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"It's a measure of how pointy bird wings are," Baldwin said.

Since pointier wings indicate stronger flying and dispersal abilities, the team predicted such birds would be better equipped to respond to environmental pressures than those with rounder wings.

Elphaba arrives alone, outfitted in the pointy black hat that Glinda has tricked her into wearing, and gets teased by all her classmates as she has been since arriving at Shiz University.

Discussing the possibility of appearing in the new film, Sir Ian commented: "I'm not letting anyone else put on the pointy hat and beard if I can help it."

Even when the pointy ears came off, Leonard Nimoy had trouble expressing emotion.