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Quacktastic! Disney announced on Wednesday, Feb. 25, that a reboot for DuckTales, its beloved '80s and '90s cartoon series, is happening.
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"'DuckTales' has a special place in Disney's TV animation history," Marc Buhaj, Disney XD's Senior Vice President of Programming and General Manager, told ABC News in a statement. "It drew its inspiration from Disney Legend Carl Barks' comic books and through its storytelling and artistic showmanship, set an enduring standard for animated entertainment that connects with both kids and adults. Our new series will bring that same energy and adventurous spirit to a new generation."
The series will once again feature Scrooge McDuck and his troublemaking great-nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Other returning characters will include Duckworth, Gyro Gearloose, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys, Mrs. Beakley, Webbigail Vanderquack, Flintheart Glomgold, Magica DeSpell & Poe, and more.
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DuckTales first aired in September 1987 through November 1990. The Emmy Award-winning cartoon's well-known theme song was written by Mark Mueller and performed by Jeff Pescetto, and recently experienced a resurgence in popularity after a YouTube video was released of real-life ducks cast as the DuckTales crew.
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The brand new reboot is expected to debut on Disney XD channels in 2017. Watch the original DuckTales opener above!
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: DuckTales Reboot Is Happening: Disney's Cartoon to Debut in 2017
Rest easy! The real colors of #TheDress that may have broken up friendships and started a war of words on Twitter have finally been revealed! That is, according to the woman who saw it in person. Caitlin McNeill, a Scottish folk singer, spoke to BuzzFeed about the viral insanity on Thursday, Feb. 26, the day the dress went viral.
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It all began when McNeill and her band Canach were scheduled to perform at her friends Grace and Keir Johnson's wedding on the island of Colonsay. The mother of the bride planned to wear the frock in question, but no one could figure out what color it was based on the photo alone. The future spouses even shared it on Facebook for others to decide. McNeill followed suit by posting it on Tumblr, which really made the guessing game take off.
She insists, however — after seeing it in person — that the outfit is black and blue! Click here to meet the model who wore the dress for the first time.
"We all went crazy trying to figure out why some people were seeing white and gold, and others saw blue and black," McNeill explained to BuzzFeed.
“I showed my band — who were playing at the wedding with me, and we all fell out trying to decide what the problem was,” she continued. “We almost didn’t make it on stage because we were so caught up discussing this dress.”
So was the rest of the world. Celebrities galore were just some of the thousands to make #TheDress, #whiteandgold, and #blackandblue begin to trend. Some were confident in their predictions, some got heated with others, and others thought they were going just plain mad!
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Some laugh-out-loud responses, in particular, came from stars like Mindy Kaling , John Stamos , Julianne Moore , and Chrissy Teigen.
"What's the matter with you guys, it's white and gold," Still Alice actress Moore tweeted to Kaling and B.J. Novak. Kaling responded: "W/all due respect I feel like you both just want attention (congratulations on your Oscar tho, I agree with that)."
Moore joked: "I LOVE attention. That's why I'm an actress." Kaling then asked the Oscar winner what color her new gold statue is. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 star quipped: "Black."
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Stamos, meanwhile, referenced his former Full House costars. "Mary-Kate and Ashley," he said in place of the colors. As for Teigen? She could care less! "F--k the dress it's heinous."
So, why the confusion? "Light enters the eye through the lens—different wavelengths corresponding to different colors," Wired explains. "The light hits the retina in the back of the eye where pigments fire up neural connections to the visual cortex, the part of the brain that processes those signals into an image." Chromatic axis varies depending on "how people are wired." If one discounts the blue side, white and gold will be the front winner. Blue and black will take top spot if the person discounts the gold.
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Tumblr Viral Dress Colors Revealed: Woman Who Saw It In Person Says It's Blue and Black, Not White and Gold
Browns on the brink! Sister Wives star Kody Brown has lived his life on TV since 2010, but as he reveals in this exclusive clip from the new tell-all special airing Sunday, March 1, he very nearly reached his breaking point with the TLC show earlier this season.
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Brown -- who has four wives and 17 children -- says he thought about quitting after an on-air argument with his third wife, Christine, and a storm of negative reactions to some comments he'd made about her "PMS-ing."
"I literally started talking to the family the week after that aired," he says on Sister Wives Tell All. "I started talking about, how can we get out of this show? I was dead serious. I had had enough."
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Given his polygamist lifestyle, Brown is no stranger to criticism -- many people simply don't understand his family dynamic. But the vitriol got worse in January, after he said PMS made his wives "insane" and then told Christine she wasn't "being responsible with how [she was] behaving."
