Even though the Marvel cinematic universe is fast approaching its 10th anniversary, it doesn’t mean it’s slowing down at all, it’s quite the opposite, especially with the recent success of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ hammering that point home.

2018 will be a big year for Marvel with the release of ‘Black Panther’, the first Marvel movie with a black actor in the lead, and obviously the much anticipated ‘Avengers: Infinity War’. The release of the third instalment of the Avengers franchise in May will also mark the 10th anniversary of the release of ‘Iron Man’, which kicked off Marvel Studios’ grand cinematic universe experiment.  And now, basically a decade later, MCU’s success is unmatched by any other franchise in Hollywood. 

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, ( https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/marvel-cover-story?mbid=social_twitter ) Marvel Studios’ president Kevin Feige teased the fans by saying that the as-yet-untitled fourth Avengers movie, scheduled for 2019, will “bring things you’ve never seen in superhero films: a finale.” 

Even with the almost overwhelming star-studded Avengers franchise coming to an end, with the contracts of key actors like Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Scarlett Johansson about run out after the last Avengers movie, there’s not much to worry about. Marvel owns the rights to 7,000 characters, and they will for sure bring a lot of them to the big screen very soon. 

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The cover story with Vanity Fair featuring the conversation with Feige took an in-depth look at the history of the MCU, talking about everything from the wildly successful Thor: Ragnarok this year to the very first Iron Man film back in 2008.

Till now, Marvel has already released or plotted 22 MCU movies, from ‘Iron Man’ through to the end of the studio’s ‘Phase Three’ arc, which wraps with a fourth and supposedly final Avengers film in 2019, closing out the Infinity War story.

According to Feige, they’ve “got another 20 movies on the docket that are completely different from anything that’s come before — intentionally.” He added, “There will be two distinct periods. Everything before Avengers 4 and everything after.” 

But, all we know is that everything will be different, and that’s building up more excitement for the fans, but that’s pretty much it for now. Marvel is not ready to reveal its post-Avengers plan as yet. As of now, we only know of two confirmed upcoming sequels in Feige’s alluded-to “second period” of 20 new films post-Avengers films: a ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ sequel in 2019, and a third ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ film to be released in 2020.

Marvel Studios has done a marvellous (pun intended) job of elevating a bunch of heroes and villains to household names and it will be interesting to see all the new characters that are about to come our way, especially when there are 7,000 characters to choose from, making the possibilities basically infinite.

What can make a Dwayne Johnson movie even better? Adding a giant ape, giant werewolf, and a giant crocodile. And, there you have a ‘Rampage’. 

Based on the classic arcade game where you have to bash cities to rubble while playing as a giant gorilla, lizard or wolf, comes an exciting live-action movie starring none other than Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Warner Bros has just released the first trailer for ‘Rampage’, the arcade game film adaptation we did not realise we needed till now. 

A few months ago, Johnson, who will be playing the head of an anti-poaching unit that operates in Rwanda, provided a few more details about his relationship with George the gorilla with an Instagram caption.

“I head up an anti-poaching unit out of Rwanda,” he wrote. “My best friend is a rare albino gorilla named George. Very bad people infect George, an alligator and a wolf with a serum. All three animals grow at an unprecedented rate. Their size, speed, agility and violent aggression is off the charts. They go on a deadly rampage and want to destroy the world.”

And, that pretty much sums up the premise of the movie, but going by the trailer, it’s much more than that. The trailer is enough to grab everyone’s attention, and honestly it looks pretty cool. 

The original game gave players control of three giant beasts: a gorilla named George, a lizard-like creature named Lizzie and a wolf-like creature named Ralph, and the ultimate goal was to raze a series of buildings in each level while fighting off attacks from civilians, police and military.

For this movie, Johnson reteams with his ‘San Andreas’ and ‘Journey 2’ director Brad Peyton, and it also stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Joe Manganiello and Naomie Harris. 

Historically, movie adaptations of games have failed to live up to the hype, and have been straight up awful for the most part. But, ‘Rampage’ is just adapting a rough concept, which is basically what would happen if some giant beasts go rouge and destroy a city. 

Well, it would be interesting to see if ‘Rampage’ manages to escape this curse when it releases on April 20th next year. 

Here’s the exciting trailer:

In light of all the sexual harassment allegations that have taken over Hollywood, Drake is doing whatever he can to make sure his concerts are a safe environment for all of his fans. And, this latest incident is proof that he will go to any lengths to help protect all the concertgoers. 

