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Driving in winter can be hazardous, with snow reducing your visibility and ice making the roads so slippery. Your car shouldn’t add to your winter woes, but the elements can conspire against you and your auto. Preventive maintenance is essential year round, but this is especially true in winter. If you spent the warmer months slacking, you can still take some steps now to combat winter’s harsh effects. Here are six ways that winter weather can wear on your car and how you can fix them....

Have you ever stopped to think about lettuce, that humble workhorse of a vegetable that shows up on dinner tables at least several times per week? That such a fragile, perishable, and seasonal food has become an integral part of the American diet is really quite curious, and its history is traced in a fascinating episode called “Green Gold” on CBC’s The Fridge Light podcast with Chris Nuttall-Smith. Lettuce in the Early Days Lettuce was the first fresh produce that Americans were able to buy any day or week of the year....

With Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania now officially out, all of the spoilery details of the latest MCU project are finally out there for fans around the world.The moment this third Ant-Man film was revealed to be featuring Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror, fans immediately perked up, wondering how in the world Scott Lang was going to beat an Avengers-level threat. Now, the moment to find out has arrived.Sadly, the film isn’t being received all that well....

Marvel Studios’ upcoming surefire blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will examine the legacy left behind by the death of Wakanda’s leader and protector, Chadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa. Rumors and speculation have swirled regarding who will take up the mantle of the Black Panther for quite a while now.Complicating matters for the people of Wakanda is the fact that Namor, a Mutant from the undersea kingdom of Talocan, has some sort of beef with the technologically advanced African nation....

In today’s cinematic landscape, franchises are the name of the game due to the success of Harry Potter, James Bond, the DCU, Star Wars, Star Trek, and the juggernaut that is Marvel Studios. While the current practice is to build origin stories, sequels, a universe, and now TV shows, the jump between film and television is nothing new for one of pop culture’s oldest franchises: Star Trek. The 1960s television series not only sparked other television shows and is continuing to do so on streaming, but also in films, including a theatrical reboot starring Chris Pine as James Tiberius Kirk, the captain of the USS Enterprise....

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe has been nothing short of controversial. Both Venom movies have been met with lukewarm reception at best, while Morbius was absolutely obliterated by critics and audiences––something it doesn’t seem the studio has caught onto yet. That hasn’t stopped them, however. Sony is currently in production of two more Spidey films: Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web. While the Aaron Taylor Johnson-led villain film has finished filming, Madame Web has only just begun its journey in front of the cameras....

Wanda Maximoff is back at the center of the conversation, as she makes her return to the big screen in Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The Scarlet Witch (played by Elizabeth Olsen) came into her own in last year’s WandaVision and has become one of the pillars of the MCU, having now appeared in six total projects from this franchise. Warning - The rest of this article contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

Sony and Marvel Studios’ upcoming third solo Spidey film, Spider-Man: No Way Home seems to be throwing in everything but the kitchen sink. With heavy rumors of previous cinematic Spider-Men, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield getting a piece of the movie’s action and appearing as multiversal versions of the Web-Slinger, fans are understandably frothing at the mouth for more information or perhaps even a trailer.Also confirmed to be joining in on No Way Home is Alfred Molina, reprising his role as Doc Ock from 2004’s Spider-Man 2....

Even after four high-octane Disney+ shows and two thrilling blockbuster movies started the MCU’s Phase 4, Marvel Studios is far from done bringing thrilling new stories to the fray. Admittedly, most of the hype is centered on the imminent release of Chloé Zhao’s Eternals and the internet-breaking Spider-Man: No Way Home in December. But Disney+ still has another special outing as well in Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye, the first solo series for the 10-year MCU veteran....

No more excuses for soft, moldy apples in your fruit bowl! Apple season is here, one of the best times of the year. After months of making do with slightly soft, disappointing apples, the fresh crop comes as such a treat, crunchy and juicy and tart. Stocking up is only logical; apples keep for a long time, especially if stored at a cool temperature, and are perfect for snacking and cooking....

