Most birds today can lift the upper beak independently of the brain case, enabled by a series of mobile joints and bending zones in the skull. The computed tomography of the skull of Yuanchuavis kompsosoura, a toothed bird that lived approximately 120 million years ago in what is now northeastern China, shows for the first time that the joints were still absent, but also hints at how they may have evolved later. An illustration showing what Yuanchuavis kompsosoura might have looked like in life. Image credit: Haozhen Zhang. “Most living birds have what is termed a kinetic skull,” said Professor Min Wang, a paleontologist…
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Dwayne Johnson has graced our screens many times, and we can’t imagine those movies without The Rock. But some were canceled or didn’t go forward. Warner Bros. Pictures Over the years, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been at the front of various different big movie hits. The Rock makes us laugh and is full of energy and adventure, rarely failing to bring a story to life and create a fun atmosphere. Given his string of successful blockbusters, we sometimes forget that not all the projects he was a part of have made it to the big screen; despite them seeming like brilliantly captivating…
Brad Pitt has once again found love in Jewelry designer Ines de Ramon and the two took off to Mexico to celebrate New year’s eve The New Year’s Eve this time was refreshing because the world walked towards at least something that looked like normalcy even when the pandemic scare still lurked somewhere. Hollywood just the world went back to their style of celebration, but their doing made headlines unlike us and the scale was high. Brad Pitt, who has been in the headlines lately for his underperforming release Babylon and his personal life more over chose to be in…
Angelina Jolie is reportedly taking control of her dating life following her 2016 split from Brad Pitt. Sources close to the star told RadarOnline Thursday (December 8th), “She gets a thrill out of arranging to meet up for afternoon trysts.” The insider added, “She’s very alpha about the whole thing. She makes the guys sign NDAs, arranges the hotel suites — never under her own name — and she sets the time and never, ever spends the night” According to the outlet, the Maleficent star only dates guys she’s met through mutual friends because she doesn’t trust the apps. Soure: vermilioncountyfirst.com
In an interview with CNN, Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) announced that he would never return to the Fast & Furious film crew because of a disagreement with his former colleague Vin Diesel. The actor explained: “Vin Diesel’s recent social media posts are an example of his psychological manipulation. I don’t like Vin mentioning his son in articles, or Paul Walker’s death.” Hobb and Shaw movie poster produced by The Rock The Rock joined the film franchise from Season 5 Fast Five (2011). He plays Agent Hobbs, who is opposite Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto. The two characters then become teammates. At the end of The Fate of the Furious (2017), The…
IntipSeleb Barat – Angelina Jolie dan Brad Pitt memang sudah bercerai pada tahun 2016 lalu. Namun, perselisihan soal hak asuh anak-anak hingga perebutan harta gono-gini masih menjadi perbincangan panas. Akibat kepopuleran Angelina Jolie dan Brad Pitt, anak-anak mereka mendapatkan ketenaran serupa, salah satunya Shiloh Jolie Pitt. Teranyar, penampilan Shiloh buat tercengang. Kenapa? Intip artikelnya yuk! Penampilan Shiloh Jolie Pitt cukup mengejutkan. Lantaran, baru-baru ini, anak kandung pertama dari Angelina Jolie dan Brad Pitt itu menampilkan gaya rambut yang berbeda dari biasanya. Sebelumnya sudah berani tampil feminin, Shiloh Jolie Pitt memiliki rambut pirang panjang sepungungnya. Meski begitu, Shiloh sering menguncir rambut panjangnya. Kali ini, Shiloh Jolie Pitt…
Dwanta Claus comes but once a year, which is all the more reason to celebrate Dwayne Johnson’s festive alter ego while we can. On Saturday, the “Black Adam” star posted a video of himself turning Santa into a thirst trap on Instagram. In the video, Johnson wears a Santa suit without sleeves or a shirt. However, he does have a bell around his neck. “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,” the actor croons as the camera pans up from his boots. “Dwanta Claus nipping at your nose. Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, white roses dressed up like eskimos . . . I’m…
Dwayne Johnson is now the the biggest movie star in the world, literally and otherwise. For years he has remained at our near the top of lists of the highest-paid actors, thanks to a string of hits like Fast Five, Moana, and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Johnson’s success is all the more impressive because he came to Hollywood by way of professional wrestling, which to that point had had produced exactly zero crossover movie stars. Sure, a wrestler might have one good supporting role here or there (like Andre the Giant in The Princess Bride), or they might pick up some work doing action films, but even…
