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A tale of two series: "Mr. Robot" returns with a spring in its step Sunday, clicking on all cylinders in gearing up toward its finish; while "The Walking Dead" lumbers into its 10th season, hitting familiar notes, with another major cast defection to come.

Stop if you've heard this one: Stephen King's "In the Tall Grass," a Netflix movie based on a novella he wrote with son Joe Hill, starts intriguingly enough, but doesn't produce a satisfying payoff. Fittingly, for a story about wandering around in a field, it winds up going nowhere.

The "Joker" hit movie theaters Friday despite a wave of criticism that it glorifies a killer and could encourage copycat attacks nationwide.

A British couple got a big surprise at their wedding in Las Vegas this week when rock legend Rod Stewart turned up unannounced to sing at the ceremony at Caesars Palace.

Justin Bieber and PETA are engaged in a cat fight.

National Geographic Channel has found its Queen of Soul.

Brendan Dassey, one of the men at the center of the Netflix series "Making a Murderer," is getting an extra boost from Kim Kardashian West in his petition for clemency.

An attorney for Robert De Niro is disputing allegations of gender discrimination by a former employee against the actor.

Netflix's "Big Mouth" is getting a spinoff.

Kevin Smith has announced that "Clerks 3" is coming.

The latest contestant unmasked on "The Masked Singer" turned out to be a knockout.

We've all been there, Taylor Swift.

Among the other cherished institutions being upended -- if not literally ended -- by the actions and distractions of the Trump administration is the venerable tradition of political satire.

Bruley, a French bulldog who made cameo appearances on Netflix makeover series "Queer Eye," has died, his owner said on Instagram. He was 10.

The trailer for Clint Eastwood's next real-life tale turned big screen story is here.

Kate Gosselin loves her twin daughters, Mady and Cara, "fiercely."

It sounds like Kylie Jenner wants everyone to calm down.

Don't read any further if you frighten easily.

"Joker" might bring to mind a caped crusader, but it's another vigilante, "Taxi Driver's" Travis Bickle, who provides the movie's spiritual sire. Joaquin Phoenix's electric, disturbing performance is thus dogged by history and questions about the "why" of it all -- that is, a Joker without Batman -- an answer that isn't really in the cards.

"Living Undocumented" is a passionate piece of advocacy filmmaking, one that -- for all the tears and heart-wrenching moments -- will likely end up preaching to the choir. The Netflix presentation nevertheless puts faces on the toll of US immigration policy, while making a point of noting the role of past administrations as well as the current one.