“Selling a card per second, eBay has positioned itself well in the exploding card market, reaching more than $2 billion in transactions during the first half of 2021. Initially rolled out for high-end sneakers and watches, eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee service will now be provided for all ungraded trading cards sold for $750 and over. ‘We strive to be the most trusted marketplace in the business,’ eBay’s Director of Trading Cards Bob Means told JustBaseball.com. ‘Authenticity Guarantee is one of the things that has come directly from our buyers and our sellers as something as they see as valuable.’” Read more at Just Baseball Was the controller for the Nintendo GameCube the peak of video game controllers? Read more at Gizmodo Some concept art for Spider-Man: No Way Home has been revealed, showcasing a fight between Doctor Strange and Mysterio. “Spider-Man: No Way Home was so full of supervillains some of them barely had anything to do. But was the movie still missing one evil miscreant? Recently revealed concept art reveals the role Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhall in Far From Home) almost played in the movie, and the epic wizard battle we almost got to see onscreen. What was Quentin Beck up to in No Way Home? And what does this mean for Mysterio’s future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Let’s take a closer look.” Read more at Inverse After Peter Dinklage called out Disney for poor representation in their film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney responded to his statements. Read more at The A.V. Club Birds of Prey star Mary Elizabeth Winstead has joined the growing ensemble cast of the Disney+ Star Wars series Ahsoka. “Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey, Kate) is picking up a lightsaber and heading to a galaxy far, far away. She has joined the cast of Ahsoka, the upcoming Star Wars live-action series for Lucasfilm and Disney+. The series stars Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, a Jedi Knight survivor who made her live-action debut in season two of The Mandalorian. Winstead joins previously announced cast member Hayden Christensen, who will reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Natasha Liu Bordizzo also stars in the series as Sabine Wren, along with Ivanna Sakhno in an undisclosed role.” Read more at The Mary Sue One of Tesla’s most controversial designs, the Cybertruck, is actually inspired by the iconic sci-fi noir film Blade Runner. Read more at Mental Floss
