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The highly anticipated BTS performance at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve transformed all of Times Square into what basically looked like a giant BTS concert. The K-pop boy-band performed their songs “Make It Right” and “Boy with Luv.” The group’s devoted fanbase, the ARMY, had the performance trending hours before BTS actually took stage, and turned out in droves both on Twitter and in-person. The band previously made their American television debut at the American Music Awards back in 2017, and have gone on to perform on SNL as well as release songs with Halsey and Charlie XCX. It’s safe to say that we’ll be seeing more of them in 2020. Check out their performance below.

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(This article contains some spoilers for Rose Tico’s role, such that it is, in “Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.” I would say these are not major spoilers.)

One of the weirder things that happened in the wake of “The Last Jedi,” which sparked endless online arguments about its merits, is that a group of nerds who disliked the film decided to take their anger out specifically on Kelly Marie Tran, the actress who plays Rose Tico.

It was a bad time caused by bad people. And yet “The Rise of Skywalker” nonetheless feels very much like parts of the film were constructed specifically to cater to those harassers — and the way it takes Rose, who was a main character in the last movie, and dumps her into a minor background role is Exhibit A.

Now, when Rose was first introduced back in “The Last Jedi,” it wasn’t necessarily the cleanest fit. She spent most of the movie with Finn (John Boyega) going on a side adventure that had no real bearing on the main plot and thus, unlike the characters who were in “The Force Awakens,” never actually got to establish herself as part of the new trilogy’s ensemble. She never got to be part of the group, and thus felt kinda extraneous.

That’s not an unfixable problem. John Boyega promised that the main crew of this new trilogy would spend a lot more time together in “The Rise of Skywalker,” so really all that needed to be done was to include Rose in that crew. After all, extraneous or not she was inarguably one of the film’s main characters and even got to deliver a line of dialogue summing up what amounts to the moral of the story. And at the end of “The Last Jedi,” Rose and Finn have basically become a couple, so it would make sense to bring her along on Finn’s adventures with Poe and Rey.

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Except that doesn’t happen, like at all. In “The Rise of Skywalker,” Rose basically gets the same treatment Jar Jar received in “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith.” Relegating her to a very minor role — barely more than a cameo — the film tries to present her like she was never actually one of the main characters in this new trilogy. And her interactions with Finn suggest nothing more than professional courtesy, an especially weird thing to do considering the last time we saw them, they were kissing.

I can’t pretend to know exactly what the thought process was behind this decision, but there are not all that many reasons why they would push Rose out of frame like this. The big one, as we all know, is that a bunch of freakin’ nerds conducted a months-long harassment campaign that drove Kelly Marie Tran off social media after “The Last Jedi” came out. Actually, that’s the only reason I can think of. That doesn’t mean it is the only possible reason, obviously. “The Rise of Skywalker” is full of shockingly inexplicable creative decisions — we’re talking about a movie with a huge fleet of Death Stars here. But if there’s some other reason why she’s only in a handful of scenes, it’s not something we could ever intuit.

One gets the feeling that “The Rise of Skywalker” is trying to undo the setup provided by “The Last Jedi,” sort of like how that film set out to defy your expectations based on how “The Force Awakens” kicked off the trilogy. Abrams and co. will insist that’s not the case, but Rose serves as pretty solid evidence.

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And that’s annoying! I can understand, in a general sense, criticisms of how her character was handled in “The Last Jedi.” What I can’t understand, in the third movie of a trilogy and ninth movie of a series, is simply refusing the play the cards you’re dealt. You can’t just toss one of the main characters aside just because a couple dozen angry internet nerds didn’t like her in the last movie.

Or I guess you can, since that’s exactly what happened with Rose in “The Rise of Skywalker.” And that’s not great, Bob.

15 Best Stories Ever Told in the 'Star Wars' Universe (Photos)

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  With 40 years of movies, TV shows, comics, video games, novels and reference books, you'd be hard-pressed to ever run out of stories to read about the "Star Wars" universe, past and present. It's a big universe out there, and every story told in it is connected to all the others. Big stories are told as many different smaller ones, and small stories are told as chunks of a bigger picture. 

