Marvel continues to staff up its upcoming two-part Avengers sequels, The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars. In recent weeks, we heard that Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton would direct, from a screenplay by Jeff Loveness. While Secret Wars has yet to find (or at least announce) a director, it looks like a Marvel Cinematic Universe veteran will return to write its script.Deadline reports that Michael Waldron has drawn the assignment to write Secret Wars. Marvel zombies know him as the creator of the Disney+ series Loki. Waldron also worked on the screenplay for Marvel’s recent hit Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.Here’s more, via Deadline:Insiders say meetings for the job…
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Australia holds an unenviable conservation status: it’s the fourth-worst country in the world for species extinctions and is in the top three for critically endangered animals. This week’s Federal Budget included a $224 million allocation to help save threatened species – news that coincides with some concerning findings of a new paper authored by University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers. A study led by UniSA conservation psychologist Dr Elissa Pearson reveals overwhelming public ignorance of Australia’s most threatened species, a factor that is contributing to the extinction crisis of endangered animals. UniSA researchers, alongside colleagues from Zoos Victoria and Edith…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Two Infinite Things? I was thinking about the idea of superheroes and how terrifying superpowers can be to the people who have them. Like, imagine discovering that you can fly by jumping wrong and ending up ten stories in the air with no clue how to land. From there, the idea evolved into a story about a kid who’s completely traumatized by his powers. He can’t use them without getting hurt, there’s a telepathic mouse shouting in his brain at school, and random people keep showing up to kill…
None of NBC’s shows are performing terribly during the 2022-23 TV season. That can change as we head into early 2023. There have been reports that NBC is mulling handing its 10 p.m. slot back to affiliates, meaning there could be fewer shows on the network overall next season. If this is the case, newer entries like Quantum Leap and La Brea would get the chop. It could also lead to the demise of one of the Chicago shows. Does anyone remember Chicago Justice? Scroll down to find out how every show is holding up. 1. Chicago Fire – Certain…
More companies must make and implement zero-deforestation supply chain commitments in order to significantly reduce deforestation and protect diverse ecosystems, say researchers. Corporate pledges not to buy soybeans produced on land deforested after 2006 have reduced tree clearance in the Brazilian Amazon by just 1.6% between 2006 and 2015. This equates to a protected area of 2,300 km2 in the Amazon rainforest: barely the size of Oxfordshire in the UK. The findings, made by tracing traders’ soy supplies back to their source, are published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The work involved a team from the University of…
Photography courtesy of Samsung As a Samsung newbie, I’ve been using the new Galaxy Z Flip4 for the past week and I think I might be a convert. By Ivy Tang Date September 30, 2022 When I first saw on Instagram that Samsung would be launching smart flip phones, I felt instantly nostalgic. In the early aughts, I was obsessed with the pocket-sized gadgets. I remember begging my parents for a candy-coloured Sharp flip phone after seeing some of my Grade 5 classmates carrying their new phones decked out in charms, rhinestones and other personalizations. As an adult, the idea…
Twitter, which was acquired last week by billionaire Elon Musk, plans to let go of a quarter of its workforce as part of what is expected to be a first round of layoffs, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.Celebrity lawyer Alex Spiro, a long-time Musk legal representative, led the conversations about the job cuts, according to the report.Twitter had over 7,000 employees at the end of 2021, according to a regulatory filing and a quarter of the headcount amounts to nearly 2,000 employees.Musk denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter…
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Sprucing up your wardrobe? It’s never a bad time to celebrate your favorite rock band but you don’t have to be you don’t have to be a music lover to rock a band T-shirt. If you haven’t noticed, band tees are incredibly trendy and have been for decades. They pair nicely with jeans, skirts, pants, leggings or shorts, and if you’ve been working from home lately…
Momonosuke’s words boost their side’s morale. Law offers Kid a temporary alliance so they can fight Big Mom. Nami and Usopp are on the run so Otama can command the ones who ate her dango. Here are the details for One Piece Episode 1038 titled “Nami’s Lethal Attack! Otama’s Desperate Challenge!”When One Piece Episode 1038 ReleasesOne Piece Episode 1038’s release date in the United States is Saturday, October 29. The episode will air in Japan on Sunday, October 30, at 9:30 a.m. JST.For international audiences, Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series. The episode with English subtitles will be available an hour…
