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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Star Wars

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky appears as a hologram at the VivaTech trade show in Paris, June 16, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)
June 17, 2022, 9:51 pm
Zelensky hologram channels ‘Star Wars’ in appeal for aid from tech firms
Ukraine’s president appeared virtually at a Paris tech conference, vowing to also ‘defeat the empire’
By AFP
A Google building at the company's campus in Mountain View, California, on Sept. 24, 2019. (AP/Jeff Chiu)
June 16, 2022, 5:01 pm
Google engineer says AI’s Israel joke helped drive his belief it was sentient
Blake Lemoine says he reached his controversial conclusion, in part, after the system gave a cheeky response to his ‘trick question’ on the Jewish state
By ToI Staff and AFP
Gina Carano poses at the Disney + launch event promoting 'The Mandalorian' at the London West Hollywood hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 19. 2019 (Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP)
February 13, 2021, 6:29 pm
Ben Shapiro to fund Gina Carano film after her firing for Holocaust comments
With ‘Mandalorian’ star dropped by Lucasfilm, conservative commentator’s Daily Wire to produce her next work; she lauds message of hope in face of ‘totalitarian mob’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Gina Carano arrives at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
February 11, 2021, 6:51 am
‘Mandalorian’ star fired for comparing US political climate to Holocaust
Gina Carano, who has been criticized for her anti-mask and election fraud posts on social media, said ‘hating’ her politics was like the hate directed at Jews by the Nazis
By AP
Taika Waititi at the 92nd Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Los Angeles, January 27, 2020. (Jordan Strauss/I nvision/ AP)
May 4, 2020, 11:04 pm
Taika Waititi to direct new ‘Star Wars’ film
Walt Disney Co. waited until the franchise’s unofficial holiday, May 4, to announce New Zealand filmmaker had been hired
By AP and ToI Staff
A picture taken on September 25, 2018 shows a scene from the southern Jordanian desert of Wadi Rum. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP)
December 18, 2019, 9:16 am
Jordan’s Wadi Rum a favorite backdrop for Hollywood Jedi and genies
Blockbusters ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Star Wars’ all filmed in stunning and spare scenic desert of Israel’s eastern neighbor
By Kamal Taha
Producer Ram Bergman attends the premiere for 'Knives Out' on day three of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theatre on September 7, 2019, in Toronto. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
November 29, 2019, 4:23 pm
‘Knives Out’ producer Ram Bergman: It’s a murder mystery like never seen before
Israeli-born major Hollywood filmmaker attributes his success to supportive parents and innate Sabra chutzpa
By Francine Wolfisz
Mark Hamill participates in the "Knightfall" panel during the History portion of the TCA Winter Press Tour on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
September 30, 2019, 10:57 pm
Mark Hamill takes swipe at Ivanka Trump over Star Wars tweet
Actor known for playing Luke Skywalker slams president’s adviser as ‘fraud’ after she posts picture of her son in Stormtrooper costume
By ToI Staff
Screenwriter Gloria Katz (YouTube screenshot)
November 29, 2018, 4:47 pm
Gloria Katz, screenwriter of ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘American Graffiti,’ dies at 76
Hollywood filmmaker, who collaborated with husband Willard Huyck, secretly doctored character of Princess Leia in ‘Star Wars’ to make her ‘take command’
By AP
Carrie Fisher at the 2011 NewNowNext Awards in Los Angeles, April 7, 2011. (AP/Chris Pizzello, File)
July 28, 2018, 1:25 am
Next ‘Star Wars’ film to use unreleased Carrie Fisher footage
Fisher, who played Princess Leia, died in December 2016 after she finished work on the middle installment in the trilogy
By AP
Alden Ehrenreich attends the Premiere Of Disney Pictures And Lucasfilm's "Solo: A Star Wars Story" - Arrivals on May 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. ( Frazer Harrison/Getty Images via JTA)
May 18, 2018, 11:37 pm
5 Jewish facts about the new Han Solo ‘Star Wars’ movie
The ‘Solo’ movie hits theaters on May 25 staring Alden Ehrenreich in the lead role
By Gabe Friedman
Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo in the new movie 'Solo: A Star Wars Story.' (Courtesy Lucasfilm)
May 17, 2018, 10:17 pm
Jewish actor flies solo through interstellar Ellis Island in new ‘Star Wars’
Opening worldwide May 23, the quick-moving Han Solo standalone flick’s star Alden Ehrenreich is a force to be reckoned with
By Jordan Hoffman
Natalie Portman arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Annihilation" at the Regency Village Theatre, on February 13, 2018. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
April 23, 2018, 10:41 pm
TV: Portman initially refused to collect Genesis prize because of Gaza violence
Email from actress’s representatives reportedly expresses concern about ‘the news from Gaza… the government’s actions and the latest escalation’
By ToI Staff
Natalie Portman attends the 27th Annual EMA Awards at Barker Hangar on September 23, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
April 21, 2018, 9:22 pm
Likud attacks ‘hypocrite’ Natalie Portman after actress snubs Netanyahu
Israeli-born Hollywood star clarifies she is not boycotting Israel, but won’t come to accept prize known as ‘Jewish Nobel’ so as not to be seen as endorsing PM
By ToI Staff
Natalie Portman arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Annihilation' at the Regency Village Theatre on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
April 21, 2018, 4:06 am
Natalie Portman on prize snub: ‘I didn’t want to appear to endorse Netanyahu’
Actress says decision to skip Israel event has been ‘mischaracterized,’ stresses she doesn’t back BDS: ‘I can be critical of the leadership without wanting to boycott the nation’
By ToI Staff
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