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Champs Sports is betting bigger on sports fandom, debuting a new marketing campaign to expand licensed merchandise, fan experiences and community activations as it looks to become a leading destination for fans. Under its new “Game Day, Every Day” platform, which launches Monday, the Foot Locker-owned retailer will roll out expanded licensed apparel assortments in…

Lindsay Clancy, during her murder trial, on 13 August 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Photograph: Josh Reynolds/APLindsay Clancy, during her murder trial, on 13 August 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Photograph: Josh Reynolds/AP Analysis

LOS ANGELES — At KCON LA 2026, a K-pop concert hosted by CJ Group in Los Angeles on the 16th local time, Amelia, 16, a high school student from Visalia, California, said she came with her parents because she is a fan of the K-pop girl group ILLIT. She said she had also visited the…

Italy’s Treviso Comic Book Festival is running an International Contest for New Comic Authors, inviting emerging, unpublished creators from around the world to submit short comic stories exploring this year’s theme, “Relationships”.

Disney Parks fans got a genuinely big night out of this year’s D23, and the buzz wasn’t limited to any one park or coast. From a surprise celebrity cameo to a first teaser trailer for a brand new ride, the event delivered a steady stream of Avengers Campus updates that theme park fans have been…

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From BTS ARMY to Swifties, some fandoms have become synonymous with toxic behaviour. But fans say their reputations are shaped just as much by competition, social media and internet culture as by the communities themselves.

Fla. (WMBB) – It’s no secret that the Panama City Center for the Arts has some unique visuals, and they’re doing it again with the four distinctive exhibitions currently open

In a shock toStar Wars fans, Nick Joseph, best known for appearing as Major Arhul Hextrophon in Episode IV – A New Hope, has suddenly died, according to the actor’s close friend.

Art Spiegelman. Photograph: Hannah Assouline/Hannah ASSOULINE / opale.photo / eyevineArt Spiegelman. Photograph: Hannah Assouline/Hannah ASSOULINE / opale.photo / eyevine