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Whole Foods is facing slumping sales Getty Images In February 2016, the chain reported their worst sales performance in a decade and revealed that they had their sixth consecutive quarter of slumping same-store sales. Whole Foods also announced that they are closing nine stores, the most ever at one time, and lowered their sales outlook for the rest of the year. While they still generated $4.92 billion in revenue in the last quarter, they were projected to make $4....

While most MCU fans are focusing on May’s Doctor Strange 2, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor: Love and Thunder comes to theaters only two months later. Thor 4 will be the first time any hero has gotten a fourth solo movie as Hemsworth teams up with power players like Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie and Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster. Now, all fans are waiting for is the start of the movie’s promotional tour. The plot for Love and Thunder has remained relatively under wraps, save for a few leaks showing action scenes with Portman and early looks at Christian Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher....

Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man 3 gains more notoriety by the day thanks to seemingly regular rumors and reports about new cast members joining the fray. The most recent update comes in the form of a rumor that Willem Dafoe and Thomas Hayden Church will reprise their roles from the original Sam Raimi-directed trilogy as Green Goblin and Sandman, marking the third and fourth reported villains in the movie alongside Jamie Foxx’s Electro and Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock....

You crave unhealthy food Shutterstock Many people who exercise regularly also eat very healthy diets. While it may seem like this is always due to a conscious choice to be healthier, it turns out that people who are more active actually crave healthy food. This is called the transfer effect and refers to the effect whereby learning new skills and improving in one area of your life automatically triggers a desire for improvements in another....

The Sequel Trilogy has been a bit of a PR disaster for Disney and Lucasfilm. It’s well known that fan reception of the films has been incredibly mixed. On one side, there are those who fight to defend the trilogy tooth and nail, contrasted by those with a deep disdain for the creative decisions made for the story. Mark Hamill’s displeasure with the treatment of Luke Skywalker has been well-documented by this point....

Marvel fans love their rankings. From the best Marvel Movies to the best characters and romantic relationships in them, to even the post-credits scenes , the Marvel fandom has ranked it all. This was then done so again with updates after re-watching all the movies and realizing that maybe Iron Man 3 wasn’t as bad as some remembered. We here at The Direct love our rankings as well , but it has recently come to our attention that there is one aspect of Marvel Studios’ projects that we had yet to definitively judge; perhaps the most important and critical of anything we could possibly list in order from worst to best....

Black Widow has been a long time coming. On top of the fact that Scarlett Johansson’s solo film should have been created a long time ago, the film has also been the victim of delay after delay—all thanks to you-know-what. Thankfully, after so long, the film is finally set for release in just under a month, on July 9. Sadly, it will not be getting the classic theater-only release. However, there’s truly no one to blame for that, just simply the fact that theaters haven’t quite healed up....

Think back to 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, Marvel Studios’ second-ever film. Notice anything unusual about the beginning of it compared to most other MCU projects? Indeed, Incredible Hulk was the first MCU film to have an opening credits sequence, and not many installments after followed suit. Taking the form of a montage, it got audiences up to speed on the past events that transformed Dr. Bruce Banner into the Green Goliath himself....

Both Marvel Studios’ Hawkeye and Spider-Man: No Way Home have one key thing in common: they brought back characters from the Netflix-hosted show Daredevil. Not only that, but the same actors returned in the roles as well, with the figures in question being none other than Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin and Charlie Cox’s Daredevil. In No Way Home, Cox didn’t get to don the superhero suit as he did in Daredevil, but he did get a fun cameo with Tom Holland’s Peter Parker....

2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was all about the mission to steal the Death Star plans that fans first learned about in the opening crawl to 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope . At the forefront of this deadly mission was Jyn Erso, played by Felicity Jones. Erso rallied the Rebel Alliance to launch an attack on the Imperial Archives on the planet Scarif, where the Death Star plans were being held....