  These are the best chunks, big or small, in the history of the "Star Wars" universe.

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  15. The Rise of Admiral Daala in the "Jedi Academy Trilogy"

  After "Return of the Jedi" in the version of the "Star Wars" continuity before Disney bought Lucasfilm, the Empire fractured into a bunch of splinter governments led by self-proclaimed rulers who would make up new titles for themselves like "high admiral" or "warlord" while still maintaining the pretense of Imperial legitimacy. Daala (a woman!) decided to try to bring it back together, and eventually was able to do so -- for a short time at least. Her brilliant machinations were a compelling as hell tale, and one of author Kevin J Anderson's only good contributions to "Star Wars" lore.

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  14. The Black Fleet Crisis

  This is not referring to the "Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy" as a whole, since two of the three main narrative arcs in those books are unrelated to the event in "Star Wars" lore known as the Black Fleet Crisis.

  The Crisis is great because it's the sort of cool scifi story that checks a lot of boxes simultaneously. In particular: unknowable alien force you've never heard of, weird galactic political intrigue with lots of backstabs from said alien force, and a grand mystery regarding how those aliens came to power in the first place. It's a really interesting scenario.

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  13. Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice

  The "Star Wars" universe is full of stories about good apprentices going bad and wreaking havoc on the good guys, but we've very rarely gotten the inverse. That made "The Force Unleashed" a really novel experience. You play as Darth Vader's secret apprentice in the years between the original and prequel trilogies. You're a dark side force user and soldier for the Empire who goes rogue in a really epic way.

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  12. "X-Wing Alliance"

  You're Ace, and you work for your family shipping company. You fly a freighter doing pretty boring things, until your dad's sympathies for the Rebel Alliance come back to bite the whole family in the ass. 

  You know how this goes: the Empire brings the hammer down, you join the Rebellion as a fighter pilot. But maybe the entire family isn't on board with facing down the Empire. This is the only "Star Wars" space combat simulator that gives you a personal story, and it turned out to be a great idea.

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  11. Admiral Thrawn

  Not specifically thinking of Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy here, but the story of Thrawn's life as a whole and his lasting legacy in the Expanded Universe. This guy was such a genius that even a decade after his death the plans he'd laid out were threatening to tear apart the fledgling New Republic. His fingerprints are everywhere.

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  10. The Battle of Borleaias

  Late in the "New Jedi Order," famed Rebel hero Wedge Antilles is charged with holding the planet Borleias from the Yuuzhan Vong, and it's one hell of a thing. Massively outgunned, Wedge pulls a whole lot of seat-of-your-pants gambits out of his ass -- and this pair of books, authored by the late fan favorite Aaron Allston, is full of great and witty dialogue of the sort you just never got from other "Star Wars" authors.

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  9. Wedge and Friends Go to Adumar

  As the war against the Empire winds down, Rebel hero Wedge Antilles and pals Tycho, Hobbie and Janso, are sent as diplomats to a newly discovered planet full of people who pretty don't give a shit about anyone who isn't a fighter pilot. If that sounds like a sitcom scenario, that's because it basically is. And it's great,  incessantly funny and very awkward -- a great little side story that's as witty as they get in this universe.

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  8. Wraith Squadron

  The story of the Wraiths, told over three books, is unique among "Star Wars" stories in a lot of ways. It follows famed Rebel pilot Wedge Antilles as he assembles a hybrid starfighter/footsoldier squadron of emotionally unstable washouts -- the idea being that such a group, when given some operational leeway, might approach apparently normal war scenarios in really unpredictable ways, and that's exactly what happens. It's the most human of all the "Star Wars" stories, full of truth.

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  7. The Tale of the Imperial Agent in "The Old Republic"

  Many of the most interesting "Star Wars" stories are those that focus on characters who can't use the Force, and this is one of those. You play as a spy for the Sith Empire (thousands of years before the movies), doing awesome wartime spy stuff. And you get caught up in a galactic conspiracy to destroy both the Republic and Empire -- by a secret society tired of Force-using factions starting all these galaxy-spanning wars. It's a compelling-as-hell hook.

