Just a few days ago the latest trailer and poster for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness dropped, and the internet was quick to determine that Patrick Stewart is most likely making an appearance in the film as Professor X; a character that Stewart has played in multiple Fox Marvel movies (Marvel films produced by 20th Century Fox) but never in the MCU (which is produced by Marvel Studios).

But that’s not the only Fox Marvel character who may be making an appearance in Doctor Strange 2. Twitter users pointed out that the new Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster features an image of what looks like Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool. And to further fans’ suspicions, comic book creator, Rob Liefeld – who co-created the Deadpool character – seemed to confirm that it is indeed Deadpool on the Doctor Strange 2 poster with some cryptic tweets.

The day before the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer and poster were released, Liefeld retweeted an article that claimed Liefeld had confirmed Fox Marvel characters would appear in the Doctor Strange film but clarified that he can’t ‘confirm’ anything and that he never said Deadpool, specifically, would be in the film:

“I believe in the likelihood that there are Fox characters [in Doctor Strange 2], yes. No mention of Deadpool by me, ever.”

Rob Liefeld

However, two days later, after the trailer and poster were unveiled, Liefeld retweeted an article about whether it is Deadpool on the Doctor Strange 2 poster with three emojis that suggest he knows that it’s Deadpool but can’t say it outright. Liefeld then retweeted the same article again but with the cryptic comment “I wonder if all the domino’s are going to fall into place…?”

Of course, Liefeld could just be having some fun messing with Marvel fans especially since the Deadpool actor himself, Ryan Reynolds has now insisted that he’s not in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. During an interview with Variety, Reynolds was asked whether he will cameo as Deadpool in Doctor Strange 2 and the actor quickly shut it down; albeit in a cryptic way…

“I’m not supposed to say anything about that but I’m really not in the movie… I could be an unreliable narrator but I promise you, I’m not in the movie.”

Ryan Reynolds

Fans will be unlikely to believe Reynolds though, as for months before the MCU’s Spider-Man: No Way Home was released, Andrew Garfield constantly denied in multiple interviews that he would be in the film as a multiverse version of Spider-Man (and we all know now that he was lying).

Sadly, only time will tell whether Reynolds will reprise his role as Deadpool in the MCU; we just have to wait until Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hits cinemas on May 5th.

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A fatal shark attack off Buchan Point, Malabar has rocked Australia.

The attack happened at about 4.35pm on Wednesday, near Little Bay, a popular beach just south of Maroubra. A rock fisherman told media he saw the shark “vertically” attack a swimmer wearing a wetsuit.

It is the first fatal attack in Sydney in recent memory.

“We heard a yell and turned around – it looked like a car had landed in the water,” one witness said.

Another witness said they thought the shark was 4.5 metres long.

The New South Wales government has spent millions on shark attack prevention technology. According to Sky News: “It has deployed nets at 51 beaches, as well as drones and shark listening stations that can track great white sharks by satellite and send an alert when one is sighted.”

“Department of industries, now looking for the shark” … Yeha look it’s sad but it’s a shark attack in the ocean, can’t do anything about it. Everyone knows the risks when you go swimming in the sea.

— TSM (@TSM9490) February 16, 2022

In the wake of this tragic attack, East Coast residents have been discussing how the government should respond.

As always happens after an attack, there are two camps. One group maintains we should do nothing – and that this is the risk you take when you enter the ocean. The other, more reactionary, group say we should cull.

The 4m shark that fatally attacked a man in Sydney’s Little Bay yesterday will not be killed but will be chased out to sea.

Authorities have laid out drum lines at the scene of yesterday’s attack in the hopes of tagging the animal. pic.twitter.com/PYvgsVMlVZ

— 10 News First Sydney (@10NewsFirstSyd) February 16, 2022

One Facebook user commenting on 10 News First Sydney’s reporting of the news wrote: “Yet another human being horrifically killed by a dangerous fish species which should not be protected.”

Another wrote: “Time to move them off the endangered species list. There numbers are out of control and expect more of this.”

On the other side of the coin, one Facebook user wrote: “So sad to hear. Please leave the shark alone he was doing what comes naturally in his waters!”

On Twitter, one user wrote: “Sydney shark attack is very sad for those affected but I can’t see the point in chasing/hunting a 4m+ great white shark that attacked in quite literally, its expected & ideal habitat. Deep water straight off rocks. Late afternoon. Low sun. It’s not ‘Jaws.'”

