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How cosplay went mainstream
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA sign. Illustrated | iStock For decades, science-fiction and fantasy film, literature, and television were looked down upon by their more mainstream...
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes winners announced
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJames Ellroy enthusiastically accepts the 2022 Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement at the L.A. Times Book Prizes ceremony Friday. (Varon...
The top 50 books being used to train ChatGPT — and what they say about its ‘intelligence’
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoOpenAI won't say what books it has used to train ChatGPT. But some data experts have figured it out...
How ‘3 Body Problem’ Gets Lost in Translation
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 month ago(Photo Courtesy: Netflix) Here’s a thorny question: When was the last time Chinese pop culture made a splash in the U.S. market? Given how much China...
Audiences Were Losing Faith in YA Films. These Authors Proved Them Wrong
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 6 months agoYA is dead — at least, that was one prevailing thought after a string of popular young adult books...
Indulge Your Inner Nerd with These Quirky Amazon Finds
SPY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoQuirky things have gained mainstream popularity as the entertainment industry has given rise to many...
Inside the Big Battle to Save One Small TV Show
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen TV shows aren’t popular, they get canceled — at least that’s the precedent set by years of broadcast and cable programming. But in the current era...
John Jakes, Author of the Miniseries-Spawning ‘North and South’ Trilogy, Dies at 90
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJohn Jakes, the celebrated author known for his historical North and South trilogy that sold 10...
Inside Netflix’s Big ‘3 Body Problem’ Bet: High Expectations, Heady Sci-Fi and a Beloved Book
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 months agoShowrunners David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo break down the challenges of the ambitious...