Currently, the rapper is in Sydney as part of his Boy Meets World Tour, and while performing at an after party, he noticed someone in the audience ‘touching and feeling up girls’. He paused his performance and threatened the guy for inappropriately groping female concertgoers. 

Fan made videos started doing the rounds on the internet instantly, and it seemed like he was in the middle of performing ‘Know Yourself’, when he and the crowd belted out the infamous one-liner, ‘Running through the six with my woes.’ Right after that, he proceeded to tell his DJ to pause the track so he could directly address what was going down. 

I got this close to Drake threatening to jump into the crowd to start a fight with a guy groping a woman in the audience. Violence against women, 6 God says no.🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉 #heropapi #protecterofthepeople #6god #legend #viewsfromthe6 @champagnepapi For licensing and usage, contact: licensing@viralhog.com

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And, he did not hold back!

He said, “If you don’t stop touching girls, I will come out there and fuck you up.” As soon as he said that, the audience started applauding him. He decided to make himself completely clear, and repeated his threat. 

He went on, “I’m not playing. If you don’t stop putting your hands on girls,” he continued, “I’m gonna come out there and f**k your ass up.”

Obviously, the crowd went wild and continued to cheer him on.

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After putting down the mic, Drake could be seen still talking to that same guy. The whole concert was halted for a few moments, and continued after he had calmed down. 

It’s sad how this is not even an uncommon thing to happen at concerts. Last year, Eddie Vedder had to do the same thing during a Pearl jam concert. 

Pausing the concert, he called out the unruly fan. “Hey! Hey mister! Hey, hey, get your finger out of that woman’s face motherf-”, he said, “Hey mister ― all the fingers are pointing at you. Clear out, mister.”

In another incident, Sam Carter, lead singer of the Architects, had to pause a concert for a similar reason. Talking about the whole thing later, he said, “I saw a girl, a woman, crowdsurfing over here, and I’m not gonna f-ing point the piece of shit out that did it, but I saw you f-ing grab at her boob. I saw it. It is f-ing disgusting and there is no f-ing place for that shit.”

Isn’t it a little too crazy to think that Leonardo DiCaprio has been acting since he was five, but didn’t win an Academy Award until recently?

Over the years, he has been in some of the most financially successful and critically acclaimed movies of all time, and he finally received his long due Oscar for his performance in ‘The Revenant’. But, the problem was that a lot of people agreed that he had given better performances in a lot of his earlier movies.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great movie and he obviously went through hell to make it, but for the most part, people were more concerned about Leo’s suffering than the character’s plight. It’s not really fair that Leo’s winning performance would always be tainted by the fact that he was just due for an Oscar.

Here are some of his movies, for which he really did deserve an Oscar.

1. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)

More than two decades ago, Leonardo DiCaprio received his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Johnny Depp’s mentally impaired younger brother in ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?’ This came as his breakthrough role, and it was a tough one to play, but critics raved about his portrayal of Arnie, who he played with a lot of accuracy and without any condescension.

But unfortunately, he lost the award to Tommy Lee Jones in ‘The Fugitive’. Sorry, Leo.

2. The Aviator (2004)

With this movie, DiCaprio stunned critics with his transformation into film producer and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes. Honestly, playing a famous historical figure is a sure shot way to get an Oscar nomination, and ‘The Aviator’ obviously managed to do that, receiving a staggering 11 Oscar nominations, taking home five of them.

But, Leo wasn’t one of those lucky winners, instead he lost the award to Jamie Foxx won Best Actor for ‘Ray’. Sorry, Leo.

3. The Departed (2006)

Leonardo DiCaprio was overlooked for this movie, maybe because no awards academy could figure out whether to put him in the lead or supporting category, since it was an ensemble movie. But, ‘The Departed’ did manage to take over four Academy Awards, including a much-deserved win for director Martin Scorsese. And, out of the outstanding cast, only Mark Wahlberg was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

But honestly, Leo gave an incredible performance as undercover police officer Billy Costigan, and his portrayal of a paranoid, gradually disintegrating cop was unjustly shut out. Sorry, Leo.

4. Shutter Island (2010)

Over the years, Leo has become some kind of a pro at playing characters who have it all, and are slowly losing their grip on reality, and ‘Shutter Island’ is a perfect example of it. In this movie, he plays a US Marshal who gradually loses his mind after he goes to investigate a psychiatric facility when one of the patients goes missing.

