A Nintendo theme park is opening in 2021 and guests will be able to play real-life Mario Kart

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRefresh for latest…: Big news this weekend out of Japan where anime adaptation Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train shattered all-time opening records. The film, which opened on Friday October 16, as opposed to the usual Saturday/Sunday weekend, is estimated to have grossed upwards of $30M for the three-day.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentA series of suicides in the Japanese entertainment world, including reality TV star Kimura Hana in May, actor Miura Haruma in July and actresses Ashina Sei and Takeuchi Yuko in September, have raised questions about not only their specific tragedies, but also conditions in Japanese society as a whole that may have contributed to an upsurge in suicide deaths during the pandemic.Understanding the mindset of the victims almost too well is Matsubayashi Urara, who

Naman Ramachandran BAFTA and Golden Globe winner Bill Nighy (“Love Actually,” “Emma”) will headline the cast of “Living,” alongside Aimee Lou Wood, known for her breakout role in Netflix’s “Sex Education.”The screenplay by Nobel and Booker Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro (“The Remains of The Day”) is an English-language adaptation of the 1952 classic “Ikiru,” written by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni.The film will be directed by multiple award-winning filmmaker

Senorita singer Shawn Mendes has an exciting new project! The Lost in Japan singer-songwriter and longtime manager Andrew Gertler are teaming up with Netflix for a special documentary called In Wonder, set to launch globally on the streaming service on November 23. The , a TIFF special event selection, was directed by acclaimed director Grant Singer and promises to be “a portrait of Mendes‘ life, chronicling the past few years of his rise and journey,” according to Netflix This announcement came

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNetflix has given a formal green light to Blue Eye Samurai, animated action series from Michael Green and Amber Noizumi, which stars Maya Erskine, George Takei, Masi Oka, Randall Park, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Song, and Darren Barnet.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersIt centers on a mixed-race master (Erskine) of the sword who lives a life in disguise while seeking revenge in Edo-period Japan.Green and Noizumi are the creators

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Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock has responded to claims she broke the rule of six at her birthday party.The Shout Out To My Ex singer, 29, enjoyed a lavish dinner at Sumosan Twiga in Belgravia, London on Saturday night. Leigh-Anne, who is engaged to footballer Andre Gray, shared videos of herself and some friends dining on Japanese and Italina cuisine at the swanky eatery on her Instagram.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNBC Olympics and Twitter have extended the content partnership they announced last year to cover the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022 in addition to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.Most aspects of the extension follow the terms of the original agreement, which covered only Tokyo. The Summer Olympics in the Japanese city had been planned for 2020 before COVID-19 forced a postponement.

spilling the tea in her much-anticipated memoir ““The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” released Tuesday, the pop superstar opens the vault for “The Rarities,” a collection of rare and previously unreleased tracks such as the Lauryn Hill joint “Save the Day.”The album, out Friday, also comes with a bonus concert set, “Live at the Tokyo Dome,” from Carey’s first Japan show in 1996.Here are six highlights that will keep you obsessed with Mimi.“Here We Go Around Again” Before she hit No.

In the early 2000s, author Dan Buettner conducted research into what aspects of our lifestyle and environment can help us live longer. He identified five areas with the highest percentage of centenarians (a person who is 100 years old or older).

Nintendo has advised Switch owners to ensure their consoles are regularly charged to avoid damaging the battery.Due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic, many people have been forced into lockdown and asked to spend more time at home.

When you act in a soap with the same people daily it's highly likely that spending so much time together can spark romance. And that's exactly what's happened over the years on long-running BBC soap EastEnders, which has had several of its famous stars take their onscreen relationships offscreen.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRefresh for latest…: In its fifth weekend at the international box office, Warner Bros’ Tenet added another $15.8M from 56 markets. The offshore cume has risen to $242M for a worldwide total of $283.2M.