Sydney shark attack is very sad for those affected but I can’t see the point in chasing/hunting a 4m+ great white shark that attacked in quite literally, its expected & ideal habitat. Deep water straight off rocks. Late afternoon. Low sun. It’s not ‘Jaws’. https://t.co/b9PTzIeCKZ pic.twitter.com/WAAJFMRQpj

— hamishwyatt (@hamishwyatt) February 16, 2022

Another suggestion, also left by a Facebook user on the 10 News First Sydney’s comments section, was not to cull, but to take more preventative measures.

The user wrote: “The Government needs to make the solar shark anklets, bracelets, installed on surf boards etc deterrents mandatory to prevent attacks. Why weren’t there patrols out and shark warnings notices put up. Very negligent of the NSW Government. Leave the sharks alone. RIP.”

One popular attitude among surfers, as expressed by a former BeachGrit writer Longtom in 2020, in the wake of a previous deadly attack further up north, but which still seems relevant now, is this: “We accept our place in the food chain, celebrate it even, but we don’t let the killer escape back into a highly populated surf zone. At the least, not without a tag and a free trip out of the area.”

The same writer also claimed: “the White shark has become the post-modern avenging angel du jour.”

“The latest attack is usually less than a day old before those comments are delivered with a misanthropic glee. This avenging angel function of the white shark has raised its status as an environmental icon, above that of the whale, the dolphin, even the intriguing old man of the forest, the orangutan.”

“In this world view the white shark is a way of being, a cypher, a means of understanding and taking revenge on a human created world gone mad.”

He also provided an insight into the consistent ocean goer’s psyche: “I’ll take this flight of fancy; this danger serrated with an Abrahamic edge over the vortex of tech addiction any day” while questioning “Just how far down the path are we to a Reunion Island reality?” and asking “Is there an end state where we can say, OK, too many, let’s go fishing?”

He also claimed that “by accident and on purpose, an almost ideal world for the White shark has been created.”

Marine biologist Lawrence Chlebeck at the Humane Society International told The Sydney Morning Herald in 2021 that living safely with sharks is not about shark-proofing the sea. “That’s a very Australian idea,” he told the SMH. “[Bites] are horrific, and they make us think authorities should do something, but the way to stay safe isn’t what might feel right; it’s not [vengeance].”

In its explainer article, the SMH reported: “The problem for sharks is that they also mature and reproduce very slowly. So if their populations start to decline rapidly, as they are today under unprecedented overfishing pressure, they cannot make up for the losses fast enough.”

This is part of the reason Great Whites have been protected in NSW since 1996 (after they were previously hunted to the point of being vulnerable to extinction).

Gavin Naylor, an evolutionary biologist who curates the International Shark Attack File, told the SMH that, while sharks have already survived four of the five big extinction events on Earth, and will likely survive climate change too, “the one thing they won’t survive is being fished out of the water by a bunch of monkeys, [without] end.”

“And there will be consequences if we remove sharks; we don’t know exactly what yet. It could be algae all over our beaches, blanketing the Gold Coast. It could be much worse.”

Gavin Naylor

Leading shark scientist Yannis Papastamatiou who has swum with whites and hammerheads and “looked into their eyes,” told the SMH: “They’re not harmless, they don’t care about your feelings, but they’re not out to get you either. They have very basic reasons for attacking, which we still don’t fully understand but we do know it’s not malice or spite.”

The question, then, for scientists, is, as the SMH asked in 2021: “If shark numbers are actually going down, why are attacks going up?”

Though East Coast surfers will tell you sharks attacks are getting more common because there are more sharks around (and perhaps, white sharks being protected for the last 20 years, this isn’t such an unreasonable hypothesis), scientists have said it’s more likely the case that detection technology and increased usage of the ocean means we are noticing them more. They also say that climate conditions have been bringing bigger sharks nearer to shore, leading to more “encounters.”

Research tells us killing sharks doesn’t make us safer but, with calls for a shark cull again printed today, here’s an explainer on why we might be seeing more sharks near Australian shores (even as their numbers plummet overall) and how we live with themhttps://t.co/NkJEAfMjNK

— Sherryn Groch (@Sherryn_G) February 8, 2021

Reseachers say the risk of a shark attack goes up near river mouths, or after high rainfall stirs up the sea. Big sharks also like to hunt where cool waters meet warm ones. On top of that, changes in the East Australian Current due to climate change are pushing nutrient-rich upwellings closer to shore. This year’s La Nina climate conditions could be increasing upwellings.

