Nintendo unveils Super Mario Meal collaboration with Burger King

The Casting Society of America has made its final callbacks for 2020, unveiling the film nominees for its 36th annual Artios Awards. The winners will be announced during the virtual ceremony April 15.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Hong Kong government has replaced the head of broadcasting at publicly-owned Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). It also published a report that lambasted the operator for poor internal controls and lack of editorial accountability.The broadcaster, which is technically a government department, has been criticized by the city’s pro-Beijing camp for much of the past two years.

Walt Disney announced Wednesday its Hong Kong park will reopen to guests this Friday, Feb. 19.

Hong Kong Disneyland is set to reopen — again —on Friday, Disney Parks announced Wednesday. The Hong Kong theme park has closed three times in response to waves of COVID-19 infection in the city, with its most recent closure going into effect on Dec.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Hong Kong Disneyland theme park will reopen on Friday (Feb. 19, 2021) after being closed due to a fourth wave of the coronavirus outbreak in the city.

Vivienne Chow “Mother Tongue,” a suspense thriller directed by two-time Academy Award nominee Mike Figgis (“Leaving Las Vegas,” “Internal Affairs”) starts shooting in Hong Kong this week. It stars and is produced by actor-singer-producer Josie Ho (“Contagion,” “Lucky Day”).Figgis and Ho will hold a start-of production ceremony Wednesday at Hong Kong’s Shaw Studios.

Vivienne Chow Cinemas in Hong Kong are set to reopen on Thursday after a hiatus caused by the city’s fourth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.As the number of infections has dropped to only single figure daily increases, the government announced on Tuesday permission to reopen previously shuttered public places including cinemas and theme parks. Theme parks and cinemas have been ordered to close three times.Cinemas, closed since Dec.

Nintendo‘s Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury has topped the UK retail boxed charts this week, becoming the fastest selling release of the year so far.The game is an updated re-release of the Wii U title, which came out in 2013. A standalone mode, Bowser’s Fury, is included.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMovie industry shares soared in Hong Kong on Tuesday in response to the bumper revenues being earned at the mainland China box office over the Chinese New Year holidays.Leading the gains were Imax China and Alibaba Pictures, both of which have direct stakes in the box office boom. Imax China stock climbed by 31% to HK$18.36 per share at the close of trading.

Something to celebrate! Mariah Carey announced a new flavor is being added to her Mariah’s Cookies collection just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Rebecca Davis editorHours after Beijing banned the BBC World Service, Hong Kong’s public broadcaster announced Friday that it will also drop certain BBC programs, sparking concern from foreign governments and journalist organizations.Beijing’s tit-for-tat move to block the BBC came a week after the U.K.

direct to your inboxA mum who claimed she could hardly walk tried to con the NHS out of more than £5.7m as she enjoyed holidays around the world.Linda Metcalf, 37, of Stockport, said she needed sticks to walk and couldn't drive because of her local trust’s medical negligence. But investigators discovered she had been travelling around the world, to destinations such as New Zealand, Fiji and Hong Kong, the Mirror reports.

Rebecca Davis editorHugely-popular Chinese video entertainment platform Bilibili is facing an ad boycott from Chinese brands after its airing of a controversial Japanese anime series sparked user criticism that the site appears to tolerate misogynistic comments and content.The controversy comes just months ahead of an expected secondary listing of Bilibili shares in Hong Kong.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek anticipates Disneyland and other parks in 2022 may be mask free and without onerous social distancing for a Covid free, vaccinated populace.

Super Mario World‘s Soundtrack by using files found in Nintendo “gigaleak” from 2020.Twitter user The Brickster was able to find the proper names for many of the original instrument samples used for Super Mario World, which has enabled people to find the original source samples for the OST.The Brickster explained that the samples were found after the leaked files were discovered to contain the source code for the GBA game Super Mario Advanced.

Vivienne Chow Hong Kong auteur Stanley Kwan will be featured as the filmmaker-in-focus at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Angelina Jolie was back at her beloved Target with an important assistant on hand to help her pick up the essentials. Her 12-year-old son, Knox Jolie-Pitt, was spotted steering the shopping cart during their January 24 trip to the superstore and he looked so old. Even while wearing a protective face mask, the tween is now the spitting image of his famous father, Brad Pitt. Just take a look at Knox in the photos below and you’ll totally agree.