Club Jade

Honors. Natalie Portman took home a Best Actress Golden Globe last night for Black Swan. We’ll chock up her joyful but rambly acceptance speech to pregnancy hormones.

Goals. Carrie Fisher is Jenny Craig’s newest celebrity spokesperson. “I would like to have the option of getting back into the metal bikini. I won’t be doing that, but I’d like the option,” she told UsMagazine.com.

Sports. I don’t get this in the least and it’s no doubt irrevelant at this point, but the deep thinkers at the New York Post pulled out a Return of the Jedi spoof/thing last week. I hear the Jets won, if that means anything.

In the world… Hollywood cameras keep rolling in Tunisia (Tatooine) through political turmoil.

Tonight’s the night for The Clone Wars’ return, and the fannish interwebs are hopping. Here’s some stuff to get you pumped.

• Big Shiny Robot interviews Dave Filoni and Dee Bradley Baker, plus scenes from last week’s red carpet premiere.

• StarWars.com’s coverage of the red carpet premiere is photo and video-centric.
• MTV has a clip of Shaak Ti. Meanwhile, the official site features voice actress Tasia Valenza.
• The Clone Wars Adventures game is now up and running.
• The San Diego Padres are hosting a Clone Wars night next Friday.

Even I’m going to attempt to watch – and hopefully stick with it this time – with the help of TFN’s live chat.

Ole Miss’ Admiral Ackbar mascot campaign gets some love (and resolution?) in this ESPN commercial. (via) Check below the cut for the extended version: (more…)

Ashley Eckstein is getting some ink for Her Universe in the most unlikely of places: ESPN! I don’t doubt being married to an MLB player helps widen the field of interest, but let’s not forget we’re the only fandom with a noteworthy gender disparity. (Sports-loving ladies can see the Alyssa Milano line that Ashley mentions as an inspiration at Fandalia.)

Not the lawsuit you’re looking for… Lucasfilm has backed down from their legal threat against Wicked Lasers, which makes a (you have to admit) very lightsaber-looking laser. But elsewhere in the world, the march continues…

Horrors of the audition tapes. Sylvester Stallone auditioned for Han Solo? Sounds like he didn’t get far enough for tapes, but that’s probably a good thing.

Presented without commentary. Are Jedi Knights Libertarian or Socialist?

With apologies. (via)

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I guess that explains the billboard. The Dodgers having a Star Wars night on October 3rd, while they play the Rockies. Doesn’t the Bay Area have a baseball team? Security better keep a close eye on Yoda that night, is all I’m saying.

…And the smell. Hollywood is courting 12-year old boys. Uhh, they stopped?

Fanboys turn the tide yet again. Star Wars has the best movie music, internet poll says. Well, I’m shocked. Are you shocked?

I should leave this for Paula, but… Stargate Universe’s Ming-Na “wanted to be Luke Skywalker.”

Obligatory George item. He could buy Guyana. Information you can use. Thanks, Forbes!

Today on Spacebook.. This t-shirt design by Hogboy has been making the rounds. I would dare take a guess that this genius is the inspiration.

• Wide world of puns. The University of Michigan has a quarterback named Tate Forcier. You don’t even have to imagine: They’ve already been made.

• Action figures in action. Bonnie interviews Stéfan Le Dû about his Stormtroopers 365 project.
• Internet inevitability. Animals with lightsabers, the blog. (via)
• Freeform advice. What would Han Solo do?
• Randomly… Den of Geek praises the sci-fi corridor.

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I guess you never can tell… (Photo taken on Sunset Blvd. by Mirco Wilhelm.)

Iron Man director Jon Favreau will be presenting George Lucas with the Gene Siskel Film Center Visionary Award for Innovation in Filmmaking this weekend… In addition to being handpicked by George for an interview. So the Chicago Tribune caught up with the younger filmmaker. (via)

• Elephant in the room: MTV asks The Old Republic team about sex in the GFFA – or rather, in their game.

• Sports. As a Metro Detroiter, I am so sick of the Stanley Cup brouhaha I can’t muster up anything clever for A Star Wars guide to the Stanley Cup Finals. Just please let it end tonight. (Yes, this technically should have gone in the fandom post. Sorry. The Stanley Cup, at least, is news. Trust me on that one.)
• Important questions: How far away is Star Wars gadgetry? Well, we have the Death Star… (Okay, okay, it’s just an article on the science exhibit.)
• No, the other one. If you’ve ever have the pleasure of Google Newsing ‘George Lucas’ on a regular basis, as I have not being doing all-too-infrequently lately, eventually you’ll run into the one who doesn’t run a media juggernaught. That other George Lucas has now been appointed the next Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska. (via)

Matthew Latkiewicz explores the comedy potential of Star Wars branded yoga in a series of correspondence between faux Lucasfilm executive Steve Jones and George Lucas.

• Politics: It’s pretty impossible to miss that we here in the U.S. inaugurated our 44th President yesterday, and just like with the campaign, Star Wars references have been popping up. TFN has collected some news reports, while StarWars.com found an Obama action figure battling Darth Vader and Barack Obacca.

• Food: Another day, another Star Wars cake at Great White Snark… But this one does bring a new level of absurdity by incorporating mini-golf.
• Kids: It takes more than a Star Wars cake to make a kid-pleasing Star Wars party, so here are some ideas from Make and Takes. (via)