Sometimes, you just want to be unbelievably petty in service of your favorite micro-chain.

This, it seems, was the thinking of Fraser Harvey when he declared his undying love for a neighborhood coffeeshop by plastering a poster of his face on the cafe’s wall. However, as The Guardian reports, this man with time to kill had no inkling of the feud he was about to ignite. 

“The cafe near work doesn’t have a loyalty program so I made one for them,” tweeted Harvey along with a picture of a poster he affixed to the walls of the Sensory Lab cafe in Melbourne. 

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“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” Those words, spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars about Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine, have passed into legend. They heralded the arrival of arguably the movie’s most iconic moments, the scenes where it mutates into a Sergio Leone-loving Space Western. Few remember what Kenobi said next: “We must be cautious.”

And cautious is exactly what the Star Wars franchise has been since then, returning to the Mos Eisley template fewer times than you might think. Mos Espa, the Tatooine spaceport in The Phantom Menace, offered pratfalls and podracing rather than tense Western standoffsThe Force Awakens and Rogue One had their desert planet moments, but both focused on those planets’ stormtrooper occupations at the expense of the scum-and-villainy underbelly. The first Star Wars movie to go full Space Western, Solo, was also the first Star Wars movie not to make its budget back at the box office.  Read more…

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If you weren’t already dancing on top of a table singing about how much you secretly love the cello, you’re gonna be. 

On Friday, Disney+ debuted the first trailer for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. HSMTMTS (a mouthful) is a return to form for the franchise, with Season 1 telling the will-they-won’t-they love story of East High juniors Ricky (Joshua Bassett) and Nini (Olivia Rodrigo). 

When Nini returns home from summer camp with a new boyfriend (Matt Cornett), Ricky will do anything to win over her affection — including, you guessed it, starring alongside her in the school’s stage rendition of Disney’s High School Musical.  Read more…

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Crank up the cantina song and pour the blue milk — Ewan McGregor is making his return as Obi-Wan Kenobi. 

Confirmed Friday at Disney’s D23 Expo, the Star Wars veteran is set to reprise his role as the iconic Jedi Knight in an Obi-Wan centric series for Disney+. The not-yet-titled project reportedly began as plans for a film spin-off in 2017, but was later used as the basis for the streaming service’s third televised Star Wars property. 

The Obi-Wan series joins Disney+’s confirmed plans for The Mandalorian and an untitled prequel to Rogue One, both already in production.

“We have all the scripts written, we are going to start filming next year, and we are so excited to get started,” noted Lucas Films president Kathleen Kennedy. Read more…

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Holy smokes, it’s finally here.

At D23 Expo Friday, Disney unveiled a trailer for The Mandalorian, the first-ever live-action Star Wars series — and one of the first-ever original shows for their streaming service, Disney+.

Created by Jon Favreau, the series is set between Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens and follows “a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy.” 

Pedro Pascal stars alongside Gina Carano, Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Nick Nolte, and Werner Herzog. The first season, consisting of eight episodes, hits Disney+ November 12. Read more…

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Fans of Disney’s remake wave, rejoice! Lady and the Tramp finally has a trailer — and it is unspeakably charming.

Starring Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux, the Disney+ film chronicles the musical romance of two dogs living in the big city. Sam Elliott, Ashley Jensen, Benedict Wong, and Janelle Monáe join the canine cast, with Monáe composing a new version of “He’s A Tramp” for the remake. 

How the plot will change from the 1955 original remains to be seen, and no word yet on how director Charlie Bean got live dogs to politely share a plate of spaghetti.

Lady and the Tramp premieres on Disney+ Nov. 12.  Read more…

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The Disney+ side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe just keeps growing.

At D23 Friday, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced three new series coming to the service: Moon Knight, She-Hulk, and (as previously reported) Ms. Marvel.

Moon Knight will be an action-adventure series about Marc Spector, who is left for dead in the Egyptian desert. Per Feige, while there, he encounters the Moon God, who leaves him with superpowers… or maybe he just starts harboring delusions. 

She-Hulk is about Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who gains certain superpowers. “Bruce Banner is no longer the only Hulk in the MCU,” said Feige, who described the series as “unlike anything we’ve done before.” Read more…

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Your favorite Disney Channel sitcom is making a comeback. 

Announced Friday as part of Disney’s D23 Expo, Lizzie McGuire will return with a sequel series made exclusively for Disney+. Hilary Duff will reprise her role as Lizzie, supported by original series’ creator Terri MinskyDeadline first broke the news.

 “It is so great to be home,” Duff said of the reprisal. “The good news is just like me and everybody who loved her, Lizzie grew up. She’s older and wiser and has a much bigger shoe budget.”  Read more…

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Kamala Khan, welcome to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

At D23 Friday, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige shared that a live-action Ms. Marvel series will be coming to Disney+. “And then you will see her in our films,” he added. 

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Bisha K. Ali (Four Weddings and a Funeral) will serve as writer and showrunner.

Though the Ms. Marvel moniker has been used by various characters over the years — originating with Carol Danvers in 1977, back in the days before she was Captain Marvel — the new series will focus on the most recent Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan.

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Taylor Nicole Dean, a vlogger who went viral two years ago for the video “All My Pets,” returned to YouTube to discuss her heroin addiction, her recovery, and leaving an abusive relationship with a man 10 years older than she is. 

Dean was the subject of a Reply All episode that dove into how she became one of the most popular creators on PetTube, the YouTube niche of exotic animal care. The episode raised concerns about her relationship with musician Jonny Craig, the 33-year-old frontman for the band Slaves. Dean is 22. Over the past year, YouTube gossip forums also voiced concerns about Dean’s ability to take care of animals, and pointed out track marks in photos and videos she posted.  Read more…

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