In today’s edition of This City: meet the 14-year-old who animated a scene in Across the Spider-Verse. Plus, a Christmas dinner date at a frat house, the middle-schooler whose science project could protect Earth from asteroids, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our coverage on the city. |
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For most people, Lego is merely a toy, but 14-year-old Preston Mutanga took it a step further: the teen taught himself how to make Lego-style short films using CGI animation. He recreated the trailer for the Marvel movie Across the Spider-Verse and posted it online. It went viral—and the film’s writers invited Mutanga to animate a scene for the feature film. Here, he tells us about his whirlwind journey to Hollywood. |
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| | Juliann, a 27-year-old writer, agreed to go on a dinner date with Anil—and ended up getting the full frat experience, including gross bathrooms, nightmarish food and a strong dose of misogyny. “Anil immediately went to hang out with his buddies,” says Juliann. “Eventually, I found out that members weren’t allowed to attend the party without a date.” Read the full story here. |
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| | Cuisine, culture and luxury accommodations in Québec |
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| | After watching NASA slam a robotic probe into a small asteroid near Earth, middle-schooler Arushi Nath designed a code that would take a telescope image of a space rock and spit out crucial information about it, with the goal of eventually providing planet-preserving factoids like whether it was going to hit Earth. Her code is now available open-source for anyone who wants to help save the world. Here, Nath tells us about her deep love of space. |
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| | Five reasons why property surveys are crucial for Toronto homeowners |
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| | Toronto used to have one of the best transit systems in North America. Now it’s crowded, unreliable, underfunded and dangerous. In our July issue, the inside story of what went wrong and who’s to blame. Also in this issue: Shania Twain’s Toronto years, essential stuff for the pampered pooch, the summer’s best street food, and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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