Cratonavis zhui, a new species of pygostylian bird from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China, had a unique combination of a dinosaurian skull with an avialan post-cranial skeleton, revealing the key role of evolutionary mosaicism in early bird diversification. Life reconstruction of Cratonavis zhui. Image credit: Chuang Zhao. Cratonavis zhui lived in what is China during the Early Cretaceous epoch, approximately 120 million years ago. On the bird evolutionary tree, it sits between members of the bird clade Ornithothoraces and the more reptile-like Archaeopteryx. “The Cretaceous period is a critical time interval that encompasses explosive diversifications of terrestrial vertebrates, particularly the period when the…
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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the biggest personalities in the world of soccer. Anything that Ronaldo does, whether on or off the pitch, always makes the headlines. Ronaldo’s dating life, especially, has always captured the front pages of the newspapers. The same happened when Ronaldo used to date Russian model Irina Shayk. Recently, an interview of Irina Shayk resurfaced on the Internet, which suggests that the Portuguese soccer star was apparently jealous of Dwayne Johnson. In the interview, Irina Shayk talks about her first film, Hercules, where she played the role of Hercules’ wife. The character of Hercules was played by none other than…
In addition to being a humanitarian, mother, and sex symbol, Angelina Jolie is a talented actor and filmmaker. She’s often recognized for her ability to embody complex female characters who have a hard edge but a warm heart. One great example of such a character is her titular role in Disney’s Maleficent in 2013, which many recognize as one of Jolie’s most iconic characters ever. The film, which also starred Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora, was a huge success. Jolie reportedly took home a huge payday of $33 million for bringing her star power to the role. Since then, she has starred in a 2019 sequel Maleficent:…
BURLINGTON, Mass. — Dwayne Johnson, better known until recently as the Rock, is a touch-y guy. A hand on the shoulder, a guiding elbow tap — moving across a studio here for his next movie, he used his 6-foot-4 frame as a form of leadership. Not that you’d be likely to miss him otherwise. Mr. Johnson made sure of that, hoisting a 10-foot-ladder around scurrying crew members and clowning with a makeup artist, flinching when she patted his brow. As any fan who has followed him from the wrestling ring to the big screen knows, Mr. Johnson is, above all,…
The legal dispute between Angelina Jolie and her ex-husband Brad Pitt over the Chateau Miraval winery, where they wed in 2014, has been resolved in Jolie’s favour. Pitt has reportedly been working tirelessly on the stunning buildings and grounds of the famed rose company ever since the couple moved into the chateau that lies on its Provencal vineyard in 2008, according to Page Six. The legal dispute was between Angelina Jolie and her ex-husband Brad Pitt over the Chateau Miraval winery (AFP) However, Jolie sold her stock to the large liquor company Stoli, which kicked up a complex web of legal…
In a countersuit, the actress said her ex-husband choked one of their kids and struck another in the face during a 2016 plane trip Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with two of their children, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Pax Jolie-Pitt, in London in 2013. With the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard scandal in the past, the public’s appetite is now focused on two other great Hollywood stars that used to be married. On Tuesday, Angelina Jolie filed a cross-complaint in a Los Angeles court that accuses her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, of emotionally and physically abusing their children. The filing describes an incident that took place in…
There is definitely no doubt that mega-movie star Brad Pitt is a man of good looks and a whole lot of class and charm. He’s had one-too-many exes- whether it be a girlfriend or wife- to count, and it seems like he hasn’t planned on stopping after his messy divorce, which was eventually followed up with a lawsuit by him against his ex-wife Angelina Jolie. It’s not surprising that the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood star is already looking for a new lover to fill whatever gap in his heart that his Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star had left open, however, nothing’s too official yet.…
Dwayne Johnson is one of the few celebrities who have managed to do a complete career reinvention, transitioning from a superstar wrestler to a movie star. Over the course of Johnson’s legendary career, the star has broken many records and set a number of lofty goals. This includes being named one of the 100 “Most Influential People” by Time Magazine in 2016 and 2019 and winning the MTV Generation Award in 2019. However, he has been transparent about his interactions with fans being one of his favorite parts of his job. And in 2015, Dwayne Johnson proved it by setting a world selfie…
