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Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
The Times Saturday Quiz: May 17, 2025
1 Which part of the Pinocchio frog of New Guinea is unusually long? 2 Which tax is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die? 3 Friedrich Merz has been elected as the chancellor of which country? 4 Which Hollywood star is depicted in Andy Warhol's 1963 piece Blue Liz as Cleopatra? 5 Alpine butterfly loop, buntline hitch and sheet bend are types of which fastening? 6 Which bear has been voiced in three full-length live-action films by Ben Whishaw? 7 A failed attempt to turn which satirical magazine into a TV show was broadcast on BBC2 in December 1971? 8 Which Italian astronomer discovered the Jovian moon Ganymede in 1610? 9 Which Labour politician married Sarah Jane Macaulay
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Paddington in Peru' VFX Studio Reveals Secrets of Bringing the Lovable Bear to Life, From Human Stand-Ins to 4K Fur (EXCLUSIVE)
With 'Paddington in Peru' now on its second week of adventures in U.S. cinemas and having hit a global box office of $125 million, VFX powerhouse Framestore has lifted the lid on how it brought the entirely CG bear — and much of his surroundings — to life. In a VFX breakdown video exclusively given to Variety, the company has unveiled the work that went into not just creating Paddington Bear, but the vast array of other animals that feature in film, the exotic Peruvian locations, including the Home for Retired Bears (mostly shot in a U.K. studio), and a scene in which Paddington takes control (badly) of a riverboat careering down a chopping jungle river (again, shot in the U.K.). The video shows Ben Whishaw — who voices Paddington — in the studio, recording the lines and also embodying the bear emotionally so his face can be used as reference for VFX, others (including animation director Pablo Grillo) standing in for the bear for the CG to be added later and also the shoot that took place in the real life Machu Picchu. More from Variety 'Peter Hujar's Day' Releases First Look Following Sundance Sale Ben Whishaw's Banner Year: The 'Black Doves' and 'Peter Hujar's Day' Star on Refusing to Be Pigeonholed and Playing Characters Whose Sexuality Isn't Their 'Defining Characteristic' Box Office: 'Captain America: Brave New World' Inaugurates a $40 Million Opening Day Alongside the video, Framestore has also provided a few facts about making 'Paddington in Peru,' which was produced by StudioCanal and released by Sony in the U.S. In the film, Paddington's fur was multiplied by 4 times as much as on the 'Paddington 2' to make sure the design translated into 4k resolution. Everything Paddington touches is CG, so the VFX team had to build digital versions of any prop he interacts with. The llamas in the film were all CG. In order to create them, the team first had to visit a llama sanctuary to 'cast' their hero llama (a 'fine specimen' named Diesel). Paddington's duffle coat was recreated, to achieve greater movement, drape, and texture, using a new cloth solver called Carbon. For reference, they used stand-ins wearing the coat to see how it would move, react and interact. For Paddington's roar, they needed to create specific facial shapes and pay closer attention to the inside of his mouth. On set, leaf blowers generated 'wind' to interact with the roar, to make it more realistic. Machu Picchu was not closed off for filming, so the original background plates contain other visitors and tourists that had to be removed using digital matte painting. The rig for the riverboat was suspended 10-12 feet from the ground, in order to be able to simulate the movement on the rough water. Capturing the background plates for the riverboat scene required a 5 camera array, all shooting in 4k. The total render time for 'Paddington in Peru' reached an incredible 88,884,749 hours (or 10,146 years), across Framestore's studios in London, Montreal, and Mumbai. See Framestore's VFX breakdown video below Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Grammy Predictions, From Beyoncé to Kendrick Lamar: Who Will Win? Who Should Win? What's Coming to Netflix in February 2025
USA Today
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Puzzle solutions for Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025
USA TODAY Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper. CROSSWORDS USA TODAY crossword Play the USA TODAY Crossword Puzzle. Los Angeles Times crossword Today's crossword (McMeel) Daily Commuter crossword SUDOKU Play the USA TODAY Sudoku Game. JUMBLE Jumbles: MINCE BLIND ENZYME FOUGHT Answer: For Noah Webster, publishing the first edition of his dictionary was a − DEFINING MOMENT (Distributed by Tribune Content Agency) CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES Celebrity Cipher "I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul." − Ben Whishaw (Distributed by Andrews McMeel) Cryptoquote WHEN IT'S RAINING PUDDING, HOLD UP YOUR BOWL. − SANDRA DALLAS (Distributed by King Features) Cryptoquip I LIKE TO THINK OF PROFESSIONAL ARBITRATORS AS PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN MEDDLE MANAGEMENT. (Distributed by King Features) OTHER PUZZLES Boggle SEAL WHALE WALRUS DOLPHIN PORPOISE (Distributed by Tribune Content Agency) Lexigo EXPEL, LEVELS, SPELL, LAPSED, DEPLOY (Distributed by Andrews McMeel) KenKen Scrabblegrams 7 Little Words PHYSICIANS MORTGAGE HOSTED COCO TANGANYIKA WYETH SWAMP (Distributed by Andrews McMeel) Find the Words Unspoilt towns and beaches (Distributed by Creators Syndicate) Kubok
