Spiderhead begins and ends with scenes of laughter — the first creepy and surreal, the last forlorn and ambiguous. In between lies a tonal high-wire act of a movie, by design. In Joseph Kosinski’s film of George Saunders’s short story “Escape From Spiderhead” (adapted by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, probably known best for their screenplay for Deadpool), a group of inmates in a futuristic prison willingly undergo experiments on their emotions. Small packs attached to their spines administer compounds that can make them giggle at the thought of genocide, find untold beauty in a toxic waste dump, or cower in fear…
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On the work front, Chris Hemsworth is awaiting the release of Spiderhead Chris Hemsworth (born Christopher) is one of the top actors who has a fan following across the globe thanks to him portraying the God of Thunder Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2011. As the actor is all set for his fourth MCU solo outing in Thor: Love and Thunder, do you know why he started acting? Well, let us tell you about it today. Chris – who got his first major break in the Australian soap opera Home and Away, once got candid about why he…
Former TV reporter Kayla Sullivan details her toddler’s meltdowns and millions of parents relate. A TV reporter stands in what looks like a hallway in a home, clad in a blue dress with perfectly coiffed hair. It appears as if she’s breaking a story but her microphone is definitely a toy. In a perfect TV reporter’s voice, she delivers an update. “Hi Kayla Sullivan reporting live from outside my son’s bedroom where he’s currently being detained until nap time is over,” she said in the TikTok video, which has been viewed more than 20 million times. “Now this story does…
The province has a new policy that it no longer announces the first-born baby of the year, but the mom of the first-born Calgary baby of 2023 has a different opinion. Meet Marcel Dubuc, all eight pounds, one ounce of him, who arrived at 12:07 a.m. on Jan.1, 2023 at Rockyview Hospital in southwest Calgary to mom KeSandra **(Cassandra) Duquette and dad Philippe Dubuc. KeSandra said the birth of Marcel was pretty smooth sailing. “It was a completely different experience than with my last two!” she said. “It felt like Philippe and I knew exactly what to do and when…
In 2008, Mandy Teefey, the mother of pop star and actress Selena Gomez, was browsing at a Barnes & Noble when she spotted “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher. The best-selling young-adult novel tells the story of Hannah Baker, a high- school girl who kills herself, leaving behind cassette tapes detailing the 13 people she blames for driving her to suicide. It’s no surprise that, standing in the bookstore, Teefey was compelled to read it: Woven into Hannah’s dark account of isolation, adolescent betrayal and sexual stigmatizing are messages of acceptance and compassion, yet it unfolds like an emotional thriller.…
Chris Hemsworth shares never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage of Thor’s transformative workout routine from Thor: Love and Thunder. Marvel Cinematic Universe star Chris Hemsworth shared behind-the-scenes footage of Thor’s transformative workout from Thor: Love and Thunder. “Some rare never before seen footage of my transformation workout for Thor,” Hemsworth wrote on Twitter. “It’s a unique blend of several martial art disciplines and moves inspired by all the great ’80s action heroes.” The video shows Hemsworth’s Thor working off the weight gained in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame set to Loverboy’s song “Working For the Weekend.” Thor had his own transformative journey in Love and Thunder, but Hemsworth himself…
What happens during the first 60 minutes of a baby’s life can help mother-baby bonding The first few minutes after birth are a magical time for bonding with baby. “I think for a lot of moms, it’s finally that moment where they can just breathe, and at least for me, when I held our first, it was like, you know, this was nine months of not knowing what this child looked like, what they felt like, and finally I can feel that,” said Dr. Michelle Schimelpfenig, a pediatrician at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Research has shown that what…
Selena Gomez has a name for the transplanted kidney she received five years ago. The 30-year-old actress revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that she called the donated organ ‘Fred.’ ‘I named it after Fred Armisen because I love Portlandia,’ the Only Murders in the Building star explained. ‘I’ve never met him, but I’m secretly hoping he finds that out just because I want him to be like, “That’s weird.”’ The Ice Cream singer was diagnosed with Lupus, an auto-immune disease, in 2015. According to Lupus.org, the condition affect the skin, joints and organs such as the kidney and liver. Selena’s friend and fellow…
Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Quicksilver and James Spader’s Ultron aren’t the only new characters introduced in Avengers: Age of Ultron. According to Ellen DeGeneres, she will make her debut in the Marvel Studios film franchise as The Honker. What, you’ve never heard of her? Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday. Before he joined the host on stage, however, DeGeneres gave viewers a first look at The Honker. “There’s been a lot of talk about the character Vision in the movie,” she said, referring to the synthezoid played by Paul Bettany. The actor previously voiced J.A.R.V.I.S. in all three Iron Man movies,…
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber had a long relationship in the spotlight and while they have been broken up for quite a while now, it seems like their old relationship is still affecting them to this day. With Selena’s new song, “Lose You To Love Me,” it seems like she’s finally saying goodbye to her ex for good and moving on while also becoming the best version of herself yet. Still, some people are trying to figure out their weird timeline together, especially since they were secretly dating shortly before Justin started dating Hailey Baldwin. So when did Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez break up?…
At last, Selena Gomez is back in action. Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio let the cat out of the bag when she told Vanidades that Gomez is collaborating with her on a single for her forthcoming album, which will drop sometime next year. “My new album is like another member of the team, or the family,” Rubio said. “It will be a true warrior, has something from all genres, from band to pop, collaborations of DJ Snake and Selena Gomez. I tried to keep a key element: That the music is danceable.” Though Gomez has largely been quiet since she announced that she was taking a break from…
The sleep disruption of new parenthood is both well known yet unexpected. While new parents are aware that babies need frequent night time care, the reality is often a cruel surprise. “What’s wrong with my baby?” new parents ask themselves, or “what’s wrong with me that I can’t get this baby to sleep?” If you are facing this, you are not a bad parent, nor is your baby abnormal. You are simply asking the wrong questions. Rather than “why won’t my baby sleep?”, parents should be asking “why do I think they should be sleeping now?” and “what am I basing my expectations…
Chris Hemsworth is looking back on making Snow White and the Huntsman — like the moment Kristen Stewart accidentally punched him in the face. In a new video interview for GQ, the actor, 38, breaks some some of his most memorable roles to date, while also telling the story of how Stewart, 32, “was more upset than [he] was” over the incident. “I was more upset she didn’t continue on through the take,” Hemsworth said of Stewart, who played Snow White to his Eric, a.k.a. the Huntsman, in the 2012 fantasy film. “She kind of hit me and then immediately went, ‘Oh my God, I’m so sorry,’ “…
Selena Gomez revealed in 2017 that she’d received a kidney transplant from friend Francia Raísa Selena Gomez is giving fans a look at her meaningful new tattoo. On Friday, the 27-year-old singer released her first album in four years, Rare, as well as the music video for the title track. The lush, nature-themed video shows Gomez in a whimsical garden filled with butterflies and colorful plants. Near the beginning of the video, Gomez raises her arms above her head, showing off a new tattoo on the back of her right arm. Though the tattoo isn’t fully visible, Gomez has previously said that it features…
The mother of a Christmas Day baby hoped her first child would be “happy, healthy and well-rounded”. Olivia Lois Caudwell-Brown was born at Hutt Hospital in Lower Hutt at 9.42am on Christmas Day, the first child of Beth Caudwell and her partner. She’s the only Christmas baby at Hutt Hospital this year. Olivia’s middle name, Lois, came from her great-grandmother on her father’s side who was the “sweetest” person one could imagine, Caudwell said. But she said she had never expected a Christmas baby. “It’s really special,” she said. “We thought she would be a week later because often first…
From fighting off the nearly unstoppable Thanos to taking down the wisecracking Ultron, the Avengers are known to assemble to fight the forces of evil. However, “Avengers” star Chris Hemsworth just revealed a hysterical reason they came together recently: to poke fun at fellow star Chris Evans for being crowned People’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alive last week. During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday, the “Avengers: End Game” actor spilled the tea about the group chat with all their cast mates and how they teased Evans about his cover photo pose. The star-studded chat includes the original six cast members from 2012’s “The Avengers” — Hemsworth, Evans,…
