Funnyman Seth Rogen was left stunned by a recent encounter with his moviemaking hero George Lucas because the "Star Wars" director spent 20 minutes telling him the world would end in 2012.

Rogen was left speechless when Lucas and Steven Spielberg joined a movie meeting he was a part of - but the encounter has left him worried his life will be over next year.

He recalls, "George Lucas sits down and seriously proceeds to talk for around 25 minutes about how he thinks the world is gonna end in the year 2012, like, for real. He thinks it.

"He's going on about the tectonic plates and all the ...

Iconic films including The Empire Strikes Back, The Exorcist and Saturday Night Fever are to be preserved as American national treasures with an induction into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.

Twenty five films have been selected to be stored in the national archives as part of an annual drive to preserve movies with artistic, cultural or historical significance.

George Lucas' 1980 sci-fi sequel is among the 2010 inductees and will join the Star Wars film in the archive, while Saturday Night Fever, starring a disco-dancing John Travolta, horror classic The Exorcist, and ...

Oprah Winfrey and pal Tyler Perry have stormed to the top of Forbes magazine's end-of-year rich list.

Oprah takes the top spot on the newly-released Hollywood's 20 Highest-Earning of 2010 with an estimated $315 million windfall, while filmmaker Perry comes in third with $125 million.

The success of "Avatar" puts pioneering director James Cameron in second place with an estimated $210 million 2010 haul, while his peers Steven Spielberg, Jerry Bruckheimer, George Lucas and Michael Bay also make the top 10.

The highest musician on the list is Beyonce, who lands ahead of Lady Gaga and Britne...

George Lucas banned Carrie Fisher from wearing a bra while shooting her role in the Star Wars films.

The actress found fame playing Princess Leia in the phenomenally successful movie series, which gained her legions of loyal fans. Fisher now reveals she was ordered to ditch her bra on set to ensure the shoot stayed true to life.

She tells the New York Daily News, "Whatever I would have put on (underneath the costume) would have shown through. It was very fine material."

"I asked George to explain it to me and he said, 'When you go into space, you're weightless and then your body expan...

Since her intense breakout role in 1994’s “The Professional,” Natalie Portman has been one of the most respected and versatile actors working in Hollywood. Her filmography spans over 15 years but is as impressive and solid as Audrey Hepburn’s or Meryl Streep’s, two actresses to whom she has rightfully been compared.

It makes sense that Portman has become one of the most talented performers in Hollywood considering the amazing list of directors with whom she’s worked:

Luc Besson (“The Professional”)

Michael Mann (“Heat”)

Ted Demme (“Beautiful Girls”)

Woody Allen (“Everyone Says I Love Y...

George Lucas has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a technology company for allegedly hijacking a "Star Wars" reference to market 'mind control' products.

Lawyers representing the sci-fi franchise's creator fired off a cease-and-desist letter to bosses at Jedi Mind Inc. in May last year, demanding they stop using the name of Star Wars' famous mystical space age knights.

The head of the company, which makes futuristic computer headsets that use brain waves to run software applications, allegedly agreed to phase out the Jedi Mind trademarks, but representatives for the movie gian...

Shia LaBeouf is set to swing back into action in the fifth "Indiana Jones" installment - the actor has confirmed he's in talks to return to the franchise.

Harrison Ford reprised his role as the heroic archaeologist in 2008's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which hit cinemas nearly 20 years after 1989's "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

Ford has since confirmed movie bosses Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are working on a follow-up, but he's adamant he will only sign up if he likes the story.

And now LaBeouf, who played Jones' son Mutt in the latest film, is lo...

Former America's Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry endured a nightmare end to her weekend after accusing a "drunk pervert" of molesting her at a Star Wars convention in Orlando, Florida.

The brunette beauty, a self-confessed fan of the sci-fi franchise, was among the hundreds of devotees who flocked to the Star Wars Celebration V event on Saturday, where creator George Lucas unveiled a never-before-seen clip from Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.

However Curry, who attended in a skimpy costume, claims her celebrations came to an abrupt end after an unknown man reached up her ...

Star Wars actor David Prowse has been banned from attending any events connected to the sci-fi franchise after reportedly "annoying" creator George Lucas.

The star, who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, reportedly fell out with Lucas when the filmmaker used another actor when the iconic character was unmasked.

Prowse has also been accused of leaking plots relating to Vader's death, while the actor alleges he has not been paid a fair share of profit from the films.

The 75 year old, who has recently beaten pancreatic cancer, has been told he cannot attend any "Lucas...

