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TIL Alan Tudyk has had a role in every Disney animated film since "Wreck-It Ralph, including the Duke of Weselton in "Frozen", and a character named Duke Weaselton in "Zootopia"

Alan Tudyk is an American actor and voice actor, who is best known for his role as Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the short-lived, but critically acclaimed Fox space-western drama series Firefly in 2002, and its 2005 continuation film Serenity.

For Walt Disney Animation Studios, he has voiced King Candy in the 2012 Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph (for which he won an Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production), the Duke of Weselton in the 2013 animated feature film Frozen, Alistair Krei in the 2014 animated feature film Big Hero 6, Duke Weaselton in the 2016 animated feature film Zootopia, and Heihei in the film Moana.

He has been a staple voice actor for the Disney Revival, alongside Katie Lowes.

His other works with Disney include additional voices in Phineas and Ferb and voicing Ludo and King Butterfly in the Disney Channel/Disney XD animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

He also portrayed K-2S0 in the Star Wars film Rogue One. »

Half of Detroit’s 8 mayoral candidates are felons

Authored by detroitnews.com

Detroit — Half of the eight mayoral hopefuls on Detroit’s primary ballot next week have been convicted of felony crimes involving drugs, assault or weapons, a Detroit News analysis shows.

Political consultant Greg Bowens said there are candidates with past hardships in every election cycle.

It addresses jobs, discriminatory lending and access to meaningful employment for convicted felons with academic achievement. »

Tesla averaging 1,800 Model 3 reservations per day since last week’s event

Authored by techcrunch.com

Tesla averaging 1,800 Model 3 reservations per day since last week’s event.

Tesla is booking a total of around 1,800 Model 3 net reservations per day since it held an event last Friday to handover its first Model 3 production cars to employees who pre-ordered the vehicle, the company revealed in its earnings letter for Q2 2017.

Interestingly, Tesla also said that rather than being down as some analysts predicted, Model S demand increased following the Model 3 event, though it’s “too early to draw strong conclusions.” »

Congress wants Trump Jr. phone records related to Russia meeting

Authored by thehill.com

Congressional investigators probing Russian election interference want Donald Trump Jr.'s phone records relating to his meeting with a Russian lawyer ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

According to a new CBS News report, there is "high interest" among congressional investigators to obtain Trump Jr.'s cellphone records, phone records and all email accounts of individuals involved in the meeting.

Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that Trump dictated Trump Jr.'s initial misleading statement on the meeting. »

Methane-Eating Bacteria Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet Could be Curbing Global Warming

Authored by newsweek.com

Scientists found the bacteria by drilling in Lake Whillans, a large body of water located 800 meters (2,600 feet) underneath the West Antarctic ice sheet.

Understanding the vast systems of lakes and rivers beneath the Antarctic ice sheet is important to climate science.

According to the study authors, vast “microbial ecosystems capable of cycling important greenhouse gases” exist beneath the Antarctic ice. »