Whether itās Snakeās elevator ascent to the rainy cliffs of Shadow Moses or the climactic battle between student and mentor in the final moments of Snake Eater, Hideo Kojima and Konamiās epic spy thri...
2025 proved to be a fairly quiet year for the Star Wars franchise, although itās hard to sniff at something as great as Andor Season 2. Still, itās safe to say fans are jonesing for new Star Wars cont...
The highest scores on IGNās review scale are 9 for āAmazingā and 10 for āMasterpiece.ā This year, only sixteen films received the highest marks from IGNās roster of critics, and of those, only two fil...
The author (right) poses with her friends while attending a Backstreet Boys concert at the Sphere in Vegas. Courtesy of Anna Rahmanan In August, I took a 48-hour break from motherhood to see the Backs...
š Key Facts ā Vince Zampella died at age 55 in a single-car crash on Angeles Crest Highway in Altadena. ā The crash occurred around 12:...
Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and that it had shut down the game's servers and marketplace while it resolved the issue. The hackers managed to gain control o...
Kim Kardashian at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Fashion missteps were notable at events in 2025, from awards shows to the Cannes Film Festival. Jamie Lee Curtis wo...
In recent years, Square Enix has made quite an effort to remaster or remake some of its most beloved games and bring them to modern platforms. We've seen the incredible Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remak...
AI isn't new to Hollywood - but this was the year when it really made its presence felt. For years now, the entertainment industry has used different kinds of generative AI products for a variety of p...
Media giants are trying to solve their engagement issues as free streamers like YouTube take viewers. John Wilson/Netflix Audiences have increasingly shifted toward free streaming services like YouTub...
Article URL: https://loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/jingle-bells/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46344104 Points: 89 # Comments: 34...
š Key Facts ā James Ransone died by hanging on Friday at age 46. ā He played Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka in 12 episodes of 'The...
Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte often wear coordinating outfits for appearances. Andrew Chin/Getty Images/Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte often wear ...
Actor Idris Elba is knighted in the New Year Honours. The 53-year old Hollywood star from Hackney, London can now officially be called Sir Idris. Sir Idris, who rose to prominence for playing Stringer...
In the early 2000s, Disneyās Pirates of the Caribbean introduced moviegoers to one of the decadeās most iconic film characters: Johhny Deppās quick-witted pirate lord, Captain Jack Sparrow. On the bac...
Video game console sales cap out each generation at around 250 million, so how will the console manufacturers break through that barrier? By learning a crucial lesson from the videotape format war, on...
If youāve 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...
It's no secret that Dragon Quest is one of the most important RPG series of all time. Inspired by Wizardry, the Enix-published Famicom game has inspired thousands of famous RPGs. The genre simply woul...
Netflix has had an interesting year. Its ad tier, introduced last year, has grown significantly, and its live TV initiative has expanded to include not only weird one-offs like hot-dog-eating grudge m...
Kaley Cuoco. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Kaley Cuoco says turning 40 has made her more empathetic and less judgmental. "I feel like my heart got 10 times bigger the older I got," the "B...