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Budapest-based contemporary label Nanushka, part of the Vanguards Group, has introduced an exclusive alternative leather fabrication to its collections, which is free from animal skin and the use of animal derivatives.
Okobor, exclusive to Nanushka, is made from 56 percent recycled polyester and 44 percent polyurethane and produced using a GRS-certified dry process to reduce water consumption by 80 percent.
The sustainable vegan alternative leather developed in-house will be used throughout Nanushka’s ready-to-wear products from its pre-autumn/winter 2022 collection onwards.
Nanushka began using alt-leather in 2015 as a commitment to animal welfare, and in 2021, it used Regenerated Leather in its collections, partly made from a compression of unwanted leather offcuts. The move to introduce Okobor is to keep pushing forward with its wider sustainability strategy to ensure “that beauty and elevation in design should not come at the expense of the world around us”.
The fashion label added that while Okobor is an improvement on the wholly virgin-based vegan leather Nanuskha has used to date, it recognises that there is further need for innovation. Adding that it is continuing to conduct material research and development to create the highest quality alternatives to leather.
Now that Stranger Things Season 4 is officially finished fans of the show are officially turning their attention to the fifth and final season. It turns out that the writers for Stranger Things are also going to be turning their attention to the next season fairly soon.
It makes some sense that people would be wondering when work on Season 5 for the Netflix show is going to start production. After all, the wait between Season 3 and Season 4 was longer than fans first expected considering that the coronavirus pandemic put a freeze on that kind of work. Some of the latest comments behind the writers of the show indicate that there isn't going to be anywhere near the wait for the next installment.
The show's creators, the Duffer Brothers recently spoke to Collider about their plans for Stranger Things now that Season 4 is done. Ross Duffer said that they're going to be taking a "little vacation" in July and then they're going to be getting right back to work. If that wasn't specific enough for some people, he added that the writer's room is going to be getting started in the first week of August.
While fans are likely going to be happy to know that the people behind the show aren't taking a ton of time off between seasons, it does seem like there's going to be at least a little wait for Season 5 of Stranger Things. The realization that the scripts are not yet written at all, and won't start to get written until August puts all other production further behind that date. Even if the Duffer Brothers do have the final season mapped out, it doesn't appear that there's a word written down as far as what's actually going to happen or how in the scripts.
Of course, there is a chance that things could move quickly once the scripts get written. With ideas already being mapped out, the writers' room is just going to have to fill in the blanks. Still, it seems unlikely that Season 5 will start shooting until very late in 2022 or early in 2023.
Assuming everything moves ahead and there aren't any real bumps in the road, it seems that the earliest Stranger Things fans are going to get to see the final installment would be the winter of 2023 or the spring of 2024. Of course, considering what many feel like the viewership numbers are for Season 4 thanks to a summer release, it could even be Summer of 2024 before the series wraps up.
It seems like popular actor Tom Hanks was recently seen having a meltdown after he reportedly shouted at a group of fans for public misconduct. Hanks quickly jumped into action and yelled at a group of fans to “back the f**k off” from wife Rita Wilson.
As the paparazzi saw, Rita Wilson was nearly tripping over while the two were leaving dinner at Nobu in New York City. The security guard is seen while clearing the way for the actor and Wilson to walk through the crowd as they leave the restaurant. Hanks has been married to Rita Wilson since 1988.
The Elvis Actor Comes to his Wife’s Defence as Chaos Ensues!
Hanks’ devoted fan base came to the actor’s defence after a video began circulating online about the actor and how what he did was right justified. Many applauded the star for handling the situation well and coming to his wife’s rescue. Some of the members of the crowd were seen attempting to take selfies with the pair. However, the crowd soon turns a bit chaotic as Wilson trips, as she was being accidentally pushed by some members of the group. Wilson soon turns and firmly tells one of the fans to “stop it”.
Hanks, can recently be seen portraying the role of Presley’s manager named Colonel Tom Parker, in the Baz Luhrmann-directed movie. The movie was filmed nearly 40 miles south of Brisbane in the city of Gold Coast.
Hanks earlier opened up about the immense joy he felt while filming the movie in Queensland. However, fans expressed concerned after they noticed the actor having difficulty while holding the microphone as he passed the device between his hands. Tom Hanks’ loyal fan base were quick to address online speculation about his health and took to the platform in support of the entertainer. One Twitter user wrote that Tom Hanks is still one of the best actors left, and that his health is his business.