According to scientists from Macquarie University, who the SMH interviewed, a big hotspot for white shark attacks on the east coast even lines up to the western boundary of the EAC current. Climate change also means that Bull sharks are being found further south.

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Being the short guy can be tough. Trouser legs always need altering, shirt sleeves are often inches too long, and the typical winter scarf wrapped snugly around the neck tends to look more like a python constricting its prey than a luxury item to keep oneself warm.

But some of the most well-dressed, best-looking men were, and are, short: think James Dean, Marlon Brando, Nick Wooster and Daniel Craig. And then there’s those feel-good sayings “Good things come in small packages” et cetera, that have done a good job and making short people feel ‘tall’.

However, the model heights of the fashion world make it hard for the short guy to ‘reach’ his full potential in the style stakes. So, we’re here to give you a much need leg-up.

Breaking It Down

The golden rule for shorter guy dressing is to take attention away from your small stature. This means, minimising unnecessary details and hang-ups on your outfit and creating an overall stylish look. Think streamline; limiting pockets on coats and shirts and big accessories, like watches and ties. That way an onlooker can scan your body from top to bottom, and not get caught on a ‘busy’ detail or something that ‘cuts’ your look in half. Let’s take a like at five key tricks to dressing as the shorter guy.

Go Monochrome

In the vein of toning down visual busyness, monochromatic or a loosely tonal colour scheme assists in creating a streamline look. Bold colour-blocking is not an option for the shorter guy, as it literally cuts your body in two – accentuating either your stumpy legs or short torso (or both). Dark tones (navy, black, charcoal) are even better when thinking ‘monochrome’, adding to the appearance of blended height as the dark hues run up from your shoe to collar.

Colourful Tops

When wearing colour or two-tone, the shorter guy needs to keep the colour and light shades up top. In maintaining a vertical line – from toe to head – mix light and bright shirts with black or navy bottoms. We like navy with white and dark grey with red. And experiment with colours – but in darker hues – like marsala, plum, mustard and olive.

Accessories are your chance to splash colour on a duller-hued look (think pocket square and necktie but avoid long scarves). Finally, matching your trouser colour with the colour of your shoe is a visual trick; it blends the two together – preventing your legs from looking cut-off, and therefore, they look longer.

Vertical Lines & Textures

Typically associated with ‘slimming’ for the larger gent, vertical stripes are the shorter guy’s print, too. Unlike horizontal stripes, which ‘flatten’ or widen the torso, patterns that run vertically make you seem taller because the eye wants to follow the lines – from the waist to the shoulder line. Keep the stripes narrow, like a pins-width for suits, or slightly more candy-striped for casual shirts and pants.

Corduroy, a cloth with textural lines in vertical streams, offers the same effect. So too do herringbone weaves and tweed. Overall, the fabrics that you choose should be flatter, less densely woven options, going for mohair wool, cashmere, cotton and linen. Denim is another great option, especially for jackets and shirts.

Adjust The Shirt

Shirt length calls for a touch of sartorial rebellion from the shorter guy. Forgot the rules governing the sleeve-length-to-jacket-cuff ratios – you need to look good. The shirt cuff should remain on show under your suit jacket or blazer, like usual but aim for a quarter of an inch cuff-show and no more. This adds to the illusion of your arms being normal size in proportion to your jacket.

For smart casual shirting (without blazer or jacket) go for the shirt tucked in to slim fit jeans, chinos or trousers. This will stop the length of the shirt falling too far past your waist. Keeping the shirt collar unbuttoned will create a suave, Euro look and opting for no belt creates additional casualness, as well as visual length to the trousers.

Taut Tailoring

As with all body types, a made-to-measure suit is key for the shorter gent. The length of your jacket needs to cut past the pant line but across the top of the butt. Keep the jacket shoulders sharp and a snug fit, maximising flatness as the jacket is buttoned-up across the front.

Trousers should be work higher on the hips to accentuate the length of the legs. Go without pleats and avoid trouser turn-ups, which destroy the vertical leg break and create a stumpy look.

Key Shorter Guy Fashion Items

Suits

Avoid double-breasted or three-button suits, leaning toward one or two button jackets. Search out jackets with pockets are that aren’t too spaced out, helping centralise and lengthen your torso. Shawl and notch are your key lapel selections, keeping them narrow.

