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LEGO Group and Nintendo partner to take legendary brick-building to a new level (via LEGO/Nintendo)

Nintendo and LEGO go together like Mario and Luigi.

So it’s no surprise that the two mega makers have joined forces to create an IRL take on the classic Super Mario platform adventure.

Neither a video game nor a traditional brick-based set, the upcoming LEGO Super Mario features an interactive plumber who races against the clock, collects coins, and faces big bads.

“We are very excited to bring Mario into the physical world through interactive and social LEGO play,” according to Julia Goldin, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of the LEGO Group.

A match made in a child’s imagination, it’s a wonder the companies haven’t teamed up before.

“With this experience we will help millions of kids with love for Mario to engage and play in a completely new way, where they are in control of creating and playing games with their favorite character,” Goldin said.

“By seamlessly incorporating the latest digital technology,” she continued, “LEGO Super Mario is a highly social, interactive, and collaborative experience for kids.”

The fact that LEGO is marketing this product primarily to children is their first mistake: I know a number of grown adults who would happily spend afternoons constructing an IRL Mario landscape, crushing Goombas, and avoiding fire pits.

“I have always liked LEGO products and how they help children use their imagination to play,” Takashi Tezuka, executive officer and game producer at Nintendo, said in a statement.

“The new product we created together with the LEGO Group seeks to combine two different styles of play,” he continued. “One where you freely build the world of Mario and the other where you play with Mario in the very world that you have created.”

LEGO Super Mario is expected to launch later this year. There is no word yet on pricing.

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Andy Allo is a singer and actress appearing as Nora in the Amazon Original Series Upload alongside Robbie Amell, premiering Spring 2020.

She can also currently be seen on Chicago Fire and is best known for her role as Serenity in Pitch Perfect 3. She is also known for working with Prince’s New Power Generation as a singer/guitarist and worked with the legend on her album, Superconductor. She has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Guitar Center Sessions, Billboard Sessions Exclusive, and most recently completed a short run with Enrique Iglesias and a solo residency in Los Angeles. Andy can be seen in the film The Hero, starring Sam Elliot, which received buzz from Sundance and SXSW. Past credits also include Black Lightning and The Game.

The series follows a young app developer, Nathan Brown (Robbie Amell), who winds up in the hospital following a self-driving car accident, needing to quickly decide his fate.  After a rushed deliberation with his shallow girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards), he chooses to be uploaded to her family’s luxurious virtual afterlife, the Horizen company’s “Lakeview.” Once uploaded in Lakeview, Nathan meets his customer service “Angel” Nora Anthony (Andy Allo), who at first is his charismatic concierge and guide, but quickly becomes his friend and confidante, helping him navigate this new digital extension of life. 

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So, it appears that the NFL draft will take place on April 23-25 (Thursday through Saturday) which is 3 weeks away. This year’s NFL draft will be taking place in Las Vegas where the Raiders are supposed to play this upcoming season. The Arizona Cardinals in the draft will be picking at number 8. I think that they should draft an offensive lineman or trade down to get a really good wide receiver they really like better. The NFL has decided to make the NFL season longer by adding two more playoff teams. Normally, it only has six teams making the playoffs, but now it will be different.

In other news… It appears baseball season will be starting later this year. It was supposed to be starting on March 26^th, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus. Rumor has it that will start in October which is usually when postseason (playoffs) are supposed to begin. They have moved it back to November of next year. In terms of the playoff teams, the MLB has decided to do the same as the NFL by adding teams, but they are adding 14 teams, which will definitely make the season longer.

So, stay tuned for more Sports updates going forward.

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Love truly does conquer all—secret or not. In Netflix’s new documentary A Secret Love, couple Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel discuss their decades-long relationship spanning from 1947 to present day. The documentary shares the couple’s history—including how Donahue played women’s professional baseball league, inspiring the hit movie A League of Their Own. She was on the Peoria Redwings team for multiple seasons. And she met Henschel during that time. 

Netflix says the documentary tells the “real-life story of the women who remained closeted for most of their lives. This documentary follows Terry and Pat back to when they met for the first time, through their professional lives in Chicago, coming out to their conservative families and grappling with whether or not to get married. Facing the hardships of aging and illness, their love proves resilient as they enter the home stretch.”

Watch the trailer:

Aww.

After meeting when they were 22, Henschel would travel with Donahue. As mentioned, she played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The League would send its players to charm school and required them to wear skirts to games as part of an organized effort to counter a perception that they were gay.

After watching the trailer, it isn’t hard to see why these two women are so compelling. Directed by Donahue’s great nephew Chris Bolan, the documentary shows how the prejudices of the world made it extremely difficult to be together openly for much of their lives. This despite great love marking their lives. Although they lived together for decades, Henschel and Donahue didn’t come out to their families until they were in their eighties. Henschel told TIME magazine “that the years she spent keeping the relationship a secret was ‘just second nature,’ but telling the world the truth allowed them both to feel like they’d opened up.”

A Secret Love premieres April 29 Netflix. 

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