LAS VEGAS — David Blaine tells us, near the start of his production at The Theatre at Resorts World: Whatever our vision of a Las Vegas magic show is, this isn’t it.

Good. The magic community can stand to mix it up a little, with artistry from a superstar willing to submerge himself in the Vegas scene.

Eschewing many magical traditions, ...Read more

BOSTON — A girl walks home alone at night in writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour’s latest, return-to-form outing “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon.” In the first 15 minutes, Amirpour (“A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”) reminds us why she is one of our most talented filmmakers.

The elements might be described as Tarantino 101: a young ...Read more

DETROIT — The air is crispy, the leaves are turning and jack-o'-lanterns are starting to show up on front porches.

October has arrived, kiddos. Which means horror movie season is officially here.

It's the best time of the year to sit back with a scary movie, or a whole lot of them, the jumpier the better.

But without checking off the same-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The “Black Panther” franchise has revealed only about thing for sure about its new titular hero.

She’s a woman.

Dropping Monday to much fanfare, Shuri, T’Challa’s brilliant younger sister played by Letitia Wright in the 2018 film, is suspected of being the actor who carries the mantle in the film’s trailer, aligning...Read more

The romance that has long been teased in "House of the Dragon" is finally official.

The seventh episode of HBO's "Game of Thrones" prequel starts with a funeral and ends with the wedding of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and her uncle Daemon. The pair have danced around each other since before they each wed a Velaryon, so it's almost poetic that ...Read more

When "Saturday Night Live" returned this weekend for its 48th season, the grandaddy of all sketch shows ripped itself apart before anyone else could. In a cold open, host Miles Teller and cast member Andrew Dismukes played Peyton and Eli Manning, hosts of ESPN's "ManningCast." But instead of a play-by-play commentary on "Monday Night Football," ...Read more

NEW YORK — It took a hurricane to get Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen back together again in the same state.

Bundchen left New York after posing for five magazine covers and rode out Hurricane Ian in Miami, while Tom and the other Tampa Bay Buccaneers also fled south to Magic City.

“They are burning up the phone lines trying to find a ...Read more

The Emmy-winning Canadian comedy “Schitt’s Creek” has left Netflix, but it will be available on rival streaming service Hulu starting Monday. The change appeared on the schedules of both streaming services this month.

The riches-to-rags sitcom, created by series stars Eugene and Dan Levy — father and son, who play father and son on the ...Read more

Say you're fighting in Vietnam, and say your buddy from back home, who is not a soldier and is not in the war, walks up to you on the battlefield and hands you a beer.

On one hand, it's beer, and hey, it's good to see a familiar face. On the other hand, wait, what are you doing here? And that's it, a beer? And it's warm, even?

That's the ...Read more

Halfway through “Hocus Pocus 2,” Bette Midler shouts off a set of direct commands. “Clear the altar, all of you! Clear my stage!” she says, sending everyone around her scurrying.

“And you — try to keep up.”

That last instruction is directed at a petrified four-person rock band, but the same could be said of the sequel itself. ...Read more

ATLANTA — Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum are starring in a big-budget movie “Project Artemis” for Apple TV+ that is scheduled to start production next month in metro Atlanta.

According to ProductionList.com, the film is set to begin production Oct. 28.

Deadline.com said film’s plot has been kept under wraps beyond the fact it’...Read more

Three years after he purchased the master rights to Taylor Swift’s early music, Scooter Braun said he wishes that transaction could have gone down differently.

The music mogul chatted last week with Jay Williams for NPR’s “The Limits With Jay Williams.” During the near-40-minute conversation, Braun recalled acquiring Big Machine, Swift�...Read more

Paramount Pictures' "Smile" enjoyed a frighteningly good debut at the domestic box office this weekend, opening in first place with $22 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore.

Coming in at the high end of box-office expectations, the horror flick is the first title to launch with more than $20 million since Brad Pitt's "...Read more

“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 48th season with a cold open that acknowledged an off-season of change in which several stars departed and a team of newcomers joined the huddle.

The show began with a parody of ESPN2’s “ManningCast” where former Giant Eli Manning and his superstar brother Peyton Manning offer analysis of each week...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nick Cannon has welcomed another child, just two weeks after introducing baby girl Onyx Ice Cole Cannon.

On Friday, the “Masked Singer” host announced on Instagram the birth of his 10th child, a baby boy named Rise Messiah Cannon. The newborn is his third baby with model Brittany Bell.

“Another Blessing!!!,” Cannon said...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Late-night television and nightly political satire will miss "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah, who announced Thursday that he's exiting the Comedy Central series after seven years behind the desk. The South African comedian brought "third world" perspective — his words — to a talk-show circuit populated with white American ...Read more