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Johnny Depp Tells Trial He Has Never Watched Pirates Of The Caribbean

2022-05-07T13:24:12Z

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has told his $100million defamation trial that he has never watched Pirates of the Caribbean. The actor, 58, who will return to the stand today to face ex-wife 's lawyers, told the court he 'believes that the film did pretty well', referring to the first film in the series, The Curse of the Black Pearl, which grossed $654million. Depp played swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow in the hit films in the 14th highest-grossing series of all time. Asked in the Fairfax County Courthouse in yesterday about how his life changed after the 2003 film, Depp said: 'Cartoon characters can get away with things we can't. 'Captain Jack Sparrow can do things that I could never do. He could say things that I could never say. So it was for me, a way to stretch the parameters of a character and take a risk in doing that. Johnny Depp has told his $100million defamation trial that he has never watched Pirates of the Caribbean Depp played swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow in the hit films in the 14th highest-grossing series of all time (pictured with Orlando Bloom as Will Turner) 'But if it panned out, and I felt I was on a pretty good mission, I thought that it might be a character who would be accepted by five-year-olds and 45-year-olds, 65-year-olds and 85-year-olds in the same way that Bugs Bunny is.' Asked about his first reaction to the script, the actor said: 'I thought that it had all the hallmarks of a Disney film - that is to say, a kind of a predictable three-act structure. 'The character of Captain Jack was more like a swashbuckler type that would swing in shirtless and be the hero. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 'I had quite different ideas about the character, so I incorporated my notes into the character and brought that character to life. Much to the chagrin of Disney, initially.' He added: 'I didn't see it. But I believe that the film did pretty well, apparently, and they wanted to keep going, making more and I was fine to do that. 'It's not like you become that person, but if you know that character to the degree that I did - because he was not what the writers wrote, so they really weren't able to write for him… 'Once you know the character better than the writers, that's when you have to be true to the character and add your words.' 'No, no, no that's my job. You don't do that, I do that,' Amber allegedly told Johnny after he had removed his own footwear Depp was testifying in the trial in which he is suing Heard for libel over a 2018 op-ed that she wrote for the Washington Post in which she wrote about her alleged domestic abuse. Heard, 35, is countersuing for $100 million, claiming that he smeared her when he accused her of lying. Yesterday, told a court of the moment his marriage to fell apart - because he took his own boots off when he got home. Amber, he said, had a routine that she would get him a glass of wine and remove his footwear as soon as he got home. But one day she was on the phone, so he took his own boots off rather than wait. 'I worked quite a lot and when I came home from work I'd come in the house and she'd sit me down and give me a glass of wine and take my boots off and set them to the side,' he told the court in Fairfax, . 'I've never experienced anything like that in my life. I never experienced that and it became a regular thing, kind of routine. Depp got emotional as he talked about how good his relationship with Amber Heard was at the beginning but how it fell apart after he took his own boots off Depp said under oath that his wife 'became another person, almost' within 18 months of the boots incident 'One night I came home and she was on the phone, I took my boots off, suddenly Miss Heard approached with this look on her face, she just said what did you just do? What did you do?' He asked her what she meant and she replied: 'You took your boots off.' 'Yes I did, he said he told her. You were busy.' But Amber told him: 'No, no, no that's my job. You don't do that, I do that. 'Then she said 'Let me get you a glass of wine.' I did take pause of course, the fact she was visibly shaken or upset that I had broken her rules of routine. 'Once you notice something like that you start to notice other tidbits that come out. 'Then within a year a year and a half she had become another person, almost.' He said in the beginning his relationship with Heard, who he met on the set of the 2011 movie The Rum Diary, was 'too good to be true'. 'She was attentive, she was loving, she was smart, she was funny, she was understanding. We had many things in common, certainly blues music, literature. 'For that year, or year and a half it was amazing.' 'From the beginning of our relationship for a good year and a half she was wonderful and then things just started to change or things started to reveal themselves is a better way to put it.' He said he called her Slim and she called him Steve after the Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart characters in the movie To Have and Have Not. He explained that he was the craggy Bogart and she was 'this beautiful creature, this stunning creature,' the much-younger Bacall. He said it was during a kissing scene in The Rum Diary that he realized he had feelings for Heard, saying he 'felt something he shouldn't be feeling.' She later went to his trailer and they kissed again. Judge Penney Azcarate who is presiding over the sensational trial in Fairfax, Virginia The actor told the court Tuesday that he started popping pills when he was just 11 and by the time he was 15 he had 'done all the drugs that I am aware of,' Tuesday. He started on tablets his mother took for her nerves and progressed from there, he told the court. 'I'd bring my mum her nerve pill, I'd take one myself to escape caring so much, feeling so much - to escape the chaotic nature of what we were living through. 'Can't say I'm proud of admitting that'. He said after taking his mother's pills he moved on to marijuana and other drugs. He said: 'I've never taken any substance for a party. I've taken these substances on and off to numb myself of the ghosts, the wraiths that were still with me from my youth. 'Essentially self medication, one of those get-me-out-of-here moments. You want to escape from your own brain, your own head'. Depp said that by 15 he had 'done all the drugs I was aware of' but he didn't continue at such a rate. He said there were 'many years' he didn't even have a drink' and that he 'wasn't dropping acid every five minutes'. And he said that his ex-wife's claims about his drug abuse were exaggerated. He said: 'The characterization of my 'substance abuse' that's been delivered by Miss Heard is grossly embellished and I'm sorry to say but a lot of it is just plainly false 'It was an easy target for her to hit because once you've trusted somebody for a certain amount of years and you've told them all the secrets of your life that information can be used against you, especially if it's taken to a point that's teetering on impossible, teetered over impossible at times. Depp and Heard called each other Steve and Slim after the Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall characters in the movie To Have and Have Not Johnny Depp said ex-wfe Amber Heard always insisted she take his boots off and pour him a glass of wine when he got home Heard and Depp in the movie The Rum Diary where they met. Johnny said he 'felt something he should not have felt' during a kissing scene in the movie 'I am not some maniac who needs to be high or loaded all the time. 'In fact before Australia I'd been off of alcohol for about 18 months,' he added referring to the time when he lost part of a finger, when, he claimed, Heard threw a bottle at him. But he admitted that he got hooked on the painkiller Roxycontin - which he called Roxies - after getting sciatica from throwing a chair through a window in Pirates of the Caribbean 4. 'It's not like you take those pills to get high, you're taking those pills to get well or better because if you're without the pill your body will start to go into withdrawal,' he said. Depp shook his head and smiled when asked if he had done opiates since detoxing, telling the jury: 'No I can't. 'Once you've been bit you'll be bit again.' Depp apologized for sending his best friend vile texts about Heard saying he wanted to see her 'rotting corpse decomposing in the f***ing trunk of a Honda Civic'. 'I'm ashamed of some of the references made. I'm embarrassed that at the time the heat of the moment, the heat of the pain that I was feeling went to dark places. He said: 'Sometimes pain has to be dealt with with humor and sometimes dark, very dark humor. 'I grew up watching Monty Python so it can tend to get into dark humor. It can tend to get into…words are used for emphasis and words are used to express what you're feeling at the time. It's just like growing up, you learn from those mistakes, you learn from those things and you move forward'. Earlier, Depp had talked about his upbringing, saying he had been regularly abused by his mother Betty Sue Palmer, who died in 2016. But he said he learned a lot from his parents, especially about bringing up children. 'I knew exactly how to raise children when my girl Vanessa (Paradis) got pregnant I knew exactly how to raise children which was to do the opposite of what they did. Depp said he learned how to bring up children from his mother Betty Sue Palmer. 'Justdo the opposite of what she would do' Depp and Heard met on the set of the 2011 movie The Rum Diary, turning up on the red carpet together for its London premiere Depp with parents Betty Sue Palmer and John Christopher Depp and then-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 Never raise your voice in front of the children, never. Screaming out the word no to them. I never wanted to tell my kids no. 'I wanted to show them there are options - you don't have to stick the coat hanger in the electrical socket. 'Talk to them, if you understand the repercussions of something you won't go there…give this some thought. That could kill you so I'd ease them away from things of that nature with more of a conversation as opposed to a flat out don't you ever do that again, and threats. 'I did not raise my children that way.' He told of 'verbal abuse, name calling and bullying' by his mother, who he described as 'very unpredictable.'. She took any 'opportunity to be as cruel as anyone could be,' he said. Depp laughed nervously as he recalled an ashtray being flung at him that hit him in the head, being beaten with high heel shoes, telephones, 'whatever's handy.' 'In our house we were never exposed to any type of safety or security, the only thing to do was stay out of the line of fire,' he said, adding, 'When she was going to get riled up and somebody was going to get it and generally it was me.' 'Physical violence, physical abuse. That was a constant. We were all somewhat shell-shocked. She'd walked past, you'd shield yourself because you didn't know what would happen,' Depp said. He talked about how his mother gave him and his two siblings cruel names. Johnny Depp gestures while giving testimony during the trial. He said he started popping his mother's nerve pills when he was 11 and by the time he was 15 had tried every drug he knows of Amber Heard and her attorney Elaine Bredehoft during the trial on Tuesday. Heard is countersuing Depp for $100 million claiming he libeled her when he said she lied in a Washington Post op-ed 'My brother wore glasses so he was Four Eyes. His teeth were messed up in the front so he was Buck Tooth.' He said his mother called his sister Violet although her real name is Christie. 'My mother despised my father's parents. Grandmother's name was Violet. 'So my mother said, come here Violet, get in here Violet. Christie, my sister, knew very well that was a deep cut psychologically, emotionally, but you had to take it. 'You just had to take the pain.' He said he had a lazy eye, and at one stage had to wear a patch over his good eye to try to strengthen the other. ''She would call me Cock eye or One Eye, anything she could get to demean, humiliate. 'The psychological abuse was almost worse than the beatings,' Depp added. 'They were just physical pain, and the physical pain, you learned to deal with it, accept it. 'But the psychological and emotional abuse that's what kind of tore us up.' He said his father, John Christopher Depp was a kind stoic man who never lost his temper or attacked Betty Sue, until one day when Johnny was 15 he walked out and didn't return. Attorneys for Heard have argued she told the truth and that her opinion was protected as free speech under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment Depp arrives at the courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, to give evidence in the trial 'When my father left I didn't realize,' Depp said. 'He left for work one morning, was packing his car and he left. 'Hours later my mom came home from work, about 3.30 in the afternoon. She walked in the door and stopped and walked around, she felt something. She said your daddy's gone. He's gone, he's gone. 'She ran into their bedroom and into their closet, she opened the door and there was his rack of clothing and all his belongings were gone. She was quite upset. I took her car and drove to my father's work and sat down in front of him at 15. 'I said, Listen, seems somebody stole all of your clothes and he said yeah, I'm done. I can't do it any more. I can't live it any more. You're the man now.. 'Those words didn't quite sit well with me. I didn't feel I was ready to hear those words.' Depp said his mother 'went into a very deep, dark depression,' after his father John walked out. 'One afternoon I had fallen asleep and woke up and walked into the living room and saw my mother very feebly, almost a slow motion, crawl.' 'I knew something was dreadfully wrong. There was drool coming out of her mouth.' 'Front door busted open, my uncle and two paramedics came in and threw her on the gurney and whisked her out the house to get her out the hospital to pump her stomach. 'She'd swallowed a multitude of pills to try to commit suicide,' he said. 'She was a firecracker of a woman but when she got out of hospital the depression was so deep she lived on the couch and weighed about 70 pounds and all that imagery spun into my head. I thought that was a cowardly way for my father to have left. 'I was deeply upset by that.' 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The 13 Showstopping Games Of PAX East 2022

