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Photo: RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colin Cantwell, the concept artist behind sci-fi details in Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and War Games, has died. His longtime partner Sierra Dall confirmed his death to The Hollywood Reporter . He was 90. Cantwell got his start in science fact, working for years at the Jet Propulsion Lab during the space race-filled 1960’s. From his work with JPL and NASA, Cantwell moved onto film. His first project was consulting with Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey. Cantwell said in a Reddit AMA that he “persuaded him not to start the movie with a 20-minute conference table discussion.” In that same Reddit AMA, Cantwell lays claim to creating the “first real color monitor for Hewlett Packard.” And yet his UI designs for War Games were mostly monochrome. Some of Cantwell’s most enduring contributions to pop culture were the original designs for he X-Wing, A-Wing, Star Destroyer, TIE Fighter, & … [Read more...] about Legendary Sci-Fi Concept Artist Colin Cantwell, Dead at 90

The man who designed Star Wars craft including the Death Star, TIE fighter, the Star Destroyer and X-wing has died aged 90. His partner confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he died on Saturday at his Colorado home. Colin Cantwell came up with the prototypes for the original Star Wars films - with other artists developing the iconic designs further. He got the job after working on other sci-fi classics, namely Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Cantwell was also a computer graphics consultant on the 1983 film War Games. Advertisement Born in 1932 in San Francisco, he studied animation at the University of California in LA and also attended Frank Lloyd Wright's renowned School of Architecture. In the 1960s, he created educational programmes for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, so people could better understand space flights. More on Star Wars LEGO Star Wars: The … [Read more...] about Colin Cantwell: Star Wars designer behind the Death Star and X-wing dies aged 90

NCIS: Hawaii season finale promo Sign up for the big storylines FIRST , star interviews and exclusive access SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info NCIS season 19 will be one to remember as it marked the start of a new era that doesn't include the likes of Agent Leroy Gibbs (played by Mark Harmon). With the series finale approaching, viewers are turning their attention to the future of the CBS drama. Express.co.uk has everything there is to know on the future of NCIS. Related articles NCIS Los Angeles season 13 finale: Is Callen leaving NCIS LA? ‘He was two dimensional’ Emmerdale’s Jeff Hordley criticises Cain WARNING: This article contains spoilers from NCIS. Will there be another series … [Read more...] about NCIS season 20: Will there be another series?

NCIS: Hawaii season finale promo Sign up for the big storylines FIRST , star interviews and exclusive access SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info NCIS Hawaii is the third spin-off to come from the mothership that is the original CBS drama. Set on the beautiful island state, NCIS Hawaii sees Agent Jane Tennant (played by Vanessa Lachey) lead her team through various investigations, all the while juggling her responsibilities as a mum-of-two. With just the grand finale left to air from its very first series, fans are eager to know if this will be the end or if another season is on the horizon. Related articles Sally Dexter partner: Is Emmerdale's Faith Dingle star married? Emmerdale theory: Murder rocks … [Read more...] about NCIS Hawaii season 2: Will there be another series?

Open Cages share footage of ‘Frankenchickens’ Sign up HERE for science breakthroughs in health, business and more that matter SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info According to animal welfare charity The Humane League, who organised this weekend’s protests, 90 percent of chickens grown today for meat do so both unnaturally fast and to staggering sizes. Such explosive growth rates, they said, can exceed the chickens’ bodies’ ability to keep up, resulting in assorted health problems , from high blood pressure and swollen abdomens to muscular diseases and even cardiac arrest. In some cases, the charity added, broiler chickens in farms grow so large prior to being slaughtered that they struggle to walk. WARNING: This article … [Read more...] about BBC’s Chris Packham slams Co-op’s use of fast-growing ‘Frankenchickens’

