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Nintendo unveils Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World in Japan

Nintendo unveils Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World in Japan

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Nintendo’s famous game designer Shigeru Miyamoto showed off the Donkey Kong Country area at Super Nintendo World. The unveiling is a major addition to the theme park within a theme park that opened at Universal Studios Japan in March 2021. Nintendo has opened or is opening its theme parks in Hollywood, Osaka, Orlando (2025) and Singapore (TBD). The aim is to widen its funnel for consumers and get more people familiar with Nintendo’s intellectual property than gamers alone. The entrance to Donkey Kong Country in Super Nintendo World in Japan. The new area is part of the Super Mario World section of the theme park in Japan. As you move from one area to the Donkey Kong Country, Miyamoto pointed out that you move from blocks to rocks as you go through a tunnel. With a jungle theme, Miyamoto showed off the Donkey Kong Tree House and the Golden Temple. On the temple, there’s a face of a monkey with steam spewing out of its mouth. He played large conga drums that were connected to …

Why did Jesus ride a donkey into Jerusalem?

Why did Jesus ride a donkey into Jerusalem?

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When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, people laid their robes and palm branches on the street before the Lord, proclaiming “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, indeed, the King of Israel!” (John 12:13). But why did Christ ride in on a donkey? It was a prophetic act. The Apostle John wrote that Jesus told His disciples where they could seek out a donkey colt for the Lord’s final journey into Jerusalem (John 12:13-16). In this passage, John referred to a prophecy in Zechariah, where the prophet proclaimed that there would be a new King over Israel, the Messiah, who would enter riding a donkey: Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!    Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!See, your king comes to you,    righteous and victorious,lowly and riding on a donkey,    on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9 NIV) Donkeys or mules, the interbreeding of a horse and donkey, were often associated with royalty in ancient Israel. During times of peace, kings typically rode donkeys or mules, so they wouldn’t instill fear into a population. As …

‘I attacked Daniel Craig with a toasting fork’: inside the wild creation of Drop the Dead Donkey | TV comedy

‘I attacked Daniel Craig with a toasting fork’: inside the wild creation of Drop the Dead Donkey | TV comedy

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When Drop the Dead Donkey debuted on Channel 4 on 9 August 1990, it was something entirely new. Creators Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin used the offices of fictional TV studio GlobeLink News to combine a classic workplace sitcom with hot-off-the-presses topical gags. Over time, the characters became the main attraction: bickering anchors Henry Davenport (David Swift) and Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks), amoral foreign correspondent Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson), and Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), the jargon-spouting emissary of GlobeLink’s rapacious owner Sir Roysten Merchant. Other cast members included Neil Pearson (as office dogsbody Dave Charnley) and, for two seasons, Haydn Gwynne (as adept assistant editor Alex Pates). Drop the Dead Donkey was a consistent hit, peaking at 4-5 million viewers during its eight-year run. It attracted guest stars such as Neil Kinnock and Jon Snow and up-and-coming actors including Andrew Lincoln, Hermione Norris, Gina McKee and Daniel Craig. Now, the entire surviving cast (Swift died in 2016 and Gwynne in 2023) has reunited for a touring stage show, Drop the Dead Donkey: The Reawakening!, which …

‘I was like a donkey’: Nicole Kidman on death, love and refusing to do scenes | Television

‘I was like a donkey’: Nicole Kidman on death, love and refusing to do scenes | Television

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The mood and pace of Expats is unusual, in a world of streaming where shows have to be instantly compulsive. “A very different piece of television, this,” says Nicole Kidman. “It’s a slow burn. I feel it’s more aligned to, say, Kieślowski with Dekalog, or Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage.” Kidman is speaking by Zoom from LA, in a room with her co-stars, Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo. At one point, a disembodied hand reaches into the screen to hand them all a fluffy towel to keep warm – they’re in a cold studio. I feel as if I’m on a spa day with a global celebrity, a comedy genius and a gen Z firebrand. Directed by Lulu Wang, Expats follows the tense, tight, slightly airless lives of three women – Margaret (Kidman), Hilary (Blue) and Mercy (Yoo) – American expatriates in Hong Kong, as tragedy strikes and Margaret loses her youngest child. The part is pitch-perfect for Kidman, who does such reliable all-purpose goddess at the box office that you can forget how much …

What is Dunki? The dangerous ‘donkey route’ in Shah Rukh Khan and Tapsee Pannu starrer

What is Dunki? The dangerous ‘donkey route’ in Shah Rukh Khan and Tapsee Pannu starrer

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan’s latest film Dunki is now officially out in theatres. The comedy-drama, which was released on 21 December, captures an immigration technique known as the “donkey route”, which is used to enter countries such as the US, UK and Canada. Dunki, which is Khan’s third release year, follows the story of four friends from a village in Punjab India, who want to travel to England. But there is a slight problem as neither of them have a visa or a ticket. In the midst of hoping to make it across the world, the group of friends meet a soldier who promises to take them to the “land of dreams”. Khan has described the movie as a “journey that will take you through a madcap ride of friendship, the comedy and tragedy that life is and a nostalgia for home and family,” according to reports from Business …

Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat

Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat

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If you are planning to buy your donkey meat on Amazon this Christmas, you may have to look elsewhere. The world’s largest online retailer says it has stopped selling edible donkey in California, WIRED has learned. Amazon’s new policy kicked in after months of negotiations with the Center for Contemporary Equine Studies, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting horses. In February, the center filed a legal complaint alleging that Amazon’s sale and distribution of products that contain ejiao—an ingredient made with donkey skin that’s popular in health supplements—violates a California animal-welfare law called the Prohibition of Horse Slaughter and Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption Act. Horsemeat, the center argues, includes donkeys. As part of a settlement to that complaint, Amazon has agreed to stop selling products that contain ejiao in California. According to court documents, Amazon denies any wrongdoing and disputes the center’s allegations. But in an interview with WIRED, Corey Page, an attorney with the law firm Evans & Page who represented the center in the lawsuit, speculates that “Amazon doesn’t settle cases …

Moon the baby donkey missing for weeks is returned to Hampshire owners | Animals

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A countryside abduction has come to a tail-wagging end after a baby donkey that was stolen from a farm has been reunited with her mother and her “ecstatic” owners after a police investigation. On 15 May, the 12-week-old donkey, named Moon, was taken from Miller’s Ark Animals in Hook, Hampshire some time before 5pm. Missing for more than two weeks, Moon was recovered and returned to the farm on Wednesday evening. The farm posted a video on its Facebook page showing owner Elizabeth Miller hugging and kissing Moon, who is wagging her tail. “We are beyond thrilled and mum and foal are finally back together,” the Facebook post said. “Moon appears to be in good health, thank heavens, and we will make sure that Moon and her mum Astra get lots of love and care as they rediscover each other.” Officers were sent to an address in White House Lane in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire on Wednesday evening. At about 8.15pm, the stolen donkey was found and returned to her mother, Astra, and staff at Miller’s …