LOS ANGELES – Late Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher was honoured with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Thursday, in a ceremony overshadowed by a bitter feud among her family. Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the highest-grossing sci-fi film franchise of all time,...
“The truth of my mom’s very complicated relationship with her family is only known by me and those who were actually close to her,” she wrote in American entertainment magazine The Hollywood Reporter.A campaign to obtain a star for Carrie Fisher had been running for years, with fans complaining that her male co-stars Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford have long had their own honours.
Hamill, who played Fisher’s twin brother Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films, paid tribute to “my beloved space twin” at Thursday’s ceremony, where Star Wars characters R2-D2, C3PO and a Stormtrooper were in attendance.May the Fourth – the date chosen for Fisher’s ceremony – is celebrated each year by Star Wars fans, in a twist on the films’ oft-repeated mantra “May the Force be with you”.
Fisher, whose first screen role came as a teenager in late director Hal Ashby’s satire Shampoo , played Leia in six movies, beginning with Star Wars . She appeared posthumously in Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker . Fisher joins over 2,000 of the biggest names of film, television and music who have stars embedded in the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard and its surrounding streets.
These include her parents – singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, who died a day after her – as well as American actress Connie Stevens, the ex-wife of Eddie Fisher and the mother of Joely and Tricia Leigh. - AFP
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
On 'Star Wars' day, Carrie Fisher receives posthumous star on Walk of FameLOS ANGELES : May the 4th, the annual unofficial 'Star Wars' day, was bittersweet for fans in Hollywood as Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher, who died at age 60 in 2016, received a posthumous star on the Walk of Fame on Thursday.Along with a large group of fans, 'Star Wars' droids R2-D2 and C-3PO and a
Read more »
This May the Fourth, Carrie Fisher gets Walk of Fame starFisher played Leia Organa in the Star Wars franchise.
Read more »
Carrie Fisher's brother Todd rubbishes Billie Lourd's claims that siblings capitalised on sister's deathTodd Fisher has rubbished Billie Lourd's claim that the late Carrie Fisher's siblings capitalised on her death. The late Star Wars legend — who died in December 2016 aged 60 — will be honoured with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 4, Star Wars Day, and her daughter hit back after Todd expressed his dismay at...
Read more »
Bill Hader stopped signing autographs after a messed-up encounter with Star Wars fanThe Barry star Bill Hader was the voice consultant for the BB-8 character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Read more »
Actress Carrie Wong meets Michelle Yeoh, Jared Leto at Met Gala after-partyNEW YORK – Local actress Carrie Wong met a dazzling number of stars on her recent trip to New York, which included a coveted invitation to a Met Gala after-party. On Tuesday, the day after the glamorous event, Wong, 29, shared a series of photos with stars such as actress...
Read more »
Star swallows planet in first glimpse of Earth's likely endScientists said on Wednesday (May 3) that they have observed a dying star swallowing a planet for the first time, offering a preview of Earth's expected fate in around five billion years. But when the Sun finally does engulf Earth, it will cause only a 'tiny perturba
Read more »