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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture today:
• James Corden has an idea for how to interview Donald Trump: Confront him with his own past statements. Alas, a reporter for a major newsmagazine tried to do that, and the results were mind-boggling. [The Huffington Post, Time]
• Carrie Fisher's performance in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," the eighth chapter in the franchise, won't be altered in light of the actor's death last December, Disney CEO Bob Iger says. [Digital Spy]
• Director-producer Brett Ratner complains that the movie-criticism aggregator Rotten Tomatoes is "the destruction of our business." Remember that the next time a filmmaker says he never reads the reviews. [Entertainment Weekly]