How to see 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' this week in theaters

If you want to see the new “Star Wars” movie as early as preview screenings Thursday night, you can do it — and there will be plenty of room this weekend, too.

That’s because a lot of showtimes are planned at each theater.

Despite the hype for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” and despite heavy demand for advance tickets, seats are available all weekend and all through the Christmas holiday.

Not only are there still tickets for opening night available for the earliest showtime, but also at some theaters playing up the “event status” of this film, you can come in costume — with some limitations.

That’s not to say that the best, dead-center-seating for 7 p.m. Thursday tickets remain. Some of those were bought many weeks ago.

And if you want to see it that night at one of Tulsa’s two IMAX theaters or the Broken Arrow Warren Theatre’s upstairs areas for ages 21 and older, well, you are currently out of luck.

But new showtimes at some theaters are still yet to be released, and for shows later that night and all through the weekend are plentiful, including for IMAX screens and the Warren’s balcony and “director suites.”

The theaters want everyone to see the new “Star Wars,” so they are showing it late (1 a.m. Friday morning in IMAX at Cinemark Tulsa), early (some 8 a.m. hour starts Friday) and often (a new show starts every half-hour to hour at the largest multiplexes).

For those theaters that don’t feature reserved seating (which is every theater outside of the Warren, Cinemark Tulsa and AMC Southroads 20), their seats will be available to whoever wants to show up and get in line the earliest.

Looking to dress up for the occasion? Those attending would do well to follow this policy issued by AMC.

“AMC does not permit weapons or items that would make other guests feel uncomfortable or detract from the movie-going experience. Guests are welcome to come dressed in costume, but we do not permit masks. In short, bring your lightsaber, turn it off during the movie, and leave the blaster and Darth Vader mask at home.”

Special events surrounding the opening of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” include:

• An “opening night fan event” gives a one-hour jump on the crowd with 6 p.m. Thursday showings at a higher price of about $25 offering collectible trading cards, “exclusive content” and a concessions special. However, these have been at capacity for some time at Broken Arrow Warren Theatre, AMC Southroads 20 and Cinemark Tulsa, so it’s up to the theater deciding to open another auditorium for the same event to find seats.

• AMC Southroads 20 has the exclusive on double-feature showings of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday, followed by the new film starting at 6 p.m.

• The Warren Theatre will again include a pre-movie light show set to the tune of “The Imperial March” for showings in its largest Grand Infinity auditoriums.

Spurlock on sexual harassment: 'I am part of the problem'

ATLANTA (AP) — Declaring "I am part of the problem," documentarian Morgan Spurlock confessed in an online post to sexual harassment and infidelity, and said a woman accused him of rape in college.

In the post, which he linked to from his verified Twitter account, Spurlock wrote that as he watches other influential men brought down by allegations of sexual misconduct, "I don't sit by and wonder 'who will be next?' I wonder, 'when will they come for me?'"

Spurlock recounted a sexual encounter in college which he said he thought was consensual, but said the woman believed it was rape.

"I tried to comfort her. To make her feel better," Spurlock wrote. "I thought I was doing ok, I believed she was feeling better. She believed she was raped. That's why I'm part of the problem."

Spurlock also said he paid a settlement to a female assistant who worked at his office and whom he called "hot pants" or "sex pants." In the post, Spurlock says he thought the nickname was funny but later realized he was demeaning her.

"So, when she decided to quit, she came to me and said if I didn't pay her a settlement, she would tell everyone," he wrote. "Being who I was, it was the last thing I wanted, so of course, I paid."

Spurlock also wrote that he has "been unfaithful to every wife and girlfriend I have ever had."

"Over the years, I would look each of them in the eye and proclaim my love and then have sex with other people behind their backs," Spurlock wrote.

Spurlock wrote that he will do better and will be more honest with others and with himself. He ends the post by saying: "I've talked enough in my life. ... I'm finally ready to listen."

Spurlock is best known for his Oscar-nominated 2004 documentary "Super Size Me" on the fast-food industry, in which he ate nothing but McDonald's food to show the health effects of the industry. He has produced dozens of other documentaries and TV shows and completed a sequel to "Super Size Me" this year.

Sarah Paulson defied warning over her 'unconventional' relationship

In recent times actress Sarah Paulson has moved from strength to strength, but there was a time where she was warned her relationship would affect her "career negatively".

In an interview with The Edit, the 42-year-old American Horror Story star said she never worried about balancing her professional life and private relationship with 74-year-old actress girlfriend Holland Taylor until people told her to "be careful".
"Early on, when people found out I was with [Taylor], some said,  'I think you have to be careful, I'm afraid it's going to affect your career negatively,'" she said.

"I was like, what? It never occurred to me at all."
Despite the commencing their relationship in 2015, the negative comments did impact on Paulson going public with it for some time.

It was only during her Emmy acceptance speeches last year for her portrayals in American Horror Story and The People v O.J Simpson that she spontaneously decided to say, "Holland Taylor, I love you."
"The fact I'm having this thought is wrong. But I had a moment of societal concern; wondering if, maybe, people who didn't know that about me would be like, 'Wait what?' But then, you know I did it anyway."

Although she admits it's somewhat "unconventional" to date someone 32 years older, she wouldn't have it any other way.

"I'm with a much older person and people find that totally fascinating and odd," she said, before saying her relationship was the least interesting thing about her. "But I do feel unconventional. I am a woman of a certain age who chose not to have children and who has made my career my priority."

The star also revealed that she has the support of some A-list girl pals, including Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Sandra Bullock Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Awkwafina and Rihanna, her fellow cast mates in the upcoming Ocean's Eight.

And Paulson is not looking for anyone's approval anytime soon on ways to live her life.

"I am the captain of my own ship, and I've never looked to anyone else to validate that, or tell me it's okay."