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54 years, 11 months ago

Obama’s First DNC Speech Outlines a Winning Strategy for Kamala Harris

Slate

This article was originally featured in Foreign Policy, the magazine of global politics and ideas. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over 200 years ago, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Marvel nearly cast Robert Downey Jr in another role instead of Iron Man

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Christopher Nolan called Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man “one of the …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

'FYI': White House turns claim that Joe Biden banned religious egg designs around on Trump

Raw Story

Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that Joe Biden's White House banned religious-themed egg designs from its Easter celebration, but that policy extended even into Trump's term, according to some insiders. "*Fyi on all the misleading swirl re White House and Easter: the American Egg Board flyer’s standard non-discrimination language requesting artwork has been used for the last 45 years, across …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Jon Favreau to direct new ‘Star Wars’ movie ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’

The Hindu

The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda are coming back for a big screen adventure. The two beloved characters from smash hit Star Wars series The Mandalorianwill appear in a feature film, which will be directed by filmmaker Jon Favreau. "Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have ushered into Star Wars two new and beloved characters, and this new story is a perfect …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

A new ‘Star Wars’ movie is coming to theaters: ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Baby Yoda is going to make his big screen debut. Jon Favreau is set to direct “The Mandalorian & Grogu” which will go into production this year, Lucasfilm and Disney announced Tuesday. Though no release date was announced, it was welcome news to “Star Wars” fans who haven’t had a new film since 2019’s “The Rise of …

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1 year ago

The best places to eat in Las Vegas right now

LA Times

The medianoche sandwich from the Chef Truck at Park MGM in Las Vegas from Roy Choi and Jon Favreau. Medianoche from the Chef truck at the Park MGM The Chef Truck and seating area at Park MGM in Las Vegas by Roy Choi and Jon Favreau. “I’m in Vegas like four times a month and people come to Best Friend …

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1 year, 6 months ago

DC insider on the 10 most crucial days of the Obama presidency

Raw Story

Other than being able to string a sentence together, empathy is the most important quality in a speechwriter. Chief White House speechwriter Cody Keenan focuses on this extraordinary period in his revelatory and lively new book Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America. Robin Lindley: Congratulations Mr. Keenan on your engaging new book Grace, a revelatory …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Jon Favreau says Robert Downey Jr. was in talks to play another Marvel character

Hindustan Times

Robert Downey Jr. won over fans from around the world when he took on the character of Tony Stark in 2008's Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. gained global recognition for starring as Tony Stark/Iron Man in ten films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with Iron Man and up till Avengers: Endgame. Now, leading …

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1 year, 6 months ago

'I am Iron Man,' Marvel Studios reveal stunning details of Downey Jr casting | Watch

Hindustan Times

Marvel Studios recently unveiled a fascinating conversation between president Kevin Feige and director Jon Favreau, marking the 15th anniversary of the groundbreaking superhero film, Iron Man. The discussion provided insights into the origins of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and revealed the pivotal decision that forever transformed Hollywood: the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Elevating Iron Man to …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Marvel Studios reveal details of Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man casting

India TV News

Marvel Studios recently unveiled an interesting conversation between President Kevin Feige and director Jon Favreau, marking the 15th anniversary of the superhero film, Iron Man. The discussion provided insights into the origins of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and revealed the most important decision that forever transformed the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

The 15 best food scenes in film, from Howl’s Moving Castle to Julie and Julia

The Independent

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2 years ago

From the Archives: ‘Elf’ has the magic touch

LA Times

“Elf” is an example of the good things that can happen when hipsters do it on the square. For one thing, Buddy, lacking a true elf’s nimble fingers, might just be the worst toymaker in North Pole history, a self-described “cotton-headed ninny muggins.” Papa Elf takes pity on him and lets him work on Santa’s sleigh, which runs on Christmas …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Ewan McGregor and wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead make first public appearance since getting married

Daily Mail

Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead made their first public appearance since tying the knot last month, at the Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on Thursday. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, McGregor and Hayden Christensen attended the studio showcase panel at Star Wars Celebration for Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi Christensen is slated to play the role …

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2 years, 10 months ago

How to negotiate moving forward from "The Book of Boba Fett" ... like a Godfather

Salon

Spoiler alert: This story discusses the season finale of "The Book of Boba Fett" in detail. And if Favreau and Dave Filoni agree, then I'm willing to let things go on the way they were before – meaning, calling a "Mandalorian" a Mandalorian instead of the bait-and-switch proposal to build out Boba Fett's mythology and establish one for Wen's character, …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Maybe we expected too much of "The Book of Boba Fett"

Salon

A relative silence engulfs "The Book of Boba Fett." "Boba Fett is dead: how Disney+ ruined Star Wars' coolest character" proclaims a headline in The Guardian. RELATED: How Star Wars failed Ahsoka Tano on "The Mandalorian" Most of whatever you think you know about Boba Fett is assumption. "The Book of Boba Fett" unspools in two timelines, one in a …

