Glastonbury Festival
LONDON — Pop superstar Taylor Swift will headline at Britain's famous Glastonbury Festival for the first time next year, organizers and the singer have announced.The "You Need to Calm Down" singer will perform on the storied Pyramid Stage on Sunday (June 28), the final day of the music bash, the festival said on its website."I'm ecstatic to tell you that I'll be headlining Glastonbury on its 50th anniversary — See you there!" the Grammy Award-winner tweeted on Sunday."She's one of the biggest stars in the world and her songs are absolutely amazing. We're so delighted," said organizer Michael Eavis.The American singer-songwriter, who celebrated her 30th birthday last week, recently released her seventh album "Lover", after...
December 16, 2019

Taylor Swift to headline UK's Glastonbury Festival

A Gnawa traditional group performs in the city of Essaouira, Morocco, to celebrate the decision of adding the Gnawa culture to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in this Dec. 14, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Rhythm and smiles as Morocco's Gnawa artists cheer UNESCO listing
ESSAOUIRA, Morocco — In a riot of color, acrobatics and drum beats, Morocco's gnawa artists joyously celebrated the inclusion of their ancient art-form in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.Troupes of the artists in traditional costumes paraded through the white-and-blue citadel town of Essaouira in southern Morocco Saturday, the sound of their lute strings and steel castanets filling the streets."Our goal is to bring this music to the world," said Mokhtar Gania, 56, one of the great Gnawa masters, with a broad grin.Gnawa culture is a centuries-old Moroccan practice rooted in African rituals, Sufi traditions and music played with the guenbri, a type of lute with three strings, and steel castanets called krakebs.The tradition, which includes the...
December 16, 2019

Rhythm and smiles as Morocco's Gnawa artists cheer UNESCO listing

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