TRENDIN' Let's talk this week's movies

Kensington Palace says the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be held on May 19.

The palace announced the date Friday and confirmed the ceremony will take place in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

The couple announced their engagement last month after an 18-month romance.

The 33-year-old prince, who is fifth in line to the British throne, and the 36-year-old American actress met through a mutual friend in 2016.

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ON TV

FRIDAY:

  • The 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Character balloons and celebrity-filled cars. (CW)

SATURDAY

  • I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! (2003, animated) Lucy and Linus's little brother turns to Snoopy and Spike for holiday cheer. (ABC)

SUNDAY

  • A Christmas Story Live! Nine-year-old Ralphie Parker hopes to get a Red Ryder bee-bee gun for Christmas while his family struggles to deal with the holiday chaos. (FOX 6PM CST)

All listings are subject to change.

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IN THEATERS:

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Sci-Fi/Action) 

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Having taken her first steps into the larger Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.

WHO'S IN IT? Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson

TRIVIA:

  • Director Rian Johnson helmed three episodes of Breaking Bad. He will also create a new Star Warstrilogy with different characters.
  • This is Carrie Fisher's final movie. She died in December 2016.
  • Fisher reportedly helped with the writing of the Last Jedi script.
  • This is the first film in the series in which Kenny Baker did not play R2-D2. Baker died in August 2016.
  • There is a fan-made short called Star Wars: The Last Jedi from 2008.


FERDINAND (Animated)

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? A giant but gentle bull must find a way to break free from his captors and return home to his family.

WHO'S IN IT? Voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Anthony Anderson, Bobby Cannavale, Peyton Manning, David Tennant, Gina Rodriguez

TRIVIA:

  • Based on the children's book The Story of Ferdinand (1936) by Munro Leaf.
  • The story was adapted by Walt Disney as a short animated film called Ferdinand the Bull in 1938.
  • The movie was made by Blue Sky Studios, whose credits include the Ice Age and Rio movies as well as the 2015 Peanuts Movie.



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