An Ignoble Experiment: 'Star Wars' Director J.J. Abrams Reveals New Creature

2014/05/22

'Star Wars' Director J.J. Abrams Reveals New Creature

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'Star Wars' director J.J. Abrams reveals new creature, offers chance to win movie role

The Force is with "Star Wars" fans today. Not only did director J.J. Abrams offer them a chance to win a walk-on role in "Episode VII," he also gave them a sneak peek at one of that movie's creatures. In a YouTube video shot on the movie's Abu Dhabi set (which could pass for Tatooine...), Abrams stands amidst tents and equipment as he explains the contest for a walk-on part in the movie.

Mike Myers recalls Kanye's Katrina rant: 'I'm very proud to have been next to him'

Nearly 9 years have passed since "Austin Powers" star Mike Myers was dragged into a viral moment with Kanye West, who infamously ranted in a 2005 televised fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina aid that then-president George W. Bush "doesn't care about black people." In an eye-opening interview with GQ this month, Myers says he agreed with the spirit of West's off-script tirade — even though the rapper himself later apologized when Bush called the accusation "one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency.

Reese Witherspoon plays a cop in arresting images from new film set

Reese Witherspoon fought the law and the law won in a much-publicized arrest for disorderly conduct in Atlanta last year. Now the Oscar-winning actress is dressing the part of the police, and taking matters into her own hands on the set of her new film.

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