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Warner Bros. hasn’t been having the best of luck recently with its big DCEU stars. While there’s obviously all the Amber Heard drama, what’s become an even bigger issue is Ezra Miller, who plays the live-action Barry Allen in the upcoming The Flash. The actor has gotten into trouble with authorities multiple times over the last few weeks, including twice in one month, and he’s been accused of the potential grooming of a teen....

Warning - This article contains minor spoilers for WandaVision. The week of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s return is finally here, and it’s bringing the hype to an absolute frenzy for a mega-franchise that hasn’t released new content since the last decade! Yes, it’s only been 18 months in reality, but after the year the world experienced in 2020, it feels like a decade has passed. Marvel Studios is only four days away from their official expansion onto Disney+ with the premiere of the MCU’s first official TV series, WandaVision....

Developer Play First Games will soon deliver a resurgence of the fighting game genre with its free-to-play crossover epic MultiVersus. The blockbuster experience will bring together heroes and villains from across the Warner Bros. Multiverse to face off in classic fighter style. MultiVersus’ roster already includes DC’s Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Harley Quinn, along with characters from Game of Thrones, Scooby-Doo, and more. The 2022 launch is just the beginning for the free-to-play fighter as more characters and maps will be added after launch on top of the usual stream of cosmetic additions....

Star Wars fans saw the return of familiar locale Coruscant in the latest trailer for Season 3 of The Mandalorian ahead of its debut on Disney+.Coruscant has been a key location in the Star Wars narrative throughout the 21st century, serving as an integral set piece in all three movies of the prequel trilogy. And while it’s only been seen momentarily since that time in Disney+ shows like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor, it’s about to make a grand comeback in Star Wars’ first live-action Disney+ series of 2023....

Interesting question. To understand the answer, we have to understand where time zones came from in the first place. Up until the mid-19th century, major cities would set their local time by when the sun was at its highest point in that particular city. It was called local mean time. For example, when it was 12 p.m. in New York City, it was 12:23 p.m. in Boston. With the onset of railroads and rapid transit from place to place, local mean time made things increasingly more difficult, since trains arriving from a certain city would be arriving at each stop’s local time....

After Eternals was released, it became one of the most polarizing movies of the entire MCU. Some fans adored the near-three hour origin story of the superhero team, while others felt that there were some major issues. One aspect of the film that at least grabbed everyone’s attention, however, was the post-credits scene when Harry Styles appeared on-screen as Eros, also known as Starfox. The global superstar even came out and talked about how “grateful” he was to be able to appear in Eternals, so many fans have wondered where he will appear next....

In celebration of its fifth anniversary of building low-cost, powerful, and diminutive single board computers, the Raspberry Pi Foundation decided to take the party wireless. Earlier this year the nonprofit released the Raspberry Pi Zero W with on-board 802.11n wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity. Also standard is a 1GHz, single-core CPU, 512MB RAM, a Mini-HDMI port, and connections for features like micro-USB power, composite video, and a camera. Total cost?...

The peak of the Matterhorn is actually African rock. The mountain is the result of the collision of two pieces of Earth’s crust, the African continental plate and the Laurasian, or European plate. The peak is actually from the African continental plate. From National Geographic’s Digital Nomad: The four sides of the Matterhorn’s pyramid-like peak face the four cardinal directions. Talk about a convenient compass for travelers. According to the Smithsonian, “The north side faces Zermatt Valley and the east overlooks Gornergrat Ridge, both in Switzerland, while the south face points toward the Italian town of Brueil-Cervinia and the western side overlooks the Swiss-Italian border....

If you haven’t signed up yet for a CSA share, now is a good time. The spring harvest is just beginning – at least in this corner of Ontario. There might be limited spaces available, but it’s well worth a try. CSA (“community supported agriculture”) programs are a wonderful way to eat the freshest, highest quality, and most nutritious produce available in your area. They are founded on three principles: sustainability for the environment, a fair price for the people who provide the food, and a good product to be enjoyed by the community....