Chris Hemsworth, 39, found out he is carrying two copies of the gene APOE4, which gives him an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Australian actor Chris Hemsworth is taking some time off of acting after finding out he has a genetic predisposition for developing Alzheimer’s disease. Hemsworth was given this news while he was working on the Disney+ docu-series Limitless. “It really triggered something in me to want to take some time off,” Hemsworth said in an interview with Vanity Fair at the time. “And since we finished the show, I’ve been completing the things I was already contracted to do. Now when I…
Selena Gomez totally slayed at the 2017 AMAs last night, debuting her newly blonde hair and performing her new song Wolves with DJ Marshmello. And it seems Justin Bieber definitely noticed. While the reunited couple did not make their official debut as a duo on the red carpet for the event — Justin attended a Fall Out Boy concert in Los Angeles with friend Jaden Smith instead — that doesn’t mean that Biebs wasn’t supporting his rumored girl. Fans noticed that the singer liked and then unliked a picture of Selena’s new hair that fan account @revivial_purpose posted. (The pic was originally one Selena posted earlier in the night, debuting her blonde tresses.)…
Rob and Natalie Pofi of O’Hara had a rollicking time at a relative’s wedding at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh on New Year’s Eve. Delivering a baby was not on their minds, as Natalie Pofi was scheduled for a Cesarean section Jan. 23. While kicking up her heels at the wedding, Pofi felt what might have been slight contractions. “We were having too much fun,” she joked. Still, the couple called their doctor and stopped at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital about 11 p.m. Saturday just to make sure everything was OK. Doctors determined Pofi was in labor. A mere hour and a…
Mercy Health welcomed baby Willow Jean Krum at 9:23 a.m. Sunday morning and Promedica Toledo welcomed Kiana Rajakaruna at 1:01 a.m. as their first newborns of 2023 TOLEDO, Ohio — Traditionally, many of us welcome the new year with celebrations we hope will keep us out of trouble or potentially the hospital, but a lucky few got to celebrate the new year in the hospital with a newborn. And while many took the streets to witness the 11,875-pound crystal ball drop-in Times Square, over in Toledo, Hannah Prottengeier welcomed 2023 watching someone much smaller inside Mercy Health’s St. Vincent Medical Center.…
Chris Hemsworth enjoyed a quintessentially Aussie weekend as he stopped by his local Bunnings Warehouse in Byron Bay to pick up home maintenance supplies. The Hollywood actor, 39, best known for playing Thor in the Marvel films, was seen visiting the hardware store with his eight-year-old son Tristan on Sunday. He emerged from the outlet carrying a Mr Clean Microfibre Window Washer and Ozito Cordless Pole Pruner, worth $216 in total. The supplies were likely for some cleaning and gardening chores around his family’s $30million mega-mansion in nearby Broken Head Chris, who wore a camel-coloured shirt, black shorts and sunglasses, tightly held his son’s hand as they looked…
Selena Gomez opened up about the relationship she has with her mental health and how she has learned to advocate for herself. Speaking to InStyle, the “Lose You to Love Me” singer candidly spoke about how the pandemic affected her thoughts and feelings, which she now manages with self-care and therapy. “I became aware that my little world is complicated, but the picture is much bigger than the stuff I deal with,” Selena said when assessing the past two years. “I have problems with depression and anxiety, and I found it difficult for me to be me.” While she grappled with…
Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans’s bromance over the years during their tenure in the MCU together was riveting and enthralling to the eyes of million. The ruggedly handsome duo ruled in the hearts and minds of MCU fans, defining a whole generation of superhero fans, now with Captain America out of the MCU realm and Thor still standing tall in the franchise. The power levels between the two heroes may perceive Odinson as the winner nonetheless Chris Evans sure outdid his fellow peer Chris Hemsworth in another enticing battle which isn’t as blood-soaked as it’d be in the fictional world.…
Dominic was born in the Ayrshire Maternity Unit at 12:06, making him the first Scottish baby of the New Year Dominic’s parents are celebrating the New Year with the first Scottish baby born in 2023. He was born at 12:06 in the Ayrshire Maternity Unit, weighing six pounds and eight ounces. Dominic was born to parents Shauna Moodie and Dimitri Moffat, from Hurlford. Coming in a close second was a yet-to-be named boy born in Glasgow’s Princess Royal Maternity Hospital. He was born at 12:11, weighing eight pounds. Ayrshire bumper bundle 3 more babies were born in Ayshire before 4…