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Off the back of a $1.3 billion box office, The Super Mario Bros. Movie bagged itself a sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, inspired by the video game of the same name.Things have been ticking along in development, with the only details being the cast, which includes the return of Anya Taylor-Joy as the voice of Princess Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, and Chris Pratt as Mario.However, Universal has now released a handful of first-look images of the film, as well as a trailer, which introduces us to a couple of new characters and even tells us who will be voicing them.Which New Characters Will Appear in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie?It has been confirmed that Brie Larson will join the voice cast as Rosalina, with Uncut Gems co-director Benny Safdie voicing Boswer Jr. The Super Mario Galaxy Mo...

The emotionally rich project drops on February 13th Rising country singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and band member of Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band, Caroline Jones, has announced her highly anticipated album, Good Omen, to be released February 13th. Marking Jones’ first album with Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment, Good Omen showcases Jones’ most raw and lyrically honest songwriting to date, reflecting her growth and new life perspectives as both an artist and a new mom. “I am thrilled to announce my next album, Good Omen. This project has my most raw and empathetic storylines yet, set to a backdrop of rich, dark, bluegrass-infused tracks. This being my first album as a Mother, I’ve channeled the intense empathy that Motherhood affords you, which, it turns out, is...

Today Teen Gaming Club: 5 p.m., Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Compete, cooperate and collaborate on the Nintendo Switch, featuring a selection of games for four to eight players. longmontcolorado.gov. Teen Craft & Create Club: 3 p.m., Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Teen Craft & Create is a weekly drop-in club dedicated to teenagers. Join each Wednesday for craft activities, snacks and just to hang out. Each week, explore a new activity such as collage, painting, fiber art and free-choice art-making time. This program is perfect for teens ages 13-18 who want to explore their creative selves and make some new friends along the way. Free, 303-651-8374, longmontcolorado.gov. ASL Conversation Group: 5:30 p.m., Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., ...

Metallica is one of the most popular heavy metal bands of all time, and they continue to sell out stadiums. While Metallica has ruled the heavy metal space for decades, they've also made an impact on the film world with their music. Throughout the years, the band's music has made their way into a bevy of feature films and enhanced the movie space.Metallica doesn’t just play music, it detonates emotion. Decades after the first thrash riffs shook suburban basements and parental patience alike, the band continues to speak to something raw, loud and defiantly human.At first glance, it's easy to dismiss Metallica as the soundtrack for people who like to smash air guitar. But behind the hair-whipping fun is a pulse that beats in perfect time with human frustration, resilience and the desperate n...

Broadcaster have expanded their reach For decades, radio stations have shaped how we discover new sounds and connect with the artists we love. What few predicted is how those same stations would help modernise an entirely different corner of entertainment: the white-label gaming space. This refers to a platform or service that is fully supported and developed by a third party, but branded by the station. As iGaming has grown at a staggering pace, music broadcasters have stepped into the arena not as bystanders, but as brands ready to expand their influence. Modern white-label casino platforms were built for this moment. Instead of requiring businesses to design a gaming platform from the ground up, white-label providers offer fully licensed, fully equipped systems that can be branded and l...

I Built A Retro Switch 2 Dock! - YouTube Watch On Why do we love game cartridges so? It's something about the tactility, I'd wager, combined with the nostalgia of holding your individual games in your hand. Holiday gift vibes, that sort of thing. Anyway, Joel of YouTube channel Joel Creates has taken that nostalgia trip to its absolute extreme, creating a CRT-equipped Nintendo Switch 2 dock that allows you to use the entire console like a cartridge, slotting it into a mahoosive opening on the front.The project itself is based on Joel's childhood memory of a Nintendo 64 running in a store window display, and attempts to recapture the magic of that experience (via Hackaday). There's something alluring about a game running on a CRT monitor, so they took it upon themselves to bring gaming...

Netflix has built its own holiday tradition, one made not of snow globes and carolers, but of royal romances, magical mishaps, and families trying to survive December together. Each year, new titles join a lineup of returning favorites, from A Christmas Prince and The Princess Switch to newer hits like Family Switch and Hot Frosty. This guide gathers 12 Netflix Christmas movies worth rewatching every season, whether you’re after cozy escapism, festive chaos, or a little holiday heartbreak. Bookmark it, these are the films that bring the holiday spirit back on demand. The Christmas Chronicles The Christmas Chronicles follows siblings Kate and Teddy Pierce, who accidentally crash Santa’s sleigh and must help Saint Nick, played by Kurt Russell, save Christmas before morn...

Ninety-seven per cent of people surveyed could not tell the difference between fully AI-generated music and human made music in a new survey from Deezer and Ipsos. The survey comes as an AI “band” – Breaking Rust –  hit number one on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, and as artists voice their concerns about copyright, AI transparency, and fair compensation. The survey reached 9000 listeners across the UK, US, Canada, Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany, and Japan. A majority (71%) were surprised by inability to identify AI-generated music, with more than half (52%) feeling uncomfortable by not being able to tell the difference. The study revealed that nearly half (45%) of participants would like to filter out 100% AI-generated music from their streaming platform, while 40% sa...

AI has become the world's word, driving sales, infrastructure, device creation, and even video games. In the world of cost-cutting measures, AI has become a tool many use to save not just a buck, but also time and energy, in a world where everyone, all at once, needs everything now.Is AI the next boogeyman, or is it something else? Will it "doom" us all to an existence in which humanity's artistic talents lie dormant, locked behind a wall of ever-growing, power-hungry server structures? Or is it the next step in human evolution, not one created by selection or generations, but one made by human intervention?Where it lies on that less-than-linear scale is not a simple conversation to have, nor one that I'll even have scratched the surface of once you've finished reading this piece. What I a...

Layoffs are a natural part of the banking world and, when affected, most people pick themselves up and look for their next banking job. Claire Castera, an ex-equity structuring director at Deutsche Bank, had a different plan when she was laid off back in 2010: she executive produced a movie.Click here to join the bubble by eFinancialCareers, our new anonymous community. ✍️Castera had always been interested in movies but, as a finance graduate, "a career in finance made more sense." At a drinks event following her layoff, however, she was introduced to a colleague that had contacts in the film industry and knew of a creative team in need of a production company. "We raised the money around our own network and we made it happen." Her executive producer partners included Philippe Derimay, a C...