The flickering lights over our northern- and southern-most skies at times seem like a mystical offering. Good ole northern lights (aurora borealis) and southern lights (aurora australis) — visible 65 to 72 degrees north and south latitudes respectively — are actually just natural light shows that exist in our ionosphere. Scientists say auroras are created when a solar wind of charged particles from the sun crashes into the Earth’s upper atmosphere over the polar regions....

Q: My pets got more Christmas gifts than I did this year. I doubt there are recycling programs for old tennis balls. Any tips on how to recycle some of the old stuff? Any plastic toys that have outlived their usefulness should go to the recycle bin. The Daily Green offers handy tips for decoding symbols on those plastic toys. It also pays to seek out companies committed to creating recyclable pet toys or products made from recycled material....

Volunteers are working to save the lives of 2,000 lesser flamingo chicks after the babies were abandoned by their parents. The tiny birds were left behind at South Africa’s Kamfers Dam, located in the Northern Cape province, after the dam went dry due to drought conditions. Now, wildlife rescue groups and zoos around the world are chipping in to help them. In need of help The situation started in late January, when volunteers realized the dam was going dry and that adult flamingos had fled....

While Chris Evans may be happy leaving his role as Captain America in the MCU behind, he recently admitted that there are parts of the role that make him “miss it now” in his post-MCU career.After becoming one of the MCU’s founding members in Phase 1, Evans went on an 11-year run as the Star-Spangled Avenger with three solo movies and four Avengers team-up outings, along with a few cameos peppered in as well....

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law will not only introduce Tatiana Maslany’s titular hero into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it will also include tons of surprising cameos from other Marvel characters. Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner aka Smart Hulk, Tim Roth’s Emil Blonsky, and Benedict Wong’s Wong were confirmed to have significant roles in the series, while the latest trailer featured Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock. Maslany also teased that the superhuman law firm where Jennifer Walters works in the series features “some really fun characters” and is a “really absurd take on a legal show,” likely indicating that more cameos could be on the way....

Marvel Studios is on a roll with project releases in 2021, three coming on Disney+ along with Black Widow’s long-awaited theatrical debut, and the streak is only beginning. While fans are sure to be marinating on the events of Black Widow and the season finale of Loki over the coming weeks, the final preparations are coming together for the MCU’s next release: What If…? on Disney+. This show will be the MCU’s first effort in the world of animation in a ten-episode adventure that will look at a new version of the Infinity Saga with key details changed from the original....

Now that the first season of The Book of Boba Fett has concluded, Star Wars fans are looking to the future - which also happens to be the past - with Lucasfilm’s next Disney+ series: Obi-Wan Kenobi. With prequel trilogy stars Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen reprising their roles as Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, expectations are high about what Lucasfilm has in store. Set ten years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi looks to explore the Jedi Master’s exile on Tatooine through six episodes on Disney+....

In a recent interview, MCU actor Hayley Atwell commented on how 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness took her character, Peggy Carter, in a different direction than she had expected.Following the introduction of the Captain Carter variant of Atwell’s character in the first season of What If…?, fans got the chance to see the originally-animated character in live-action during Doctor Strange 2, played by the same actress as her main MCU counterpart....

Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight continues to give a fresh look into ancient Egyptian mythology while also providing a sense of authenticity regarding the cultural aspects of its expansive story. Through Oscar Isaac’s Marc Spector and May Calamawy’s Layla, this Marvel series has shared a fresh look into a place the MCU had never explored before while developing these brand-new heroes.The last two episodes in particular are Moon Knight’s biggest steps toward expanding into new cultural territory, with the entirety of their plots taking place in the deserts of Cairo....

James Gunn set the record straight on the rumors that Lady Gaga joined the MCU in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.For those with a good eye, one might have noticed a quick shot in the recent trailer that included a walking otter hugging Rocket. This figure is none other than Lylla, a love interest for Bradley Cooper’s character and someone fans had been hoping to see for a long while....

It’s been something of a slow burn, but the world established by The Mandalorian is on the verge of its first significant expansion. The Book of Boba Fett will soon launch on Disney+, continuing the former bounty hunter’s story as a new crime lord on Tatooine. The series sees the return of Temuera Morrison as the titular character alongside Ming-Na Wen, who plays the sharpshooting Fennec Shand. For months, The Book of Boba Fett has been shoruded in secrecy....