Kevin Afghani Tapped As The New Mario in Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Game

Huey Lewis And The News have announced plans to bring a musical to Broadway next year.The Heart Of Rock And Roll, which previously debuted in San Diego in 2018, will begin with previews at The James Earl Jones Theatre on March 29, 2024, ahead of its opening night on April 22.Described as a “raucous rom-com,” the musical includes Lewis’ most famous songs including ‘The Power Of Love’ which famously featured in Back To The Future, ‘Workin’ For A Livin”, ‘Stuck With You’, and ‘If This Is It’.The official synopsis (via Deadline) reads: “The Heart Of Rock And Roll centres on a couple of thirty-somethings who know exactly what they want from life – until they find each other. It’s going to take ‘The Power of Love’ – and a little help from their friends – to show them the way.”Casting for the Broadway production is yet to be announced.“Working on our show has been so gratifying,” said Lewis in a statement.

Kevin Abstract has shared the final single from his upcoming album, a song called ‘Madonna’.The wistful track sees Abstract reminiscing about an unrequited lover: “Ex’s and oh’s like she’s playin’ Playstation/ Blue bubble green, and she left the conversation/ Love comes and goes, she hits the road/ Fuckin’ somebody else in the gas station.”It’s the latest song in a string of tracks he has released in the run-up to his new album ‘Blanket‘, which is due out this Friday (November 3). The Brockhampton member first previewed the album at various shows in LA and New York, where he revealed some rumoured song titles.

Luke Macfarlane has announced that he will run the New York Marathon in memory of his partner Hig Roberts‘ late brother.

Jenna Ortega film Finestkind has been released – watch it in full below.The Wednesday star will feature in the crime thriller alongside Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Tommy Lee Jones. It has been confirmed that the film will be available to stream via Paramount+ from December 15.Produced by Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan and written and directed by Legend’s Brian Helgeland, Foster and Wallace play two estranged brothers who reunite and attempt to make a fortune with a fishing business, but are forced to turn to organised crime to make ends meet.Finestkind is just one of a number of projects that Ortega has been working on in 2023.

Maisie Peters is sharing a brand new deluxe version of her UK No.1 album, The Good Witch!

Pain Hustlers hits Netflix today (October 27) and comes complete with its own original score.Directed by David Yates, Pain Hustlers stars Emily Blunt, Chris Evans and Catherine O’Hara in a story about a high school dropout who takes a job at a failing pharmaceutical start-up.A synopsis reads: “After losing her job, a woman who’s struggling to raise her daughter takes a job out of desperation. She begins work at a failing pharmaceutical startup, but what she doesn’t anticipate is the dangerous racketeering scheme she’s suddenly entered.”Yates said of the film: “I was intrigued by the pharma world, particularly the low-rent end of it, the workaday reps and sales teams striving to make a living in a hugely competitive business of dealing with people’’s pain.“I loved the characters [screenwriter Wells Tower] was creating on the page, and his writing.”Of Blunt, he added: “Emily was probably the most prepared actor I’ve ever worked with. She comes to set with a game plan every single day and knows exactly what she wants to explore in the architecture of the human being that she’s playing.”The movie’s original music comes from Oscar nominee James Newton Howard, whose previous credits include The Hunger Games, King Kong and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) and Michael Dean Parsons (Stan Lee, Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return).1. ‘Selling Montage’ – Michael Dean Parsons2. ‘One Last Pitch’ – Michael Dean Parsons3. ‘Rookie Of The Year’ – James Newton Howard4. ‘You’re Fired’ – Michael Dean Parsons5. ‘Liza Needs A Moment’ – James Newton Howard6. ‘Vesting’ – James Newton Howard7. I Want A Rebate – Michael Dean Parsons8. ‘Procedure Risks’ – Michael Dean Parsons9. ‘You’re Not A Bad Person’ – Michael Dean Parsons10. ‘Sheer

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Rodrigo Sorogoyen, director of ‘The Beasts,’ the Best Foreign Film winner at France’s 2023 Cesar Awards, has gone into production on a new series, “The New Year’s Eves.” Following on Sorogoyen’s acclaimed “Riot Police,” and his episode in “Offworld,” chosen by Variety as one the best international series of 2022, “The Beasts” is produced by Movistar Plus+, the biggest Spanish pay TV/OTT operator, in collaboration with Madrid-based independent production house Caballo Films (“Riot Police,” “The Route”), co-founded by Sorogoyen. Movistar Plus+ International will handle distribution outside Spain.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Along with the expansion of streaming, among the unintended consequences of COVID and the SAG-AFTRA actors strike has been global consumers’ growing consumption of non-English-language films and TV shows. That in turn has elevated familiarity with and acceptance of Asian local shows and Asian performers – not just those riding the Korean wave.

