There are tons of video game adaptation movies, and even TV shows (“The Last of Us”) but they’ve tended to skew more adult — “Resident Evil,” “Assassin’s Creed,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Tomb Raider,” etc. Even the first “Super Mario Bros.” in 1993 was more racy cyberpunk nightmare than kid-friendly entertainment.

But in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Is there room in corridos tumbados for a little bit of R&B soul? Linea Personal is betting on it.

For three years, the música Mexicana band Linea from Stockton has been perfecting its sophomore album, “Todo ø Nada,” a 13-track project that incorporates elements of melodic trap, R&B, blues and corridos tumbados.

“It’s ...Read more

After its release in 2023, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” grabbed more than its fair share of coins, earning more than $1.3 billion and ranking among the highest-grossing animated flicks of all time.

The people behind the movie — the result of a partnership of video game giant Nintendo and Illumination, the studio behind the beloved ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Connor Barwin’s Make the World Better concert weekend is on the move.

Last year, the former Eagle All-Pro defensive end’s benefit concert series expanded to two days and debuted at FDR Park in South Philly.

This year, MTWB weekend will again be a two-day event, but it’s headed back to the Dell Music Center in Fairmount ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Christopher North, who played keyboards as a founding member of the soft-rock group Ambrosia, died Monday in a hospice in Los Angeles. He was 75.

His death was confirmed by Ambrosia's Joe Puerta, who said the cause was throat cancer. According to Puerta, North was seriously injured late last year when he was hit by a car as he ...Read more

King Charles and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to the United States next month.

The royal couple will attend a state dinner at the White House - with the 77-year-old monarch making a speech to Congress - on a visit to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and "celebrate the historic connections" between the UK and US.

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Tiger Woods was looking down at his phone before his car crash last week, according to an arrest affidavit.

The 50-year-old golfer was arrested for DUI after being involved in an accident on Jupiter Island, Florida last Friday (27.03.26), where he rolled his Land Rover after colliding with a pick-up truck, and the sheriff's office report has ...Read more

Carey Mulligan has received a CBE from King Charles at Windsor Castle.

The 40-year-old actress, who has appeared in movies such as An Education and The Great Gatsby, was honoured by the monarch for her services to drama at an investiture ceremony on Tuesday (31.03.26).

Carey said of receiving the award: "I feel so unbelievably lucky to get do ...Read more

NEW YORK — HBO Max’s steamy hockey sensation “Heated Rivalry” is getting the musical treatment as it skates toward off-Broadway.

“Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody” will open May 12 at The Club at 530 West 27th St., formerly The McKittrick Hotel, where it will enjoy an eight-week run, according to a press release.

The...Read more

NEW YORK — Former “Dancing with the Stars” pro Charlotte Jørgensen recounted surviving the Air Canada flight that killed two pilots when it collided with a truck crossing the LaGuardia runway earlier this month.

The Danish ballroom dancer, 54, on Sunday shared a photo of the mangled Air Canada Express plane, as she commemorated a week ...Read more

The United States Army has suspended the aircrew members responsible for flying a pair of helicopters by Kid Rock’s White House replica mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, according to a report.

In video posted to X on Saturday, Kid Rock can be seen standing by the pool at his “southern White House” — designed to resemble the president’s...Read more

The “Super Mario Bros.” world has always been a family affair — it’s right there in the title, after all. The wildly successful 40-year-old Japanese video game franchise features a pair of Italian American plumber brothers from Brooklyn who spend their time powering up and jumping around the Mushroom Kingdom. But their motley crew of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Bruce Springsteen wants to share the opening moments of his Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour so he will be livestreaming the first two songs for free on Tuesday, March 31, from Target Center in Minneapolis.

The livestream will be available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/live/2EN2kOjTx_Q.

Unlike most Springsteen ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Is Bob Dylan seriously into writing historical fan fiction or is he just being a Jokerman once again?

On Sunday, March 29, he launched a Patreon website — for members only at $5 per month — promising content curated by Dylan.

Dylan’s Instagram promoted his Patreon as “Lectures from the Grave” — “a living archive ...Read more

NEW YORK — The first thing you’ll notice at the August Wilson Theatre is men. Rows and rows of them. Most all of a certain age.

Silver foxes have not shown up on Broadway in these numbers at least since Jeff “Roastmaster” Ross last summer, and even that show had more women in the seats. But the new show here is “Dog Day Afternoon,” ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nearly a year after the Los Angeles Zoo shipped off Billy and Tina to Oklahoma, animal rights activists have kept up the call to move the elephants to a sanctuary. Recently, actor Samuel L. Jackson joined their roster of supporters.

In the dead of night last May, the pair of Asian elephants were shuttled via shipping containers ...Read more

A futuristic legal drama tops the DVD releases for the week of April 7.

"Mercy": A Los Angeles detective (Chris Pratt) finds himself at the mercy of an AI judge, jury and executioner when he's accused of murdering his wife, with 90 minutes to prove his innocence.

"Detective Chris Raven (Pratt), one of the first cops to utilize Mercy to try a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A dream team has assembled to bring a scripted series based on the book “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story” from the drawing board to the small screen.

Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern has signed on to portray Miami Herald investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, whose tireless reporting on the Epstein sex-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Reality TV personalities Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen are at the center of domestic violence investigations making national headlines.

Soon after video footage of a 2023 violent altercation between the pair circulated online, ABC canceled Season 22 of "The Bachelorette," which Paul was set to lead. ...Read more

Lauren Conrad feels "settled and happy" after turning her back on fame.

The 40-year-old reality TV star - who shot to stardom on MTV series Laguna Beach and The Hills - quit Los Angeles to move back to her hometown of Laguna Beach to live a quiet life out of the spotlight with her husband William Tell and their two sons, Liam, eight, and ...Read more