Its official Dwayne The Rock Johnson has signed up for Doc Savage.
Its been rumoured for some time, but now it appears that The Rock has confirmed he will star in the upcoming Doc Savage adaptation directed by Shane Black.
Its official, he said via Instagram. For all comic book fans you already know the worlds first superhero (pre-dating Superman) is the Man of Bronze himself Clark Doc Savage.
Want to thank my bud director/writer Shane Black and his writing team Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry for flying in from LA and sitting with me and our @sevenbucksprods producer @hhgarcia41 on this Memorial Day weekend to chop up creative and break story on this very cool project.
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But who is Doc Savage?
Simply put, hes the worlds first superhero.
Doc Savage appeared in American pulp magazines throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and as The Rock himself explains, Doc Savage even predated Superman and provided much of the inspiration behind DCs iconic hero.
Comic book fans around the world know that the cool thing about Doc Savage is that hes the inspiration for Superman, he explained. First name Clark, called Man of Bronze, retreats to his Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic etc etc.
In fact, the only thing that differs is Docs origins story
According to the magazines, Doc was trained (both physically and mentally) to near-superhuman levels by his father and a team of scientists. Their goal? To create the perfect human specimen and this granted Doc some incredible powers.
Savage is said to possess genius level intellect as well as heightened senses, immense strength and endurance, and a photographic memory. On top of this, he has mastered martial arts, the sciences as well as the art of disguise and imitation.
Essentially, hes an all-round incredible guy.
And perhaps thats why The Rock has been cast in the role.
But heres the #1 reason Im excited to become Doc Savage, he revealed. HES A F*CKING HILARIOUS WEIRDO! Confidently, yet innocently he has zero social graces whatsoever due to his upbringing so every interaction he has with someone is direct, odd, often uncomfortable and amazingly hilarious.
After speaking for hours w/ Shane Black I can see why the creator of Superman took only the best parts of Doc Savage and leaving the weirdo part behind. But to us, its that weirdo part that makes Clark Doc Savage dope! Cant wait to sink my teeth into this one of a kind character.
Could this be the most perfect casting of all time?
For now, well have to wait and see but we definitely cant wait.
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Memorial Day (History for Kids) Educational Videos for Students (Learning Cartoon Network)
First Posted: May 30, 2016 02:14 AM EDT
The Memorial Day weekend has become a time to both pay homage to the departed and mark the arrival of what"s to come.
The holiday started to commemorate the dead of the Civil Warand is observed on the last Monday in May, but it wasn"t always that way, as the day was initially set for May 30, no matter what day it fall on.
Day Now Celebrated in Several Ways
With that, the day has become a paid, national holiday for many and a time for vacation and travel for even more.
"This loss of memory and shift into recreation and leisure is a trend in American history," says Matthew Dennis, a history professor at the University of Oregon. "It was a tumultuous time in American history, and the levels of patriotism were quite low at this point in the wake of Vietnam."
The history of the day dates all the way backto the time immediately following the Civil War, a time during which more American soldiers died than any other war in U.S. history.
In the beginning, the day was known as Decoration Day because of the tradition of decorating graves with flowers, flags and wreaths. During the first Memorial Day celebration, former Union Gen. and Ohio Congressman James Garfield made an impassioned speech at Arlington National cemetery to a crowd of at least 5,000.
"We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens," said Garfield. "For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue."
New York First State to Celebrate Day as State Holiday
The event inspired patriotic feelings among others and in 1983 New York became the first state to make Memorial Day a state holiday. After World War I, the day was expanded to honor the deaths of all those who have died fighting American wars after World War I. With that, came its declaration as a national holiday.
In 1971, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established that Memorial Day would be celebrated nationally on the last Monday in May and each year now the president or vice president lays a wreath at Arlington at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Among the national events scheduled for the dayis the National Memorial Day Parade down Constitution Ave. in Washington D.C.
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Golden State Warriors vs Oklahoma City Thunder - Game 3 - Full Highlights | 2016 NBA Playoffs
OAKLAND, Calif. After 27 quarters of some of the most dramatic and compelling basketball the NBA has seen, the Golden State Warriors found themselves 12 minutes away from a return trip to the NBA Finals, an escape from a three-games-to-one deficit in these Western Conference finals and a chance to stake a claim as the greatest team in the history of the sport.
Then they handed the ball to Stephen Curry, and the NBAs two-time defending MVP carried his team home.
Behind 36 points and eight assists from Curry including 15 points in the fourth quarter and 24 in the second half Golden State emerged with a thrilling 96-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in front of an enthralled sellout crowd of 19,596 inside Oracle Arena. With the victory, the Warriors will get two days to rest and prepare for a rematch with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the championship round, which will begin here Thursday night.
Steph is gonna Steph, Warriors center Festus Ezeli said. He came out and showed why he is the MVP.
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The final outcome, however, was far from a formality, as the Thunder continued to push the Warriors far harder than anyone would have expected. It didnt become official until Curry scored six straight points in the final 90 seconds after the Thunder had closed within four on a Kevin Durant jumper with 1 minute 40 seconds remaining.