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2 years, 11 months ago

As The Book of Boba Fett releases on Disney+ Hotstar, tracing the origin and arc of the enigmatic Star Wars character

Firstpost

“With Boba Fett, less is more. “It isn’t so much the things that Boba Fett does in the films — it’s the things that Boba Fett has done,” said Charles Soule, author of the current Star Wars comic-book series. “For people who didn’t grow up at that time, it’s hard to understand how starved we were for information about Star …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Inaugural address: Biden crafts speech to unify a country in crisis

CNN

CNN — President-elect Joe Biden has spoken volumes inside the US Capitol over more than four decades, but the weight of those words does not approach the magnitude of the message he will deliver on its steps during his inaugural address Wednesday. “Despite all that’s happened, despite all that the country has endured, his message never strayed from restoring the …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Chef, School of Rock, Always Be My Maybe, Pitch Perfect — Bingeworthy films for the holiday season

Firstpost

In keeping with the tradition of surprises in 2020, we’ve shuffled the annals of holiday films to present a fresh list — from La La Land to The Half of It. As the film’s writer, Favreau artfully built a narrative on food, family, and friends — the three most important condiments for a complete holiday. Delightfully cheeky, the Pitch Perfect …

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4 years ago

'The Book of Boba Fett' is Separate From 'The Mandalorian', Says Jon Favreau

News 18

Los Angeles: Filmmaker Jon Favreau has said that the upcoming Disney Plus series “The Book of Boba Fett” is a new entity and separate from the streamer hit show “The Mandalorian”. Talking with Good Morning America, Favreau said “The Book of Boba Fett” will take place within the timeline of”The Mandalorian”, whose third season will start production after the premiere …

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4 years ago

Hayden Christensen set to return as Darth Vader in Disney Plus' new Obi-Wan Kenobi series

Daily Mail

Disney made a slew of announcements during its annual Investor's Day presentation, including the bombshell that Hayden Christensen will return as Annakin Skywalker. Lando returns: Aside from The Mandalorian spin-offs, one of the most intriguing new shows is an event series following Lando Calrissian Lando: Justin Simien is developing the story, though it wasn't confirmed if Billy Dee Williams, who …

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4 years ago

Elf was nearly axed mid-production over lawsuit concerns, producers reveal

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As revealed in the Netflix documentary series The Holiday Movies That Made Us, lawyers became …

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4 years, 1 month ago

The Mandalorian season three on the horizon with production possible 'as early as next week'

Daily Mail

The Mandalorian returned for its highly anticipated season two on October 30. Pre-production on The Mandalorian season three has be going on 'for months' already and sources told Deadline that production will be kicking off possibly next week or 'in late November/early December.' Coming soon: It appears that the third installment of the hit Star Wars series is imminent, however, …

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4 years, 4 months ago

How ‘Mandalorian’ re-created its ‘Star Wars’ origins — down to the cantina

LA Times

To reimagine the world of “Star Wars” for Jon Favreau’s Disney+ series “The Mandalorian,” production designer Andrew L. Jones had to build sets that could exist both in the physical world and a virtual one. “I’d done some work with LED screens in camera before, but not with the tracking element, on ‘The Jungle Book,’” says Jones, who was supervising …

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Obama’s First DNC Speech Outlines a Winning Strategy for Kamala Harris

Marvel nearly cast Robert Downey Jr in another role instead of Iron Man

'FYI': White House turns claim that Joe Biden banned religious egg designs around on Trump

Jon Favreau to direct new ‘Star Wars’ movie ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’

A new ‘Star Wars’ movie is coming to theaters: ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’

The best places to eat in Las Vegas right now

DC insider on the 10 most crucial days of the Obama presidency

Jon Favreau says Robert Downey Jr. was in talks to play another Marvel character

'I am Iron Man,' Marvel Studios reveal stunning details of Downey Jr casting | Watch

Marvel Studios reveal details of Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man casting

The 15 best food scenes in film, from Howl’s Moving Castle to Julie and Julia

From the Archives: ‘Elf’ has the magic touch

Ewan McGregor and wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead make first public appearance since getting married

How to negotiate moving forward from "The Book of Boba Fett" ... like a Godfather

Maybe we expected too much of "The Book of Boba Fett"

As The Book of Boba Fett releases on Disney+ Hotstar, tracing the origin and arc of the enigmatic Star Wars character

Inaugural address: Biden crafts speech to unify a country in crisis

Chef, School of Rock, Always Be My Maybe, Pitch Perfect — Bingeworthy films for the holiday season

'The Book of Boba Fett' is Separate From 'The Mandalorian', Says Jon Favreau

Hayden Christensen set to return as Darth Vader in Disney Plus' new Obi-Wan Kenobi series

Elf was nearly axed mid-production over lawsuit concerns, producers reveal

The Mandalorian season three on the horizon with production possible 'as early as next week'

How ‘Mandalorian’ re-created its ‘Star Wars’ origins — down to the cantina