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Zack Sharf Digital News Director “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is heading toward $1 billion at the worldwide box office, which is a far cry from the disastrous fate that met the first attempt to bring the Nintendo video game franchise to life. The live-action “Super Mario Bros.” movie in 1993 crashed and burned at the box office, grossing less than $40 million worldwide. Many Mario fans found the film too dark and adult-oriented, but Luigi actor John Leguizamo recently told GQ magazine in a video interview that what they shot was far darker than what was released. “[The directors] had this dark, dark vision that Disney was not okay with so there was all this butt-heading that was incredible,” Leguizamo said. “That party scene? Those were all strippers from North Carolina that they put on the set and they had them in the most revealing clothes and costumes.”

A nearly due pregnant woman tragically lost her life after a group of teenagers opened fire on her vehicle.

The hard to get Prime drinks have landed in Aldi stores once again, however this time the usual chaotic queues were missing due to a change made by the supermarket. The hydration drinks have often caused massive commotion, which have led to shoppers ‘climbing over each other’ to get their hands on it the last time it hit shelves.

John Leguizamo is voicing his support for the LGBTQ community with a very special message. The Hollywood star decided to show support for his “trans brothers and sisters” on social media, sharing his love for his friends, family, and colleagues.Fans of the actor applauded him for publicly acknowledging his support, with many referencing his iconic character Chi Chi Rodriguez in the 1995 film ‘To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar’“I’m all for trans and lgbtq+ cause love is love.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: This recap contains spoilers for Season 4, Episode 4 of “Succession,” now streaming on HBO Max. After standing united against their father for so long, it’s a Roy Sibling Battle Royale on “Succession” once again. Last week’s episode delivered a series-best bombshell that had the entire “Succession” world (and our own) buzzing about the death of Logan Roy (Brian Cox). Somehow, this Sunday’s follow-up cranked the drama and tension even higher, with the Roy extended family wasting no time in plotting the interim Waystar Royco CEO. After the dust settled and the tears dried up, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are the ultimate victors, with Shiv (Sarah Snook) getting left out…for now.

Padma Lakshmi is enjoying a family getaway with her daughter.

If you happened to be at the Overlook Film Festival earlier this month, you were gifted with the rare opportunity to see Jim Jarmusch onstage twice. Once was during a live performance by Sqürl, the band he cofounded with collaborator and producer Carter Logan; the other was the tenth-anniversary screening of “Only Lovers Left Alive.” On paper, it was the perfect synthesis of art forms and artists, with Jarmusch and Logan playing songs from the “Only Lovers Left Alive” soundtrack before introing the film the following day.

Kristin Cavallari went back, back to the beginning in a new nostalgic photo shoot for her jewelry brand, Uncommon James.The 36-year-old reality star reunited with her co-stars and childhood pals, Stephen Colletti, Jason Wahler, Talan Torriero, Alex Murel, Alex Hooser, and Jessica Smith, for the high-school themed shoot.In the clips, we see exes and podcast co-hosts Kristin and Stephen catch one another's eye in the library as the pals pass notes in class, skateboard in the hallways, and walk through the bleachers.The Uncommon James account posted the clip to Instagram with the caption, «We’ve been keeping a secret and it’s time we come clean…»A post shared by Uncommon James Jewelry (@uncommonjames)Kristin got her start as a high school senior on the MTV reality series. She went on to appear on the spin-off series,, and later had her own reality series,.Over the past year, she has been rewatching and recapping episodes with Stephen for their podcast.

Brian Cox has a very laidback attitude about the death of his character, Logan Roy. The 76-year-old actor was a guest on Monday's episode of , just one day after the HBO Max show's shocking twist.Host Colbert asked Cox how he discovered that his character was being killed off the series.«I was summoned to head office, and I was given the news that he would be departing,» Cox shared. «They didn't say when, and I said, 'Fine.'»Cox laughed and shrugged at the news, noting, «It's a job.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Leading Spanish indie Plano a Plano has snagged TV adaptation rights to “Lejos de Luisiana” by Luz Gabás, last year’s winner of Spain’s prestigious Planeta Award. Plano a Plano acquired the rights from Book & Film Rights, the Editorial Planeta division which oversees local and international audiovisual adaptation deals as well as translation rights in international markets. Since 1952, Planeta has bestowed an annual reward to outstanding unpublished Spanish-language works with the largest endowment worldwide, one million Euros. Gabás’ acclaimed debut novel “Palm Trees in the Snow” (“Palmeras en la nieve”) was successfully adapted to the screen in 2015, winning two Goya, translated to multiple languages and grossing $18.3 million in Spain.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Amazon is developing a series version of the Philip K. Dick novel “Clans of the Alphane Moon,” Variety has learned exclusively. The project is being developed under Electric Shepherd Productions and Patrick Moran’s first look deals with Amazon Studios. Moran, via Patrick Moran Productions, is executive producing the project along with John Leguizamo, as well as as Isa Dick Hakcett, the CEO of Electric Shepherd. Bradley Kaplan will also executive produce. “Clans of the Alphane Moon” is described as a “a subversive, genre-bending, sci-fi comedy about desperately trying to escape, and ultimately having to embrace our flaws, told through the prism of a Latinx family en route to a new, faraway moon.”

