Women’s football has always been sold as a more welcoming and inclusive space. It’s marketed as a ‘game for all’ and promotes a sense of community that sets it apart from the often more hostile, ...

Shaping and influencing popular media. Self-expression and identity. A growing evolution where people show their admiration for a particular TV show, movie, individual, book, band, sport, or any other ...

While it can be hard to predict what’s ahead in the music industry, there are several trends and shifts that I believe are heading our way in the year ahead.

Everybody is a fan of something — from authors to singers to quarterbacks — but for some, the fandom becomes a second life. These fans are often considered “stans,” and as people have been forced ...

Books based off of fan fiction have steadily been on the rise. On a Dec. 19 episode of the 'Book Review' podcast, 'New York ...

The football fan culture in Germany is unique. Bundesliga supporters might wear different jerseys for the various teams they support, but they are, for the most part, united in terms of what they ...

The mask has officially come off. The woman behind the viral fan account for the Hollywood actor Timothée Chalamet is not a 17-year-old girl tapping away on her iPhone, but a 59-year-old full-time ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Sirikul is a L.A.-based reporter covering film/TV and music. South Korea has been dominating the global pop music scene for ...

When I was growing up in the mid-aughts, celebrity culture ruled the roost as much as it does today. Perhaps the single crucial difference was that it was considered extremely weird to be too into any ...

Ask Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14-year-old batting sensation from India’s Bihar. He failed in the U19 Asia Cup final, replied ...

FAN EXPO is taking over downtown Denver starting on the Fourth of July, commandeering the area in and around the Colorado Convention Center through Sunday, July 7. In other words: It’s four full days ...