The new Pope is... Jude Law. Well, at least in the new HBO miniseries The Young Pope, in which the British star plays the fictional Pope Pius XIII, who is the complete opposite of the supreme head of the Catholic Church. There was no white smoke, but the first trailer was released. Among other things, the new pope is a passionate smoker and declares himself to be God. The miniseries, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival, is directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Infinite Beauty, Youth), and will consist of 10 parts.
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Sometimes I walk around the keyboard, sometimes in nature. One time I twist the heels, the other time the kitchen. I press the trigger once, the pedals a second time. And one time I play the role of a moviegoer, another time a nanny. Life offers such a wide range of things that it would be pointless to dip your brush in just a color or two, right?
Ikea regularly refreshes its product range, but a careful eye has noticed that one product does not disappear from their range and catalog - the Poäng armchair. The armchair by Japanese designer Nobora Nakamura is celebrating its venerable 40 years these days. It is Ikea's best-selling armchair. Even today, every year Ikea sells as many as 1.5 million units. Do you have it at home too?
High heels may seem like a modern phenomenon, but this is far from the case. Did you know that high heels were first worn by men or horsemen? Napoleon even predicted wars in them! The path to high heels is centuries old and is surrounded by at least as many stories as the beard of King Matthias wrapped around the table. Already in the 15th and 16th centuries, platforms made of cork and wood ruled. Reason? Practicality (so that clothes do not drag on the floor) or flaunting wealth and social standing - depending on who you ask. Over the years, high-heeled shoes have become a symbol of self-confidence and sexiness, and women also love them because they optically lengthen their legs.
Soccer player Georginio Wijnaldum is a magician. But only on the football field and in the parable. Or is it? A member of Liverpool performed a trick with a soccer ball during the national team training, which baffles not only the soccer, but also the world public. How he managed this feat, no one knows, but we promise that it is not a photomontage, although you will find it hard to believe.
What is the future of wristwatches? We sincerely hope that it goes in the direction of the Concept Watch by designer Germain Baillot, who found inspiration for it in aeronautics and motoring, and not in the direction of watches that rely on cutting-edge technology and minimalism. There's something romantic about watches that boast a dial and all the "brass" around it. The Concept Watch boasts a flexible dial that allows you to monitor the exact time in different time zones.
Condoms are the most commonly used form of protection during sex, so the choice is extremely varied. Still, condoms are pretty uniform. Of course, you can choose between more or less thin, ribbed, with different flavors and even glow-in-the-dark condoms, but you've never come across such unusual condoms as you'll learn about below.
Are you a night bird? For all you pesky people who are full of optimism in the morning and easily get out of bed, we have great news. These people are less intelligent than you! At least, this is the conclusion of a research conducted by the British Institute for Studies.
For the fourth year in a row, the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) has awarded the best smartphones. And who is the recipient of the European Consumer Smartphone 2016-2017 award, which is the phone equivalent of the Oscar for best film? Last year, the award went to Huawei or of the Huawei P8 model, and this year...
Who will be the new James Bond? Will Daniel Craig use a knife instead of cutting his veins, instead of slicing the cursed bread? After categorically refusing to step into the shoes of the famous secret agent 007 again, Sony has sent him an unfashionable invitation - 150 million US dollars for two more films, which would extend the British actor's tenure to six and thereby equaling Sean Connery (the record with seven is held by Roger Moore).
After Huawei threw down the gauntlet to the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S7 with the P9 model, with the new Nova family of phones, it will now mix things up in the scene of powerful, but more affordable phones. With them, they want to satisfy the needs of the most dynamic consumers. The first representatives of the family are Huawei Nova and Huawei Nova plus, both of which are made of high-quality aluminum and have borrowed the fingerprint reader and sensor from the premium P9.
Yes, you read that right. Portable personal computer. Ockel from the Netherlands has come up with the unusual Ockel Sirius A desktop computer, which puts some much-needed wind into the sails of 2-in-1 hybrid computers that already seemed to have their days numbered. But IFA 2016 suggests they haven't said the last word yet. Sirius A is said by the Dutch to be the missing link between a Windows 10 PC and a smartphone.
Before the Paris Motor Show, Kia showed the public photos of the fourth generation of the Kia Rio (2016) model, which, design-wise, has European-Asian-American roots, and leans heavily on the Cee'd model, while the "tiger nose" in the memory brings to mind the Kia Sportage SUV.