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The global pandemic had many different effects on the entertainment industry, and one of them is the cancellation of in-person conventions such as San Diego Comic-Con. As a result, major studios like Warner Bros. created a new virtual event to showcase their superhero projects in the form of DC FanDome. DC FanDome made headlines when it first launched in 2020, revealing tons of exciting content such as a preview of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad and the first trailer for Matt Reeves’ The Batman....

Zachary Levi, who has starred as Shazam in two DC films, recently shared his thoughts on the current state of the DCU.The talk of the town regarding DC has recently centered around the new DCU that James Gunn and Peter Safran are currently planning, which is marking the end of the DCEU that has been building since 2013.Many of the franchise’s biggest names, such as Henry Cavill and Dwayne Johnson, are not included in any plans for the DCU....

Jason Momoa’s Aquaman earned a massive box office haul alongside a slew of positive reviews from critics when it premiered back in 2018. Warner Bros. took notice of the outing’s success then, thus resulting in a sequel being greenlit in the form of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.James Wan, who directed the 2018 DC blockbuster, was confirmed to return for the sequel, and he will reunite with Momoa and other franchise mainstays like Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II....

One scientist believes that these plant-like bivalves could build much-needed food security in aquaculture. The next time you’re craving seafood, a steaming bowl of clam chowder or a dish of garlic-steamed mussels could be your best option. Not only are they delicious and nutritious, but they’re also a more environmentally friendly choice than fish and crustaceans. Clams, mussels, and oysters are bivalves and members of the invertebrate mollusk family. They differ from other mollusks, such as octopus, for their evolutionary simplicity....

When Batwoman Season 2 finally premieres some time in 2021, it’s going to look very different from its inaugural season. With lead actress Ruby Rose exiting the show, the series has been forced to reinvent itself. A new lead, Javicia Leslie, will be stepping into the Batsuit as the first black actress to portray Batwoman on television. While filming for the new season is still a while away, writing for season 2 has begun and a range of new faces will be joining the original cast when production resumes....

Ahead of the theatrical debut of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, Disney released six new posters promoting the film.Quantumania is set to kick off Phase 5 of the MCU, as well as a reign of terror from Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. The movie hits theaters on February 17 and follows Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang as he and Evangeline Lilly’s Hope van Dyne are forced deep into the Quantum Realm with their families....

The Arrowverse - once a robust slate of DC superhero programming airing on The CW, now has but a single show remaining that actually has direct ties to this shared TV universe.Indeed, the Arrowverse has been dying a slow, painful death for a couple of years now. At one time, it encompassed five concurrently airing series: Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman. Shows like Titans and Stargirl were also confirmed to exist within the Arrowverse’s extended multiverse....

You really don’t need all those big appliances. It’s often surprising to see the big kitchens that designers put into some tiny houses. Living space or a place to sit down and eat is sacrificed to have a range and a fridge where one could whip up a Thanksgiving dinner for 12, but have nowhere to serve it. Tiny house interior/ Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0I was particularly amused by the kitchen in a tiny home that I saw at Greenbuild in Atlanta, displayed by Tiny House Atlanta, which I believe was an Escape Traveler....

A rocket stove is a super-efficient cooking and heating stove that can be built with a wide variety of materials from bricks to pipes to clay to packed dirt. The design is simple and relies on an L-shape tunnel that creates a hot burn and channels heat onto whatever it is that you want to cook. They are kind of a big deal in the developing world thanks to their ability to use any sized fuel and their clean burning flame....

Actor Kumail Najiani has been having a great couple of years. First, he got to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as one of the key faces of the cosmic team in Eternals. Then, he went on to be cast in the highly anticipated Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Those are quite the high-profile projects to be a part of back-to-back––the head writer of Moon Knight even wanted to get him into his own series....

