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Dinosaur 'mummies' prove some dinos had hooves

Popular Science

Science Dinosaurs Dinosaur'mummies' prove some dinos had hooves'Edmontosaurus annectens' stormed around North America during the Late Cretaceous. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. For the first time, paleontologists have successfully reconstructed the profiles of two massive, duck-billed dinosaurs, right down to their pebbled skin and unexpected hooves. Based in part on remains recovered decades ago in the badlands of Wyoming, the pair of specimens were preserved only thanks to an extremely rare, delicate "mummification" process. At around 39 feet long and weighing about 6.2 tons, was one of the largest and most common dinosaurs in present day North America during the Late Cretaceous period.


A mummy microbiome hides inside 1,000-year-old poop

Popular Science

The gut contents act like a microscopic time machine into pre-Hispanic Mexico. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Underneath the remains of an ancient young adult man and his preserved feces lies a microscopic world. These microorganisms beneath the cloth hold clues to what the world may have looked like hundreds of years ago. Now, a new look at a 1,000-year-old mummy called the Zimapán man could tell us what ancient Mesoamericans ate, where they lived, and show us how much our world has changed since.


Peruvian 3-Fingered Mummies Could Be 'Extraterrestrial' Or 'Bio Robots,' Russian Scientists Say

International Business Times

The anatomical structure of the mummies discovered near Nazca, in southern Peru, last year is not human, Russian scientists who were studying the case said. A team of researchers from St. Petersburg, who collected the tissue samples in Peru and brought them back to Russia to study, have determined that the mummies -- with elongated heads and three fingers on each hand -- possess 23 chromosomes that are human but lack the human anatomy. One of the mummies is named Maria, a 5th-century woman believed to predate the arrival of Europeans in America. Scientists believe that she belonged to a race that was wiped from existence due to a flood or a comet strike. Apart from Maria, the scientists are also studying a nine-year-old mummy called Vavita, and four other male mummies.

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'Transformers,' 'Fifty Shades' lead Razzie Award nominations for worst in film

Los Angeles Times

Today in Entertainment: Megyn Kelly swats back at Jane Fonda; and the Razzie nominees for worst in film are... 'Transformers,' 'Fifty Shades' lead Razzie Award nominations Megyn Kelly fires back at'Hanoi Jane' Fonda over plastic-surgery feud Princess Eugenie is engaged and tying the knot in the same venue as her cousin Prince Harry Morgan Freeman confirms it was Lily Tomlin who interrupted his SAG Awards speech Sterling K. Brown makes history at SAG Awards -- and says Time's Up Sterling K. Brown makes history at SAG Awards -- and says Time's Up Nominations for the 2018 Razzie Awards came out Monday, with the bulk of the loathing -- nine nominations each -- heaped on "Transformers: The Last Knight" and "Fifty Shades Darker," with "The Mummy" and its eight nods close behind. The mock honors, now in their 38th year and formally known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, are given out annually the day before the Academy Awards and honor the worst in film. Winners get a raspberry statue spray-painted gold. Tom Cruise, "The Mummy" Jamie Dornan, "Fifty Shades Darker" Mark Wahlberg, "Transformers: The Last Knight" and "Daddy's Home 2" Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" Zac Efron, "Baywatch" Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" Javier Bardem, "Mother!" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" Russell Crowe, "The Mummy" Josh Duhamel, "Transformers: The Last Knight" Mel Gibson, "Daddy's Home 2" Anthony Hopkins, "Collide" and "Transformers" The Last Knight" Javier Bardem, "Mother!" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" Any combination of two characters, two sex toys or two sexual positions, "Fifty Shades Darker" Any combination of two humans, two robots or two explosions, "Transformers XVII: Last Knight" [sic] Any two obnoxious emojis, "The Emoji Movie" Johnny Depp and his worn-out drunk routine, "Pirates of the Caribbean XIII: Dead Careers Tell No Tales" [sic] Tyler Perry and either the ratty old dress or worn-out wig, "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" Johnny Depp and his worn-out drunk routine, "Pirates of the Caribbean XIII: Dead Careers Tell No Tales" [sic] In 2017, the director, actor, actress and worst-picture awards all went to the 2016 documentary "Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party," which featured director-narrator Dinesh D'Souza and actress Rebekah Turner, who played Clinton.


