The Mandalorian & Grogu Trailer Just Broke A 47-Year-Old Star Wars Rule

Since its debut in 1977 with Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars has stayed popular by focusing on human characters and their stories. While aliens are common in Star Wars films, they haven’t been the central figures, unlike franchises like Star Trek or Avatar. Over the past 11 live-action films, keeping humans at the heart of the narrative has been a key element in keeping the franchise relatable to its large audience.

9 New-Gen Anime That Need R-Rated Movies

Several recently popular anime series are just as deserving of mature, R-rated adaptations as Demon Slayer. This includes action-packed Shonen anime like Gachiakuta and Hell’s Paradise, as well as newer, more diverse series from different genres, such as Oshi no Ko and The Apothecary Diaries.

Grey’s Anatomy Star Discusses Cancer After Season 22 Reveal

In the midseason finale of Grey’s Anatomy’s 22nd season, a major storyline revealed that Richard Webber, a character who has been on the show since the beginning, was diagnosed with cancer. Actor Jesse Williams, who plays Webber, recently shared with Black Health Matters that he himself was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He described his reaction to the news, noting that the disease has a history in his family. “It’s not the kind of news anyone wants to hear,” Williams said, “but honestly, prostate cancer runs in my family. My father had it, and several of his brothers did too, so I wouldn’t have been surprised if I hadn’t gotten it.”

The Harry Potter TV Show Character I’m Most Excited About Wasn’t In The Movies

A lot of the talk about the new Harry Potter TV series centers on who will play iconic characters previously portrayed by actors like Alan Rickman (Snape) and Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid). There’s also been a lot of excitement about characters from the books who weren’t featured in the movies, and how including them will allow the show to expand the magical world in ways the films didn’t.

30 Years Ago, The Simpsons Broke Animated Sitcom Rules With 21 Perfect Minutes of TV

As a huge fan of animation, I’ve always loved The Simpsons. But what’s really kept me coming back all these years isn’t just the jokes, it’s the characters. They’re flawed and funny, but you genuinely care about them – the Simpsons and the whole Springfield crew make the show. There was one episode, back in ’95, that really stuck with me. It focused on Maggie, and it wasn’t a laugh-riot, but it was surprisingly touching and really resonated with viewers – it just proved how much we’d grown to love them all.

5 TV Shows Hollywood Will Never Let Die

Lots of popular TV shows and franchises have been around for a long time, and they keep getting new spinoffs, reboots, and extensions. This means they continue to thrive even after they’ve technically ended, becoming long-lasting entertainment hubs that don’t seem to have a natural conclusion.

One Of Tom Holland’s Upcoming Movies Got Hit With A Big Setback, And It’s Bad News For Anyone Who Likes Seeing His Dance Moves

I remember back when the hype for Spider-Man: No Way Home was at its peak, Tom Holland casually dropped a bombshell: he was set to play Fred Astaire in a biopic. That was in 2021, and honestly, we haven’t heard much about it since. But here’s a twist: it looks like the movie might never happen. TMZ got their hands on a letter from Fred Astaire’s widow, Robyn Smith Astaire, to Sony Pictures producer Amy Pascal. In it, she makes it very clear that the estate hasn’t, and won’t, authorize anyone to portray Fred Astaire on screen – in this movie or any other. So, despite Holland’s enthusiasm, it seems a Fred Astaire biopic is officially off the table, at least as far as his widow is concerned.

Clint Eastwood Teamed Up With His Western Successor In An Almost Perfect Crime Drama

As the ’90s rolled around, Clint Eastwood started moving away from Westerns, and Unforgiven felt like his heartfelt farewell to the genre for a good while. Kevin Costner really stepped up to fill that void, and he’s carried the torch ever since. But in ’93, something special happened – Eastwood and Costner actually teamed up for a crime thriller, and honestly, it turned out to be a little gem of a movie.