As an entertainment journalist, I’ve interviewed Harrison Ford four times and never heard him talk about Star Wars. For 30 years, he saved that for charity. Now, George Lucas sponsored the Empire Gives Back initiative, where anniversary screenings of the second film in the saga would be screened for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

In Los Angeles, Ford attended the screening on May 19 and participated in a Q&A for the audience. That particular show raised $40,000 for St. Jude’s. “I want to thank you all for being here and I want to thank George for his generous impulse,” Ford said. “...

Last night Lucasfilm held a special one-night-only charity screening of "The Empire Strikes Back" to celebrate the film's 30th Anniversary. The charity showing benefited the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and a handful of the film's stars, including Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams and Peter Mayhew were in attendance. Also at the event was Ewan McGregor, star of the three "Star Wars" prequel films.

Collider.com's Steve Weintraub reported that the film wasn't the original version, but a digitalized copy of the 1997 Special Edition "without the Luke scream."

"If you're a Star Wars f...

Actor Seth Green has married actress Clare Grant in a private ceremony.

The Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery star exchanged vows with his bride at filmmaker George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in Nicasio, California on Saturday, reports JustJared.com.

Green's pal 'Weird Al' Yankovic congratulated the newlyweds with a post on Twitter.com: "Just watched my buddy Seth Green get married. Beautiful wedding. Much love to him and his lovely bride Clare."

Green began dating the blonde beauty in 2008 and proposed to her on New Year's Eve.

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George Lucas celebrates the 30th anniversary of his landmark sequel by opening his vault of rare and never-before-seen photos for an upcoming book, and this week's issue has the exclusive excerpt. Star Wars hit theaters on May 25, 1977, and it was unlike anything anyone had ever seen. However, when most Star Wars aficionados go back to watch their favorite installment from the franchise it is not the original film, but its follow-up, The Empire Strikes Back, that fans gravitate towards. EW explains why The Empire Strikes Back remains the ultimate Star Wars film.

The book also has great ...

Star Wars director George Lucas is expanding the sci-fi adventure franchise to give cult fans a laugh - he's planning an animated sitcom for TV.

The filmmaker is taking a backseat to Back at the Barnyard's Todd Grimes, who will direct the comedy series for Lucasfilm. According to a statement from the production company, the show will "look at the saga's characters with a playful and irreverent tone".

Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich will work as creative consultants on the project, while Brendan Hay of TV comedy the Daily Show has signed on as head writer.

Produ...

As audiences get set for the update of "Clash of the Titans," many hardcore fans of the classic fantasy film are letting loose with that familiar cry of heresy. Sure, digital effects can look more "real" than the rubber and clay monsters created by legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen for the 1981 original, but better? "Better" is a subjective term.

Ask "Star Wars" geeks which Yoda they prefer. When Luke Skywalker landed on Dagobah in 1981's "The Empire Strikes Back," the Yoda he encountered was a foam and latex puppet, voiced and manipulated by Frank Oz. The "real" Jedi Master ...

Friday I caught Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese's latest collaboration "Shutter Island." I was not blown away by it, but I did not think it was a terrible movie either. Since I have not read the novel on which it is based, I'm at a bit of a disadvantage to comment on whether it was a faithful adaptation; however as a thriller it kept me guessing for most of the film.

It does a good job of planting the seeds of doubt and conspiracy with you, as you start to piece together a series of bizarre dreams DiCaprio's character experiences. The most annoying aspect of the movie I thought ...

George Lucas and Martin Scorsese have paid tribute to beloved British producer Gareth Wigan, who died on Saturday aged 78.

Wigan was credited with steering the success of the first Star Wars in 1977, after serving as a production executive on the sci-fi movie.

He subsequently worked on other films including All That Jazz in 1979 and Alien in the same year, before he was appointed co-vice chairman of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group in the 1990s.

And his death in Los Angeles after a brief illness has shocked Star Wars creator Lucas, who will "always be grateful" for Wiga...

George Lucas has lost a copyright battle with a prop maker over a collection of replica helmets from the Star Wars films.

The director's company, Lucasfilm, sued British businessman Andrew Ainsworth, who created the original Stormtrooper helmets for the 1976 sci-fi epic, after he began selling replicas made from the original mould used for the hit movies.

Officials at Lucasfilm filed a $20 million lawsuit against Ainsworth in the U.S., which successfully blocked the sale of the helmets, and had hoped for the same ruling in Britain.

However, the U.K.'s Court of Appeal dismissed t...

I'm pretty much a vampire virgin. Any cuts on my neck came from bad shave jobs, not the teeth of a pale, blood-seeking eternal being. I just don't get this sudden vampire craze that's seducing the nation. I've never read "Twilight" (really, sparkling guys are considered sexy?) or an Anne Rice novel. I'm not quite sure what a Sookie Stackhouse or Lycan is, and the last vampire movie I saw in theaters was Mel Brooks' misguided 1995 farce "Dracula: Dead and Loving It."