From a boy with an unhappy childhood, Dwayne Johnson turned her life around with extraordinary energy and became a lovable movie star in the hearts of fans. After 20 years of struggling to find a foothold in Hollywood, Dwayne Johnson has now become a household name with fans. The actor revealed that he has been commented to have similarities with movie stars like George Clooney and Will Smith since his first foray into acting. Before becoming a movie star, Johnson had an illustrious career as a professional wrestler. That was around the time that gave birth to the famous “The Rock” moniker…
For months, the DC drama has taken up center stage in the unfolding saga between the CBM franchise and the people who constitute its fandom. However, what has since constituted one of the most divisive battles was James Gunn’s back and forth with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the time succeeding the former’s appointment as the CEO of the new DC Studios. Now, with Henry Cavill’s Superman gone, the fandom seeks a reasonable answer as to why The Rock’s film would lead to the fandom witnessing the complete annihilation of the SnyderVerse in the hands of DCU Chief, James Gunn.…
As a famous Hollywood actor and producer, but for Brad Pitt, the most important role is being the father of 6 children with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie. Brad Pitt adopted Maddox in April 2005 after marrying Angelina, who adopted Maddox in 2002. The couple adopted their daughter Zahara in 2006 , and Pax Thien – a boy of Vietnamese descent – in 2007 . . In 2006, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie welcomed their first child together, Shiloh . In 2008, they welcomed twins Knox and Vivienne . Although Angie and Brad have had to go through an uphill battle over custody after their divorce , maintaining the privacy of their children has always been a top priority for…
Actress Angelina Jolie has been single since her 2016 split from Brad Pitt but sources reveal she’s getting back into the swing of things, RadarOnline.com has learned. Sources close to the 47-year-old Hollywood star revealed, “She gets a thrill out of arranging to meet up for afternoon trysts.” The insider added, “She’s very alpha about the whole thing. She makes the guys sign NDAs, arranges the hotel suites — never under her own name — and she sets the time and never, ever spends the night,” The source added that Jolie only hangs out with men she knows through mutual friends. “She’s never going to sign up for…
Angelina Jolie parted ways with Brad Pitt after 12-year-long relationship in 2016 Angelina Jolie had doubts that her then-husband Brad Pitt was cheating on her with their kids’ nanny some time before their divorce shocked the world. The Maleficent actor suspected the Bullet Train star of having an affair with their nanny when she caught her flirting with the Hollywood hunk. An insider spilt to The National Enquirer that Pitt was very polite and well-mannered with the staff which the nanny mistook for flirting. “[Brad’s] always well-liked by the staff and friendly with them, but it became obvious this nanny was flirting around him and being…
A new study led by Dr Salvador Moya-Sola from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, is the first to examine the pelvis fragments of an early hominid called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus. Reconstruction of Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) Dr Moya-Sola with colleagues discovered the fossil specimen of Pierolapithecus in Spain in 2002. They estimated that the hominid lived about 11.9 million years ago, arguing that it could be the last common ancestor of modern great apes: chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos, gorillas and humans. According to the new analysis published in the Journal of Human Evolution, the shape of the specimen’s pelvis indicates that Pierolapithecus lived near…
Australian paleontologists have discovered a new species of koala that lived in rainforests of northern Australia some 20 million years ago. Skull of the newly discovered Litokoala dicksmithi and the larger skull of a modern koala (Karen H. Black et al) The discovery, reported in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, brings the number of known prehistoric species of koala to eighteen. Today, only one species of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is alive. The new koala species was named Litokoala dicksmithi in honor of the Australian political activist, aviator, entrepreneur and philanthropist Dick Smith. “We chose the name to thank Mr Smith for his long-term…
Actor Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock), posted a semi-naked photo, showing off his six-pack body on the Great Wall of China. Dwayne Johnson, 43, traveled to China to promote her new film San Andreas . On the occasion of visiting the beautiful scenery of this country, Dwayne Johnson took a “selfie” and posted it on Instagram to show off to fans. Under the photo, this actor wrote about the history of the Great Wall and expressed his feelings when standing in front of this scenic spot. The film San Andreas (San Andreas Rift) tells the story of a disaster that happened in the state…
