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Daredevil Star Says Toxic Marvel Fans Are No Longer a Problem

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Vincent D'Onofrio has been anything but quiet since he showed up as Kingpin last year's  Hawkeye . The Marvel veteran returned to the role of Wilson Fisk after seemingly having to leave the character behind when Netflix's  Daredevil  was canceled back in 2018. D'Onofrio has made it known that he loves playing Marvel king of crime, and fans seem to share the sentiment.  The actor reprised his  Daredevil  role in the same month that his Netflix costar Charlie Cox made his return as Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil) in  Spider-Man: No Way Home . While the question about to what this means regarding the canonicity of these Netflix characters in the greater MCU is still a hot topic, audiences have held out that these two were perfectly cast for their roles.  ADVERTISEMENT Now, these two actors may be new to some MCU fans, but they carry the benefit of years of experience dealing with the ups and the downs of working within a fandom.  Vincent D...

No Way Home Cut 'Way Longer' Doc Ock Fight Scene

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Spider-Man: No Way Home has no shortage of epic moments in its 2.5-hour runtime. Marvel Studios' third Spider-Man film pits Tom Holland's Peter Parker against some of the superhero's most notable on-screen foes from previous Spider-Man movies including Jamie Foxx's Electro, Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin and Alfred Molina's Doc Ock. It was revealed early on in the marketing process that Spider-Man: No Way Home would be dealing with the concept of the Multiverse, which is ripped open when Peter Parker messes up Doctor Strange's spell that was intended to help the world forget his secret identity as Spider-Man. Unfortunately, instead of erasing the world's memory of Parker's identity, the botched spell brings everyone from every universe who knows Peter Parker is Spider-Man to one place.  ADVERTISEMENT This causes even more chaos for Spider-Man who must now deal with a whole lot of new villains who want him dead. One of...

covid: Study finds a longer lasting Covid vaccine

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CALIFORNIA: Researchers have found rare naturally occurring T cells that are capable of targeting a protein found in SARS-CoV-2 and a range of other coronaviruses. The study has been published in the 'Cell Reports Journal'. The findings suggested that a component of this protein, called viral polymerase, could potentially be added to Covid-19 vaccines to create a longer-lasting immune response and increase protection against new variants of the virus. Most Covid-19 vaccines use a part of the spike protein found on the surface of the virus to prompt the immune system to produce antibodies. However, newer variants -- such as delta and omicron -- carry mutations to the spike protein, which can make them less recognizable to the immune cells and antibodies stimulated by vaccination. Researchers said that a new generation of vaccines will likely be needed to create a more robust and wide-ranging immune response capable of beating back current variants and those that may arise in...