“Continue?” It’s one of the oldest words in video games. You stumble. You put in another quarter. You try again. Hey, you’ll get ‘em next time. Never has that sentiment been more true than in 2025 — ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Every year is a great year for movies if you’re willing to look for them. Sure, some of the biggest and most celebrated films deserve their acclaim, while many films with microscopic releases, or from ...

A landmark real-world experiment gave the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccine could lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, finally giving concrete data to ...

The best films of 2025 emerged from a landscape as politically volatile and competitively lopsided as the darkest days in Hollywood history. This climate of consolidation and capitulation gave a ...

Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...

Every year, USA TODAY Network visual journalists across the country capture meaningful stories in their local communities that inform, delight, or inspire, while documenting a historic moment for the ...

An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them? By Miya Lee and Kendall Blomfield By the end of 2024, words like slop, brat, ...

Takeaways from an eventful 2025 election cycle. By Caroline Soler, Christine Zhang and Alex Lemonides Is there such a thing as an “off year” for U.S. elections? The elections in 2025 were not nearly ...

Today, one of the last anticipated recaps of the year makes its debut: Snapchat Recap 2025. Here’s what you need to know. Snapchat Recap is Snapchat’s annual year-in-review feature for users of the ...

The winter solstice marks the official start of winter, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year. In 2025, the winter solstice will occur on Sunday, December 21, signaling the beginning ...

Much like choosing the best-dressed people of the year, selecting the best beauty trends of 2025 is a harder task than one might think. In the era where something goes viral weekly (and attention ...