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Paul Biddiss spent 24 years deploying across the world as a paratrooper, the elite airborne regiment of the British Army. But these days he travels the globe to film and television sets, using that experience to make sure filmmakers get military action right, most recently employing his paratrooper training on the set of Sam Mendes’ 1917. How Director Sam Mendes Made the Oscar-Nominated War Drama ‘1917’ Look Like One Unbroken Shot...

Since coming into the NBA in 2009, Houston Rockets guard James Harden has developed into one of the best pure offensive players that the league has seen. Harden has shown the ability to create space and separation from defenders, using a herky-jerky style that looks unconventional, but has been wildly effective for him. That style of play is one reason why Harden won the 2017-18 NBA MVP award. Harden’s unique method of play has inspired a number of copycats around the league who have tried to emulate Harden’s success at getting open shots, using his physical ability to start and stop rapidly, and creating contact that gets him to the foul line....

On a warm spring day in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, Josh and Wayne Cody jump a ditch to check on their rye crop, growing low and green in a 160-acre circle. Hop plants have begun their climb up wire scaffolds, and the father-and-son team stop to examine a low, water-filled groove where grape vines should be sprouting. “That’s a little grain,” says Wayne, on hands and knees, pulling out grass by the handful....

The NBA season is in full swing. Teams are rising and falling in the standings as the schedule pushes into November and towards the Christmas lineup. In Week 4, there are plenty of intriguing matchups and games, including with the Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets, and Philadelphia 76ers. Basketball Is Back: The Minimally Informed Man’s Guide to the 2018-19 NBA Season Read article Here’s a look at some of the top storylines, players, and games for Week 4 of the NBA season....

As a pod of orcas approached Murrays Bay pier on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand, one onlooker wondered, “Are they going to swim right under us?” The answer was a resounding yes. An orca and its calf made a detour from the rest of the pod to give spectators on the pier a thrill by swimming right underneath them. Laine Moger of North Shore Times captured the moment on video:...

When you get right down to it, the new year and its requisite resolutions essentially mean it’s high time for a fresh start. If you’re ready to update your work wardrobe, you can go somewhere and spend a ton of money on a new suit—or you can just click over to the Perry Ellis website and stock up your whole closet, where right now there’s a fantastic selection of dress shirts and pants for less than $30....

If this is your first introduction to Jason Park, then let us begin by telling you he is one of the most technical street skaters alive. Think Daewon Song combined with Richie Jackson. Last year, Park tore both his ACL and MCL, keeping him off a board for quite awhile. He rehabbed on his home island of Oahu and when he was eventually ready to get back onto a skateboard, his good friend and filmer Hunter O’Shea came over and filmed for eight days....

Words by Rebecca Parsons Photos by Georgia Schofield Olivia Piana is a force to be reckoned with in women’s SUP racing. In 2017 alone, the French native took home a second-place finish at the Pacific Paddle Games, second overall on the Euro Tour and made the podium in both the technical and distance races at the ISA World Championships in Denmark. And while it was clearly a banner year for the young Frenchwoman, you’d hardly know it from her humble presence....

I thought I was too small to be a Navy SEAL. When I started working out in high school, I was so tiny that I could barely lift a 45-pound barbell. I would drink three 4,000-calorie milkshakes a day, then wake up in the middle of the night and have a fourth and two peanut-butter sandwiches. But I still couldn’t gain an ounce. I played tennis and was in drama, because I was too small for football....

To celebrate 60 years of making trucks in Brazil, the engineers at Ford decided to create something for the people who drive them. Specifically, they invented a cap that senses when a driver is about to fall asleep, and uses light, sound and vibration to wake them back up. RELATED: The Complete History of the Ford Bronco The hat, called the SafeCap, was produced in collaboration with the Sao Paolo-based creative firm GTB....

