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Taylor Swift Made Sure She Wouldn’t Replace Someone Else Before Agreeing to Write ‘Toy Story 5’ End Credits Song
Taylor Swift at the 6th Annual Academy Museum Gala held at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Oct. 17, 2026, in Los Angeles. Gilbert Flores/Variety Taylor Swift said she wanted to write a song for Toy Story 5 as soon as she saw the film, but first wanted to make sure she wasn’t replacing another...
FBI Issues Surprise Warning About Pokémon Trading Cards
With valuable Pokémon cards changing hands for significant sums, the hobby has increasingly attracted the attention of federal investigators. Just weeks after an investigation into a major Pokémon card heist was announced, authorities issued another warning to trading card businesses. According to a notice from the FBI’s Newark office, seven local shops have been targeted...
Harry Styles and HeadCount Drive Voter Action During His Madison Square Garden Residency: The Numbers
Harry Styles HeadCount Harry Styles’ partnership with HeadCount during his 30-date Madison Square Garden residency resulted in 33,284 new voter registrations and 108,061 voter actions ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the nonpartisan organization reports. HeadCount defines voter actions as activities such as checking registration status, signing up for election alerts or volunteering with...
Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Lineup to Feature Kings of Leon, Ella Langley and More
Morgan Wallen performs onstage for the 16th Annual Darius and Friends St. Jude Benefit at Ryman Auditorium on June 2, 2025, in Nashville. Jason Kempin / Getty Images for ABA Morgan Wallen, Kings of Leon and Ella Langley will headline the Sand in My Boots Festival when it returns to Gulf Shores, Alabama, from May...
Critical Role Gives D&D Warlocks Cleric Spells in Campaign 4
From the beginning of Critical Role, the cast and crew have made it clear to Critters that they are willing to bend or change the rules of Dungeons & Dragons to suit the story they want to tell. Matthew Mercer, for example, created the Blood Hunter class and added subclasses to better fit his players’...
The Pokémon Company Teases a Surprise Reveal This Month
The Pokémon Company has marked the franchise’s 30th anniversary throughout 2026 with a range of celebrations, including Poké Ball-inspired logos for every Pokémon—more than 1,000 in all. Now, those designs appear to be part of a countdown to a mystery announcement later this month. In October, the company’s Japanese X account shared two logos featuring...
What Time Does Genshin Impact Version 7.2 Release in Your Time Zone?
Genshin Impact version 7.2 is nearly here, bringing the next chapter of the Snezhnaya story, new playable characters, and limited-time events with rewards to collect. Here’s when maintenance is expected to begin and end, when version 7.2 should go live, and what players can look forward to in the update. When does Genshin Impact maintenance...
Limited-Time Pokémon Cards Accidentally Unveiled a Year Early
McDonald’s and The Pokémon Company recently announced another Happy Meal collaboration for November, complete with Pokémon toys and trading cards. But the announcement briefly featured images of the wrong card set, apparently giving fans an early glimpse of a promotion planned for 2027. Pokémon and McDonald’s regularly release exclusive trading cards through their collaborations, drawing...
Mike Flanagan Shares Update on Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K Series
Mike Flanagan is known for horror projects including Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House and the latest adaptation of Carrie. He also wrote the script for DC’s Clayface. Now, he is working on an adaptation of Warhammer 40K. Earlier this year, news broke that Amazon was working on a live-action series based on the...
Age of the Ring 10.0 Mod for The Battle for Middle-earth II Released With New Campaign and Maps
Age of the Ring 10.0 Adds a New Campaign and Maps to The Battle for Middle-earth II Mod The Age of the Ring Development Team recently announced the release of its largest update to Age of the Ring, a mod for the real-time strategy game The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II:...
Percy Jackson Season 3 Trailer Introduces New Cast Members
Disney has released a new trailer for season 3 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, a few weeks before its premiere. The next chapter of the Rick Riordan adaptation covers the 2007 novel The Titan’s Curse and looks set to be the show’s darkest season yet. In the trailer, Percy sets out to save Annabeth,...
Embrace City Life in Forza Horizon 6
Explore the streets of Horizon Japan in City Life, the Forza Horizon 6 update that adds two permanent Tokyo City race routes: the Edo Circuit Road Race and Shuto Charge Street Race. Make your Custom Garage your own with the IKEA Prop Pack, and earn three cars making their Horizon debut through the Festival Playlist:...
Olivia Rodrigo Announces Her First Christmas Song, ‘Take Me Home’
Olivia Rodrigo performs during The Unraveled Tour with the first of two sold-out shows at PeoplesBank Arena on Sept. 25, 2026, in Hartford, Conn. Christopher Polk/Billboard Olivia Rodrigo will release her first Christmas song, “Take Me Home (4 Christmas),” at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 5, she announced Monday. The Grammy winner shared the...
