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Kathleen Fleming, who developed and produced several Lego and Lego Star Wars projects as Director of Entertainment Development at the company, died in an accident over the weekend. She had most recently been working on Warner Bros’ February 7 release The Lego Movie: The Piece Of Resistance as a liaison managing studio relationships on entertainment projects. Fleming joined the company after working with Lego as Account Manager at ad agency Ammerati Puris Lintas. She officially came aboard Lego in 2009 as Senior Manager of Entertainment Development for Lego Group. Her credits include Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace and Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out which she exec produced, as well as the Ninjago: Master of Spinjitzu TV series and the soon-to-be-aired Lego Legends of Chima series and Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles miniseries.

Russell Crowe has been announced as the new Aacta host after a conflicting La schedule forced original host Hugh Sheridan to pull out.

The second annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards will see Crowe headline an impressive line-up of presenters, including Aacta president Geoffery Rush and Aacta ambassador Cate Blanchett.

The awards, to be held on January 30 at The Star Event Centre, will see more than 1000 Australian film and television performers and practitioners in attendance.

In addition to the Aacta Awards in Sydney, Crowe will also host the Aacta International Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, which Sheridan will now also attend.

"The Australian Academy is making its mark in the States, and I'm equally as honoured to represent the Australian industry in L.A. as host of Aacta's International Awards, as I am to return home to celebrate the success of my peers at the 2nd Aacta Awards Ceremony in Sydney,...

After the Cartoon Network debut of their first-ever original television special, The Lego Group and Lucasfilm will join forces once again to bring Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace to Blu-ray and DVD. Launching on November 7th, the 22-minute original standalone special features the charm, action and irreverent humor that have become the signature style of Lego Star Wars animation collaborations and will include five Lego Star Wars shorts, as well as an exclusive, collectible minifigure.

A routine Jedi Academy field trip is turned into a rip-roaring comic adventure in Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace. Tour guide Master Yoda leads a group of rambunctious Jedi Younglings through Senate chambers when he senses a disturbance in the Force. Summoned to help save the Republic, he discovers that one of the Younglings secretly boarded his ship…and has a taste for adventure! Meanwhile, C-3Po and R2-D2 are put in...