CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Though the "Storm Area 51" Facebook event started as a joke, it has taken on a life of its own as people gather to "see them aliens." And one hopeful alien viewer sent the internet into a tizzy after ...

Running like a character from the anime "Naruto" is an internet meme. One fan decided to turn the running gag into a real event. Alfred Ng Senior Reporter / CNET News Alfred Ng was a senior reporter ...

The original “Storm Area 51″ Facebook invitation encouraged people to break into the secret government facility by doing a Naruto run. And now that the event is here (it’s supposed to happen today), ...

Nevada law enforcement joined with the U.S. military to threaten a meme, describing a violent response should the viral social media movement band together to outrun—with anime ninja powers—bullets ...

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. The Storm Area 51 viral movement has been around long enough to question whether anyone was serious about ...

A recent interview with the creator behind the viral Area 51 raid, Matty Roberts, has gone viral in its own right as Roberts spoke to his local news outlet in full Akatsuki cosplay. He even manages to ...

If there is one thing the anime fandom knows how to do, it is taking things too far. This can be in the best of ways with cosplay and fan-projects, but there are times when things spiral out of ...

What started out as a meme became an actual event in numerous schools around the United States. Now, the trend has hit local shores, with students from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños ...

Well here it is, the day we finally get to "see them aliens". The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Several months ago, a Facebook joke ...