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Nintendo schedules weekend Direct for ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ preview
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (380+ words) Nintendo announced Friday an unprecedented weekend Nintendo Direct, a presentation typically reserved for weekdays. Nintendo Direct is an online presentation series where the gaming company announces news, trailers and release dates for upcoming games, hardware and in this case, movies....
Lego, Pokémon debut first collaboration — and 1 set already sold out
1+ week, 2+ day ago (499+ words) Lego and Pok'mon fans have waited years for the two brands to collaborate, and on Monday, the companies announced their first-ever Lego Pok'mon sets. Designed as premium display builds rather than traditional sets, the initial rollout includes Eevee; Pikachu and…...
How musician David Tolk is providing background music for the world
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (823+ words) The numbers are stupefying, even to David Tolk. Make that especially to David Tolk. And yet he is a totally independent musician who rarely even leaves Utah. So what's going on? How is it that a keyboard artist in Draper…...
Here's the hottest holiday gift items this year as U.S. consumers head for record spending
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (707+ words) Art is an award-winning reporter who covers advanced industry and technology on the Deseret News' special projects team. In spite of a spate of economic challenges, U.S. consumers have spent nearly $18 billion in online purchases so far this holiday shopping season,…...
Nintendo reveals first look at ‘Legend of Zelda’ live-action film
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (258+ words) Fans awaiting Sony and Nintendo's live-action "Legend of Zelda" movie finally got a first look at the film Monday. Nintendo released images on X showing actors Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Princess Zelda and Link, respectively, marking the…...
What’s in the new ‘Outdoor Boys’ video?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (458+ words) As promised, "Outdoor Boys" dropped a new video on YouTube over the weekend. In the new 30-minute episode, a float plane drops Luke Nichols and his three boys off in Alaska's remote wilderness for three days of fishing, hiking and…...
Opinion: App store accountability puts burden of responsibility back where it belongs — on tech companies
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (238+ words) No child should ever be asked to sign a contract that waives their rights or shields billion-dollar corporations from responsibility. No child should be bound by agreements that allow companies to harvest their personal data or exempt themselves from harm…...
Utah filmmaker Jared Hess returns to ‘Minecraft’ world for sequel
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) Several months after "A Minecraft Movie" exploded on the scene and generated nearly $1 billion worldwide at theaters, director Jared Hess has announced that a sequel is in the works. Hess, the Utah filmmaker behind "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Nacho Libre," recently…...
Should it be Sonic the Olympic Hedgehog now?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (429+ words) Look for Sonic the Hedgehog, the bright blue video game character that's starred in three movies, to start showing up on Olympic merchandise. The International Olympic Committee just announced a new multi-year licensing deal with Tokyo-based Sega Corporation to use…...
At Utah’s FanX, costumes are serious business — and fans spare no effort
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (784+ words) There are no costume slackers at the FanX comic convention in Salt Lake City. Jordan Hagen, for example, started on his Gandalf the Grey costume, a character from "The Lord of the Rings," roughly six months ago. After searching across…...