Friday, June 3, 2022

Here's the Parenting Advice Johnny Depp Gave to a Pregnant Fan Before Amber Heard Verdict

Johnny Depp, Lauren Whittington, Bar ManagerJohnny Depp appeared to be in good spirits just hours before a Virginia jury ruled on his defamation suit against ex Amber Heard. While staying in the U.K. for work commitments, the...


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The Trailer For "Money Heist: Korea" Teases Wealth, Politics, and Intrigue

"Money Heist" ("La Casa de Papel") may have come to an end with its fifth and final season, but rest assured, Netflix isn't leaving viewers high and dry following its uber-successful run: fans of the hit Spanish crime drama will be thrilled to learn that its Korean-language adaptation is soon coming to the streaming giant. With an influx of brilliant, quality South Korean content taking the world by storm, we're already counting down the days until we can binge "Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area."

The new Korean-language Netflix original series is written by Ryu Yong-jae, Kim Hwan-chae, and Choe Sung-jun, with Kim Hong-sun at the helm. The streamer released the show's latest trailer on June 2, teasing the crime of the century.

In "Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area," the thrilling story takes place just as North and South Korea face reunification. But before the two nations can print a new unified currency, a heist disrupts their plans. At the top of the ploy is Professor (played by Yoo Ji-tae), who assembles a crew of skilled thieves to steal the new currency and pull off a scheme that could go down in history as a "revolutionary crime."

With "Squid Game" star Park Hae-soo among the cast of the show, saying we're intrigued doesn't even begin to cover it. Keep reading to learn everything we know about "Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area" before the series hits Netflix later this month.



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Thursday, June 2, 2022


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The Magic Behind Young Eleven's Appearance in "Stranger Things" Season 4


For fans of "Stranger Things," season four has been somewhat difficult to process. At the beginning of our journey with Mike, Eleven, and the rest of the gang, the kids were so young. Some might even say too young to be the stars of a horror franchise. After four seasons and a long hiatus between seasons three and four, the "kids" that play these characters are now much older than their TV counterparts.

One of the most incredible special effects to come out of season four is young Eleven's appearance in the multitude of flashback sequences that take place during Eleven's years in Hawkins Lab. Young Eleven's appearance brought about many questions about how they managed to film scenes where Eleven is young again, since Eleven's actress, Millie Bobby Brown, is now 18 years old. Did Brown play young Eleven in these scenes and, if so, how did they manage to make her look so young?

Who Plays Young Eleven in "Stranger Things" Season 4?

As it turns out, young Eleven was portrayed by a completely different person. The "Stranger Things" writer's Twitter account confirmed the young actress Martie Blair portrayed young Eleven. She had some coaching tips from Brown the entire time to really help capture the essence of Eleven at the young and fragile age of eight. That's not to say that there weren't some special effects in the works as well.

How Did They Make Martie Blair Look Like Millie Bobby Brown in "Stranger Things" Season 4?

While "Stranger Things" cast a younger actress to portray young Eleven, we as the audience never see Blair's face onscreen because she never appears unaltered on screen.

Special effects have come so far that altering the way an actor looks onscreen is somewhat commonplace. When an actor is being aged down, the creators use a stand-in actor (Blair in this case) and then superimpose an aged-down version of the show's star (Brown) onto the stand-in. Think young Luke Skywalker in "The Mandalorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett." He's just one of several examples of aged-down characters in the "Star Wars" franchise alone. Carrie Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, also stood in for a young Leia in "The Rise of Skywalker", for example.

Just looking at Blair and Brown together and separately, it's obvious the pair share a strong resemblance. This was likely done on purpose when casting the role of young Eleven, to make the CGI aspects of making Blair resemble Brown as easy as possible.

Martie's portrayal of young Eleven was brilliant, whether we knew it was her or not.



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Why Prince Andrew Won't Be Attending Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee

Prince AndrewPrince Andrew will be missing out on Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. On June 2, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson confirmed to NBC News that the Duke of York, 62,...


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