Itâs a new month, a new year, and a terrific time to be a LEGO fan. New set releases really petered out in November , and especially in December, when literally zero new sets came out. Thankfully, the...
Since almost day one, Spotify has offered the ability to creep on your friends' listening habits - but you could mostly only uncover those guilty pleasures on the desktop app. The company experimented...
Kate Hudson at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Taylor Hill/Getty Images The Palm Springs International Film Festival is being held now through January 13. So far, stars like Miley C...
Elizabeth Taylor, Mike Todd, and Debbie Reynolds at the Golden Globes. Darlene Hammond/Getty Images The 83rd annual Golden Globes will air on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday night. Photos taken throughou...
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Betty Boop made her debut as an anthropomorphic dog in Dizzy Dishes. | Image: Fleischer Studios Some years ago, I was writing a science fiction short story in which I wanted to incorporate verses from...
Whether youâve set yourself a reading goal for the upcoming year or are on the lookout for a great new book or series to get stuck into, there are plenty of fantastic releases to get excited about in ...
If youâre from the South like I am, you know the sound: a light, echoing hum that softly screams whenever the temperature gets above 75. A sign of summer. Of languid days filled with both dread and po...
David Harbour has dropped out of an upcoming movie starring Pedro Pascal, Eva Victor, Olivia Wilde, and Matthew Lillard, allegedly to rest after feeling âoverwhelmedâ by the wrapping up of Netflix sho...
Wrestling superstar CM Punk has compared the online anger at the ending of Stranger Things to the backlash to John Cena's final WWE match, saying both fandoms sometimes display âa slight mental illnes...
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...
James Cameron. Joel Saget/AFP/Getty James Cameron's "Avatar: Fire & Ash" surpassed $1 billion at the global box office. Cameron now has four films in the billion-dollar club, more than any oth...
Last updated December 29, 2025 - Checked for new The Forge codes! Codes for The Forge will grant you additional rerolls if RNG isn't on your side and you don't get one of the best classes on your init...
Valve has announced the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards and, unsurprisingly, Hollow Knight: Silksong , took home the Game of the Year honors. It was also given the "Best Game You Suck At" award, whic...
If you want a single platform to play games at home and on the go, the Nintendo Switch has got your back. Even better if you're a fan of Sonic: Ever since the Switch arrived in 2017, Sega has worked l...
"The Drama" hits theaters in April. A24 In the last decade, A24 has become one of the best-known movie studios in Hollywood. A24 has eight dated movies and another 10 that are set to be releas...
Rippling's CPO said he prefers to understaff than overstaff all his projects. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Rippling's product chief Matt MacInnis says he deli...
Perhaps you've heard rumors about the death of physical media. Those rumors are greatly exaggerated. Tons of 4K UHD and Blu-ray movies and TV shows hit the shelves each month. And with all the streami...
You'd think it would be enough for filmmaker James Wan to have two hugely successful horror franchises under his belt with Saw and Insidious (both co-created with writing partner Leigh Whannell). But ...
Stranger Things fans have concocted a theory that suggests a true, secret ending episode to the series is coming out this week â and now the community is having to issue a warning not to get upset whe...