A Disney+ sequel to the classic Halloween movie is magical. Plus, check out a new Marilyn Monroe biopic, "Blonde," a new stand-up comedy special from "Insecure" star Yvonne Orji and a new album from Björk -- which is all about mushrooms.
The Los Angeles Police Department identified a suspect and arrested two other people in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock earlier this month.
Coolio, the '90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," has died, his friend and manager Jarez Posey, told CNN. He was 59.
Afrobeats -- the pulsating, fusion sound coming out of West Africa and the diaspora -- has been on the rise globally for the better part of a decade. In recent years, the genre has gained a foothold in Western pop culture, and the Grammys are taking notice.
Disney regularly wrings inordinate mileage out of nostalgia, which can easily obscure when the source wasn't quite as worthy of praise as we like to remember. "Hocus Pocus 2" should benefit from that dynamic, delivering a breezy sequel -- 29 years later -- that should provide go-down-easy Halloween viewing for families in the less-demanding confines of Disney+.
Ever the pioneeer, Lizzo crossed off another first during the Washington, DC stop of her tour -- playing an approximately 200-year-old crystal flute that belonged to a former US president.
The gap between a star performance and the movie containing it has seldom been wider than in "Blonde," which features Ana de Armas stunningly capturing the look and essence of Marilyn Monroe in the service of a film that's pretentious, heavy handed and lengthy to the point of exhaustion. Netflix will surely get its money's worth attention-wise thanks in part to its restrictive NC-17 rating, but the film's merits burn out long before its credits ever roll.
