Entertainment

World Cup mascots through the years

Waiting 4 years for the World Cup makes us feel really excited and it doesn’t matter where are we from, this international tournament makes almost everyone want to stay infront of the TV, just to know which team is going to be the winner, so that’s why we should watch every single game, those are pretty exciting because sometimes we get surprising results and we feel so excited as if we were in the host country.

These are the mascots of the World Cups since 196, taking costumes and characteristics of each host country. Get to know each one of them, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup mascots.

World Cup Willie, England, 1966

This little friend was known as Willie, was the first mascot of a World Cup and it was a lion who was footballer which is the traditional symbol of England.

Juanito, Mexico, 1970

Juanito was the mascot of the World Cup in 1970 and Mexico was the host country, this is a mexican kid with a big hat that is commonly used in that country.

Tip and Tap, Germany, 1974

Two children who are footballers were the mascots of the World Cup in Germany and we can see WM in one of their shirts and it stands for Weltmeisterschaft.

Gauchito Mundialito, Argentina, 1978

To represent Argentina, the mascot was a kid dressed as a Gaucho, it is a symbol of that country.

Naranjito, Spain, 1982

Orange is a typical fruit from Spain, that's why we saw a orange wearing the uniform of the national team.

Pique, Mexico, 1986

We all know how Mexican people enjoy eating spicy food and that's why their mascot was Pique with a big hat and also a great personality.

Ciao, Italy, 1990

Ciao had all the colors of the Italian flag, is a footballer, it is playing and is representing really well its country.

Striker, United States, 1994

This dog was a footballer, was introduced by the United States in 1944 as their mascot while they were the host country.

Footix, France, 1998

This mascot had the colors of the French flag, it it something that is traditional in France.

The Spheriks: Ato, South Korea-Japan, 2002

The Spheriks are creatures that have different colors that represents Japan, it was the official mascot of that year.

Kaz, South Korea-Japan, 2002

Each one of them had some characteristics that made them different and on of the most important was the color of each one.

Nik, South Korea-Japan, 2002

Those creatures are telling us about the culture of their country and what do they believe. They are so interesting.

Goleo VI, Germany, 2006

This ia s lion waring a Germany shirt with the number six and talking football named Pille. His name is because of "goal" and "leo".

Pille, Germnay, 2006

This was the ball who was part of Goleo mascot for Germany World Cup and many people told that it was not something related to Germany.

Zakumi, South Africa, 2010

Zakumi is an African leopard, a common animal that can be found in South Africa, it had green hair and was wearing a shirt saying South Africa 2010.

Fuleco, Brazil, 2014

A Brazilian armadillo and was wearing a white T-shirt reading "Brazil 2014". The name Fuleco was because of the words "Futebol" and "Ecologia".

Zabivaka, Russia, 2018

This is a wolf with a name that can be translated as The Goalscorer. The color combination is because of the Russian team.

Karla Kick, Germany, 2011

A smiling cat was the mascot of the FIFA Women's world cup in 2011 and Germany was the host country.

Shueme, Canada, 2015

For the Women's World Cup in 2015 was in Canada, the mascot was a great white owl, her name derives from chouette, French for owl.

Ettie, France, 2019

This is going to be a chicken, she is the daughter of Footix, 1998 World Cup mascot.

Culture

The 20 historical moments immortalized in exceptional pictures

There are some things that I would not have imagined that have been captured in a picture. Sometimes I think the importance of capturing moments. Moments can be lived only once, there is no discussion in that. However, knowing that we can actually capture that moment with a picture and then show it exactly how it happened to someone else is something that is quite impressive for me.

These moments captured that we’ll show you are moments in history that were important, and that we now get to forever remember as they were, because they were captured on film. Which one is your favorite?

1. A gifted kid

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Samuel Reshevsky. The prodigy child Samuel Reshevsky easily defeats several chess masters simultaneously, being just 8 years of age in 1920. Pretty amazing, right? I couldn’t believe it till I saw it in the picture.

2. Nine Kings at Buckingham Palace

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The 9 kings. In May 1910, all European royalty gathered for the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Look at their expressions, most of them are looking to a different place. That seemed a little bit weird to me. Did you noticed that too?