2022-05-07T13:23:33Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> PAX East returned this year as an . This event was once North America's largest gaming convention, even surpassing its Seattle-based sister show . While the shows had been on hiatus since the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, returned to Boston with a large amount of visitors — and there were plenty of on display as well. At the show this year, I got to play several games that will be ones to watch in 2022 and for early 2023. In the list below you'll find a quick rundown of games that stood out at PAX East 2022, including the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, the peculiar platforming game Tinykin, the Souls-like parody The Last Hero of Nostalgaia, and the social satire adventure game The Last Worker. These were the 13 games that showed great promise across the days of PAX East 2022. Evil West Developer: Flying Wild Hog | Release Date: TBD 2022 You'll be facing vampires and demons in this supernatural-infused Wild West shooter. Flying Wild Hog/Focus Interactive Games Developer Flying Wild Hog honed its craft for fast-paced action gameplay with the Shadow Warrior reboot trilogy, and now it's taking that know-how to the Wild West with the action-horror game Evil West. With the game set in a supernatural Wild West, you play as a vampire-hunting bounty hunter who uses classic cowboy weaponry and advanced gadgets to slay demons of the night. Evil West is a third-person shooter that deftly blends shooting gameplay and melee combat, which opens up slick moments where you can disarm enemies and launch demons into the air with ease. This game came out of nowhere for me, and I like its pulp-style horror take on the Wild West. I'm very interested in seeing more of it later this year. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's RevengeDeveloper: Tribute Games | Release Date: TBD 2022 The entire Turtle squad, along with some help from April and Splinter, will work together to face off against the Foot Clan and other mutant bad guys. Tribute Games/DotEmu Games There have been many games based on the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series over the last three decades, but none has matched the impact of arcade beat-'em-ups. With the upcoming TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, we're getting a spiritual successor to the classic beat-'em-up games directly inspired by the 16-bit era. Developed by Tribute Games and DotEmu, this throwback game looks stunning, and the gameplay offers that satisfying thrill of barreling through Foot Clan ninjas -- something the classic games did so well. However, it also introduces some slick modern touches to the gameplay, giving you and your teammates some added skills and defense to help fight off Shredder's minions. This was a real blast to play, and it proves just how great TMNT games can be. DolmenDeveloper: Massive Work Studio | Release Date: May 20, 2022 As is the tradition with Souls-style games, you'll likely be running away from many battles. Massive Work Studio/Prime Matter It wouldn't be a stretch to say that FromSoftware's Elden Ring -- like other Souls games -- has made a massive impact on the gaming industry. So much so that other devs are taking a crack at making their own Souls-inspired games. One game coming from Brazilian developer Massive Work Studio and published by Prime Matter is Dolmen, a sci-fi take on the genre. In the far future, you play as a mercenary who travels to a planet hosting crystals that spawn multiple timelines. The gameplay will feel familiar to players of FromSoftware's games, but combat is spiced up by the addition of firearms and energy powers. This might be one to watch out for if you're itching for a Souls-like with a change of setting. The Last OricruDeveloper: GoldKnights | Release Date: TBD 2022 Split-screen co-op is available for those who want to bring a friend with them on their journey through this hardcore sci-fi/fantasy RPG. GoldKnights/Prime Matter One particular frustration with Souls games: They tend to have a fairly complex approach to co-op multiplayer. There's usually a story behind it, but simply put, adding another player to the game isn't easy. That's one thing The Last Oricru, another sci-fi Souls-like, is looking to remedy -- with couch co-op. On an alien world, you must decide which faction you'll side with during an increasingly hostile war. But you won't have to take on the fight alone. One skill the key protagonist has is summoning a hologram copy, which another player can control. Split-screen co-op is possible along with online play, which means you and a buddy can pair up and endure steep challenges and harsh defeats together. TinykinDeveloper: Splashteam | Release Date: TBD 2022 You'll get to interact with many characters hiding out in the world of Tinykin. Splashteam/Tiny Build One game that surprised me at PAX East was Tinykin, a peculiar but visually impressive puzzle-platformer. Mixing 2D visuals with 3D environments, this game sports a style that looks right out of an animated film such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Playing as a shrunken-down explorer, you team up with miniature critters to overcome platforming challenges and explore the world within a human's house. The story and gameplay seems to borrow heavily from Pikmin, but the game does present clever and surprisingly heartwarming twists on that premise. It looks like it'll be fun for all ages, so keep it on your radar. The Last Hero of NostalgaiaDeveloper: Over The Moon Games | Release Date: TBD 2022 This lowly, stick-figure protagonist will face off against hordes of video game enemies in a journey to become the great hero of the land. Over The Moon Games/Coatsink Yes, it's another Souls-like game, but it's my favorite from PAX East 2022. The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is set within the world of a high-fantasy Souls-esque game, in which you play as a hilariously undefined protagonist that looks like a walking stick figure. With no class or backstory, you make your own tale within a game that has a self-aware narrator who is actively trying to stop your adventure. The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is a parody game, and its fun combat is boosted by solid writing that pokes fun at the cliches and formulas of fantasy games. Playing this was a riot, and I'm keen on seeing where this oddball will go when it's released later this year. SignalisDeveloper: Rose-Engine | Release Date: Fall 2022 Lurking in the halls of the ruined ship in Signalis are fierce enemies, and sometimes it's better to save your resources and make a run for it. Rose-Engine / Humble Games One of the most eerily atmospheric and unnerving games I got to play this year at PAX East was Signalis. Coming from developer Rose-Engine, this game is a throwback that pays homage to classic survival horror games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill. As the main protagonist awakens from her cryosleep, she'll have to uncover what occurred on the ship and the planet it crash-landed on, all the while avoiding grotesque creatures that have taken over her former crewmates. This game's impeccable atmosphere shows shades of 1979's Alien and the classic anime film Akira, and I think that's such a great mix for a horror game. Signalis features a retro-futuristic style that showcases an analog, industrial-style vision of the distant future. That gives it a unique aesthetic that feels so unorthodox for its genre, yet it works well in motion. Even when I was getting spooked by creatures lurking in the shadows, I couldn't help but admire the game's rich design and visuals. It's certainly a game that's right up my alley, and with its fall release it could end up a great, moody game pick for play during the Halloween season. MoonscarsDeveloper: Black Mermaid's | TBD 2022 The world of Moonscars has a tragic beauty, showcasing a world that was once a lush setting but is now in deep ruin. Black Mermaid/Humble Games Black Mermaid's Moonscars is a gorgeously grim 2D action game that really impressed me. Set within a slowly crumbling fantasy world, it has you playing as a resurrected clay warrior that's tasked with seeking out an elusive sculptor who can reveal what has happened to the world -- and the meaning of the protagonist's existence. As you explore more of the world, you'll unlock new powers. However, doing so will also require leaving a piece of yourself behind, which will then take on a life of its own and seek retribution further down the line. The setting and plot take place in a bleak world, but I couldn't help but admire the richly detailed 2D animation at work in Moonscars. The visuals are just so stunning in motion, and it made exploring and engaging in combat such a delight. The action gameplay can be quite challenging, and as another Souls-style game, each death offers a lesson, and learning from your defeats can give way to satisfying moments of triumph. If you're into a 2D action game that revels in its atmosphere, then Moonscars is definitely one to watch. No Place for BraveryDeveloper: Glitch Factory | Release Date: Fall 2022 No Place for Bravery's features some fantastic 2D art that not only shows off the intense combat, but also the sheer scope of the world. Glitch Factory/Ysbrd Games The 2D action-adventure game No Place for Bravery has been in the works for some time, and it's finally on its way to release later this year. What's kept the game on fans' radars is its lush and colorful fantasy world to explore, but also its focus on combat and tactics gives it a bit of a different flavor compared to other 2D action games. Taking inspiration from Norse mythology and the classic manga of Lone Wolf and Cub, the story focuses on a veteran warrior named Thorn who's haunted by his daughter's disappearance. After discovering clues about where she might be, Thorn embarks on a journey to rescue her, but he'll also have to keep his disabled son safe along the way. My time playing the game at PAX really clued me in on the artistic and gameplay design craft at work in No Place for Bravery, which blends the sense of exploration of classic Legend of Zelda with the challenge and brutality of combat. This is an awesome combination in my book, and it's got me excited to see more of the game later this year. WrestleQuestDeveloper: Mega Cat Studios | Release Date: TBD Exploring the world of WrestleQuest feels like diving into the imagination of a kid who dreams of what the world would be like if wrestlers ran it. Mega Cat Studios / Skybound Games There's a noticeable overlap in my generation with people who are fans of pro wrestling and those who grew up playing classic Super Nintendo RPGs and actions games. The team at Mega Cat Studios saw potential in that and has married those two interests into a single video game called WrestleQuest, which brings the history and mythology of modern pro wrestling into the realm of a 16-bit-style role-playing game. There's an awful lot to unpack with WrestleQuest, which takes place in a fantasy world inhabited by wrestling action figures that worship icons like Macho Man Randy Savage, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and Diamond Dallas Page. But actually diving in to unpack this bizarre yet so satisfyingly exuberant tribute to the joy of classic pro wrestling was really enjoyable. I played the game's opening act at PAX East, which saw our up-and-coming wrestler who seeks to be the best in world wrestling entertainment. His quest begins with learning the basics of turn-based wrestling combat, which pays a wonderful homage to games like Super Mario RPG and Earthbound. From there, he explores a face-paint shop being looted by bandits who have taken wrestling fandom too and have become a nuisance. WrestleQuest, while firmly rooted in a retro-style RPG from the SNES era, is still very much about wrestling -- and I really like that aspect of it. There are so many loving homages and other deep cuts to classic pro wrestling that was so satisfying to see play out. It looks like a fun time, and I cannot wait to see more of it. 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These are two gameplay styles so opposed to one another, but they come together in a fun and engaging way that really pushed me to keep going deeper into the world to keep my base safe. It can be stressful as things ramp up, but I always felt satisfied with managing to survive another round. Dome Keeper works as a great pick and up play action base builder, and with plans for more worlds to explore after its release later this year, this roguelike mining game has got potential to be a solid bit-sized action game. SuperfuseDeveloper: Stitch Heads Entertainment | Release Date: TBD 2022 There are plenty of weapons and skills to take advantage of to clear out enemies in Superfuse. Stitch Heads Entertainment / Raw Fury The Diablo series is one of the most influential and often-imitated action RPGs. Yet most games trying to replicate the Diablo-style gameplay loop of hacking, slashing, and collecting loot tend to stick with the dark-fantasy aesthetic. One game coming out soon that takes things in a different direction is Superfuse, which brings that familiar isometric action-RPG combat to a sci-fi world with an over-the-top comic-book-style aesthetic. The vibe and atmosphere of Superfuse, when compared to Diablo, feels very much like a high-octane and pulpy space adventure -- and that's its biggest strength. Playing as mercenaries for hire, you'll band together with other explorers to take on missions and amass more power to overthrow the galactic influence of humanity's top 1%, who have infused themselves with superpowers to control the galaxy. You pick from a group of mercenaries, all of whom are very diverse in their backgrounds and have their powers and weapons to use. Easily my favorite part of playing Superfuse was how you could boost each hero's power. You can place modifiers onto some normal skills, like a lightning ax that you toss at enemies. And when I mean modifiers, I emphasize the plural. You can stack abilities onto abilities, which can radically transform basic attacks like the lightning ax into gnarly special skills that can clear rooms instantly. It was so satisfying to see my experimentation with skills pay off in such a big way, and I even impressed some of the devs on hand with my ideas. That's something that has me interested in Superfuse, which will be released in early access later this year on PC. I've got a soft spot for Diablo-style games. This game takes that familiar formula in a fun and very satisfying direction, and I want to see where it'll lead. The Last WorkerDeveloper: Oiffy / Wolf & Wood Interactive | Release Date: Late 2022 The Last Worker brings the storytelling style of Portal into a dense Amazon-esque warehouse that's run almost entirely by machines. Oiffy, Wolf & Wood Interactive / Wired Productions Social satire is still a realm that games don't often touch upon. 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The Absolute Best Sci-Fi Movies On Netflix

2022-05-07T13:22:59Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> What are the best sci-fi movies on ? It's a tough question to answer. There are heaps of great science fiction movies on Netflix. In no particular order, we've decided to make a list. Here goes... Our favourite science fiction movies on Netflix Warner Bros. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Blade Runner 2049 really has no right being good. A sequel to maybe the most loved and critically revered sci-fi movie of all time, it's wild that somehow Denis Villeneuve's somehow manages to live up to that legacy, while carving one of its own. A spectacular movie. Netflix The Adam Project (2022) The Adam Project isn't a perfect movie, but it is perfect for those seeking out an easy watch for a family movie night. Ryan Reynolds does his Ryan Reynolds thing as a time-traveling pilot working with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future. Look, it's a crowd pleaser! 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Tatler Reveals Their Guide To The Ultimate High Society Hen Party

