Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Norman Reedus starts recording your reality Ride with Norman Reedus

Although Daryl Dixon  has suffered the theft of his motorcycle in The Walking Dead, but the man who plays him, Norman Reedus, will be in choosing different bikes to choose from in its new reality series AMCRide with Norman Reedus. 

Announced in October, the six-episode series will follow Reedus and a companion while traveling by motorcycle in different cities and explore the roads. The series began filming this week, Reedus talk to the portal  Entertainment Weekly  about what viewers will see.
"We started this week," says Reedus"It's our first walk. Our first guest is kind of a surprise, but it is something great, and I'm excited to start. We have a lot of interesting places to go and where to meet with people. I'm excited to get out of here and go do that. "
Instead of making each episode followed, Reedus says there will be a little break from filming each episode. "We're extending so that we can record all these different places and not be pressured and have a good time," he says. "And it's really thought about where we're going and we're doing and we're taking walks. So separate recordings so that we can do the best job possible. "
As for the motorcycles themselves, Reedus says that will change as they progress. "I'm going to ride different bikes," says the actor."We already have a few motorcycle companies and we can exchange our bikes for different terrains and stuff. Let's explore a bit. It's kind of a man on a tour and on a trip, but also different bikes for different areas. Whatever the bike will be the best for that space and that time and that person too. We'll have some guests who just want to ride a certain type of bike and other riders who are ready to mount anything to put them. Let's change up a bit. "
As if playing Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead were not big enough, now  Reedus  get to explore his passion for motorcycles on the screen ... and you pay for it. "It's a kind of dream job. I have two dream jobs going at once. I'm waiting for something bad to happen. My luck is too good. I'll just do it and have fun and hopefully people will go to see it as much like my shoot it. "

First trailer for "Wonder Woman"

The CW network, showed the first trailer for " Wonder Woman ", the film starring Gal Gadot that just hit theaters in June 2017.


The images on the tape of " Wonder Woman " came accompanied by comments Geoff Johns, who noted that the film will focus on the origins of the character and announced: "Your mission is to protect humanity, a task which had strayed because its people believed that it was not a worthwhile cause (...) She is an Amazon warrior, the best fighter of the DC universe. She has strength and speed and has been trained for war all his life. "
Chris Pine, who gives life to Steve Trevor - the man who creates feelings of love Wonder Woman  - is also part of this clip.         

Comes the new trailer for the fourth season premiere Arrow

Wednesday January 20 emissions of the fourth season will resume Arrow on  The CW.

So it has just released a full trailer of what is to come to new episodes.
The attack on  Oliver Queen and Felicity  (leaving the badly injured) at the end of the first half season marks the beginning of the second half, with the caped crusader seeking revenge against Damien Dahrk.
In the trailer we can also see some familiar faces that will recur in this new batch of episodes as  Roy Harper or Nissa.
          

New image of the Sorceress with Cara Delevingne in Suicide Squad

Continuing new film DC 'Suicide Squad'


Now with the character of Sorceress, initially as one of the villains of the story, starring model and actress Cara Delevingne.
    After the premiere of the new movie poster action-adventure 'Suicide Squad ', we can now see in detail the character of the witch. Initially presented as the villain of the story directed by David Ayer.

    The character played by actress Cara Delevingne it undergoes a major transformation in the early stages of the film, as she recounted in a recent meeting with the media. Now we can see, once again, with its fully developed transformation.



    Delevingne talked about most at the hands of a powerful spirit. What would unleash their most basic instincts. Recently Delevingne data also confirmed that "possession", noting that initially will be "very violent" by the great amount of time that entity was trapped in a remote cave. 


    One of the points of greatest relevance to the argument in the beginning of a new argument of the DC universe, which come after 'Batman vs. Superman'.

    Angelique Boyer wants a child with Sebastian Rulli

    The actress said that, as 'all women' want to marry the actor, although not at that stage of their relationship.


    A little over a year of dating,  Angelique Boyer  and  Sebastian Rulli confessed to be very in love with each other, however, so far have no plans to marry. The new star of  the same front face showed his good humour to ensure before the cameras that you have in common with all women is that loves her boyfriend.

    "I believe that if something makes me equally to all women is that we all want to have a child with Rulli, all we want to marry Rulli, we all want to Rulli, who says he is not lying," he joked the actress in an interview the morning program  Today .
    Although the actors are very happy together, Boyer said he's not thinking about getting married: "I'm happy, we took a year of relationship, we are happy, we are calm, I do not want to get pregnant, no, I do not have time to get married, not thinking right now, nor are we at this stage of our relationship, "said Angelique.

