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While the reception for Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy has yet to improve with time, there is still considerable fan appreciation, and interest, in its lead characters: Rey and Kylo Ren. Kylo’s Adam Driver has gone on to star in other films to critical acclaim, but Rey’s Daisy Ridley has expressed difficulty with having been typecast and struggles with social media backlash. Following her debut in 2015’s The Force Awakens, Ridley was confronted with online criticism due to a social media post concerning gun violence....

While Season 2 of The Mandalorian was a huge success for Disney+ and Lucasfilm and met with positive reactions from fans and critics alike, actress Gina Carano who plays Cara Dune in the series has been a source of controversy. For months, Carano’s social media posts about political issues, preferred pronouns, and masks produced backlash leading many on Twitter to use the hashtag #FireGinaCarano. Today, Carano took to Instagram and drew comparisons between Nazi Germany and today’s political atmosphere that, once again, sparked significant backlash....

After the Star Wars expanded universe was officially decanonized with Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm, many were outraged to see iconic characters and lore left behind. The Mandalorian has since brought several popular characters from animation and the expanded universe into live-action - including Ahsoka Tano, Bo-Katan Kryze, and more.Since beginning her journey as the young Padawan to Anakin Skywalker in The Clone Wars, Ahsoka returned in Rebels as a far more mature and seasoned Jedi....

Despite the growing scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans have reveled in the fact that they’ve gotten to know some of the franchise’s well-known heroes on deeper levels. Standalone solo movies have typically allowed this, however, the MCU’s upcoming Disney+ slate will take this aspect to a whole other level. A prime example of this will be in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a series that will intricately explore both a post-Blip world following Avengers: Endgame and the mental and physical wellbeings of Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes....

The Batman had a successful theatrical run, earning more than $760 million at the global box office. This is on top of the positive reviews from fans and critics, with most of them praising the performance of Robert Pattinson’s titular hero. As a result of this success, talks about a sequel made headlines. Pattinson first revealed his hopes for a follow-up to be made, saying that he would love to explore a movie that has the “Court of Owls” in it....

Sure, you’ve heard of wind and solar power, biofuels, hydroelectric, tidal, and wave power, but Mother Nature provides an endless bounty of alternative energy sources beyond those that we use today. Clean, green energy is all around us in the natural world, and scientists have only begun to answer the question of how to tap it. Here’s a list of 10 practical sources of alternative energy you’ve probably never heard of....

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Robbery in Boston The Tucker Cross Theft The Antwerp Diamond Heist The Plymouth Mail Truck Robbery D.B. Cooper and a Stolen Plane Banco Central Robbery in Fortaleza, Brazil The Great Train Robbery in England Dunbar Robbery in Los Angeles Brink’s-Mat Robbery in Britain The Harry Winston Heist One of the world’s largest gold coins is a 221-pound behemoth from Canada called the Big Maple Leaf....

While many have loved the recent Disney+ series, Tales of the Jedi, the Star Wars series’ sixth episode ended up making some controversial changes that saw the removal of a fan favorite LGBTQIA+.Episode 6 follows Ahsoka after the events of Revenge of the Sith. In particular, it chronicles the details behind what actually gets the former Jedi back into the fight and part of the rebellion. This story involved Ahsoka isolating herself from the larger galaxy—until an accident on a farming planet reveals her secrets....

Arrowverse creator Greg Berlanti appears to be moving on to other projects at Warner Bros. Television as he steps back from DC superhero shows.As Warner Bros. (WB) has struggled to build its DCEU on the big screen, another live-action DC universe has been flourishing with The CW’s Arrowverse. Starring with 2012’s Arrow before turning into a sprawling world of spin-offs and crossovers, producer Greg Berlanti has dedicated the last decade to fleshing out this world....

DC’s upcoming reboot led many to wonder which Justice League actors will be recast, and past comments from DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed which stars will be missing in DCU’s Chapter 1. Gunn recently set the record straight about recast rumors for the DCU by saying that “some characters” from the DCEU will still remain a part of the new universe. At the top of that list are Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller and Sean Gunn’s Weasel from The Suicide Squad....

