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Games for Change 2026 Award Winners Revealed
Games for Change has announced the winners of its 2026 awards, recognising video games and interactive projects designed to drive social impact. The prizes were presented at the G4C Awards Ceremony in New York during the annual Games for Change Festival, hosted by actors Anjali Bhimani and Osric Chau, with organisation president Susanna Pollack praising…
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NewJeans Celebrate Fourth Anniversary With New Special Film Series Following Reunion as a Quartet
NewJeans have marked their fourth anniversary with a new commemorative film series, “2026 Summer of NewJeans,” released as the group reunites as a quartet following a turbulent two years. Unveiled on 21 July, the release features members Minji, Hanni, Haerin and Hyein and comes just weeks after Minji’s return to the group was confirmed, ending…
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Sony Music Files Another Lawsuit Against Udio, Alleges AI Music Generator Copied 30,000 Songs to Train Models
Sony Music Entertainment has filed a fresh lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, accusing it of unlawfully copying more than 30,000 songs by artists including Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Elvis Presley to train its models. The new complaint, lodged on 20 July 2026 in New York, follows a judge’s refusal to let Sony add the…
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Former Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada Reveals He Totally Misunderstood What Getting Invited To the Cookout Meant After Fans Loved the Leroy Smith Reveal
Former Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has explained a comic culture-clash moment from 2019, when he initially misread American fans’ enthusiastic reaction to the character Leroy Smith as an insult rather than a compliment. Leroy Smith, a Wing Chun-practising fighter introduced in Tekken 7, proved hugely popular with Black American fans, some of whom told Harada…
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10 Best Film Noir Movies of the ’80s, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of the ten best film noir movies from the 1980s, arguing that the decade reinvented a genre first defined in Hollywood’s golden age of the 1940s and ’50s. The list highlights how filmmakers blended noir’s classic crime-and-shadow sensibility with ’80s blockbuster style, sci-fi and rock-and-roll aesthetics to produce a…
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10 Most Influential Video Games of the 21st Century
Collider has published a ranked list of the ten most influential video games of the 21st century, highlighting titles that reshaped genres, mechanics or the wider industry rather than simply being well-received on release. The selection spans different genres and eras, from superhero action-adventures to battle royale shooters and sprawling open-world epics, with each entry…
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Sam Reid on ‘The Vampire Lestat’ Finale & His Fictional Rock Star Being Bested on the Billboard Charts
Actor Sam Reid discussed the season finale of AMC’s *The Vampire Lestat* with Billboard, reflecting on how he and the show’s creators reimagined Anne Rice’s rock star vampire for television. In this retelling, Lestat’s once-massive fandom is scaled down to a modest cult following, and his album is portrayed as a chart failure, humorously outsold…
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Hasbro Shares Sneak Peek Of Its Official Legend Of Zelda Toy Line
Hasbro has released a first teaser image for its upcoming Legend of Zelda toy line, a multi-year collaboration with Nintendo that will be formally unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con, running from 23rd to 26th July 2026. The teaser shows the Master Sword and Hylian Shield from a planned 6-inch scale figure range, giving fans an…
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6 Movies That Are Unironically Better Than ‘The Godfather’
An entertainment writer for Collider makes the case that, while Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 classic *The Godfather* is routinely cited as one of the greatest films ever made, a small number of other films are unironically superior to it. The article argues that few movies can match Coppola’s craftsmanship, but singles out six that either…
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HBO Max’s Newest Sci-Fi Spin-Off Officially Arrives This Week
HBO Max is set to release a new spin-off of the long-running sitcom franchise The Big Bang Theory, titled “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe.” The show focuses on Kevin Sussman’s character Stuart Bloom, the deadpan comic book store owner who was a fan favourite in the original series, marking the franchise’s expansion into a…