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Star Wars cast, fans show support for Moses Ingram after racist messages

Ewan McGregor and Star Wars fans slammed online abuse Ingram faced following the debut of the Disney Plus series “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”

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The Sundance Film Festival is back and online once more

The 44th annual Sundance Film Festival is back, and entirely online once more.

Sundance Film Fest unveils lineup for hybrid 2022 edition

The Sundance Film Festival is returning to the Utah mountains in January armed with documentaries about Bill Cosby, Princess Diana, Kanye West and Lucille Ball as well as the directorial debuts of Eva Longoria, Tig Notaro and Jesse Eisenberg.

Kate Hudson in, Spike Lee out and more Golden Globe chaos

Technically they even snubbed an entire category when best supporting actress was skipped over by mistake. From the Kate Hudson movie that no one has heard of to the very awkward shut out of Spike Lee, here’s a look at some of the biggest surprises of the morning. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who wasn’t surprised to hear Kate Hudson’s name announced among the best actress nominees. That movie is called “Music,” a fantasy musical drama with Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr. and Maddie Ziegler that marks pop star Sia’s directorial debut. Lee’s acclaimed Vietnam drama “Da 5 Bloods” was expected to be a shoo-in for any number of categories: Best picture, best director, best actor for Delroy Lindo or supporting actor for Chadwick Boseman, who died last year.

John Boyega isn't going to 'take the money and shush'

This year, Boyega has made it clear he doesn't feel that way, that he isn’t going to bite his tongue. The five-film series is playing on the BBC in the U.K. and on Amazon Prime in the U.S.; “Red, White and Blue” will debut Dec. 4 on Amazon. In the true story, Boyega plays Leroy Logan, an aspiring research scientist who gives up the lab to join the overwhelmingly white London police force in the 1980s. “Red, White and Blue” puts Boyega front and center and wrestles with many of the social issues -- race, change, belonging -- that he is grappling with, too. Since Boyega’s comments about “Star Wars,” he’s received a supportive phone call from producer Kathleen Kennedy that Boyega has described as frank and transparent.

In McQueen's 'Small Axe,' an epic of West Indian heritage

In “Small Axe,” McQueen’s ambitious five-film anthology about London’s West Indian community, the “12 Years a Slave” director resurrects the British capital in the decades before its multicultural present, tracing the Caribbean immigrant experience through the racism of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s in order to illuminate the injustices of today. “I’d end up sleeping in a bed with coats piled on top of me when I woke up.”The first film of “Small Axe,” “Mangrove,” begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday. But “Small Axe” is his first production in his native Britain. The films, themselves, became a collective; the title references a West African proverb popularized by Bob Marley: “If you are the big tree/ We are the small axe/ Ready to cut you down.”Taken together, “Small Axe” stitches together a little-known history, both intimate and sweeping, that had previously lingered on the margins and in family folklore. It was all about energy.”In a way, “Small Axe” has also carved out a space for itself in an industry traditionally inhospitable to such stories.

Steve McQueen unveils an anthology of racism and resistance

NEW YORK – In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology is an unqualified main event. For the filmmaker of “Hunger,” “Shame” and “Widows,” “Small Axe” is a shattering masterwork — a compendium, both damning and celebratory, of Black resilience. The only fictional tale of the bunch, it brings to vivid, pulsating life a blues party from 1980, when young London Black people found refuge, and love, at house parties. Casting “Small Axe,” he has said, was easy because of all the untapped talent just in need of an opportunity. But if anyone expecting a neat arc to “Small Axe,” McQueen says that’s not its shape.

John Boyega quits perfume ambassador role over Chinese ad

LONDON – Black actor John Boyega has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after the company decided to hire a Chinese actor to replace him in an ad he created. “The film celebrated my personal story– showcasing my hometown, including my friends and featuring my family,” Boyega wrote. He played a leading role as Finn in 2015′s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” but he and other nonwhite characters were removed or diminished from a Chinese poster for the movie. Boyega recently told GQ that Black characters have been “pushed to the side” in Disney’s “Star Wars” franchise. In June, the star made an emotional speech on racism when he joined Black Lives Matter protests in London.