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  6. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Revan

  Thousands of years before the movies, Revan was a Jedi who led the Republic military against invading Mandalorians -- only to turn to the dark side and wage his own war on the Republic, before turning away from the dark and defeating his own armies. That's the very short, very incomplete version. The story of Revan is thoroughly fascinating and ends up lasting hundreds of years across two video games ("Knights of the Old Republic) and a pile of books and comics.

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  5. The Jabba's Palace Heist in "Return of the Jedi"

  It's become clear in the last few years that a lot of folks never really got what Luke, Leia, Lando and Chewie were doing during the first portion of "Return of the Jedi" -- and now we have all these thinkpieces about how it was reckless and haphazard. But no, that shit was an impeccable heist. They had a plan, and they pulled it off flawlessly and in style. 

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  4. The Dark Wars

  This story was told in the video game "Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords" -- a former Jedi who was exiled from the Order returns to known space only to find the Jedi gone from civilization and a pair of mysterious Sith lords wreaking havoc all over. It's a rare "Star Wars" noir story, and it's quite a doozy.

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  3. "Traitor"

  In the '90s the "Star Wars" Expanded Universe got really moralistic and stuffy, and "Traitor" was a total refutation of that approach. It's the darkest "Star Wars" story ever written, but it serves a positive agenda in the end: one that asserts that maybe the Force isn't black and white and the Jedi don't need to stand around wondering about the moral implications of every little thing they do. It was a really great change for storytelling in the EU, and it's nice that it appears "The Last Jedi" might take a similar patch.

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  2. "Star Wars"

  The one that started it all is a silly, not-particularly-well-thought-out movie, but it's tight as hell and covers all the ground it needs to. It establishes a completely new universe so casually, making it feel from the very beginning that this is a real, lived-in place. Everything you need to know about what's going on is right there.

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  1. "The Empire Strikes Back"

  The lesson J.J. Abrams and friends should have learned from "The Empire Strikes Back" widely considered the best "Star Wars" movie, is that you don't make a"Star Wars" movie that stands the test of time by aping previous ones -- you have to go somewhere new. "Empire" functions as a total counter to the first movie, and that's why it's a perfect sequel.

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There are more “Star Wars” stories than even you can imagine, even if you think you can imagine quite a bit. These are the best ones

With 40 years of movies, TV shows, comics, video games, novels and reference books, you'd be hard-pressed to ever run out of stories to read about the "Star Wars" universe, past and present. It's a big universe out there, and every story told in it is connected to all the others. Big stories are told as many different smaller ones, and small stories are told as chunks of a bigger picture. 

These are the best chunks, big or small, in the history of the "Star Wars" universe.

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How to Stream ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’ 2019 - TheWrap

Another new year is nearly upon us, and that means it’s time for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on ABC and the largest New Year’s Eve party on the planet.

Ryan Seacrest and new co-host Lucy Hale will MC the Times Square portion of the festivities in New York beginning at 8 p.m. EST, and the televised party will continue until 1 a.m. But this “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” won’t just stay in New York — the 2019 edition of the long-running show will also feature parties in Los Angeles, hosted once again by Ciara, as well as in New Orleans, which will be hosted by the always entertaining Billy Porter, and in Miami.

All the locations will feature star-studded music performances, with Post Malone headlining the Times Square stage, along with BTS, Alanis Morisette and Sam Hunt. And in New Orleans, meanwhile, we’ll get musical performances by Usher and Sheryl Crow. The Jonas Brothers will be the main event in Miami.

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Ciara’s Los Angeles event will be the most star-studded of them all, with musical performances by Salt-N-Pepa, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Paula Abdul, Kelsea Ballerini, Blanco Brown, Dan + Shay, Green Day, Ava Max, Anthony Ramos and SHAED.

All of this can be viewed either over the air, via any standard satellite or cable television service, streaming on ABC.com or via the ABC app on smart devices and streaming boxes of all sorts — though you’ll need a qualifying TV service login to use those. If you’re in a market in which streaming television services, like AT&T Now or Hulu, carry ABC, you can also sign up for a free 7-day trial and watch that way.

The broadcast won’t be continuous from 8 to 1, though — it will break at 11 p.m. for local news before returning at 11:30 to get ready for the turn of the calendar.