Reflecting on the incident on the tell-all special, Brown admits he may not have been responsible with his behavior, either.
"I'm sorry that I didn't understand it well enough. And I'm sorry that it becomes a very offensive and polarizing thing," he says in the above clip. "I actually apologized to Christine about this whole experience, but the PMS subject -- in spite of being married for so many years -- was a new problem to me. And so, when it became a real thing to me, it was a place where I was very insensitive about it."
The Sister Wives season five finale airs Sunday, March 1, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT, followed immediately by Sister Wives Tell All at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Sister Wives' Kody Brown Reveals He Almost Quit the Show: "I Had Had Enough"
In theaters Friday, Feb. 27
3 stars (out of 4 stars)
It’s not easy to pull off a savvy heist flick.
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For starters, it needs at least one fast-talking character as trustworthy as an Internet doctor. And it must feature an elaborate sting that requires multiple viewings from multiple angles, preferably in slow-mo. But get too meandering or sloppy, and your audience will feel emotionally swindled.
Focus doesn’t entirely succeed — but it has just enough aces up its sleeve to make it entertaining. Especially by post-Oscar hangover standards.
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Will Smith is Nicky, a master con artist. The kind of guy so good at his craft, he instantaneously knows when he’s getting played. So when a beautiful woman (Margot Robbie) sits down next to him at a hotel bar and asks him to pretend to be her boyfriend in order to ward off a creep, he’s on to her in a snap.
This novice is named Jess, and after getting caught in the act, she begs Nicky to teach her the trade. Though Nicky has every right to just steal her watch and walk away, he agrees to play mentor. (When you’re that gorgeous, desperation and flattery can be an irresistible combination.)
Behavior is unpredictable, Nicky intones. That’s why controlling a mark’s focus is a must. That false trust enables a pro to deceive and steal and cheat. You’ve seen Ocean’s Eleven more than 11 times. You know the drill.
These rules also serve as pickup lines, as the two soon hook up in a hotel room. The more often they romp between the sheets, the more stealth they become on the job. Alas, the fling is fleeting: Just moments after a massive windfall at the Super Bowl in New Orleans, Nicky abruptly leaves her in a limo. Three years later, he spots Jess sauntering into a party in a killer red dress — smack in the middle of a high-stakes scheme in Buenos Aires. Let the games begin!
Wow, that's a lot of exposition. And not surprisingly, the nimble caper stumbles a bit in the second half. Taking credit cards from unsuspecting drunk dudes at a rowdy bar is amusing; corrupting an international race car owner is overreaching. And the climactic payoff features one of those absurd scenes in which all the characters calmly outline their thought process, even as the villains wave guns. Good thing Nicky and Jess’ red-hot chemistry put Christian and Anastasia’s Red Room antics to shame . . . . right?
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Fifty shades of wrong! (Sorry.) Though Robbie brings the same brand of Wolf of Wall Street naughty feistiness, Smith carries himself as if Nicky does mortician work on the side. What happened to charismatic Men in Black/Hitch Will Smith? That endearing smarminess is sorely missed here. (This is a comedy, after all. And his monotone delivery kills most of the jokes.)
But the couple will make you look when they work their sleight-of-hand magic, from lifting wallets to swiping jewelry. And one long con during the Super Bowl simply dazzles. (Bravo to the screenwriter who figured out how to use a classic Rolling Stones song to abet a bluff.) No matter that the gambit defies logic once you go back and mentally connect the dots.
Still, perhaps the film’s greatest trick is the one that happens offscreen. Hours after the end credits roll, it will completely disappear from your mind.
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Focus Review: Will Smith, Margot Robbie's Crime Comedy Has "Enough Aces" to Make It Entertaining, But Isn't Memorable
Quacktastic! Disney announced on Wednesday, Feb. 25, that a reboot for DuckTales, its beloved '80s and '90s cartoon series, is happening.
PHOTOS: '90s TV stars -- then and now
"'DuckTales' has a special place in Disney's TV animation history," Marc Buhaj, Disney XD's Senior Vice President of Programming and General Manager, told ABC News in a statement. "It drew its inspiration from Disney Legend Carl Barks' comic books and through its storytelling and artistic showmanship, set an enduring standard for animated entertainment that connects with both kids and adults. Our new series will bring that same energy and adventurous spirit to a new generation."
The series will once again feature Scrooge McDuck and his troublemaking great-nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Other returning characters will include Duckworth, Gyro Gearloose, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys, Mrs. Beakley, Webbigail Vanderquack, Flintheart Glomgold, Magica DeSpell & Poe, and more.
PHOTOS: Celebrities as super heroes!