Perfume brand says cutting Black actor from ad was misstep

NEW YORK – British perfume brand Jo Malone has apologized to Black actor John Boyega of “Star Wars” fame after cutting him out of the Chinese version of a cologne commercial he helped create. Jo Malone London said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that the ad designed for Chinese audiences was a misstep and has been removed. The recreated ad replaced Boyega with Chinese star Liu Haoran. It's not the first time Boyega has been deleted from a China-based ad. Boyega has spoken out about Hollywood racism, recently telling GQ that Black characters have been “pushed to the side” in Disney’s “Star Wars” franchise.

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Steve McQueen sets 3 premieres at New York Film Festival

This image released by the New York Film Festival shows a scene from Steve McQueens "Lovers Rock" which will premiere at the 58th New York Film Festival. (New York Film Festival via AP)Three original films by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen will debut at the New York Film Festival this year, organizers said Monday. Its an incredible honor and also very humbling to show three of my films at the New York Film Festival, McQueen said in a statement. Steve McQueen is one of the essential artists of our time, and he reaches a new level of mastery with the Small Axe films, said Dennis Lim, the festival's programming director. Dates haven't been set for the 58th edition of the New York Film Festival because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but organizers say that specifics will be announced in the coming weeks.

George Floyds death an American tragedy with global echoes

LONDON LONDON (AP) When black men died at the hands of U.S. police in recent years, the news made international headlines. Since his death while being detained by Minneapolis police last week, Floyds face has been painted on walls from Nairobi, Kenya to Idlib, Syria. The outpouring of outrage and support reflects the power and reach of the United States, a country whose best and worst facets fascinate the world. She said she couldnt bear to watch the widely circulated footage of Floyds death. Floyds death also dropped a spark into cities already smoldering from the coronavirus pandemic.

Thousands in Europe decry racial injustice, police violence

(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON – Thousands of people demonstrated in London on Wednesday against police violence and racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which has set off days of unrest in the United States. The London demonstration began in Hyde Park, with protesters chanting “Black lives matter,” before many of them later marched through the streets, blocking traffic. Earlier, the U.K.'s most senior police officer said she was “appalled” by Floyd's death and “horrified” by the subsequent violence in U.S. cities. Her death has come to symbolize the high toll the virus has taken on ethnic minority Britons and front-line workers -- and, for some, social injustice. — Police cut short a demonstration in the Dutch port of Rotterdam by thousands of protesters when the crowd got too big for coronavirus social distancing measures.

'Star Wars' actor John Boyega admits the 'Rise of Skywalker' script that wound up on eBay was his

John Boyega during the Star Wars Celebration at the Wintrust Arena on April 12, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. "Star Wars" actor John Boyega has confessed that the lost "Rise of Skywalker" script that found its way onto eBay was his. "It was me," John Boyega said on "Good Morning America" Wednesday, just two days after director J.J. Abrams revealed that a copy of a real screenplay wound up for sale online. A few weeks later, a cleaner came, found the script and put it on eBay for 65 pounds, or about $84. The nine-film Skywalker saga comes to a conclusion Dec. 20 with the release of "The Rise of Skywalker."

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'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' trailer debuts during Monday Night Football

John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Oscar Isaac in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" coming to theaters Dec. 20th, 2019. After months of waiting, the official trailer for "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" debuted on Monday night. "People keep telling me they know me," Rey says in a voice over. The trailer, which dropped during the Monday Night Football game between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets, showcased a growing resistance, with Leia Organa and Lando Calrissian at the helm. The two minute trailer ends with a close up of Rey, lightsaber in hand, with Luke's voice echoing, "The Force will be with you," followed with Leia saying "Always."

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"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" teaser trailer released

The first trailer for the highly-anticipated end to the Skywalker Saga is here, and it finally has a title: "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." The teaser dropped Friday during a live panel hosted by Stephen Colbert, who spoke with director JJ Abrams and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago. "We've passed on all we know," Luke Skywalker narrates. The film is the final in the latest "Star Wars" trilogy, following "The Force Awakens" and "The Last Jedi." "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" hits theaters in December.

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