    Jennifer Lawrence in Glamour magazine US

    Jennifer Lawrence  adorns  the cover d and the February edition of the magazine  Glamour.



     The actress is currently promoting his latest film  Joy in working again with director  David O. Russell .

    Lawrence revealed that after the premiere of  Hunger Games  his life changed drastically and it took a little time to understand everything that comes with fame. "It took a couple of years to adapt. I really did not realize how angry I felt distorted.It had nothing to do with  Hunger Games .... It had to do with what comes after Hunger Games I still felt right to have a lifestyle that I was no longer allowed. I felt like I had the right to say: 'I do not want to be photographed at the moment, I do not want people outside my house, I do not want my nephews out in People magazine. " I felt so angry, 'Why just I can not do my job?'. And then you get used to.
     The actress also revealed that he is obsessed with his work.  "Yes. I'm a workaholic.And the performance. I do not know how to describe it, but read a script is like a map. Being on set, looking for that character, feeling the emotions and adrenaline.The development of a character is the only thing in the world in which I feel a hundred percent sure what I'm doing. I have still that feeling as a teenager, 'I'm good at it and I like it. " So I want to keep doing it, because it makes me feel good about myself. "
     Lawrence was in love with the main character of  Joy  almost instantly.  "I love her, it's like  Gloria Steinem  with trapiador. It was exciting when David told me the story. I liked the beginning when she wants more of what life has given you. "
     Since I was 14, Lawrence knew I wanted to be an actress but her parents did not agree.  "I grew up in Kentucky, so nobody told me, 'You're going to be a movie star'.It was not a possibility. When I was 14 I told my parents I wanted to move to New York and become an actress and I said no. But I not just stopped talking about it. I had saved money from my job as a nanny. So I said one  day , 'I'm going.' "
    The actress also talked about his friendship with Emma Stone, Adele and Amy Schumer.   "I love Emma. It is a theater person and is so adorable. Adele and I met a year ago. Adele and I are a little harder; Emma has never had an evil thought of anyone in his life. But these two women and Amy are really lovely. And they're so normal. I feel like I'm going out with my best friends, my friends who do not care what I do, "said the actress.

    Cate Blanchett graces the cover of Harper's Bazaar UK

    Actress Cate Blanchett is the purest image of sophistication on the cover of February Harper's Bazaar UK. 

    Posing with a dress and jacket Armani, the blonde beauty posed for Norman Jean Roy in portrait.
    During the interview, Cate said it plans a pause in the world of acting to focus on her newly adopted daughter Edith.

    A celebration reveals the forbidden love "The rich do not ask permission"

    On the anniversary of the stay, the tradition of owners and laborers share a meal outdoors. No one will want to miss the treat.

     It will also be an opportunity for Rafael (Castro) and Julia (Gonzalez) reunite.

    Meanwhile, Augustine (Heredia) and Elena (Cherri) begin to give rein to passion.

    Lali Esposito "I learned to play in love" in People magazine

    At 24, and after the best year of his life, he talks about the great lessons of success, its international presence and love "irrepressible"  Mariano Martinez (37).



    Playful and passionate, he plans to open in 2016 playing at being an Italian alla diva.  "I wanted to feel in Rome: his style drives me crazy" , explains the Tanita,  "as I call when I pissed" .

    Christophe MasterChef: 'I interned for fear of dying as my two friends. He weighed 142 kilos' in the journal Soon

    Christophe MasterChef treated in the Sierras de Córdoba: 'I interned for fear of dying as my two friends. He weighed 142 kilos'.
    His girlfriend left him because he did not participate bank of the hit cooking Telefe. "We had seven months together, that destroyed me," he confesses. At about the stress of Masterchef joined and began eating out of control until it got scared and decided to stop. "I saw Luis and Sergio, two Uruguayan chefs, die from overweight. This led me to realize that I could also die."
    In addition:
    - Militta Bora, former Daniel Osvaldo, topless.
    - Tinelli he celebrated the birthday at Tirri in Punta del Este.
    - Why María del Mar abandoned Matias Ale and sick?

    Eugenia Tobal not part of the new season of "pure chemistry"


    The actress will not be part of the new edition of the leading Leo Montero on ESPN and from production are looking for a replacement. 




