National Entertainment

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Exchange by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 2. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 3. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (Gallery Books) 4.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2. Barbie 3. The Equalizer 3 4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 5. The Retirement Plan 6. Saw X 7. Talk To Me 8. No Hard Feelings 9. The Expendables 4 10.

The premise of “America Fantastica,” the latest work by novelist Tim O'Brien, feels like the standard plot for a crime caper.

NEW YORK (AP) — Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on.

There aren't that many Halloween albums out there and so tip your masks to Duran Duran for giving us a treat this spooky season.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak's “Where the Wild Things Are” will have a very well known narrator: former first lady Michelle Obama.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward. On Tuesday, Winfrey announced she had selected Ward's “Let Us Descend,” which comes out this week.

NEW YORK (AP) — The eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise has been postponed a year, signaling a new wave of release schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the actors strike surpasses three months of work stoppage.

LONDON (AP) — Photos of iconic celebrities and historic moments from the collection of Elton John and David Furnish will go on display at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum next year.

Let nobody say writer-director Maryam Keshavarz doesn’t know how to start a movie.