Fantastic Beasts 4 has an uncertain future following the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, and its lead star has added fuel to the first as he casts doubt on a potential comeback for the Harry Potter spin-off films. When the Fantastic Beasts film series was announced in 2016, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling shared that it would consist of a story that spans five movies, indicating that a fourth and fifth project could be on the horizon....

If one Harry Potter star is to be believed, a remake of the franchise feels like an inevitability. After dominating the literary world, J.K. Rowling’s wizarding universe has also become one of the biggest movie franchises of all time. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson headlined the first eight films (based on the books) before the series started anew with the Fantastic Beasts series of films. However, ever since Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson stepped off the set for the last time, there has been chatter about their return....

Marvel Studios’ just finished its fifth Disney+ series with Hawkeye, and if reception is to be believed, it seems that it could end the year as one of the fans’ favorite projects of 2021. On top of centering around Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton for the first time, the show also introduced Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop to the MCU stage—and she knocked it out of the park. Many viewers claim that the show’s finale is easily one of the best out of all Disney+ shows....

If there’s one vegetable I wish I could have on tap, it’s lettuce. I make salads all the time, so I end up buying a lot of greens. This backfires because lettuce takes up so much space in my fridge that I have no room for other things. I rapidly evolve into an herbivore; my incisors fall out and I grow an extra stomach. And who has time for that much digestion?...

Lucasfilm has reportedly cast Logan actress Dafne Keen in the studio’s upcoming Star Wars Disney+ series, The Acolyte.Anticipation may be high for the return of The Mandalorian and Ahsoka’s solo series, but Lucasfilm’s upcoming slate has more to offer than just familiar faces. Expected to release on Disney+ in 2024, The Acolyte not only promises to explore the dark side of the Force, but also the High Republic. Since this period within the Star Wars timeline has never been seen on screen, the list of new stars joining the Lucasfilm family continues to grow, especially now that filming for the series is underway....

The secret weapon of Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has been uncovered thanks to some merchandise from the upcoming film.Ever since He Who Remains’ debut in Loki, fans have been in love with the new big bad of the MCU. While it’ll be hard to top Josh Brolin’s Thanos, Majors is already doing a fantastic job.Soon, fans will be able to see the real Kang in Quantumania, or, as Majors called him, the warrior Variant....

Captain America, She-Hulk, and Loki were all featured as part of a new ad campaign after leading their own Disney+ shows in the MCU.Phase 4 of the MCU celebrated a number of Marvel Studios veterans while also bringing new future members of the Avengers to life. This started off early in 2021 with returning players like Tom Hiddleston in Loki and Anthony Mackie in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and the final Disney+ show of this new Phase brought its latest new heroine with Tatiana Maslany’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law....

At San Diego Comic-Con this year, Marvel Studios set the stage for an exciting new team-up movie to close out the MCU’s Phase 5, with Thunderbolts coming to the big screen in 2024. Then a thrilling cast for the movie was announced at D23, however, it doesn’t include the once classic MCU character that many were expecting, Daniel Brühl’s Helmut Zemo.Zemo was last seen being taken back to the Raft as a prisoner in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but with Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Val appearing during that series, he was expected to be a key player in Thunderbolts....

Since the first trailer for Ms. Marvel debuted in March, MCU fans have been quite vocal about the drastic change to Kamala Khan’s powers, which are more cosmic than physical on the small screen. The show’s creative team has explained why this change happened in order to tie Ms. Marvel to other cosmic storylines, although this hasn’t calmed all worries about what Marvel Studios has in store. While fans are already invested in Kamala’s story as she makes her mark within the MCU, the topic of CGI has once again taken center stage as Marvel Studios moves further along into Phase 4....

Fans will soon be introduced to Ms. Marvel thanks to the character’s Disney+ series set to air on June 8. The young hero of New Jersey, played by Iman Vellani, won’t have the stretchy powers she’s known for—instead, they’ll be light constructs. Though, it isn’t her abilities that set the superhero apart from the pack; it’s how big of a fan she is of all the other Marvel legends. As big of a fangirl as Kamala Khan is, there’s one person who ranks above everyone else: Captain Marvel....