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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s marketing is ramping up as Sony Pictures released new footage to drum up hype for the animated Spider-Man sequel. Across the Spider-Verse, or Spider-Verse 2, is poised to feature countless Spider-Man-related characters as the sequel travels deep into the Multiverse. The upcoming Spidey flick is set to reunite Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy for an alternate universe-throttling adventure as they defend various universes from the Spot. Joining the pair are new and returning heroes, such as Jake Johnson’s Peter B....

MCU fans have an absolute wealth of material to take in at the moment with the long-awaited release of Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters and the Disney+ release of Hawkeye’s fifth episode. While Clint Barton and Kate Bishop were still the centerpieces of this past entry, fans immediately gravitated to Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova as she made her full Hawkeye appearance alongside the core heroes.Following up on Yelena’s MCU debut in 2021’s Black Widow, there was palpable excitement to see where her story would go after her encounter with Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Val in the post-credits scene....

Harrison Ford remains as active as ever in the Hollywood landscape, even having just celebrated his 80th birthday in July 2022. In the 2010s he had a couple of opportunities to reprise his fan-favorite role as Han Solo in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which is far from the last classic character he’s brought back to life in the 21st century.Next year, he’ll continue that same trend by portraying the iconic Dr....

Have you ever wondered what’s happening in your garden while you sleep? It’s probably a lot more than you think. As the sun goes down and daytime pollinators and predators head to their nests, burrows, hives or roosts, the night shift of insects and other visitors takes over. As darkness slowly envelops your landscape, other strange things start happening outside your bedroom window, too. Leaves begin to change position and flowers that were closed during the day start to open and emit nocturnal fragrances....

Ah, summertime, when we want to hit the open road and go camping. We previously looked at little teardrop trailers, but now for something a little bigger and more comfortable: trailers and RVs. The KiraVan We’ll begin with the KiraVan from Applied minds. The designer says he built this rig “to show my daughter seldom visited places of unspoiled natural beauty.” Of course after this thing tromps over the seldom visited places, they won’t be unspoiled....

Marvel Studios’ smash-hit Loki series has brought a lot to the MCU. It saw the return of Tom Hiddleston’s fan-favorite Asgardian trickster with a twist and also established the world of the Time Variance Authority, an organization charged with policing the timeline and wiping out any perceived impurities that may occur in history. The Time Variance Authority, or TVA, is a bureaucratic operation with a distinct hierarchy with soldiers called Minutemen, who are commanded by Hunters....

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is set to be released on September 3, 2021, but marketing for the film has yet to officially start. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film will follow the origin story of Simu Liu’s titular martial artist alongside the introduction of the real Mandarin in the form of Tony Leung’s Wenwu. So far, plot details of Shang-Chi are still being kept under wraps, with information only coming from several plot leaks and tie-in merchandise in the past months....

New information revealed which MCU actors Marvel Studios is pushing for consideration at this year’s Oscar ceremony, including Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Hemsworth, and more.The 95th Academy Awards are coming up in March, and Marvel is getting ready to start its push for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The studio has never fared all that well when it comes to bringing home Oscars gold, with studio president Kevin Feige actually having called out the Academy for its “genre bias” when it comes to comic book films....

In a recent post on LED lighting, I raised the spectre of Jevons Paradox, paraphrasing Stanley by saying that “It is wholly a confusion to suppose that more efficient lighting leads to diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth.” Stanley Jevons wrote his book “The Coal Question” in 1865, at a time when there was some worry that Britain might run out of coal. It was then used to power very big and inefficient steam engines that pumped water out of mines; when James Watt developed his steam engine that used 75 percent less coal than the Newcomen engine it replaced, the common thinking was that the increased efficiency meant that they would burn less coal....

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to answer a longstanding question in the MCU: Who will become the next Black Panther?After the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman, Marvel Studios made the decision to not recast the role of T’Challa, leaving many to wonder how the Black Panther mantle will be addressed in the sequel. As Wakanda Forever’s release inches closer, speculation has become rampant on which MCU hero will become the Black Panther as seen in the first trailer....

