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08 Apr 11:16

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View Anthology Book Celebrates 40 Years of A Galaxy Far, Far Away

by StarWars.com Team
Mstrox

I think this looks real cool.

When Star Wars: A New Hope was first released in 1977, part of its appeal was that the world it presented felt alive. Landspeeders and starships were dirty. Droids broke down. And it was filled with cool, weird, and really weird background characters. (Really, just take a look around the Mos Eisley cantina.) Never mind Han, Luke, Leia, Darth Vader, and Obi-Wan. Who were these other guys? What was their story? Just seeing them brought up questions for fans that sparked the imagination.

In celebration of Star Wars’ 40th anniversary, Del Rey is going to shine the spotlight on those unsung weirdos, heroes, and villains with a unique, new anthology. Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, coming October 2017, will bring together more than 40 authors for 40 stories. Each will be told from the perspective of background characters of A New Hope — from X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star to the stormtroopers who never quite could find the droids they were looking for. There’s never been a Star Wars book like it, and you can get a first look at the cover below!

The author lineup is a selection of Star Wars all-stars, many of whom have been teasing this announcement with #OperationBlueMilk on Twitter. (Which would be an amazing hashtag, with or without this book.) The current list, with more authors to be announced closer to publication, includes:

  • Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
  • Renee Ahdieh
  • Tom Angleberger
  • Meg Cabot
  • Rae Carson
  • Adam Christopher
  • Zoraida Cordova
  • Delilah S. Dawson
  • Paul Dini
  • Alexander Freed
  • Jason Fry
  • Christie Golden
  • EK Johnston & Ashley Eckstein
  • Paul Kemp
  • Mur Lafferty
  • Ken Liu
  • Griffin McElroy
  • John Jackson Miller
  • Nnedi Okorafor
  • Daniel José Older
  • Mallory Ortberg
  • Madeleine Roux
  • Gary D. Schmidt
  • Cavan Scott
  • Sabaa Tahir
  • Glen Weldon
  • Chuck Wendig
  • Gary Whitta
  • And more!

All participating authors have generously forgone any compensation for their stories. Instead, their proceeds will be donated to First Book — a leading nonprofit that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to educators and organizations serving children in need. To further celebrate the launch of this book and both companies’ longstanding relationships with First Book, Penguin Random House has donated $100,000 to First Book, and Disney/Lucasfilm has donated 100,000 children’s books — valued at 1 million dollars — to support First Book and their mission of providing educational resources to children in need. Over the past 16 years, Disney has donated more than 57 million books to First Book.

So if you’re a fan of the desert-searching stormtroopers of the galaxy and the scum and villainy gathered in a Tatooine watering hole, you’re in luck — even if Obi-Wan might not believe in it. Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View is available for pre-order now.

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23 Mar 19:57

The First Stills From The Set!!

by Jerry Horne
Mstrox

omg

17 Feb 23:29

Newswire: The Star Wars cantina song is Australia’s top sex jam

by Katie Rife
Mstrox

Good choice you guys

Australia is fucking weird, man. They’ve got Christmas in the summertime, shitloads of poisonous animals, and multiple national ultimate frisbee teams. But maybe the weirdest thing about Australia is its sense of humor, which is the only logical explanation for the fact that the cantina song from Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope is reportedly the country’s No. 1 sex jam.

That comes according to the Australian version of Gizmodo, which swells with national pride (among other things) when it reports that ”Cantina Band” beat more traditional bump ‘n’ grind anthems like Ginuwine’s “Pony” and Jeremih’s “Birthday Sex” “by a landslide” as the most popular song for Aussies to add to their Spotify sex playlists, making John Williams the Barry White of Australia by association. That data was collected by mining playlists created by Australian users that contain the words “Valentine’s Day”, “Valentine’s ...

