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For the longest time, Bruce Banner has been the Hulk fans have followed in live-action. Even before Mark Ruffalo, there were Edward Norton, Eric Bana, and Lou Ferrigno. Later this year though, that’s set to change thanks to Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk. The story will follow Tatiana Maslany’s Jennifer Walters as she tries to navigate the legal world after becoming a Hulk, just like her cousin.While Jennifer may be the one in the spotlight this time, Bruce is still going to be lending a hand....

Set for this December, The Book of Boba Fett is the next live-action Star Wars project to release. Many were hoping for a first look at the new series on May the 4th, but there were no such surprises to come. Beyond the post-credits scene from The Mandalorian Season Two, depicting Boba Fett and Fennec Shand taking over Jabba’s Palace and the former becoming a crime lord, little has been shared regarding the basic premise of the show....

Disney saw a huge shakeup this week in their Star Wars universe as Gina Carano was fired from her role as Cara Dune in Disney+’s The Mandalorian. Carano was set to reprise her role in the series’ next season as well as additional projects in the same timeline, including a spin-off series that would have propelled Carano into a lead role. The actress was fired due to a series of controversial tweets in which she compared being a Republican in modern day America to being Jewish during the Holocaust....

The year 2019 was a watershed moment for the Star Wars franchise. In November of that year, The Mandalorian debuted on Disney+ to huge success. But when December’s The Rise of Skywalker premiered in theaters, it quickly soured fans on the trilogy and the studio’s direction. While Lucasfilm claims Patty Jenkins, Rian Johnson, and Taika Waititi’s Star Wars movies are coming, the status of the studio’s film slate has been as difficult to locate as the Death Star plans....

One of the problems that comes from reliance on solar power is the “duck curve” where the solar panels produce more power than is needed during the day, and standby power is needed in the evening when demand is high and the sun goes down. The common solution has been to turn on natural gas “peaker” plants to produce power when the needed in those few hours. But in Southern California, a big natural gas leak turned into what Melissa called an epic ecological disaster, sending utilities searching for an alternative to gas....

There’s a common misconception that calculating a cat’s age in human years involves simply multiplying the cat’s age by seven. (The same myth about how dogs age has had staying power over the years.) However, cats actually mature rather quickly in their first two years of life and then their aging slows. How Do Cats Really Age? At a year old, a cat is actually 15 in human years, and when the cat reaches 2 years of age, it’s 24 in human years....

Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: No Way Home continues to make the rounds across the world, with Tom Holland’s threequel easily becoming the biggest theatrical release of 2021. Teaming up with Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and a handful of their past villains, this incredible group of comic book characters and the actors behind them are making the MCU’s Spider-Man threequel a truly unique and special outing. For the better part of a year, while rumors teased and then confirmed villains like Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus and Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Maguire and Garfield did everything possible to avoid admitting being a part of the No Way Home cast....

After moving Wanda Maximoff further along on her hero’s journey in WandaVision, director Matt Shakman reflected on her turn to the dark side in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.The Scarlet Witch took a shocking direction towards villainy in Doctor Strange 2, diving into the Darkhold’s teachings to look for a way to be with her twin sons, Billy and Tommy, after losing them in the final episode of WandaVision....

A Disney Imagineer explained why HYDRA was replaced as the main antagonist for the Avengers: Quantum Encounter experience aboard the Disney Wish.As the MCU continues to expand, so do the number of ways Marvel fans can interact with its heroes and villains.One of the latest is the Avengers: Quantum Encounter experience at the Worlds of Marvel restaurant aboard Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Wish.As fans dine on MCU-inspired fare, they’re also treated to a presentation of Marvel technology, complemented by highlights of MCU films, and hosted by Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and Evangeline Lily’s Wasp....

Hush. It’s snowing outside. At least, doesn’t it feel like that when snowflakes make their grand entrance, pirouetting from the sky like tiny, twirling ballerinas? And we’re pressed up against windows, eyes wide open. Or outside, all giddy smiles with tongues eagerly outstretched. Snowflakes look good. They even taste good. But they sound like … nothing. So what gives? Does a good snowfall really take the whole world’s breath away?...

