Among CBS’ new shows for fall is Cane, starring Jimmy Smits (Bail Organa) as the the head of a powerful Cuban-American family and Angel Moonlight, about a vampire P.I. in love with a mortal woman.
Happy Birthday, George!
Interview with a Content Manager
Fan site Lightsabre interviews internet rockstar Pablo Hidalgo.
Hagrid and Wicket rollin’ with the cheese
Warwick Davis and Robbie Coltrane attend ‘cheese’-rolling activities in Stilton. While there, Davis revealed he’ll have a part in Prince Caspian.
Where’d we put him again?
Let’s file this one under the “you’ve got to be kidding” topic.
They’ve lost Scotty!
The capsule carrying James Doohan’s ashes (along with those of 200 other people) disappeared into an area with steep canyons and mountains after it completed its flight. They can’t pick up the homing beacon, as a result.
Thousands of years from now, some archaeologist is going to be very confused by that thing….
Awarding George
Conan Antonio Motti, big on the Internet
George gaves Admiral Motti a full name on Conan the other night – after Conan – and some people are shocked and awed that Wookieepedia already reflects the change. Obviously they’ve never looked at the site during the run-up to a book release! Wookieepedians are always lurking around looking for bits of new canon… Or ‘canon,’ as the case may be.
Star Wars People Tidbits
Quite a few tidbits about Star Wars people in the news:
Keira Knightley (Sabe) is about ready to give up acting. Millions of fanboys flock to counseling for support.
Masi Oka, a former ILM-er, almost did the same thing before a gig on a little show called Heroes came along.
Natalie Portman (Padme Amidala) is apparently going in the opposite direction by playing two roles in her upcoming film Goya’s Ghosts.
Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) didn’t seem to care much. She just enjoyed having lunch with hairy creatures and robots.
And someone who might be a bit too busy to do any acting for a while is Keisha Castle-Hughes (Queen Apailana), who gave birth to a little girl on April 25th.
George and Conan and ILM
Just aired here on the east coast – we can only hope the interview portion of the night will be online at NBC soon enough. (His visit to the Presidio is already there, and of course a behind the scenes video has been up at StarWars.com for most of the day.
UPDATE: Interview is on Youtube.
Hope it was fun, Scotty….
The much-anticipated launch of James “Scotty” Doohan‘s ashes into space was completed on Saturday.
The ashes don’t stay out in space, but are gently brought back down via parachute. At least they don’t need motion sickness pills….