Carrie Fisher was an American actress best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films. Some of her other films notable film wereShampoo, Soapdish, The Blues Brothers, When Harry Met Sally and The Women. She had issues with bipolar disorder and drug addiction and spoke publicly ab...
Most of all, we witnessed never-ending courage and determination to stand and fight for a future filled with happiness. Royal and Beckett, and yes, Leia, will tug your heartstrings, but in the end, their story is proof that love does conquer all. If you, dear reader, have not picked u...
#9Come on…she’s Princess Leia. She leads the Rebel Alliance. She saves the galaxy again and again (with a little help from Luke, and Han, and Chewy). She eventually becomes a revered general, but from the very start – when she first confronts Darth Vader at the beginning of Episode...
When I was a kid, I used to play “Dallas” with my “Star Wars” action figures. Han Solo made a pretty good J.R., while the Bespin-gowned version of Princess Leia was glamorous enough to be Sue Ellen. Now it seems “Dallas” fans like me will be able to collect the real thing...
Of her Princess Leia character, her low-point was in “Return of the Jedi,” when, as captive of the notorious gangster Jabba the Hutt, Fisher was required to wear a super-revealing gold bikini. “Nearly naked, which is not a style choice for me,” she told NPR earlier this year. “...
Simultaneously answering the questions “What if it had been Princess Leia rather than Luke Skywalker left on Tatooine?” and “What must it be like to work for the Empire?”, this newStar Warsmovie has newcomer Daisy Ridley as Rey, a scavenger on a desert planet waiting for her family to...
Fisher, as Princess Leia from the "Star Wars" series, captured the hearts of science fiction fans throughout the galaxy but also managed to play a wide variety of other roles during her long, illustrious career, including "When Harry Met Sally" and "The Blues Brothers." 1957: Melanie ...
In the final chapters (my favourite part of the book), Laing spends a considerable amount of time discussing the AIDS epidemic which swept through the city in the ’80s, as well as the contradictory role the internet plays in our lives, simultaneously connecting and isolating us. Humane, ...
The first "Harry Potter" film welcomes viewers into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Daniel Radcliffe plays the title character, a talented young wizard whose journey is only just beginning. The resulting movie franchise hasearned over $8.5 billion at the global box office(when spin...
“girl,” then have it carried off by a large grouping of green blocks that vaguely resembled a dragon. With videogames it’s important to remember that technology plays a role in storytelling, so back in the day designers had to make do with simple storylines they could tell with a ...