Jackets

Bomber, biker and racer jackets are perfect shorter guy outerwear for their naturally cropped length. Be sure to keep the fit snug, and the metal hardware and pockets minimal. Mac and trench coats are your best ‘long’ coats, compared to military overcoats, which may engulf your frame.

Shirts

Opt for shirts with collars with shorter points that aim downward – like the English spread, snap-tab or cutaway – are best. Stay away from spread collars of more than 120 degrees and collar points of more than 2.5 inches. Tees need to be slim-fit and cut at the belt-line – never longline or oversized. Try a rollneck sweater to elongate the neck from the shoulders.

Bottoms

Cropped trousers are very on trend and should be part of the shorter guy wardrobe. Otherwise, look for a ‘short’ or ‘S’ leg trouser when buying separates off the rack. Shorts are key bottoms, too – avoiding chunky, pocket and anything ‘cargo’.  Three-quarter pants are banished.

Denim

Stick to slim-fit as your safest bet. Feel free to turn-up the cuff for a cropped effect but don’t over roll-it as it will accentuate your short legs. No socks are a good look to break up the denim between the shoes.

Shoe

Final Word

Dressing for your shorter guy body isn’t about over-compensating for the fact you aren’t as tall as your colleagues or mates. You’re short, but you’re still a dapper gent. With a few fashion adjustments, the few inches still lacking are then made up by your confidence and assertiveness in dress.

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Switzerland is home to hundreds of luxury watch manufacturers, but none are as famous as Rolex. For over a century, Rolex has been a byword for luxury, capability and style – no other watch has the same combination of precision, durability and prestige as a Rolex.

These days, when most people think Rolex, they think about models from the brand’s popular Professional collection, such as the legendary Daytona, GMT-Master and Submariner. That’s hardly a surprise: they’re iconic watches and some of the most desirable timepieces on the planet. But it’s easy to forget that Rolex has a lot more to offer than just ‘Pepsis’ and ‘Hulks’.

Indeed, the watch cognoscenti of the world are increasingly turning to Rolex’s Classic collection – the sometimes understated yet groundbreaking models that helped Rolex become the institution that it is today – for new additions to, well, their collections.

Timeless, resistant to hype and incredibly versatile, Rolex’s Classic watches remain some of the most beautiful and prestigious timepieces ever made – and are a worthy addition to any watch lover’s collection.

Let’s start with the model that cemented Rolex’s reputation as the industry’s most important brand: the Oyster Perpetual.

In 1926, Rolex changed timekeeping forever with the introduction of the world’s first waterproof wristwatch: the Oyster. Then, in 1931, Rolex changed the game again when they came up with the world’s first self-winding mechanism with a perpetual rotor, a design which today underpins virtually all modern automatic watch movements. Put those two innovations together and you have a match made in heaven.

Today, the Oyster Perpetual represents the purest of all of Rolex’s models. Uncomplicated yet incredibly handsome, the Oyster Perpetual continues to captivate watch fans thanks to its purity as well as its versatility. Available in a wide variety of metals, sizes and dial colours, there’s an Oyster Perpetual to suit every watch wearer.

Also in Rolex’s Classic category is the faithful Datejust. When it was launched in 1945, the Datejust was the first self-winding chronometer to indicate the date in a window on the dial. In 2022, the Datejust remains one of the most practical and popular models in the brand’s repertoire.

In our opinion, the Datejust is the perfect daily wearer: stylish enough to suit the most formal of occasions, but with enough sporting pedigree to accompany more casual outings as well. The iconic Cyclops lens makes checking the date a cinch, too.

Like its Oyster Perpetual sibling, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to Datejust options: bezels, indices, bracelets… It’s in the Datejust range where you’ll find some of Rolex’s most exciting dial treatments, too, such as the recently introduced, eye-catching ‘palm’ and ‘fluted’ dials.

You could maybe call the Oyster Perpetual or Datejust ‘understated’ but one Rolex that certainly isn’t is the illustrious Day-Date.

First released in 1956, the Day-Date was the first watch to display the day spelled in full as well as the date. Few watches are as unique or luxurious as the Day-Date, which remains to many the ultimate expression of success.

The Day-Date is unique among Rolexes as it’s only ever been available in precious metals – typically gold. Indeed, you might know the 18ct yellow gold Day-Date as the famous ‘Rolex President’, named in reference to the brand’s signature bracelet design as well as the watch’s appearance on the wrists of myriad world leaders.