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For many of us a hen party conjures up images of pink party sashes, L-plates and sparkly head boppers - but society brides have other ideas when it comes to celebrating the end of life as a single woman. From 'Cecil Beaton-approved costumes' to choosing the most exclusive of locations for your soiree, has revealed it's guide to organising the perfect high-society hen. Instead of rowdy holidays to Marbella or a night out at a packed club, the society bible suggests a yacht trip around the Greek coastline or perhaps a weekend in a ski chalet in the French Alps. When it comes to food and drink, the finest champagne must of course be served over prosecco, while guests should be treated to a hen party tablescape designed specifically for the occasion. Here, Femail reveals Tatlers top advice when it comes to planning the perfect upmarket hen party. EXCLUSIVE LOCATION Ivy Getty, 26. the great-granddaughter of oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty, celebrated her hen do in Mykonos over the weekend, ahead of her wedding which is set to take place in November Sir Sean Connery's granddaughter Saskia celebrated in Mykonos in August last year, the same month Made in Chelsea star Lucy Watson held her bachelorette party on the island The first thing to consider while planning your elaborate celebration is the location, with a standard local nightclub firmly off the cards for high-society brides-to-be. If looking for a sun-soaked getaway, the publication suggested a trip to Mykonos - where billionaire bride-to-be Ivy Getty and Sir Sean Connery's granddaughter Saskia celebrated their bachelorette parties. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Other celebrities who have celebrated on the island include Made in Chelsea star Lucy Watson, who jetted off to Mykonos for a luxe hen party with her sister Tiffany and friends last year. 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The Nashville Predators may be struggling down the stretch, but those frustrations can be washed away when they play host to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. The Predators (44-29-6, 94 points) are in a 3-4-2 slump and coming off Sunday's disappointing 5-4 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild, but they can clinch a playoff spot with a regulation-time win over the Pacific Division-champion Flames (49-20-10, 108 points), regardless of the outcome of the Vegas-Dallas game also on Tuesday. Between the opportunity to punch a ticket to the playoffs and the fact his team holds the Western Conference's first wild-card playoff spot with three games remaining, coach John Hynes is keeping the situation as positive as possible even though they wound up on the wrong end of a back-and-forth game with the Wild. "I just liked our mental toughness and I thought we stayed with things," Hynes said. "We're down a goal going into the third period, and I thought we stayed with it and played the way we needed to play and came up with a big play to be able to tie the game. There's lots from that standpoint to be able to move forward with, for sure." Seeing the bright side is the best course of action for the Predators. After all, they are so close to advancing and anything is possible once the playoffs begin. "We've kind of just got to wipe the slate clean here and start focusing on Calgary," defenseman Dante Fabbro said. "I thought we played hard, and it's a good team over there. It was definitely a playoff game out there." A 6-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday has the Flames, who have posted the second-highest point total in franchise history, on a 9-1-1 roll. However, with memories of their disappointing finish in 2019 -- after winning the Western Conference's regular-season title, they were unceremoniously eliminated in five games by the Colorado Avalanche -- they don't plan to coast to the end of the campaign. "We want to keep going here and have a good feeling before the playoffs," forward Elias Lindholm said. "My first year here (2018-19) where we clinched early, it felt like we kind of slowed down a little bit before the playoffs started and it's hard to turn it on again just like that. We've got to keep going and keep building our game." Amidst their strong season, the Flames have seen a litany of star players have outstanding campaigns. Johnny Gaudreau, whose next game will be the 600th of his career, has amassed 111 points, the second most in a season in franchise history, trailing only Kent Nilsson's 131 points in 1980-81. Matthew Tkachuk has netted 40 goals and 101 points, while Lindholm recorded his first 40-goal, 80-point season. But the superlatives don't end there. Andrew Mangiapane has 35 goals, almost twice as many as his previous high, while all six regular defensemen have posted career numbers. Calgary is even seeing breakouts from lesser-known players, such as Dillon Dube, who has a career-best 16 goals, with six of them in the last six games. "I just needed to be a lot better for this team going into the final stretch," Dube said. "To elevate my game to get ready for playoffs and try to get into that spot. I needed to be a lot better." --Field Level Media When you loved this short article and you wish to receive much more information about [https://xn----itbmnjagdikg0d.xn--p1ai/ стрейч пленка желтая] i implore you to visit our web site.

Gigi Hadid Looks Ethereal In White As She Celebrates Her 27th Birthday

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looked ethereal in a transparent white lace ensemble as she celebrated her 27th birthday at Zero Bond in on Saturday. The supermodel slipped her incredible physique into a delicate lace bustier, as well as matching see-through pants and finalized the look with a long white lace jacket. The Vogue cover girl's A-list bash was attended by her family, including sister Bella and brother Anwar, as well as a number of her famous friends like , , Martha Hunt and Helena Christensen. Birthday Girl: Gigi Hadid looked ethereal in a transparent white lace ensemble as she celebrated her 27th birthday at Zero Bond in New York City on Saturday Double trouble: The Vogue cover girl's A-list bash was attended by her family, including sister Bella, 25, as well as a number of her famous friends Gigi - born Jelena Noura Hadid - accessorized her birthday fit with layers of white pearl necklaces, a subtle gold belly chain, and gold earrings. 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Peacemaker s Danielle Brooks On Superhero Stories: No Shade But Where s The Humanity At

2022-05-07T12:39:07Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> is an action-packed superhero show from the pages of DC Comics and spinning off from big-budget blockbuster . But the heart of the show is new character Leota Adebayo, just a normal person who falls into the world of supervillains and black ops conspiracies because she needs a job. Bringing Leota to life is Danielle Brooks (who you may remember as Taystee from ). Brooks reveals why she loves the show's creator, James Gunn, why she was so excited to see Black women kicking ass and why she connected to the show's hilarious opening credits dance sequence. Before joining the cast of Peacemaker alongside John Cena and Robert Patrick, Brooks also appeared in Clemency, The Day Shall Come, Netflix's Master of None and The Color Purple on Broadway. With new episodes of Peacemaker streaming on every Thursday, I spoke to Brooks on the phone not long after her wedding, with plans for a honeymoon on hold for the moment. Was it a new experience to do a superhero show? Brooks: It was a challenge just getting accustomed to the lingo and things like the black ops team and what they do, but it was so much fun because I think this is a genre that allows you to really stretch your imagination and run with your creativity in a way that other shows might not do so much. So I really had a blast working with James Gunn. I think he's a genius. And he has such a humility about who he is. And I am so honored that he had me in mind for this part and just knew that I was the person to play Adebayo. That's super-dope to me. Especially I just have never seen anyone like myself in this universe, a plus-size dark-skinned Black woman in this world. So it just meant a lot to me to know that he saw me as enough. He was like, you're the one, so I just really appreciate his support and his approval. I was going to ask you if you'd ever seen yourself in a superhero movie or show. I haven't really. That's the cool part about Amanda Waller too [the chillingly ruthless boss of The Suicide Squad] and the fact I'm playing her daughter, because I think she, to me, has been the closest that I've seen to myself. To see this dark-skinned woman with an afro in this world being so powerful, but as far as sizing goes, I've never seen a plus-size woman in any DC or Marvel [film or TV show]. And so to get to show that bigger girls are more than capable of kicking ass means the world to me, because it's the truth. After having my daughter, I knew that it was going to be a journey to getting back in shape, but James didn't care about any of that. He was like, you get it girl. We're gonna rock this thing out together. And we did. That said, were you just a little bit disappointed you didn't have superpowers? You'll see later in the season that even though I don't have a superpower I still possess one within myself. I have to write that down for later… [Adebayo] possesses this superpower within herself to get the job done. So right now I'm not jealous of anyone's superpowers, but maybe once we get to season three! Were there a lot of visual effects and stuff that was new to you? Oh, yeah. A lot of greenscreen, a dummy eagle -- we didn't have a real eagle, we had a greenscreen eagle. A lot of training when it came to the fight, combat. Gun training. We had a great stunt crew and leadership that just made us feel really safe. I really tried to do all my own stunts as much as I could, but there's one they just would not let me do. Kudos to my stunt double. I'm glad I got to do as much as I did. What was the stunt you weren't allowed to do? Think about being, like, three, four stories, maybe even higher than that … four stories high in the air and just falling straight down on the mat. [Laughs] They wouldn't let me do that. Read more Were you actually keen to do that? I knew that they would try to keep me safe, yeah! For me, I like the respect -- I guess not respect, but my ego, once you know when you look on that screen you see my face. I watched a movie recently that's a big, big movie and it's a big, big star, but I could tell, I saw his stunt double the whole time. I clearly saw his face the entire time. I'm like, nah, I want the street cred. Speaking of which, was everybody really into the opening sequence dance? Oh yeah, everybody was super into it. I was into it once I had proper training from my choreographer. [Laughs] Jenn Holland was the best one. She had it down. She was the pro of the team. It was a fun day, and I'm glad people are really receptive to it and they're, like, not skipping over this dance that we did.