A well-preserved 260-million-year-old fossil of an extinct reptile known as Eunotosaurus fills a 30- to 55-million-year gap in the turtle fossil record, according to paleontologists reporting in Current Biology. Life restoration of Eunotosaurus africanus (Smokeybjb / CC BY-SA 3.0) Unique among Earth’s creatures, turtles are the only animals to form a shell on the outside of their bodies through a fusion of modified ribs, vertebrae and shoulder girdle bones. The turtle shell is a unique modification, and how and when it originated has fascinated and confounded biologists for more than two centuries. The oldest known fossil turtle dated back about 210 million years,…
We’re pretty sure Angelina Jolie looks amazing no matter what she does. The actress stepped out in London on Monday to grab dinner with politician William Hague. Angelina, who stunned in a gray dress and heels, politely waved to photographers as she left Quaglino’s restaurant in the city’s St. James neighborhood. The mom of six has been making regular visits to the UK with her children in recent weeks while her husband, Brad Pitt, films his new movie, Allied, in Southern England. See more pictures from her latest appearance ahead, and then check out 31 times the couple wasn’t shy about showing PDA. Source: popsugar.com
A newly discovered bird-like dinosaur named Aurornis xui is about 10 million years older than Archaeopteryx, the feathered dinosaur previously considered the oldest bird known to paleontologists. Reconstruction of Aurornis xui (Emiliano Troco) “It’s an important fossil. Aurornis pushes Archaeopteryx off its perch as the oldest member of the bird lineage,” said Dr Gareth Dyke from the University of Southampton’s Ocean and Earth Science, senior author of the study published in the journal Nature. Aurornis xui lived during the Middle-Late Jurassic period around 160 million years ago. It was about 50 cm from its beak to the tip of its tail – the size of a pheasant. It had a long…
Angelina Jolie stuck to her usual colour of black as she walked the red carpet looking painfully thin over the weekend. The actress decided against a fancy dress for the early evening premiere of her new film Kung Fu Panda. Angie turned up solo to support the film as she lends her voice to the character of Tigress for the third instalment of the series. The mum-of-six wore a very loose fitting short sleeved dress that hid her tiny frame but showed off several of her tattoos adorning her bony arms. Angelina shows off a flawless complexion (Image: Getty Images) The star…
But turns out Dwyane has even imbibed Black Adam’s attitude completely and there is no way you can separate the two now Dwayne Johnson Is Making His DCEU Debut With Black Adam ( Photo Credit – Movie Still ) More than anyone else on Earth, the man, Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock himself is the biggest fan of his next on screen character Black Adam. The actor has been at it for over a decade and finally got his dream project made. He is now debuting in the DCEU as the power character that is set to change the hierarchy…
European paleontologists have described a new species of spiny shark that lived about 408 million years ago during the Devonian period. Machaeracanthus goujeti (SINC) The new species, named Machaeracanthus goujeti, belongs to Acanthodii (spiny sharks), an extinct type of fish that resembles both sharks and bony fish. Fossilized scales and bones of Machaeracanthus were found in Teruel, south of Zaragoza, Spain. “The discovery of this new species, which we call Machaeracanthus goujeti and belongs to the Acanthodii group, expands our knowledge of the biodiversity that existed on the peninsula 480 million years ago, when the modern-day region of Teruel was covered by the sea,” said Prof Héctor Botella from…
Antes del divorcio la pareja evaluó comprar una casa en el país para pasar algunas temporadas con su familia Antes de todo el escándalo de separación, la famosa expareja de Hollywood, Angelina Jolie y Brad Pitt, tenía muchos planes en mente junto a su numerosa familia, entre ellos estaba comprar una propiedad, concretamente en la pequeña localidad de Los Montesinos, España. Así lo dio a conocer Información a través de su sitio web. El medio relata que un año antes (2012) de que los actores aterrizaran junto a sus seis hijos en el aeropuerto murciano de San Javier en un jet privado. Pitt estaba grabando…
Aldis Hodge has been collecting major roles in Hollywood since 1995’s Die Hard With a Vengeance. Now 35, the actor has been especially visible recently thanks to impressive turns in films like Straight Outta Compton (2015), Hidden Figures (2016) and One Night in Miami (2020). Hodge, though, didn’t believe it when Dwayne Johnson called to invite Hodge into the DC Extended Universe with a role as fan-favorite superhero Hawkman, aka Carter Hall — leader of the Justice Society of America — in the Rock’s grisly upcoming antihero action film Black Adam. Hodge literally didn’t believe it. As in he thought someone was pranking him. “I had auditioned and there was a couple…