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Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran onstage during Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium, August 15, 2024. TAS2024/Getty Images Trending on Billboard Ed Sheeran, who famously keeps a low-tech life and doesn’t regularly use a phone, only learned about his longtime friend Taylor Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce after her public Instagram announcement....

Image: Toho Animation/Crunchyroll For years the subtitles-versus-dubs argument divided anime fans, with purists insisting on subtitle fidelity while others embraced localized English performances. The streaming era, however, has helped dubs gain mainstream traction—platforms like Crunchyroll have made English-language tracks far more visible—even as licensing disputes continue to put some older titles out of reach. Debates...

Image: Castle Rock Entertainment Misery, Rob Reiner’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, premiered on November 30, 1990. The movie pairs James Caan’s Paul Sheldon — a celebrated romance novelist — with Kathy Bates’s Annie Wilkes, an increasingly dangerous admirer. At its core, the film dissects how adulation can curdle into control and the very...

Hello, friends. The air is getting crisper and the holiday decorations are appearing earlier each year — and we’re all for it. It’s been a long, eventful year: Baldur’s Gate 3 added twelve new subclasses, implemented full cross‑play, and introduced a photo mode in what we’re calling the final patch. We also launched Larian: Channel...

Ready or Not 2 follows Grace and her sister Faith into a deadlier game. See the cast, 108-minute runtime and current Hulu and digital availability.

Image: Netflix The trailer for Stranger Things season 5 bristles with set pieces and jolting moments — yet several of those beats don’t appear in the first four episodes, which were released on November 26, 2025. In response, a fan on X stitched together a makeshift Volume 2 trailer from the unused trailer footage; after...

Hello everyone, On December 2, 2025 we’ll bring Battlefield Labs back online. Previous Labs phases gave us rapid, focused feedback on ideas before they arrived in the live game. Now we’re expanding that approach—refining how we test together as part of our commitment to deliver the most ambitious Battlefield live service in franchise history. Up...

Officials wanted a scare story for the public, but they couldn’t craft it from Hollywood or musicians. Rockstar Games co‑founder Dan Houser told Chris Evans on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show how the success of Grand Theft Auto III and the subsequent titles led to a campaign against the studio by U.S. authorities, who used...

Nick Jonas Announces Solo Album “Sunday Best” — Due February 6, 2026 Published December 1, 2025 Nick Jonas — Photo: Billy Kidd On December 1, 2025, Nick Jonas revealed that he will release a new solo album titled Sunday Best on February 6, 2026. The collection spans 11 tracks and, according to the announcement, draws...

Development Update Hello everyone, Roughly a week and a half after launch we’ve rolled out several patches and remain focused on post‑release support. We’re steadily working through community‑reported issues, and here’s what you can expect before we pause for the winter holidays. 1.17.2 patch (this week): Includes the changes discussed in the previous “Coal Update”...

Image: HBO This week’s episode of It: Welcome to Derry pairs tender teenage moments with a major lore revelation that reframes both Ingrid Kersh (Madeleine Stowe) and Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård). [Ed note: The remainder of this piece contains full spoilers for episode six of It: Welcome to Derry.] Following the events in the sewers from...

Image: Pixar Alex Woo spent years at animation houses including Pixar, Cartoon Network, and Lucasfilm before directing his first feature. His Netflix film In Your Dreams took nearly a decade to bring to the screen, and in conversation with Polygon he admits the movie likely wouldn’t have been made if it had been pitched as...

Efforts to curb AI-generated content are escalating. In early 2025 Valve required every developer on Steam to state in their game’s description whether generative AI was used at any point during development. The rule lets players make an informed choice and opt out of purchases if they object to AI involvement. In practice, though, the...

Dan Houser argues that artificial intelligence can never fully replace people because it lacks a soul. Former Rockstar Games lead writer and studio co‑founder Dan Houser leveled sharp criticism at figures leading the generative AI sector during an interview on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio UK. Discussing his new audiobook, A Better...

Through the lens of photographer Maria Vishnevskaya, models Masha Vsemudrova and Glasha Klimova are transformed into Malenia and Miquella from Elden Ring — celestial figures bound to tragic destinies and once destined to forge a new Order in the Lands Between. The cosplayers show no intention of leaving the breathtaking expanse of the Lands Between,...

Developer Diary — Skyscrapers Creator Pack (by REV0) Hello everyone — I’m REV0. This developer diary walks through the design goals, artistic direction, and technical choices behind the new Creator Pack: Skyscrapers. Overview Skyscrapers contains a collection of 15 signature buildings inspired by renowned towers and city landmarks. Most signatures include upgrade paths that convert...