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Ever since the debut of Disney+, Marvel Studios has made great use of the platform with seven live-action series already released. Now, the studio is only further expanding its reach with its new Special Presentation banner for one-off stories within the MCU - which recently kickstarted with Werewolf by Night.Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special will offer the first look at the new format this year, but that will just be the beginning....

In keeping with the comics, Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight on Disney+ hasn’t shied away from highlighting the character of Marc Spector’s struggle with Dissociative Identity Disorder. In addition to serving as the avatar of the Egyptian mood god, Khonshu, Spector’s other personality is that of Steven Grant; and from what fans have seen, the two are likely to discover a third personality before the show concludes. Throughout the show’s first four episodes, fans and critics alike have praised Oscar Isaac’s performances as the two distinct personalities and those moments where the two talk to one another....

While much of the buzz surrounding Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has centered on the film’s returning cast and the loss of Chadwick Boseman, this long-awaited sequel has more than one mission to accomplish come November 11. In addition to paying tribute to Boseman and T’Challa, Black Panther 2 is also set to expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe once more.In returning to Wakanda, Marvel audiences will also discover the underwater world of Talocan and its ruler, Namor the Sub-Mariner....

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness gave Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff the chance to move to full-blown villain status after eight years in the MCU, unleashing her power at every turn. This even led to her taking out the entire first take on Marvel’s Illuminati, led by Patrick Stewart’s new version of Professor X.Stewart had made headlines for most of the last few months after first being heard in the Super Bowl trailer for Doctor Strange 2 just months after Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield similarly reprised their past Marvel roles in Spider-Man: No Way Home....

Warning - This article contains spoilers for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. It’s been a long time coming, but Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is finally here. After having landed with positive reactions across the board, it’s now time for the world to see the film for themselves. One of the elements that hardly made it into the film was Shang-Chi’s mom: Fala Chen’s Jiang Li....

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a story about legacies. Ewan McGregor’s titular character is as important as any in the Star Wars franchise, introduced in the original film in 1977. Opposite the Jedi Master is Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader, who serves as the central figure in George Lucas’ six saga films. Along for the ride are the Sith Lord’s children, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, at the age of ten years old....

Star Wars promises to expand significantly over the next several years on Disney+, with Leslye Headland’s The Acolyte being among the most intriguing projects on the horizon. Set about 100 years before the events of The Phantom Menace during the waning days of the High Republic era, the series will explore the dark side of the Force in a time when the Sith are believed extinct. Headland, serving as writer and showrunner, has been working on the project for at least two years, and cameras will finally begin rolling this fall....

Michael Keaton was last seen in the role of Bruce Wayne in 1992’s Batman Returns, where he faced off against Danny DeVito’s Penguin. Since then, several other actors have embodied the Caped Crusader; Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, and Robert Pattinson, to name a few. Now, thirty years later, he’s set to put that cowl back on for next year’s The Flash.As last year’s Spider-Man: No Way Home demonstrated, the idea of former iconic superhero actors returning to their roles has become something of a trend—an extremely successful one at that....

Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here. We may receive commissions on purchases made from our chosen links. This ingenious digester/composter, made in Ontario, is the simple, natural way to divert food waste from landfills. No matter how much I think about reducing food waste while shopping and cooking, there will always be food scraps left over. My town does not have green bins or organic waste collection of any kind, which means that each household is responsible for dealing with the piles of food waste generated on a daily basis – and I always have a lot, since I cook so much....

Todd Litman calls the war on cars a bad joke. He gives us a lot of ammunition in the fight to end it. Calling every bike lane or transit improvement “a war on the car” didn’t start in Toronto, but it got a big boost with our late [offensive adjectives deleted] suburban drivist mayor Rob Ford and the current Deputy Mayor, Denzil Minnan-Wong, who said in 2009, “The city’s undeclared but very active war on cars is really a war on people....