Former Pop Stars Who Live Insanely Lavish Lives Xaume Olleros/Getty Images By Jillian Pretzel/April 8, 2020 3:55 pm EST Pop stars are known for living insanely lavish lives. From Taylor Swift’s many mansions to vacations only Adele can splurge on, celebs are clearly living the high life. But what happens when a pop star steps out of the limelight? Is their lifestyle still just as fabulous after their music career has slowed?...

The popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has peaked over the years. The successful franchise has a plethora of interconnected stories under its belt, which houses a lot of interesting characters. That being said, movie-related merchandise has been a major part of the films’ marketing, with Funko Pops playing a key role in depicting different heroes and villains into adorable vinyl figures. From a simple replica of the character to re-creating memorable scenes from MCU films, there has been...

Hawkeye marked the final MCU project of 2021, bringing with it action, heart, and a healthy dose of the holiday spirit. Fleshing out the world of Clint Barton in a post-Avengers: Endgame world, the series also introduced a new archer to the universe in Kate Bishop. Notably, the six-episode seasons also saw the return of Black Widow’s Yelena Belova, resolving that film’s post-credits tease. Hawkeye also brought a lot of new things to the MCU proper such as more grounded, street-level action and the return of a fearsome foe from the Marvel Netflix world....

Here’s The Mom Hack OutDaughtered’s Danielle Busby Uses When Her Kids Are Sick Instagram By Karen Miner/Oct. 8, 2019 8:44 pm EST Having one sick kid is bad. Having two sick kids is worse. Having six sick kids? Most of us can’t even begin to comprehend what that would entail, but for OutDaughtered’s Danielle Busby, it can easily be her reality each time one of her brood picks up a cold or a stomach bug....

How Much David Visentin From Love It Or List It Is Really Worth Bryan Bedder/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/Aug. 29, 2019 6:50 pm EST According to Celebrity Net Worth, Visentin is currently worth approximately $6 million (in comparison, Farr is worth considerably more). Article Bio reports Visentin makes around $23,000 per episode of Love It or List It, though this is unconfirmed. Naturally, his salary is bound to increase, alongside Farr’s, as the show’s popularity continues to grow....

One of the burning questions that Loki will need to answer is whether this variant will ultimately be redeemed by the show’s finale. This is as such due to the reveal that this God of Mischief is an alternate version of the original from the Infinity Saga. Directed by Kate Herron, Loki will take place immediately after the events of the Time Heist from Avengers: Endgame since the titular character will be captured by the timekeepers known as the Time Variance Authority....

With just a few days before Loki arrives, Marvel has been pulling out all the stops when it comes to marketing the show. How could they not? Given the success of WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki’s momentum is at an all-time high. But even without those other Disney+ shows, Tom Hiddleston’s performance as the God of Mischief is a fan-favorite part of the MCU. So give the man his own show, and people are going to be all over it....

One of the most hotly-debated topics when it comes to Marvel’s Loki series on Disney+ so far is the dynamic between the Loki Variant central to the series and Sylvie, a female Loki Variant who was revealed to have been on the run from the Time Variance Authority for the majority of her life. The pair first came face to face at the end of Loki’s second episode, “The Variant,” and spent the entirety of the third episode, “Lamentis,” together....

Secret Invasion was one of the many surprise Disney+ series that Marvel Studios announced back in 2020. Since its announcement, however, there hasn’t been much word about the show. Fans know that Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury will be back, alongside Cobie Smulders’ Maria Hill and Ben Mendelsohn’s Talos. But what exactly will they be facing? While there hasn’t been much plot information, there’s been plenty of new casting. For one, Emilia Clarke joined the series as an unknown character....

To say Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers has had a rough ride since debuting would be an understatement. The superhero game-as-as-service was instantly lauded by fans upon its official reveal for its “bargain brand” hero looks, as gamers were looking for in-game models that emulated their MCU counterparts (which they have gotten in recent months). Since its launch, the game has tripped over nearly every hurdle in its path. Fans have all but abandoned the title, only dropping in when new content launches, and then bouncing back out until the next drop....