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The AFI Conservatory, one of the crown jewels of the American Film Institute, celebrated its 50th anniversary in style Thursday night at the place where it all started, the fabled Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. One of the first “colleges” for filmmakers (there were only four at the time), it opened at Greystone…

Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has named Michelle Rejwan as SVP of Live Action Development and Production for Lucasfilm. Rejwan is a producer on the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and was a co-producer on 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens and also a co-producer on Bad Robots’ pics Star Trek: Into Dar…

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has been elected chair of the American Film Institute Board of Trustees. Kennedy will lead the AFI Trustees to set the Institute's priorities and guide its national education programs. Kennedy succeeds Sir Howard Stringer, who served as chair of the AFI Board of Trustees since…

Disneyland’s upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge isn’t open to the public yet, but some Hollywood VIPs have already gotten a tour. Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger tweeted three photos Saturday that showed him taking a look inside of the Star Wars-themed attraction with some of his famous friends — Lucasfilm President Ka…

Star Wars creator George Lucas and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy are paying tribute to Peter Mayhew, the gentle-giant actor who played Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy and two later films in the franchise. He died Tuesday at his home in North Texas. "Peter was a wonderful man,” Lucas said in a…

At Disney’s investor day, Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that the full Star Wars film franchise will be available on Disney+ within the first year of its launch. The original trilogy, released between 1977 and 1983, as well as the prequel trilogy that came out from 1999 to 2005, will join the Disney…

Since its Sundance 2018 unveiling, the documentary RBG has — like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — proven to be most resilient. While fellow successful theatrical release docus from that Sundance like Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and Three Identical Strangers were strangely excluded from the final Oscar ballot …

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who has been the steward of the Star Wars universe since 2012, has signed a three-year extension that will keep her with the company through 2021. Kennedy has been the lead figure for the cinematic reinvigoration of the Jedi universe under the corporate banner of The Walt Disney…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has opened the envelope on the honorees for its 2018 Governors Awards: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Marvin Levy, Lalo Schifrin and Cicely Tyson will receive Honorary Oscars at a ceremony Sunday, November 18. The honors are conferred by the Academy’s Board of…

While some members of the Hollywood ruling class flirted with backing ex-LA Los Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for Governor during the primaries, there was no doubt that this Democratic town was going to line up behind Gavin Newsom once the current Lt. Governor secured the party's nomination in early June. So, it's no…

For the second time in the history of Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament, Disney’s Lucasfilm prevails with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the eighth movie (really ninth, if you count Rogue One) in a 41-year old sci-fi franchise that beat several superhero movies and some truly big family breakouts including Bea…

UPDATE: Allison Shearmur, who died yesterday after a quiet battle with lung cancer at age 54, will have her funeral Monday at 4:30 PM at Temple Israel of Hollywood. Her family is requesting that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Simms Mann Cancer Center at UCLA. The film community is reeling from the death…