But after Curry was fouled on a three-point attempt by Serge Ibaka with 1.8 seconds remaining on the shot clock and 1:18 remaining in the game, and made all three free throws to push Golden States lead to 93-86, Curry sealed the game with signature aplomb a few seconds later.
When Durant missed a three-pointer with 43.8 seconds left, Curry brought the ball up on a fast break, brought the ball out to the three-point line and put on a dribbling exhibition.
After getting away from Thunder guard Andre Roberson, Curry pulled up and let fly with a three-pointer his seventh of the game with 26.8 seconds that dropped through the bottom of the net, giving the Warriors a 96-86 lead and ensuring that their chase for history would live on. As Thunder Coach Billy Donovan called a timeout, Curry let out a primal scream and exhorted the Warriors fans to get on their feet and celebrate a command they were all too glad to comply with.
It was a cool moment, Curry said later. Obviously there was still time on the clock, but that was a moment to kind of just take in the atmosphere.
It was just a very cool moment to enjoy that fan noise, and understand we were on the brink of doing something very special and coming back from down 3-1, and that was it.
That this series came down to the final seconds of the seventh and final game was a testament to the resiliency the Thunder showed after giving up a fourth-quarter lead and losing at home in Game 6 Saturday night a loss that happened only because of a pair of historic performances from Curry and Klay Thompson.
Durant finished with 27 points on 10-for-19 shooting in Game 7, scoring 12 points of his own in the fourth to try to drag the Thunder over the finish line. But every time the Thunder made a shot or a play, the Warriors and usually Curry were there with an answer.
It was an equation that proved destined to end with a Warriors victory.
It is a lot of what-ifs, said Durant, who said he hadnt begun to think about his impending free agency this summer, though the widespread belief is that he will re-sign with Oklahoma City on a one-year deal. We could have said a lot of what-ifs throughout the whole playoffs.
[But] youve got to credit them. They came out and played well the last three games of the series, and won three in a row. Youve got to give them credit.
After two weeks of playing one another, there was little left to figure out about either team heading into this final game. The one lingering question, however, was whether the Warriors would keep Andre Iguodala in the starting lineup in place of Harrison Barnes, a change they made at the start of the second half of Game 6.
It turned out, however, that one of those alterations was, in fact, to leave Iguodala in the starting five, allowing him to match up even more regularly with Durant. He also is a better ballhandler and distributor than Barnes, which he proved by hitting a cutting Draymond Green for a basket to open the scoring.
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That wound up being a rare positive moment for the Warriors offensively early on. Oklahoma City raced out to its latest hot start in this series, taking a five-point lead after the first quarter that it pushed to as much as 13 at one point and 12 at another in the second. But in an eerily similar way to how Game 6 played out, the Warriors managed to hang around despite being significantly outplayed for large portions of the opening 24 minutes.
Once Steven Adams hit 1 of 2 free throws to make it 45-33 with 2:21 remaining in the second quarter, though, the Warriors closed the half with a 9-3 run capped by a Curry circus layup over three defenders that kissed high off the glass and fell through the hoop at the buzzer to send Golden State into the break trailing 48-42.
After that strong first half, though, Oklahoma City fell apart in the third quarter. The Warriors outscored the Thunder 29-12, including closing the quarter with a 13-2 run as the Thunder missed its final five shots of the quarter to go from leading by one to down 11 heading into the fourth.
With everything on the line, Golden State Coach Steve Kerr said, our guys all came through.
Led by one guy in particular, of course. In those final 12 minutes, with everything on the line, Curry did what hes done time and again these past two seasons and carried the Warriors home and on to the NBA Finals.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2 Trailer | Out of the Shadows 2016
WonderCon took place in Los Angeles over the weekend andMegan Fox,Stephen Amell, and ProducersBrad FullerandAndrew Formtook the time to meet fans and talk about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Check out this interview where the four talk about the new characters and how much fun and heart the movie is in this interview:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadowsreleases on June 3, 2016.
Veteran told he can"t fly American flag in yard
A 33-year-old man set himself and a building on fire during Pilsen"s Mole de Mayo Festival Sunday night, according to police. View Full Caption
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PILSEN Pilsen"s Mole de Mayo Festival was cut short Sunday night when a man wrapped in an American flag set himself on fire on 18th Street and injured himself.
The 7:30 p.m. Sunday fire spread to a nearby Metro PCS store, and firefighters cleared the area to put out the fire.
The33-year-old man survived the fire. He was wearing just underwear and was wrapped in an American flag, according to Fox.
Police said hewas standing in the 1500 block of West 18th Street at 7:30 p.m. when he set a fire, said Officer Bari Lemmon, Chicago Police spokeswoman.
It is not clear what the man was trying to ignite, but police believe he at least accidentally set himself ablaze and likely didn"t mean for the building to ignite.
The fire in the cell phone store was extinguished and one person was taken to University of Illinois-Chicago Hospital for a cut, according to the Fire Department"s Twitter account.
The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, Lemmon said.
Two officers were taken also taken to Stroger Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Lemmon said.
At the recommendation of police, Festival organizers shut down the Mole de Mayo festival about a half hour early Sunday night, according to ABC7 Chicago.
