Robot is a relative newcomer to the English language. It was the brainchild of the Czech playwright, novelist and journalist Karel Čapek, who introduced it in his 1920 hit play, R.U.R., or Rossum's Universal Robots. Science historian Howard Markel discusses how Čapek thought up the word.
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See Five Decades of Vulture Costumes From Spider-Man History
Various Vultures. The average lifespan of a vulture is somewhere between 10 and 30 years, and the average lifespan of most comic-book villains is even shorter. Sure, there are memorable ones who’ve been around for a long time, but the majority of them are one-off jabronis who pop up and disappear as quick as they came. Not so with the Vulture. The Spider-Man villain first appeared in the second issue of Spidey’s solo series, way back in 1963, and has been kicking around ever since.
Wagner's 'Die Walkuere'
WHO'S WHO? Placido Domingo ......... Siegmund
Anja Kampe ................. Sieglinde
Alan Held ........................ Wotan
Gidon Saks ................... Hunding
Linda Watson ............ Brunnhilde
Elena Zaremba ............... Fricka
Washington National Opera Orchestra
Heinz Fricke, conductor
You might think of the music we've got here as another episode in the continuing saga of "The Lords of the Ring." Yes, that's "Lords of the Ring," not Lord of the Rings. In other words, this isn't some exclusive, audio version of J.
Simone Biles Shuts Down Pregnancy Rumors Amid Speculation
Getty Composite Simone Biles wants everyone to pump the brakes on all the pregnancy talk ... assuring her fans she is not expecting a baby anytime soon after a recent Instagram post was met with speculation.
Biles' fans started to wonder after the gymnastics G.O.A.T. posted a photo of herself at the Packers vs. Giants game on Monday ... where she watched her husband, Green Bay safety Jonathan Owens, do his thing.
Bun B Shares Reaction To Jay-Z Using His Lyrics On "99 Problems"
Only a few might recognize Jay-Z's reference to UGK in "99 Problems" but Bun B doesn't seem to take any issue with that. During a recent interview on The People's Party With Talib Kweli, Bun B reflected on Jay-Z using his bars from "Touched" on The Black Album highlight.
Kweli noted that not everyone is aware that Jay used his bars on the third verse of "99 Problems." However, Bun B said he feels it was a way that Jay-Z showed respect to him and Pimp C.
Dave Wirtschafter - Entertainment Executive
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Did Emily Deschanel's Dr. Brennan Have Asperger's Syndrome?
Bones entertained viewers for 12 seasons on Fox, with millions of viewers tuning in to the police procedural adventures of Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan, a forensic pathologist played by Emily Deschanel, and her partner, Special Agent Seeley Booth, played by David Boreanaz.
Bones herself had one particular characteristic, however, that the show never directly addressed. She exhibited signs of Asperger’s Syndrome, which seemed to have a bearing on how skilled a pathologist she was, but some feel Bones missed an opportunity to explore it.
Did Frank Ocean Even Want to Be at Coachella?
Frank Ocean, not at Coachella. Frank Ocean appeared to arrive at Coachella on Sunday without a plan. Three years after his 2020 headlining appearance was canceled owing to COVID — and six years after his last official performance — Ocean put on the kind of show where it felt as if he wanted to be anywhere else.
After an hour-long delay, he kicked things off with “Novacane” while hidden behind some scaffolding designed to look like an intimate home studio.
Garnished with bile
The ObserverBiography booksReviewMarco Pierre White was a talented chef, says Jay Rayner, but he serves up a less than toothsome portrait of himself in White SlaveWhite Slave
by Marco Pierre White
Orion £20, pp306
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