Mario

Mario, the world's favorite Italian plumber, will hit the silver screen again in 2026 following the last movie's huge success, Japan's Nintendo and U.S. animation studio Illumination said.

The global gaming industry now commands a net worth of upwards of $300 billion a year. There are many reasons behind why this media sector, once a close market rival of Hollywood, radically outgrew all other forms of entertainment in the 21st century.

Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" trounced the competition for the second straight weekend in North American theaters, earning $60.5 million for a global haul topping half a billion dollars, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported on May 14.

Mario, Madonna and Mariah have entered the national audio canon.

Having created the most successful animated franchise of all time with "Despicable Me" and its spin-off "Minions" films, producer Chris Meledandri knows a thing or two about blockbuster movies.

Nintendo's profit for the nine months through December slipped 2.5 percent, as shortages of computer chips hurt production, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises said yesterday.

An unopened copy of Nintendo's Super Mario 64 has sold at auction for $1.56 million.

Heritage Auctions in Dallas said that the 1996 game sold Sunday, breaking its previous record price for the sale of a single video game.

A spokesman did not immediately respond to an inquiry about who purchased the game.

The Greek champions signed Croatian NBA player Mario Hezonja

As the man who was credited with saving the single currency during Europe's sovereign debt crisis, Mario Draghi is now being entrusted to form not just a government of national unity but largely one of national salvation as Italy confronts its greatest existential crisis since the end of the Second World War.

Acclaimed Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis will perform tracks from his latest CD, titled "Galazia Limni" (Blue Lake), and crowd-pleasing melodies from the Greek and international ballad and musical theater repertory at the Veakeio Theater on Wednesday, July 10. The show starts at 9.30 p.m.