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Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick was less pirated in 2022 than Spider-Man: No Way Home. Tom Cruise was able to get butts in seats for Top Gun: Maverick but the pirates preferred superheroes in 2022. Despite Top Gun: Maverick being the top-grossing film of 2022 at the domestic box office, it wasn’t even able to break the top five for pirating. Variety pulled data from piracy research firm Muso across various piracy sites and found that Spider-Man: No Way Home topped the piracy charts, followed by The Batman and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The rest of the list consisted of Thor: Love and Thunder in fourth place followed by Black Adam, Uncharted, Eternals, Top…

Former wrestler Dave Bautista now wants to shift to DC Universe from Marvel Cinematic Universe for this reason. Read on. Former wrestlers Dave Bautista and Dwayne Johnson are two of the most popular actors in Hollywood now. While Dwyane is known for playing the role of Black Adam in the DC universe, Dave is well known for playing the role of Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Guardians of the Galaxy. Even though The Rock has already stepped on his feet into the DC Universe, his journey in the DC Universe didn’t last long. James Gunn stated…

Kayla Glines has multiple reasons to be happy as the world’s first triplet to give birth to quads. Kayla, 32, gave birth to four children against all odds: Reese, Jameson, Oaklee, and Lincoln. A cracking picture shows the tots snuggled up together… not unlike an old family album snap of Kayla as a baby alongside her triplet brother and sister. Her incredible journey spans over a decade of hope, patience, anguish, and eventually overwhelming joy as her dream of starting a family with her husband Allen became a reality. She fell pregnant with triplets after fertility treatment. Two of the…

You’ll want to take a closer look at this Beech Mountain, North Carolina, United States cabin rental. The stunning vacation retreat can accommodate up to 4 guests with 1 bedroom, 1 bed, and 1 bath. Map out your Blue Ridge Mountains retreat to this 1-bedroom, 1-bath vacation rental nestled just a short drive from the Beech Mountain Club and Ski Resort. The cabin features a rustic-yet-polished interior with a stacked-stone fireplace, and stainless steel appliances, as well as a spacious deck with a grill, patio furniture, and mountain views, this lower-level abode has it all. Whether you’re in town to…

The BUFF may be an old design – but they are regularly inspected, upgraded, repaired, cared for, guarded, and periodically airframe overhauled. They are state-of-the-art ЬomЬeгѕ as far as they can be. Salute to the Air Crews, and Technicians who are assigned to these wonderful USA aircraft. There was one RAF pilot who told me that refuelling inflight was quite nerve wracking and it’s easy to see why , to the people who flew both the gas station in the sky and the people who needed the gas all of you have my undying respect and admiration. I doff my…

The storied aircraft transport An-225 can be rebuilt by the Antonov business for at least $500 million USD using 30% of the original parts. Prior to being obliterated during the Russian-Ukrainian wаг, an Antonov An-225 aircraft. Image: A Creative Engineering Engineering work has started on the second Antonov An-225 freight jet, the Antonov firm announced on November 8. The rebuilding of a massive aircraft with an 88-meter wingspan, also known as the Mriya, will сoѕt at least $500 million. The corporation claims that since it is too early to talk about specific costs, the total could rise much further. Dmytro…

Drone, fіɡһteг jet, and helicopter, all in one – this is the future of American VTOL helicopters. At a time when world powers must be even more powerful, no military аѕѕet can afford to not be useful in virtually every mission. As a result, traditional helicopters must now make way for a more advanced type of aircraft known as Tiltrotors. They fly faster, farther, and most importantly, they have better VTOL agility. To understand the importance of VTOL in tiltrotors, it is important to know how it works. A welcomed sight on the skies above Commonwealth armies, the Kshatriya ɡᴜпѕһір…

Fans have been eagerly awaiting BLACKPINK Lisa‘s return to Paris after she shut down the city and became the main event during events as a global ambassador for CELINE and BVLGARI last year. BLACKPINK’s Lisa | @lalalalisa_m/Instagram BLACKPINK has found a second home in France after frequently visiting in recent months. The talented quartet performed two nights of their BORN PINK show at Paris’s Accor Arena in December and returned in January to perform Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes, a charity event sponsored by the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron. BLACKPINK with French president Emmanuel Macron and the First Lady of France, Brigitte…

Hollywood’s love affair with NASCAR has included Elvis, Tom Cruise and Will Ferrell One thing NASCAR learned early on after its formation in 1948 was how much Hollywood liked making movies about the sport. Part of the reason was NASCAR-themed movies resounded with fans because many of the themes were blue collar and combined great human interest stories with racing action on the silver screen. Having actors like Elvis Presley, Tom Cruise and Will Farrell on board didn’t hurt, either. But there’s one caveat: one person’s favorite NASCAR movie could be last on someone else’s list of popularity and appreciation.…

Lauren Hashian and Dwayne Johnson have been happily married for over three years now and were dating for over a decade before that. The two made the news when the actor revealed that he had married Hashian in Hawaii in a private wedding ceremony. This had come as a shocker to the entire world. The mystery of their secret wedding had made fans wonder what exactly pushed the couple to go the secretive way. Dwayne Johnson along with Lauren Hashian The actor did reveal as to why the two decided to keep their wedding as incognito as it was. His…

Orion the Hunter dominates the winter sky — and it holds a plethora of beautiful celestial sights accessible with binoculars or a small scope. Hi folks, tune in every week of 2023 for the best in astronomy from Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher, brought to you by Celestron. This Week in Astronomy is a video series that covers all the latest sky events, scientific results, overviews of cosmic mysteries, and more! This week, we’ll explore the constellation Orion the Hunter, which dominates the winter sky. Orion holds a plethora of beautiful celestial sights you can target, and many of them are…

