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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Broke Three Major Box Office Records During Opening Weekend!

The Super Mario Bros. Movie has taken over the box office this weekend! The animated flick delivered record numbers, and achieved the biggest worldwide opening weekend in box office history for an animated movie, overtaking the previous record set by Frozen II.   According to Deadline, The Super Mario Bros. Movie earned a global five-day launch of $377 million. Disney’s Frozen II, which opened in 2019, held...

Amanda Schull’s Life Gets Turned Around With Carlo Marks in Hallmark’s ‘The Blessing Bracelet’

Amanda Schull shares a cute exchange with Carlo Marks in their new movie, The Blessing Bracelet. The newest flick, produced by DaySpring, will premiere on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries tonight, April 9 at 7 p.m. Here’s a summary for the movie: Dawn Spencer (Schull) approaches the Easter holiday trying to balance being a single parent while working to get out of the debt...

There Is An Update About Amanda Bynes Amid Mental Health Hospital Stay

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 05: Actress Amanda Bynes arrives at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios' Gibson Amphitheatre on June 5, 2011 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Amanda Bynes is still getting care, but plans are already being made for what happens once she leaves the mental health hospital. The 37-year-old...

IU’s Upcoming Drama Responds To Her Reported Record-Breaking Payment

“I read the article and…” A representative of Netflix‘s You Did Good responded to reports alleging IU was being paid a staggering ₩500 million KRW (about $380,000 USD) per episode. On April 6, a representative of Netflix’s upcoming K-Drama You Did Good stated that they had “Read the article” and that the report was “Groundless.” Earlier, an exclusive report from Osen alleged that IU would be receiving...

More Singapore billionaires on Forbes’ 2023 rich list, including co-founder of Raffles Medical Group

Mr Li Xiting, founder and chairman of Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, a global provider of medical devices based in China, has again topped Forbes' list of billionaires in Singapore. Mr Li was among 35 billionaires from the Republic – up from 26 in 2022. Their collective net worth came to US$118.9 billion (S$157.6 billion), compared with US$106.7 billion in...

Malaysian woman pulls out eyelash extensions ‘one by one’ after being told they’re not allowed for passport photo

A woman in Malaysia had to pull out her freshly-done eyelash extensions "one by one" after being told she could not have them on when having her passport photo taken. Facebook user Shakira Mamii said in a post on Wednesday (April 5) that an immigration officer at the Urban Transformation Centre in Johor told her she...

China holds the key to understanding Covid-19 origins: WHO chief

The World Health Organisation chief pressed China on Thursday (April 6) to share its information about the origins of Covid-19, saying that until that happened all hypotheses remained on the table, more than three years after the virus first emerged. "Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that," said Director-General...

Macron meets China’s Li as EU leaders begin Beijing talks

French President Emmanuel Macron began a series of meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Thursday (April 6) on a visit with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen that could set a course for the bloc's future relations with China after years of strained ties. Newly-appointed Premier Li Qiang greeted Macron at the Great Hall of...

US, South Korea, Japan express concern over North Korea’s ‘malicious’ cyber activities

The US, South Korea and Japan expressed deep concern over North Korea's "malicious" cyber activities to support its weapons programmes, in comments released in a joint statement on Friday (April 7). Crypto currency funds stolen by North Korean hackers have been a key source for financing the sanctions-stricken country's weapons programmes, officials and experts in the US...

Americans divided over criminal charges against Trump: Poll

The prosecution of former President Donald Trump has evenly divided Americans but appears to have boosted his chances of winning the Republican nomination for the 2024 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday (April 6). The poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, following Tuesday's indictment of Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business...