If you’re not in the mood for Ryan Seacrest, you’ll have many other New Year’s celebrations to watch, including “Feliz 2020!” on Univision, which will feature roughly 20 different hosts in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Las Vegas. There’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” on CNN, Fox’s “New Year’s Eve With Steve Harvey: Live From Time Square” and Fox News’ “All-American New Year.” And let’s not forget, of course, the standard Times Square ball drop stream, which will include performances Bebe Rexha, Lovelytheband and dance crew the Lab, which you can stream for free.

This Is Everything Ryan Seacrest Does in a Week (Photos)

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  Now that Ryan Seacrest has added hosting a rebooted "American Idol" to his list of seemingly never-ending jobs, we decided to look at a week in the life of the broadcaster, TV host, producer, philanthropist, fashion designer and dog-lover. 

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  Seacrest has said in interviews that he wakes up around 5 a.m. His radio show, "On Air with Ryan Seacrest," airs at 6 a.m. and goes until 10 a.m. on weekdays.

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  He then heads to the New York studio of "Live With Kelly and Ryan," which airs at 9 a.m. ET (then it's replayed at 9 a.m. PT). 

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  Along with "On Air" and "Live," Seacrest is sure to schedule in workouts for himself. He told GQ that he treats them like executive meetings, but the time can float. 

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  In addition to those shows and his workouts, he also serves on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art board of trustees. Here he is at the LACMA's 50th anniversary party. 

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  Seacrest isn't only in front of the camera. He also produces "E! Live from the Red Carpet," Bravo's "Shah's of Sunset" and CMT's "I Love Kelli Pickler." That's not even to mention that he created and executive produces "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and its spin-offs. 

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  Seacrest has added more to his plate than his new spot on "Live." He's producing "Life of Kylie" on E!, which premieres this summer, and is launching a new skin-care line for men, which will also release this summer. 

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  And he has signed on to reprise hosting duties on ABC's reboot of "American Idol," which is expected to launch in winter 2018.

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  Seacrest's independent production company, Ryan Seacrest Productions, will remain based in Los Angeles despite his move to New York for "Live." Among the many shows produced here is Jennifer Lopez's "Shades of Blue." ABC reports he will travel back to LA on weekends. 

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  Seacrest continues to host "America's Top 40," a radio show that airs on Saturday and Sunday mornings. 

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  All of this on a weekly basis, plus Seacrest's yearly commitments like hosting "New Year's Rockin' Eve" and E!'s live coverage for events like the Grammys, Golden Globes and Oscars. 

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Note: There are major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker below, so consider this your final warning.

To say Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is divisive is the understatement of galaxies near and far-far away — so much so that even one of the major cast members is weighing in.

There has been debate among Star Wars fans about the movie's ambiguous ending, its resurrection of the long-dead Emperor and the lack of screentime for Rose Tico — and, yes, there are romantic squabbles too.

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Fandom has always been divided into those who ship Finn and Rey, those who prefer Rey and Kylo Ren and the much more fun option of Finn and Poe. The Rise of Skywalker seemed to be building towards Finn confessing his feelings for Rey, only for her to share a passionate kiss with Kylo after spending most of the movie fighting against him.

John Boyega rather brazenly pointed out the hypocrisy in The Rise of Skywalker on New Year's Eve (December 31), now that's he officially concluded that hefty Disney contract.

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The actor illustrated a "Star Wars romance" on his Twitter feed, accompanied solely by four photos of Rey and Kylo Ren trying to kill one another in the trilogy.

This brought out the angry Reylo shippers, to whom he sarcastically responded: "Star Wars is a movie, not a documentary."

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Others wondered if he worried about offending co-star Daisy Ridley with his criticism of her character Rey, with Boyega insisting: "Daisy knows she isn’t the character. Lol so tbh she doesn’t give AF."

Boyega is no stranger to criticising the franchise. Earlier this month, he complained that The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson "could have done better" with Finn and Rose.

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It remains to be seen if current director JJ Abrams will respond to his latest criticism…

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is out now.

