Though Showrunner Eric Kripke's The Boys is set to wrap up its run with a fifth and final season in 2026, Jensen Ackles' run as Soldier Boy will be far from over. In August, production is expected to ...

"I will say that it was fun to see Jared outside of his comfort zone…," Ackles shared before Padalecki interjected with, "Soooooo out of my comfort zone. Yeah. So out of my comfort zone." Ackles ...

Fandoms have got a lot of media attention for their toxicity. But there’s a big flip side — one that describes the mental health and community benefits of being a fan. When psychologist Lynn Zubernis ...

There are several ways to describe the outsize, almost alien reaction that stans experience when seeing their idol in person. Way back when it was attached to specific figures, most famously with ...

Historically this reaction, like so much of fan culture more broadly, has been dismissed with a chauvinist wave as a form of hysteria or even mania and therefore something that can’t be rationalised.

To say Slowdive and their second album, Souvlaki, weren’t appreciated in their time is an almost comedic understatement. Richie Edwards famously said he hated the band more than Hitler and there’s the ...

The 20th anniversary of Handsome’s only full-length LP passed last year without incident. That, my friends, should invoke shame at a cellular level. Outside of 2013’s excellent reissue, which finally ...

The adage “you always hurt the ones you love” applies as much to movies as paramours. Devoted Star Wars fanatics, especially those who grew up with the series starting a long time ago in a galaxy far, ...

After collecting a handful of awards at such events as the Austin Film Festival and the Hoboken Film Festival, writer Eddie Guzelian and director Madellaine Paxson’s 2013 horror flick Blood Punch is ...

There isn’t any doubt that Arrow Season 3 was quite divisive among fans. It ended on a sour note and a lot of the worst moments in this season assessment come directly from the finale. While it’s hard ...

The world said goodbye to Leonard Nimoy last week, and for those who identify as serious fans of Star Trek, the loss felt unexpectedly personal. Once the news hit, social media feeds exploded with an ...

Myx TV will premiere its latest original reality series, “Call to Cosplay,” at 8 p.m. June 30 and Variety has an exclusive first look at the creative competition show. The series, hosted by anime ...