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More than 100 million people went to see the Marvel superhero epic Avengers: Endgame during the film’s worldwide opening and left all Hollywood records far behind.
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‘Hollywood Dream Machines’ Salutes Cinema’s Coolest Sci-Fi and Fantasy Cars
The most beloved fantasy cars in cinematic history are coming to life in a new Los Angeles art installation that’s open for an entire year.
Featuring famous rides like the iconic DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future and the Batmobile from 1989’s Batman, “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy” was created in collaboration with San Diego’s Comic Con Museum to mark the Petersen Automotive Museum’s 25th birthday.
“‘Hollywood Dream Machines’ will be the biggest exhibit of our 25th anniversary,” said Petersen Automotive Museum Executive Director Terry L. Karges per Ars Technica.
“With more than 40 vehicles from the silver screen spread across the museum, the exhibit is an ode to the industry that Los Angeles was built upon.
“We can’t wait to explore the fantasy and fictional concepts behind these extraordinary vehicles with the world.”
In addition to Marty McFly’s flux capacitor-modded DMC-12 and Batman’s murdered-out vehicular weapon, there are some deeper automotive cuts from sci-fi entertainment, including the Weyland Industries RT01 Group Transport from Prometheus, “The Alligator” Chevrolet Corvette from Death Race 2000, and the futuristic Honda motorcycle from Ghost in the Shell.
Not all pieces are from film. The Warthog tactical ground vehicle that first debuted in the original Halo can be viewed with or without a reality-augmenting Microsoft HoloLens. A Scorpion tank would have been cooler, but who are we to complain?
Tickets for its opening on May 4 are available now for $75. Don’t worry if you can’t make it to the Petersen by then, as the Hollywood Dream Machines exhibit will be around until March 15, 2020.
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New Zealand Accents Are Officially the ‘Sexiest’ in the World, Says New Survey
A couple of years ago the Irish claimed the crown as having the sexiest accent in the world. Well, don’t tell the proud sons and daughters of that beautiful island, but their counterparts in New Zealand have quietly taken the sexy accent crown for 2019–at least according to Big 7 Travel’s “Top Sexiest Accents of the World” survey.
Not that we want to jump into the debate, but our March/April cover model Georgia Fowler was born in New Zealand, and then for a noted example of that sexy accent you can listen to any time there’s sly and sultry songstress Lorde, who was born in Auckland.
From the Standard (U.K.), here’s additional info on how Big 7 Travel made this determination:
International travel website Big 7 Travel gave its 1.5 million users a month to vote for their favourite accents, revealing the list of the top 50 countries on Monday.
“The “Newzild” dialect is outrageously charming. The sexiest accent in the world? It’s official,” the company wrote on its top place announcement.
The Kiwis were followed closely by South Africa, Ireland, Italy and Australia respectively, while Scotland hit the top spot for Britain – coming in at sixth place for its “rich sounds and harsh vowels”.
Okay, with over a million votes that feels like a pretty conclusive result.
Big 7 published a list of 50 all together. Here they are, ranked in reverse order:
50. Croatian
49. Romanian
48. Thai
47. Pakistani
46. German
45. Welsh
44. New York
43. Chinese
42. Japanese
41. Geordie (Newcastle, England)
40. Latvian
39. Malaysian
38. Austrian
37. Norwegian
36. Egyptian
35. Swiss
34. Russian
33. Greek
32. Scouse (Liverpool, England)
31. Dutch
29. Nigerian
28. Boston (U.S.)
27. Polish
26. Indian
25. Vietnamese
24. Mexican
23. Turkish
22. Arabic
21. Filipino
20. Zimbabwean
19. Argentine
18. Mancunian (Manchester, U.K.)
17. Jamaican
16. Danish
15. Ukrainian
14. Hungarian
13. Canadian
12. Queen’s English
11. Czech
10. Brazilian Portuguese
9. South—USA
8. Spanish
7. French
6. Scottish
5. Australian
4. Italian
3. Irish
2. South African
1. New Zealand (Kiwi)
Some other interesting aspects of the list: In the United States the Southern accent was considered by far the sexiest, ranking 9th worldwide. Next sexiest region was Boston at 28 and New York was down at 44th on the list.
The least sexy accent of the list was Croatian. Spang in the middle at 25? Vietnamese.
New Zealand probably won’t publicize this honor in travel ads, but it’s still good enough to brag about in a bar while visiting another country.
Except Ireland. Probably a bad idea there.
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