Johnny Depp Tells Trial He Has Never Watched Pirates Of The Caribbean

2022-05-07T12:38:15Z

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has told his $100million defamation trial that he has never watched Pirates of the Caribbean. The actor, 58, who will return to the stand today to face ex-wife 's lawyers, told the court he 'believes that the film did pretty well', referring to the first film in the series, The Curse of the Black Pearl, which grossed $654million. Depp played swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow in the hit films in the 14th highest-grossing series of all time. Asked in the Fairfax County Courthouse in yesterday about how his life changed after the 2003 film, Depp said: 'Cartoon characters can get away with things we can't. 'Captain Jack Sparrow can do things that I could never do. He could say things that I could never say. So it was for me, a way to stretch the parameters of a character and take a risk in doing that. Johnny Depp has told his $100million defamation trial that he has never watched Pirates of the Caribbean Depp played swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow in the hit films in the 14th highest-grossing series of all time (pictured with Orlando Bloom as Will Turner) 'But if it panned out, and I felt I was on a pretty good mission, I thought that it might be a character who would be accepted by five-year-olds and 45-year-olds, 65-year-olds and 85-year-olds in the same way that Bugs Bunny is.' Asked about his first reaction to the script, the actor said: 'I thought that it had all the hallmarks of a Disney film - that is to say, a kind of a predictable three-act structure. 'The character of Captain Jack was more like a swashbuckler type that would swing in shirtless and be the hero. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 'I had quite different ideas about the character, so I incorporated my notes into the character and brought that character to life. Much to the chagrin of Disney, initially.' He added: 'I didn't see it. But I believe that the film did pretty well, apparently, and they wanted to keep going, making more and I was fine to do that. 'It's not like you become that person, but if you know that character to the degree that I did - because he was not what the writers wrote, so they really weren't able to write for him… 'Once you know the character better than the writers, that's when you have to be true to the character and add your words.' 'No, no, no that's my job. You don't do that, I do that,' Amber allegedly told Johnny after he had removed his own footwear Depp was testifying in the trial in which he is suing Heard for libel over a 2018 op-ed that she wrote for the Washington Post in which she wrote about her alleged domestic abuse. Heard, 35, is countersuing for $100 million, claiming that he smeared her when he accused her of lying. Yesterday, told a court of the moment his marriage to fell apart - because he took his own boots off when he got home. Amber, he said, had a routine that she would get him a glass of wine and remove his footwear as soon as he got home. But one day she was on the phone, so he took his own boots off rather than wait. 'I worked quite a lot and when I came home from work I'd come in the house and she'd sit me down and give me a glass of wine and take my boots off and set them to the side,' he told the court in Fairfax, . 'I've never experienced anything like that in my life. I never experienced that and it became a regular thing, kind of routine. Depp got emotional as he talked about how good his relationship with Amber Heard was at the beginning but how it fell apart after he took his own boots off Depp said under oath that his wife 'became another person, almost' within 18 months of the boots incident 'One night I came home and she was on the phone, I took my boots off, suddenly Miss Heard approached with this look on her face, she just said what did you just do? What did you do?' He asked her what she meant and she replied: 'You took your boots off.' 'Yes I did, he said he told her. You were busy.' But Amber told him: 'No, no, no that's my job. You don't do that, I do that. 'Then she said 'Let me get you a glass of wine.' I did take pause of course, the fact she was visibly shaken or upset that I had broken her rules of routine. 'Once you notice something like that you start to notice other tidbits that come out. 'Then within a year a year and a half she had become another person, almost.' He said in the beginning his relationship with Heard, who he met on the set of the 2011 movie The Rum Diary, was 'too good to be true'. 'She was attentive, she was loving, she was smart, she was funny, she was understanding. We had many things in common, certainly blues music, literature. 'For that year, or year and a half it was amazing.' 'From the beginning of our relationship for a good year and a half she was wonderful and then things just started to change or things started to reveal themselves is a better way to put it.' He said he called her Slim and she called him Steve after the Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart characters in the movie To Have and Have Not. He explained that he was the craggy Bogart and she was 'this beautiful creature, this stunning creature,' the much-younger Bacall. He said it was during a kissing scene in The Rum Diary that he realized he had feelings for Heard, saying he 'felt something he shouldn't be feeling.' She later went to his trailer and they kissed again. Judge Penney Azcarate who is presiding over the sensational trial in Fairfax, Virginia The actor told the court Tuesday that he started popping pills when he was just 11 and by the time he was 15 he had 'done all the drugs that I am aware of,' Tuesday. He started on tablets his mother took for her nerves and progressed from there, he told the court. 'I'd bring my mum her nerve pill, I'd take one myself to escape caring so much, feeling so much - to escape the chaotic nature of what we were living through. 'Can't say I'm proud of admitting that'. He said after taking his mother's pills he moved on to marijuana and other drugs. He said: 'I've never taken any substance for a party. I've taken these substances on and off to numb myself of the ghosts, the wraiths that were still with me from my youth. 'Essentially self medication, one of those get-me-out-of-here moments. You want to escape from your own brain, your own head'. Depp said that by 15 he had 'done all the drugs I was aware of' but he didn't continue at such a rate. He said there were 'many years' he didn't even have a drink' and that he 'wasn't dropping acid every five minutes'. And he said that his ex-wife's claims about his drug abuse were exaggerated. He said: 'The characterization of my 'substance abuse' that's been delivered by Miss Heard is grossly embellished and I'm sorry to say but a lot of it is just plainly false 'It was an easy target for her to hit because once you've trusted somebody for a certain amount of years and you've told them all the secrets of your life that information can be used against you, especially if it's taken to a point that's teetering on impossible, teetered over impossible at times. Depp and Heard called each other Steve and Slim after the Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall characters in the movie To Have and Have Not Johnny Depp said ex-wfe Amber Heard always insisted she take his boots off and pour him a glass of wine when he got home Heard and Depp in the movie The Rum Diary where they met. Johnny said he 'felt something he should not have felt' during a kissing scene in the movie 'I am not some maniac who needs to be high or loaded all the time. 'In fact before Australia I'd been off of alcohol for about 18 months,' he added referring to the time when he lost part of a finger, when, he claimed, Heard threw a bottle at him. But he admitted that he got hooked on the painkiller Roxycontin - which he called Roxies - after getting sciatica from throwing a chair through a window in Pirates of the Caribbean 4. 'It's not like you take those pills to get high, you're taking those pills to get well or better because if you're without the pill your body will start to go into withdrawal,' he said. Depp shook his head and smiled when asked if he had done opiates since detoxing, telling the jury: 'No I can't. 'Once you've been bit you'll be bit again.' Depp apologized for sending his best friend vile texts about Heard saying he wanted to see her 'rotting corpse decomposing in the f***ing trunk of a Honda Civic'. 'I'm ashamed of some of the references made. I'm embarrassed that at the time the heat of the moment, the heat of the pain that I was feeling went to dark places. He said: 'Sometimes pain has to be dealt with with humor and sometimes dark, very dark humor. 'I grew up watching Monty Python so it can tend to get into dark humor. It can tend to get into…words are used for emphasis and words are used to express what you're feeling at the time. It's just like growing up, you learn from those mistakes, you learn from those things and you move forward'. Earlier, Depp had talked about his upbringing, saying he had been regularly abused by his mother Betty Sue Palmer, who died in 2016. But he said he learned a lot from his parents, especially about bringing up children. 'I knew exactly how to raise children when my girl Vanessa (Paradis) got pregnant I knew exactly how to raise children which was to do the opposite of what they did. Depp said he learned how to bring up children from his mother Betty Sue Palmer. 'Justdo the opposite of what she would do' Depp and Heard met on the set of the 2011 movie The Rum Diary, turning up on the red carpet together for its London premiere Depp with parents Betty Sue Palmer and John Christopher Depp and then-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 Never raise your voice in front of the children, never. Screaming out the word no to them. I never wanted to tell my kids no. 'I wanted to show them there are options - you don't have to stick the coat hanger in the electrical socket. 'Talk to them, if you understand the repercussions of something you won't go there…give this some thought. That could kill you so I'd ease them away from things of that nature with more of a conversation as opposed to a flat out don't you ever do that again, and threats. 'I did not raise my children that way.' He told of 'verbal abuse, name calling and bullying' by his mother, who he described as 'very unpredictable.'. She took any 'opportunity to be as cruel as anyone could be,' he said. Depp laughed nervously as he recalled an ashtray being flung at him that hit him in the head, being beaten with high heel shoes, telephones, 'whatever's handy.' 'In our house we were never exposed to any type of safety or security, the only thing to do was stay out of the line of fire,' he said, adding, 'When she was going to get riled up and somebody was going to get it and generally it was me.' 'Physical violence, physical abuse. That was a constant. We were all somewhat shell-shocked. She'd walked past, you'd shield yourself because you didn't know what would happen,' Depp said. He talked about how his mother gave him and his two siblings cruel names. Johnny Depp gestures while giving testimony during the trial. He said he started popping his mother's nerve pills when he was 11 and by the time he was 15 had tried every drug he knows of Amber Heard and her attorney Elaine Bredehoft during the trial on Tuesday. Heard is countersuing Depp for $100 million claiming he libeled her when he said she lied in a Washington Post op-ed 'My brother wore glasses so he was Four Eyes. His teeth were messed up in the front so he was Buck Tooth.' He said his mother called his sister Violet although her real name is Christie. 'My mother despised my father's parents. Grandmother's name was Violet. 'So my mother said, come here Violet, get in here Violet. Christie, my sister, knew very well that was a deep cut psychologically, emotionally, but you had to take it. 'You just had to take the pain.' He said he had a lazy eye, and at one stage had to wear a patch over his good eye to try to strengthen the other. ''She would call me Cock eye or One Eye, anything she could get to demean, humiliate. 'The psychological abuse was almost worse than the beatings,' Depp added. 'They were just physical pain, and the physical pain, you learned to deal with it, accept it. 'But the psychological and emotional abuse that's what kind of tore us up.' He said his father, John Christopher Depp was a kind stoic man who never lost his temper or attacked Betty Sue, until one day when Johnny was 15 he walked out and didn't return. Attorneys for Heard have argued she told the truth and that her opinion was protected as free speech under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment Depp arrives at the courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, to give evidence in the trial 'When my father left I didn't realize,' Depp said. 'He left for work one morning, was packing his car and he left. 'Hours later my mom came home from work, about 3.30 in the afternoon. She walked in the door and stopped and walked around, she felt something. She said your daddy's gone. He's gone, he's gone. 'She ran into their bedroom and into their closet, she opened the door and there was his rack of clothing and all his belongings were gone. She was quite upset. I took her car and drove to my father's work and sat down in front of him at 15. 'I said, Listen, seems somebody stole all of your clothes and he said yeah, I'm done. I can't do it any more. I can't live it any more. You're the man now.. 'Those words didn't quite sit well with me. I didn't feel I was ready to hear those words.' Depp said his mother 'went into a very deep, dark depression,' after his father John walked out. 'One afternoon I had fallen asleep and woke up and walked into the living room and saw my mother very feebly, almost a slow motion, crawl.' 'I knew something was dreadfully wrong. There was drool coming out of her mouth.' 'Front door busted open, my uncle and two paramedics came in and threw her on the gurney and whisked her out the house to get her out the hospital to pump her stomach. 'She'd swallowed a multitude of pills to try to commit suicide,' he said. 'She was a firecracker of a woman but when she got out of hospital the depression was so deep she lived on the couch and weighed about 70 pounds and all that imagery spun into my head. I thought that was a cowardly way for my father to have left. 'I was deeply upset by that.' 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The 13 Showstopping Games Of PAX East 2022

2022-05-07T12:37:06Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> PAX East returned this year as an . This event was once North America's largest gaming convention, even surpassing its Seattle-based sister show . While the shows had been on hiatus since the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, returned to Boston with a large amount of visitors — and there were plenty of on display as well. At the show this year, I got to play several games that will be ones to watch in 2022 and for early 2023. In the list below you'll find a quick rundown of games that stood out at PAX East 2022, including the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, the peculiar platforming game Tinykin, the Souls-like parody The Last Hero of Nostalgaia, and the social satire adventure game The Last Worker. These were the 13 games that showed great promise across the days of PAX East 2022. Evil West Developer: Flying Wild Hog | Release Date: TBD 2022 You'll be facing vampires and demons in this supernatural-infused Wild West shooter. Flying Wild Hog/Focus Interactive Games Developer Flying Wild Hog honed its craft for fast-paced action gameplay with the Shadow Warrior reboot trilogy, and now it's taking that know-how to the Wild West with the action-horror game Evil West. With the game set in a supernatural Wild West, you play as a vampire-hunting bounty hunter who uses classic cowboy weaponry and advanced gadgets to slay demons of the night. Evil West is a third-person shooter that deftly blends shooting gameplay and melee combat, which opens up slick moments where you can disarm enemies and launch demons into the air with ease. This game came out of nowhere for me, and I like its pulp-style horror take on the Wild West. I'm very interested in seeing more of it later this year. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's RevengeDeveloper: Tribute Games | Release Date: TBD 2022 The entire Turtle squad, along with some help from April and Splinter, will work together to face off against the Foot Clan and other mutant bad guys. Tribute Games/DotEmu Games There have been many games based on the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series over the last three decades, but none has matched the impact of arcade beat-'em-ups. With the upcoming TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, we're getting a spiritual successor to the classic beat-'em-up games directly inspired by the 16-bit era. Developed by Tribute Games and DotEmu, this throwback game looks stunning, and the gameplay offers that satisfying thrill of barreling through Foot Clan ninjas -- something the classic games did so well. However, it also introduces some slick modern touches to the gameplay, giving you and your teammates some added skills and defense to help fight off Shredder's minions. This was a real blast to play, and it proves just how great TMNT games can be. DolmenDeveloper: Massive Work Studio | Release Date: May 20, 2022 As is the tradition with Souls-style games, you'll likely be running away from many battles. Massive Work Studio/Prime Matter It wouldn't be a stretch to say that FromSoftware's Elden Ring -- like other Souls games -- has made a massive impact on the gaming industry. So much so that other devs are taking a crack at making their own Souls-inspired games. One game coming from Brazilian developer Massive Work Studio and published by Prime Matter is Dolmen, a sci-fi take on the genre. In the far future, you play as a mercenary who travels to a planet hosting crystals that spawn multiple timelines. The gameplay will feel familiar to players of FromSoftware's games, but combat is spiced up by the addition of firearms and energy powers. This might be one to watch out for if you're itching for a Souls-like with a change of setting. The Last OricruDeveloper: GoldKnights | Release Date: TBD 2022 Split-screen co-op is available for those who want to bring a friend with them on their journey through this hardcore sci-fi/fantasy RPG. GoldKnights/Prime Matter One particular frustration with Souls games: They tend to have a fairly complex approach to co-op multiplayer. There's usually a story behind it, but simply put, adding another player to the game isn't easy. That's one thing The Last Oricru, another sci-fi Souls-like, is looking to remedy -- with couch co-op. On an alien world, you must decide which faction you'll side with during an increasingly hostile war. But you won't have to take on the fight alone. One skill the key protagonist has is summoning a hologram copy, which another player can control. Split-screen co-op is possible along with online play, which means you and a buddy can pair up and endure steep challenges and harsh defeats together. TinykinDeveloper: Splashteam | Release Date: TBD 2022 You'll get to interact with many characters hiding out in the world of Tinykin. Splashteam/Tiny Build One game that surprised me at PAX East was Tinykin, a peculiar but visually impressive puzzle-platformer. Mixing 2D visuals with 3D environments, this game sports a style that looks right out of an animated film such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Playing as a shrunken-down explorer, you team up with miniature critters to overcome platforming challenges and explore the world within a human's house. The story and gameplay seems to borrow heavily from Pikmin, but the game does present clever and surprisingly heartwarming twists on that premise. It looks like it'll be fun for all ages, so keep it on your radar. The Last Hero of NostalgaiaDeveloper: Over The Moon Games | Release Date: TBD 2022 This lowly, stick-figure protagonist will face off against hordes of video game enemies in a journey to become the great hero of the land. Over The Moon Games/Coatsink Yes, it's another Souls-like game, but it's my favorite from PAX East 2022. The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is set within the world of a high-fantasy Souls-esque game, in which you play as a hilariously undefined protagonist that looks like a walking stick figure. With no class or backstory, you make your own tale within a game that has a self-aware narrator who is actively trying to stop your adventure. The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is a parody game, and its fun combat is boosted by solid writing that pokes fun at the cliches and formulas of fantasy games. Playing this was a riot, and I'm keen on seeing where this oddball will go when it's released later this year. SignalisDeveloper: Rose-Engine | Release Date: Fall 2022 Lurking in the halls of the ruined ship in Signalis are fierce enemies, and sometimes it's better to save your resources and make a run for it. Rose-Engine / Humble Games One of the most eerily atmospheric and unnerving games I got to play this year at PAX East was Signalis. Coming from developer Rose-Engine, this game is a throwback that pays homage to classic survival horror games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill. As the main protagonist awakens from her cryosleep, she'll have to uncover what occurred on the ship and the planet it crash-landed on, all the while avoiding grotesque creatures that have taken over her former crewmates. This game's impeccable atmosphere shows shades of 1979's Alien and the classic anime film Akira, and I think that's such a great mix for a horror game. Signalis features a retro-futuristic style that showcases an analog, industrial-style vision of the distant future. That gives it a unique aesthetic that feels so unorthodox for its genre, yet it works well in motion. 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Apple s Oscar-Winner CODA Takes You Into An Inner World Of Sign

