Next Star Wars to use old footage of late Carrie Fisher

LOS ANGELES — Carrie Fisher will be featured in the next Star Wars movie, using previously unseen footage she recorded before her death, Walt Disney Co. studio said on Friday.

Instituto Cervantes’ new branch to screen Latin American films in August

INSTITUTO CERVANTES will feature “Four Gems of Latin American Cinema,” a series of critically acclaimed and award-winning films directed by Latin American filmmakers, every Saturday of August at the new Intramuros branch of the Spanish cultural center.

Cruise’s latest Impossible tops US box office

LOS ANGELES — Improbable? Maybe, but Mission Impossible — Fallout, the sixth and latest stunt-filled edition of the Tom Cruise action franchise has topped the weekend box office in North America, outperforming the five earlier Impossibles.

HK buskers take a bow

HONG KONG — The rumbustious street performers who have long claimed one of Hong Kong’s busiest shopping districts as their informal stage took their final bow Sunday night after local authorities caved to noise complaints over their legendary cacophony.

Roseanne says tweet ‘cost me everything’

LOS ANGELES — Comedian Roseanne Barr apologized on Thursday for her controversial Twitter comment that caused the cancellation of her US comedy show Roseanne, but insisted she had been misunderstood and said the mistake “cost me everything.

Michelle Williams marries after Heath Ledger death

LOS ANGELES — Actress Michelle Williams has quietly married, telling Vanity Fair magazine she never gave up on love after the death of her partner Heath Ledger 10 years ago. Williams, 37, the fiercely private Oscar-nominated star of Brokeback Mountain, told the magazine in an interview published on Thursday that she married American indie musician Phil Elverum at a private ceremony earlier this month in the rural Adirondacks region of upstate New York.

Kristen Stewart to star in new Charlie’s Angels

LOS ANGELES — Charlie’s Angels are returning to the big screen next year for a third outing, this time with a female director and a multi-racial trio of women led by Kristen Stewart.

Prince heirs nix ‘Purple Rain’ tribute

NEW YORK — Prince was notorious for enforcing copyright to his songs, and now his heirs have made sure that litigiousness has extended beyond the grave, demanding the removal from social media of a video of a “Purple Rain” sing-along tribute.

CBS weighs Moonves suspension over assault claims

SAN FRANCISCO — CBS directors are weighing whether chairman and chief executive Leslie Moonves should step aside as the US television network investigates claims he sexually harassed women, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

Entertainment (07/31/18)

AMERICAN SINGER John Ford Coley and Pinoy rock band IV of Spades headline August’s festivities at the Shangri-La Plaza mall.

Jewelry for millennials

IN THE hands of Manila’s mahjongeras lies the past and present of the jewelry trade. Huge stones and statement pieces sit on the hands and necks of maturing women, leaving a huge gap on the fingers of minimalist millenials.

Designing clothes with a story

AT SoFA Design Institute, madness breeds creativity — or is it the other way around? As a culminating activity for the school’s 24 fashion graduates this year, a public exhibition has been set up at Makati’s Power Plant Mall where original, eclectic, and whimsical clothes are on view.