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Daily Mail

Her remains were mummified over 2,000 years ago, but a 3D scanning system has shed new light on the life of a five year old girl from Egypt. Scientists have used 3D scanning to create an exact digital copy of the mummy, revealing how it looks on the outside and inside. The scans revealed that the mummified remains belonged to a girl aged between 4.5 and six, who likely died from dysentery or meningitis. The mummified Egyptian child has been called Sherit, which is ancient Egyptian for'little one.' The mummy has been stored at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose since 1930, although little is known about where it came from.


Why the 'Mummy' reboot unraveled in the U.S. -- and what it means for Universal's monster plans

Los Angeles Times

Universal Pictures built its legacy with horror movies featuring Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man during the heydays of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in the 1930s and '40s. More recently, the studio has made a well-publicized bet that it can create a series of successful films by bringing those creatures back from the dead. But its long-gestating plan to transform old-school monsters into modern-day blockbusters hit a snag last weekend, as the big-budget Tom Cruise movie "The Mummy" flopped at the domestic box office. The weak opening underscores the challenges facing studios as they seek to revive old franchises for contemporary audiences that have more options than going to the multiplex. "This is a brand they're trying to create, and it's a horrible start," said Jeff Bock, a box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. "There is a learning curve, and that's what Universal will probably write this off as." Studios have always relied on sequels and reboots to capitalize on the popularity of well-known material.


Cruise career meltdown?

FOX News

If there's one thing you can count on when you see a Tom Cruise franchise action movie, it's the look on his face. It is cool and poised, sleek and alert; it's all dashing resolve. But during "The Mummy," I kept looking at Cruise and having a strange sensation, which is that the emotion those familiar features seemed to be radiating was, in a word, confusion. Throughout the movie, he looked a little slack and a little blank, a little what-the-heck-is-going-on? It could, theoretically, have been an element of Cruise's performance. His character, a tomb raider named Nick Morton, gets invaded by the spirit of an Egyptian mummy; his soul then becomes a battleground between good and evil (at least, that's the idea).


Even If 'The Mummy' Is Not Your Thing, the Dark Universe Could Still Be OK

WIRED

I come here not to praise The Mummy but to re-bury it. Tom Cruise remains a movie star no matter what kind of nonsense tries to bring him down. If he can survive that thing with the couch, he can survive anything. But the failure-to-launch of The Mummy would jeopardize more than careers and studio marketing budgets. The movie is supposed to start up the Dark Universe, Universal Studios' multi-movie franchise starring its monsters of yore.


Universal debuts its spooky new Dark Universe and its upcoming 'Bride of Frankenstein'

Los Angeles Times

Today in Entertainment: Billy Bush regrets that'Access Hollywood' flap; 'Twin Peaks' fans left slack-jawed over the reboot And in today's installment of Netflix vs. Cannes Film Festival... Billy Bush says his daughter was especially upset about that'Access Hollywood' tape'Twin Peaks' fans pretty much loved every minute of Sunday night's premiere'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' sparked serious debate at the Cannes film fest John Oliver has a name for Trump's week of scandal: 'Stupid Watergate' Billy Bush says his daughter was especially upset about that'Access Hollywood' tape'Twin Peaks' fans pretty much loved every minute of Sunday night's premiere'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' sparked serious debate at the Cannes film fest John Oliver has a name for Trump's week of scandal: 'Stupid Watergate' Universal Pictures doesn't want to be the only Hollywood studio without a sexy film franchise that it can spin off forever and ever until there's nothing left but action figures and ash. Warner Bros. has its rapidly expanding DC Comics world, Disney has the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and now Universal has its newly remodeled monster-verse. The studio is reviving the classic Universal monsters for a scary new world officially titled the Dark Universe. We know only a little about who (or what) Universal will be resurrecting from its vault (which includes a plethora of creepy crawlies from the Wolfman to Frankenstein). However, the official press release confirms that this new world will officially kick off June 9 with the Tom Cruise action film "The Mummy."


BOY, WHAT A HERO! 4-year-old uses Siri to save his mom’s life

FOX News

A 4-year-old boy in the U.K. saved his mom's life after he used Siri to call an ambulance, telling emergency services that "she's closing her eyes and she's not breathing." The boy used his unconscious mother's iPhone to contact police, according to a statement released this week by London's Metropolitan Police. The 4-year-old unlocked the device by pressing her thumb to the phone and used Siri to call for help by dialing 999 for emergency services. Police also released part of the boy's heart-breaking call. "Can you go and get mummy?"