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Bad Child Gets 400 Pound Gorilla Harambe Killed at Cincinnati Zoo (Redsilverj)
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Cincinnati Zoo is safe.
Zoo officials made the right decision.
And they"re not looking to place blame.
Those are among the key pointsCincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard madeat a packed newsconference on Monday afternoonto address the death of Harambe, the17-year-old western lowland gorilla killed Saturday after a child fellinto his Gorilla World exhibit.
"It"s unprecedented," Maynard told the crowd of assembled reporters. "We have never had to kill a dangerous animal in the middle of an emergency situation. The zoo"s been here143 years, so that"s saying a lot."
Gorilla World"s barrier setup exceeds required protocols and has been in place for 38 years without incident, Maynard said.Exhibits areinspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculturetwice a year and by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums every five years for accreditation, he said.
"The exhibit is safe, the barrier is safe," he said. "The zoo was not negligent."
Even so, Maynard said the exhibit, which he describes as "very similar" to gorilla exhibits at other zoos, is under review. Zoo officials are looking to see what, if anything, needs to be done to reinforce the barrier. He could not say if additional measures would be in place when the exhibit reopens, which he hopes will be Saturday.
Zoo officials will also review other areas around the zoo to see what, if any, improvements should be made to protect the zoo"s 1.6 million yearly visitors, as well as its animals.
Andthe USDA,which is charged with enforcing the Animal Welfare Act and Endangered Species Act,will investigate, he said.
"We take safety very seriously," Maynardsaid. "That"s an ongoing process."
New details emerge on incident
Vigil at Cincinnati Zoo recalls rare gorilla who was fatally shot Saturday after child fell into exhibit habitat. The Enquirer/Mark Curnutte
Maynard offered more specific details about Saturday"s incident. Zoo officials have pieced it together as follows:
Just before 4 p.m., a 4-year-old boy went over a stainless steel rail that"s a little more than 3 feet high, with vertical bars every eight feet. He made his way through the bushes to the edge of the moat, a distance of approximately 4 feet. From there, he dropped15 feet to themoat, into afoot and a half of water. The boy, who has not been identified yet by authorities,started splashing around.
Keepers tried to call the gorillas inside. Two females in the exhibit complied. Harambe did not.
Zoo visitors and there were plenty of them, more than 7,000 on Saturday reacted.
Harambe heard the commotion. Then, he spotted the child. The gorilla went down into the water andgrabbed the boy by the ankle. Harambecarried the boy up a ladder to dry land andcontinued dragging him around.
A security team emptied the exhibit. Soon, the zoo"sdangerous animal response team dispatchedHarambe with a single shot.
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The decision was not made lightly, Maynard said. The child"s life was in danger.
"This child was being dragged around; his head was banging on the concrete," Maynardsaid. "This is not a gentle thing. The child was at risk."
TranquilizingHarambe would not have taken effectinstantaneouslyand might have resulted in displaced aggression toward the child, Maynard said. And withHarambe"s strength, such aggression could have been extremelydangerous.
Western lowland gorillasare three times bigger than a human, with arms as big as our legs, and about six times stronger, Maynardestimated. The zoo directorhad seen Harambe, who weighed in at more than 420 pounds, crush a coconut with onehand.
And the gorilla, known by his keepers as being handsome, smart and easy to train, was already "agitated and disoriented" by the boy"s presence.
"In the real world, you make difficult calls, but you have to make them," Maynard said. "The safety of that child was paramount.
"We stand by our decision," he said. "Wed make the same call."
"You can"t take a risk with a silverback gorilla"
Maynard addressed the numerous people on social media and elsewherewho don"t agree with that decision.
"People who question that or are Monday morning quarterbacks or second-guessers don"tunderstand that you can"t take a risk with a silverback gorilla," he said.
The Cincinnati Zoo has received messages of sympathy and empathy from zoo personnel from around the world, up to and including Jane Goodall.
"People that know gorillas well people who research them in the wild, people who work with them in captivity know exactly what decision was made and why," he said.
He also declined to place blame, which the social media frenzy surrounding the incident has done in large quantities, with venom particularly aimed at the boy"s mother for not watching him more closely.
"I"m not a big finger-pointer," he said. "Politicians and pundits point fingers. We live in the real world and we make real decisions. People, kids and others, can climb over barriers."
He equated it to locking your house or your car."If someone really wants to get in, they can," he said.
However, he did see a lesson to take away. Everybody should keep a hold of their kids and keep an eye on them, here or anywhere," he said.
Maynard said zoo officials have not been in touch with the boy"s familyand that the zoo does not intend to press any charges. He doesn"t know if there will be other legal ramifications for the zoo or family, but he is hopeful there will not be.
Maynard said the incident won"t impact plans for a $12 million expansion to Gorilla World expected to be completed next year.
Overall, Maynard pointed out the incident was sad, but could have been worse.
"Harambe was one of our most magnificent animals and a critically endangered species," he said. "It is a big loss.That said, we are very glad that the little boy is OK. That is one happy thing in a dangerous and sad story."
