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Star Wars in the news: Lawyers, marriage and lasers

June 20th, 2010 by Dunc · 2 Comments

The Star Wars kid is all grown up. Ghyslain Raza, who rose to unwilling internet fame as the subject of one of the internet’s first and most famous viral videos, hasn’t done too badly for himself. He’s pursuing a law degree (perhaps inspired by the lawsuit that he filed against the classmates who uploaded the infamous video?) and is the president of a conservation society in his hometown of Trois-Rivières.

Wedding bells. Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart got hitched Tuesday! The pair made it legal in New Mexico, where Ford is shooting Cowboys and Aliens. New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, a friend of the couple, performed the wedding at the Governor’s Mansion in Santa Fe.

…And not so much. In less happy news, Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson, who also got engaged in 2009, are “taking a break.”

Don’t try this at home. No, seriously, don’t. A company in Hong Kong is selling a laser “home theater projector” that resembles a lightsaber and is strong enough to burn skin and cause “irreversable retinal damage.” It can be purchased online for a mere $200. What could go wrong?

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  • 1 Eric // Jun 21, 2010 at 1:22 am

    So, has Hayden yelled at anyone, “YOU TURNED HER AGAINST ME!” yet?

  • 2 Doyle // Jun 21, 2010 at 11:35 am

    I’d like to imagine that said “anyone” is a small dog that she acquired recently, so he can follow it up with the crowd-pleasingly paranoid “YOU’RE WITH HIM NOW!”

    I’d also like to imagine that the dog sheds a lot and is named Sandy so he has something to rant incomprehensibly about at the bar.

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