Breaching and lunging is a common behavior among humpback whales, and witnessed with ooohs and aaahs by whale watchers. In fact, it is what most whale watchers hope to see. Breaching whales emerge with great power from the water, to slap back down with a loud boom. There are a good number of theories about why humpback whales and other marine mammals breach. And there may of course be as many reasons why humpback whales breach, depending on the situation....
MCU star Paul Rudd is currently enjoying a run at the top of the world, at least in the movie and entertainment industry. The longtime comedy star was recently named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2021, joining a list of eight previous Marvel actors to have won the honor and giving the MCU back-to-back winners after Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan. This comes in addition to filming arguably one of Phase 4’s biggest movies in 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania....
Earlier this year, The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment launched “Raise The Game,” an initiative seeking to sign up 200 video game developers and publishers to agree to the pledge principles and increasing diversity within their company. Since then, improvements have been seen from a number of developers. The Game of the Year winner for 2020, The Last of Us Part II, sees players control Ellie, an openly gay teenager, whilst we have seen the Assassin’s Creed series allow players more decisions for the chosen character....
The release window for Star Wars: Ahsoka remains unknown, but there’s been significant movement on the pre-production front. Set within the timeline of The Mandalorian, Rosario Dawson will return in a new live-action adventure following the adventures of Ahsoka Tano. When fans last saw her, the former Jedi was on the hunt for a formidable adversary last seen in Star Wars Rebels - Grand Admiral Thrawn. The implication was clear. Ahsoka is fulfilling her promise to find her lost friend, Ezra Bridger, and Thrawn was the last man he was spotted with....
Bill Gates just plopped down 80 million bucks to buy 25,000 acres of desert west of Phoenix to build a “smart city” to be called Belmont. According to his development partners, quoted in Popular Mechanics, A new freeway is being built that will connect to Las Vegas, making it “an ideal spot for a new community.” The developer notes that “Comparable in square miles and projected population to Tempe, Arizona, Belmont will transform a raw, blank slate into a purpose-built edge city built around a flexible infrastructure model....
WARNING - This article contains spoilers for Black Widow. One of the most anticipated introductions in Black Widow was Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova. Starring opposite Scarlett Johansson, Pugh was tasked with the tall order of portraying a brand-new character that has a lifetime of history with one of the most tenured heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not only was Pugh able to accurately convey a lifelong relationship, but she left fans begging for more Yelena Belova....
The solution to one of your plastic problems is in your linen closet. I was recently shopping online for cloth produce bags and gaping at the cost of shipping when it dawned on me that I should just make my own. Even though I have zero sewing experience, surely it’s not that hard to convert an old cotton sheet into a bunch of sturdy produce bags, right? DIY Cloth Bag That’s when I came across Anne-Marie Bonneau’s tutorial on how to make your own cloth produce and bulk food bags....
Imagine the most perfect tree on Earth: one that outdoes all others in magnificence, size, height, productivity, architecture and ability to draw thousands of gallons of water, yet marvelously resists drought, fire, insects, disease, mudslides, flooding and wind; and it possesses exquisite biodiversity in its crown. Then, and only then, as naturalist and Sierra Club founder John Muir put it, you’d know the “Kings of the forest, the noblest of a noble race” — the immortal Sequoia sempervirens, otherwise known as the coast redwood....
While fans are still reeling from James Gunn’s new DC slate announcement, it seems as though there are two hidden movies the DC Studios executive is keeping close to the vest. To end January, James Gunn and his DC Universe (DCU) co-CEO Peter Safran finally pulled the curtain back on their first wave of DC projects, in what they are calling DCU Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters. The announcement came with a list of 10 new projects including names like Superman: Legacy, The Brave and The Bold, and the horror-tinged Swamp Thing....
It doesn’t take a sorcerer to figure out that Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was a smash hit! The MCU film hit theaters on May 6 and went on to gross over $900 million at the worldwide box office. Living up to its name, the movie saw the titular Master of the Mystic Arts, Dr. Strange, travel the Multiverse to obtain the Book of Vishanti as a means to stop a rogue Wanda Maximoff....