The Nets have asked the Warriors to hold their drink, and their pursuit of all six Infinity Stones continues with their latest signing. Blake Griffin and the Nets have agreed to a deal, according to ESPN, which means they’ve successfully pried the six-time All-Star from a Detroit franchise that agreed to buy out the remaining year-and-change of his contract.
When the signing is made official, the Nets can run out a lineup that features Griffin, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan, easily one of the most talented five-man units this league will have seen in recent history.
It was the league’s worst-kept secret: In Brooklyn, the rich get richer and a team with championship aspirations just added another talented playmaker desperate to get out of his previous situation.
“I’m sure he wants to win,” new teammate James Harden said after Sunday’s All-Star Game. “If he passed up on money to stay in Detroit, he wants to win and he wants to have an opportunity to play meaningful minutes, and I’m assuming one of the reasons why he came.”
The Nets also employ DeAndre Jordan, Griffin’s ex-Lob City partner for a decade during their time together in Los Angeles with the Clippers.
Griffin, after a decade as one of the league’s premier high-flying forwards, wants to win a championship at this stage of his career, according to reports. And Nets GM Sean Marks has maintained since the beginning of the season that the team is on the hunt for every way to improve a team squarely positioned to compete for an NBA championship.
“We know the athletic and high-jumping Blake,” Harden said. “But these last couple years he’s knocking down the three ball a little bit better, ballhandling is a lot better and he can be a great contributor to this team.”
The Nets have a full roster, which means they would need to waive a player to make room for Griffin, likely a player on a 10-day contract. Veterans Iman Shumpert and Andre Roberson are on 10-day deals, as is G-League big man Tyler Cook.
Griffin has only appeared in 20 games this season since he and the Pistons agreed it best he stay away from the team while they negotiated his way out of Detroit. He was not very effective in those 20 games, averaging just 12 points, five rebounds and four assists in 31 minutes per game.
Griffin’s fit is also questionable on a Nets team that already had its bout with defensive shortcomings. He was never a defensive standout and by the time the All-Star break is over, will be a month removed from his last minutes of action in an NBA game. If the Nets sign him, it’s unclear what role he will play, how effective he can be in that role, how quickly he can get up to speed with the Nets’ offensive and defensive philosophies, where his conditioning level is, and whether he can regain the form that once endeared him as one of the league’s most electrifying talents.
The Nets also have players who have proven effective at Griffin’s position, including veteran forward Jeff Green, second-year big man Nic Claxton, hybrid wing Bruce Brown and, of course, Jordan, who hit his stride during the team’s West Coast trip.
Griffin also has to fight an uphill battle, bouncing back from back-to-back surgeries on his left knee over each of the two seasons preceding this one. He averaged 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists in the 2018-19 season but has not been able to stay on the floor since. Last season, Griffin averaged 15.5 points. His production tapered off in Detroit this season before he stepped away from the team.
While last week’s season 8 premiere focused on all the reunions going on in Winterfell, episode two saw the characters preparing for the Battle of Winterfell. Take a look at some of the best memes poking fun at key moments in episode 2 including Bran Stark recollecting his climb up the tower, that special moment shared between Gendry and Arya, Brienne being knighted and the usual antics with Tormund below. Also included is the moment Jon tells Dany about his true heritage.
In case you’ve missed it, Game of Thrones season 8 episode 3 teaser reveals “the dead are already here.”
It seemed like such a joke at first. In the summer of 2017, word broke that Warner Bros. Pictures was developing a standalone Joker origin movie with director Todd Phillips while still planning a continuing story with Jared Leto as the Joker from Suicide Squad. And then Joaquin Phoenix emerged as the lead, photos emerged of the production being shot, and fans started getting excited. Joker is coming out in October and the teaser released by the studio on Wednesday proved something key: this approach could work. But we also gleaned a few other things from the trailer and its very different take on the Clown Prince of Crime.
The Film Has A Vintage Look
From the first second, the teaser shows that Joker will look different. The glossier color grading of films like Aquaman and the animated quality of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice have been replaced with an older aesthetic derived from the stripped-down crime dramas the studio produced in the 1970s. While still cleaner than Taxi Driver or Serpico, it is clear Phillips wants to invoke the rundown feel of New York captured in those films for his vision of Gotham City.
Of course, those WB-produced films achieved that look by simply going on location and shooting a city in decline, so Joker’s rundown Gotham will look a little artificial. Nonetheless, it still has a sense of place with real exteriors and a mundane-looking Arkham Asylum. While the Dark Knight trilogy tried the stripped-down approach, it never aimed for the 1970s level of grit seen Joker‘s subways and alleys. It definitely sets the film apart from Joker’s other cinematic appearances.