DuckTales first aired in September 1987 through November 1990. The Emmy Award-winning cartoon's well-known theme song was written by Mark Mueller and performed by Jeff Pescetto, and recently experienced a resurgence in popularity after a YouTube video was released of real-life ducks cast as the DuckTales crew.
PHOTOS: Best and worst movie remakes ever
The brand new reboot is expected to debut on Disney XD channels in 2017. Watch the original DuckTales opener above!
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: DuckTales Reboot Is Happening: Disney's Cartoon to Debut in 2017
Rest easy! The real colors of #TheDress that may have broken up friendships and started a war of words on Twitter have finally been revealed! That is, according to the woman who saw it in person. Caitlin McNeill, a Scottish folk singer, spoke to BuzzFeed about the viral insanity on Thursday, Feb. 26, the day the dress went viral.
PHOTOS: Celebs fight back on Twitter
It all began when McNeill and her band Canach were scheduled to perform at her friends Grace and Keir Johnson's wedding on the island of Colonsay. The mother of the bride planned to wear the frock in question, but no one could figure out what color it was based on the photo alone. The future spouses even shared it on Facebook for others to decide. McNeill followed suit by posting it on Tumblr, which really made the guessing game take off.
She insists, however — after seeing it in person — that the outfit is black and blue! Click here to meet the model who wore the dress for the first time.
"We all went crazy trying to figure out why some people were seeing white and gold, and others saw blue and black," McNeill explained to BuzzFeed.
“I showed my band — who were playing at the wedding with me, and we all fell out trying to decide what the problem was,” she continued. “We almost didn’t make it on stage because we were so caught up discussing this dress.”
So was the rest of the world. Celebrities galore were just some of the thousands to make #TheDress, #whiteandgold, and #blackandblue begin to trend. Some were confident in their predictions, some got heated with others, and others thought they were going just plain mad!
PHOTOS: Mindy Lahiri's best style ever
Some laugh-out-loud responses, in particular, came from stars like Mindy Kaling , John Stamos , Julianne Moore , and Chrissy Teigen.
"What's the matter with you guys, it's white and gold," Still Alice actress Moore tweeted to Kaling and B.J. Novak. Kaling responded: "W/all due respect I feel like you both just want attention (congratulations on your Oscar tho, I agree with that)."
Moore joked: "I LOVE attention. That's why I'm an actress." Kaling then asked the Oscar winner what color her new gold statue is. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 star quipped: "Black."
PHOTOS: Oscars 2015 -- the big winners
Stamos, meanwhile, referenced his former Full House costars. "Mary-Kate and Ashley," he said in place of the colors. As for Teigen? She could care less! "F--k the dress it's heinous."
So, why the confusion? "Light enters the eye through the lens—different wavelengths corresponding to different colors," Wired explains. "The light hits the retina in the back of the eye where pigments fire up neural connections to the visual cortex, the part of the brain that processes those signals into an image." Chromatic axis varies depending on "how people are wired." If one discounts the blue side, white and gold will be the front winner. Blue and black will take top spot if the person discounts the gold.
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Tumblr Viral Dress Colors Revealed: Woman Who Saw It In Person Says It's Blue and Black, Not White and Gold
Browns on the brink! Sister Wives star Kody Brown has lived his life on TV since 2010, but as he reveals in this exclusive clip from the new tell-all special airing Sunday, March 1, he very nearly reached his breaking point with the TLC show earlier this season.
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Brown -- who has four wives and 17 children -- says he thought about quitting after an on-air argument with his third wife, Christine, and a storm of negative reactions to some comments he'd made about her "PMS-ing."
"I literally started talking to the family the week after that aired," he says on Sister Wives Tell All. "I started talking about, how can we get out of this show? I was dead serious. I had had enough."
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Given his polygamist lifestyle, Brown is no stranger to criticism -- many people simply don't understand his family dynamic. But the vitriol got worse in January, after he said PMS made his wives "insane" and then told Christine she wasn't "being responsible with how [she was] behaving."
Reflecting on the incident on the tell-all special, Brown admits he may not have been responsible with his behavior, either.
"I'm sorry that I didn't understand it well enough. And I'm sorry that it becomes a very offensive and polarizing thing," he says in the above clip. "I actually apologized to Christine about this whole experience, but the PMS subject -- in spite of being married for so many years -- was a new problem to me. And so, when it became a real thing to me, it was a place where I was very insensitive about it."
The Sister Wives season five finale airs Sunday, March 1, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT, followed immediately by Sister Wives Tell All at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Sister Wives' Kody Brown Reveals He Almost Quit the Show: "I Had Had Enough"