3. Solvay congress

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The Fifth Solvay Congress. In 1927, the world's leading scientists met and took the most famous and important picture in the science history.

4. Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke

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The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife. June 28, 1914, the day they were killed in Sarajevo, a fact that triggered the First World War. I can’t believe a moment like this could be captured. It is impressive.

5. Paradoxical

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Auschwitz SS officers and secretaries pose for picture at the Auschwitz concentration camp, in 1942 which seems quite nonsense. Look at those happy faces. I get they are just officers but i feel like those faces are really forced.

6. Hitler rehearsing his speech

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Hitler acting, he rehearses his speech in front of the mirror in 1925. Weird in a lot of ways, I personally didn’t know that this type of figure had to rehearse what he was going to say or not say…

7. Happy Stalin

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Joseph Stalin. The Soviet leader is captured in a relaxed and informal pose, in a picture taken by his personal bodyguard. I don’t think he could ever imagine that a picture like this could possibly exist.

8. Scary baby masks

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Small gas masks In a British hospital, nurses try gas masks for babies, in 1940. This picture looks quite creepy to me. I get that they are gas masks and that they are in a hospital., but it doesn’t matter their faces with those masks are too much for my eyes.

9. Goebbels

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Joseph Goebbels. The propaganda minister of the Nazi regime is photographed seconds after learning that the Life magazine photographer is Jewish. Something tells me he wasn't very pleased to know this, his face is priceless.

10. Love is in the air

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The kiss of 2800 years. Two bodies discovered in a grave in Iran, in 1972. Their tragic death occurred when the village was burned during a military attack. Even tough, they are just bones and they are already dead it looks like the most romantic way to die.

11. Hand in hand walk

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Vietnamese soldiers. Two fighters walk hand in hand in Vietnam, in 1971. This is one of the most romantic pictures I’ve ever seen in the world. You should think that they are not sure of how much time left they have.

12. Last guillotine execution

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The end of the guillotine. Last public execution in the guillotine, carried out in France in 1939. This is a drastic sentence. I am truly in favor of this decision. I mean, it was not only cruel but also inhuman. I feel like there are millions ways of changing a criminal so that it can live in society again.

13. Prohibition ending

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The end of the prohibition. Taken in a bar in the United States on December 5, 1933, the day the Prohibition was terminated. Everyone was so happy, look at their faces!

14. Hitler again

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The last picture of Adolf Hitler. The last image of Adolf Hitler, taken on April 30, 1945, hours before he committed suicide. Well, kind of. Some people don’t believe that he committed suicide, they think he was hidden somewhere for a long time. Quite a mystery…

15. Color picture

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Adolf Hitler in color. One of the few color pictures of him. I believe there are more original pictures in color of him. However, some others are photoshopped and were in black and white originally.

16. German soldiers

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Execution. German soldiers prepare to execute a communist militant in Munich, 1919. Can you possibly imagine yourself preparing for an execution? This doesn’t even fits in my own head. It should be quite difficult not only physically but also mentally talking.

17. Versailles treaty

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Treaty of Versailles. Witnesses stand on chairs and furniture to witness the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, in 1919. I would’ve done the same with no doubt. Imagine living that moment! Of course I would spy.

18. Nazi soldier’s oath

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Oath of Nazi soldiers. In 1938, a year before the start of World War II, Nazi SS troops take oath in Feldherrnhalle, Munich. Who would’ve thought that the second world war was going to take place one year after? Crazy…

19. Soviet soldiers

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Soviet soldiers in Berlin. In 1945, after the Nazi defeat in World War II, Soviet soldiers raise the flag of the USSR in Berlin. WOW, this picture looks as if it was taken from a futuristic movie, right?

20. Japanese

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The murder. A 17-year-old boy murders the leader of the Socialist Party of that country, Inejiro Asanuma, on October 12, 1960, with a traditional Japanese saber.

Entertainment

The evolution of ‘The Simpsons’

We all know The Simpsons, an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. He conceived of the characters in the lobby of James L. Brooks’s office and named them after his own family members, substituting “Bart” for his own name. The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987.

Now that you know how everything started take a look at the evolution this popular animated sitcom has had through the years and how much their appearance has changed.