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Singer Mariah Carey's Twitter account was hacked Tuesday evening, resulting in numerous racist messages before Carey's representatives regained control of the account.

Twitter confirmed that her account had been compromised.

"Confirming the account was hacked. As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the compromised account and are currently investigating the situation," a spokesperson said.

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Screenshots of the now-deleted messages showed several racist slurs from a group that identified itself as the "Chuckling Squad," which also claimed responsibility for hacking Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account earlier this year.

Carey later responded in a tweet, writing, "I take a freaking nap and this happens?"

I take a freaking nap and this happens?

— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) January 1, 2020

Carey has 21.4 million followers, and news of the hack was one of the top trending topics in the U.S. on New Year's Eve.

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Pop diva Mariah Carey, the queen of Christmas, didn't have a nice New Year’s Eve after her Twitter account was hacked on Tuesday.

Variety reported that the hack began at 3:23 p.m. PT, and more than 50 tweets were posted containing vulgarities and the use of the N-word. There were also posts about rapper Eminem.

The last tweet appeared at 3:35 p.m. PT and showed a photo of a shirtless teenager, Billboard reported

Pop diva Mariah Carey, the queen of Christmas, didn’t have a nice New Year’s Eve after her Twitter was hacked on Tuesday.

Carey’s ex-husband, Nick Cannon, and rapper Eminem were engaged in a public feud earlier this month, fighting back and forth in their ongoing diss track battle. Cannon claimed the rapper never dated Carey and insisted that the Detroit native has a drug problem.

The rap feud was initially ignited after Eminem, 47, was featured in a new song claiming he and Carey, 49, "didn't end on a high note," and further claimed that Cannon, 39, was "neutered" by the pop singer.

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The news outlet reported that some of the boorish tweets posted to Carey’s compromised account referred to the Chuckling Squad, a hacker group that was responsible for the August hacking of the account of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

The ill-mannered tweets posted to Dorsey’s account -- posted and deleted within minutes -- included the use of the N-word, other loutish comments and one message claiming there was a bomb at Twitter's headquarters.

Since the hack, all tweets have been erased from Carey's account.

"As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the compromised account and are currently investigating the situation," a Twitter spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.

This week, the music legend broke yet another record.

Earlier this month, Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" hit No. 1 on the charts for the first time since its release 25 years ago, where it has remained since -- the song's run at No. 1 will stretch at least until Jan. 4, 2020, making her the first artist ever to have a No. 1 hit in four different decades.

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Carey's Christmas classic is her 19th No. 1 hit overall, earning her the most No. 1 singles for a solo artist in history.

The 49-year-old singer's first big hit was "Vision of Love" in 1990, which was followed by 13 others before the year 2000. Three hits came in the 2000s before "All I Want for Christmas" would finally hit No. 1 in 2019, stretching into 2020.

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Despite not directly addressing her character Rose Tico’s diminished screen time, Tran does explain how challenging it was to shoot Leia’s scenes with pre-existing footage of the late Carrie Fisher. Some of these scenes even required reshoots. Such details align with co-writer Chris Terrio’s account of how some of Tran’s scenes fell on the cutting room floor due to the delicate nature of repurposing unused Leia footage.

“It’s one thing to sit there, look at that footage and try to react to it, but a lot of the big group scenes felt like they were puzzle pieces if that makes sense,” Tran tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I think there were more reshoots on those scenes, specifically, to just try and make sure all of the performances matched up since she [Carrie Fisher] wasn’t physically there.”

Tran also alludes to some cut footage of Rose during the movie’s concluding battle on the planet of Exegol.

“It was insane to be running across this platform — which I know you only see for a second in the movie — but we shot it so many times,” Tran explains. “I remember having bruises on my knees the next day because we kept running, and then we would fall onto our knees and do some more shooting stuff. I don’t think that’s in the movie…”

In a recent conversation with THR, Tran also discusses the feeling on set during Leia’s emotional death scene, her newfound friendship with co-star Naomi Ackie and the significance of The Last Jedi’s Canto Bight sequence.

Well, you and Naomi (Ackie) seem to be having a good time on this press tour.

(Laughs.) We are having the best time. Naomi is the best.