03 Nov 23:32

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16 Oct 22:02

Danny Elfman Composed An Original Horror Movie Score For Trump Stalking Hillary At The Debate

by Funny Or Die
Mstrox

<3 my man Danny

Danny Elfman Composed An Original Horror Movie Score For Trump Stalking Hillary At The Debate

Danny Elfman Composed An Original Hor...
The guy who did the creepy, menacing music for Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Tales From The Crypt, composed a creepy, menacing horror score for the footage of Trump stalking Hillary at the debates.
Submitted by: Funny Or Die
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30 Sep 12:51

are you not entertained

by kris

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have a great weekend

16 Sep 15:02

Rogue One has a new composer: Michael Giacchino

by Dunc
Mstrox

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Michael Giacchino has replaced Alexandre Desplat as the composer for Rogue One, The Hollywood Reporter says today. The switch is due to scheduling issues stemming from the recent reshoots. Giacchino has quite a long resume, including all three of the new Star Treks, several Pixar films (including The Incredibles and Up, which he won an […]
29 Jun 13:12

Newswire: Thom Yorke is surprised people still care about Radiohead

by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
Mstrox

me too

In an interview with Q Magazine, Thom Yorke basically said he didn’t think anyone would give a shit about a Radiohead return, which seems like a pretty big slap in the face to the fans left high and dry when the band’s first North American tour in years sold out insanely fast. Those dolphins who love Radiohead are offended, too. Yorke just didn’t think people—or dolphins, for that matter—would really care about A Moon Shaped Pool, the band’s first release after a five-year break, even though the album was hyped before it even dropped.

“We expected the opposite,” Yorke told Q Magazine. “I cherish the band, but I don’t expect anyone else to.” But A Moon Shaped Pool debuted at No. 1 in England and currently holds the No. 4 slot on the Billboard Hot 200 in the US. Sure, half a decade ...

30 May 03:38

Newswire: Don’t go see Hamilton with Art Garfunkel, or Shonda Rhimes will kick your ass

by William Hughes

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is the hottest thing on Broadway right now, drawing sold-out crowds, and luring in everyone from high school kids scrounging for tickets to the Hollywood elite. But cast member Leslie Odom Jr. told a story on The Tonight Show last night that proves that big-name musical celebrities can be just as annoying to sit by in the theater as the rowdy teens at your local megaplex.

Talking to Jimmy Fallon, the Tony-nominated actor—who plays Aaron Burr in the hip-hop-filled story of America’s first Secretary of Treasury—recounted his own experience watching the show, after scoring tickets to see it during a vacation from his run. Sitting in the V.I.P. section of the audience, Odom was seated near Art Garfunkel, who proceeded to make a nuisance of himself, singing along with the show, talking, and apparently in a state of some intoxication.

Luckily ...

04 May 16:02

“Magic Mike” Star Joe Manganiello to Star in Film About Punk Rock Group The Smiths - Showbiz411

Mstrox

Would anybody consider The Smiths a punk rock group?

Roberto Ferdenzi posted the link:

Exclusive “Magic Mike” Star Joe Manganiello to Star in Film About Punk Rock Group The Smiths - Showbiz411
by Roger Friedman - May 3, 2016 12:00 pm

EXCLUSIVE “Shoplifters of the World” will star Joe Manganiello, and be produced by his brother Nick and my old friend Laura Rister (who was not my source for this story, unfortunately).

It’s a cool idea about the Smiths, Morrissey’s famous punk band. In 1987, on the night when Morrissey
03 May 19:25

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | 1988 | dir....

Mstrox

fyi this is the only item thus far in my always-starred on The Old Reader . com





The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | 1988 | dir. David Zucker

Shot reverse shot
26 Apr 09:10

simpsonsimages: The PTA Disbands.

Mstrox

The finger thing,



simpsonsimages:

The PTA Disbands.

25 Apr 17:50

Complete Cast/Crew List For Season Three Revealed!!

by Jerry Horne
Mstrox

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


Here is the CREW LIST.
20 Apr 12:48

Newswire: Billy Corgan is scared of the “hashtag generation” going after his free speech

by Sam Barsanti
Mstrox

Billy Corgan straight up looks like a Mike Myers character now.

