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One problem is that studios simply run out of beloved characters. It’s true that several actors have played Spider-Man over

As for the name Tetris, it comes from Pajitnov, combining the Greek word tetra (which means four, like the number

Judging by the tone of the comic, it’s clear that Goldstein and Daley didn’t focus as much on other aspects

12. Tom Jones If ever a novel was made for a series, it’s Henry Fielding’s mammoth, picaresque tale of a

10. Paul McCarthy, Wood, 2014 Occasionally, the urge to censor a controversial work has been acted upon by aggrieved observers

Another aspect of the dog psyche that art consistently reinforces is loyalty. This is definitely shown in the 19th century

The houseplant trend is booming in homes around the world, especially in Millennial and Generation Z households. Gone are the

Since then, Mario has remained an unmistakable character in all kinds of incarnations, including a flying tanuki (a Japanese raccoon

Yet a new generation of stars trained at the Actors’ Studio in the 1970s, including Al Pacino, Robert de Niro

And the season features sly callbacks to earlier episodes, giving it a sense of coming full circle. It opens with

And it’s this external deification that the show focuses on—instead of examining the coffins to see if the people inside

6 Berta Girma Ethiopian photographer Girma Berta portrays ordinary people in their everyday lives. On some pictures they are working,

“Charles himself actually said it was a partnership and an alliance of equals,” says Desmarais. And we’d like to think

3 The myth of the end Ragnarök (doom of the gods) is the Norse end of the world, which is

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Why do male writers in TV, film, and literature continue to adhere to this trope? What does this tell us

In their work, Keiskamma artists take into account all kinds of local experiences, from climate change to HIV/AIDS and the

And in Paris, Wick meets the Marquis, the Eiffel Tower provides a picturesque backdrop. A big climactic scene takes place

In the first few episodes of Daisy Jones & The Six, there is a slight cognitive dissonance, as when the

At the end of the Oscars, the host of the ceremony, Jimmy Kimmel, took to the wings and held up