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’s Harrison Ford has now put those pesky rumors of his character getting replaced to rest.Indiana Jones has been a beloved figure in pop culture ever since Raiders of the Lost Ark opened all the way back in 1981. Over forty years later, the franchise is about to release its fifth entry.A new trailer for the highly anticipated sequel was recently released, and it’s gotten the world excited and ready for Indy’s next adventure....
Neil Gaiman is currently working on helping adapt by far his most famous work, Sandman, into a series for Netflix. However, being a prolific writer, Gaiman has penned not only novels but comic books too, writing for both DC and Marvel over the decades. One series that stood out from Marvel was Gaiman’s “1602,” which re-imagined the Marvel Universe in the year 1602. Incidentally, it was revealed during the Marvel Studios Animation Panel at San Diego Comic-Con that at least one episode of What If…?...
Most animal-rights activists follow a plant-based diet for ethical reasons and studiously avoid places where meat makes up the bulk of the menu. Still, vegetarians or vegans occasionally find themselves inclined to sneak into McDonald’s for a serving of the famous Golden Arches French fries every now and then. But if they’re serious about living meat-free, they should stop. In spite of numerous protests—and even lawsuits—McDonald’s fries are not, and never have been, vegan or vegetarian....
Netflix Boss Peter Friedlander has come clean about the streaming service’s cancellations of popular shows. Netflix continues to break viewing records with hit shows like Stranger Things and The Sandman - the former of which ruled the summer and sparked a worldwide revival of Kate Bush’s “Running up that Hill.” The Sandman’s faithful television adaption of Gaiman’s beloved comics also proved a hit amongst audiences despite initial backlash towards casting choices....
Obi-Wan Kenobi has officially entered its second half as Episode 4 is now available to stream on Disney+. The show, which has featured Ewan McGregor’s return to Star Wars as Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, has been a major success for both Disney and Lucasfilm in terms of viewership numbers, and rumors that a Season 2 is already in the works have recently surfaced. The first three episodes of the series focused on Obi-Wan being called back into action after a 10-year hiatus since the events of Revenge of the Sith....
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is set to explore the complexities of superhuman lawyering, with Tatiana Maslany’s Jennifer Walters at the forefront. Although marketing for the Disney+ series has primarily focused on its light-hearted tone and fourth-wall breaking, the intense battles in the courtroom have been the highlight of the show’s promotion. A glimpse of She-Hulk’s courtroom scenes was featured at the tail-end of Episode 1, but the proceedings were cut short due to the arrival of Jameela Jamil’s Titania....
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s finale is one of the major topics of discussion among fans after it unexpectedly showcased a game-changing installment. From the start, marketing for the series has mainly focused on its fourth-wall-breaking approach while also being integrated consistently in every episode. In the finale, this meta approach was taken to a whole another level. Warning - this article contains spoilers for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s finale. The show’s finale was absolutely packed with MCU Easter eggs, even featuring a meta-reference to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige himself....
Marvel Studios has always been famous for its heavy use of CGI to design its battles, destruction, and heroic abilities, but in a few cases, it’s even been used to create entire characters. Characters such as Thanos, the Hulk, and Groot have been created completely digitally with famous talent lending the vocals. Soon, the MCU will introduce its first completely CGI in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. The nine-episode Disney+ legal comedy will see Tatiana Maslany make her MCU as Jennifer Walters, better known as She-Hulk, the cousin of Bruce Banner....
As Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: No Way Home united three generations of Peter Parker, the future of the trio of Spider-Men remains vague. Holland is expected to continue his iteration of Peter Parker in a new college-age trilogy, while Tobey Maguire could return as soon as Doctor Strange 2. That leaves Andrew Garfield, who has had no shortage of fan demand. ADVERTISEMENT Since Garfield’s return to the character in December, chatter about a potential The Amazing Spider-Man 3 has been astronomical....
Spider-Man: No Way Home is set to bring back former Spider-Man villains to the MCU by unleashing the Multiverse. One of the villains that will make his triumphant Marvel return is Jamie Foxx’s Electro, who was originally introduced in Andrew Garfield’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The electrifying villain died in the Marc Webb-directed sequel, but marketing showed that he is back in full force. Foxx’s reported involvement first sparked speculation that No Way Home would revolve around the Multiverse....