Clearly I'm missing out on something, and if I want to maintain my position as a knowledgeable pop culture enthusiast I de...

Nicole Kidman kisses her husband, singer Keith Urban, as they attend the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 7. See more photos after the jump!

Lady Gaga is seen during her appearance at IFA, the world's largest trade fair for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances, in Berlin, on Monday, Sept. 7.

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Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso arrive for the screening of the film The Informant at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, I...

Watch as Jimmy Fallon visits San Diego Comic Con and pitches his idea for a superhero character, "The Recharger"; Awesome Parkour tricks, Winner of one of Comic Con's prestigious Star Wars fan film awards; The Light Cycle from the upcoming Tron sequel is revealed; and Cameron Diaz lets the cat out of The Box about her new film. Whoops. There's also a trio of videos for Hot Chelle Rae's single "I Like To Dance". The band is giving the single away for free on their site (link below). Check 'em all out!

Jimmy goes to Comic-Con to pitch his superhero character, "The Recharger."

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Forbes recently compiled a list of Hollywood's highest-paid men, which includes top-earning producers, actors, writers, musicians, and talking heads.

Check out the 15 biggest earners in Hollywood:

George Lucas: $170 million

Steven Spielberg: $150 million

Jerry Bruckheimer: $100 million

Jerry Seinfeld: $85 million

Phil McGraw: $80 million

Tyler Perry: $75 million

Dick Wolf: $75 million

Simon Cowell: $75 million

Bruce Springsteen: $70 million

Howard Stern: $70 million

Harrison Ford: $65 million

Kenny Chesney: $65 million

James Patterson: $60 million

Adam Sandler: $55 mill...

Making the transition from adolescence into adulthood is a critical phase in an individual's life. This coming-of-age period, which has been coined "emerging adulthood" by Clark University research professor, Dr. Jeffrey Arnett, is characterized by identity exploration, self-focus, instability, a belief in boundless possibilities, and feeling in-between. According to Arnett's theory, in industrialized societies the types of experiences that people have who are in their late teens to mid-20's have changed dramatically over the past 50 years. Instead of being quick to make that walk down the ...

The original Star Wars film has topped a new online poll to find the best science fiction movie of all time.

The 1977 George Lucas movie, starring Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, was closely followed by the franchise's second film, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in a survey carried out by Moviefone.

Battlefield Earth, the 2000 John Travolta film about a group of humans fighting extinction by a race of aliens, was voted the worst sci-fi movie in the poll.

The top five sci-fi films of all time is:

1. S...

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Two weeks ago, Trekkies in Austin were treated to the thrill of a lifetime when, during a screening of The Wrath of Khan at the Alamo Theater, Leonard Nimoy walked onstage and offered to show them the brand-new upcoming Star Trek in its entirety. The reviews that came from this advance preview were, well, explosive, leaving Twitter a melted puddle of geek fangasm, and the rest of the internet collectively quivering in anticipation. Now, early reviews are starting to come in from various publications, including the UK's Daily Mail, which said "[Star Trek] is not only by far the best of the 1...

Zac Efron is keen to bring Luke Skywalker to the small screen after toying around with Star Wars props at George Lucas' California mansion. The High School Musical star filmed scenes for his new movie 17 Again at Lucas' museum-like home, Skywalker Ranch, and now he's begging the movie mogul for a leading role in his Star Wars TV series.

Efron tells MovieHole.net, "There were real stormtrooper outfits, real memorabilia from the movie. There were a lot of valuable things we were wrecking in that house. That element, that nerd part of the film, is right up my alley. I was so at home in th...

On we move to the Sweet 16! Cast your votes for your favorite celebs in this third round of action in Starpulse's first annual "Celebrity Madness" tournament! With rounds one & two over, you've narrowed the field of 64 down to 16 and we've got 16 more matchups for you to vote on in both our men's and women's brackets!

For this round there will be two parts with eight matchups in each, four women's matches and four men's.

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Cast your votes for your favorite celebs in Round 2 of Starpulse.com's first annual "Celebrity Madness" tournament! With round one over, you've narrowed the field of 64 down to 32 and we've got 16 more matchups for you to vote on in both our men's and women's brackets!

Round 2 will consist of four parts with eight matchups in each one for you to vote on. Links to both men's and women's below.

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Cast your votes for your favorite male & female celebrities in Starpulse.com's First Annual "Celebrity March Madness" showdown! In the spirit of the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments, we bring you two celebrity tournaments throughout the month of March that will determine the number one male and female celebrity - chosen by YOU!

All you have to do is cast your vote in the poll under the picture for one of the two celebs in each matchup! At the end of the round, we'll tally the votes and get the next round underway. There's even a bracket (updated after each round) with all ...