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With “Neruda,” “Jackie,” and “Spencer,” Pablo Larraín has explored the limits and possibilities of the biopic. Now he’ll do it again with a new female subject, and Angelina Jolie set to star. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Larraín’s next film is “Maria,” about famed opera singer Maria Callas, with Jolie starring. The film will recount Callas’ finals days in 1970s Paris from a script by Steven Knight, who penned “Spencer.” As of now, there are no other casting announcements beyond Jolie. “I take very seriously the responsibility to Maria’s life and legacy. I will give all I can to meet the challenge,” Jolie said in a…

Turnersuchus hingleyae, a new genus and species of thalattosuchian crocodylomorph from the Early Jurassic epoch, helps fill a gap in the fossil record and suggests that thalattosuchians, with other crocodyliforms, should have originated around the end of the Triassic period — around 15 million years further back in time than when Turnersuchus hingleyae lived. Life reconstruction of Turnersuchus hingleyae. Image credit: Júlia d’Oliveira. Thalattosuchians, referred to colloquially as ‘marine crocodiles’ or ‘sea crocodiles,’ were prominent members of marine ecosystems from the Early Jurassic through the Early Cretaceous epoch. They appear abruptly in the fossil record with high species richness, suggesting rapid diversification during…

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s battle over a French winery has gone from nasty to nuclear. A company founded by Jolie has filed a jaw-dropping $250 million lawsuit against her ex-husband claiming that he and a gang of cronies launched a devious campaign to “seize control” of the French winery that they bought as a couple “in retaliation for the divorce and custody proceedings” and to “ensure… Jolie would never see a dime” of its vast profits. The suit also claims that Pitt tried to use Jolie’s large financial stake in the winery to force her to sign a “hush-clause”…

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has praised a 2015 talk by Ngai Tūhoe artist and activist Tāme Iti calling it a “beautiful perspective” on the theme of “mana”. The Rock shared a clip of Iti’s Ted X Auckland talk with his 357 million Instagram followers on Saturday. “You often hear me speak of mana and the power of our mana,” Johnson wrote in a caption to the clip. “Give a listen to @tame_iti of New Zealand here and his beautiful perspective on what mana is… In mana we are all equal. Eye to eye. Kanohi ki te kanohi Tangata ki te…

The Rock doesn’t do anything by accident. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson knows all eyes are on him with the WWE Royal Rumble slated for Saturday night in San Antonio, and thus took it upon himself to post from a movie set for the upcoming Christmas film “Red One” early Saturday morning. “2am on a Friday night and we’re still going strong,” Johnson wrote in a caption on Instagram. “May not look very sexy right now but in our Christmas movie, this will become a thing of beauty.” WWE has been building a story for over two years featuring an implied collision…

The Hollywood trend of taking characters who are primarily seen as villains like “Venom” and turning them into anti-heroes goes well beyond the world of comic books, as Disney has also been turning to some of its own animated antagonists for the same kind of treatment over the past decade or so. Just last summer saw Emma Stone devour the screen with her unique portrayal of “Cruella” (which is a lot more fun than a lot of folks give it credit for), but it was Angelina Jolie as “Maleficent” that got the ball rolling. The 2014 reimagining took the “Sleeping Beauty”…

Hibbertopterus lamsdelli is only the fourth, yet most reliable record of an American hibbertopterid sea scorpion. Life reconstruction of a hibbertopterid sea scorpion. Image credit: DiBgd / CC BY-SA 4.0. Hibbertopterus lamsdelli existed during the Kasimovian age of the Carboniferous period, between 307 and 303 million years ago. The ancient creature was up to 1.1 m long and probably lived in a marine-influenced estuary fed by a river delta. Its diet likely included small crustaceans, ostracodes, conchostracans, invertebrate larvae and gastropod eggs. Hibbertopterus lamsdelli belongs to Hibbertopteridae, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods in the Order Eurypterida. “Eurypterids, better known as sea scorpions, were diverse…

The 47-year-old beauty showed off her youthful beauty and high-class fashion sense when she went to the street, receiving the attention of the public. Angelina Jolie impresses when walking on the street in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles recently The beauty wears a crop top and low-rise pants, revealing a sexy slim waist The “Maleficent” star combined with personality accessories including earrings, necklaces, sunglasses, flat sandals, attracting all eyes Angelina’s new image is reminiscent of her hot and powerful image when she acted in “Tomb Raider” more than 20 years ago. Currently, the custody dispute between Angelina Jolie and her ex-husband…