A team of paleontologists from China, the United States and Sweden has found a well-preserved fossil of ancient fish that lived in what is now China about 419 million years ago during the Late Silurian period. Life restoration of Entelognathus primordialis. Image credit: © Brian Choo, gogosardina.deviantart.com. The fossil has been collected from the Kuanti Formation near Qujing City, Yunnan Province. The fish, named Entelognathus primordialis, was a 20-cm-long placoderm – an extinct class of armor-plated fishes, the first known animals to evolve true jaws. Like other placoderms, Entelognathus had armored plates, but it also had more advanced jaw bones – features previously seen only in Osteichthyes (bony…
A new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows how anomodonts – ancient relatives of modern mammals – recovered in the aftermath of Earth’s most severe mass extinction, about 252 million years ago, when about 90 per cent of marine organisms and 70 per cent of terrestrial species became extinct. The pig-size Permian anomodont Dicynodon lacerticeps (Marlene Donnelly / Field Museum of Natural History). “The number of anomodont species increased during the Permian, sharply dropped during the end-Permian extinction event, and then rebounded in the Middle Triassic Period before the final extinction of the group at the end of the…
Marron ha traído a ‘El Hormiguero’ este coche de 1,34 de largo y 1 metro de ancho. Fuego que flota en el agua Para este experimento vamos a utilizar Alcanfor. El alcanfor es una sustancia semisólida cristalina y cerosa con un fuerte y penetrante olor acre. Se encuentra en la madera del árbol alcanforero Cinnamomum camphora, un enorme árbol perenne originario de Asia (particularmente de Borneo, de donde toma su nombre alterno “Árbol de Borneo”), y en algunos otros árboles de la familia de las lauráceas. Se usa como bálsamo y con otros propósitos medicinales. El alcanfor es un árbol…
A chance meeting? Angelina Jolie was spotted having coffee with Paul Mescal amid rumors that he and Phoebe Bridgers quietly split. Angelina Jolie, Paul Mescal and Phoebe Bridgers Angelina Jolie’s Dating History: Brad Pitt, Billy Bob Thornton and More The Oscar winner, 47, and the Normal People alum, 26, were photographed catching up at the Almeida Café & Bar in London over the weekend after Jolie saw Mescal’s performance in A Streetcar Named Desire. The duo were joined by the Maleficent star’s 16-year-old daughter Shiloh, whom she shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt. The Irish actor has been in a relationship with the “Kyoto” singer, 28, since 2020, but the pair recently sparked…
The Rock is reportedly set to star in the blockbuster video game adaptation Dwayne Johnson’s next blockbuster may come in partnership with the biggest name in video games: Call of Duty. The Rock hinted last month that he was working on a video game project in an interview last month, and word has apparently slipped which one he meant. He was bringing, his own words, “one of the biggest, most badass games to the screen,” he told Men’s Journal. Giant Freakin Robot has now reported that the game in question was definitely Call of Duty, the ongoing war franchise that has been…
Paleontologists, reporting in the journal Nature Communications, have identified a new species of bone-headed, plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 85 million years ago in what is now Alberta, Canada. Reconstruction of Acrotholus audeti (Julius Csotonyi) The newly discovered dinosaur, named Acrotholus audeti, was 6 feet long and weighed about 40 kg. Acrotholus means ‘high dome,’ referring to its dome-shaped skull, which is composed of solid bone over 2 inches (10 cm) thick. The species name ‘audeti’ honors Alberta rancher Roy Audet, on whose land the best specimen was discovered in 2008. According to the scientists, Acrotholus represents the oldest bone-headed dinosaur in North America, and possibly…
An international team of researchers has found that rodent-like creatures called multituberculates flourished during the last 20 million years of the dinosaurs’ reign and survived their extinction 66 million years ago. An artist’s conception depicts a multituberculate in its natural habitat at the time of the dinosaurs (Jude Swales / Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture) A study, published online in the journal Nature, suggests that the multituberculates did so well in part because they developed numerous tubercles (bumps, or cusps) on their back teeth that allowed them to feed largely on angiosperms, flowering plants that were just becoming commonplace.…
Paleontologists have, for the first time, described the neuroanatomy of Europasaurus holgeri, a remarkable macronarian dinosaur from the Jurassic period of Germany. Adult individuals of Europasaurus holgeri watch over the newly-hatched chicks which are leaving the nest to join their herd. Image credit: Davide Bonadonna. Europasaurus holgeri is one of the most peculiar and best-studied sauropods worldwide. This dinosaur lived in what is now northern Germany during the Late Jurassic epoch, some 154 million years ago. It belonged to Macronaria, a group of mostly colossal sauropods, comprised the largest terrestrial vertebrates of Earth’s history. However, Europasaurus holgeri was a comparatively small macronarian species with a body height…