For socially isolated older people with mild cognitive impairment, 30-minute video calls four times a week improved cognition, happiness and brain connectivity Health 17 August 2022 By Grace Wade Regular video call conversations can help improve cognitionShutterstock/StockImageFactory.com Chatting with someone over video call for 30 minutes, four times a week improves cognition in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment, a condition that can be a precursor to dementia. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) causes problems with memory, attention or other aspects of cognition and people with MCI are at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. There is no approved treatment or…
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The twists and turns of Jeopardy‘s Tournament of Champions continued on Thursday, November 3, as fan favorite Rowan Ward was knocked out of the competition. Ward, a non-binary contestant, landed their spot in the ToC after winning the second round of the Second Chance Tournament. After their impressive performance, many fans had high hopes for Ward as they faced off against software team leader John Focht and community college instructor Courtney Shah in the quarter-finals game. However, Focht was the one who ended up stealing the show, as he calmly answered questions and placed huge wagers. After landing on a…
Now that it’s fall, I’ve been obsessing over curating the perfect collection of cold-weather basics: high-quality denim, cozy flannels, and my latest find, a lightweight nylon jacket, particularly the Old Navy Water-Resistant Hooded Performance Zip Jacket ($60). I personally have a ton of coats suitable for really cold temps but significantly less lightweight ones to wear when the weather’s temperamental. (My cotton Lululemon Define Jacket certainly won’t withstand an autumn rainstorm.) Ahead, I break down everything you need to know about the fall-wardrobe silhouette. What I Like About This Old Navy Jacket I ordered the navy-blue option dubbed “In the…
WhatsApp is looking to introduce a feature that lets users message themselves. Dubbed ‘Message Yourself’, the feature is expected to make its way on WhatsApp in a future update, with Android users being likely the first ones to see the feature show up in an upcoming version 2.22.24.2 update. Spotted in development by a reliable features tracker, a ‘Message Yourself’ caption will appear highlighting the chat when inside the chat window, where one would normally see the “last seen” label.It is worth noting that users could already text themselves using direct chat links. As per those over at WABetaInfo, the…
Mabe Fratti has announced a European tour and shared a video for “Con Esfuerzo,” which you can watch below. The Guatemalan cellist and composer, who is based in Mexico City, will bring her new album, Se Ve Desde Aquí, through the center of the continent next month, including a set at the Dutch festival Le Guess Who. Scroll down to see the dates.José Ostos, director of the “Con Esfuerzo” video, said in a press release, “For me, the visual universe was suggested from the beginning of the song; the metallic sound of Mabe’s cello immediately made me think of old…
A Sister Act 3 was first announced for Disney+ way back in 2018, before the service ever actually debuted. Whoopi Goldberg confirmed her involvement in the movie in the fall of 2020, but two years later, we still have no new Sister Act to show for it.Usually the kind of delay means a film is trapped in development hell, and likely never to escape. But Goldberg herself says the project is still alive and could be moving forward soon. In an interview with Collider she said that she is “waiting for the script at the end of the month” — i.e. October. So it’s just a matter…
From a fallen angel to a bearded, red-hued man with horns, the Prince of Darkness’ has been depicted in many different forms over the years. The satanic figure as understood today is the result of centuries of art, literature and theater. To find out what the devil really looks like, All About History (opens in new tab) magazine spoke with Marina Montesano, professor of Medieval History at the University of Messina in Italy, and Jan Machielsen, senior lecturer in Early Modern History at Cardiff University in the U.K.. Both of these scholars are experts in the history of Satan and the…
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No TV doctor should ever promise that a patient is in good hands. Invariably, something comes up that’s beyond the doctor’s control, leading to heartbreaking outcomes and extra drama. Marcel’s dilemma on Chicago Med Season 8 Episode 6 illustrated this nicely. As soon as he told Will he’d take great care of Maria, I knew something was going to happen that shouldn’t. Will was right that Marcel shouldn’t have left the OR before the procedure was complete, but he was wrong about why Marcel did. Despite Marcel’s claim at the end that fame had gone to his head, that didn’t…
A collaborative study published in PLOS ONE, documents the periodic disappearance (and reappearance) of white-lipped peccaries in nine countries in South and Central America. The authors say the population fluctuations may represent the first documented case of natural population cyclicity in a Neotropical mammal. The study is led by the Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasilia, and co-authored by more than 20 other organizations including the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). White-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) are pig-like hoofed mammals native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. They are extremely social, forming large herds of up to hundreds of…
