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Olympia Dukakis, a character actress best known for her Oscar-winning supporting turn in Norman Jewison’s “Moonstruck” and for her role as the wealthy widow in “Steel Magnolias,” has died. She was 89. Dukakis’ brother, Apollo Dukakis, announced her death in a Facebook post, writing: “My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New
March 31, 2021 5:29pm by Brian Davids Joe Maher/Getty Images; Disney+ The actor also reflects on the similarities between her 'Solo' character Enfys Nest and her mysterious Marvel character. Erin Kellyman knew right away that her Solo: A Star Wars Story. Like Nest, Karli Morgenthau is a powerful masked leader of a resistance movement, and similar to Nest’s Cloud-Riders, Morgenthau’s Flag-Smashers might not be the menace that they’re made out to be. Despite the similarities between the two young women who are both doing what they feel is right, Kellyman wants viewers to know that the d...
Image: Lucasfilm Lucasfilm’s Willow Disney+ series is going need of a new director. Jon M. Chu was set to direct the series pilot, but announced today that he’s stepping away from the show, due to scheduling complications, and because his family is expecting a baby later this summer. Chu is on record as being a huge fan of the original movie—he named his daughter after the film’s titular character—and in a message on Twitter, he said that he was “devastated that I won’t be able to work with some of my heroes old and new.”
The Disney+ Crazy Rich Asians filmmaker Jon M. Chu was locked in to direct the show’s pilot episode and serve as executive producer, but Chu took to social media today to announce that he has to leave the project. Chu cited continued lockdowns in the UK and the future arrival of a new baby as the reasoning behind stepping away from the series. The news that Jon M. Chu would direct the Willow TV series broke late last year, with Chu offering up a heartfelt statement about working on the show: “Growing up in the ’80s, Willow has had a profound effect on me,” said Chu. “The sto...