Nigel Lawson has sadly died at the age of 91.Tributes have started to pour in for the Conservative former chancellor, who was also the father of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, 63. Following a report in the Telegraph, former prime minister Boris Johnson, Tory chairman Greg hands and ex-chancellor Sajid Javid were among those marking his death. “Nigel Lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market Conservatism," Johnson said.

Former Conservative Party MP, Chancellor and journalist Nigel Lawson has died at the age of 91.

Note: The following contains spoilers for “Succession” Season 4, Episode 2The ending of “Succession” Season 4 Episode 2 saw Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) go crawling back to Logan (Brian Cox), but for Culkin, the move makes a lot of sense.Following the events of the Season 3 finale in which Logan cut Roman, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Shiv (Sarah Snook) out of the company after they came for his head, Season 4 began with the kids really embracing being on their own. The second episode of this final season saw the children even using some significant leverage against Logan to potentially delay his sale of Waystar Royco to GoJo in order to squeeze more money out of Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard).But, sensing the kids had real leverage, Logan confronted his children in the second episode and even offered an apology for his actions – albeit motivated by trying to convince them to get out of his way.The episode ended with Roman showing up at Logan’s house, unbeknownst to Kendall and Shiv, and with Logan asking Roman to join him and head up ATN.“I think Logan, he went after Roman for the reason that he’s probably the most likely to get him on his side,” Culkin explains in a behind-the-scenes video about the episode.

EXCLUSIVE: Logan Miller (Escape Room franchise) has signed on to star alongside Barbarian breakout Georgina Campbell in Psycho Killer, a new horror-thriller from New Regency, which is heading into production in early spring.

Not holding back! Ariana Madix’s friend Logan Cochran slammed Vanderpump Rules’ Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval after she was spotted outside the musician and his ex’s shared home.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Universal Music Group announced on Wednesday that its Board of Directors has extended the contract of Lucian Grainge, the company’s chairman and CEO, until May 1, 2028. According to the announcement, the “extended and amended” agreement transitions Grainge from an all-cash compensation package to one that is a combination of equity and cash and includes an equity compensation program with “a broad set of performance-based objectives aligned with shareholders’ interest and corresponding to the company’s long-term growth strategy. To assure the compensation program is aligned with shareholders’ interest, the majority of the compensation package’s economic value will be paid in UMG equity and UMG performance-based stock options.” Grainge’s annual salary under the new agreement will be reduced by more than two-thirds from his current salary, to $5 million, the announcement continues. Subject to the achievement of performance criteria, he will be eligible for an annual bonus with a target of $10 million. The EBITA bonus from his prior employment agreement has been eliminated and Grainge will only be entitled to the contingent bonus under his prior employment agreement on a pro rata basis until March 31, 2023. The equity components of the program include annual grants of $20 million, comprised of as much as 50% Performance Share Units (PSUs) — with annual PSU goals set by the Board of Directors — and the remainder comprised of Restricted Share Units (RSUs). 

reported on Wednesday that a federal judge has ordered Pence to testify specifically in regards to the twice-impeached former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, in which he lost to Joe Biden. During Wednesday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” guest host John Leguizamo pulled up a clip from CNN’s reporting, in which it was noted that Pence will likely need to answer questions about private conversations he had with Trump leading up to January 6, including ones where Trump berated him.“Oh come on man, don’t make Pence say all the names that Trump called him,” Leguizamo said.

James Gunn continued to make it official on social media that he hasn’t made his decision yet on who’ll play Superman in his early days-set movie of the Man of Steel, Superman: Legacy. In doing so, the filmmaker also shot down rumors that Fury actor Logan Lerman would play him.

John Leguizamo has plans for his future roles in Hollywood. In an appearance on The Daily Show, Leguizamo talked about representation and Latino actors, and how it’s still common for white actors to still take Latino parts.