After breaking up with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie is suspected of having an affair with an actor younger than her ex-husband, Jared Leto.A magazine claims that Angelina Jolie is dating Jared Leto after breaking up with Brad Pitt . According to this source, “There is always a spark between them. Right now, she is going through a difficult time, Jared has helped her cope and lift her spirits. They are both artists with heart. soul in sync and no rules – I think Jared is the perfect man for Angie if she’s ready for a new love… Jared contacted Angie…
Mother of six’ Angelina Jolie is very confident with her full bust when she is ready to ‘let loose’ on the Hollywood Film Awards red carpet taking place on the evening of November 5 (local time) in Los Angeles, USA. Angelina Jolie confidently ‘let loose’ despite having her breasts removedC2 COOL, WHY TO REMOVEshopee.vnLooking For More Information Despite wearing a baggy satin dress, tied at the waist like a nightgown, the 42-year-old actress still shines on the red carpet of the 2017 Hollywood Film Awards taking place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, California, USA at the weekend. via. Not taking her…
Per sponsored post on Instagram, Dwayne Johnson can make seven-figures for a single post. As one of the biggest stars on the planet, Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, is a mega star that has earned a massive following. Whether he’s stepping into the wrestling ring, starring in a box office smash, or spoiling his family, the man simply knows how to get a ton of media coverage. Because Johnson knows how to draw a crowd, it makes sense that companies are willing to pair with him for some advertising on social media. Of course, these companies need to be ready to…
Angelina Jolie amped up the Hollywood glam in a strapless black and white dress and long black gloves at a U.N. dinner in NYC with her kids on Friday, December 15. The Oscar winner, 42, wore a full-length gown that hugged her curves and featured a long white satin train for the United Nations Correspondents Association Awards at Cipriani Wall Street. She was accompanied by four of her six kids with estranged husband Brad Pitt — Pax, 14, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 11, and Knox 9 — for the event where she was honored as the 2017 UNCA Global Citizen of the Year. Angelina…
A new genus and species of fossil lizard has been described from two fossilized specimens found in eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Close-up of the holotype of Moqisaurus pulchrum. Image credit: Dong et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105363. The newly-discovered species, dubbed Moqisaurus pulchrum, existed during the Early Cretaceous epoch, between 118.7 and 119.2 million years ago. “The Early Cretaceous was an important period in the diversification of squamates (lizards and snakes),” said lead author Dr. Liping Dong, a paleontologist with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology and the Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and her colleagues. “Lizard…
Angelina Jolie in Ralph & Russo at the ‘First They Killed My Father’ 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Angelina Jolie is making her way back into the spotlight. She stepped out yesterday(September 11th) for the premiere of ‘First They Killed My Father’ during the 2017 Toronto Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario. For the occasion, she was head to toe in RALPH & RUSSO which featured a black one-shoulder silk dress with a bow detail shoulder & a asymmetrical hem, a statement clutch and black shiny pumps. Angelina’s dress is the first sneak peek we have of Ralph & Russo’s new…
Producer Beau Flynn told Collider that it took four edits for “Black Adam” to get a PG-13 rating (for audiences 13 and older). In previous films, the public often saw Dwayne Johnson in a familiar role, a muscular man, rough but funny and emotional. However, his role in the upcoming “Black Adam” of the DC Cinematic Universe Extended (DCEU) is different. According to Mo Amer co-star, Black Adam is fierce and brutal, in a scene from the movie “Black Adam”, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said, “Let’s kill them”. According to the producers, the dark, cruel tone for the character of Black…
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are parents to six kids — Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne, and Knox — and as we could tell in this past October’s stunning Vogue photo shoot, it really seems like the family packs in the fun. In a new BBC interview, Angelina sheds even more insight into her kids’ lives, explaining how they all embrace other cultures, and how none of them want to get into the film industry. Check out the highlights below before you soak up all these other heart-swelling Jolie-Pitt family moments. On parenting and a child’s identity: “You don’t know who your children are until they show…