LOS ANGELES (AP) - Forty years after he first appeared in theaters, Michael Myers is still drawing huge audiences for a good scare.
Universal Pictures said Sunday that "Halloween" took in an estimated $77.5 million in ticket sales from North American theaters.
It captured first place at the box office ...
NEW YORK — NBC's Megyn Kelly swiftly apologized Tuesday for a morning show segment that questioned why dressing up in blackface for a Halloween costume is wrong.
Following a social media backlash, Kelly wrote in an email to NBC News colleagues that she realized such behavior is wrong, that the ...
NEW YORK (AP) - NBC's Megyn Kelly swiftly apologized Tuesday for a morning show segment that questioned why dressing up in blackface for a Halloween costume is wrong.
Following a social media backlash, Kelly wrote in an email to NBC News colleagues that she realized such behavior is wrong, that ...
With Halloween at our doorsteps, Count Zad offers a few Blu-ray and 4K UHD movie suggestions for this frightful season.
Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, not rated 1.33:1 to 1.85:1 aspect ratio, $149.98) The studio that brought terrifying creatures to cinematic life delivers the ultimate ...
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - There's a lot of heart behind the haunting Halloween scenes at a Council Bluffs home.
Take a stroll past the west end home, inhabited by Council Bluffs newcomer Patti Butts and part of her family, and an extravagant holiday display awaits.
Passersby will hear ominous ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Fifteen years ago, one of the top films in the land was "Finding Nemo" and Shania Twain played the Super Bowl halftime show. 50 Cent's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was a hit album and a couple of witches-to-be took over Broadway.
The musical "Wicked" shook ...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - No promises from Von Miller to kick butt this week. Just some buttering up instead.
And a lightening up of the mood prior to addressing the Halloween party he hosted that became the talk of the town over some curious costumes and backup quarterback Chad Kelly's ...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Exhausted from the physical and emotional toll of battling pancreatic cancer, Michael Podlin depended on his wife and three kids to put up their family's annual spectacular display for their Arlington Heights neighborhood last October. This Halloween, a box of Podlin's ashes, topped by a ...
PHOENIX (AP) - When Colorado attorney Jeff Schwartz asked his 7-year-old son what he wanted to dress as this Halloween, the answer was clear: his favorite movie superhero, "Black Panther."
Schwartz said his white son's choice of a black character didn't give him pause.
"I didn't give it a second ...
ATLANTA (AP) - At least one Georgia town is requiring sex offenders on parole or probation to spend part of Halloween at city hall.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported sex offenders must be in the city council chambers from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct. 31 in Grovetown, about 10 ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Meyers - or is it Jamie Lee Curtis? - can't be stopped. "Halloween" dominated the North American box office for the second straight weekend, carving up an estimated $32 million in ticket sales.
The top four films were all unchanged at the North American box ...
Megyn Kelly came under fire by her NBC bosses for saying that blackface, during her growing up years, was barely a blink on the politically correct radar during Halloween time, and for questioning why a white woman who darkened her face while wearing a Diana Ross costume was assumed to ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A University of Central Florida student who was wearing ammunition around his torso as part of a Halloween costume was detained and questioned by campus police officers.
But they determined Tuesday that he wasn't a threat.
A news release says the student was wearing a chest ...
Trick-or-treaters beware: Halloween can be deadly for pedestrians and children face the greatest danger.
Research published Tuesday found a 43 percent higher risk of pedestrian deaths on Halloween night than on other nights near that date.
The study was based on four decades of U.S. traffic data, including 608 pedestrian ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The weather might be tricky on Wednesday, so some Kentucky communities are moving Halloween festivities to make sure little ghosts and goblins still get treats.
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray said in a statement that the city will change its treat-or-treating hours to Tuesday from 6 p.m. ...
Candy, costumes and pumpkin carving, the hallmarks of Halloween, are expected to hit U.S. bank accounts harder this year with fallout from President Trump's trade war with China, according to an organization of chamber of commerce representatives.
The U.S. public spends upwards of $9 billion on Halloween festivities including, candy, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Sex offenders under community supervision in Tennessee are required to be in their homes with the porch lights off on Halloween as part of a 10-day curfew surrounding the holiday. They also cannot decorate or give out candy.
And offenders are not allowed to take children ...
TOKYO (AP) - A fire broke out Wednesday in a building in downtown Tokyo in an area crowded with Halloween celebrants, paralyzing traffic, but no one was reported injured.
The Tokyo Fire Department said the fire started in a commercial building on a backstreet in the Shibuya district of shops ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is urging motorists to slow down and use caution as children take to the streets for Halloween trick-or-treating.
White says five people died in Illinois automobile accidents the past two Halloweens. He reminded motorists Tuesday that pint-sized ghosts, witches and ...