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You’ll start burping Shutterstock Yep, you read that right. One of the first symptoms you’ll notice after a big Thanksgiving meal is burping. So if you’re spending Thanksgiving with your boyfriend’s family for the first time, go easy on the second helpings. In a video released by the American Chemical Society, researchers explain that one of the reasons we feel so full after a large meal is because of the amount of air in our stomachs....

What You Should Know Before Starting A Gut Cleanse Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/April 16, 2020 3:56 pm EST Most doctors consider a gut cleanse to be no more than a colonic irrigation, which involves pumping as much as 16 gallons of liquid (usually water, but medical professionals at Mayo Clinic says herbs and coffee can also be used) through the colon. The aim of a gut cleanse is usually to remove toxins or impurities which might have accumulated in your bowels....

After two seasons of The Mandalorian on Disney+, Lucasfilm’s second live-action series hasn’t just returned to where Star Wars began, but also to an original trilogy character - Boba Fett. Starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen, The Book of Boba Fett shows the bounty hunter navigating the dangers of his past and his present as Tatooine’s newest daimyo. Since both seasons of The Mandalorian connected to the greater canon of that galaxy far, far away through Easter eggs, references, and character cameos, Star Wars fans have been eagerly anticipating the continuation of that trend in this new series....

You’ve Been Using Color Corrector The Wrong Way This Whole Time Shutterstock By Phoebe McRae/Dec. 20, 2019 2:58 pm EST It’s hard to imagine a world without color corrector. The popular makeup technique has saved many of us from looking too tired at work after a late night and hidden a hangover by brightening complexions and minimizing redness. But as it turns out, many of us have been using color corrector the wrong way this whole time....

Aldi’s Business Is Booming During The Pandemic. Here’s Why Catherine Ivill/Getty Images By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/May 18, 2020 2:22 pm EST A lot of retailers are getting hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Some iconic retailers may not even survive, with stores like Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, and JCPenney facing potential permanent shutdowns after months of having to keep their physical locations closed to the public. “This is the most catastrophic crisis that retail has faced — worse than the financial crisis in 2008, worse than 9/11,” Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, told the Daily Mail....

Every franchise has its own fanbase. And where there’s a fanbase, there’s shipping. “Shipping” is a term used to describe characters being paired together in a romantic relationship. Oftentimes, there will be a name given to these ships, typically the combination of both characters’ names, such as “Stucky” referring to the characters of Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes from the Captain America franchise. ADVERTISEMENT Another popular ship within the MCU community has been Valcarol, which is the ship name for the characters Carol Danvers and Valkyrie....

Everyone knows about Spider-Man: No Way Home. After all, it did beat Avengers: Endgame’s trailer records, a feat that is beyond admirable. With knowledge of the film, comes awareness of the many rumors surrounding it.Among them, are the relentless rumors and theories that revolve around Charlie Cox returning to the role of Matthew Murdock, otherwise known as Daredevil. This is no doubt something a lot of people are dying to see—especially since the actor deserves it, as his performance was renowned by nearly all who watched Daredevil....

Marvel’s range of Star Wars comics have introduced many new characters and concepts to the Star Wars galaxy. Covering a wide range of time periods, particularly during the time frame of the nine-film “Skywalker Saga”, Marvel has brought fans canon stories that “fill in the blanks” between films. Marvel tends to solicit these comics months in advance to allow retailers enough time to order what they need. NEWS Today, Marvel has released their comic book solicitations for the month of June,2020....

Friends’ Lisa Kudrow Reveals She Had Trouble Playing Phoebe Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Sept. 10, 2019 4:56 pm EST The sitcom Friends is iconic. This month marks the 25th anniversary of the show’s premiere, and generations of fans can easily quote its main characters, Chandler, Monica, Ross, Rachel, Joey, and Phoebe. These characters are beloved all over the world, but one actress says that she had a lot of difficulty with her character....

A not-so-royal name Wpa Pool/Getty Images Even the name Archie is itself not terribly royal sounding. His full name, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, is impressive only at the end part, with the double-barreled royal surname. It would have undoubtedly been out of the question (not to mention ridiculously unwieldy) to have him be Markle-Mountbatten-Windsor, but that would have been pretty unique. But that first name, though… there’s just something so blue-collar, Joe Sixpack about an Archie, at least for us Yanks....

