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Among the 2023 movie releases, Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the biggest animated film of the year, undoubtedly because Nintendo’s video game franchise is such a major part of modern pop culture. One thing about the hit movie people can’t stop talking about is Jack Black’s Bowser bursting into song with “Peaches,” which has gone so viral that it might be the next “Let It Go.” But apparently when Black was initially approached about the song, he was apprehensive. When Jack Black recently recounted how the…

The creator monetization platform Fanhouse announced yesterday that it was acquired by Passes, a similar startup that only launched in beta in December. “We only hopped on a call maybe 36 hours ago, and then we closed the deal 24 hours ago,” Lucy Guo, the founder of Passes, told TechCrunch. Guo declined to disclose the terms of the deal, but Fanhouse is a much more established platform. Fanhouse, founded in 2020, raised a $20 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz last year, while Passes raised a $9 million seed…

Since he was a child, Isaiah Cordero had wanted to be in law enforcement. He considered the Border Patrol, then decided instead to join the Sheriff’s Department. The positive, energetic deputy worked in jails in Riverside County, but ultimately chose to be out in the streets patrolling and applied himself to become a part of the department’s motorcycle unit. “He gave his all to his job,” said his ex-girlfriend, Karla Morales."He loved his co-workers. That’s what kept him going even on his toughest days.”William Shea…