The Buzz : Everything You Need To Know Today Apr 17th

Merge 104.8  |  17 April 2023

Kelly Clarkson has opened up about the pain she experienced going through her divorce as she releases two new singles from her upcoming album. She split from Brandon Blackstock three years ago after the pair had been married for nearly seven years. Their divorce was far from simple though, as they spent years fighting over finances and custody of their children.

 

The new Super Mario Bros. movie is now the highest-grossing movie of the year so far. The film brings the popular Mario video game franchise to life and also becomes the highest-grossing film to be adapted from a video game. So far it has taken more than $500m at the worldwide box office taking over the previous record-holder, Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

 

There’s talk of a Rocky TV show from Sylvester Stallone. Amazon Studios is planning to expand the boxing franchise, with a Rocky TV show becoming a possibility. The studio recently signed a first-look deal with Stallone’s production company for both film and TV projects. Sources say that “expanding the Rocky brand into television may be part” of that deal.