Assignment

Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars is one of my favorite games of all time. I've played it once a year for over a decade, and as such I am very familiar with this offbeat take on the Mario universe. I loved the characters, I loved the battle system--my first foray into turn-based RPGs, in fact--and I loved the idea of expanding on a franchise I'd been visiting since I was three years old. Before SMRPG, the Mushroom Kingdom and its surroundings was a collection of flat worlds where I'd move from…

You wouldn't think that a veritable style god like Timothée Chalamet would need red carpet pointers. After all, the public has watched as Chalamet famously wore a red jumpsuit to a Bones and All premiere. And who can forget when  Chalamet wore S&M gear to the Golden Globes? But he recently admitted to taking some fashion cues from another incredibly stylish source: his Dune buddy Zendaya. While promoting the Willy Wonka prequel film, Chalamet sat down for an interview on Access Hollywood's YouTube alongside his Wonka…

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are showing their love and support for each other again, because the Eras Tour headliner has popped up at the premiere of the "CUFF IT" singer's Renaissance concert film in London. Not only, did Swift show her love for her fellow megastar simply by attending, but she also showed up in "Style," proving that she fully understands the assignment of the Renaissance. Just like how Beyoncé attended the premiere of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert film earlier this year, the "Lavender Haze" singer made…

Since becoming a massive pop star, Billie Eilish and her brother/songwriting partner Finneas O’Connell have been branching out to write music for film, and they’ve had some incredible success with it thus far. Their first time around the bend, they had the opportunity to write the James Bond theme for No Time To Die, and it led to the pair taking to the Oscar stage to accept recognition for Best Original Song. Almost two years later, the duo are likely major contenders for the Oscars again for writing “What Was I Made…

via Universal/Warner Bros. The month of July is about to bring a clash that will cause unprecedented chaos. On the 21st of that month, two star-studded feature films from a pair of the most prominent studios in the industry will clash for the box office top spot along with an equally optimistic critical consensus, and those two ventures are Barbie and Oppenheimer. And while CinemaCon 2023 unveils details of many other excellent forthcoming releases, the event organizers there also know how to play along with the…

There can be 24 people appointed to President Biden’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and just one will be Lady Gaga. The White House announced Thursday that the “Hold My Hand” and “Born This Way” hitmaker is among the two dozen artists, scholars and philanthropists who will help usher in a new chapter of federal support for arts and culture in America. Lady Gaga (real name Stefani Germanotta) will serve as a co-chair with Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen. According to the White House, the President’s…

A brave group of astronauts has been assigned a mission of a lifetime, carefully selected by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency according to their unique set of skills like leadership and ingenuity—but perhaps not punctuality. Better Mobility & Cameras: NASA & Axiom's New Spacesuits | TechmodoOn Monday, the Artemis 2 mission crew made its way to the stage at NASA’s Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field, revealing a secret that they had known for a few weeks: They’re going to the Moon. But before the identity of…

Image via EON / MGM Ever wanted to know what it’s like to live the life of James Bond? Well, now you can thanks to a new travel experience that will allow aspiring wannabe secret agents to partake in 007-like activities to celebrate James Bond’s 60th anniversary. Bespoke travel company Black Tomato has partnered with EON Productions to create “The Assignment,” a special tour that recreates iconic moments in James Bond’s history for thrill-seeking travelers. According to Black Tomato’s website, the trip starts in…

ChatGPT can write a well-organized and clear market outlook report but lacks independent analysis skills, according to a research team at one of China's largest brokerages. Analysts at China International Capital Corp Ltd. asked the sensational chatbot to write a report on 2023 global market outlook and learned it has “a certain degree of financial knowledge and market analytical capability,” Zhao Li and Xiaoqing Yang wrote in a note. “It is more bullish on equities and gold, while more cautious on bonds and…

Image via Paramount There’s no denying that social media can be a force for good. It helps users connect with like-minded people from around the world who share their interests, while at the same time exposing them to new ideas that they may have never otherwise encountered.It can also be a breeding ground for cringey self-promotion — say, for instance, when a well-known movie franchise intentionally misunderstands the assignment in order to drum up hype for its next installment. Case in point: The official…