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Carrie Fisher, better known to the metal-bikini enthusiasts among us as Princess Leia of Star Wars fame, writes in her recent memoir “Wishful Drinking” about her experience and struggles with drug use and bipolar disorder. One of the most memorable parts of the book happens around page 10, when Fisher first learns that bipolar disorder is the reason why most of her adult life has been so, as she puts it, “f*cked up.” The doctor, upon breaking the news, easily rattles off a list of other famous...
...revealed Patridge as an aspiring actress; arguably her one-line role in “Sorority Row” is not a great step toward achieving that goal. In another all-too-brief appearance, Carrie Fisher manages to imbue her role as Theta Pi housemother with Princess Leia-like badassery. Most disappointing is Rumer Willis (daughter of Bruce and Demi), who essentially reprises her role as the nerdy, slightly excluded co-ed she played in “The House Bunny”—a sorority film just as horrifying as this one. Like many of the film?...
...expect the hologram scene from Star Wars where Princess Leia appears to ask, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi." The Pentagon is still looking for the right technique and technology - at the right price. The parameters are simple: lonely kids should be able to "boot up" Dad or Mom on their home computer. "The child should be able to have a simulated conversation with a parent about generic, everyday topics," reads the Defense Department's solicitation seeking companies to develop the concept. "For instance, a child may get a response from saying 'I love you,' or 'I miss you,' or 'Good...
...little relentless, but it's as valid a way as any of depicting the floodlit, perspectiveless world of fame where Fisher has spent her life. It probably didn't strengthen Fisher's tenuous connection to consensus reality when at 19 she became a pop-culture icon as Princess Leia in Star Wars. Fisher says that she hated Leia's Cinnabon hair ("Give me a hairstyle that further widens my already wide face!") and that George Lucas wouldn't let her wear a bra; instead, he made her tape down her breasts with gaffer's tape. She writes about marriage...
...Service issued its first hologram stamp in 1989. Both quickly became collector's items. Homemade holograms are difficult to create, requiring lasers and holographic plates or film, which has made them effective counterfeit deterrents used on credit cards and identification documents. But movie-quality, 3-D holography - think Princess Leia in Star Wars - is a whole other beast. For one thing, researchers need to find a way to create moving, three-dimensional images of human beings without burning them with lasers. Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing technology for 3-D video but predict that a usable, commercial...