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GuardianOct 1Preview

Nicolas Cage calls Marvel movies ‘a glorified WWE’ with over-50s in ‘ridiculous outfits’

Star of Spider-Noir told fan convention he ‘spoke with love’ at seeing gifted actors for ever gearing up for superhero fight scenesNicolas Cage, whose recent credits include the Sony Marvel series Spider-Noir, has criticised the Marvel Cinematic Universe, calling it an overfunded and embarrassing spectacle.“I do say this with love,” said Cage at a fan convention in Texas. “When I see these 50-plus and otherwise intelligent and remarkably gifted thespians putting on these ridiculous outfits and getting ready for the fight – let’s face it, it’s all cutting to the fight – it’s hard for me not to be reminded that the MCU is becoming a well-funded and glorified WWE.” Continue reading...

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NYTSep 30Preview

Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’

A routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside the cockpit and the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in two minutes. Passengers subdued a knife-wielding attacker.

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GuardianSep 28Preview

Is it true that … double-dipping food is unhygienic?

This practice does transmit mouth bacteria, but don’t panicDouble-dipping means eating part of a piece of food and then putting it back into a communal dip – for example, biting a carrot and dipping it into shared hummus, or redipping a half-eaten tortilla chip in salsa. The concern is that bacteria from your mouth get transferred into the dip and could cause illness in the people you’re sharing it with.“You do transmit bacteria from the food you have eaten back into the source,” says Prof John Tregoning, the author of Live Forever? A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death. He points to a study testing salsa, chocolate sauce and cheese dip, which found bacteria were transferred to all three, with salsa showing the most contamination. Continue reading...

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