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Rebecca McGowan poses during a training session at the National Taekwondo Centre, in Manchester, England, July 16. The Scotland native vibes to Panic! At The Disco’s “High Hopes” during warmups and walks out to “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Olympians share their favorite warmup tunes

The Associated Press asked several Olympians and Paralympians about what gets them pumped before a crucial game, meet or match. Their chosen songs span several genres, including hip-hop, pop, R&B and rock.

The Witness is within arm’s reach of its ultimate goal of controlling the universe in Destiny 2: The Final Shape.

Destiny 2 finale in good hands

Bungie’s 10-year story reaches a satisfying end with The Final Shape.

Space Force spouse Victoria Humpert, left, starred in Sheepdog Theatre’s production of “The Little Fellow,” which ran this month in Tokyo.

English-language theater company attracts on-base talent in Tokyo

The Sheepdog Theatre, an English-language stage company in Tokyo, attracts a unique mix of local and foreign talent to its cast and crew, including military spouse Victoria Humpert.

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Princess Zelda will finally be the star in a Legend of Zelda game

For years, fans of The Legend of Zelda have debated why the series is named after Zelda, when Link has been the main playable character.

August Winter and Krysten Ritter in “Orphan Black: Echoes.” Ritter plays Lucy, a woman who wakes up one day with no memory of her past but eventually discovers she was printed out in a high-tech lab. Lucy is “trying to figure out who she is, where she fits in the world, and falls in love with people,” Ritter says.

‘Echoes’ is not a clone of a clone show

“Echoes” creator Fishko, star Ritter discuss the new series, which complements “Orphan Black” and further investigates original show’s timely themes of identity, humanity.

Strategy, exploration, conflicts, and even alliances with the local wildlife will be necessary for players to emerge victorious from the numerous challenges that await them in Empire of the Ants.

Photorealistic Empire of the Ants turns a classic sci-fi novel into a real-time strategy game

Empire of the Ants has some depth to its strategy even if the systems are fairly simple for a real-time strategy game. But its real strength is in its stunning visuals.

Jeff Nichols, center, writer and director of “The Bikeriders,” poses with cast members Austin Butler, left, and Jodie Comer, May 30, in Los Angeles. The motorcycle is a 1965 Harley Davidson Pan Head that Butler rode in the film.

‘The Bikeriders’ captures the culture, evokes nostalgia of ’ ‘60s motorcycle clubs

‘The Bikeriders’ director Nichols and stars Butler, Comer and Hardy discuss bringing Danny Lyon’s New Journalism-style book of the same name to life.

Sand Land follows the adventure of Beelzebub, the Fiend Prince, and others as they try to find a legendary spring.

Sand Land shows depth of Dragon Ball creator’s imagination

Bandai Namco brings the world of manga’s Sand Land to life through an open-world adventure game of the same name. As the name implies, it takes place in a desert world of exploration and adventure where water is scarce.

Peter Sarsgaard, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal, shown June 9, say their shared history as in-laws helps them bring out the best in each other on the set of “Presumed Innocent.” Sarsgaard is married to Gyllenhaal’s older sister, actor and director Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Real-life brothers-in-law Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are adversaries in ‘Presumed Innocent’

In the new Apple TV+ series, which premieres this week, Gyllenhaal plays Chicago prosecutor Rusty Sabich, charged with murdering his colleague, and Sarsgaard plays attorney Tommy Molto, another co-worker intent on proving Sabich’s guilt. “I love him so deeply, which comes with all the complications, too,” Gyllenhaal said. “We’ve been through so much together, and so we can bring those things out in the fictional world.”

K-pop boy band BTS member Jin poses for photographs after being discharged from the military in Yeoncheon, South Korea, June 12, 2024.

Jin, oldest member of K-pop’s BTS, finishes army service in South Korea

Jin, the oldest member of K-pop phenomenon BTS, was discharged from South Korea’s army after 18 months of duty, the first member of the group to wrap up mandatory national service that put their music careers on hold.

Imagine Dragons perform in concert during their "Evolve Tour" in Philadelphia in 2017.

How Imagine Dragons became the sound of gaming culture

Imagine Dragons has been all over gaming culture ever since being the backing band for famed Nintendo composer Koji Kondo at the first Game Awards. Of all the band’s accomplishments - filling stadiums and arenas, even performing Beatles songs in front of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr - playing with Kondo remains a highlight, says the band’s frontman Dan Reynolds. He didn’t grow up listening to the Beatles, he grew up listening to the “Athletic Theme” from Super Mario World.

Using IMAX-certified cameras mounted on a helicopter, “The Blue Angels” documentary filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to the U.S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, both on the ground and in “the box,” the tightly guarded performance airspace. The film has no staged re-creations, second takes or computer-generated shots.

‘The Blue Angels,’ filmed for IMAX, puts viewers in the ‘box’ with the elite flying squad

The documentary, coming to Amazon Prime Video May 23, offers unprecedented helicopter footage of the squadron from airspace where no civilian aircraft has been allowed before.