Since you know what it’s like to be the new castmate in a Star Wars movie, did you reach out to her at the beginning of the process?

Yeah, I did! It must’ve been pretty early into the whole process, but we went for a drink in South Bank, London. We sort of talked about everything, and we have since been really, really good friends. It’s been really wonderful to have another woman of color to experience this whole thing with.

Last night [Dec. 18] was the European premiere in London. How are you feeling as things begin to wind down?

I’m doing great! I feel as if I went to Star Wars college. It was something that I was involved in for the past four years, and it was a wonderful experience. I’ve learned a lot, and now I’m graduating. It’s crazy. We’re all graduating. So, that’s kind of how I’m viewing it.

A year has passed since the events of The Last Jedi, and Rose has climbed the Resistance’s chain of command. Did you create backstory during that missing time period so you could incorporate Rose's added experience into your performance?

I definitely did. I also did that for moments in The Last Jedi where I felt that there were things I wanted to have in my arsenal — both as an actor and in terms of knowledge of my character. But, last time, during Jedi, I had all this backstory, and I later read one of the novels that was based on my character. So, I quickly realized I was completely wrong. So, the answer is yes: I do have a lot of backstory that I made up in between, but I’m pretty sure it’s not canon. (Laughs.)

I’ve heard actors say that the camera can pick up their thoughts. Is that something you’ve noticed at this point, too?

I think that’s definitely true, especially with acting on film. Having a thought changes something in a facial expression or not even a physical movement. Just having a thought changes the eyes in a specific way that helps convey a message.

Does J.J. give much performance direction, or does he trust his actors' judgement for the most part?

I don’t want to speak for every actor; I can only speak to the relationship I have with him personally. I do think it’s a little bit of both. It’s definitely a collaborative process, which I think is the best way to work.

The big Leia moment after she contacts Ben was just crushing. What was that day on set like?

Yeah... (Tran sighs.) I think it was really emotional for everyone. There’s definitely a sort of reverence that comes with knowing you’re in a scene like that. I don’t know how else to convey the feeling that I had on set that day, which is a feeling of wanting to make sure we did justice to that moment and to Leia.

When a heavy scene is on the schedule, a number of actors have told me that there tends to be a lighter feeling on set as a subconscious response to what’s happening that day. Was that also the case here? 

I remember us still being normal humans and kind of joking around about little things. But, we were always still remembering what we were doing. I think that day, for me, was very, very specific, and I won’t forget the feeling of being aware of what we were doing. I think we all knew how many people loved this character and what this moment meant to them. So, we just wanted to honor and respect Leia, but also Carrie.

Compared to most scenes, were the Leia scenes given a lot more time and attention given the circumstances?

Yeah, the one thing that was difficult was that you were acting with footage that was pre-recorded. So, instead of having an actor there and reacting off the actor, you would sometimes look  — in between takes — at how the actor delivered a line and then try to  imagine and react to that. So, it definitely took more time and was a very different experience for me. We probably did a lot more takes for scenes with her than without her.

It’s one thing to sit there, look at that footage and try to react to it, but a lot of the big group scenes felt like they were puzzle pieces if that makes sense. We were trying to use specific moments that they already had, so it definitely took more time. I think there were more reshoots on those scenes, specifically, to just try and make sure all of the performances matched up since she wasn’t physically there.

Rose gives Snap a bit of a hard time for his lack of optimism. Where was her head at during that moment?

(Laughs.) As she did in The Last Jedi, she always had this vision of hope and faith in a cause, while also knowing what they were up against. Seeing that the Resistance is in this dire place, I think she maintains that in that moment.

When you’re shooting those big Resistance pep talks, do they ever get you genuinely pumped up?

(Laughs.) Honestly, those big Resistance scenes where everyone has one line are really hard. I think we shot that scene so many times because we couldn’t figure out the puzzle pieces of what Leia was going to say and what everyone else was going to say to fit around it. I think there is an air of feeling like you’re pumped up, but we’re really just spending most of the time trying to get it right.

Was the Battle of Exegol the most organized chaos you’ve experienced on a set?