First episode: December 17, 1989

The half-hour series premiered on December 17, 1989 with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". The series was originally set to debut in the fall of 1989 with the episode "Some Enchanted Evening", but the producers discovered that the animation was so appalling that 70 percent of the episode needed to be redone.

1990: Bart becomes the star of the show

"Bart Gets an F" was the first episode to air against The Cosby Show and averaged an 18.4 Nielsen rating and 29% of the audience. In the weeks ratings, it finished tied for eighth behind The Cosby Show which had an 18.5 rating.

1991: Bill Cosby attacks The Simpsons

In the October 1, 1990 edition of People, First Lady Barbara Bush called The Simpsons "the dumbest thing (she) had ever seen" which led to the writers sending a letter to Bush posing as Marge Simpson. Bush immediately sent a reply in which she apologized.

1992: George Bush uses the Simpsons as an example

A few years later, on January 27, 1992 then-President of the United States George H. W. Bush made a speech during his re-election campaign where he said, "We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons."

They debuted in The Tracey Ullman Show- 1992

The Simpsons first appeared as short vignettes on the Tracey Ullman Show. These cartoon shorts acted as bumpers that are shown before and after commercials.

They become one of the most watched programs - 1993

By the year 1993, Fox had already gained a great popularity, reason why by that year this cartoon was one of the 30 programs more seen in the United States.

The series changed of executive producer - 1993

Several of the show's original writers who had worked on The Simpsons since the first season had left following the completion of season four. David Mirkin took over as showrunner and executive producer for the fifth and sixth season.

"Deep Space Homer" - 1994

The episode "Deep Space Homer" was controversial when the episode was in production. Some of the writers felt that having Homer go into space was too "large" of an idea and Groening felt that the idea was so big that it gave the writers "nowhere to go".

First episode with new technology - 1995

"Radioactive Man" is the first episode of The Simpsons to be digitally colored. The task went to USAnimation, who would later animate "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular". Digital coloring would not be attempted again until season 12's "Tennis the Menace", and again when the show permanently switched to digital coloring in Season 14 with "The Great Louse Detective".

Celebrities start making appearances - 1996

The episode is about two space aliens, Kang and Kodos pretending to be Bob Dole and Bill Clinton in 1996 in order to take over the world. And since no one is willing to vote for a third party, Kang wins.

The Flintstones made their appearance - 1997

Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger, in a review printed two days after the episode originally aired, praised the writers for not airing a "very special" episode to celebrate the milestone of overtaking The Flintstones. He noted "the episode is so self-aware it put the best in-jokes on St. Elsewhere to shame."

The first 200 episodes in 1998

"Trash of the Titans" is the twenty-second episode of Season 9 and also the 200th broadcast episode of the series. This episode guest stars Steve Martin and the popular Irish rock group U2.

Salary dispute - 1999

Up until the production of season ten in 1998, these six main voice actors were paid $30,000 per episode. In 1998, a salary dispute between them and the Fox Broadcasting Company arose, with the actors threatening to strike. Fox went as far as preparing for casting of new voices, but an agreement was soon made and their salaries were raised to $125,000 per episode

On January 14, 2000, the Simpsons received a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as their popularity continued rising.

They Became more popular -2001

In 2001, The Simpsons were among the top 100 children's shows and among The 100 Best TV Characters .

Characters were perfected - 2002

This episode was first broadcast three days after the twenty-year anniversary of the first ever appearance of The Simpsons on television, in The Tracey Ullman Show' short "Good Night".

The 300th episode - 2003

"Barting Over" is the eleventh episode of the fourteenth season of The Simpsons, advertised by Fox, and indicated on-screen to be the 300th episode of the show. In this episode, Bart discovers that he used to be a child star in commercialS, and that Homer blew all the money he earned.

They are nominated for an Oscar - 2012

The show is the longest-running prime time scripted television series in the United States. It has won many different awards, including 32 Emmy awards, 33 Annie Awards, seven Environmental Media Awards, eleven Writers Guild of America Awards, six Genesis Awards, eight People's Choice Awards, three British Comedy Awards, among other awards.

It became the Longest-Running Primetime Animated Television Series

The Simpsons also holds two world records from the Guinness Book of World Records: Longest-Running Primetime Animated Television Series and Most Guest Stars Featured in a Television Series.

