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The latest episode of Moon Knight is by far the darkest story that Marvel Studios has ever told. It focuses entirely on the tragic backstory of Oscar Isaac’s Marc Spector, his family, and his illness. Episode 4 of Moon Knight primed the penultimate chapter with a dramatic climax that saw Oscar Isaac’s Marc Spector being shot by Ethan Hawke’s Arthur Harrow and left to die in a pool of water. Spector sunk into the dark abyss of death until he awoke, sedated, inside a mental institution....

Paulownia tomentosa has had marvelous press on the Internet. Several Australian and United States companies make claims of extraordinary growth, unbelievable wood values, and magnificent beauty. Paulownia, they write, can shade an area in record time, resist insects, feed livestock, and improve the soil component — and in some ways this is correct. But is this just hype or is the plant truly a “supertree” Let me introduce you to Royal Paulownia and you just might rethink the abilities given to the tree by producers....

I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold.Every bounty hunter requires hydration to track down their quarries, and Stanley has brought the latest essential hunting tool to our world from the galaxy far, far away. Via StanleyIn collaboration with Lucasfilm, Stanley has created an ensemble of limited-edition drinkware inspired by The Mandalorian. The famous drinkware company, with legs stretching all the way back to 1913, has produced three specialized cups with original artwork based on the hit Disney+ series....

Marvel Studios has taken major leaps forward with its storytelling in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with everything from WandaVision on Disney+ to Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters. All this new content comes on the heels of the world-famous Infinity Saga, which set the standard for interconnected storytelling over the course of a decade. This venture, of course, ended unofficially with Avengers: Endgame in 2019 when it became the biggest movie of all time financially (before a re-release of 2009’s Avatar)....

Spider-Man: No Way Home is set to bust open the Marvel Multiverse on the big screen in just over a month, and rumors are flying about what fans can expect from the much-anticipated film. While already offering up a slew of villains from past Spider-Man films, No Way Home’s worst kept secret is perhaps its biggest selling point: the inclusion of previous Spider-Man actors Tobey McGuire and Andrew Garfield as their respective versions of Peter Parker....

Spider-Man remains as popular as ever thanks to the character’s biggest solo movie ever, Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is already set for a re-release at the end of this summer. However, the web-slinger is also at the center of some incredibly serious backlash thanks to controversy stemming from the highly-discussed fan film, Spider-Man: Lotus. Not associated in any way with either Marvel Studios or Sony Pictures, Spider-Man: Lotus centers on a story in which Peter Parker deals with the loss of Gwen Stacy, the effects of which fans saw for a moment in Spider-Man: No Way Home....

Marvel Studios’ Eternals welcomes ten new superpowered heroes into the ever-expansive MCU. As ancient and immortal beings, each Eternal has the same number of years under their belt but not all look the same age.That comes most prevalently with Lia McHugh’s Sprite. Similar to the goddess Artemis from Greek mythology, Sprite appears as a young girl rather than a grown woman.Acting opposite an ensemble of adults can be intimidating, but it’s nothing new for the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

With enough light and heat, you can grow your own vegetables all year round. Just because the days are getting cooler and shorter here in the northern hemisphere, that doesn’t mean you should stop harvesting homegrown food. Instead, consider starting an indoor garden with edible crops that you can enjoy throughout the winter. According to The Gateway Gardener, it’s not that hard, and actually sounds rather fun. Generally speaking, plants that are harvested for their leaves tend to do much better indoors than ones whose fruit is eaten....

While there is something to be said for a lone statement plant in a room – like a giant Monstera deliciosa in the corner or a big frondy palm on a side table – there is perhaps more to love about clusters of houseplants. Even in a minimalist home, a collection of plants together doesn’t read as clutter so much, but rather a lush whole made of similar parts. In the wild, plants group themselves together naturally based on their requirements; so why not provide them the same consideration when having them in the home?...

Shipping containers were designed for stuff, not humans, and by the time architects finish adapting them for people there often isn’t much left of them. But they are cheap and plentiful, and architect Benjamin Garcia Saxe has managed to adapt a pair of 40’ containers so that humans can be very comfortable indeed. It is economical too; the whole thing cost $ 40,000. The key move here is that he has cut out almost the entire side wall of the container, and set the two boxes far enough apart that the spaces are now appropriately scaled...