    "Pure Chemical was as a rehabilitation center for me," Eugenia Tobal well defined program that began in the screen  ESPN  and continued Leo Paoloski Germán Montero. The actress landed in the cycle following the departure of Laura Azcurra in 2012 and meant to her an important return to television after a painful 2011: the loss of a pregnancy and the scandalous separation Nicolas Cabre.

    For four seasons, Tobal was part of the cycle with Mex Urtizberea, Mariano Zabaleta, and other panelists. The information about their separation the spread Angel de Brito on Twitter:

    Note that the actress was installed yesterday in Miami with holiday plans and to assist Nepte, the television show takes place in that city.Furthermore, it is in the shooting of his film "Alchemy for Ana".

    First official image of the whole group of the Justice League

    We released the first official image of the Justice League of DC and Warner for the film.

    Meg Ryan for a walk with his son Jack Quaid

    Actress Meg Ryan goes for a walk accompanied by his son Jack Quaid.


    Ben Affleck on the set of 'Live By Night'

    Ben Affleck takes a break between filming scenes for 'Live By Night' in Los Angeles, California.

    Tuesday, February 2, 2016

    Zika Virus outbreak in South America - Debunking the myths


    So there have been several conspiracy theories presented to suggest that the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil was man made. I'll try and address two regarding the outbreak that I have come across.

    The first and easiest CT to debunk is the the notion that the Zika virus outbreak occurred because of the field trial of the genetically engineered mosquitoes in Brazil. This is based on the outbreak occurring after the field trial (conducted in 2011) and starting in the general area the field trial happened. However, when the evidence is examined, this CT falls apart.


    The location of the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, 2015

    The interesting thing about this image is that it is shows the occurrence of microcephaly cases and the start of the outbreak. A similar image with the heading intact can be found here. But this map does show an important clue to the start of the outbreak. A large number of microcephaly cases are concentrated around the city of Natal in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (on the eastern tip where the cases are clustered). This is in fact the city where symptoms similar to Zika (but not Dengue or Chikungunya) were first described in Brazil. This next connection is a stretch; the location of the field trials of GE mosquitoes conducted by Oxitec. 

    The "location" of the Oxitec GE mosquito field trials
    The problem here is that the Oxitec field trials happened in Juazeiro in the state of Bahia and this map is pointing at Juazeiro do Norte in the state of Ceará. Juazeiro do Norte is about 626.1 km from Natal and 371.8 km from Juazeiro. It is 880 km from Juazeiro to Natal (note these are driving distances). So, the actual city where the field trials began is a bit further away from the start of the outbreak. It's still plausible, but less likely. Part of this is because mosquitoes can only travel about 58.2 m so that is a great distance for them to be carried. It also helps to understand exactly what the trials tested.

    The field trial tested the ability of GE male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to impact the population size in the trial location.The results were astounding with a population reduction of >90%. The way that the mosquitoes were altered plays a huge role in the success of the experiment. The mosquito has been genetically sterilized in an improvement on the sterile insect technique. Normally, male insects are sterilized with radiation but that has the drawback of zapping insects with radiation which can reduce their fitness. The GE mosquito is still as fit as any other male mosquito, it just doesn't produce viable offspring. But there is a catch, a common antibiotic called tetracycline can interfere with the genetic mechanism that causes the mosquito to be sterile. This increases the fertility of the males a bit.

    The way tetracycline inhibits the sterilization of Oxitec GE mosquitoes.


    There is an issue here though, this assumes that the tetracycline would be present in high enough levels to increase fertility, the level needed for this has been empiricallydetermined. Unfortunately for the CT, the levels of tetracycline compounds would need to be 746 to 2500 times greater than the highest reported environmental levels of tetracycline compounds.

    Another issue that I haven't brought up is there are two Aedes mosquitoes in Brazil that are of concern, the aforementioned Aedes aegypti and a relative, Aedes albopictus. Although it hasn't been demonstrated to be a vector, A. albopictuspopulations (I'll have another blog post on this soon) would not be impacted by sterile A. aegypti males. So with two potential vector species (there may be more but that is another blog post), it's not likely that failing to fully knock out ones that escaped the field trial would increase the spread of a virus.


    One last point here, I also came across another GE mosquito CT that Bill Gates was spreading Zika virus with the GE mosquitoes. This is crazy because the GE mosquitoes are male and male mosquitoes don't bite. To release something they don't have approval for would be the end of a small company like Oxitec.