2022-05-07T12:33:23Z

id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> This article, originally published in August, has been updated to reflect CODA's Oscar wins Sunday. Oscar-winner , one of the stars of 's movie , is known as a great signer. Your first glimpse may be when he sets his nuts on fire. 's Oscar wins Sunday -- for Kotsur's performance, best picture and adapted screenplay -- top a stack of superlatives. Apple bought the film for its service at the last year. Days later, it scored . Kotsur, who won for best supporting actor, is the first deaf male actor to be nominated for and to win an Oscar. CODA's also hailed as a . The movie -- a coming-of-age dramedy about a Deaf family whose hearing daughter aspires to sing at Berklee College of Music -- features three main characters who are deaf. It has as many scenes in as those in spoken English. In addition to Deaf cast members, director worked with ASL masters and interpreters to get the film's right and keep Deaf representation authentic. (Some Deaf people distinguish capital-d Deaf as an identity and culture from lowercase-d deaf, the physical condition of hearing loss. And CODA, in addition to being a musical term, stands for Child of Deaf Adults.) With a radical amount of room for ASL to stretch, showcases it both as a language and as an art form. In one moment during CODA, it expresses the torture of Kotsur's jock itch. In another, it conveys the state of grace a teen feels when she lets her self-consciousness go and sings. For viewers who sign, it's a rare movie that lets their language flow. Even if you don't understand , the message isn't lost. CODA is an opportunity to be entertained by masters of sign, but it's also a chance to connect with a family that may remind you of your own. CODA director Siân Heder directs Eugenio Derbez, who plays the local high-school choir teacher. Apple TV Plus "This is just one story," Heder said. "The hope is that this just opens the door to more stories being told from within the Deaf community and by Deaf creators." ASL is a complex language in its own right, with unique grammar, vocabulary and structure. ASL interpreters aren't called translators for a reason: ASL can express with a single sign what may take multiple words in English to get across, and one sentence in English might be signed several different ways. ASL is also much more than hand signs. A single phrase in ASL, for example, might be either a statement or a question depending on how you move your eyebrows. Matlin, second from left, with CODA co-stars Durant, Kotsur and Jones. Getty Images "Sign language is the expression of hands, eyes, face and body, the entire body, thus lending itself to artistic expression that goes beyond just the voice," Marlee Matlin, one of the stars of CODA, said over email. Matlin was the only Deaf actor to win an Oscar, for 1986's , until Kotsur's award Sunday. CODA is breaking ground in its own way. Not since Children of a Lesser God has a film spotlighted so much ASL by so many Deaf actors, Matlin said. And Apple released it in theaters with open captions always visible on screen, the first feature film ever released that way. This means deaf and hard-of-hearing moviegoers can enjoy the film like anyone else, without bothering with unreliable, awkward devices to caption spoken parts. Matlin called the open-caption release "a dream come true." 'Deaf eyes' Heder worked with two women, and , to help shape the movie's ASL and keep "Deaf eyes" on cultural authenticity. Credited as ASL Masters, their roles are also sometimes called directors of artistic sign language, a nod to how their job goes beyond the simple monitoring of a standardized language. They helped imbue the movie with Deaf culture, ranging from camerawork that simulates the Deaf lived experience to blink-and-you-miss-it details. In a split-second cameo, you can see an extended rearview mirror in the Rossi's family car, Tomasetti explained, as an example: Some Deaf people prefer a larger mirror for the wider view of traffic and to sign with the people in the backseat. Together with the actors, Heder and her team figured out what to sign, what to voice and what to caption. And during singular moments of CODA, the film lets sign speak for itself. These uncaptioned occasions, according to Heder, arose when spoken language just didn't have a faithful equivalent. "The sign was more expressive than any words." Jones and Kotsur in CODA. Apple TV Plus The best of Troy Kotsur With a sun-beaten cap and a fierce salt-and-pepper beard, Kotsur plays Frank Rossi, a lifelong fisherman and father to Ruby, the teen who loves to sing. Uniformly, the people who worked with Kotsur on CODA describe him as a master of sign. "I always feel so fortunate to see him, his work, his way of thinking, his creative play with the language," Wailes said. He is an expert at finding ways to take a concept and "shift the degrees just enough to make it a little wilder than you expected." In the character of Frank, that skill shines with unapologetically raunchy lines. In the jock itch scene, Frank sits in his doctor's office with Ruby and his wife, played by Matlin, as he describes his symptoms. "My nuts are on fire," he's captioned telling the doctor. But he signs a classifier for testicles, then signs lighting a match before waving the flames underneath it. Later in the film, Frank is arguing with Ruby and her brother, Leo, on the docks about standing up to cheating fish-auction tradesmen. "I'd give my left nut to tell them to go screw themselves," he's captioned. But with signs, he pulls it off, tugs a pin out of it like a grenade with his teeth and lobs it toward the fish-auction warehouse, plugging his ears as it explodes. But Kotsur's most memorable moment of signing needed no caption at all. An Oscar-caliber condom tutorial In a cringe-inducing lecture to a humiliated Ruby and Miles, her love interest from school, Frank and Jackie instruct them on the importance of condoms. "Put a helmet on that soldier," Frank is captioned signing to Miles. Then for a full 15 seconds without captions, Frank animatedly signs how condoms work, a segment so expressive the MPA considered giving the film an R rating. Emilia Jones, right, with Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, who plays her high-school crush, Miles. Apple TV Plus "Sign language, to be honest, is very graphic because it's visual," Heder said. "It's mortifying to have a sex talk with your parents in front of your crush. It becomes 10 times more mortifying when there's this cultural difference, where hearing people are very embarrassed sometimes, I think, by the bluntness of the language." Voicing the word "ejaculation" in a movie wouldn't force the MPA to slap an R rating on a movie, Heder argued. Tomasetti said she helped explain to "the appalled MPA people that what Troy was signing was not visual profanity" but a normal way of describing a bodily function in ASL. "That is just how we sign it in our language, but to them, it is perceived as 'too much,'" Tomasetti added. As one of CODA's interpreters put it to Heder, "if I had to sign the word 'ejaculate' at a White House press conference in front of Joe Biden, I would still have to jerk off my own hand." (Their arguments ultimately prevailed, and the film was rated PG-13.) Everybody knows One of the movie's most poignant moments of uncaptioned ASL is delivered by CODA's star, . Jones as Ruby in CODA. Apple TV Plus A hearing actress, Jones plays Ruby, the film's titular CODA. Jones studied ASL, as well as her character's signed lines in video recorded clips by Wailes, long before filming started. As production went on, Tomasetti said, "she started to really become a little CODA." On the CODA set's choir room, Heder directs Walsh-Peelo and Jones. Apple TV Plus In the script, a key moment for Jones' character comes when her choir teacher tries to break through the guarded Ruby's armor and asks her how she feels when she sings. When Ruby can't figure out how to explain it in her second language, English, she turns to her first language, sign, to answer. Long before filming, Wailes had been going through Heder's script with her, line by line, to transpose written-English portions into authentic ASL. But when they reached that moment, she stepped back. "This is the moment that absolutely needs to come from the actor," Wailes said. "It's Emilia's journey in the movie, it's her journey in this world. She's going to have to find this for herself." When the day came to shoot the scene, Tomasetti asked Jones to show her what Ruby was feeling. What she signed looked like she was "maybe having some sort of indigestion," Tomasetti recounted later, smiling. But she, Jones and Heder stepped back again and discussed the emotions behind the physical sensations Jones was signaling. The feeling of knots and butterflies and turmoil at your core. Of pulling that away from you, and letting it go. Of taking a leap, and floating away. "When she did it, it was so beautiful that I didn't want to subtitle it," Heder said. It became Heder's favorite moment in the film. With her signs, "everybody knows what she's saying." 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Netflix Stock Plunges As Herky-jerky Member Growth Is Set To Screech Slower

2022-05-07T12:30:11Z

id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> 's saw its market value plunge Friday, a day after the company predicted it will add far fewer subscribers than expected in the first months of 2022, the latest bumps in the road for the world's biggest subscription streaming service. stock plummeted on the news, as investors appeared to second-guess their optimism in subscription streaming as a business model. In recent trading, shared plunged $382.01, down 25%. In its earnings report Thursday, Netflix said subscribers grew by 8.28 million to 221.84 million total in the fourth quarter. That fell short of 's October guidance that it would add 8.5 million new members. Analysts were expecting subscriber growth to be shy of Netflix's forecast, with the average of estimates at 8.39 million new members, according to Refinitiv. The actual number comes in just below even that. But crucially, Netflix's guidance for the first quarter was way short of analysts' expectations. Netflix predicted it'll add just 2.5 million new members in the first three months of the year, compared with the 5.9 million analysts were expecting. "It's definitely frustrating for us, the current slower growth," Reed Hastings, Netflix's co-CEO, said Thursday during a discussion of the results. "It could well be just COVID effects. ... It's possible that we'll get there but slower than we thought." But overall, executives were unswerving in their belief in Netflix and its business long term. "We took a big bet years ago on this, that people would move on to Netflix and Netflix-type offerings to consume movies and film," Ted Sarandos, the company's co-CEO alongside Hastings and its content chief, said during Thursday's remarks. "We have no change in our confidence in that." The company said its outlook for the first quarter was tame because big programming was scheduled to land in the latter weeks of the quarter compared with the year before. Bridgerton's second season, for example, will be released in March, after its first season surged in popularity over a longer stretch of the same period a year earlier. After Netflix enjoyed surges in popularity in the initial stages of pandemic lockdown in 2020 from people stuck at home and desperate for entertainment, its growth had slowed dramatically in 2021, and the company even lost members in the US and Canada -- its biggest single market -- during the early summer for the first time since 2019. Netflix has also faced a wave of competition from new rivals like and , as media and tech giants have launched their own services to take on Netflix as television transitions to a future of streaming. Netflix's rare subscriber loss in the US and Canada hinted that the new competition, which is centered in the US, may be pressuring Netflix's membership growth there. But by the second half of last year, Netflix appeared to bounce back, riding a wave of interest swelling from the popularity of , the . And the last quarter of the year is traditionally boom times for Netflix, when people cozy up for extra streaming during a surfeit of holidays in many of Netflix's markets. Netflix released its two most popular films yet during the period, the star-packed movies Red Notice and Don't Look Up. On the TV side, the popularity of Squid Game was still soaring as the fourth quarter began, and the service released seasons of five different shows that ended up in for most watched programming: No. 3 , No. 7 , No. 9 and No. 10 . See also Netflix even underscored its confidence in its growth by announcing last week that it would by at least $1 a month -- and in the case of its premium option, by $2. It's the quickest Netflix has ever hiked prices after a previous bump, and it makes Netflix's most popular plan, the standard plan at $15.50 a month now, the most expensive service of its kind among competitors. In the US and Canada, Netflix added 1.19 million streaming customers, for a total of 75.22 million. In Europe, Middle East and Africa, members increased 3.54 million to 74.04 million. In Latin America, subscribers grew 973,000 to 39.96 million. And in the Asia Pacific region, membership increased by 2.58 million to 32.63 million. Overall in the fourth quarter, Netflix reported a profit of $607.4 million, or $1.33 a share, compared with $542.2 million, or $1.19 a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 16% to $7.709 billion. Analysts on average expected per-share profit of 82 cents -- two pennies more than Netflix's own guidance -- and $7.708 billion in revenue. Correction, Jan. 21: An earlier version of this story included incorrect market capitalization figures. Now playing: Watch this: Amazon's MGM takeover is big for Prime Video -- but not... 3:34 If you loved this post and you would like to obtain additional details concerning [https://xn--80aaalddcfhwl3bhizg.xn--p1ai/ купить стрейч пленку в спб дешево] kindly stop by the website.

