Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.

Filmmaker Suresh Triveni revealed that the names of lead characters in his upcoming film Maa Behen were inspired by a familiar slice of popular culture. The filmmaker said the names Rekha, Jaya and ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s challenge asks you to identify a novel’s title based on the characters in the text. In the ...

Action movies are great for aptronym names. To the uninitiated, those are names that are perfect for their owner. It would be like if a man named Todd Flowers became a florist or if Kevin Bacon had ...

We’re not bashing these names. In fact, we like them. But, for a few of them, we like them because they are so overt. There are examples out there of character or species names being way too on the ...

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM UTC Barry — Bartholomew 'Barry' Allen is DC comic's The Flash. With super speed and super strength, The Flash is possibly DC's most popular hero, alongside Batman and ...

It's officially baseball season, with pitchers and catchers reporting later this week and the spring training slate almost upon us. It's an exciting time of year for MLB fans, one full of optimism for ...

Since "Better Call Saul" is a prequel to "Breaking Bad," there was always going to be plenty of character overlap. Jimmy "Saul Goodman" McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) are ...

Sometimes the only way to soothe the pain of leaving your book boyfriend on the page is naming your furry friend after him. Following the smash release of “Onyx Storm” earlier this year, “Fourth Wing” ...

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