Paris Fashion Week is underway with a parade of inventive designs and street style looks as Fashion Month comes to a close. One of the hottest tickets of the week is Valentino, which welcomed guests decked out in the fashion house’s signature pink shade. The front row was particularly stylish with celebrities like Florence Pugh, Erykah Badu, and Zendaya posing in the brand’s latest wares. Zendaya wore a completely sheer catsuit layered under a miniskirt and an oversize blazer. All her pieces featured the brand’s classic logo in an allover print, allowing her to embrace the sheer, catsuit, and logomania…
On the morning of October 9, astronomers’ inboxes pinged with a relatively modest alert: NASA’s Swift Observatory had just detected a fresh burst of energy, assumed to be coming from somewhere within our own galaxy. But six hours later—when scientists realized an instrument on the Fermi Space Telescope had also flagged the event—another more pressing email arrived. “We believe that this source is now likely a gamma-ray burst,” it read. “This would suggest a highly energetic outburst, and therefore we strongly encourage follow-up.” In other words, this was a career-making chance to catch a rare celestial event in real time.ContentThis…
The planned spin-off of The Batman centered around the iconic Arkham Asylum has found its showrunner, with Variety reporting that filmmaker Antonio Campos has boarded the project.RELATED: HBO Max’s Gotham PD Spin-Off Has Now ‘Evolved’ Into an Arkham SeriesThe report mentions that Campos will direct and serve as showrunner and executive producer of the series when the show is eventually made. The last caveat is a bit of an important one, as Campos is now the third writer brought onto the DC project since its initial announcement in July 2020. Since then, the show has morphed from a drama series about…
Jennifer Lawrence has revealed that she backed out of the Adam McKay-directed Elizabeth Holmes movie upon watching Amanda Seyfried’s Emmy-winning portrayal of the Theranos fraudster on the Hulu miniseries The Dropout. In an interview with The New York Times for her upcoming drama Causeway, Lawrence praised Seyfried’s performance while also providing an update on her Don’t Look Up collaborator’s long-developing Theranos project Bad Blood. “I thought she was terrific,” she shared. “I was like, ‘Yeah, we don’t need to redo that.’ She did it.” Lawrence’s sentiment was all but confirmed when Seyfried was awarded the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write See It Happening? I have a good relationship with the neighbors on either side of my home, both of whom are a bit older than I am and have been in the neighborhood for decades. I thought it might be fun to work that into a story or a series, to kind of honor the effect of female friendships and support. The rest of the plot kind of mushroomed from there. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of See It Happening, what would they…
Max Maven, the influential magician and mentalist, and character actor Andrew Prine, who starred in many Westerns, both died earlier this week. Maven was 71, while Prine was 86. According to Deadline, Maven passed away at his home in Hollywood on Tuesday, November 1, after a two-year battle with glioblastoma. Born Philip Goldstein on December 21, 1950, in Ithaca, NY, the famous magician created the Max Maven character in the mid-1970s, often appearing on television magic shows to perform “interactive” mind-reading tricks. Always dressed in black and sporting a widow’s peak, Maven became an iconic figure in the world of…
The autumnal switch from daylight saving time (DST) to standard time comes with a surge of deer-vehicle collisions in the U.S., a new study suggests. The researchers argue that sticking with DST, permanently, could reduce the number of accidents, sparing the lives of dozens of people and tens of thousands of deer annually.The new study, published Wednesday (Nov. 2) in the journal Current Biology (opens in new tab), examined how switching to DST in spring and then turning the clocks back in fall might affect the rate of animal-related car crashes. Data from 23 states suggested that more than 90%…
Ryan Murphy’s newest Netflix series might take its creative license as gospel and pierce its story full of plot holes, but that doesn’t make the real-estate thriller The Watcher any less absorbing a binge. Tack on the little nugget that it’s based (loosely) on a true story, and well? You’ve got yourself a crowd of true-crime junkies eager to know more. Viewers of The Watcher will undoubtedly have one pressing question after the credits play: If that creepy old house was real, what the heck happened to it?The limited series is based on a feature reported in The Cut, telling…
What are the biggest Netflix originals in November 2022? The Crown, which returns after a couple of years for its fifth and penultimate season, is the indisputable frontrunner. With a new cast in town — Imelda Staunton is Queen Elizabeth II, Dominic West is Prince Charles, and Elizabeth Debicki is Princess Diana — and with its focus set on events from the ‘90s, The Crown season 5 drops all episodes on November 9. Another major contender features Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown alongside The Witcher’s Henry Cavill. Yes, Enola Holmes is back for a sequel, with the titular teen sleuth…
For much of the 1980s and into the 1990s, the Friday the 13th series was as dependable as death and taxes. Every year or so, Jason Voorhees would rise from the grave to torture the latest batch of visitors to Camp Crystal Lake or, eventually, folks in Manhattan or even outer space.The entire franchise was rebooted in 2009, but while the movie was a financial success like almost every other Friday the 13th film, it marked the end of the franchise, at least in the short term. Various sequels or reboots were developed, but nothing ever made it to the screen. Jason finally got to enjoy…