She-Hulk has been a divisive MCU installment—and that’s putting it lightly. For one, many fans are quite enamored by the special effects of its titular character. On top of that, there are a vocal few who believe the show is actually getting worse as the episodes continue to pass.With all that said, while some may hate it, there are still plenty that seems to be loving the antics brought on by Jennifer Walters and her She-Hulk persona....

Whilst Black Panther: Wakanda Forever recently teased the third Ant-Man installment, Thor: Love and Thunder was hinting at Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Namor almost four months ago. When Love and Thunder hit theaters in July 2022, many fans spotted a reference highlighting Bast the Wakandan Panther Goddess, a character previously only found in the Marvel comic universe.However, it seems that this wasn’t the only Black Panther easter egg in Love and Thunder....

Some new concept art has shown that Love from Thor: Love and Thunder, played by India Hemsworth, could have looked a lot different in her MCU debut.When the movie was first announced in 2019, most probably would have never guessed that the title referred to the reincarnated daughter of Christan Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher, courtesy of Eternity. The twist is an entirely original MCU creation, as nothing like it is present in the comics....

After a big Multiversal adventure in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and a cosmic epic in Thor: Love and Thunder, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is set to bring the action back to the street-level. The upcoming MCU series is confirmed to feature several cameos from notable characters from the interconnected franchise, such as Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner, Tim Roth’s Abomination, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Charlie Cox’s Daredevil. It is unknown if there will be many more unexpected appearances from other MCU heroes (and villains) in the series, but it’s possible that there are still tons of surprises that have yet to be revealed....

Question: Were any animals harmed in the making of my new down comforter and feather pillows? Answer: Funny you ask considering that I’m fielding this query in a horizontal position directly from my down, feather and hypoallergenic fiber-filled (more on this later) advice headquarters. One has to tackle the hard-hitting questions in resplendent comfort, am I right? Down Is Plucked From Waterfowl Given that there is no magical factory in the sky that makes feather and down — the fluffy, insulating undercoating of quill-less feathers located underneath the tougher outer layer of feathers belonging to ducks, geese and other waterfowl — it’s most likely that the heavenly filling in your comforter and in those pillows was directly plucked from a real, live (well, ideally not live) bird....

This is a series where I take my lectures presented as adjunct professor teaching sustainable design at Ryerson University School of Interior Design in Toronto, and distill them down to a sort of Pecha Kucha slide show of 20 slides that take about 20 seconds each to read. How did kitchens get to be how they are, and where are kitchens going? Certain things go in and out of fashion (like bright yellow appliances) but other things seem to never change....

Some dogs stash away their things. They tuck stuffed animals into the couch cushions or roll tennis balls under the bed. They might even hideaway pieces of their kibble in a laundry basket or bury them in the backyard. But other dogs swipe stuff that doesn’t belong to them. They might take off down the hallway with your sock, some mail, or your phone charger. Dog owner @francesaemming recently had a moment of Twitter fame after she shared photos of her dachshund Flynn nabbing everything from remote control and a candle to a pillow and a cutting board....

Many are convinced that we are entering a new safer, cleaner world of electric cars; writing in the Guardian in a post titled Our cities need fewer cars, not cleaner cars the authors of “Faster, Smarter, Greener: The Future of the Car and Urban Mobility” suggest that air quality is not the only problem, and that moving to all-electric cars “will be a positive step, albeit an inadequate measure.” This has been an issue we have looked at before; does it make sense?...

If you want to raise backyard chickens, you need to ask a lot of questions. But the most famous query — “Why did the chicken cross the road?” — isn’t one of them, according to Heather Kolich, a University of Georgia Extension agent. What people need to know is that “chickens don’t cross the road well,” she said. That’s not another riddle, she’s quick to point out. What she means is that chickens have special needs....

When your dog gets sick, in most cases the first thing you should do is check in with your veterinarian. Even mild symptoms could be the sign of something more serious going on. But if your vet gives the go-ahead or if you’re dealing with something familiar, natural remedies can sometimes be an option. Here are some possibilities for dealing with minor pet issues. Stomach upset If your dog often has diarrhea or constipation, it’s key that you talk to your vet to figure out the cause....