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Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels will deliver a trinity of the MCU’s top heroines: Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau, and Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan. There’s a huge gulf in experience and age between them, though each is possessed with incredible cosmic powers and together they’ll make for a formidable superhero team. Entertainment Tonight recently published a “new look” at the trio, so what better time than to get into the nitty-gritty of their costuming? Image via Twitter We can only concur. We also…

Photos by Walt Disney Studio and Theo Wargo/Getty Images Once upon a time, a strong Disney heroine was nothing more than a wishful dream – but that wish has finally become a reality. Ariana DeBose, who voices Disney’s next princess in its upcoming animated film Wish, ensures that Asha will surely become the heroine everyone had been asking for. The bold yet believable claim came during the actress’ visit to Good Morning America, where she was invited to promote the upcoming film showcasing the Kingdom of…

As executive producers Joseph Russo and Anthony Russo joined the cast for promotions of their global spy series Citadel ahead of its global premiere in London, the Russo brothers couldn`t stop marvelling over Priyanka Chopra Jonas`s preparation and training for action sequences in the Prime Video Series. Unlike most spy thrillers, Chopra Jonas`s character Nadia Sinh has equal playing field with actor Richard Madden`s character Mason Kane and has done 80 per cent of the high-octane action sequences all by herself. …

If a director or producer were ever tempted to make a female version of the Indiana Jones story, they would need look no further than the life of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt for inspiration. This was a daredevil whose real-life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame.As a young curator at the Louvre, during the occupation of France, she fought to protect the museum’s greatest treasures from Nazi plunderers – while also working for the resistance and surviving interrogation by the Gestapo. Some of her colleagues did…

Sophie Duncan did not call her book Looking for Juliet, possibly because that was the name of a Pirelli calendar featuring film stars posed as exquisite, death-obsessed goths. This is just one of the artefacts Duncan, a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford, analyses in her invigorating cultural investigation of Shakespeare’s heroine, reaching back to his source texts, forward to Taylor Swift’s song Love Story, and beyond.Juliet enacts a “stunning rebellion against a society that deems her the property of her parents” when…

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!” wrote Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice.This weekend, 210 years after the publication of the second of her six novels, Austen’s work is providing as much enjoyment as ever – and to a younger audience than the author probably ever dreamed of.“We have seen an increasing number of young Janeites visiting,” said Alice Hodges, who works at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath. These include children as young as eight.Eden…

Image: DisneyWalt Disney Animation Studios’ Strange World will be hitting home media platforms just in time for the holidays. And with the digital release on December 23, animation fans will be able to unlock special features not yet available on Disney+, where the film will also be streaming.Directed by Don Hall and written by Qui Nguyen (the filmmakers behind Raya and the Last Dragon), Strange World centers on the Clade family of explorers as they set off on a big adventure that thrusts them into an unknown territory…

Disney has debuted its first plus-size female protagonist in a short film that is being praised for exploring body positivity and overcoming self-doubt.The animation, Reflect, tells the story of Bianca, a young ballet dancer who “battles her own reflection, overcoming doubt and fear by channelling her inner strength, grace and power”.It forms part of Disney’s Short Circuit series of experimental films, released over the Disney+ streaming service last month.The six-minute feature has been pitched as an uplifting tale of…

Disney has had several tall, fair, slim Cinderellas. Most of them only have created an impression of having an unrealistic body. However, as the definition of beauty has changed now, Disney is bringing heroin to its universe with whom we can actually relate. Disney has created their first plus-size protagonist for a powerful short film about body dysmorphia. In the company’s 85-year history of making movies, plus-size characters have only ever featured in the roles of villains or extras, with fans praising the change.…

Five years after Prodigy’s tragic death, the Mobb Deep rapper’s estate has released his first posthumous album The Hegelian Dialectic: The Book of Heroine.The 12-track project features guest appearances from DJ Premier (“Walk Out”), Faith Evans (“Angel”), Big Daddy Kane (“You Don’t Want It”), Remy Ma (“Overdose”), Berto Rich (“You Will See,” “We Shine”), DJ Scratch (“You Don’t Want It”), and Big Noyd (“Flirting With Death”).“Navigating through the storm, we’re pleased and grateful to all those who contributed to make this…