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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just set put new guidelines in a watershed new diversity and inclusion set of standards for Best Picture. The new initiative’s aim is to further the Academy’s efforts to promote inclusion in the entertainment industry and increase representation within its membership and within the wider film industry in general, addressing gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and disability. A lack of diversity has been a major criticism at the events, with failure to nominate black or minority actors in 2016 led to the #OscarsSoWhite backlash....

The women live in Keiishi Town, an area of the Japanese prefecture Fukui, and apparently patrol their neighborhood dressed in aprons, scaring monkeys off with air guns. Monkeys began appearing in the area in 2015, according to a spokesperson for the Japanese Fukui Prefecture Miyama Branch, who spoke to the Japanese site. To help combat the pesky monkeys, officials from the branch office began hosting classes in March, to teach local villagers how to get rid of the pests....

Evans began his post in r/AmITheA**hole by explaining that he has an openly gay son, who is 31 years old, and the family is more than accepting of his sexuality. From early in their son’s life, the family stood behind him. Things changed, though, when the daughter converted to Catholicism. The point of the post was for Evans to ask the public if he did the right thing. There’s a reason why the family sided with the son, and why the daughter has been officially kicked out of the family....

Here we take a closer look at places across the country that are currently running low on COVID-19 vaccine doses. New York City New York City, the country’s most populous city, will run out of doses by the end of Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned at a press briefing Tuesday. “We will hit zero by Friday. We will have literally nothing left to give,” De Blasio said, noting there were 92,000 first doses left in the city, as of Tuesday....

The pets have been given their very own dating profiles, looking for love of a kind different than that found on Tinder or Hinge. Just like with real dating though, the pets are putting their best paw forward with adorable profiles listing their vital qualities and dashing photos to match. No catfishes here, much to the disappointment of the feline friends. According to their adorable profiles, Luxor is 16 (and thriving) but “here for the head and ear rubs....

In November 2019, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act was introduced. It passed in the House through a bipartisan effort but was then tabled due to the rise of COVID-19. The act will be voted on in Congress on or before March 12. It addresses the plight of undocumented farmworkers who want legal protection to work in the United States. The initiative would provide migrant farmworkers a course of action to be legal....

Wenger claims Arsenal scouted Alli The 26-year-old has agreed to a two-year extension of his deal, which will now run until June 2021. Thiago joined Bayern from Barcelona in 2013 and has established himself as a key member of the first team thanks to excellent form during the current campaign, having previously been hindered by fitness problems. The Spain international has made 39 appearances in all competitions this term, scoring eight times and registering nine assists....

According to Atletico’s chief executive Gil Marin, the Belgian international wants to cut all his ties with the Stamford Bridge outfit and has admitted his desire to stay in Spain. The news comes after 24 hours of Atletico’s 4-1 defeat against city rivals Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final. Courtois, who is on his third successive loan spell at Atletico from Chelsea, has steadily grown fond of the Spanish capital city and the club supporters....

While it’s good to know the game is going to be released, it now has to contend with various expectations from fans and critics alike. Being the 3rd game in a series is never easy, especially when the series is as iconic as Bayonetta. It’s hard to know ifBayonetta 3 has what it takes to be a fitting 3rd entry, but there are a few things it definitely needs to knock out of the park....

Duke’s position at No. 1 in those rankings has been guaranteed since Zion Williamson stunned the college basketball world, and particularly the state of South Carolina, by pledging his allegiance to the Blue Devils in late January. DeCOURCY: Duke getting Zion Williamson does not mean winning NCAA title as simple as 1-2-3 There are two reasons Kentucky and Duke lately have dominated college basketball recruiting, finishing 1-2 in some order for five consecutive years according to ESPN:...

For two years Lukins tasted her way through 33 countries, returning home periodically to work out recipes while the flavors were fresh in her memory. “My intention was to get the best foods of the world, and then come home and dream about them in my own kitchen-using ingredients from the supermarket,” she says. The new book is crammed with 450 recipes, plus menus, tips, snapshots, fists, drawings and mini-essays evoking room-service breakfasts, spice markets, wild mushrooms, Indian chutneys and more....

A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a "polar vortex" was expected to suppress temperatures in more than half of the continental U.S. starting into Monday and Tuesday, with wind chill warnings stretching from Montana to Alabama. NFL PLAYOFFS: 49ers 23, Packers 20 | Chargers 27, Bengals 10 | Playoff images It was 5 degrees at kickoff Sunday afternoon inside sold-out Lambeau Field for a playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers, one of the coldest ever played....

The company who has created the prototype model, Kotobukiya, has taken the “bishoujo” approach to Liara T’Soni. What exactly is bishoujo? Well, ‘bishoujo’ refers to young and pretty females. The kind of females who embody the anime stereotype, usually. As you will see below in the pictures, Kotobukiya has taken a pretty interesting direction with Liara, one that fans of Mass Effect 3 might not get to see on store shelves....

John Mobley Jr. isn’t scared to go toe-to-toe with any player. In fact, I’m quite sure he could probably cross you up, too. A recent mixtape surfaced showing Mobley’s highlights at 2015 NEO Youth Elite National Camp and “elite” is an accurate description for this little guy. MORE: Top one-and-done centers | LeBron James’ nightmares | Peach Jam’s crazy buzzer-beater He has the ability to put players in the mixer, step back and casually splash a 3-pointer....

Nadine Estero makes food inspired by her favorite anime and Japanese media characters. Recently, she’s made cupcakes featuring art of Anya from Spy X Family, Komi from Komi Can’t Communicate, and has made a plethora of Genshin Impact-inspired foods. She has over 46,000 followers on Instagram, and over 100,000 followers on Youtube RELATED: Meet The Staff Behind Chainsaw Man Some of the recipes are legitimate foods from fan-favorite food-themed anime....

Shared on r/aww, a subreddit for cute and cuddly pictures, the Freemantle artist posted a short video Wednesday morning. While snapping pics of the enchanting duo, Butler was inspired to paint his toddler and her newfound friendship onto the water tank at his farm. Towards the end of the time-lapsed video, the black and white art piece of the young child smiling at her sweet pet is unveiled. In response to SadiRyzer’s question, Butler mentioned he had moved the family to the country, due to the pandemic....

Available now with a discount of $150, the Molekule Air is also different from the other air purifier deals we’ve spotted and that’s because this handsome machine aims to not only collect mold, bacteria, and viruses, but it also claims to destroy them completely before pushing clean, purified air back into your room. Air purifiers that work in this way or ones that use a HEPA filter, do help to reduce the number of pollutants and virus particles in your home and can have a big impact on the indoor air quality, but we need to be clear that these machines aren’t solely enough to take on viruses such as COVID-19....

2022 looks just as promising for the franchise giant that is the MCU. Many properties are highly anticipated, from March’s Moon Knight Disney+ television show to November’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. However, given the incredible success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, one property perhaps looms larger than its peers at the House of Ideas: May’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. RELATED: Rumored Doctor Strange 2 Leak Has Wanda Maximoff Up Against A Fox-Verse X-Men Character...

A man out for a walk with his golden retriever tries to convince the dog to come with him, as Natalie Taylor’s “Surrender” plays. The pup’s owner tries everything from tugging on the leash, to leaving the dog to lifting the dog and placing it on its feet to try to inspire it to follow him home. The user filming the video offers insight to what the dog is probably thinking and asking for everyone to keep the dog in their thoughts and prayers....