Economy News -SINGAPORE - Singapore's central bank is expected by economists to ease monetary policy on Wednesday (Oct14) - in effect, allowing the Singapore dollar to weaken - to support a struggling economy..
Gabriel OlsenâFilmMagic/Getty Images Peter Mayhew attends WonderCon Anaheim on March 30, 2013, in Anaheim, Calif. Peter Mayhew, the actor who plays Chewbacca in the iconic Star Wars franchise, has been taken to the hospital after suffering a bout of pneumonia. The news was confirmed by the administrator of Mayhewâs website on the actorâs Twitter account Monday, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
To create the original costume for Chewbacca, Lucas hired legendary makeup supervisor Stuart Freeborn, recruited because of his work on the apes in the âDawn of Manâ sequence in Stanley Kubrickâs 2001: A Space Odyssey.