‘Light & Magic’ Director Lawrence Kasdan Explains Why He Made a Docuseries About the History of VFX

Jenna Jameson has COVID-19. The former Playboy model, 48, is battling the virus as she battles against a mystery illness. She wrote on Instagram on Thursday (25.

Celebrity MasterChef fans noticed chef John Torode had more than a little in common with everyone’s favourite sci-fi classic Star Trek. Viewers flocked to Twitter to point out the 57-year-old looked as though he’d borrowed from the wardrobe of Captain Kirk on Thursday’s episode. While deliberating which celebrity to send home out of Lesley Joseph, Richard Blackwood, Kirsty Gallacher and Jimmy Bullard, the TV personality sported a rather throwback get-up.

Super fan Suzanne Downs plays the Jamaican star's music multiple times a day and has a collection of his memorabilia. The 44-year-old has even named her 18-month-old German Shephard 'Shauna Paul' after the prolific hitmaker. On Tuesday night, Sean Paul performed his first UK date of his 'Scorcha' tour at the O2 City Hall in Newcastle.

Scott Patterson has recalled how he felt "objectified" while filming a scene for Gilmore Girls. The actor, who played Luke Danes on the popular show from 2000 until 2007, revealed on a recent episode of the I Am All In with Scott Patterson podcast that he felt uncomfortable during a sequence shot for the third season when Lauren Graham's character Lorelai and Melissa McCarthy's Sookie note that his bottom has a "nice shape to it". Reflecting on the moment, Scott noted that he found the scene to be "disturbing".

Gina Rodriguez says being pregnant makes her feel like a “superwoman”. The former ‘Jane the Virgin’ star is “very excited and overwhelmed” to be expecting her first child with her husband, Joe LoCicero, 36. The 38-year-old actress told PEOPLE magazine: "I'm very excited and overwhelmed and feel like a superwoman.

Kathie Lee Gifford misses the “amazing” late Regis Philbin. The former ‘Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee’ star honoured her colleague on what would have been his 91st birthday on social media, calling it a "particularly difficult day" after he died aged 88 in 2020. The 69-year-old television personality wrote on Instagram on Thursday (25.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have adopted a new rescue dog. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have taken in a seven-year-old beagle named Momma Mia who was rescued from a US breeding centre owned by an animal research company last month and the couple have been praised for opting for an older dog rather than a puppy. Animal rights attorney Shannon Keith who helps run the Beagle Freedom Project told People.

‘Star Trek’ star Nichelle Nichols will have her ashes launched into space. The late actress - who died in July aged 89 - will have her remains jetted up into space on the Enterprise Flight’s Vulcan Rocket later this year to honour her iconic role as Lt.

Lisa Rinna says Harry Hamlin is her “hero” after 25 years of marriage. ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ star marked a quarter of a century of wedded bliss with the ‘Clash of the Titans’ star with a black-and-white social media post from their 1997 nuptials. The 58-year-old reality television star wrote on Instagram on Thursday (25.

It's the plumb draw every Celtic fan was craving. Moritz Jenz admits he’s in the same boat when it comes to heading to the Bernabeu. Real Madrid was the one the Hoops all wanted and their wish was granted in Istanbul at last night’s glitzy draw. RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk will be formidable in Group F as well but there’s only one name on everyone’s minds this morning.

Airdrie defender Cammy Ballantyne denies Saturday’s visit to Dunfermline is an early title clash, but says a win over the “title favourites” would put down a marker in League One.

The last time David Dunn faced Bridge of Don Thistle in the Scottish Junior Cup, FOXES forced the game to be cancelled.

Borna Barisic insists Rangers are back where they belong. But the Ibrox ace also knows the team are going to have to raise their game if they’re going to live with the continental creme de la creme. The Light Blues are back in the big time after Gio van Bronckhorst’s team upset the odds for the umpteenth time in recent memory.

Brian Reid is on the hunt for a defender after James McGowan left Albion Rovers for a new life in Australia.

Shia LaBeouf is opening up about his career low point and how he contemplated suicide during that dark time.

Simu Liu has still not met Jimmy Kimmel, despite appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live three separate times!

The new horror movie The Invitation, starring Nathalie Emmanuel and Thomas Doherty, is now in theaters and fans will likely be rushing to see it on opening weekend.

Netflix has shared the first teaser for White Noise, an upcoming black comedy film from writer and director Noah Baumbach.The film is based on Don DeLillo’s 1985 dystopian novel of the same name, and stars Adam Driver as a professor of Hitler studies who, alongside his wife Barbette — played by Greta Gerwig — must save his family from an apocalyptic event threatening his university town. Watch the teaser above.Lifting a quote from the source material, which earned DeLillo the U.S.

Households are set to find out later today how much they will be paying for their energy bills in October when the price cap is announced.

A trade union leader has savaged the Scottish Government over its role in the dispute over council workers' pay.

An Ayrshire barber has been scarred for life after his e-cigarette exploded in a pub.

A big spike in power bills is due when regulators at Ofgem announce the revised energy price cap on Friday.

A teen who was almost left paralysed after attempting an online challenge has issued a warning to other youngsters. Sarah Platt, 16, was joking around with pals when they egged her on to try the “skull breaker” challenge.

Honoring his legacy. Beverly Hills, 90210 star Joe E. Tata’s daughter Kelly Tata is mourning the loss of her father by giving back.

Legendary actress Judy Garland may have been adored on screen, but her real-life relationships were slightly more tumultuous. 

still standing after years of struggles — on “Hold Me Closer,” her first newly recorded single since 2016.The cross-generational collaboration between 40-year-old Spears and the 75-year-old Rocket Man — which dropped from the dream-duet heavens on Friday morning — is a radical reworking of John’s 1971 classic “Tiny Dancer.” Indeed, it’s such an extreme makeover that they gave the song it’s own new name taken from the original’s chorus. All together now, “Hold me closer, tiny dancer!”While “Tiny Dancer” was an epic ballad that took your inner ballerina pirouetting across the keys in a fanciful flight, “Hold Me Closer” goes twirling directly under the disco ball with some thumping beats but also a light airiness that captures some of the graceful beauty of the original. Like John’s recent hit with Dua Lipa — “Cold Heart (Pnau remix),” which mashed up “Rocket Man” with a few of his other songs — “Hold Me Closer,” produced by Andrew Watt and Cirkut, also features elements of Elton’s “The One” and “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.”And while their digitally altered voices sometimes blend into one another where you can hardly tell the difference, it’s great to hear the moments when Spears’ distinctive, much-missed chirp stands out.And after the its initial futuristic electro-whirl, “Hold Me Closer” brings you back down to earth with John’s piano work at the end.The beginnings of this collaboration go all the way back to 2015, when Spears professed her love for “Tiny Dancer” in a tweet.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDisney+’s new six-part series “Light & Magic” takes audiences inside the magic and history of Industrial Light & Magic, starting with George Lucas’ vision for “Star Wars” and covering how their innovative StageCraft suite of virtual production changed the game in filmmaking.Speaking with Variety, Janet Lewin, Senior VP of Lucasfilm Visual Effects and General Manager of ILM, fondly recalls the first time she saw “Star Wars.” “I was 7 years old and was completely blown away. I literally thought there were galaxies like that, far, far away,” she remembers.Years later, Lewin worked as visual effects producer on “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,” and oversaw all aspects of the visual effects and animation business for Lucasfilm and ILM.