When Pharrell Williams and Morgan Neville decided to embark on a movie about Williams’ life but animated in Lego pieces, they knew there would be culture shocks.

Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and “Better Man,” about the British singer Robbie Williams.

Red Nose Day has raised $370 million since 2015 to fund anti-poverty efforts.

A Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego.

The Art of Brick in Miami is an interactive museum of creative art pieces made completely of Legos.

Denmark’s Lego says it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work.

Sales of Lego sets surged in 2020 as more children stayed home during global pandemic lockdowns - and parents bought the colorful plastic brick toys to keep them entertained during weeks of isolation. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, file)COPENHAGEN – Sales of Lego sets surged last year as more children stayed home during global pandemic lockdowns - and parents bought the colorful plastic brick toys to keep them entertained through days of isolation. Chief Executive Niels B. Christiansen told The Associated Press that the “super strong results” were thanks to strategic investments made years ago to move more sales online. Consumer sales grew by double digits in all regions, with especially strong growth in China, the Americas, Western Europe and Asia Pacific. The push to online sales helped offset disruption to business from the pandemic restrictions.

NEW YORK – Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones. The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and expects plastic bags to be completely phased out in the next five years. The bags are used to hold loose bricks in boxed sets. About 2% of its pieces, such as Lego trees and bushes, are made of sugar cane,Lego said kids wrote the company asking it to drop the plastic bags. The paper bags, which are recyclable, are easier for kids to open, the company said.

In honor of the 25th anniversary of "Friends", Lego is releasing a Central Perk set of the New York coffee shop that served as the hub for the characters. (CNN) - We may not be getting a "Friends" reunion anytime soon, but the band is still getting back together. In honor of the show's 25th anniversary, Lego is releasing a Central Perk set of the New York coffee shop that served as the hub for the characters. The comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer premiered Sept. 22, 1994. The Lego set joins other anniversary promotions, including a planned Central Perk pop-up in New York.

The Queens of The Queen of The Ride hold the world's longest feather boa during the Guinness World Record with Madame Tussauds and Ripley's Believe It or Not! (CNN) - The Danish family behind Lego has partnered with Blackstone to take the owner of Madame Tussauds private. The deal values Merlin Entertainments at 4.7 billion ($6 billion). In addition to the wax museum Madame Tussauds, the company owns LegoLand theme parks and other attractions in 25 countries, including The London Eye. Yet in going private, Merlin Entertainments is returning to its roots.