What you might not know is that its day display is available in 26 different languages – a testament to Rolex’s enduring international appeal.

In 2022, the definition of luxury is multitudinous; more complex than it’s ever been before. But something that’s always relevant is a good watch – and there’s no watch that fits the bill better than a Rolex. They’re legendary for a reason. And if you’re going to invest in a legend, start where the legend began: the Rolex Classic collection. Rain, hail or shine, these watches will never let you down.

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Communist cars don’t have a particularly good reputation for reliability. The Yugoslavian-produced Yugo, the Polish Polski Fiat 126p (also known as the ‘Maluch’ or FSM Niki), the East German Trabant… While perfectly acceptable behind the Iron Curtain, these cars – and many others – are widely ridiculed as some of the poxiest and poorly-built vehicles of the 20th century.

But there’s one notable exception: the Lada Niva. The iconic, legendarily tough 4×4 is arguably the most successful Russian car of all time. First produced in 1977, it’s still in production today – having been barely updated since the fall of the Soviet Union. Rugged, utilitarian yet charming, it’s arguably the best ambassador Russia’s ever had. Even Vladimir Putin owns one, and he’s got a superyacht.

Yet despite the Niva’s longevity, they’re pretty uncommon on Australian roads. While they were briefly sold here in the 90s, you’d be very lucky to come across one in the wild… Or an owner who’s willing to part with their rare Russian beast.

That’s why we were so excited to see this picture-perfect 1986 Lada Niva pop up for sale on Carsales for the ridiculously competitive price of just 19,000 rubles. I mean dollars.

It’s kind of perfect. Firstly, it’s red both inside and out (the perfect colour for a commie car) and it’s in incredibly good nick – it’s only got around 180,000kms on the clock. While the owner’s modified it with a Bosch electronic ignition, it’s otherwise completely original. It even has the original hand crank and a toolkit with tools stamped ‘Made in USSR’. Fantastic.

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While it’s not going to set any land speed records – the 1.6L inline-four only makes 56kW – the Niva remains an incredibly capable off-roader. With full-time four-wheel drive, three diffs (centre, front, and rear), high/low range and up to 20in of ground clearance, this Russky runabout will give any Americansky Jeep a run for its money. The Niva was designed to survive a Siberian winter, so it’ll do just fine in the bush or at the shops.

For that matter, a Jeep from the same era in similarly good condition would cost way more on the used car market. $19,000 for such a rare car is an absolute steal, especially considering just how nice this Niva is. The best part? The listing says “vodka included upon request”. За здоровье!

Check out this awesome Lada on Carsales here.

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An underwater hotel has been built next to the Great Barrier Reef, and Australians are losing their minds.

Some adore it. Some despise it. And some are conflicted. Why? Reefsuites is spectacular. It comprises of two suites hanging under a Pontoon and gives you an incredible view into the underwater world (there are also 28 swag like tents available to book and sleep in on the upper deck of the pontoon).

But it’s also luxurious. So – like any fancy hotel – it is inevitably adding to the very problem that is destroying the reef: climate change.

Before we get into that though – a bit of background. Reefsuites is Australia’s first underwater hotel. It opened in December 2019 just off of Hardy Reef and is managed by Cruise Whitsundays.

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It’s not easy to get there. It’s an hour and a half flight to Airlie Beach from Brisbane and then a three-hour boat on top of that. When you get there though it’s all worth it: you can see more than 1,000 species of fish, turtles, rays, and giant, turtle-eating gropers through your giant windows.

The Reefsuites hashtag on Instagram is full of envy-inducing photos and gushing testimonies, showing what looks to be a dream holiday experience.

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Twitter is likewise full of people calling it their “new dream vacation” and making comments like “Wow! This looks amazing.”

An underwater hotel? The rooms in Reefsuites are 15 feet underwater. I think I just found the setting for my next thriller. https://t.co/9DbwIbH8oq

— Allie Reynolds (@AuthorAllieR) February 16, 2022

Another wrote: “As much as I would love to experience this, building hotels in the endangered great reef does not sound prudent nor in line w conservation. But conscience in pocket, wow!”

Others pulled less punches, writing comments like: “Reefsuites… we are a virus.”