The Flash Season 9 is poised to pull some surprises for longtime Arrowverse fans, and a new set photo may have spoiled how one dead character will make an appearance in the series. The upcoming final season is packed with guest stars across the Arrowverse, but some exciting ones involve characters from previous seasons, such as Matt Letscher’s Reverse Flash and John Wesley Shipp’s Jay Garrick. The Flash showrunner Eric Wallace’s confirmation of Rick Cosnett’s comeback as Eddie Thawne made everyone wonder how the Arrowverse character will return from the dead....

In November, Chris Hemsworth showed off the results of his training and rippling new muscles that seemed to intimidate even his co-stars. Natalie Portman joked that she’d “look like [Chris Hemsworth’s] little grandma next to him,” despite her own training beginning as far back as July. Recently, there has been an abundance of leaks from the set of Thor: Love and Thunder. One fascinating video released from the production showed Natalie Portman’s stunt double having Jane Foster behaving very oddly....

Deadline reported in January that writer Michael Waldron would be involved in the second season of Marvel Studios’ Loki series “in some capacity.” Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige later confirmed that certain Disney+ series would receive more seasons, indicating that Loki may not be a limited series like WandaVision. Loki is on track to be the most anticipated and popular streaming show on Disney+ as well. It has six episodes planned, not to mention a concept that is ripe for multiple seasons....

Update: Public Law 114-216, AKA the DARK Act, was enacted on July 29, 2016 when President Obama signed then Senate Bill 764 (S.764). The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 is a proposal to create a national standard regarding the labeling of genetically engineered organisms (GMOs) being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives. If passed, the bill would override state laws that require foods containing GMO ingredients to be labeled....

Have you noticed a tree around town that holds its brown leaves all winter instead of dropping them? There’s a term for this curious leaf-retention phenomenon. It’s called marcescence. And if it’s a conical-shaped understory tree with bleached, light tan leaves, it’s probably an American beech (Fagus grandiflora). “Basically, that means that things hold onto stuff,” said Jim Finley, a Pennsylvania Extension Service forester who is also a professor of forest resources and director of the Center for Private Forests at Penn State....

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins shut down “clickbait’ reports that she was the reason Wonder Woman 3 was scrapped at DC Studios.Word recently has been swirling that a potential third Jenkins-directed Wonder Woman “[was] not moving forward and is considered dead in its current incarnation.“This comes as the winds of change continue to blow at Warner Bros. and DC Studios. Newly-appointed co-CEOs of the DCU, James Gunn and Peter Safran, have just taken their posting at the super-powered franchise, with their sights set on “telling the Biggest Story Ever Told....

From the time that Rio de Janeiro was established in 1565 to the mid-19th century, its numerous hillsides, once lush with tropical forests, had been cleared of vegetation for timber and fuel to help grow the burgeoning city. Eventually, nearly all of Rio’s hillsides would be stripped bare forests as coffee and sugarcane plantations took their place. Between 1590 and 1797, for example, the number of cane mills jumped from six to 120 – at the expense of the city’s Atlantic rainforest....

The official runtime for Zachary Levi’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods has been announced in a recent report, revealing the film to be on the shorter side compared to previous DCU movies.The March 2023 movie is a sequel to 2019’s Shazam!, which followed the superhero origin of Billy Batson as he discovered the importance of family.The sequel’s plot, as revealed by the trailer from San Diego Comic-Con in July, will see the family — affectionately called the “Shazam Family” or “Shazamily” by fans — continue to develop their superhero identities, while fighting a villain unfamiliar to comics fans....

The Snyder Cut of Justice League has been the talk of the comic book movie world all summer since its official announcement in late Spring 2020. While it won’t be Snyder’s complete vision as he originally planned it before the film’s theatrical release in 2017, Warner Bros and HBO Max are giving him the chance to finish a few days’ worth of filming and bring most of his film to life when it debuts on the HBO Max streaming network in 2021....

Do animals mourn their dead? Examples of grief-like behavior abound in the animal world. Crows, which form lifelong pair bonds, flock to the bodies of their deceased, diving and swooping and emitting a call that summons other birds. There are accounts of chimps and other primates refusing to put down the bodies of dead babies and holding onto them for days, even after decomposition has begun. In one case in Guinea, a mother carried her baby for 68 days....