Billy Corgan built a successful music career on being an angsty rock ‘n’ roll boy, and in recent years he has leveraged that angst into a website about cars or something, a producing gig with TNA Wrestling, and a memoir that may or may not cover the entirety of human history. Despite all that success, though, Corgan is still just a rat in a cage. He has fears and anxieties like any other normal person does, and he recently appeared on a popular radio show to discuss them with a guy who knows all about fears and anxieties (because he constantly invents them): High-profile conspiracy theorist/asshole Sandy Hook truther Alex Jones.

Corgan was on the show to promote a vaguely defined documentary he’s working on about the history of America, explaining that he interviewed a bunch of people across the country who all expressed the surprising idea that ...

20 Apr 12:42

Morrissey at the Rancid concert at the Roxy in LA

Mstrox

Morrissey lookin so grumpy and old at a Rancid show

An anonymous person posts the link / photo:

From @MozzeriansATW / Twitter:

#Morrissey & the boys at tonight's @Rancid show @theroxy #westhollywood #LA photo courtesy of Jr. Bernal.

13 Apr 08:29

Newswire: Captain America’s Civil War squad drops by Kimmel to share a clip and some trivia

by Danette Chavez

In keeping with his newly-established tradition of featuring Marvel exclusives, Jimmy Kimmel’s lined up many of Captain America: Civil War players to appear on his talk show this week. Monday night’s episode featured Chris Evans, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie, and Sebastian Stan, otherwise known as (most of) Team Cap. The charming foursome showed up with a previously unseen Civil War clip, in which Scott Lang meets Steve Rogers for the first time.

Lang can’t really keep his cool around Captain America or Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), telling them both that they’re “awesome,” but stopping just short of referring to the beginning of a beautiful friendship. This leads Kimmel to wonder how well everyone has gotten to know each other, considering Civil War took five months to shoot. Evans displays the most extensive knowledge of the group (which is kind of fitting), correctly answering questions about Mackie ...

08 Apr 17:06

Watch the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Teaser Trailer!

Mstrox

its good

Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which takes place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, tells the story of unlikely heroes who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. StarWars.com proudly presents the official teaser trailer below, which debuted today on Good Morning America.

The cast includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, and Forest Whitaker. Rogue One is directed by Gareth Edwards, produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur, and Simon Emanuel, executive produced by John Knoll and Jason McGatlin, and co-produced by John Swartz and Kiri Hart.

Stay tuned to StarWars.com for more on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story!

StarWars.com. All Star Wars, all the time.

05 Apr 17:20

Great Job, Internet!: Read This: Batman and Robin have been mistaken for gay since the beginning

by Joe Blevins
Mstrox

"mistaken"

When Batman adopted a young ward named Dick Grayson and renamed him Robin back in 1940, it had a number of positive effects on his career. His comic-book sales doubled, his public image was softened considerably, and he finally had someone to talk to while he was solving all those complicated cases. But the change had another long-term effect on the franchise: For the next 76 years (and counting), Batman and Robin would be mistaken as being gay. Glen Weldon, the author of The Caped Crusade: Batman And The Rise Of Nerd Culture, sorts through all of this supposed Bat-subtext in a piece for Slate called “A Brief History Of Dick.” Weldon makes it very clear at the outset that the Dark Knight and his faithful sidekick are heterosexual. Nearly every important artist and writer behind the character, from Bob Kane to Frank Miller, agrees on that. One major exception ...

04 Apr 00:25

Sinead O'Connor offers to make a record with Moz via her Facebook

Mstrox

Omg

An anonymous person posts:

Sinead O'Connor Mar. 29 2016 post - Facebook

This is a message for Morrissey, I'm staying with Mr and Mrs Walker. Come over and let's make a record? I have one good idea.
11 Mar 15:19

Newswire: Beetlejuice sequel has been written and green-lit, just needs to start filming

by Danette Chavez
Mstrox

omg

The long-awaited, oft-discussed Beetlejuice sequel has already been written and green-lit by Warner Bros., presumably following the third and most necessary incantation of the Ghost With The Most’s name. That’s according to Showbiz Spy, which tracked down Tim Burton to ask him to comment on the sequel that Winona Ryder mentioned was definitely in the works back in August. The director gave a promising update on the project:

“The film is a go and has been approved by the Warner Bros. team, we have talked with the cast members we wanted for the film and they are all on board, this includes both Winona and Michael. We have the script in hand everything is in place all we need to do now is get ready to start filming.”

