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Bracelet ring on a string
It's funny how the simplest magic trick can be the most baffling for the audience. This trick is great and when worked quickly, appears to be absolutely impossible.
Magically release rings that appear to be securely attached to a string
This is a easy trick that makes ringed jewelry appear to magically release from a string.
Marvel Phase 4 release dates and what to expect as Marvel shifts gears in their latest MCU phase.
Marvel Phase 4 should bring plenty of exciting new storylines into the MCU and introduce several interesting characters that many are not familiar with. Here’s what to expect in Marvel Phase 4.
Here are the complete Hollywood rules for resumption of TV and Movie production activities.
Hollywood unions and guilds have released their COVID-19 safety guidelines that will be required for Hollywood film producers as they begin filming on June 12. I have included the full report below with important sections highlighted.
Name the villain – July 2020 Edition
Do you know your supervillains from the days of old? Take a shot at naming these comic book villains from the 1970's and earlier.
Here comes WandaVision – the Disney+ miniseries based on Marvel Comics characters Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Vision, promises lots of spinoffs and tie-ins.
Disney+ expects to premiere WandaVision in Spring 2021. Since it's set in the MCU, it will share continuity with other films in the franchise. WandaVision is set after the events…
Hollywood historians are trying to preserve an alley just south of Hollywood Boulevard because of several historical events that took place there.
The Kid (1921), Cops (1922), and Safety Last (1923) each had scenes shot in the alley. The location was popular because at the time, it was one of the few passable gritty lanes in an area that was still mostly fruit orchards.
Check out the lagoon set used to film Gilligan’s Island TV show.
Although the pilot of Gilligan's Island was filmed in Hawaii, the rest of the series was filmed on this set. The set, built in 1964, was located on CBS Studio Center's (old Republic Studios) back lot. The lagoon water is only 4-feet deep.
The best Windows login “spotlight” pictures (and of course, a description of what it’s a picture of).
Windows Spotlight is an option for the lock screen background that displays different background images on the lock screen. The Windows Spotlight displays a new image on the lock screen each day. The initial background image is included during installation. Additional images are downloaded on ongoing basis. Here are my favorite pics to date.
Amazing park benches turn mundane seats into stunning works of art.
There are literally millions of park benches across the world and all of them are fairly standard structures – plain, blocked supports with a horizontal surface to sit on. But some cities have thought out of the box and turned their park benches into beautiful, sometimes stunning, works of art. Check out the collection of unusual park benches from around the world.
Complete Star Wars timeline – calendar of significant events and characters in the Star Wars universe
Remember, the Star Wars universe exists beyond the movies. Many novels, comic books, television series, and spinoff movies expand upon the universe as explained in the 9 canonical movies. Based on the Coruscant tropical year, this calendar uses the Battle of Yavin (when the first Death Star was destroyed) as its epoch or year zero. Thus BBY indicates "Before the Battle of Yavin" and ABY indicates "After the Battle of Yavin".
Interesting – Palestine in a 1947 National Geographic map
Reminder how some things change while other things remain locked in time. The above is a 1947 map from National Geographic illustrating the proposed changes to Palestine (division of Arab State and Jewish State). The text at the top reads...
Outlaw motorcycle clubs (one percenter bike gangs) and their memorable patches
utlaw motorcycle clubs, also known as one percenters, are biker gangs that are considered "outlaw" because they are not sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and do not adhere to their rules. Instead, one percenter clubs have their own set of bylaws which may or may not condone illegal activities. Regardless of their bylaws, their 1% status reflects an outlaw sense of pride.
Check out all of the awesome monstrous vehicles from the Mad Max: Fury Road movie!
George Miller insisted that Colin Gibson, production designer responsible for all the cars in Mad Max: Fury Road, make all the cars in the movie not only cool, but real working functional vehicles with ultra-tuned, tweaked out engines – and Gibson delivered the goods. For the main story line, Gibson created 88 final cars, each with its own story and team of mechanics. But all told, he made 150 vehicles, many of which didn’t make it out of the desert.
Mad Max: Fury Road’s flame throwing guitar player wasn’t CGI – check out the Doof Wagon (or Doof Machine)
The Doof Wagon (aka Doof Machine or Doofwagon) rig was built on top of a retired military rocket launching truck which they upgraded with a supercharged V8, six huge Taiko drums channeling their sound through giant air conditioning ducts, a small lit stage fronted with a classic car grill, a mammoth stack of speakers (there’s over 100 working speakers on the Doof Wagon rig) and a red-onesy-suited blind guitar player hammering chords on a custom flame-throwing dual-neck guitar while dangling from bungee-cords and chains. Yes, Mad Max: Fury Road’s flame throwing guitar/drum rig wasn’t CGI –it’s the real thing.
Nifty cocktail (drinks) guide created by engineer proves to be surprisingly useful (printable version included)
This cocktail guide was created by an engineer for the US Forest Service in 1974 (I'm not sure why that agency would create such an elaborate document about mixed drinks). It features various drink recipes, in a single printable page, drawn in (and to) engineer-like specifications. It's surprisingly useful.
