Andrew Webster

The time has almost arrived: we’re approaching the finale of season 1 of The Last of Us, which premieres on HBO this Sunday. (While you wait, check out this interview with Troy Baker, the original voice of Joel.) Also happening on Sunday: the Oscars.

As you may be aware, today is Mario Day, aka March 10th, aka Mar10. On this most auspicious of marketing holidays, I present to you a chat I had with Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto last month about building a theme park as part of a budding entertainment empire. We did not talk about plumbing attire.

The lead up to season 2 of Yellowjackets has been full of some good teasers, and now we have an excellent cover song: Florence Welch taking on No Doubt’s “Just a Girl” with typical haunting brilliance. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be watching this Final Fantasy XV trailer for no particular reason.

As the New York Times reports, scientists recently named a fungus-killing bacterial compound after the actor, in honor of his work in the John Wick movies. “Keanu Reeves plays many iconic roles in which he is extremely efficient in ‘inactivating’ his enemies,” researcher Dr. Pierre Stallforth explained. “The keanumycins do the same with fungi.”