After Ryder confirmed her participation last summer, her Beetlejuice co-star Geena Davis materialized to casually mention that she’d love ...

10 Mar 17:53

Coming Distractions: Spider-Man swings in to the new Captain America: Civil War trailer

by Katie Rife
Mstrox

Spider-Man is swinging into a trailer.

The new trailer for Captain America: Civil War Marvel promised us would drop today has, indeed, dropped. And speaking of dropping in: As Marvel has also been teasing for a while, after a sober discussion of the rights and responsibilities of superhero-dom also touched upon in previous trailers for the film, just when everyone’s getting ready to meet face-to-face in an all-out superhero brawl, in swings Spider-Man to lighten the mood while putting Captain America in web handcuffs. This particular clip also marks the friendly neighborhood debut of Tom Holland as the webslinger, in advance of his appearance in yet another Spider-Man origin story next year.

Throw in Ant-Man, Black Panther, Black Widow, and the rest of the MCU gang—and let’s not forget Cap and Iron Man pummeling the living crap out of each other—Captain America: Civil War looks like it’s going to have plenty ...

29 Feb 16:03

The Force Awakens strikes out at the Oscars

by Dunc
Mstrox

I'm torn because Ennio Morricone definitely deserves an Oscar for his body of work, but his score for Hateful Eight was just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Kind of like Leo's win

There were no wins for Star Wars at the Academy Awards tonight, but at least The Force Awakens lost (mostly) to fellow genre films. Mad Max: Fury Road pretty much swept the technical categories at the Academy Awards, shutting out The Force Awakens in Editing, Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. Star Wars’ best chance was […]
16 Dec 14:22

Great Job, Internet!: This Christmas, replace your yule log with 5 hours of a burning Darth Vader

by Rob Dean

Two things are fast upon the world—the holiday season and the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. As both prepare to overtake the world’s consciousness, the holidays have begun to infiltrate commercials, websites, and entire TV networks while the Star Wars epidemic reaches a fever pitch with celebrities and Facebook profile changes. But why separate the yuletide spirit from the growing excitement of the return of a beloved intellectual property? One YouTube user has found a way to combine them both for everyone’s Star Wars/holiday needs (and no, it has nothing to do with the wretched TV special).

Benjamin Apple has created a yule-log video for Star Wars enthusiasts to enjoy throughout their holiday season by creating a five-hour-long video of Darth Vader’s corpse roasting on a funeral pyre. Now enthusiasts can simply cue up the video and enjoy 300 minutes of a villain ...

08 Dec 22:18

redheadrambles: nedroidcomics: The Internet. I THOUGHT A...

Mstrox

This is the funniest thing.



redheadrambles:

nedroidcomics:

The Internet.

I THOUGHT A PROMOTIONAL POSTER AT MY COLLEGE LOOKED FAMILIAR

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AND THERE’S NOT EVEN CREDIT OR ANYTHING TO NEDROID (but there’s the school’s watermark at the bottom! - which I blurred out to keep them anonymous unless the artist wants to know).

(photo taken on my phone, so apologies for the blurry quality)

“How can we promote our arts and crafts fair? I know! Stolen art!”

01 Dec 18:59

The Force Awakens’ will feature music from J.J. Abrams and Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda

by Dunc
Mstrox

Attn: musical nerds.