The Absolute Best Sci-Fi Movies On Netflix

2022-05-07T12:26:05Z

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Netflix Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Childhood Apollo 11 1/2 is loosely based on director Richard Linklater's childhood. An animated tale set around the time of the Apollo moon landing it stars Glen Powell, Jack Black, Zachary Levi and Josh Wiggins and features a beautiful animated aesthetic. It's a beautifully made movie you can't afford to miss. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Don't Look Up (2021) Is this sci-fi? I think it's sci-fi. It's sci-fi. End of discussion. Don't Look Up is far from a perfect movie. It reeks of Hollywood faux-activism and it's too long and way too on the nose. But it still feels important and also... quite funny? I think regardless of its flaws, Don't Look Up is a movie that has had a net positive on the world and it's worth watching. New Line Blade Blade is iconic. It hardly reviewed well when it first came out in 1998, but this vampire superhero flick has become almost prototypical of where we're at right now, with Marvel movies dominating the spotlight. This one is slick. Well worth a gander. Paramount Pictures War of the Worlds This remake/reinterpretation of War of the World is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Cruise in the lead role. It's sort of underrated in my humble opinion! It features some really cutting edge, well integrated CGI and is just furiously paced. I loved it. Sony Pictures Gattaca (1997) Gattaca is a true science fiction movie, in that it wrestles with real scientific ideas and their potential impact on the human race. It's a film about eugenics, essentially, but also poses big questions about predestination, and how we can push back on determinism. Very cool, very interesting. A must watch. Netflix Synchronic (2019) At CNET, we love Synchronic so much we wrote . We called it the most underrated sci-fi flick on Netflix, and we stand by it. It's annoying, inconsistent and often makes zero sense, but it's also really great. Warner Bros. Pictures Inception (2010) Look, I'm gonna level with you: I kinda hate Inception. I think it's a cold, pretentious movie for people trying really hard to pretend they're smart. But most people love it, so I put it on the list. Each to their own. Please enjoy this movie! Read more: Looper (2012) Looper is the movie that helped Rian Johnson get the Star Wars gig, which led to my personal favorite Star Wars movie ever, The Last Jedi. But beyond that, Looper is just fantastic science fiction. It's bold with its time travel choices and is just an incredibly stylish movie. Watch it. Tristar Starship Troopers (1997) I love this movie. A frequently misunderstood parody of jingoism, Starship Troopers has aged tremendously. On a surface level it's also a really fun, easy watch. Get stuck in. Netflix The Platform (2019) The Platform is a Spanish sci-fi horror flick with a gruesome high concept. 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Dirty Tricks Allegations Mar Last Days Of Philippine Election Campaign

2022-05-07T12:21:56Z

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Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son the Philippine dictator, is tipped to win the presidential election Philippine election rivals traded allegations of dirty tricks and vote-rigging Friday, in the final stretch of an acerbic campaign that is tipped to bring the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos to power. After months of fierce campaigning marked by relentless misinformation and an online whitewashing of the country's violent history, rivals Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Leni Robredo implicated each other in underhand tactics. Marcos Jr -- the son the late dictator and notoriously kleptocratic first lady Imelda Marcos -- is predicted to win Monday's poll by a landslide. The Marcos campaign on Friday urged supporters to "protect their votes" against unspecified attempts at vote-rigging. "We've already won!" Marcos Jr said. "Just make sure you guard the votes on Monday -- don't sleep... we know that when we sleep, a lot of undesirable things happen." The Marcos campaign also accused Robredo of being "toxic, divisive and acrimonious" and having "associated themselves" with shadowy political groups. Robredo has campaigned on a promise to clean up the Philippines' chronically corrupt politics. The 57-year-old lawyer, and current vice president, has attracted fevered support from progressive young Filipinos. Despite her deficit in opinion polls, few are ready to completely rule her out, as febrile rumours swirl about the accuracy of polls that currently put her on 23 percent of the vote versus Marcos' 56 percent. With all still to play for, her campaign took legal action on Friday to bat back potentially damaging rumours that she is in league with the Communist Party. Unproven allegations that party founder Jose Maria Sison, who lives in exile in the Netherlands, was advising her campaign resurfaced this week in Marcos-allied media. In a complaint affidavit filed with the prosecutor's office Robredo's spokesman called the allegations "fabricated" and "fictitious". - Echoes of the dictator - Despite a lack of evidence, the allegations have circulated widely on Facebook, which is extremely popular in the Philippines, gaining hundreds of thousands of interactions. Communist rebels have waged a decades-long insurgency in the country. Leni Robredo has campaigned on a promise to clean up the Philippines' chronically corrupt politics Red-tagging -- accusing someone of being a communist sympathiser -- has intensified under President Rodrigo Duterte and has resulted in the deaths of many activists, journalists and lawyers. The allegations against Robredo carry echoes of the elder Ferdinand Marcos's tactics of discrediting enemies, justifying his dictatorial rule and retaining US Cold War support by playing up the spectre of a looming Red Peril that was hell-bent on taking over the country. For much of the campaign, Marcos Jr has eschewed detailed policy pronouncements, instead framing himself as uniquely qualified to "unify" the nation. He also portrayed his father's rule -- which saw widespread human rights abuses, rampant corruption, international opprobrium and the cratering of the Philippine economy -- as a gilded age. Behind the scenes, he has built a potent coalition of the country's ruling families who can deliver blocks of votes on mass. Marcos' running mate is Sarah Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing president, who has strong domestic support for his unvarnished political style and a bloody drug war that rights groups estimate has killed tens of thousands in extrajudicial executions. The duo's campaign on Friday promised to reopen the economy after Covid-19 lockdowns, invest in infrastructure and continue Rodrigo Duterte's "campaign against illegal drugs and criminality" which is subject to an investigation by the International Criminal Court. Saturday will see both sides hold enormous rallies in Manila -- with hundreds of thousands projected to gather just a few kilometres (miles) apart to cheer their political idols and enjoy a barrage of Pinoy pop. If you have any thoughts pertaining to where by and how to use [https://xn----itbmnjagdikg0d.xn--p1ai/ пленка полиэтиленовая армированная 400 мкм], you can speak to us at the website.

Fantastic Four: Everything We Know About The Team s Marvel Cinematic Universe Debut

2022-05-07T11:43:49Z

id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> As fans get hyped for hitting theaters this Friday, you might be wondering about upcoming movies. Fantastic Four is part of the cinematic lineup -- it was originally meant to be helmed by (director of , and ), but Deadline report on April 29 that from the project. This movie is still early in production, but we can look at release date possibilities and a few casting options, as well as the characters' comic and cinematic history. Release date: When is Fantastic Four coming out? The movie got a brief shoutout in Marvel's trailer last May, but that didn't reveal a release date and its for 2022, 2023 and 2024 is already packed. In October, Disney revealed its through 2028. Its 2023 schedule includes one untitled Marvel movie coming out Nov. 3 and 2024 includes four Marvel movies -- due out Feb. 16, May 3, July 26 and Nov. 8. One of these is likely Fantastic Four (which may not be the movie's final title).