“Reefsuites”… we are a virus https://t.co/eNA4BuljKC

— Jan (@bagelmanjan) February 15, 2022

How did this ever make it past the idea phase? What the fuck

— Evan (@EvanEggnog) February 15, 2022

Reefsuites say that reef experts and environmentalists have been consulted every step of the way. According to CN Traveller, Luke Walker, Chief Operating Officer of Journey Beyond, Cruise Whitsundays’ parent company, said: “Having fully submerged suites doesn’t impact the reef,” and “The physical impact of adding the underwater suites to a standard pontoon design is negligible.”

“We’ve had significant input from the GBRMPA to ensure the protection of the reef at every stage of development.”

Luke Walker

Marine biologist Johnny Gaskell, CN Traveller reports, said, “As far as I know, Reefsuites has no greater impact on the reef than having a boat out there.”

“Besides, any small impact is outweighed by the value it brings. It’s one thing to go out snorkelling or fishing for the day, and another thing entirely to spend the night underwater, surrounded by marine life. It allows people to make a connection with the environment that they wouldn’t otherwise get, and that makes all the difference.”

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Reefsuites is also being spruiked for its economic benefits, as it is bringing more visitors and more money to the reef, which goes into protecting and managing it.

On that note, they’ve got a point: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Chief Scientist Dr David Wachenfeld told DMARGE in 2020 that tourists are vital to funding the management of the reef.

“Although The Great Barrier Reef gets about two million visitors per year, those visitors are visiting a marine park that’s bigger than two-thirds of countries on the planet,” Mr Wachenfeld told DMARGE.

“The visitation is concentrated mainly in two parts of the park,” Mr Wachenfeld added. “The actual density of visitation is really quite low, so the impact of tourism on The Great Barrier Reef is negligible.”

“I actually think that tourism has a very positive impact on the great barrier reef.”

Dr David Wachenfeld

“As far as I have ever encountered, everybody who has ever visited and seen The Great Barrier Reef falls in love with the place, and goes away with a stronger commitment to the [its] protection… and the environment more generally.”

Instead of under tourism, the biggest threat to the reef is climate change – a global problem, not a local one. That and insufficient funding to the reef’s protection agencies.

“If we want to have a Great Barrier Reef, we’re going to need to lift our game.”

The big question that remains then is: does staying at Reefsuites change peoples’ attitudes to the environment, and thereby public policy, in such a way that it outweighs the carbon emissions spent creating the suites (and getting the people to the reef)?

One for the scientists to ponder…

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Australian 16-year-old snowboarding sensation Valentino Guseli soared to a sixth-place finish in the snowboard halfpipe final at the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.

The NSW south coast local (Guseli hails from Dalmeny) was pitted against a stacked field, with the likes of fellow countryman (and two-time Olympic medallist) Scotty James, American legend Shaun White and three-time Olympic medalist snowboarder Ayumu Hirano all appearing in the final.

Japan’s Ayumu Hirano ended up clinching Gold, Scotty James got Silver, and Switzerland’s Jan Scherrer got bronze. Shaun White got 4th and Taylor Gold got 5th.

Scotty James said the fact that Guseli made it into the final at just 16 years of age “speaks for itself.”

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Valentino Guseli puts down another 79.75 to round out a fabulous debut Olympic campaign #Beijing2022 | #7Olympics pic.twitter.com/VHn24Peukn

— 7Olympics (@7olympics) February 11, 2022

Guseli started the snowboard half pipe final with a strong first run, not showing any signs of nerves, despite the momentous occasion.

His first trick was a backside 720 into a huge switch method. This line netted him a first score of 75.75, which put him into second place after the first round.

Guseli had another strong outing in his second run, getting a 79.95 for his line with the commentator joking that “he needed more halfpipe” as it appeared he had more to give. This score slotted him into third, but other scores from competitors meant by the end of this round he had fallen to sixth place.

In the final run, Guseli needed a giant line to put himself into medal contention. Guseli went for a safe approach with a variety of increased height on his jumps finished off with an awesome 1440 spin that had both him and the crowd stoked.

He got another 79.95 for this line, which the commentators said seemed to be a bit below what they thought he should have got. This score secured Guseli’s spot in sixth place.

DMARGE got on the phone with Guseli to ask him what it was like making his Olympic debut just a few months after breaking his wrist.

Guseli told us it felt great.

“So good!” he told us. “Breaking my wrist at the start of this season was definitely a big shock and took a little bit of my confidence away. But once I got back into shredding I was so hyped to be back and I think that hype lead into the Olympics.”