Dwayne Johnson is currently one of the highest-paid Hollywood Stars of all time. A household name currently, Johnson did not even expect to be so a few decades earlier. Prior to Hollywood, and wrestling, Dwayne Johnson used to be a football player. However, after suffering failure in that career path, he chose an alternative. Johnson’s failure in football came as a blessing, as it compelled him to switch career. Johnson would follow his family’s tradition and become a professional wrestler. However, after a few years, he would again switch careers and join Hollywood as an actor. Being one of the highest-paid…

Dwayne Johnson is a WWE legend and one of the highest-paid Hollywood stars, who keeps on entertaining fans with his time-to-time entries in the WWE arena. Apart from his wrestling skills, Dwayne is also known for his electrifying promos. In 2016, during a segment on Raw, The Rock had a word with a former WWE superstar and mentioned her being a great exercise partner. And, she recently proved Dwayne’s words right by showing off her flexibility on Instagram. Catherine Joy Perry, formerly known as Lana in WWE recently posted a picture on her official Instagram story. She also wrote, “The Hot Flexible Wife Stays…

Dr Pascal Godefroit, a paleontologist with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, and his colleagues have discovered the fossilized remains of a feathered plant-eating dinosaur that lived in the lake-dotted lowlands of Jurassic Siberia, between 169 and 144 million years ago. Previously only carnivorous dinosaurs were known to have had feathers so this new species indicates that all dinosaurs could have been feathered. Reconstruction of Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus. Image credit: Andrey Atuchin. The new dinosaur, named Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, was a small plant-eater, only about 1 meter long. It had long hind legs and short arms, with five strong fingers. Its…

From a wild, addicted teenager, Angelina Jolie at the age of 40 is an Oscar-winning actress, talented director, model mother, UN ambassador… Angelina Jolie at the age of 40 is successful in both her career and family – Photo: ReutersOn June 4, Angelina Jolie officially turned 40. Over the past four decades, from a rebellious teenager with addiction, Angelina Jolie gradually shines into an Oscar-winning actress, talented director, and exemplary mother. of 6 children, UN ambassador, an icon fighting for women’s rights.On the occasion of the star’s forty-fourth birthday, let’s review the important milestones in Angelina Jolie’s life. In 1980,…

The UN special envoy bemoaned a lack of progress in deterring perpetrators from using rape as a weapon of war and for failing to meet the needs of survivors Angelina Jolie criticises inaction on wartime sexual violenceGlobal development is supported by Angelina Jolie has decried the lack of action by governments to support survivors of wartime rape as “deeply painful and frustrating”. The actor and UN special envoy for refugees, who launched the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) with the then foreign secretary William Hague in 2012, said there had not been “nearly enough” progress on bringing perpetrators to justice,…

Dwayne Johnson and Megan Fox once flirted on stage while presenting the Teens Choice Award in 2007. At that time Megan Fox starred in the blockbuster action movie Transformers. When Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Megan Fox were announced to present the award, they played a little joke on the stage by flirting with each other. At this time, Dwayne Johnson was married to Dany Garcia and it was way before Megan Fox went on to be in a serious relationship with Machine Gun Kelly. This incident fired up at that time rumoring how Dwayne Johnson and Megan Fox were flirting on…

The new specimen from the Upper Cretaceous Xiaguan Formation in the Chinese province of Henan is one of the few known fossilized turtle eggs containing an embryo with anatomical details. An artist’s impression of baby nanhsiungchelyid turtles. Image credit: Masato Hattori. “Fossilized turtles from the Mesozoic are known from a high abundance and rich diversity,” said Dr. Fenglu Han from the China University of Geosciences and colleagues. “However, their fossilized eggs, found in America, Africa, Asia and Europe, are comparatively rare.” “In China, only a few turtle egg fossils have been found in Henan, Shandong and Zhejiang provinces, all of which are assignable to…

U.S. and Chinese paleontologists say they have unearthed the fossils of what is the oldest and most primitive pterodactyloid pterosaur. This creature lived in what is today northwest China around the time of the Middle-Upper Jurassic boundary, about 163 million years ago. This diagram shows the fossil fragments of Kryptodrakon progenitor. Scale bar – 5 cm. Image credit: Brian Andresemail et al / Peter Wellnhofer. The reptile, named Kryptodrakon progenitor, is the first pterosaur to bear the characteristics of Pterodactyloidea, a highly specialized clade that includes the largest flying organisms. The generic name, Kryptodrakon, comes from Krypto (hidden) and drakon (serpent), referring to ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ filmed…