Listen to Short Wave on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The James Webb Space Telescope is unquestionably the most potent space-based telescope that the United States has ever launched. With a 6.5-meter mirror, it can see objects 13 billion light years away and is three stories tall. It cost $10 billion. But since there is only one, researchers from throughout the world must share. More than 1,600 study ideas were submitted to the JWST managers for consideration. The great majority of them will be rejected due to time constraints. Currently, when an astronomer or team does secure some highly…

Quaoar, which orbits the sun in the distant Kuiper belt, is the latest small object shown to have a ring like the ones around Saturn. There is a small frozen world beyond Neptune that has rings similar to those around Saturn. Surprisingly, the ring is present at a location where it shouldn’t be based on basic gravitational calculations. Professor Bruno Morgado of Brazil’s Federal University of Rio de Janeiro stated, “That’s quite strange.” The ring that surrounds Quaoar, a planetary body with a diameter of approximately 700 miles that orbits the sun at a distance of roughly four billion miles,…

BLACKPINK recently released the tenth episode of their “B.P.M Roll” YouTube series. Here, they shared clips of what goes on behind the scenes of their BORN PINK world tour. The latest video took place in Newark, New Jersey, last November 2022. BLACKPINK | @blackpinkofficial/Instagram Included here was an honest confession from eldest member Jisoo. She filmed herself on Day 1 of the concert eating a burger. It was three hours before she hit the stage. She noted just how important it is for her to fill her stomach in order to sing and dance to the best of her abilities.…

Thelma’s Retreat is a newly constructed lodge with wonderful furnishings that is certain to become your new home away from home. The cabin is one of the lodge options offered at The Inn and Spa at Cedar Falls and is situated in Hocking Hills, Ohio. The kitchen and living room areas on the main floor include vaulted ceilings and a chandelier made of wrought iron and glass. Large picture windows bring in natural light and the beauty of the surroundings as they gaze out onto the gorgeous woodlands. The interior is just as opulent as the outside thanks to the…

Every delivery is dramatic and intense, but when a “rainbow baby” is born, it’s much more so. That’s because these unique kids (a “rainbow baby” is a phrase for a baby born after a miscarriage or loss) are living proof that there is reason to hope and that dreams do come true. So when birth photographer Laura Fifield had the opportunity to photograph one couple’s rainbow birth, she had a feeling the photos would be unforgettable … and she was right. Fifield’s subjects, a couple named Lila and Tim, were thrilled when Lila found out she was pregnant with their…

Harrison Ford said Tom Cruise takes action stunts “to a whole new level that’s pretty amazing” Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise share a love for the skies. In a new cover interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday, Ford, 80, said that he and the Top Gun: Maverick star know each other due to their well-publicized interests in flying. “I like Tom. We talk about flying,” Ford said as his and Cruise’s similarities were mentioned. “But he’s far deeper into physical acting than I ever was,” the actor added, in reference to Cruise’s years-long passion for performing increasingly wild stunts himself. “I don’t mind running, jumping, falling down, rolling…

Ever since the pandemic affected everyone all over the globe it brought many unexpected and forced changes to everyone. This also included multiple multi-billion dollar companies that worked in the film production business and earned their millions from movies shown in cinemas. One of the biggest franchises today is Marvel Studios and during the pandemic when all the theatres closed down due to health reasons, Marvel Studios teamed up with Disney+ for their content to be exclusively shown on the streaming site. Due to the pandemic, Marvel Studios partnered up with Disney+ as all the theatres closed down and premiered…

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Mom Welcome The Second Identical Twin, One In 100,000 Delight A Sydney family has welcomed the birth of twin girls three years after they welcomed twin boys. Anangrove twins Camilla and Madison are a one in 100,000 pair. The identical baby girls, who were born at Norwest Private Hospital in Bella Vista , were the second set of identical twins born to proud parents Sophia and Paule Brown. Their big brothers, three-year-olds Ethan and Harley, were also born at Norwest Private Hospital. The twins arrived on Wednesday September 6. Camilla was born at 1.25pm weighing 3.12kg, and Madison a minute…

Take a look inside the Garden House, a 5-bedroom log home originally built in the 1800s, the home is masterfully reconstructed from the vintage hand-hewn logs of a southern Missouri home. This 5 bedroom, 5 and a half bathroom log home feature a great room, complete with vaulted ceilings, overlooking our meandering stream, known as The Garden. The cabin comfortably accommodates up to 9 people, it includes 2 king bedrooms, 1 queen bedroom, 1 bunk bedroom, and a twin bedroom. The Homes at Westover. The century-old, hand-hewn log and stone houses were purchased, disassembled, and transported throughout Missouri before being…

An old photo of a massive bat in the Philippines has reappeared on Twitter, stunning users. The terrifying image appears to depict a “human-sized” bat hanging from a wire outside a building. Though it went viral on Reddit in 2018, the photograph resurfaced last month when Twitter user ‘@AlexJoestar622’ shared it on the microblogging platform. “Remember when I told y’all about the Philippines having human-sized bats? Yeah, this was what I was talking about,” the Twitter user wrote while sharing the picture. On Twitter, the image has received thousands of ‘likes’ and hundreds of stunning comments. While many people found…

Tom Cruise remains on top after all these years. Top Gun: Maverick earned nearly $1.5 billion at the box office, and scored six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. But as great as his recent film work has been, some think most of his links to Scientology. Cruise is synonymous with the controversial religion now, but it was his first wife, Mimi Rogers, who introduced him to the church. The couple eventually divorced, and Rogers left Scientology for good. Like most stories related to the church, the story behind their split is strange and full of unconfirmed rumors. How did Tom…

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