Fan fiction is essentially original writing about existing fictional characters or, sometimes, real people like celebrities. The original medium fan fiction is based on can vary from books, movies, ...

Mobile apps have made fandom ambient, always on, quietly woven into the day. This suits modern life rather well, which is ...

Universal Studios Hollywood will celebrate Trekkies, Potterheads, Dungeon Masters and other obsessed fandom communities when a new festival dedicated to sci-fi, fantasy, gaming and anime debuts this ...

Users hate the ads, AI is coming, and the social media landscape is getting weird — but Perkins thinks Fandom is poised to survive and thrive. Users hate the ads, AI is coming, and the social media ...

One of the buzziest internet stories of the week sounds like a digital-age Mad Libs: Fan fiction website AO3 was taken down by a hacktivist group in a DDoS attack. As they say, sometimes truth is ...

The slang rose to prominence in 2000. It derives from an Eminem song of the same name, which is about a dangerous super-fan of the rapper. While this is how "stan" started, it doesn't always hold the ...

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup less than two years away, soccer has never been so fashionable in America. A new report on the state of soccer fandom in the U.S. by marketing, media, and experiences ...

It took 50 hours, four yards of colorful faux fur fabric, two pounds of Poly-fill stuffing and enough upholstery foam to rival a mattress store for Ven Ferlin to create their first animal costume.