A new species of leaf beetle that lived nearly 49 million years ago (Eocene epoch) in what is now the United States has been named after Sir David Attenborough. Pulchritudo attenboroughi. Image credit: Krell & Vitali, doi: 10.1002/spp2.1398. Beetles are sturdy when they are alive, but they do not easily fossilize as a whole beetle. They float on water, and when they sink and reach the sediment, they often fall apart. Usually, only single wing cases are found in the fossil record. Some deposits with a fine-grained sediment and particularly favorable conditions provide us with very well preserved, often almost…

Angelina Jolie and the UN refugee agency split after more than two decades. In a joint statement released on Friday, American actress Angelina Jolie said: “I will continue to do everything in my power over the coming years to assist refugees and other migrants. “. Jolie also added that she felt it was time to “do something different”. Angelina Jolie first began working with the United Nations refugee agency in 2001 and was appointed its special envoy in 2012. Meanwhile, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in her statement: “After a long and successful career with UNHCR, I appreciate her…

Paleontologists from the Case Western Reserve University have discovered a fossil of a kitten-sized predator that lived in what is now Bolivia during the middle Miocene, about 13 million years ago. This image shows Arctodictis sinclairi. It belonged to the same order of mammals as the newly discovered Bolivian species. Image credit: Analia M. Forasiepi. This yet-to-be-named animal is one of the smallest species reported in Sparassodonta, an extinct order of carnivorous metatherian mammals native to South America. Once considered to be true marsupials, these animals are now thought to be a sister taxon to them. Its partial skull was unearthed at…

Angelia Jolie is a master of publicity. Over the past few weeks, she’s nabbed headlines while on a global tour, for her new Marvel movie “The Eternals,” with her brood of kids. Her teen daughters have appeared in upcycled outfits made from some of Jolie’s most famous red carpet gowns. In interviews, the mom-of-six has talked motherhood while deflecting questions about her friendship with musician The Weeknd. Earlier this year, the family appeared in the pages of British Vogue, looking picture-perfect at the former Hollywood home of legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, which Jolie bought for $25 million in 2017. But seeing the kids, all…

Jolie says her children are “six very brave, very strong young people.” Once upon a time, actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had a true Hollywood romance: They were a couple for many years before marrying in 2014 and share six children. But in 2016, they split amid somewhat hazy, if acrimonious, circumstances. Pitt and Jolie have largely remained silent about the breakup. But in a new interview for Vogue, Jolie, 45, noted, “I separated for the well-being of my family.” Angelina Jolie with children (from left) Vivienne, Zahara, Shiloh and Knox at the European premiere of “Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil”…

Paleontologists have described two new species of the early primatomorphan genus Ignacius from Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Life reconstruction of Ignacius dawsonae. Image credit: Kristen Miller, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas. The two new species, named Ignacius dawsonae and Ignacius mckennai, lived on Ellesmere Island approximately 52 million years ago. These primatomorphan primates are sister species, indicating a single colonization of the island. “Ignacius mckennai and Ignacius dawsonae descended from a common northbound ancestor who possessed a spirit to boldly go where no primate has gone before,” said Kristen Miller, doctoral student with the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas. The fossilized remains of the ancient primates were…

A new fish fossil from the lower Eocene found by Oxford University researcher Dr Matt Friedman has revealed why flatfishes have one of the most unusual body plans among all backboned animals. The skeleton of the primitive flatfish Heteronectes (M. Friedman) How did flatfishes, with both of their eyes on one side of their head, evolve? The new discovery, described in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, finally solves this mystery. Dr Friedman’s fossil fish, named Heteronectes (meaning ‘different swimmer’), was found in 50 million year old marine rocks from northern Italy. The study provides the first detailed description of a primitive flatfish, revealing that…

Funcusvermis gilmorei lived in the tropical forests of what is now Arizona, the United States, during the Triassic period, approximately 220 million years ago. Life reconstruction of Funcusvermis gilmorei (foreground) and the crocodile relative Acaenasuchus geoffreyi (background) in the tropical forest of Petrified Forest National Park about 220 million years ago. Image credit: Andrey Atuchin / U.S. National Park Service / Petrified Forest Museum Association. Living amphibians (subclass Lissamphibia) include frogs and salamanders (order Batrachia) and the limbless worm-like caecilians (order Gymnophiona). Caecilians have cylindrical bodies with a compact, bullet-shaped skull that helps them burrow underground. Now exclusively home to South and Central America, Africa, and southern Asia,…