2025 has been one of the strongest years for anime in ages, building on what is clearly a new Golden Age in the Japanese animation industry. With widening viewership, more access to anime on streaming...
In the fall of 2025, I had the great pleasure of attending Tokyo Game Show, a trip that also naturally included a few pit stops to meet local developers and see what they were up to. On the very last ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Anna's Archive scraped metadata for 256 million tracks and 86 million songs from Spotify, totaling under 300TB. ✓ The...
Matt Winkelmeyer/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Jimmy Kimmel delivered an "alternative Christmas message" on British TV on Thursday. The talk show host used the opportunity to hit out...
📋 Key Facts ✓ 120 contestants participated in the 2025 Miss Universe pageant in Thailand across Bangkok, Phuket, and Pattaya. ✓ A confr...
Rebecca Yarros released "Onyx Storm" in January 2025. Red Tower/CJ Rivera/Invision/AP "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros was published in January 2025. Yarros has yet to start writing the ...
The Golden Globes crowned One Battle After Another and Hamnet as best films in their categories, Timothee Chalamet and Jessie Buckley as best actor and actress. And now, the bets are on for the Oscars...
If you’ve been looking to add to your physical media collection, a whole bunch of Steelbooks are currently discounted on Amazon. Even preorders, including Scream and World War Z, have had their prices...
The South London house will be restored and used for creative and skills workshops for young people....
Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams star as Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander in "Heated Rivalry." Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max The romance drama "Heated Rivalry" became a surprise hit after i...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Chris Rea is a rock and blues singer. ✓ His love of cars and driving inspired many of his songs. ✓ ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Star Wars Holiday Special features the original cast visiting Kashyyyk for Life Day. ✓ Guest stars include Bea Arthur...
2025 was a big year for gaming, and that includes gaming hardware. Nintendo launched its Switch 2 console in June, and since then, numerous Switch 2 titles and noteworthy updates for original Switch g...
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers , a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Every year, TV makers flock to CES...
When you have a series that's consistently gotten new games for almost 40 years, you have to think about how younger generations will be able to play them. That, and, of course, thinking about your bo...
We’re merely days into the new year, and Amazon already has a huge 4K UHD movie sale . Basically, if you buy at least three eligible movies, you get them for $11 each. Finding three movies to buy shou...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Nicki Minaj sat for a conversation with Erika Kirk at the Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix Sunday morning. ✓ She c...
The 83rd Golden Globe Awards air on Sunday. Timothée Chalamet, Rose Byrne, and Michael B. Jordan are nominated for acting awards. Taylor Hill/Dia Dipasupil/Daniele Venturelli Polymarket, the predictio...
The two largest and most expensive Lego Star Wars sets available go head-to-head: The UCS Millennium Falcon and the UCS Death Star. But which is best?...
NetEase and developer Everstone Studio have outlined its January roadmap for the open-world action-RPG, Where Winds Meet , which includes new modes, campaign missions, quests, puzzles, and bosses. The...