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Robert Downey Jr.

An American actor is considered one of Hollywood’s most gifted and versatile performers. He played Iron Man since 2008 and has topped the Forbes list of Hollywood's highest-paid actors.

Robert Downey Jr. will be playing Lewis Strauss an American financier and government official who served as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during WWII in Christopher Nolan's new biopic movie OPPENHEIMER.

by pacificshell50 August 22, 2022

Trinity Test

"Trinity" Test was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon test, conducted by the United States Army and the Manhattan Project leaders at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Did you know, that the "Trinity test" plunged humanity into the so-called Atomic Age?

by pacificshell50 August 23, 2022

Alex Wolff

Star of Hereditary, Pig and the Jumanji franchise - Alex Wolff is an award-winning actor, musician, singer, and composer. He is the son of actress Polly Draper and jazz pianist Michael Wolff. His elder brother is actor and musician Nat Wolff.

The next actor to board Christopher Nolan’s starstudded film OPPENHEIMER is Hereditary star, Alex Wolff.

by pacificshell50 August 27, 2022

Jumbo

During the Trinity Test, the Jumbo device was another implosion device designed by the X2-A section of the Los Alamos laboratory to act as a failsafe device for the Trinity test explosion.

On the day of the Trinity test, confidence in the plutonium bomb "Gadget" led the Manhattan scientist to decide not to use Jumbo anymore.

by pacificshell50 August 23, 2022

Emily Blunt

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016), Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), A Quiet Place 1 and 2 (2018, and 2020).

Emily Blunt is set to play the role of Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer, wife of Los Alamos Director J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) for Christopher Nolan's upcoming historical biography about the father of the atomic bomb, Oppenheimer coming in 2023.

by pacificshell50 August 23, 2022

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh is an Irish-born actor, director, and writer who is best known for his film adaptations of Shakespearean plays.

He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1981 and has served as its president since 2015. He has won an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.

Kenneth Branagh is cast in an unrevealed role in Christopher Nolan's upcoming historical biopic about the Father of Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheiemer, titled OPPENHEIMER (2023).

by pacificshell50 August 27, 2022

Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

This infamous quote was said by the Director of Los Alamos Laboratory, and Father of Atomic Bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer on July 16, 1945. After they witnessed the detonation of the first nuclear implosion device at the Trinity test in Los Alamos, NM.

Now, I am become death, the destroyer of worlds quote was in reference to the story of Vishnu and Prince Arjuna from the Bhagavad Gita. Herein, Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

by pacificshell50 August 23, 2022