James Ransone, 'The Wire' Actor, Dies at 46
📋 Key Facts ✓ James Ransone died by hanging on Friday at age 46. ✓ He played Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka in 12 episodes of 'The...
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📋 Key Facts ✓ James Ransone died by hanging on Friday at age 46. ✓ He played Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka in 12 episodes of 'The...
Project Ava was software last year, and now it’s hardware this CES. Razer's Project Ava AI game coach from last year's CES is taking a new form for 2026: a tiny holographic anime girl in a capsule you...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Pudgy Party is a mobile battle royale developed by Pudgy Penguins. ✓ It was named GG's 2025 Game of the Year. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Guy Burnet plays Charlie, a M-Tex geologist, in Landman. ✓ Burnet appears in only two episodes but makes a big impact. ...
When asked why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, famed British mountaineer George Mallory famously offered the simple reply, "Because it’s there.” After several hours playing through an exclusive, hands...
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...
A screening for leading short-drama app ReelShort's 'Wings of Fire.' Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for ReelShort Soapy micro dramas gained popularity in the US but face a reckoning in 2026. Big questions ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Oona Chaplin portrays the villain Varang in 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.' ✓ She is the granddaughter of film icon Charl...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025. ✓ Indie Game Awards retracted Game of the Year ...
Gwyneth Paltrow says she worked with a coach to unlearn her fear of disappointing people. Dia Dipasupil/WireImage Gwyneth Paltrow says she unlearned her habit of people-pleasing when she turned 40. &#...
Dark comedy "One Battle After Another" and "Hamnet," a story about William Shakespeare's grief over the death of his son, claimed the top prizes on January 11, 2026 at the Golden Globes. The ceremony...
Stranger Things actress Jennifer Marshall, who played Max's mom Susan, has called out her character's absence in the show's final season — and said that being able to film scenes would have helped fun...
Towerborne , a side-scrolling action RPG published by Xbox Game Studios that has been available in early access, will officially launch on February 26th. But instead of launching as a free-to-play, al...
Hi, I'm the author of The Program audio series, a fairly successful fiction podcast that launched on HackerNews in 2018. Seven years later, this little sci-fi anthology is still ongoing, having releas...
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...
Amal Clooney and George Clooney at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards. Monica Schipper/Getty Images George and Amal Clooney have been together for over a decade. Still, they remain one of the best-dressed c...
Brigitte Bardot's funeral was held on January 7 with a private service and a public homage in Saint-Tropez, the French Riviera resort where she lived for more than half a century after retiring from m...
The holidays — and the copious amounts of binge-watching that come with them — are very much behind us at this point, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be time to catch up on the movies from last year...
Kristen Bell says Cher gave her the best piece of life advice she has ever received. Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; Michael Kovac/Getty Images Kristen Bell says Cher gave her the best piece of life advice...
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...