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Deco’s Alex Miranda tosses his name into the hat for screen test as next James Bond Original
The next James Bond could just be a few auditions away. Deadline reports final screen tests could start as early as Friday. Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O’Conner are among the names expected to audition. Amazon MGM Studios could name its new Bond by the end of the year so the spy game is almost over. Alex Miranda auditioned for the role to be the next James Bond with a full screen test. Deco obtained some of the exclusive footage of that screen test.
Ultra Music Festival set to feature record number of female DJs
Look at a DJ booth, and you’re most likely to see a guy behind the decks. But that’s changing fast, thanks to some very talented ladies. Deco caught up with two red hot female DJs performing at the Ultra Music Festival this weekend. Check them out. Skrillex, Deadmau5, Martin Garrix — all superstars in the world of electronic dance music. Now get ready for some new names, like Jessica Audiffred, Alleycat and Charlotte de Witte. They’re part of a growing list of female DJs climbing the EDM charts.
Deco’s Lynn Martinez buckles up for NASCAR Racing Experience at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Got a need for speed? Well, there’s a really big race at Homestead-Miami Speedway March 23, but if you really want to feel what racing is all about, here’s a new way to do it. Deco’s Lynn Martinez strapped into a real race car — by herself — for the NASCAR Racing Experience, and she didn’t get a ticket. NASCAR races are loud, exciting and full of drama, but most people watch from their couch or the stands.
Ahead of new album, DJ Frank Walker spins his magic at Ultra Music Festival
The Ultra Music Festival kicks off on Friday in Miami’s Bayfront Park, and DJ Frank Walker is gearing up to spin his magic. With a new album in the works, he’s set to take the crowd on a journey through EDM history and into the future of beats and bass. If you live for the bass and the beats of electronic dance music, this is your time to shine! It’s Ultra time. And before he hits the main stage this weekend, Deco huddled with DJ Frank Walker. Frank Walker: “Super excited for Ultra.
4 Enchanting Coastal Parks on North Carolina’s Outer Banks — Parks & Points
Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina This park is inspiring and its narrative is beautifully rendered in interpretive exhibits, capturing the spirit of invention and determination that fuels scientific trial and error. The park interprets and protects the land where the first successful airplane flight took place in 1903.
2023 Fee Free Days in the National Parks — Parks & Points
The Department of the Interior has released the 2023 dates when entry to 108 fee-based National Parks Service units will be FREE! The other 317 units are free to enter every single day. Sadly, the number of free days still remains well below the 2016 highwater mark of 16 days, but putting these on the calendar now can support budget friendly travel in the new year. This is especially so if you plan to visit parks with a $35 entry fee, like Acadia, Yosemite, Glacier, and others.
‘Resident Evil’ comes back with horrifying reboot to franchise
The new Resident Evil movie reboot is taking fans back to where it all began. Good old Raccoon City! Man, I love that town. “Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City” reboots the film franchise and returns to the terrifying roots of the video games. Robbie Amell (Oh, the horror!): “This is a horror movie. The games were horror games, and it’s scary. It takes place in the ’90s. It’s a ’90s horror movie.” The cast promises the new movie stays faithful to the games.
[Review] Blackmoor 2: The Traitor King – Nintendo Switch - Nintendad
Developer: Four Fats Publisher: Four Fats Release Date: 06/01/2020 Price: $9.99 / £7.99 Review code provided by Four Fats No Time to Explain! Sequels can be a tough sell. You and your team released a product that went well enough that you find it feasible to create a 2nd or 3rd title. Now you want to make it bigger and better than the first one was. You spend more time and resources to polish it and now your endeavors rest on the offspring of your original product.
Is Paying for an Airport Lounge REALLY Worth It?
Find out when you should pay for the extra airline perks. Just a decade ago, complimentary airline lounge access, a great perk that comes with being a frequent traveler or, in many cases, by holding an airline affiliated credit card, was relatively easy to come by—you didn’t have to accrue nearly as many miles, spend as much cash or pay as many credit card fees that you have to now.
U.S. National Parks That Are the Best, Biggest, and Most Deadly in the World
Home > National Parks • Outdoors PHOTO: Derek Wright Journey with us as we visit some superlative U.S. National Park Service sites. The U.S. national parks come in all shapes and sizes, from Alaskan parks whose enormity defies comprehension to petite historical parks along the East Coast, with plenty in between.
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They scale majestic peaks and cross ancient waterways. They traverse vast desert, lush forests, and snowy evergreens. Their wonders stretch to the far corners of our land: southern Florida and northern Maine, Nome, Alaska, and Hawaii’s Big Island. And they trace the stories of our past—the bold journey of Lewis and Clark, the ingenuity of the Pony Express, the triumph of Selma marchers to Montgomery, the tragedy of Cherokees evicted to Oklahoma.
10 Tips for Touring National Parks Sites During Peak Season
America’s national parks system is the focus of a profound celebration in its centennial year, and increases in tourism to all NPS sites — parks, memorials, historic sites, monuments, recreation areas, and seashores — are marked. Acadia National Park saw 198,549 visits in May of 2016 — an increase of 13% compared to May of 2015. Yosemite National Park has already seen 1,433,428 visits since the start of 2016.
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