Tag: CARRIE FISHER

Carrie Fisher ‘heart attack’ Dead at 60 RIP

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Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, has suffered a serious heart attack, according to her brother. Fisher was on a flight to Los Angeles from London after completing filming on the third season of the British television comedy Catastrophe when the incident occurred. The 60-year-old actor is being treated in an intensive care unit in LA. Paramedics reportedly performed CPR on Carrie Fisher for 15 minutes until they were able to get a pulse, TMZ reports. The actress was on a ventilator at UCLA…

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Harrison Ford Talks Star Wars

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From IGN by Scott Collura: Poor Harrison Ford! After decades of suffering through them, he now has to put up with even more Han Solo questions than ever before. And we’re to blame too. You, me, the whole Internet — we’re the problem! Anyway, Ford was in Chicago this week when a local TV reporter hit him with the big Star Wars question. The reporter asks if the “old gang” is getting back together for the new movie, to which Ford very carefully replies, “I think it’s almost true. I…

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Carrie Fisher To Play ‘Elderly’ Princess Leia in Star Wars

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From CBR, by Kevin Melrose Although Mark Hamill said just two weeks ago that he and his former co-stars hadn’t yet reached a deal to reprise their roles in Star Wars: Episode VII, Carrie Fisher has now unequivocally confirmed her involvement in the new trilogy. In an interview with Palm Beach Illustrated, the 56-year-old actress and novelist was asked whether she could confirm she’ll reprise her role as Princess Leia. Fisher’s answer was a simple “yes.” Directed by J.J. Abrams from a script by Michael Arndt, Episode VII is targeted…

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Mark Hamill on ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’

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insidemovies.ew.com by Josh Rottenberg :  When it comes to the future of the Star Wars franchise, overheated Internet rumors outnumber solid news stories by a considerable margin. As Yoda would say, “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.” Some of the noisiest speculation has centered on the prospect of original trilogy stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher returning for Star Wars: Episode VII. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Hamill—who dropped the first tantalizing hints about his potential involvement to EW last October—confirmed that discussions about…

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