Culture

At $250 billion a year and growing, the creator economy is a well-established industry — one that can rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars a month for some of the most popular creators. In Netflix’s new docuseries Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, audiences are introduced to one …

One of the internet’s favorite — and most controversial —shows is getting a squeaky new primetime spin. YouTube show Pop The Balloon will become a live dating show on Netflix, with the streamer releasing its own weekly spin on series best known for giving judging a person at face value …

Thomas Pynchon has revealed his upcoming novel, Shadow Ticket. It marks the critically acclaimed and notoriously camera-shy author’s first book in 12 years. Penguin Random House announced the novel, its Oct. 7 release date, and its synopsis on Wednesday. Like Pynchon classics, including Gravity’s Rainbow, Against the Day, and Vineland …

A Minecraft Movie, based on the bestselling video game in the world, is, to put it lightly, an abomination. It currently sits at a “rotten” 48 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and Rolling Stone’s own review was far from glowing, calling it an “expensively cheap, 100-percent corporate mess.” But despite the …

Angel Studios, the faith-based media company that distributed the breakout hit Sound of Freedom in 2023, is facing a lawsuit for breach of contract. It’s yet another example of creative partners claiming that the streaming and entertainment giant, which went public last fall at a valuation of $1.6 billion and …

The sweeping tariffs on foreign goods unveiled by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, April 2 are expected to have widespread implications across the United States and beyond, affecting the cost of cars, clothes, wine, furniture, shoes, and — to the chagrin of many online — highly anticipated video games and …

On Tuesday, the Court of Appeals in the United Kingdom heard Prince Harry‘s case against a ruling that allowed for his public-funded security detail to be lessened on his visits to the UK. In part, Harry’s attorney claims he was being treated unfairly and “singled out” by the decision. According …

It looks like Fortnite is about to get a shot of espresso. Rumors have long been swirling that leakers found evidence that Sabrina Carpenter was set to make her way to the game by way of first looks at official items. Then, as recently as Friday, Epic Games themselves fanned …

It’s been a crowded television season, with audiences’ attention divided between campy hits like 9-1-1 and Doctor Odyssey, newcomers like The Pitt, and the established prestige offerings of Severance and White Lotus. But one of the hottest new shows online isn’t a television show at all — it’s a series …

F rom certain angles, the white canids on the video call, chewing on branches in the grass, look like Samoyeds: huge, white, fluffy faces and big black noses. Just when you start considering what it might feel like to wrap your arms around them and bury your face in the …