Johnny Depp Tells Trial He Has Never Watched Pirates Of The Caribbean

2022-05-07T11:41:34Z

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has told his $100million defamation trial that he has never watched Pirates of the Caribbean. The actor, 58, who will return to the stand today to face ex-wife 's lawyers, told the court he 'believes that the film did pretty well', referring to the first film in the series, The Curse of the Black Pearl, which grossed $654million. Depp played swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow in the hit films in the 14th highest-grossing series of all time. Asked in the Fairfax County Courthouse in yesterday about how his life changed after the 2003 film, Depp said: 'Cartoon characters can get away with things we can't. 'Captain Jack Sparrow can do things that I could never do. He could say things that I could never say. So it was for me, a way to stretch the parameters of a character and take a risk in doing that. Johnny Depp has told his $100million defamation trial that he has never watched Pirates of the Caribbean Depp played swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow in the hit films in the 14th highest-grossing series of all time (pictured with Orlando Bloom as Will Turner) 'But if it panned out, and I felt I was on a pretty good mission, I thought that it might be a character who would be accepted by five-year-olds and 45-year-olds, 65-year-olds and 85-year-olds in the same way that Bugs Bunny is.' Asked about his first reaction to the script, the actor said: 'I thought that it had all the hallmarks of a Disney film - that is to say, a kind of a predictable three-act structure. 'The character of Captain Jack was more like a swashbuckler type that would swing in shirtless and be the hero. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 'I had quite different ideas about the character, so I incorporated my notes into the character and brought that character to life. Much to the chagrin of Disney, initially.' He added: 'I didn't see it. But I believe that the film did pretty well, apparently, and they wanted to keep going, making more and I was fine to do that. 'It's not like you become that person, but if you know that character to the degree that I did - because he was not what the writers wrote, so they really weren't able to write for him… 'Once you know the character better than the writers, that's when you have to be true to the character and add your words.' 'No, no, no that's my job. You don't do that, I do that,' Amber allegedly told Johnny after he had removed his own footwear Depp was testifying in the trial in which he is suing Heard for libel over a 2018 op-ed that she wrote for the Washington Post in which she wrote about her alleged domestic abuse. Heard, 35, is countersuing for $100 million, claiming that he smeared her when he accused her of lying. Yesterday, told a court of the moment his marriage to fell apart - because he took his own boots off when he got home. Amber, he said, had a routine that she would get him a glass of wine and remove his footwear as soon as he got home. But one day she was on the phone, so he took his own boots off rather than wait. 'I worked quite a lot and when I came home from work I'd come in the house and she'd sit me down and give me a glass of wine and take my boots off and set them to the side,' he told the court in Fairfax, . 'I've never experienced anything like that in my life. I never experienced that and it became a regular thing, kind of routine. Depp got emotional as he talked about how good his relationship with Amber Heard was at the beginning but how it fell apart after he took his own boots off Depp said under oath that his wife 'became another person, almost' within 18 months of the boots incident 'One night I came home and she was on the phone, I took my boots off, suddenly Miss Heard approached with this look on her face, she just said what did you just do? What did you do?' He asked her what she meant and she replied: 'You took your boots off.' 'Yes I did, he said he told her. You were busy.' But Amber told him: 'No, no, no that's my job. You don't do that, I do that. 'Then she said 'Let me get you a glass of wine.' I did take pause of course, the fact she was visibly shaken or upset that I had broken her rules of routine. 'Once you notice something like that you start to notice other tidbits that come out. 'Then within a year a year and a half she had become another person, almost.' He said in the beginning his relationship with Heard, who he met on the set of the 2011 movie The Rum Diary, was 'too good to be true'. 'She was attentive, she was loving, she was smart, she was funny, she was understanding. We had many things in common, certainly blues music, literature. 'For that year, or year and a half it was amazing.' 'From the beginning of our relationship for a good year and a half she was wonderful and then things just started to change or things started to reveal themselves is a better way to put it.' He said he called her Slim and she called him Steve after the Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart characters in the movie To Have and Have Not. He explained that he was the craggy Bogart and she was 'this beautiful creature, this stunning creature,' the much-younger Bacall. He said it was during a kissing scene in The Rum Diary that he realized he had feelings for Heard, saying he 'felt something he shouldn't be feeling.' She later went to his trailer and they kissed again. Judge Penney Azcarate who is presiding over the sensational trial in Fairfax, Virginia The actor told the court Tuesday that he started popping pills when he was just 11 and by the time he was 15 he had 'done all the drugs that I am aware of,' Tuesday. He started on tablets his mother took for her nerves and progressed from there, he told the court. 'I'd bring my mum her nerve pill, I'd take one myself to escape caring so much, feeling so much - to escape the chaotic nature of what we were living through. 'Can't say I'm proud of admitting that'. He said after taking his mother's pills he moved on to marijuana and other drugs. He said: 'I've never taken any substance for a party. I've taken these substances on and off to numb myself of the ghosts, the wraiths that were still with me from my youth. 'Essentially self medication, one of those get-me-out-of-here moments. You want to escape from your own brain, your own head'. Depp said that by 15 he had 'done all the drugs I was aware of' but he didn't continue at such a rate. He said there were 'many years' he didn't even have a drink' and that he 'wasn't dropping acid every five minutes'. And he said that his ex-wife's claims about his drug abuse were exaggerated. He said: 'The characterization of my 'substance abuse' that's been delivered by Miss Heard is grossly embellished and I'm sorry to say but a lot of it is just plainly false 'It was an easy target for her to hit because once you've trusted somebody for a certain amount of years and you've told them all the secrets of your life that information can be used against you, especially if it's taken to a point that's teetering on impossible, teetered over impossible at times. Depp and Heard called each other Steve and Slim after the Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall characters in the movie To Have and Have Not Johnny Depp said ex-wfe Amber Heard always insisted she take his boots off and pour him a glass of wine when he got home Heard and Depp in the movie The Rum Diary where they met. Johnny said he 'felt something he should not have felt' during a kissing scene in the movie 'I am not some maniac who needs to be high or loaded all the time. 'In fact before Australia I'd been off of alcohol for about 18 months,' he added referring to the time when he lost part of a finger, when, he claimed, Heard threw a bottle at him. But he admitted that he got hooked on the painkiller Roxycontin - which he called Roxies - after getting sciatica from throwing a chair through a window in Pirates of the Caribbean 4. 'It's not like you take those pills to get high, you're taking those pills to get well or better because if you're without the pill your body will start to go into withdrawal,' he said. Depp shook his head and smiled when asked if he had done opiates since detoxing, telling the jury: 'No I can't. 'Once you've been bit you'll be bit again.' Depp apologized for sending his best friend vile texts about Heard saying he wanted to see her 'rotting corpse decomposing in the f***ing trunk of a Honda Civic'. 'I'm ashamed of some of the references made. I'm embarrassed that at the time the heat of the moment, the heat of the pain that I was feeling went to dark places. He said: 'Sometimes pain has to be dealt with with humor and sometimes dark, very dark humor. 'I grew up watching Monty Python so it can tend to get into dark humor. It can tend to get into…words are used for emphasis and words are used to express what you're feeling at the time. It's just like growing up, you learn from those mistakes, you learn from those things and you move forward'. Earlier, Depp had talked about his upbringing, saying he had been regularly abused by his mother Betty Sue Palmer, who died in 2016. But he said he learned a lot from his parents, especially about bringing up children. 'I knew exactly how to raise children when my girl Vanessa (Paradis) got pregnant I knew exactly how to raise children which was to do the opposite of what they did. Depp said he learned how to bring up children from his mother Betty Sue Palmer. 'Justdo the opposite of what she would do' Depp and Heard met on the set of the 2011 movie The Rum Diary, turning up on the red carpet together for its London premiere Depp with parents Betty Sue Palmer and John Christopher Depp and then-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 Never raise your voice in front of the children, never. Screaming out the word no to them. I never wanted to tell my kids no. 'I wanted to show them there are options - you don't have to stick the coat hanger in the electrical socket. 'Talk to them, if you understand the repercussions of something you won't go there…give this some thought. That could kill you so I'd ease them away from things of that nature with more of a conversation as opposed to a flat out don't you ever do that again, and threats. 'I did not raise my children that way.' He told of 'verbal abuse, name calling and bullying' by his mother, who he described as 'very unpredictable.'. She took any 'opportunity to be as cruel as anyone could be,' he said. Depp laughed nervously as he recalled an ashtray being flung at him that hit him in the head, being beaten with high heel shoes, telephones, 'whatever's handy.' 'In our house we were never exposed to any type of safety or security, the only thing to do was stay out of the line of fire,' he said, adding, 'When she was going to get riled up and somebody was going to get it and generally it was me.' 'Physical violence, physical abuse. That was a constant. We were all somewhat shell-shocked. She'd walked past, you'd shield yourself because you didn't know what would happen,' Depp said. He talked about how his mother gave him and his two siblings cruel names. Johnny Depp gestures while giving testimony during the trial. He said he started popping his mother's nerve pills when he was 11 and by the time he was 15 had tried every drug he knows of Amber Heard and her attorney Elaine Bredehoft during the trial on Tuesday. Heard is countersuing Depp for $100 million claiming he libeled her when he said she lied in a Washington Post op-ed 'My brother wore glasses so he was Four Eyes. His teeth were messed up in the front so he was Buck Tooth.' He said his mother called his sister Violet although her real name is Christie. 'My mother despised my father's parents. Grandmother's name was Violet. 'So my mother said, come here Violet, get in here Violet. Christie, my sister, knew very well that was a deep cut psychologically, emotionally, but you had to take it. 'You just had to take the pain.' He said he had a lazy eye, and at one stage had to wear a patch over his good eye to try to strengthen the other. ''She would call me Cock eye or One Eye, anything she could get to demean, humiliate. 'The psychological abuse was almost worse than the beatings,' Depp added. 'They were just physical pain, and the physical pain, you learned to deal with it, accept it. 'But the psychological and emotional abuse that's what kind of tore us up.' He said his father, John Christopher Depp was a kind stoic man who never lost his temper or attacked Betty Sue, until one day when Johnny was 15 he walked out and didn't return. Attorneys for Heard have argued she told the truth and that her opinion was protected as free speech under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment Depp arrives at the courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, to give evidence in the trial 'When my father left I didn't realize,' Depp said. 'He left for work one morning, was packing his car and he left. 'Hours later my mom came home from work, about 3.30 in the afternoon. She walked in the door and stopped and walked around, she felt something. She said your daddy's gone. He's gone, he's gone. 'She ran into their bedroom and into their closet, she opened the door and there was his rack of clothing and all his belongings were gone. She was quite upset. I took her car and drove to my father's work and sat down in front of him at 15. 'I said, Listen, seems somebody stole all of your clothes and he said yeah, I'm done. I can't do it any more. I can't live it any more. You're the man now.. 'Those words didn't quite sit well with me. I didn't feel I was ready to hear those words.' Depp said his mother 'went into a very deep, dark depression,' after his father John walked out. 'One afternoon I had fallen asleep and woke up and walked into the living room and saw my mother very feebly, almost a slow motion, crawl.' 'I knew something was dreadfully wrong. There was drool coming out of her mouth.' 'Front door busted open, my uncle and two paramedics came in and threw her on the gurney and whisked her out the house to get her out the hospital to pump her stomach. 'She'd swallowed a multitude of pills to try to commit suicide,' he said. 'She was a firecracker of a woman but when she got out of hospital the depression was so deep she lived on the couch and weighed about 70 pounds and all that imagery spun into my head. I thought that was a cowardly way for my father to have left. 'I was deeply upset by that.' 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The Absolute Best Sci-Fi Movies On Netflix

2022-05-07T11:32:30Z

id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> What are the best sci-fi movies on ? It's a tough question to answer. There are heaps of great science fiction movies on Netflix. In no particular order, we've decided to make a list. Here goes... Our favourite science fiction movies on Netflix Warner Bros. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Blade Runner 2049 really has no right being good. A sequel to maybe the most loved and critically revered sci-fi movie of all time, it's wild that somehow Denis Villeneuve's somehow manages to live up to that legacy, while carving one of its own. A spectacular movie. Netflix The Adam Project (2022) The Adam Project isn't a perfect movie, but it is perfect for those seeking out an easy watch for a family movie night. Ryan Reynolds does his Ryan Reynolds thing as a time-traveling pilot working with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future. Look, it's a crowd pleaser! Netflix Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Childhood Apollo 11 1/2 is loosely based on director Richard Linklater's childhood. An animated tale set around the time of the Apollo moon landing it stars Glen Powell, Jack Black, Zachary Levi and Josh Wiggins and features a beautiful animated aesthetic. It's a beautifully made movie you can't afford to miss. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Don't Look Up (2021) Is this sci-fi? I think it's sci-fi. It's sci-fi. End of discussion. Don't Look Up is far from a perfect movie. It reeks of Hollywood faux-activism and it's too long and way too on the nose. But it still feels important and also... quite funny? I think regardless of its flaws, Don't Look Up is a movie that has had a net positive on the world and it's worth watching. New Line Blade Blade is iconic. It hardly reviewed well when it first came out in 1998, but this vampire superhero flick has become almost prototypical of where we're at right now, with Marvel movies dominating the spotlight. This one is slick. Well worth a gander. Paramount Pictures War of the Worlds This remake/reinterpretation of War of the World is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Cruise in the lead role. It's sort of underrated in my humble opinion! It features some really cutting edge, well integrated CGI and is just furiously paced. I loved it. Sony Pictures Gattaca (1997) Gattaca is a true science fiction movie, in that it wrestles with real scientific ideas and their potential impact on the human race. It's a film about eugenics, essentially, but also poses big questions about predestination, and how we can push back on determinism. Very cool, very interesting. A must watch. Netflix Synchronic (2019) At CNET, we love Synchronic so much we wrote . We called it the most underrated sci-fi flick on Netflix, and we stand by it. It's annoying, inconsistent and often makes zero sense, but it's also really great. Warner Bros. Pictures Inception (2010) Look, I'm gonna level with you: I kinda hate Inception. I think it's a cold, pretentious movie for people trying really hard to pretend they're smart. But most people love it, so I put it on the list. Each to their own. Please enjoy this movie! Read more: Looper (2012) Looper is the movie that helped Rian Johnson get the Star Wars gig, which led to my personal favorite Star Wars movie ever, The Last Jedi. But beyond that, Looper is just fantastic science fiction. It's bold with its time travel choices and is just an incredibly stylish movie. Watch it. Tristar Starship Troopers (1997) I love this movie. A frequently misunderstood parody of jingoism, Starship Troopers has aged tremendously. On a surface level it's also a really fun, easy watch. Get stuck in. Netflix The Platform (2019) The Platform is a Spanish sci-fi horror flick with a gruesome high concept. Prisoners in a correctional facility are fed in a very unique way: Folks at the top floor get fed a ludicrous amount of food, folks below get their leftovers. Chaos ensues. It's not perfect, but still well worth watching. Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982) Is there a more critically revered science fiction movie than Blade Runner? If there is, I can't think of it. Maybe the original Alien or The Thing? Either way, neither of them is currently on Netflix, so Blade Runner is probably the must watch sci-fi movie on the service. Netflix Okja (2017) Is Okja science fiction? Look it's a stretch, but it's a good movie. Just watch it anyway. Netflix I Am Mother (2019) An Australian-made sci-fi thriller starring Hilary Swank and Rose Byrne, I Am Mother tells the post-apocalyptic tale of Daughter, a character raised by Mother, a robot tasked with helping repopulate the Earth. Very tense, very strange, very good. Netflix The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) The Mitchells vs. The Machines is one of the smartest, most accessible kids movies of the last few years. It's the sort of movie kids and parents can watch together and both have a blast. I should know, my kids have made me watch this... eight times so far? Sweet. Netflix The Colony (2021) I just watched The Colony recently. It's surprisingly good! It follows a very familiar trope: Rich people returning to Earth years after abandoning it, to find it overrun by new, unknown threats. The Colony subverts some of these cliches, however, and has some surprisingly powerful things to say about the ways in which we dehumanize one another. Well worth giving a chance. Related stories If you have any sort of questions relating to where and how you can use [https://xn--80aaalddcfhwl3bhizg.xn--p1ai/ стрейч пленка узкая], you could call us at our own internet site.

