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In the News: Excitement heightens over Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft
San Diego’s annual Comic-Con event is just around the corner, and leading up to the highly-anticipated event, Entertainment Weekly has released a new photo of Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in the latest reboot of the video game classic, “Tomb Raider.” And let’s just say, she’s looking badass.
Lara Croft is a departure from other dramatic roles Vikander has played, like in “The Danish Girl” and “Ex Machina.” This version of the “Tomb Raider” story will start at the beginning, before Lara Croft was braided up with her tank top and khaki pants. Vikander describes this character as fierce, tough, curious and intelligent.
The film is set to release in March 2018, but if were the betting kind, we’d guess that the “Tomb Raider” PR machine will roll out a trailer during this year’s Comic-Con event. We’ll just have to wait in anticipation over the next couple of weeks.
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Footy parents going too far
Stockholm’s largest football clubs, alongside Volkswagen, commissioned a survey to find out just how demanding parents are on their child athletes. According to results published by The Guardian, 83 percent of respondents saw a parent going too hard on their children or the game’s official. Another shocking finding? One in three children wanted to quit sports because of “over-engaged” parents. To help counteract these findings, the three clubs came together to devise a football code that was signed by over 1,600 parents. Can’t we all just play for fun?
Taking the pain out of the train
Stockholm just wrapped up one of its largest infrastructure projects in recent times. Earlier this week, Citybanan, a six-mile stretch of the commuter rail debuted a new and improved rail system, a stretch of track that sees 550 trains move through on a daily basis. According to Business Insider Nordic, the $2.03 billion project helped improve a section of the rail also known as the “wasp waist” to alleviate congestion and provide better, more reliable access – doubling the capacity of trains through Stockholm.
The power of positive thinking
Zara Larsson knows a thing or two about putting out positive vibes into the universe and waiting for good things to happen. Case in point: she Tweeted a flirty remark about English model Brian Whittaker back in 2015. Fast forward to 2017 and the pair have officially become a romantic duo. The Daily Mail sums up their modern-day romance.
ICYMI: Eva Ekeblad was a Google Doodle
We featured Swedish scientist Eva Ekeblad earlier this week, but if you wanted to learn more, Time gave a little more insight into her life and her work. According to Time, her work “coincided with a food shortage in Sweden and to helped avert a national famine. [It] also led to a spike in alcohol consumption in the country.”