Harry Styles Thanks New Yorkers in Newspaper Letter After Madison Square Garden Residency Ends: ‘It Has Been an Honor’
Harry Styles at The BRIT Awards 2026 held at Co-op Live on Feb. 28, 2026, in Manchester, England. Zak Hussein/Billboard Harry Styles has marked the end of his 30-night Madison Square Garden residency with a special print edition of The Village Voice honoring New York City. Published Monday, Nov. 2, the issue includes a letter...
Dead by Daylight Fans Uninstall the Game in Protest
Some Dead by Daylight players have voiced frustration with developer Behaviour Interactive after a team member gifted in-game content to controversial streamer TheBurntPeanut. In response, several players say they have uninstalled the game or requested refunds. During TheBurntPeanut’s Halloween livestream, a Behaviour Interactive employee sent the VTuber all of the game’s available paid downloadable content....
Mass Effect Legendary Edition to Get Major Fan-Made Multiplayer Update on N7 Day
Modders plan to bring Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode to Mass Effect Legendary Edition, restoring a feature left out of the collection. The now-closed studio BioWare brought the Mass Effect trilogy back in Mass Effect Legendary Edition, but the collection included only the single-player campaigns. Modding group ME3Tweaks recently announced the multiplayer project on N7...
Taylor Swift Made Sure She Wouldn’t Replace Someone Else Before Agreeing to Write ‘Toy Story 5’ End Credits Song
Taylor Swift at the 6th Annual Academy Museum Gala held at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Oct. 17, 2026, in Los Angeles. Gilbert Flores/Variety Taylor Swift said she wanted to write a song for Toy Story 5 as soon as she saw the film, but first wanted to make sure she wasn’t replacing another...
FBI Issues Surprise Warning About Pokémon Trading Cards
With valuable Pokémon cards changing hands for significant sums, the hobby has increasingly attracted the attention of federal investigators. Just weeks after an investigation into a major Pokémon card heist was announced, authorities issued another warning to trading card businesses. According to a notice from the FBI’s Newark office, seven local shops have been targeted...
Harry Styles and HeadCount Drive Voter Action During His Madison Square Garden Residency: The Numbers
Harry Styles HeadCount Harry Styles’ partnership with HeadCount during his 30-date Madison Square Garden residency resulted in 33,284 new voter registrations and 108,061 voter actions ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the nonpartisan organization reports. HeadCount defines voter actions as activities such as checking registration status, signing up for election alerts or volunteering with...
Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Lineup to Feature Kings of Leon, Ella Langley and More
Morgan Wallen performs onstage for the 16th Annual Darius and Friends St. Jude Benefit at Ryman Auditorium on June 2, 2025, in Nashville. Jason Kempin / Getty Images for ABA Morgan Wallen, Kings of Leon and Ella Langley will headline the Sand in My Boots Festival when it returns to Gulf Shores, Alabama, from May...
Critical Role Gives D&D Warlocks Cleric Spells in Campaign 4
From the beginning of Critical Role, the cast and crew have made it clear to Critters that they are willing to bend or change the rules of Dungeons & Dragons to suit the story they want to tell. Matthew Mercer, for example, created the Blood Hunter class and added subclasses to better fit his players’...
The Pokémon Company Teases a Surprise Reveal This Month
The Pokémon Company has marked the franchise’s 30th anniversary throughout 2026 with a range of celebrations, including Poké Ball-inspired logos for every Pokémon—more than 1,000 in all. Now, those designs appear to be part of a countdown to a mystery announcement later this month. In October, the company’s Japanese X account shared two logos featuring...
What Time Does Genshin Impact Version 7.2 Release in Your Time Zone?
Genshin Impact version 7.2 is nearly here, bringing the next chapter of the Snezhnaya story, new playable characters, and limited-time events with rewards to collect. Here’s when maintenance is expected to begin and end, when version 7.2 should go live, and what players can look forward to in the update. When does Genshin Impact maintenance...
Limited-Time Pokémon Cards Accidentally Unveiled a Year Early
McDonald’s and The Pokémon Company recently announced another Happy Meal collaboration for November, complete with Pokémon toys and trading cards. But the announcement briefly featured images of the wrong card set, apparently giving fans an early glimpse of a promotion planned for 2027. Pokémon and McDonald’s regularly release exclusive trading cards through their collaborations, drawing...
Mike Flanagan Shares Update on Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K Series
Mike Flanagan is known for horror projects including Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House and the latest adaptation of Carrie. He also wrote the script for DC’s Clayface. Now, he is working on an adaptation of Warhammer 40K. Earlier this year, news broke that Amazon was working on a live-action series based on the...