Netflix’s live-action adaptation of The Witcher aired its second season in December 2021, picking up where Geralt of Rivia and company left off. Leading stars Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, and Anya Chalotra reprise their roles from Season 1 and the group finds an assembly of debuting fan favorites coming into play alongside them. WARNING - The rest of this article contains spoilers from The Witcher Season 2. Among those treasured newcomers is Lambert, portrayed by Paul Bullion; the character comes in as a fellow Witcher, and he’s also a childhood friend of Cavill’s Geralt....

Australian company uses Structural Insulated Panels to build very efficient homes that go up fast. Structural Insulated Panels are like an OREO cookie with a foam filling and and OSB (oriented strand board) or plywood on the outside. Australian design/builder Habitech Systems uses them to build houses that are really energy efficient; SIPS are extremely airtight and with a solid foam core, there is no thermal bridging at all. Habitech recently completed this addition to a small house in Melbourne, Australia for clients who wanted to get off natural gas and go all-electric....

It was announced at Disney’s Investor Day event last year that Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau would be starring alongside Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers and Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan in the Captain Marvel sequel. The last time fans saw Monica was in one of the post-credit scenes from WandaVision, which suggested that she was headed to space. Monica had her own origin story in WandaVision, gaining light-spectrum powers by going through Wanda’s hex several times and altering her DNA....

Warner Bros. Discovery is set to unleash a new era of the DCU with DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn at the helm, and recently, the studio teased what their plans for the future will look like.The past few weeks have brought a number of major changes to the way WB is developing its superhero movie universe, particularly with Gunn and Peter Safran teaming up to be the co-CEOs of DC Studios....

Marvel Studios returned to San Diego Comic-Con this year after three years of absence. In 2019, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced all the Phase 4 including projects like Black Widow, WandaVision, and Loki. Many plans shifted after that hopeful panel when the global pandemic broke out in 2020. After several years of delays, swapping dates, and box office uncertainty, the 2022 SDCC panel was shaping up to reset audiences’ expectations....

It’s a worst-case scenario, but it’s one we should think about, considering how dependent humans are on trees for survival. Imagine if there were no more trees in the world. It’s an awful thought. No more shady, leafy canopies. No more scented pine needles on the ground. No more flowering magnolias or cherry blossoms. No more protection from frigid winter winds. The world would seem naked without trees. But their loss would go far beyond the aesthetic....

Yesterday, my youngest daughter learned a new word: “Bee.” “Bee, bee, bee, bee, bee, bee, bee.” I was delighted, but hardly surprised. Children seem to be fascinated by these furry, flying pollinators. And while due caution is necessary regarding stings — especially if children may have allergies — the fact is that bees are often unfairly maligned for stings more usually administered by wasps and other more aggressive insects. We all need bees to survive....

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is only a few months away from closing out Phase 4 of the MCU in dramatic fashion. Part of that drama will include the introduction of Namor the Sub-Mariner, bringing Marvel Studios its own underwater hero similar to Jason Momoa’s Aquaman from the DC universe. Even with both Namor and Aquaman boasting similar powers, Marvel’s aquatic warrior is a unique hero who stands on his own amongst the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and more....

Within minutes of any major earthquake, shockwaves can twist the landscape, flatten buildings and wipe out entire neighborhoods. And every time, people around the planet get a tragic reminder: There’s a world of danger lurking under our feet. Earthquakes happen every day by the hundreds, most of them too weak or remote to affect many people. But all that seismic noise is hiding the risk of catastrophic quakes, which have been periodically surprising us throughout human history....

Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), one of the largest eastern hardwoods, is short-lived but the fastest-growing commercial forest species in North America. It grows best on moist well-drained sands or silts near streams, often in pure stands. The lightweight, rather soft wood is used primarily for core stock in manufacturing furniture and for pulpwood. Eastern cottonwood is one of the few hardwood species that is planted and grown specifically for these purposes....