Lady Gaga‘s new song with the Rolling Stones is featured on the band’s new album and she stepped out for the album release party!

Netflix sci-fi cop drama Bodies, which landed on the streaming service today (August 19).Set across multiple timelines, the series comes with an original score by Jon Opstad as well as using music from Vera Lynn, Katherine Jenkins and more.The Netflix synopsis of the show reads: “When a body – the same body – is found on Longharvest Lane in London’s East End in 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053, one detective from each period must investigate.“As connections are drawn across the decades, the detectives soon discover their investigations are linked, and an enigmatic political leader – Elias Mannix (Stephen Graham) – becomes increasingly central. Did he have a part to play in the murder? Or is something far more sinister at play?“To solve the mystery, our four detectives must somehow collaborate and uncover a conspiracy spanning over 150 years.”See the full episode-by-episode list of the show’s full soundtrack below.1. ‘Bodies Main Title’ – Jon Opstad2. ‘White Jazz’ – Joe Loss and His Band3. ‘Funk on Steroids’ – Cutta Crepe, Luke de Lux4. ‘The Love Song’ – Altitude Music5. ‘So Many Men, So Little Time’ – Miquel Brown6. ‘Since We Ain’t Together’ – Nia Chennai7. ‘What A Difference A Day Makes’ – Dinah Washington8. ‘Bodies End Credits’ – Jon Opstad1. ‘Bodies Main Title’ – Jon Opstad2. ‘Blue Skies Are Around the Corner’ – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra, Evelyn Lane3. ‘We’ll Meet Again’ – Vera Lynn4. ‘Bodies End Credits’ – Jon Opstad1. ‘Bodies Main Title’ – Jon Opstad2. ‘All Things Bright And Beautiful’ – Anglican Hymn3. ‘Super Mario Bros. Theme’4. ‘London Pride’ – Noel Coward5. ‘Lose My Way’ – Ane Brun & Dustin O’Halloran6. ‘Agnus Dei Op.11’ – Katherine Jenkins & Rodolfus Choir7. ‘Bodies End Credits’ – Jon Opstad1. ‘Bodies Main Title’

Streaming series, The Chosen, which follows the life of Jesus Christ will see all of its episodes in season 4 play first in theaters this coming February. Fathom Events is distributing. After the full-season run in theaters, The Chosen will see its debut across streaming platforms including The Chosen TV and mobile apps, broadcast and cable TV.  

Ethan Shanfeld Mario’s big brown boots have been filled following the departure of longtime Nintendo voice actor Charles Martinet. The gaming company announced Friday that voice actor Kevin Afghani is the voice of Mario and Luigi in the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Wonder, a new Mario platforming game available on Nintendo Switch on Oct.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Nintendo‘s Mario is having a big 2023. After taking in a $1.3 billion big box office haul for “The Super Mario Bros.

Bring Me The Horizon have shared a taster of their upcoming album by dropping the new anthemic single, ‘DArkSide’. Check it out below.Released today (October 13), the track is taken from the band’s upcoming album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX Gen’, and arrives after Oli Sykes and co.

Princess Diana in an upcoming play about her notorious 1995 “Panorama” interview is here. The 35-year-old actress looks just like the late Princess of Wales in photos released Wednesday from “The Interview,” which will debut at London’s Park Theatre at the end of the month.Kettle donned a nearly identical blazer and skirt that Diana wore to speak with disgraced journalist Martin Bashir.

The new Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV series adaptation is on the way and is just a couple of months away from premiering!

Neymar Jr and his girlfriend Bruna Biancardi excitedly announced they were having their first baby. A few months later, this happy news was overshadowed by reports of the football player’s admitted infidelity.

Some NFL fans aren’t feeling the Taylor Swift fever.

The Lathums have shared their latest single ‘Thoughts Of A Child’ following the release of their second album earlier this year.The track is a follow-up to the band’s second LP ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More’ which was released back in March. Speaking of the track in a press release, frontman Alex Moore said: “We’ve all been told before that we, for some reason, aren’t good enough.

Wordle took the world by storm in early 2022 when it became a huge hit game.