Yeah, it was probably one of the biggest sets I had ever been on. It was incredible to see what the stunt teams did. It was also insane to be running across this platform — which I know you only see for a second in the movie — but we shot it so many times. I remember having bruises on my knees the next day because we kept running and then we would fall onto our knees and do some more shooting stuff. I don’t think that’s in the movie. It was definitely organized chaos as stormtroopers were flying, people were on horses… It was pretty insane.

Chewie had the honor of hugging Rose as everyone was celebrating back at the base. I assume that wasn’t your last day of shooting?

No, it wasn’t my last day of shooting. I think my last day of shooting was me doing one of those group-type scenes, but the Chewie moment was a really fun moment. Lin-Manuel Miranda was also in that moment, so that was cool.

Is it even possible to get sick of hugging Chewie?

(Laughs.) No, it’s so fun! Joonas (Suotamo) is the best.

What was going through your head on your actual last day?

I remember feeling very happy and sad if that makes sense. It was sort of this in between emotion of being grateful to be a part of this thing that’s much bigger than me and also feeling sad that it’s over. So, there were a lot of emotions that day.

Out of curiosity, were you ever gifted Rose’s crescent moon necklace?

I was not, but I am waiting... (Laughs.)

Rose’s quote, “That’s how we’re gonna win. Not fighting what we hate. Saving what we love,” has transcended The Last Jedi since it's quite relevant to our own world. I’ve also come across it a few times in contexts that are unrelated to Star Wars. Has it made its way to you in unexpected places or moments?

Yeah, it definitely has. I don’t want to get too political, but at the Women’s March, I saw people holding posters of that quote with photos. So, it was pretty special.

I get very defensive over Canto Bight because its subtext is essential to this story and these characters. While exploring a revolting and rarely seen side of the war, Rose got the chance to become a hero like her sister, Paige, and she even opened Finn’s eyes to the point where he finally stopped running and became a Resistance fighter. Was the subtext of Canto Bight just as impactful for you?

Yes, absolutely. For me, that whole moment of really seeing the people who are profiting off of other people’s suffering and oppression is really relevant in the world today. Like you said, it hadn’t really been addressed, and I think it’s a really beautiful moment. Rian Johnson is a genius.

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Netflix lists 2019's most popular movies, TV shows and docs - SFGate

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What was the most popular title streamed on Netflix this year?

Odds are, you wouldn't guess it features Adam Sandler, but the goofball king of the '90s and surprise Oscar contender for "Uncut Gems" happens to star in what Netflix is calling its most popular title of 2019: "Murder Mystery."

RELATED: The best 25 films of 2019, according to 25 critics' top 10 lists

The streaming service just tweeted out eight lists showing its most popular titles across genres ranging from TV to stand-up specials. The lists weren't decided by overall streams throughout the year, but rather the number of households to stream a title in the first 28 days after its release. Although that admittedly skews the results towards shows and films with rabid followings over slow burners, it's still an interesting window into the viewing habits on the world's most popular streaming service.

TV fans won't be shocked to learn that season three of "Stranger Things" topped the charts, but may be interested to learn that "The Witcher" and "The Umbrella Academy" came in second and third. The documentary list may be the most useful for open-minded viewers (and true crime buffs), with the Ted Bundy doc coming in at the top, followed by "Our Planet" and "FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened."

Scroll through the above slideshow to see the top 10s in the movie, television and documentary categories.

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Dan Gentile is a digital editor at SFGATE. Email: Dan.Gentile@sfgate.com | Twitter: @Dannosphere

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Mariah Carey's Twitter account appears to have been hacked - CNN

On New Year's Eve, Carey's Twitter account appeared to have been hacked -- posting dozens of offensive, racist and lewd tweets, including the N-word and sexual comments about rapper Eminem.

The tweets were deleted by the evening. Some mentioned the "Chuckling Squad," which is the same hacker collective blamed for targeting YouTubers and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in the past.

CNN has called and emailed Carey's representatives for comment.

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Kevin Spacey Settles Sexual Assault Suit With Late Accuser’s Estate - Variety

Kevin Spacey has settled a lawsuit with the estate of a man who had accused him of sexual assault, following the accuser’s death in September.