Director Zack Snyder brought his vision for Justice League to the world just a couple of weeks ago, which is still sparking discussions with each passing day. The revamped story in Zack Snyder’s Justice League offered more depth to the six core heroes while also introducing players on both sides of the fight that were absent from the 2017 theatrical cut. Some of the most notable of these new additions were villains like DeSaad and Darkseid, who kept an eye on Steppenwolf in his search for the Mother Boxes....

When Marvel Studios announced the colossal lineup of projects that would follow the pop culture phenomenon known as Avengers: Endgame, titles such as Black Widow, Eternals, and Loki created a loud buzz of excitement from fans all over the world. One project, however, was different from the rest. In a saga full of top-tier acting and beautiful cinematography, the Marvel Cinematic Universe revealed its first animated series, with the interesting title What If…?...

Despite being just two weeks away, the plot of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness remains vastly mysterious. Fans know the film will feature Benedict Cumberbatch’s titular hero teaming up with Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch and Xochitil Gomez’s America Chavez as they navigate the Multiverse, but the specificities of the dangers that arise are still up in the air. Olsen’s Scarlet Witch has been rumored to walk the line between good and evil, while trailer footage has spotlighted the tentacled titan Gargantos as a Kaiju that the heroes will have to do battle with....

Marvel fans are eagerly awaiting the studio’s upcoming return to theaters, which kicks off in July with four movies set to release in 2021. The second of these is September’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, bringing the MCU’s first new leading hero into play since 2019’s Captain Marvel. While plot details are being mostly kept under wraps, the movie’s first trailer from April built up considerable hype with Marvel bringing its first look into the ancient world of martial arts....

The release schedule for Wonder Woman 1984 has been, to put it mildly, erratic. Initially planned to release on December 13, 2019, before being moved up a month, only to be delayed to June 5, 2020. However, then the coronavirus hit everyone and the movie was forced to be delayed to August 14, 2020, but that date didn’t hold either. It was then, hopefully for the last time, announced that WW84 would be pushed back again to October 2020....

After more than a year filled with one breaking news story after another about Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures are working feverishly to build the promotional tour for the sequel’s December release. Even considering this outing is already being spoken of as the most ambitious solo superhero movie in history, there’s a chance that the threequel could exceed the incredible hype building for the conclusion to this trilogy....

Andor has been widely praised by critics ever since its debut on Disney+ despite minimal references to the larger Star Wars franchise. Despite that, the latest breakdown from Lucasfilm has revealed that there are still Easter eggs present in the Diego Luna-led series. One of the characters introduced in the series is Stellan Skarsgard’s Luthen Rael, who has been serving as a sort of double agent for the Rebellion. On Coruscant, Luthen is the owner of Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest, but this shop also served as a front for his rebel dealings....

Warner Bros. is in the middle of a difficult time with regard to its immediate future in the movie industry, particularly as it relates to its upcoming slate of projects within the DC Universe. At the center of those issues is Ezra Miller, who’s been involved with an uncomfortable stream of controversy over the last few months while being the leading star in next year’s The Flash.With multiple arrests and charges of felony and domestic violence on his record, Miller is in a serious amount of trouble both in the public eye and with his employers at Warner Bros....

If you want to really see the stars in the sky, how far would you have to travel from your front door? Up until about 100 years ago, the night sky was dark, but with the ever-increasing use of artificial light, our world is illuminated almost 24/7. The result is light pollution, defined by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) as inappropriate or excessive use of artificial light. A nonprofit with more than 60 chapters around the world, the IDA advocates for “the protection of the night sky” and is recognized as an authority on light pollution....

After various cancellations from its TV slate, the Arrowverse may soon be coming to an end. Shows such as Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow, and Naomi have been unceremoniously canceled by The CW, indicating that the shared universe will not see the light of day much longer. This is on top of the news that The Flash was confirmed to end with Season 9, leaving the fate of the Arrowverse hanging in the balance....