Netflix will be getting big titles in December like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and the Netflix Original Will Smith flick, Bright. With the new coming in, some old classics will be seen out. Most notably, every episode of It’s Always Sunny in Phildelphia. Check below for all the shakeups for the end of the year. ARRIVING December 1 8 Mile Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls All Hail King Julien: Season 5 A StoryBots Christmas August Rush Chef & My Fridge: 2017 Dark: Season 1 Diana: In Her Own Words Dreamcatcher DreamWorks Home: For the Holidays Easy: Season 2 Exporting Raymond Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story Full Metal Jacket Hitch My Happy Family Nacho Libre Sahara The Farthest – Voyager in Space The Little Rascals The Wackness The Young Victoria Tyson V for Vendetta TURN: Washington’s Spies: Season 4 Voyeur While You Were Sleeping December 4 When Calls the Heart: Season 4 December 5 Craig Ferguson: Tickle Fight Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

How annoying is it to be out and about, having a good time, when the realization dawns that the phone is about to die? Not only that, but there is either no place to charge the phone or there is no charger within reach to do so. That is a pretty heavy mood killer. Phones are so omnipresent in life that everyone is always worrying about the charge, either consciously or subconsciously....

Every year around this time, a gorgeous natural phenomenon occurs in Yosemite National Park. It’s called “Firefall” and it only happens for about two weeks in the winter (typically starting around Valentine’s Day). It occurs on Horsetail Fall, which regularly flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley. At certain times of the day, the sunlight catches the waterfall at just the right angle, illuminating the rushing water and creating what looks like molten lava flowing over the edge of the cliff....

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham are going up against a tough villain in their Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw. That badass villain is being played by DJ-spinning, kickboxing actor Idris Elba, and Johnson just shared the first look at Elba in character on Instagram. ‘Hobbs & Shaw’: Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Fast & Furious’ S… Read article Plot details are under wraps, as is who exactly Elba is playing, but Johnson’s post revealed a few key pieces of info about the mysterious role, including that his name is the pretty badass-sounding “Brixton....

According to National Geographic, the only total lunar eclipse for this year (and next year) will take place this Sunday at approximately 7:34 P.M. (PST) … and it also happens to be a super moon. This means that the moon will be 90-percent closer to Earth than it usually is (making it appear 13-percent larger and 16-percent brighter). Experts are referring to this as a “Super Blood Wolf Moon” and if you can get a glimpse through the clouds, it will surely be a sight to see....

In 1894, the Germans pushed the realm of possibility with the first series production motorcycle, the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller. Shortly after, Indian Motorcycle and Harley-Davidson became the first major brands to produce combustible engine motorcycles (in 1901 and 1903 respectively). Today, more than a century later, we are at a tipping point with electric vehicle (EV) motorcycle technology. Modern sustainable efforts by companies like Tesla have paved the way for motorcycle brands to follow suit....

During a morning walk on an Australian beach, Brett Wallensky discovered a massive heap of sea creatures he described as “the stuff nightmares are made of.” “There must have been thousands of them beached and they were all alive and wriggling,” Wallensky told Caters News. “The color of them was just amazing, it is so bright—almost alien.” Lying in rock pools were thousands of venomous bluebottle jellyfish that had washed ashore at Barlings Beach in New South Wales on Friday, as was also reported in The Sydney Morning Herald....

Green tea has long been the darling of the food scientific set—studies have shown that the tasty beverage may fight cancer, boost brain power, weight loss, and lower risk of stroke, among many other benefits. But now black tea—which is made from the same plant, except it sits longer and gets oxidized before drying—is stealing back a bit of the spotlight, according to a new study from UCLA. For the research, scientists gave different diets to four groups of mice....

When everyday items (running shoes, water bottles) go high-tech, it can be hard to differentiate between the needlessly gimmicky and the truly useful. In the case of scales, the smart ones are actually smart. 20 Weight Loss Tricks That Actually Work Read article They don’t look much different from typical scales. And, unlike most new tech gadgets, there’s next to no learning curve. Just step on it. In addition to weight, it has the ability to measure body composition, including muscle and body fat percentages....

Justin Verlander went on quite the trek in 2017. After spending the first 12 years of his MLB career with the Detroit Tigers, Verlander was traded to the Houston Astros minutes before the waiver trade deadline in August, setting him on what would become one of his biggest adventures yet. 10 Reasons to Get Excited About Baseball in 2018 Read article Verlander posted a 1.06 ERA and won all five of his regular-season starts for the team, then helped pitch the Astros to its first World Series championship in franchise history....