The accuser, a massage therapist, had alleged that Spacey forced him to grab his genitals and tried to kiss him during a session in Malibu in October 2016. Spacey denied the allegation.

A trial was set to take place in federal court in June 2020, but the accuser died, reportedly of cancer, on Sept. 6.

The accuser’s estate filed a notice dismissing the lawsuit on Monday. Each side agreed to pay their own costs. Any other terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department had investigated the man’s allegations and forwarded the case to the district attorney’s office. After the accuser died, prosecutors announced they would not bring charges in the matter.

The plaintiff’s attorneys had intended to call two other massage therapists who would also claim that they were assaulted by Spacey. All three massage therapists did not want to be publicly identified.

Spacey had faced a separate criminal charge in Nantucket, stemming from an alleged groping of a busboy. That case was dropped in July, however, after the accuser in that case invoked his Fifth Amendment privileges during an evidentiary hearing. Spacey’s attorneys had accused the man and his mother of tampering with text messages used as evidence in the case. That accuser also dropped a civil suit.

Last week, Spacey released a video in which he portrayed Frank Underwood, his character from “House of Cards.”

“You didn’t really think I was going to miss the opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas, did you?” he asked.

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The Global Video Storage Solutions Market is Forecast to Grow to USD 17.5 Billion By 2024, at a CAGR of 18.1% During 2019?2024 - PRNewswire

DUBLIN, Dec. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Video Surveillance Storage Market by Product (SAN, NAS, DAS, and video recorders), Storage Media, Enterprise Size, Application (Commercial, City Surveillance, Industrial), Deployment Mode, Vertical (Education, BFSI), and Region - Global Forecast to 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Major growth factors for the market include the adoption of IP cameras and demand for video surveillance and its storage to secure public places. On the other hand, the low awareness of the availability of storage technologies and systems may restrain market growth of the VSS market.

The VSS market by application is segmented into commercial, defense/military, city surveillance, and industrial. The city surveillance segment is expected to hold the largest market size and highest growth rate during the forecast period. The city surveillance application helps in monitoring traffic, preventing criminal activities at public places, and monitoring suspicious activities at public places. The public places include airports, railway stations, seaports, theaters, playgrounds, and institutes. For monitoring cities, a large number of high-resolution cameras are installed. These high-resolution cameras demand scalable storage that supports the increasing demand for storing video surveillance footages.

By vertical, the VSS market is segmented into government and defense, education, BFSI, transportation and logistics, healthcare and pharmaceutical, manufacturing, media and entertainment, retail, and others (IT and telecommunications, legal, and construction). Among these verticals, the healthcare and pharmaceutical vertical is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. Hospital administrators are relying more on video surveillance to protect from false claims against nurses, physicians, and staff. More cameras are being installed to increase viewing areas so that a complete picture of patient-staff interaction can be captured. This contributes to the growth of the VSS market.

The VSS market by region covers North America, Europe, APAC, MEA, and Latin America. APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period, owing to the rapid deployment of VSS solutions for monitoring city traffic and investigating crime scenes, and storing the video surveillance footage either on-premises or in cloud. Major APAC countries such as China, Australia, India, and New Zealand are expected to record high growth rates in this market. The companies such as NetApp, Dell, Cisco, and IBM are expanding their cloud-based storage business in the region due to the availability of IT infrastructure.

Key Topics Covered:

• Market Overview and Industry TrendsVideo Surveillance Storage Market, By Product
• Video Surveillance Storage Market, By Storage Media
• Video Surveillance Storage Market, By Deployment Mode
• Video Surveillance Storage Market, By Enterprise Size
• Video Surveillance Storage Market, By Application
• Video Surveillance Storage Market, By Vertical
• Video Surveillance Storage Market, By Region
• Competitive Landscape
  

Company Profiles 

• Avigilon
• Bcdvideo
• Bosch
• Cisco
• Cloudian
• Dell EMC
• Fujitsu
• Hitachi
• Honeywell
• Infortrend
• Micron Technology
• NetApp
• Nexsan
• Quantum
• Raidix
• Rasilient Systems
• Right-To-Win
• Schneider Electric
• Seagate
• Spectra Logic
• Western Digital

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