By Dan Damon Published 26 June 2014 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Tourists, historians and diplomats have been arriving in Sarajevo to commemorate the shots fired by a young Bosnian Serb assassin on 28 June 1914 - shots that sparked World War One. But the city and country are uneasy in the historical spotlight, as the tensions behind those events are still alive today. Gavrilo Princip fired twice at close range into the open-topped car carrying the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie. He could hardly miss - two of the bullets found their targets and the royal couple were killed. After 37 days of increasingly paranoid diplomacy, the Great Powers went to war. The Austrians hoped this would solve the problem of Slavic separatism, and it did - but only after four years of war that destroyed their empire. With such a … [Read more...] about Bosnia and WW1: The living legacy of Gavrilo Princip

A photographer who has been exploring London Underground tunnels for six years has captured creepy images of an abandoned station. Callum Cromwell, shot a disused tunnel called 'Camden's Rat Hole' on his Nikon camera. The 20-year-old said the scariest moment of the shoot was hearing trains "echo" throughout the space as he filmed. The only signs of life in the eerily isolated tunnel were the graffiti-stained walls and sounds of footsteps over the rock terrain. Further scenes showed faint torchlight cast over the forgotten tracks. The abandoned Camden tunnels were originally used to transport horses and pit ponies in the 19th century. The Camden service tunnel cuts underneath the mainline tracks between Euston and Chalk Farm. "The tunnel is a place I have been wanting to explore for around five years, but it's only recently become accessible again," Callum, who is from Reading said. Callum was able to capture faint torchlight over the forgotten tracks . The only … [Read more...] about Creepy footage of abandoned underground tunnel been captured by daring explorer

NCIS: Hawaii season finale promo Sign up for the big storylines FIRST , star interviews and exclusive access SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Jimmy Palmer (played by Brian Dietzen) has faced heartbreak in recent years on NCIS after it was revealed in season 18 that his wife Breena (Michelle Pierce) had died of Covid . Heading into season 19, the CBS series favourite began focusing his time on his work and looking after his daughter Victoria (Elle Graper) - that was until his friendship with new agent Jessica Knight (Katrina Law) began to blossom into something more. The pair have been toying with the idea of going official ahead of the season 19 finale and now, Dietzen has teased a key moment which foreshadowed Jimmy was … [Read more...] about NCIS season 19: Jimmy foreshadowed romance with Knight in key moment as star speaks out

Crossrail may be billions of pounds over budget and three-and-a-half years late but it's finally ready to roll. This extraordinary feat of engineering is due to be put into service on Tuesday, when it will adopt its correct title of the Elizabeth Line. The Queen made a surprise visit to Paddington station this week and officially opened the line. On the line: The Thames flows through Maidenhead, which will now enjoy a direct link to Central London thanks to its new Crossrail station Linking Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east with Heathrow and Reading to the west of the capital, it will bind together existing commuter railways, accelerating cross-city travel and relieving overcrowding on the London Underground — particularly the often hellish Central Line. Commuters' journey times will be slashed; Reading to London Liverpool Street, for example, will take under an hour. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Back to school! As Farrow & … [Read more...] about Crossrail house price hotspots: Reading, Maidenhead and Slough are set to reap the benefits from Elizabeth Line opening

The Black Lives Matter foundation (BLM) paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to its co-founder's brother and the father of her child for security and "creative services", tax filings show. The leaders of the racial justice movement received $90 million in donations amid the 2020 protests triggered by the police murder of George Floyd. But its tax filings suggest the BLM foundation is still finding its footing and currently has no executive director or in-house staff. The organisation has come under fire after its tax filing for the last fiscal year revealed it paid huge sums to a select group of consultants which included relatives or close associates of BLM's founders. Among them was BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullor's brother, Paul Cullors, whose security firm was paid $840,000. Trap Heals LLC, a company founded by Damon Turner, who fathered a child with Ms Cullors, received almost $970,000. Meanwhile more than $2.1 million was paid to Bowers Consulting. The company's … [Read more...] about Black Lives Matter paid $1.8m to companies owned by founder’s relatives