How To Break Up With Someone You Love Shutterstock By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Feb. 14, 2020 11:08 am EST Breaking up is hard to do. It’s even harder, though, when you’re saying goodbye to someone you truly love. While love can conquer a lot, sometimes you have no choice but to call it quits with someone that you love. Maybe you’ve realized that your long-distance relationship isn’t right for you. Maybe, as much as you care about your partner, you’ve realized that you’re in a one-sided relationship that has become toxic....

LOKI MISCHIEF CONTINUES Even in the six-week gap of content within the vast Marvel Studios 2021 slate, MCU fans everywhere have felt spoiled with new trailers, teasers, and updates for the upcoming movies and shows. The Loki hype train left the station again on April 5 when the official trailer for the Disney+ series was released. This offered fans the best look yet at the mystery thriller, helping audiences gain a fuller understanding of what the series will actually entail....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is just over a week away from kicking off the biggest year since its inception . This will start with WandaVision’s premiere coming as the first of six properties on Disney+ alongside four MCU movies arriving before the end of 2021. This May will bring the release of Loki on Disney+, Tom Hiddleston’s first solo project after starring in the MCU for the past decade. After Loki evolved from anti-hero to villain before sacrificing his life like a true hero, this adventure will pick up from his most heinous days...

While the MCU has made Hollywood history throughout its thirteen-year run, it’s important to remember that its characters have a history within the pages of Marvel Comics, too. Most characters from Marvel films or on Marvel’s Disney+ shows were created by writers and cartoonists years before they appeared on screen, and while it’s true that the MCU has a creative license, the studio has become somewhat notorious for lowballing Marvel’s creators in terms of compensation....

Marvel Studios is set to use Phase 4 of the MCU to expand heavily on the magical and mystical side of the expansive franchise, which returns with Loki on Disney+. Possibly the height of this magical madness will come in March 2022 when Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hits theaters, truly bringing the MCU multiverse into the spotlight. While the sequel is set to bring in Elizabeth Olsen to co-star as the Scarlet Witch and introduce new players like Xochitl Gomez’s America Chavez, important players from 2016’s Doctor Strange will make a comeback as well....

Of all the A-listers that have driven the Marvel Cinematic Universe forward since 2008, none were as pivotal in its development as Robert Downey Jr.‘s Iron Man. Kicking off his journey as Tony Stark in the franchise’s first movie, he would make ten total appearances in eleven years before meeting his end in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. Although his three solo movies and appearances in Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming added to his legacy, Downey shone brightest in the four Avengers team-up films....

Spider-Man No Way Home is set to feature the Marvel returns of previous Spider-Man villains such as Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus, and Jamie Foxx’s Electro. While the villainous trio is expected to make the life of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker harder in the movie, not much is known about their motivations and if No Way Home will continue their respective storylines from their past lives. Dafoe and Molina first made their Marvel debut in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies while Foxx was featured as the villain in Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2....

Peter Parker has a pretty memorable slate of supporting characters that have all impacted the live-action iterations of Spider-Man in different ways, though no one has grounded Peter’s life more than his Homecoming best friend, Ned Leeds. Played by actor Jacob Batalon, Ned Leeds had a geniune friendship to Peter, as they both geeked out over superheroes, built Lego Death Stars, and occasionally saved the world together. And with Leeds set to return...

Now that Zack Snyder has gotten the green light to finish his director’s cut of 2017’s Justice League , DC fans have started calling for David Ayer to release his initial vision for Suicide Squad . While Ayer remained on as a director throughout the film’s entire production, the filmmaker was forced to make a lot of changes to the film he intended to make by request of Warner Brothers....

In some African countries, women get married very young Shutterstock The average age a woman is married in Niger is 17.2 years old while in Mozambique, it’s 18.7, according to data from the United Nations tabulated by Quartz. The reason that average is so low is because child marriage is still very much a thing in many African countries. Seodi White, Malawi’s coordinator for the Women in Law in Southern Africa Research Trust told The New York Times back in 2005 that even though people want child marriage to end, girls were still being traded like objects....