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Iron Man director Jon Favreau tried to talk the Russo Brothers out of Avengers: Endgame’s climactic twist.Anthony and Joe Russo, who directed the 2019 Marvel team-up blockbuster, revealed that Favreau had contacted them personally when he learned their intentions for Endgame.Spoilers follow – you have been warned...Speaking in a new video for Vanity Fair, the Russos revealed that Favreau had pushed back on their decision to kill off the character of Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark (AKA Iron Man) at the end of the film.In…

Image: Disney / Marvel Studios Avengers: Endgame might be the second-highest grossing film of all-time, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t creative differences during the production of the film, as the Russo Brothers have revealed Jon Favreau’s original distaste for a major scene. The culmination of 11 years of films and many hours of character arcs coming full circle, Endgame was celebrated by critics and fans alike for how it wrapped up the most financially successful film franchise of all time. But the…

No one tool can be used to enable a data mesh, but a knowledge-graph-based data catalog empowers you to work with data across your organizationImage courtesy of mefodiy from Pexels.comIn 2019 Thoughtworks consultant Zhamak Dehghani coined the phrase “data mesh,” and the industry quickly viewed it as the next big thing in data architecture. Zhamak’s socio-technical approach marries product thinking and domain-driven data management, organizations to collect, manage, and share data. Furthermore, it empowers domain experts…

In the previous article, The Word2vec Hyperparameters, we completed our study of the Word2vec algorithm by learning about its text preprocessing recommendations, reweighting techniques, and optimization settings.In this article, we’ll evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of typical word embeddings, and in particular those from Word2vec.Manning and Schütze’s book entitled Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing dedicates a 36-page chapter to word sense disambiguation (Manning and Schütze, 1999). This is…

Screenshot: FXThe cast and creative team for Archer put on their annual Indigo Ballroom panel for the upcoming season 13 on FXX. While we got a preview for future events, the panel focused on the absence of beloved cast member Jessica Walter. Aisha Tyler recalled a Comic-Con story where Jessica Walter was eyeing Henry Cavill at a party and Aisha took her to meet “Mr. Cavill” after previously making his acquaintance. Walter had other plans: Tyler remarked that in Malory style, she wouldn’t let go of Cavill, insisting, “I…

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposes a US broadband standard of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up; the proposal requires a vote in the currently deadlocked FCC — Pai FCC said 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up was enough—Rosenworcel proposes 100/20Mbps. — Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman … Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposes a US broadband standard of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up; the proposal requires a vote in…

Marketing for the upcoming movie Avatar: The Way of Water seems to be ramping up as of late. With announcements and photos adding to what we know about James Cameron’s long awaited sequel, the hype is getting real. Cameron himself has even contributed to that particular beast, as the director and creator of the Avatar series is confident that moviegoers want the continuation of Jake Sully’s story, as well as a return to big ticket spectacle at a theater near them.Deadline covered remarks James Cameron and long-time…

Jon Voight’s latest condemnation of US President Joe Biden has sent Twitter into uproar.The actor and father of Angelina Jolie posted a two-minute clip on Twitter earlier this week, calling for the impeachment of Biden for having “wronged this nation’s glory”.Voight – an outspoken Republican – began: “My dear friends, we’re all saddened by so much turmoil that has been brought upon this life we live. Can this darkness be lifted? Can we all share joy once again and see eye to eye?”“We have a troubled nation with much…

| Jon Moisan was an intern at The Weinstein Company and Dark Horse Comics before working in Marvel Comics editorial for six years. But for the last seven years, he has been working at Skybound Entertainment as an Editor. Last week he announced that he was off. At the time I reported that "my Bleeding Cool antennae tell me that he might be doing a reverse-Arune Singh and moving from Skybound Entertainment to Boom Studios, who have been hiring and promoting a fair few people recently." And so it has transpired. Late last…

The film adaptation of Wicked has been nearly twenty years in the making, but it’s finally happening, and we have more details on the production via the musical’s original songwriter, Stephen Schwartz. While speaking about the upcoming movie musical, which has already been announced to be two films, the composer and lyricist shared why the movie was split up and hinted at where part one will likely end. Wicked will be directed by Jon M. Chu, who memorably directed Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights. The musical will…