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Sunday, February 04, 2024

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

What the Vision Pro Could Mean for the Future of Mixed Reality (and Apple)

Lifehacker: A lot of you have bought an Apple Vision Pro, it turns out—200,000 if reports to be believed. While Apple sells way more iPhones, iPads, and Macs than that, the Vision Pro is, at this point in time, effectively sold out, days before its official Feb. 2 launch date.

Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to new ‘Rust’ set shooting charge

National | Globalnews.ca: Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico.

Designing and making luxury handbags with AutoCAD LT

AutoCAD Blog | Autodesk: For more than 30 years, Wendy Stevens has built an illustrious career designing and making metal handbags by hand. These stunning, luxury bags have even graced the pages of Vogue.

Universal Orlando Resort shares first official look and details about its highly anticipated new theme park, Universal Epic Universe

Amusement Today: In 2025, Universal Orlando Resort will unveil its next gamechanger for theme park entertainment with the debut of its most ambitious theme park yet: Universal Epic Universe. Epic Universe will present a level of theme park immersion and innovation that is unmatched – transporting guests to expansive worlds featuring more than 50 awe-inspiring attraction, entertainment, dining and shopping experiences that come together to create an unforgettable adventure that is nothing short of epic.

‘I’m done with pretenders’: disabled actors on reclaiming Richard III

Theatre | The Guardian: ‘I felt really depressed – and tired,” says Mat Fraser of the news that Michelle Terry, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, will play Richard III this summer. Recent years have seen increased resistance to “cripping up”: non-disabled actors mimicking impairment on stage. The role of Richard is often now played by disabled actors, including Fraser, who starred in Barrie Rutter’s 2017 production of the play for Northern Broadsides and Hull Truck.

 

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