We also picked Guseli’s brain on what it was like to break Shaun White’s record for the highest jump out of a halfpipe (which Guseli achieved when he was just 15 at Laax).

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Guseli said that at the time, he didn’t even realize he had done it: “Well my friend Gustav Legnavsky who’s a skier from New Zealand and his dad organised a film crew and some guys who measured airs in the halfpipe to come to Laax to film/measure him going for the ski world record.”

“Me and him grew up riding in Laax together and both very much enjoy going high out of the pipe so he hit me up and let me tag along and give the snowboard record a go. We did a couple laps and I ended up getting it but didn’t know at the time because I thought the snowboard record was higher than it was.”

“As scary as it was, it was a very fun day.”

Valentino Guseli

As the ABC reports, Guseli has described soaring above the halfpipe as follows: “It feels like flying. Really. Just looking down on the halfpipe.”

“As much as it is very dangerous, it’s a very peaceful place up there. You have to be very at peace with yourself.”

Valentino Guseli

When he’s not snowboarding, Guseli can be found surfing (“today’s my first day back home and I just got out from a four-hour surf”), playing guitar and listening to music.

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NCIS, the popular television franchise, is coming Down Under as streaming service Paramount+, owned by ViacomCBS & CBS Studios, announced that a new iteration dubbed NCIS: Sydney is in the works. NCIS: Sydney will be the fourth spin-off from the original series after NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS: Hawai’i.

The latest spin-off will be the first NCIS show set outside of the US and according to Beverley McGarvey, ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand chief content officer and executive vice president, “new Australian characters and locations” will be introduced.

The original NCIS follows Special Agent Gibbs who leads the Naval Criminal Investigative Service team as they investigate and solve various cases, and the three spin-offs have similar set-ups but with different characters. However, since there’s no real ‘NCIS’ agency in Sydney, it’ll be interesting to see whether NCIS: Sydney will acknowledge this or ask viewers to suspend their belief.

Twitter had a lot to say about the announcement of the new NCIS spin-off. Tweets ranged from excitement to ridicule (many thought Sydney was too safe for the show to be realistic). There were also casting suggestions and wisecracks about the Australian Government.

NCIS Sydney: Just where did the remaining $200k of the $10M government grant to the Double Bay Yacht Club go?

— Big Pappy (@HogYield) February 16, 2022

TONIGHT, on NCIS Sydney: A family is distraught after their Cayenne mysteriously took a ding on the rear passenger door in the pokey parking spaces at Coles Double Bay. Can the team find the culprit and restore the paint job before the next school drop-off?

— Paul Colgan (@Colgo) February 15, 2022

Production will begin later this year as NCIS: Sydney is currently slated for a 2023 release and NCIS producer & NCIS: Los Angeles creator Shane Brennan (who is actually Australian himself) will be involved with NCIS: Sydney, although his exact role has not yet been announced.

Casting and plot details have also not been revealed yet – aside from ‘NCIS: Sydney will feature local stories’ – so it’s unclear whether the new spin-off will focus on criminal investigators for the Australian Navy or, like the Emmy-nominated original, the American Navy. I guess we’ll only know when NCIS: Sydney launches on Channel 10 and Paramount+ next year.

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The Boys, which has received critical acclaim for its writing, storyline and acting, follows a group of vigilantes as they try to prove to the world that superheroes are actually corrupt and do horrible things when they’re not in the public eye.

Where To Watch The Boys In Australia

• Amazon Prime Video – The Boys is a TV show exclusive to Amazon Prime Video, and has been a smash hit for the streaming service ever since the first season dropped in July 2019. Prices start at $4.50/month and comes with a free thirty-day trial

Synopsis

The Boys, based on the comic book of the same name, follows a group of superheroes named The Seven and a group of vigilantes, named The Boys. The Seven, despite being promoted to the world as virtuous life-saving heroes, are extremely corrupt and malignant; which is why The Boys are trying to bring them down and expose the world to who these ‘heroes’ really are.

Trailer

Cast & Crew

Karl Urban, known for his roles in The Lord of the Rings films and Thor: Ragnarok, stars as Billy Butcher, the leader of The Boys. Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford & Simon Pegg also star in The Boys.

Eric Kripke, who has previously written several episodes of Supernatural, created the series and Seth Rogen (yes, the actor from Knocked Up and Pineapple Express) executively produces The Boys.

Reviews

Currently, The Boys has an 8.7 IMDb score and a critic rating of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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