At the beginning of "47 Meters Down: Uncaged," a quartet of young women are given some pretty good advice before going out to sea: "Don't get eaten by a shark." It's advice, as you might expect, not...

"The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution" (W.W. Norton and Co.), by Eric Foner It took the United States two tries to get the Constitution right. The...

A spinoff series inspired by the 1978 movie musical "Grease" has been ordered by HBO Max. The streaming service said Tuesday that "Grease: Rydell High" will be set in the 1950s, the same era as...

Charli XCX, "Charli" (Atlantic Records) Charli XCX could easily have turned in a safe, hit-heavy pop-dance album this year. But where's the fun in that? If Jack White is the mad scientist of...

"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" is, likably, a Frankenstein of a movie that stitches together tales from the cultishly beloved 1980s book series by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen...

"Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking," published by Abrams, compiled and edited by Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall Paul Newman passes on an offer to...

Ask the daughter of paranormal researcher and "Ghostbusters" inspiration Hans Holzer whether she's got any scary Halloween memories to share, and Alexandra Holzer doesn't disappoint. She was...

Sheryl Crow has a lifetime of stories of hanging out with rock stars, pop stars, athletes, icons and music royalty, some even featured on her new collaborative record, but don't expect her to start...

It happens in even the best kitchens: You bring together top-quality ingredients and a promising recipe, but somehow the end result comes out tasting wrong, just wrong. And that's what's...

"The Titanic Secret" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul The investigation of an explosion in a mine propels Isaac Bell into a conspiracy with ties to the doomed ocean liner in "The...