Alker Emerges From Rain For 4-shot Win On Champions Tour

2022-05-07T11:28:35Z

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) - Steven Alker returned from a two-hour rain delay by playing a six-hole stretch in 6-under par on the back nine to race past Steve Stricker, close with a 6-under 66 and win the Insperity Invitational on Sunday for his second victory this year on the PGA Tour Champions. Alker had to make a pair of tough par saves to close out the front nine at The Woodlands and stay one shot ahead of Stricker, who was playing for the first time in six months. Alker birdied three straight holes starting at No. 11, and then he effectively put the tournament away by rolling in an eagle putt on the par-5 15th to build a four-shot lead. Stricker and Brandt Jobe each shot 70 and tied for second, four shots behind. Alker finished at 18-under 198. Stricker was hospitalized late last year when his liver count plunged and his white blood cell count spiked. He lost 25 pounds and was worried about his strength and endurance in his first competition since Oct. 10. The winning Ryder Cup captain held up fine. He just couldn't hang with Alker. "I felt my game got a little bit better every day," Stricker said. Alker won the Rapiscan Systems Classic in Mississippi, and he was poised to make it two straight wins until he lost in a playoff outside Dallas by hitting into the water. Now he has two victories, along with two playoff losses. This win enabled him to move to the top of the Charles Schwab Cup standings with his $345,000 for winning. Not bad for a Kiwi who only nine months ago had no status at all on the 50-and-older circuit. He qualified for the Boeing Classic and kept finishing in the top 10 to get into the next week, eventually winning making it all the way to the season finale. In 17 starts on the PGA Tour Champions, Alker has 10 finishes in the top five. "It's been a fun ride," Alker said. "I'm just happy to be out here. Everything has come around. I'm enjoying my game. Everything is a lot of fun." The rain delay helped in another way. Alker said he was watching TV coverage and noticed his swing was a little off. He returned and tried to stay more on top of the ball, and he was practically flawless the rest of the way. Jobe moved into second alone with a birdie on the par-3 16th, only to miss a short par putt on the next hole and failing to convert a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole. Stricker came away feeling good about his game, but uncertain whether he will play next week in Atlanta or take a week off before the first of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions. "If you would have saw me where I was a month ago to where I am today, that´s what makes me happy because I´ve come a long ways in just a month," Stricker said. "If I can keep kind of getting stronger and progressing the next month, I´ll be all right." ___ More AP golf: website and website If you loved this article and you would like to obtain more details regarding [https://xn----itbmnjagdikg0d.xn--p1ai/ черный стрейч пленка спб] kindly check out our webpage.

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: The Messages That Brought My Big Sister Back To Me

2022-05-07T11:17:31Z

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Every May, my husband Chris and I visit the Mumbles in South West Wales to remember my sister, Stephanie. It's where she died, aged 30, and her ashes are scattered around an oak tree we planted nearby. This beautiful stretch of coast is where I feel closest to her. Not in Coventry where we grew up nor in where I live, but in the place she made her home and loved the most. We meet up with her best friend, Manessa, and retell our favourite Steff stories. We play on the 2p machines in the seafront arcade and eat ice cream at Verdi's, just like when she was alive. We laugh, we cry and we remember her. Not sick in a hospital bed, but healthy and happy. I sat frozen on the couch for the next five hours, reliving every moment. Her words conjured up her face as clear as a photograph. I could almost reach out and hug her. She was back. It was ghostly but tender We have missed the past two visits because of the pandemic and illness, and it's left me feeling a little adrift from her. But when I was booking our trip this year, something caught my eye in my email inbox. I'd searched ‘The Mumbles' to find out where we stayed last time, and an email popped up: ‘WhatsApp chat with Stephanie,' it said. Dumbstruck, I clicked on it, and suddenly sprawling out in front of me was every hilarious and heartbreaking message we had sent each other in the final two-and-a-half years of her life. For the first time in eight years, I could hear my sister's voice again, calling me by a nickname no one else ever uses, and never will again — ‘sib sab', a silly made-up term that had migrated from sibling. It was as if I had gone back in time. I sat frozen on the couch for the next five hours, reliving every moment. Her words conjured up her face as clear as a photograph. I could almost reach out and hug her. She was back. It was ghostly but tender. The messages were in an email I'd sent to myself, though I barely remember doing it. I have only a vague recollection of buying a new phone a few months after she died and trying to work out how to save the conversation. In a daze of grief, I must have copied and pasted the texts into an email before sending it to my own account. With Mum working full-time, Steff — three years my senior — had been forced to grow up fast to help look after me. At times it felt like it was the two of us against the world. They are both pictured above with mother Julie on graduation day But this was first time I'd stumbled across it — the thread contained the key words ‘The Mumbles' — and it was as though the messages were there waiting for me for when I was desperate to feel close to her again. Steff died on May 5, 2014, after a gruelling three-year battle with skin cancer. Less than a year later, on April 22, 2015, my mum Julie passed away, aged 58, from ovarian cancer. In the space of 12 months, I lost the two most important people in my life. Dad had moved away when we were little. So it had been just the three of us. With Mum working full-time, Steff — three years my senior — had been forced to grow up fast to help look after me. At times it felt like it was the two of us against the world. On the surface, we couldn't have been more different. She was a redhead, I am blonde. She was shy and a bit of a tomboy, I like sparkly clothes and being in the limelight. She was a physiotherapist and spent her free time hanging out on a farm, I was a journalist living in Central London. Yet even after leaving home to go to university, we remained close. And now, eight years after her death, it can feel as though I dreamt it all. Were we really as tight as I recall? Or am I only remembering the good because she has gone? At last, I have more than 1,000 pages — 367,330 words! — of irrefutable proof. The messages begin in late December 2012. I was 25, living in London after joining the Daily Mail a few months earlier. Steff was 29, and working as a physiotherapist in Wales. We had spent Christmas together in Coventry with Mum and the family. She was my favourite person in the world. And thanks to these messages, I finally know for sure that we really did make the most of every second we had together She wrote that she had just watched The Sound Of Music — my favourite film. ‘Thought of you. Lol [laugh out loud],' she said. ‘Haha, Mum text the same,' I replied. ‘Best film ever. Fact.' It's all light-hearted chatter. But on January 15, 2013, the tone changes. ‘Hey sib sab. Just waiting for my appointment. Thought I'd say hi,' Steff says. I respond a minute later with: ‘Hey sibby — call me after?' Then there is nothing for three days — and I wince at the memory of why. About an hour after I sent my message, I received a call from Mum while at work. In a strangled voice, she told me the cancer had spread to Steff's lungs. My sister had been diagnosed with melanoma in 2011 after finding a suspicious scab on her back. Considering she was a redhead who spent most of our holidays abroad sitting in the shade, it was a complete shock. But the doctors had caught it early and we were told there was a good chance that would be the end of it. Then, later the following year, days after returning from what would be our final holiday together in America, a routine check revealed the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. Now it had spread again, it was stage four and considered terminal. They could try to slow it down, but I knew in that moment I'd lose her. I got straight on a train to South West Wales, where she lived with her partner, Hywel, and a menagerie of pets. As we stood outside the hospital after a brutally frank appointment with her oncologist the next day, I tried to walk away to hide my tears. Steff held my shoulders and looked me straight in the face as she said: ‘I will be OK, sib. I promise.' That moment perfectly sums up my big sister. Just minutes after being handed a death sentence, she was still trying to look after me. As I scrolled through the messages, I was struck by how young I sound. I was just 24 when Steff was first diagnosed. Now 35, it's hard to fathom that I'm five years older than she was when she died. She was always the responsible one. Even when she was ill, there are countless messages asking how I was sleeping, if I was OK — she even put money in my bank account to help cover the many train journeys to visit her and Mum. Now I'm all grown up. I'm married and an editor at a national newspaper, and she isn't here to see it. In fact, I relate to Steff in our messages more now than the younger version of myself — as though I've taken on some of her personality traits. I'm calmer and more organised — simply older, perhaps. I'd forgotten that she was an obsessive cleaner, list-maker and a bit of a back-seat driver, too. She and Hywel married on March 1, 2014, two months before she died. I was her maid of honour and did my best to help her organise the day while she was in hospital. But it's only now that I've planned my own wedding — I met Chris after Mum and Steff died — that I truly understand how hard that must have been. ‘Weddings are stressful the weeks before. I get tired and crabby,' she wrote. Tell me about it! At my wedding last September, my cousin carried an extra bridesmaid bouquet in her honour. I had photos of Mum and Steff in my flowers, and wore a ring and necklace belonging to them so I would feel their presence. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share But it is these silly WhatsApp messages that have bought them closer to me than anything else. It's the sheer ordinariness of them that makes them so special. There is much criticism around how much time we spend texting or communicating via superficial social media websites these days. But in a previous age, all this would have been forgotten. Yes, there were letters. But rather than carefully thought-out prose, these WhatsApp chats capture the unvarnished truth of our relationship. This was real life. Amid some grim chat about scans, tumours and medication, we just talked about ordinary day-to-day stuff — work, what we were watching on TV — and sent silly cat videos to cheer each other up. In fact, we mostly just chatted about food. I couldn't help but laugh as I read the detailed texts we'd sent listing everything we had eaten each day. ‘I've had a carrot with hummus. Two kiwis. An apple. A pear and an orange. Two pieces of toast and bran flakes. A biscuit and a bag of crisps. Chicken wings and veg for tea,' was a real classic. We also talked a lot about Mum. She'd been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in late 2011 and, after a period of remission, her health was also starting to deteriorate. But even with everything Steff was going through, she was still an incredible support to Mum and me — and there are many messages asking for updates, gently explaining medical terms and instructing me not to panic. I desperately miss having — and being — a sister. It's impossible to recreate that relationship. But now, the memory of what it was like has come alive. Steff wasn't one for soppy messages and there are none of the profound or poetic declarations you might expect to hear in fiction. But as the months roll on, I notice that we start saying, ‘I love you' or, ‘I miss you' at the end of almost every exchange. We knew we were running out of time. I had signed up to run the London Marathon in April 2014 to raise money for a cancer centre called Maggie's, whose support was a lifeline for us all. Steff would send me messages during every training run. ‘Run, run. Just keep running. Just keep running,' she'd write. After I made 20 miles, she said: ‘Wow. You really can do it sib. Very proud of you today x.' Then, the week before the race, Steff went into hospital for what would be the final time and we were called in to say our goodbyes. But she rallied, and everyone encouraged me to return to London to run. Still, Steff grabbed my hand and made me promise I wouldn't be pressured into doing it if I didn't want to. I hadn't slept in days but, after raising more than £7,000 and feeling otherwise utterly helpless, this was something I could do. The night before, she wrote: ‘Love you. I'll be with you xx.' So I ran with ‘For Sib Sab' on the back of my shirt, praying that she wouldn't die before I got back to her bedside. She didn't and, after a quick shower, my friends bundled me into a car to drive me back to Wales that night, so I could hang my medal on the TV in front of her and show off my battered feet. And in typical Steff fashion, her final message to me two weeks later on April 27, eight days before she died, asked: ‘Are you OK?' I've always felt guilty that I didn't do enough when Mum and Steff were ill. And in that respect, these messages are a gift. ‘Do you want me to come and visit this weekend or next?' I asked again and again, as I split my time between her and Mum as much as I could. I'd forgotten about the fruit baskets, chocolate hampers and emergency new clothes I'd sent her when the steroid treatment meant nothing fitted and she threatened to burn her wardrobe to the ground. When I couldn't be there in person, I was glued to my phone in case she messaged. No matter the time of day, I always responded within minutes. In the weeks before she died, Mum, Dad, Hywel and I took it in turns to sleep at the hospital so she was never alone. And it was me who was with her when she took her last breath. No, I wasn't perfect, but these messages prove I did the best I could and I take comfort from that. I'll always treasure the photos of us together and mementoes such as her precious engagement ring. 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