It has become a trillion dollar industry where nobody wins. Anne Quito of Fast Company writes about a subject dear to this TreeHugger’s heart: There’s a trillion-dollar global black market for fake “designer” chairs. But usually when one thinks of black markets, it’s about buying off the back of a truck, semi-secret and under the table. As shown by the store around the corner from where I live, the furniture industry is totally blatant and open about it, proud that they are delivering a similar product at a much lower price....

Service dogs accomplish pretty amazing feats on a daily basis. Bethe Bennett’s miniature schnauzer nudged her back to consciousness after a fall. The trained service dog also retrieved an emergency phone list so Bennett could call neighbors for assistance. A pooch named Mr. Gibbs totes Alida Knobloch’s oxygen tank so the 2-year-old can dash around with other children. Mr. Gibbs even braves playground slides with Alida. (You can see video of Alida and Mr....

The first reactions have popped up online to the post-credits scenes from Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, the MCU’s first movie to release in Phase 5.Ant-Man 3 is only a short time away from kicking off another exciting adventure for the MCU, giving Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly their third solo movie to kick off the second Phase of Marvel Studios’ Multiverse Saga.And while the threequel earned mixed-to-positive reactions from critics, anticipation is slowly building to see what comes in Quantumania’s post-credits sequences....

Marvel Studios has become one of the biggest powerhouses of the movie industry. The Infinity Saga has become the most financially successful movie franchise in history since its inception in 2008, with nine movies that passed $1 billion at the box office including 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, which finished its theatrical run as the highest grossing movie of all time. One of the staples of the movie industry for the past few years is the guaranteed summer release of a new installment of the Avengers franchise every few years, usually resulting in the biggest movie of any given year....

2021 has seen the biggest round of expansions to date for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which will finish with nine new additions to the franchise before December comes to an end. On the Disney+ side, MCU fans are enjoying a deep dive into the past with weekly episodes of What If…?, which most recently showcased worlds where Tony Stark never became Iron Man and Thor never had his adopted brother, Loki....

Marvel Studios has more announced projects ahead of them than ever before in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even though most of these new movies and Disney+ series have been confirmed to be in development for nearly a year and a half at this point, Disney and Marvel have already had to handle their fair share of changes and adjustments behind the scenes before Phase 4 even debuts. In January of this year, Scott Derrickson departed the director’s chair for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

There are some tricks to the trade. “Shop second-hand” is a message often touted by eco-minded individuals, myself included. “It’s good for the planet! It’s good for your wallet!” we say, which is all good advice, but usually that’s where it ends. For someone unaccustomed to thrift shopping, it can be daunting to go from new or fast fashion shopping to vintage. The former offers seasonal trends and curated looks, while the latter seems like a hodgepodge of random pieces, vast and confusing....

Do you live in an area of freezing winter temperatures but long for the look of the tropics in your garden? Don’t despair. You can have the best of both worlds. There are dozens of species of cold-hardy palms, the signature plant of beach vacations and tropical getaways, that will grow in states well above the Sun Belt. In fact, there are a few that can survive temperatures below zero....

Instructable user mszymczak has let us share his project with you for building a mechanical hand with plastic drinking straws. This project is a great primer for kids to spark their interest in building more complicated gadgets. First comes a drinking straw hand, next comes a Raspberry Pi robot. Mszymczak says, “The elegance of this design is that it is basically free and the assembly is pretty simple. Yet, this design achieves a fully mechanical hand that rebounds back to its original state when the tendons release their tension....

Despite DC Studios co-head James Gunn taking to social media to address reports about the future of the DCU franchise, the superheroic scoops haven’t stopped, as a new update puts a Marvel director on the radar for a potential on-screen DC project. The DCU is changing. Warner Bros. Discovery’s superhero franchise sent shockwaves when a new wave of reports came in, such as Wonder Woman 3’s cancellation and the potential recasting of Justice League actors amid the studio shakeup....