Sean Astin is recounting the hard time he received from his colleagues while filming The Lord of the Rings trilogy in what sounds like some bouts of gentle roasting. But the jabs at Astin’s expense may have actually been for the sake of the filmmaking, it turns out. Recommended Videos During a recent Q&A panel he co-hosted with co-star Elijah Wood at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon, Astin joked that the film projects he likes best were the ones where he was “really skinny.

Premiering on November 1, the inaugural season of Love Island Games came and went in a flash, bringing together fan-favorite islanders from international iterations of Love Island — from Love Island: USA to Love Island: UK to Love Island: Australia and beyond — for a series unlike anything viewers have seen before. Recommended Videos With familiar faces like Deb Chubb, Justine Ndiba, Imani Wheeler, and more hitting the villa for a second time, we simply could not get enough of the cast for the inaugural season of Love Island Games, however, one islander was arguably the most notable of them all — the one and only Cely Vazquez from season 2 of Love Island: USA.

It’s pretty clear by now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi were the products of two different visions, with Rian Johnson’s sequel taking the saga on a divisive path after J.J. Abrams’ trilogy-starter played things relatively safe. Nonetheless, the internet has a habit of going a little overboard in its narratives, and while Johnson gets a lot of flak for his surprising depiction of later-years Luke, a new Twitter thread makes the case that the filmmaker’s plan for the character wasn’t that drastic a diversion from what Abrams had in mind.

Recommended Videos Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne will be playing a minor role in Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming film Maleficent. The young girl will play Princess Aurora, the same character that Elle Fanning is set to play. Of course, Vivienne will play the character at a younger age in the film, which is currently scheduled for release in 2014. For those who don’t know, Maleficent focuses on the story and origins of Sleeping Beauty’s villain, the title character of the new live-action film and self-described “Mistress of All Evil,” who curses Princess Aurora in the iconic 1959 Disney movie.

Megan Thee Stallion has been embroiled in a nasty beef with Nicki Minaj; to the point where people’s mothers have been involved. While not much can justify the toxic tit-for-tat that the rapper pair have been participating in, it’s sometimes useful in times like these to look to the stars. Take it from this writer, who often explains away the chaotic mess of his bedroom by blaming it on his Sagittarius placements (they are notoriously unorganized, after all).