'Star Wars': Casting Update, Set Details; 'Ghost Hunters' Producer on Eight-Year Legal War; Hulu Hire Points to Original Series Ambitions; TV Upfronts Scorecard; The Epic Disney Blow-Up of 1994
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Written by José Vizcarra
on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 5:00 AM.

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