Joaquin Phoenix Transforms Into A Classical Joker
Reportedly, Phoenix lost 50 lbs. for the role. And as seen in certain shots of his back, the transformation is startling. A wiry Joker is not a new idea. That rendition of the character is all over the Batman: Arkham video game series and is a constant design choice in the comics with artists like Jim Aparo and Brian Bolland giving him impossible proportions. But in getting into this “fighting weight,” Phoenix’s whole face takes on the angular visage that artists in comics, animation, and games have been giving the character for decades.
It is probably why he so instantly looked the part in those early costume tests the studio released.
Of course, lanky proportions are not required when bringing the character to the screen as Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, and Heath Ledger proved. And once you add the suit into the mix, the actor’s dedication to a skinny body gets lost under layers of clothing. Nonetheless, Phoenix’s commitment to changing himself into that classic Joker body is commendable. At the same time, we hope he’s enjoyed a good meal or two since production wrapped.
Arthur Fleck Is Sympathetic
As the landmark graphic novel The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Bolland established, the Joker is unknowable even to himself. Part of what makes him Batman’s nemesis is the lack of a simple motivation or even a genuine history. In the 1989 Batman, the character receives an origin as a Gotham City mob enforcer who only turns to theatrics when his boss betrays him and Batman lets him fall into a vat of chemicals. In The Dark Knight, he arrives in town fully formed, but we learn almost nothing about him. This approach was lauded because it skews so close to the comics: the Joker is a force of nature.
But now we have Arthur Fleck.
In one of the most critical departures from the established comic book canon, Joker sets out to give him a relatable and concrete history. He’s a failed comedian, down on his luck and, as the shot of his notebook reveals, suffering from some sort of mental illness.
We also see him being good to his mother, Penny (Frances Conroy), and having a genuine moment with Zazie Beetz’s Sophie. Also, we witness him getting kicked to the curb a lot by Gotham scum of both the blue- and white-collar varieties. The end result is a Joker who is knowable and, ultimately, relatable. He has to be if he is the protagonist of the story. But in doing so, the movie opens up the possibility of the character being viewed as a hero, a thematic choice it must apply carefully and consciously position for its tragic consequences.
Thomas Wayne Is A Loudmouth
At one point, rumors surfaced indicating that Alec Baldwin would play a version of Thomas Wayne more akin to a certain publicity-hungry 1980s land developer than the caring patron of the city we usually see. Considering Baldwin is known for playing a parody of that land developer, the casting suggested the film might have a broader tone than the one we are seeing in the teaser.
And to that end, the preview offers a glimpse of Thomas Wayne. Played by The Dark Knight Rises veteran Brett Cullen, we see Bruce’s father is more than happy to appear on TV and decry the latest string of Gotham City calamities. Of course, his key statement “What kind of coward would do so something that cold-blooded? Someone who hides behind a mask.” is an obvious joke about the Batman, but the overall context of his morning talk show appearance is clear.
But it is also clear Wayne will be a little more nuanced than the broad caricature some may have expected during Baldwin’s very brief association with the project. In fact, the tone of the film as presented in the teaser is a far cry from anything one might have expected from The Hangover director Phillips. The apparent seriousness on display, ironically, makes it all the more compelling.
It Is A Love Letter To The King Of Comedy
At the same time, Phillips is not forgetting his comedy roots. In fact, the film seems to derive a lot of its soul from Martin Scorsese’s 1982 film, The King of Comedy. In it, Robert De Niro plays a sad-sack, failed comedian whose obsession with a Johnny Carson-esque late-night talk show host (Jerry Lewis) leads to kidnapping and, surprisingly, the character’s best chance at stardom.
De Niro’s one appearance in the teaser in front of a multi-colored curtain a la Carson’s monologue backdrop in the 1970s and early 1980s invokes the look and tone of King of Comedy. The parallel is pointed and no doubt one of the film’s early selling points. Getting De Niro to essentially play the Lewis role gives the film a very different association from its comic-book trappings.
Also consider the banner for Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times seen in the trailer. That film is a comedy classic with a number of pointed comments about the workaday world crushing the little guy. Sure, Joker is still a comic book movie, but it is pulling ideas and influences from a wide array of sources.
The fact most of these sources are ultimately owned by WarnerMedia may even be a joke in itself.