There is no one in Hollywood who can play the tragedy of someone struggling and failing to adjust to reality than Leonardo DiCaprio. Sorry, Leo.

5. Inception (2010)

Making Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending tale of mental invasion and memory relatable enough for the mass audience was a tough task, but DiCaprio’s performance as Dom Cobb made it all possible. ‘Inception’ was probably the most ambitious movie of that year, as it was really pushing the envelope for what the cinematic medium could portray.

But, unfortunately for Leo, Jeff Bridges took home the award for playing an alcoholic country singer in ‘Crazy Heart’. Sorry, Leo.

6. Django Unchained (2012)

It is truly shameful that he did not even get a nomination for his chilling performance of a vile plantation owner Calvin Candie, especially seeing him as such a repellent villain is quite a shock to the system. Honestly, he deserves so much more recognition for just that famous glass-smashing scene alone, where he accidently sliced open his hand for real. Using his injury for a greater effect, he kept the scene going, even though all the other actors in the scene quite frankly looked terrified.

Sorry, Leo.

7. The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

This one’s a no-brainer, everyone though he was going to put an end to all the Oscar memes that year. If you’ve watched the movie, you would know that Leonardo DiCaprio DESERVED an Oscar for his phenomenal performance in Jordan Belfort’s coke-addled memoir turned wild Scorsese movie. Maybe it was just a very competitive year, since he was up against HIV and Slavery, both of which are far more award-friendly topics than super-rich, morally bankrupt addicts. But, his terrifyingly believable portrayal of Belford did deserve some recognition.

He lost the Best Actor trophy to his co-star Matthew McConaughey. That must be hard.

Sorry, Leo.

But, finally it happened! All thanks to ‘The Revenant’, he went from this

to this, at last.

Salman Khan is on a roll these days!

Just a couple of days ago, the first trailer of Salman and Katrina Kaif’s ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ dropped, but before he could blow us away with his James Bond-esque avatar in the movie, his fans have another reason to get excited.

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Salman has also begun shooting for Remo D’Souza’s action drama ‘Race 3’. He shared a picture on his Twitter account, unveiling the whole cast as well. The whole cast had been kept well under wraps, except for Salman and Jacqueline Fernandez, but not anymore. The entire star cast is here, and it’s nothing like what you expected. Yes, it’s sad to see that Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor won’t be a part of the movie, but this new cast also deserves a chance.

After a lot of speculation about actors like Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif joining the third instalment of the series, now it has been revealed that Salman and Jacqueline will be joined by Daisy Shah, Bobby Deol and Saqib Saleem in the lead.

Baki sab toh Theek Hai but look at how hot, cool, sweet, charming & sexy is rameshji looking in this Race 3 ke team pic mein . pic.twitter.com/mpkYOUaxOK

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) November 10, 2017

But, what was better than the big reveal was Salman’s hilarious caption that went along with the picture. Referring to the movie’s producer Ramesh Taurani, he wrote, “Baki sab toh Theek Hai but look at how hot, cool, sweet, charming & sexy is rameshji looking in this Race 3 ke team pic mein.”

Even Saqib shared his excitement – and nervousness – about the movie on his Twitter.

And the race begins.. haha not nervous at all hahahaha #cantthinkofanyhashtags#RahulJhangiani #AnishaJain pic.twitter.com/MmJLJOrNMN

— Saqib Saleem (@Saqibsaleem) November 9, 2017

The shooting started yesterday, with director Remo marking the occasion by sharing a picture of the clapboard. Along with the picture, he wrote, “This is my biggest Race guys my life’s biggest so I need all your good wishes coz I need it 🙂 and I promise I won’t let anyone down. It’s time for #race3.”

ThiS is my biggest Race guys my life’s biggest so I need all your good wishes coz I need it 🙂 and I promise I won’t let any one down. It’s time for #race3

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The ‘Race’ series has been around for quite some time now, with the first one releasing almost a decade ago, and the sequel hit the screens in 2013. While the first instalment, directed by Abbas-Mastan, generally had a lot of positive reviews, ‘Race 2’ failed to live up to that at the box office.

But, now with a new director and a whole new cast, we can only wait and see how the third one does. Even though fans of the first movie would be disappointed with the absence of Anil Kapoor from the star cast, since his character of Robert D’Costa or RD added a lot of wit and humour, let’s just wait and see if this new cast lives up to that hype.

But, did Bobby Deol abandon his flourishing DJ career to star in this movie?