One of William Shakespeare's chief contemporaries will now be credited as one of his co-writers, thanks to an expert analysis — one that has revealed the legendary playwright to be quite the collaborator. 

Some 17 Shakespeare plays are believed to contain at least a little writing from other people, according to a recent analysis by 23 academics with Oxford University Press. 

One of those co-authors is Christopher Marlowe, another playwright of the Elizabethan era occasionally rumored to be Shakespeare himself — a possibility dismissed by most experts, who believe Shakespeare was Shakespeare.  Read more...

LOS ANGELES — The Walking Dead just set a Twitter record.

The AMC show's Sunday night Season 7 debut was the most-tweeted TV episode of 2016, not including sports/special events, according to Twitter.

Globally, there were 4.6 million tweets. The top moment on the social media platform came around 9:30 p.m. EST after the (sob!) second death of a character in that same episode.

The show has long been considered one of the most buzz-worthy television series.

During the 2015-2016 season, the zombie drama was the No. 1 most-tweeted series in the U.S. with an average of 435,000 tweets sent per episode. Read more...

Overwatch, Call of Duty, and other esports surprises are hitting Sin City in December.  Read more...

Can you feel it? The change in the wind, circulating from the 6 and spreading across the United States? 

That's because Drake is now 30. 

Now that Drake's in his thirties, he's going to encounter a lot of life changes. Maybe he'll settle down, think more carefully about how his habits affect his wellbeing and get really into Cross Fit. 

In order to celebrate this milestone, we compiled a list of songs that Drake might sing in order to reflect his new responsibilities and passions.

1. Take Care (Of Yourself With These Once-Daily Fish Oil Pills) Read more...

Justin Bieber's UK tour has gotten off to a rough start. The pop star walked off stage due to fans screaming while he tried to talk and recently told a crowd to "just relax." Read more...

Holovect is a laser-based volumetric display system that draws objects in the air using light. The device is able to modify air within a box-shaped section of space, allowing laser beams to refract and reflect on it. That creates 3D projections which can be seen by multiple observers from different locations.  Read more...

Editor's note: This is the 37th entry in the writer's project to read one book about each of the U.S. Presidents in the year prior to Election Day 2016. Follow Marcus' progress at the @44in52 Twitter account and the 44 in 52 Spreadsheet.

"What the hell is he thinking?" That's a common refrain for anyone who follows politics in 2016. But it's also something millions of Americans spend years wondering about Richard Nixon. 

In Being Nixon, Evan Thomas shows us an enigma shrouded in paranoia. Tricky Dick was a walking study in contradictions. Combatative in public, he had a massive inferiority complex in private — and was surprisingly easily manipulated by the people that surrounded him in the White House.  Read more...

LOS ANGELES — DJ Khaled documented his child's birth on Snapchat over the weekend, because of course he did.

Music from the DJ/Snapchat star's 2016 album Major Key accompanied the Snaps, which feature his fiancee Nicole Tuck in labour.

The news comes as no surprise given Khaled's popularity on the video sharing platform. He's become known for phrases he uses in his Snaps, including "major key" and "bless up." 

Also, Khaled revealed to Jimmy Kimmel earlier this year that he planned on Snapping the baby's birth.

On Monday, the influencer uploaded a picture of new swag for his son. Read more...