Hank McCoy was born with large limbs. It became apparent by high school that he had superhuman strength and agility. He was ostracized after showing off during a football game and fell into depression until Professor Charles Xavier arrived to recruit him for his Mutant school. Hank excelled und...
DJ Funk, born Charles Chambers, was a trailblazing figure in Chicago’s underground music scene and instrumental in defining the ghetto house genre. Known for high-energy hits like “Work Dat Body” and “Pump It,” his bass-heavy sound and party-driven lyrics brought vibrancy to Midwest club...
What burns me up so much with William Stryker is that he was not only okay with eradicating an entire race of people—y’know, genocide, because that’s always a good idea—but the fact that (1) he was okay with forcing the man who fought hardest for mutant rights, Charles Xavier, ...
Robert De Niro had to settle for a Best Supporting Actor nomination when he portrayed the younger Vito inThe Godfather Part II. In aninterview withEsquirelast year, De Niro paid tribute to Brando’s work, saying, “No matter what Marlon did, he was always interesting.” But the two men d...
While Rose Byrne has brown hair, she isn’t a mutant, AND she is a CIA agent who puts up with endless sexist remarks about her competence because she is a “girl”. In other words, she plays the Diana Prince to the amazonian Wonder Women around her. In the same way “pretty” is ...
Charles Salvatore "Chuck" Panozzo (born September 20, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician best known as the bass player for the rock band Styx. A longtime member of Styx, he founded the group with his fraternal twin brother, drummer John Panozzo, who died in July 1996, ...
The team's 2018 first-round pick has been disappointing and lost his starting job last season to undrafted rookie Doug Costin (who didn't make the roster this season), but defensive coordinator Joe Cullen raved about Bryan's strength last week and said he needs to work on finishing plays....
(Photo from “Xavier Lambrecht“) The separate story lines tell the same narrative: a man struggles against his ties to his homeland. These men are fixtures of Barataria or they dream of escaping its narrow lifestyle. They return home full of bitterness and loathing or they learn to respect...
He even improved after the season-ending injury to Nakobe Dean, with Baun making a handful of clutch plays in the NFC postseason. The Chiefs have a versatile group of linebackers with Bolton, Drue Tranquill and Leo Chenal. They’re all quality tacklers with the ability to cover top ...
Rather, they were about the polar-opposite approaches of Charles Xavier/Professor X and Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto to tackle the problems mutants faced in the world (mirroring the stances of Martin Luthar King and Malcolm X during the American Civil Rights movements of the 1960s). Neither ...