Black Panther: Wakanda Forever landed in theaters Friday, bringing us back to the technologically advanced African nation as its people grieve the loss of King T’Challa. It’s the 30th Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, the sequel to 2018 megahit Black Pantherand includes the most touching post-credits scene you can imagine.

T’Challa, who held the Black Panther mantle in addition to his royal status, was played by Chadwick Boseman, who died from colon cancer at the age of 43 in 2020. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige promised that Boseman wouldn’t be replaced in the role, and the movie sees the debut of a new Black Panther.

And if you stick around after the credits roll, you’ll also be treated to an unexpected part of T’Challa’s legacy.

Midcredits-scene: Prince of Wakanda

Having achieved peace with Namor and allowed herself to truly feel, for the first time, the loss of T’Challa, new Black Panther Shuri (Letitia Wright) burns her funeral garb on a beach in Haiti, symbolizing the end of her grieving process.

Having given Shuri enough space, T’Challa’s former girlfriend Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) steps out onto the beach with a little boy (Divine Love Konadu-Sun). She introduces him as Toussaint, the son she secretly had with T’Challa.

Shuri notes that Toussaint is a name with a lot of history — she’s presumably referring to Toussaint Louverture, the

Dish Network-owned Boost Mobile is getting into financial services with the launch of OmniMoney, a basic banking service at people who can’t access traditional bank accounts. It’s a service that Boost CEO Stephen Stokols hopes will make the brand “stickier to existing customers” and attract new ones. This comes at a time when the company very much needs to attract new customers, as the Boost brand continues to lose subscribers and Dish is struggling to get a viable 5G network off the ground. At least part of that plan includes offering “basic no-fee banking services” except, well, there are fees.

To be clear, Boost Mobile is not becoming a bank. It’s licensing the service from a company called Alviere, which handles the banking bit and is an FDIC member. OmniMoney by Boost, as it is formally branded, doesn’t require a credit check to open an account. There’s no minimum balance requirement, and no monthly fees as long as the account is active in a 12-month time period.

That all sounds quite generous, but the fees creep in when you deposit money to your account. One of Boost’s selling points for the new service is the ability to deposit cash into your account at a Boost retail store, but there’s a $4 fee every time you do. There’s also a $1 fee every time you attempt a remote check deposit. If you want to get cash out of

Those crazy fools, they finally did it. They put The Rock in a superhero movie. Cross the biggest action superstar with the most overblown effects-driven genre and you get Black Adam, a face-melting big screen spectacular.

This is peak blockbuster — for better and for worse.

So Black Adam is a ton of fun, if you like that sort of thing, headlined by a humorously homicidal antihero who puts an irreverent spin on the superhero formula. Playing a rare villain(ish) role, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is let loose to unleash carnage with a knowing smirk to camera.

From Black Adam’s skull-crushing entrance to a ludicrously violent riff on the super-speed sequences from the X-Men movies, the film delights in dealing out death and destruction (but y’know, in a fun way). Start to finish and through the inevitable post-credits scene, Black Adam is a guilty pleasure that isn’t even the slightest bit guilty.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, Black Adam is released in theaters Friday, Oct. 21.

Story-wise, Johnson plays Teth-Adam, ancient champion of a perennially oppressed (fictional) Middle Eastern nation called Kahndaq. An introductory voice-over fills us in on his past, his powers and, of course, the magical superweapon everyone will be chasing. (This time, it’s the Crown of Something Or Other.)

Awakening in the present day, Adam is bemused by new-fangled progressive ideas like not melting people into skeletons for looking at him funny. A team of superheroes called The Justice Society is dispatched to take him down, plus an

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Laptops are becoming more and more essential for students, and it’s not too late to grab a laptop if you need one — we’re still early in the school year. From homework to studying, a laptop is priceless (with a price tag). That’s why we’ve collected our picks for the best laptop for high school students. We’ve covered options across all the major operating systems and brands, including MacOS, Windows and ChromeOS. Sure, many laptops will work just fine for your student, but these recommendations were chosen for dependability, user ease and performance. Every laptop we’ve suggested also has a long battery life, and each easily fits into a standard backpack. And the majority of them are under $1,000, which is increasing rare due to chips shortages, supply chain issues and inflation.

The Apple MacBook Air M1 is our pick for the best laptop for high school students. The HP Pavilion Aero 13 is our best value pick with a starting price of $800 but is regularly on sale for far less. Both laptops offer strong everyday performance and long battery life with compact, lightweight designs that are easy to drop in a backpack.

Regardless of which student laptop you choose, I recommend buying directly from the manufacturer or a familiar, trusted retailer for the best prices and exchange or return policies. If you’re shopping on sites like Amazon or Walmart with third-party