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Gina Carano Faces ‘The Mandalorian’s Airlock
The actress and mixed martial arts fighter has been removed from the cast by Disney after she shared a post on social media implying that being a Republican was like being Jewish during the WWII Holocaust.
Whither Whedon? Allegations Assemble!
A showrunner is accused of bad behavior with women behind the camera. Nothing new in Hollywood, alas.
Trailer Park: ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’
It’s the return of the odd couple, best frenemies from “Captain America: Civil War”. Watch the trailer.
Extinction Event: Disney Closes Blue Sky Studios
The award-winning studio was best known for the “Ice Age” movies. The move affects ~450 studio employees.
Firefly Goes to the Moon: NASA Sends Firefly Aerospace Lander to the Moon in 2023
“Take my love, take my lander …”
Happy 72nd Birthday, Mercedes Lackey!
Today we celebrate the birthday of Mercedes Lackey, one of the most popular, prolific Speculative Fiction writers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Watch ‘The Princess’ Save Herself In This HULU Trailer
When a strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath, she is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her vindictive suitor intent on taking her father’s throne, the princess must save the kingdom.
Original Screen-Used X-Wing Sells for $2.3M at Auction
Screen-Matched ILM Red Leader X-wing Model-Miniature from Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) sold for $2,375,000. Auction ends June 24.
Voyager Wouldn’t Be Decommissioned As Reported
It is unlikely the starship Voyager was decommissioned after its return to the Alpha Quadrant, no matter what wikis may report.