    The final CT I will discuss, is the claim that the Tdap vaccine is what is causing the microcephaly. This runs the gambit from tainted vaccine to just regular old vaccine and it is harder to address. The basis for this idea is that the Zika virus was discovered in 1947 and there have been no records of microcephaly until the outbreak in Brazil. There are several problems with this idea. The first is that Zika virus was a rare virus in humans until very recently. Also, further analysis of the outbreak in French Polynesia has shown an increase in neurological defects in babies during that time. Another problem is that the Tdap vaccine has never been associated with microcephaly and Brazil has had a 20-fold increase in cases since the outbreak began. They are also suggesting the wrong vaccine if they'd like a chance of being plausible with the CT. Rubella is another virus that causes microcephaly(27% chance if infection occurs in the first trimester), so the MMR vaccine would be the logical choice. 

    So in summation, please don't trust everything you read on the internet. Some of it may be the insane ramblings of someone on Reddit, or it might be scare tactics to try and further an agenda.

    Thursday, January 28, 2016

    Birdman is nominated for best foreign film in France

    The Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques of France also nominated "The son of Saul" Laszlo Nemes, "Madre Mia" Nanni Moretti, "Youth" by Paolo Sorrentino, and Taxi Teheran, Jafar Panahi.
    "Birdman" directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, was nominated as the best foreign film of the year by the French Film Academy.
    The film already won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture, will compete with six other films from around the world by Caesar, whose list of nominees was published Wednesday.
    The Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques of France also nominated "The son of Saul" Laszlo Nemes, "Madre Mia" Nanni Moretti, "Youth" by Paolo Sorrentino, and Taxi Teheran, Jafar Panahi.
    For Inarritu, who just two weeks ago was in the French capital for the premiere of "The reborn", also nominated for an Oscar this year, this is one of the last major nominations Birdman.
    French film "Marguerite" by Xavier Giannoli and "Three memories of my youth" by Arnaud Desplechin, topped with eleven nominations each, the list of nominations for the national awards of this year's French cinema.
    The 41st edition of the César awards will take place on February 26 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
    At the ceremony the American actor Michael Douglas will receive an honorary Cesar for his entire career.

    First audition of Salma Hayek in Televisa, which occurred 29 years ago. See video.

    With a look in the style of 80 and a hopeful look that betrays her youth, she described the actress then demonstrate their talent.




    "I am Salma Hayek, I have 20 years. I'm in the first group of second year of the Training Center and have no experience," says a little nervous before the camera. In the morning program they did not specify what role Salma racing. 

    It was only a matter of time before obtained her first starring role in Teresa soap opera, in 1989. Two years later, he decided to try his luck in Los Angeles, where he had a hard time because he spoke very little English and, on several occasions, he has confessed that suffered from dyslexia as she studied. 

    Today Salma Hayek is synonymous with success, although he has left his job a little acting to focus on his passion as a producer, in addition to devote more time to his nine year old daughter, Valentina Paloma. The actress is now married to one of the richest men in France.

    'DAREDEVIL': RELEASE DATE AND NAME CHANGE OF SEASON WITH THE PUNISHER

    Daredevil will return this year with its second season , where new characters will no longer see as the expected Frank Castle / The Punisher played by Jon Bernthal , the famous actor of The Walking Deadwhich apparently enjoy greater role than expected, since the beginning of this new stage, where in addition to this new foe forCharlie Cox , also will break Elodie Yung (Gods of Egypt , The Great Challenge ) as the new Elektra , taking the baton from Jennifer Gardner in the movie co-starred with Ben Affleck more than a decade .
    Now in addition, thanks to Entertainment Weekly we can confirm that the date of release of the second season of Daredevil will be much closer than most fans predicted, as Netflix has decided to issue the new batch of episodes during the month of March, as picked up by said means.

    Daredevil and The Punisher , one of the most anticipated sequels of Netflix

    Moreover, according to this publication, the name of the second television stage blind antihero of Hell's Kitchen, will be renamed Daredevil and The Punisher , highlighting the plot weight of the new Frank Castle, whose success could well be a spin-off 2016. Recall that Netflix already changed the name of Jessica Jones series, which in principle would be called AKA Jessica Jones.

    The next series of Netflix after Luke Cage

    Currently the next series of Netflix Brand pending Luke Cage , starring Mike Colter. In principle, the latter is expected to shortly before Christmas of next year.
    The following fictional brand will be Iron Fist , which is expected to arrive in 2017, as announced a month ago with the publication of its official synopsis. This series tells the story of Daniel Rand, who will return to New York after being missing for years to fight crime like the other heroes of Netflix , with whom he will meet in The Defenders .