What matters is what is being emitted now, and it has to be measured to be managed. We talk a lot about embodied carbon or embodied energy, which I have defined as “the carbon emitted in the making of building products.” I have also written that “embodied energy is a difficult concept but we have to start wrestling with it every day.” It is a difficult concept because everyone has been relating it to life cycle analyses, trying to determine if, say, adding insulation saves more carbon over the life of a building than is created by making the insulation....

WandaVision was a massive hit for Disney+, and many considered the series to be a fantastic start for Marvel Studios in the streaming world. While it was easy to see how a show starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany would be successful, what audiences didn’t see coming was the announcement of a spinoff following everyone’s favorite new witch: Agatha Harkness.Originally announced during Disney+ Day back in November of 2021, no details were revealed other than its title and logo: Agatha: House of Harkness....

Eternals has now hit theaters worldwide, and with it comes a new family of heroes. While critics haven’t been easy on the movie, fans have been far more welcoming of Marvel Studios’ new cosmic epic. The film introduces the Eternals, a race of god-like immortal beings who were assigned to Earth 7,000 years ago to protect and watch over humankind as they evolved and developed. The project also introduces the higher-power that the group gets their orders from The Celestials....

Upon the completion of Marvel’s Infinity Saga, it seemed that the Multiverse was the MCU’s next big threat, affecting characters from Loki to Wanda Maximoff to Peter Parker and Doctor Strange. While that appears to be true, one of Marvel’s latest Phase 4 films, Eternals, didn’t seem to contribute to the greater MCU or the current phase’s overarching story at all. However, according to Eternals’ creators, it absolutely will. Now, Eternals was a unique and ambitious film from the start....

Moon Knight is finally out in the world for audiences to see. Reception to the show has been generally positive, and at the very least, it looks like Marvel Studios doesn’t have a flop on its hands. The show stars Oscar Isaac as both Steven Grant and Marc Spector, while Ethan Hawke plays Arthur Harrow, an unsettling cult leader. But those big names aren’t the only new faces. Somebody else who has joined the fray is Lucy Thackeray’s Donna....

Marvel Studios is approaching the home stretch with its marketing campaign for the final theatrical release in Phase 4, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Not only will this bring fans back to the African nation for a second solo adventure, but it will also introduce a new fan-favorite from the comics into the MCU for the first time ahead of her own Disney+ series - Riri Williams, better known as Ironheart.Through the promo tour for Black Panther 2, fans have gotten a look at how Ironheart will be introduced into the MCU, which has come more recently with a first glimpse into the technology she’ll use in her new suit....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to add more heroes and villains into the mix, meaning that more projects are being developed behind the scenes. While the Infinity Saga mainly focused on the big screen, the MCU’s Phase 4 is taking it up a notch by expanding onto the small screen, leading to the arrival of Disney+ shows such as WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige addressed the so-called overabundance of MCU content, noting that the uniqueness of each Disney+ series prevented such an impression and also saying that he “feels like the audience has responded the way we wanted them to....

Many have been speculating endlessly about Gorr’s “terrifying” weapon that comes with his Marvel Legend’s toy figure for Thor: Love and Thunder, but fans of the comics know it as the Necrosword. Not only was this weapon powerful enough to keep up with Thor and every other god in the universe, but its origins were deeply connected to Venom and the symbiotes. When Gorr and his signature sword debuted in the comics, fans weren’t any the wiser about that lore....

As noted earlier, I have committed to trying to live a 1.5° lifestyle, which means limiting my annual carbon footprint to the equivalent of 2.5 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, the maximum average emissions per capita based on IPCC research. That works out to 6.85 kilograms per day. One of the problems with trying to live a low-carbon lifestyle is actually figuring out what the carbon footprint of all the different things we do actually is....

Learning your way around the kitchen is a curious thing. Many of us learn through a kind of mysterious maternal osmosis, others are shown the ropes by the pros, and some simply muddle through on their own, figuring it out as they go. Regardless of how any of us come to know what we know, there’s always more to learn — some of it quite basic. With that in mind, here are some of the most common kitchen mistakes and how they can be amended....