The big news out of J.J. Abrams’ appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon was that he collaborated with Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda on the music for The Force Awakens’ Cantina equivalent. (Maz Kanata’s place, no doubt.) Hamilton probably needs no introduction (but here’s one from PBS,) since it’s the rare Broadway show that the […]
13 Oct 13:10

Coming Distractions: It feels like the first time in Netflix’s With Bob And David trailer

by Katie Rife
Mstrox

This looks real good

Terra-da-loo, The A.V. Club! Netflix has released the first full trailer for With Bob And David, giving Mr. Show fans their first glimpse at the catchphrases they’ll be spouting until Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, and friends launch another sketch-comedy series a decade from now. As promised, several familiar faces from the original show appear in the trailer, with the addition of famous friends Paget Brewster, Scott Aukerman, and Keegan-Michael Key. Also familiar are the show’s bare-bones sets and goofy wigs, proving that streaming is the new Mondays at midnight on HBO.

Whether Durlyn ever got to fuck that fish is not addressed, but Netflix has to save something for With Bob And David’s debut on November 13.

07 Aug 12:38

Special Modifications Made to the IOS Star Wars App

Mstrox

Yes.

It was bound to happen. Already as versatile as everyone’s favorite blue-and-white astromech and with more compartments than a Swiss Army knife, the new Star Wars app is about to get a whole lot better. The latest update includes emojis, bug fixes, emojis, improved soundboards, and emojis. Did we mention emojis? See them all below.

  • Emojis featuring characters from all Star Wars films and animated series, including Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars Rebels
  • New quotes and sound effects have been added to the Soundboard
  • Bug fix for Force Trainer
  • Fun polls and quizzes from StarWars.com are now available in the News Feed
  • Weather will default to your last search if you choose to turn location tracking off
  • New hologram toggle has been added to the Augmented Reality feature.
  • The Augmented Reality target poster and instructions are now accessible in the news ticker. See it for yourself here.
  • All videos are now viewable in landscape mode
  • Plus more

Get the updated Star Wars app now on the App Store. Update coming soon for Android devices.

Star Wars Emojis

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06 Aug 17:06

"Ryan Adams is recording a covers album of Taylor Swift’s 1989 — in the style of The Smiths" - Consequence Of Sound

Mstrox

Yes, ok.

Link posted by @CayoFive / Twitter:

Ryan Adams is recording a covers album of Taylor Swift’s 1989 — in the style of The Smiths - Consequence Of Sound
"Guaranteed saddest version of 'Welcome to New York' ever - or your tears back."

Excerpt:

Ryan Adams has never been one to stay in his own lane. Over the last year, we’ve seen him produce for Fall Out Boy,
27 Jul 13:08

Newswire: Kung Pow: Enter The Fist is getting a sequel for some reason

by Danette Chavez
Mstrox

THIS IS GREAT NEWS

Although we’re still not entirely certain that Kung Pow: Enter The Fist was actually a movie, its creator has decided to put together a sequel. Steve Oedekerk—who wrote, starred, and directed this so-called “film”—announced last week at Dragonfest that he is moving forward with the sequel that’s sort of been thirteen years in the making.

Much like everyone else, Oedekerk has no idea what a Kung Pow sequel would even be about, which means he might just string together a bunch of Dubsmash clips and call it a day. But the lack of a plotline certainly didn’t deter him from releasing the first one. Anyway, since his other works include Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and The Nutty Professor as well as both entries in the blasphemous Almighty series, Oedekerk might as well revisit the old cow-udder fight sequence.

11 Jul 02:23

LEGO Movie directors on board for a young Han Solo film

by Dunc
Mstrox

In today's "Don't Really Give a Shit About This One" news...

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The second Anthology film will feature a young Han Solo film, and The LEGO Movie’s Christopher Miller and Phil Lord are at the helm, StarWars.com announced today.

The screenplay, by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan, focuses on how Han Solo became “the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina.” The film is set for a May 25, 2018 release.

I’d say to gird yourself for the casting speculation, but we already know how that goes…

According to The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news just before LFL did, the Han Solo film is not the one that Josh Trank was working on, though obviously it’s occupying the same slot now. That film was rumored (though never confirmed) to be about Boba Fett.