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Breaking Down How X-Men ’97’s Nostalgic Titles Compare to the Originals

Image: MarvelJean, like Storm, gets a hairstyle change here—in the classic show she’s wearing a ponytail in this costume, but in ‘97's her hair is down. Plus, her powers have a much more vibrant, dark undertone, perhaps hinting at something fiery to come for Marvel’s premiere swooner. Image: MarvelJean, like Storm, gets a hairstyle change here—in the classic show she’s wearing a ponytail in this costume, but in ‘97's her hair is down. Plus, her powers have a much more vibrant, dark undertone, perhaps hinting at

This beast of a USB-C charger can power 3 laptops, and it’s $70 off on Amazon

Ugreen Nexode 300W GaN 5-Ports Desktop Charging Station. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETWhat's the deal?The Ugreen Nexode 300W GaN 5-Ports Desktop Charging Station is a beast and, right now, Amazon is offering it for $70 off the list price during its Big Spring Sale event.Why this deal is ZDNET-recommendedChargers come in all sorts of sizes -- from tiny ones for your smartphone to big ones for your laptop, to bigger desktop units that are designed to charge multiple devices.The problem with the "one charger to rule them…

The Greatest App of All Time Day 19: Vine vs. YouTube

Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Google Maps enjoyed a decisive victory against iMessage in yesterday’s tournament. Today, we have the two best video apps duking it out. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our selection criteria for this historic contest right here. Check out the full bracket of contestants embedded below. And as always, if you think we missed your personal favorite app of all time, yell at us in the comments. Now, let’s get into…

MrBeast goes even BIGGER! Announces ‘Beast Games’, biggest reality competition ever, offers $5 mn as prize money

YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known by his online alias MrBeast, has announced a new reality competition called Beas tGames, in partnership with Amazon Prime Video. It will be based on the reality competitions that MrBeast regularly hosts on his YouTube channel like people from every country in the world competing to win $250,000. Competitions like this have led to MrBeast becoming the most subscribed individual on YouTube and the upcoming Beast Games could increase his popularity even more. Also Read: Oppenheimer…

X-Men ’97’s Nostalgia Assault Continues in These Gloriously Retro Trading Cards

Image: MarvelRemember the ‘90s? The X-Men certainly do, and for good reason. In the world of comics, after Chris Claremont’s foundational run on the characters unceremoniously came to an end at the beginning of the decade, X-Books found themselves even more ascendant than ever, and X-Men: The Animated Series catapulted mutantkind to even greater heights of awareness. The ‘90s were truly the X-Men’s time, and with X-Men ‘97, Marvel really, really, really hopes you’ll make it their time again.We’ve not seen all that much of

The Beast: All the lives we never lived

Bertrand Bonello’s dizzying new feature, The Beast, begins in medias res with an actor (Léa Seydoux) screen-testing on a soundstage covered wall-to-wall in green screen. Off camera, a disembodied male voice directs the actor to react in terror to a beast closing in on her. On hand is a kitchen knife, the sole prop to protect herself against a threat that will be added in later. The instant the director calls “action”, we see the actor morph into character. Muscles tense. Eyes dart from side to side. The dread of an…

YouTube vs. Words With Friends

It’s day 6 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and things are heating up. Thus far in the competition, we’ve had some huge apps taking on smaller or even defunct players and the tech giants swept every round. But yesterday, Vine came from behind and crushed Snapchat with 67 percent of the vote. Can Words With Friends pull off a similar upset against YouTube in this round? If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our selection criteria for this historic contest right…

Apex Legends event release date, time, Inner Beast Collection rules and rewards | Gaming | Entertainment

Apex Legends fans are counting down to the start of the latest in-game event on PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Nintendo Switch. The Apex Legends Inner Beast Collection event has a March 5 release date and a 6pm GMT UK release time. Introducing a new hunting element to the game, teams can activate hunts throughout the map. Once activated, a random enemy squad will be selected for your team to hunt. Needless to say, participating in a hunt will give you the chance to earn lots of rewards.Respawn explains more: "With the Inner…

Sebastian Stan Calls Out Reporter’s Word Choice When Referring To Fellow Actor As A “Beast”

Sebastian Stan, in a moment of advocacy and sensitivity, took a firm stand at the Berlin Film Festival press conference for his new film — A Different Man — and corrected a reporter who used the word “beast” to describe a character with facial disfigurement.The Aaron Schimberg-directed psychological thriller, A Different Man, tells the story of Edward (played by Sebastian Stan) who is an aspiring actor with facial disfigurement. The character starts a new life after undergoing reconstructive surgery and eventually…

Sebastian Stan corrects journalist who called character with facial disfigurement a ‘beast’

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSebastian Stan called out a journalist for using insensitive language when describing his new character during a press conference at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday (16 February). The Marvel star, 41, was attending a Q&A panel in support of his new A24 horror movie, A Different Man, in which he plays Edward, an aspiring actor who undergoes a radical reconstructive procedure to…