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Mario Number One!* • *But Can Nintendo’s Biggest Star Become a Box Office Hero?

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Let’s-a-Go! Mario Is Finally Ready to Conquer the Movies

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Don Lemon in the Hot Seat • The CNN anchor’s sexist remarks about Nikki Haley point to a history of misogynistic and unprofessional conduct

Remembered 1942-2023 Seymour Stein • The Talking Heads drummer pays tribute to the inimitable Sire Records co-founder

Vengeance Is Theirs • The road to redemption is paved with rage in Netflix and A24 dramedy ‘Beef’

Method or Madness? • Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox are just the latest in a long line of performers clashing over the delicate art of acting

It’s Gotta Be the Shoes • ‘Air’ taps into — and updates — our collective memories of the ’80s

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MARIO PARTY • Why Hollywood is betting big on Nintendo’s MARIO and LUIGI, PRINCESS PEACH, TOAD and BOWSER to power up in a new animated movie

BROADWAY’S NEW KING • BARTLETT SHER IS MOUNTING AN AMBITIOUS PRODUCTION OF ‘CAMELOT’ AT LINCOLN CENTER, BUT WILL AARON SORKIN’S FIRST MUSICAL CONNECT WITH THE CROWDS?

THE WARNER BROS. CENTURY • HOW FOUR ENTERPRISING BROTHERS BUILT THE STORIED STUDIO THAT HAS ENDURED AS A PILLAR OF HOLLYWOOD FROM THE GOLDEN AGE TO THE PRESENT DAY

BAND OF BROTHERS • THE HOUSE THAT SAM, HARRY, ALBERT AND JACK BUILT HAS BEEN STURDY ENOUGH TO EVOLVE OVER A CENTURY IN AN EVER-CHANGING HOLLYWOOD

ENIGMATIC EMBLEM • LIKE THE STUDIO ITSELF, WARNER BROS.’ ICONIC SHIELD LOGO HAS EVOLVED WITH THE TIMES

THE SEARCHERS • TRUE-LIFE TALES, GRITTY REALISM AND MARQUEE FILMMAKERS ARE THE HALLMARK OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES

100 (PLUS) YEARS OF WARNER BROS.

THE BIG BANG • WB WAS THE FIRST OF HOLLYWOOD’S PRESTIGE STUDIOS TO BREAK INTO TV, WHERE IT HAS LONG REIGNED AS THE INDUSTRY’S LARGEST SUPPLIER OF SHOWS

CHARACTERS OF STEEL • DC FLIES INTO THE FUTURE WITH A NEW PLAN FOR BUILDING A ROBUST SUPERHERO UNIVERSE

SOUND REVOLUTION • A YEAR BEFORE THE JAZZ SINGER,' WARNER BROS. DEMONSTRATED THE ARTISTIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF ‘SYNCHRONIZED’ SOUND WITH THE 1926 JOHN BARRYMORE STARRER ‘DON JUAN’

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