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The League of Legends World Championship still feels special, even without a crowd
Samsung would like you to believe its new 85-inch Interactive Display can bridge the gap between students in the classroom and students studying at home, now that blended-learning is the new normal across the country. In reality, it’s just a slightly bigger digital whiteboard — but assuming it doesn’t cost too much, the tweaked vision does sound intriguing.
Now that COVID-19 has swept the country, some students are huddling around tiny Chromebook screens at home while others stay in class, and Samsung’s internet-connected digital whiteboard promises to let students and teachers collaborate with each other, whether they’re in that classroom drawing on the board or adding to it in real-time from their laptop at home. The goal here isn’t to...
Poco drives 1 million sales in Flipkart Big Billion Days while Xiaomi spearheads smartphone sales in the country. According to a report by Canalys, Xiaomi is the leading player in the market, thanks to a robust portfolio. Meanwhile, its fork Poco has sold a million units of its popular models such as Poco C3, Poco […]
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It’s been little more than a week since the Hi, Speed event wherein we got to see Apple’s 2020 flagships. They came flaunting the new squared-off design, improved camera dynamics, richer displays, the world’s first 5nm-based A14 Bionic chip, smarter iOS 14, and more. Well, if you’re hands were itching to order one, it’s time […]
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Micromax recently shared a video where it announced that it will be making yet another comeback in the smartphone domain. Well, we now know when that’s going to happen. The domestic manufacturer will launch its ‘in’ series smartphones on November 3. The company also shared ‘In’ series launch teaser video captioned ‘Aao Karein Cheeni Kum’ […]
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Facebook is expanding the shopping experience within WhatsApp to strengthen its business portfolio. In an upcoming update, the messaging app will show an in-chat ‘shop’ option for registered Business accounts. Users will be able to tap the Store icon and initiate transactions right from the chat window. As you can see in the above promo […]
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Winters can be really cold in certain parts of the world. For instance, my city Delhi had its coldest year in 2019 since 1901, and houses here aren’t built to shield against such low temperatures. In such chilling weather, a room heater can be a big relief. But, if you go to any online or […]
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Realme Smart Plug is a Wi-Fi enabled socket that lets you remotely power on any device connected to it using the Realme Link app or even using Google Assistant or Alexa devices. Rated at 6A, this smart three-pin socket is designed to add smarts to simple home appliances and is significantly cheaper than Amazon Smart […]
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Mahershala Ali was first announced to be headlining the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Blade reboot last summer, but ever since the big reveal, there’s been nothing but radio silence from the project. The two-time Academy Award winner remains the only talent officially attached, and the Daywalker doesn’t seem likely to be returning to our screens for a long time yet. And that’s likely because the studio are struggling to figure out a way to fit him into their plans.
After all, the original trilogy saw Wesley Snipes slice and dice his way through three R-rated adventures, but so far, the MCU has refused to pull the trigger on creating content for a more mature audience. A character like Blade doesn’t exactly lend himself to PG-13 territory, either, given his penchant for wielding a sword and of course, the whole bloodthirsty vampire element of the mythology.
In any case, Ali hasn’t spoken at any great length about the reboot since he was first cast, but in a recent interview, the former Luke Cage star finally revealed a few tidbits about what he’s got in store for his hotly anticipated debut in the world’s biggest franchise.
“So I did this Marvel show for Netflix called Luke Cage. So in doing that show, the day it premiered I had turned to my agent and I had said, ‘What are they doing with Blade?’. Because I kept hearing they were trying to find a way to remake and put it back together. And it was exciting for me to get to be in that Marvel space and TV, but for me my goal had always been film. But also being able to participate in television in a very specific way that had real meaning, but my larger goal was to be able to really navigate between film and television.”
The Green Book star then acknowledged that Wesley Snipes had a huge impact on him when he was growing up, and the connection that he could inherit the role of Blade from someone he looked up to seemed too obvious to ignore.
“Wesley was someone who I recognized and he had an impact on my confidence. And in just me sort of standing in my own truth and my own strength in a certain way. So, I’ve kind of always followed his choices and really was inspired by his work and so many others. But Wesley in particular. I just brought it up as someone who really wanted to take on that role and tackle that. I love that’s it’s darker. That’s all in terms of tone. He’s a little bit darker than some of the other ones and so that element was attractive to me.”
Now that Ali has finally started spilling the beans, all we’re waiting on is for Blade to find a director, hire a writer or two, cast every other role in the ensemble, officially enter pre-production, be given a release date and then it’s finally off to the races for what could very well be one of the most unique upcoming entries in the long running superhero franchise.
Michael Keaton may have been playing the title character, who also happened to be one of the most famous figures in popular culture, but there’s no mistaking who was initially positioned as the real star of Tim Burton’s Batman. Fans were so against the idea of an actor best known for his work in the comedy genre playing the Dark Knight that they sent hundreds of thousands of letters to Warner Bros.’ headquarters in the 1980s equivalent of cancel culture.
Jack Nicholson, on the other hand, was one of the most famous actors on the planet. The big screen legend took top billing in all of the promotional and marketing materials, and also walked away with the most lucrative deal after agreeing to take a percentage of the profits in return for lowering his usual salary. That turned out to be a savvy move when he ended up walking away with a reported $60 million.
In a recent interview, Keaton admitted that he was nervous sharing the screen with such a titan of the industry, but that Nicholson made everyone on set feel relaxed despite his reputation as one of the most intense actors in the business.
“The only thing that happened when I did the first Batman was, I was very nervous and self-conscious about being with Jack, because he’s so strong on film, you know, and it ended up just being great. We became pals and everything. I don’t know that I’ve ever thought of it like that. That’s a great question. I would say yeah, he probably was pretty aware of his power. He had so much power on screen, you know, has. It was just cool. He made everybody feel really, really relaxed.”
You can understand why Keaton might be feeling a little anxious. When cameras started rolling on Batman, he was best known for Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice, while his illustrious opposite number had two Academy Award wins from nine nominations, four Golden Globes, a Grammy and a string of all-time classics under his belt including Easy Rider, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Shining and many. All told, you’d have to say that Keaton acquitted himself pretty well in the face of such a formidable co-star.