Curiosities

They auditioned for superhero roles and you never imagined!

For many reasons we got obsessed with movies about superheroes and before watching these movies we first knew them through comics, and if watching these stories on cinema makes us feel really excited, imagine how incredible would be playing the role of a superhero. When it is about castings for these kind of roles is really important, even if you just want it, you have to show how good you are acting as the superhero.
These hollywood celebrities wanted to get the chance to play as a superhero but they were not the chosen ones and to be honest is really hard to imagine them interpreting our favorite superheroes from our favorite comics.

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is an american actor who interpreted characters in action movies like Top Gun, The Color Of money and War Of The Worlds. That is why he is one of our favorite actors.

Iron man

We can not imagine someone else as Iron Man! some years ago Tom Cruise was about to play Iron Man role but he abandoned the project and that why at the end Robert Downey Jr. is Iron Man.

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves is a canadian actor is famous because he interpreted many characters in action movies but he is known because of The Matrix trilogy. He also has played characters in movies like Speed, Point Break and John Wick.

Plastic Man

Plastic Man is one of many DC movies that which were cancelled over the years. Keanu auditioned to get the chance to play Plastic Man and apparently he got it, but at the end the project was cancelled.

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Kim Coppola also known as Nicolas Cage is an american actor and producer who has been nominated many times over the years.

Superman

Can you imagine Nicolas as Superman? Nicolas Cage was going to be in a film called Superman Lives directed by Tim Burton but it never happened.

Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen is an american actor who has entertained us over his career. He is a sarcastic person and he appeared on a tv show called Two and a half men.

Spider-Man

If we go back some decades, to the 80’s. Charlie almost interpreted this amazing character who helps the city fight against the bad guys. there are some rumors he also tried to buy the movie copyrights to be the main character but it never happened.

Jack Black

Jack Black is an american actor, musician, producer and comedian who has been evolving through time. Jack’s comic personality has helped him, to appear in some projects like King Kong, Tropic Thunder and School Of Rock.

Green Lantern

We are used to watch him in comedy movies that’s why we never imagined him as a Superhero, and before Ryan Reynolds was chosen to be Green Lantern, Jack auditioned for this character and he almost got it but everything changed.

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix is a great actor who was born in Puerto Rico. He has been nominated for many important awards, including Golden Gloves, Grammy and Cannes Film Festival Awards for Best Actor.

Hulk

We have watched him in many important movies including The Village, Irrational Man and Her, but never as a superhero but he almost got the chance to be Hulk in the movie, he was the greatest option for the producers.

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey is one of the most famous actors and comedians all over the world because he has made us laugh many times with the character he has done in movies like Ace Ventura, The Mask and Liar Liar.

Loki

The original election to interpret Loki was Jim Carrey, the producers decided to change a little the things because we all knew Jim as a comedian and they did not know how people was going to react about the character.

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston is a british actor better know because of his most famous character Loki in Thor Trilogy of marvel. This character made him famous worldwide but he also appears in Midnight in Paris, Kong: Skull Island and Avengers.

Thor

Before getting the chance to play Loki, Tom wanted to be Thor in the Thor trilogy but everyone thought he would be better as Loki and after that he had to go on a diet.

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe is a New Zealander actor, director and producer who is very talented and because of that was chosen to be Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator.

Wolverine

Before Hugh Jackman, there was Russell Crowe, he auditioned but he couldn't get the chance to play Wolverine character.

Bill Murray

Bill Murray is an american actor and humorist with a great career, he also has many awards. We have watched him in many movies including Lost in Translation, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums.

Batman

In 80’s decades Bill almost gets the chance to play Batman Character before David Bowie was replaced by Tim Burton and so Tim decided not to have Bill as Batman.

General

15 incredible photos that show that the world is completely contaminated

In the world, everybody talks about politics, violence, wars, but few people talk about what could eventually disappear, humanity. Although there are many organizations trying to make “green” activities to save the planet, there are other industries engaged to kill him. If you did not believe that the world is in danger, we share these photos that will make you understand.

The pictures you see here are part of a project lead by a platform known as Global Population Speak Out, which through a collection of images they want to help people understand that we must do something for the environment.