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Actor, writer, comedian and activist — Elliot Page wears many hats. No stranger to critical and commercial success, thanks to his stint in Netflix’s hit series Umbrella Academy (2009-present), the actor has appeared in over 30 titles. With shocking revelations in his memoir Pageboy catapulting him back to the limelight in 2023, it is worth looking at some of the most interesting facts about Elliot Page, including his net worth. From his role in Juno (2007), which made him a household name to his performances in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi film Inception (2010), X-Men: Days of...

These top models from Apple, Fitbit, Google, and Samsung offer great performance and a variety of useful features Smartwatches that do well in Consumer Reports' testing, shown from left to right: Fossil, Samsung, Google, and Apple. By Allen St. John Smartwatches can do plenty of things, from answering texts to playing fun little puzzle games. But increasingly, smartwatches are becoming the home for health-related apps and functions that can help you and your doctor keep tabs on your well-being. That’s why CR’s ratings take into account a watch’s health-related capabilities. These range from overall wellness metrics like sleep tracking and...

  By inmediahk.net The Chinese version of this interview was conducted by Leung Ho Yee and was published on inmediahk.net on May 29, 2023. The following English version is published on Global Voices under a content-sharing agreement. Zunzi held his umbrella in the rain and stood by the waterfront of Victoria Harbour. The scene was similar to his comic character, Councilor Mr What, bidding farewell to the readers in his last comic published on Ming Pao, a renowned local Chinese newspaper. I repeatedly apologized that he had to take the photos in the rain, but Zunzi said, “A rainy and...

A funny and intelligent guy, comedian David Cross brings his Worst Daddy in the World tour to Richmond this week, and many Generation Xers probably already intuitively know they might love it. Hailing from Roswell, Georgia, Cross is an honorary Gen X'er, born just a year early in 1964, who has achieved a wide range of success as an actor and voice artist in television (“Arrested Development”) and movies; he’s currently featured in the critically acclaimed Julia-Louis Dreyfus film, “You Hurt My Feelings,” playing locally. But for my money, his expertly paced, stand-up comedy remains his most valuable and authentic...

1937 provided another eventful year for cartoon extremes of weather and climate conditions, though not necessarily tracking any similar events in the real world. For many studios, the season was not as flamboyant as may have been presented in the previous year. Van Buren has been squeezed out of existence by Disney’s move to RKO distribution. Lantz and Terrytoons seemed for the moment to have little concern for presenting spectacle, largely resigning themselves to the rigors of merely mass-producing product. Warner, though continuing on occasion to feature storm action in its stories, seemed content with rendering same in more simplified,...