Auzzy Blood Shocks Howie Mandel With Sword Swallowing Performance On ‘AGT’

Rachel Seo editorOn Aug. 6, Em Beihold’s “Numb Little Bug” hit No.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterViola Davis is headed to Panem as the head gamemaker in “The Hunger Games” prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”The Lionsgate movie is based on the 2020 book of the same name, which takes place decades before the adventures of Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games.” The prequel story is focused on 18-year-old Snow, who eventually becomes the tyrannical leader of the dystopia known as Panem. In “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” he’s chosen to be mentor during the 10th Hunger Games, a televised event in which teenagers are chosen via lottery to fight to the death.Davis, who is playing Volumnia Gaul, the mastermind of the diabolical teen death-match, will star opposite Tom Blyth as young Coriolanus Snow, Rachel Zegler as tribute Lucy Gray Baird, Hunter Schafer as Snow’s cousin and confidante Tigris Snow and Peter Dinklage as Academy dean Casca Highbottom.

season 17 has reached the live rounds, and the performances are bigger and better than ever!After over two months of audition episodes, the best of the best returned to face the judges once again, this time at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, for the first night of the season's live qualifying rounds.This meant the pressure to deliver in a big way was even higher than before, and some of the night's hopefuls truly brought their A-game in the hopes of impressing the judges and, more importantly, viewers at home who will be voting on who makes it through to the next stage in the competition.From acrobatic groups to vocal powerhouses to surreal contortionists, here's a look at the acts that stood out from the crowd on Monday with truly impressive performances.This Guinea-based circus group delivers some of the most jaw-dropping acrobatic feats of the season, and they kicked the night off on a high note, performing an epic routine set to «Zapata» by Lil Saako Instinct Killers. The performance set the bar high for the acts to follow, and absolutely wowed the judges.«There's nothing to say but good job, guys!» Sofia Vergara marveled. «I couldn't think you guys could get better, because I loved you so much, but this was another level.»  This young singer's voice is more than impressive enough to earn her a place in the live rounds, but her inspiring and emotional story makes her performance all the more powerful.

Howie Mandel has been keeping quite busy over the past few weeks, flying around North America for his stand-up tour while juggling his TV duties.MORE: Howie Mandel reveals incurable health disorder that drove his family to therapyThe comedian recently embarked upon another leg of his comedy tour that even got him to spend some time with family.VIDEO: Sofia Vergara teases AGT in new TV promoHe shared a photo of himself with his rarely seen son Alex Mandel, who is also in the entertainment industry and flew out to see his dad perform.Howie wrote: "Love this kid," alongside the picture of the two smiling side by side. The Canadian star is a dad to three with his wife Terry, those being son Alex and daughters Jackie and Riley.MORE: Howie Mandel 'not proud' of health condition he passed on to his daughterThe group even managed to fly back to California with Howie in a private jet as he returned to Los Angeles for his big television return.After a tough series of audition rounds that were filmed much in advance, the latest season of America's Got Talent kicks off its first series of live shows on 9 August.

#Outlander universe is expanding! Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a prequel that will follow the love story of Jamie Fraser’s parents, is officially in development at STARZ,” the network shared in a tweet on the official “Outlander” Twitter account.Jamie Fraser’s parents are Brian Fraser and Ellen Mackenzie. Neither character is alive in “Outlander,” though Brian was seen in flashbacks.

Bay Turner is a singer with a soaring voice and a compelling story.

An 88-year-old exotic dancer’s “unexpected” performance definitely caught the “America’s Got Talent” judges’ attention on Tuesday’s final auditions episode.

A Dundee councillor has swapped her long flowing locks for a 'number 1' all over after braving the shave for an HIV charity.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Publishing has signed rising singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Em Beihold to a worldwide publishing agreement. Her gold-certified single “Numb Little Bug” has been on the Billboard Hot 100 for 24 weeks, and she released her debut EP “Egg in the Backseat: last week.

Bravo's , has died. He was 46. The chef's mother, Susan, confirmed to the that he died of a heart attack on July 22.

Howard “Howie” Kleinberg, the Miami restaurateur who competed in Season 3 of Bravo’s Top Chef, died last weekend after suffering a heart attack. He was 46.

Debbii Dawson put her own spin on Abba’s “Dancing Queen” during Tuesday’s “America’s Got Talent”.

DEALSSony Music Publishing has signed singer-songwriter Em Beihold to a worldwide publishing deal. “I’m so happy to be a part of the Sony Music Publishing family”, she says. “So many of my favourite artists who inspired me to start writing in the first place, like Regina Spektor and Sara Bareilles, are with them so it was a natural decision.

A teen touched by tragedy blows away the “America’s Got Talent” audience.

Aerial act Duo Mico will have viewers on the edge of their seats on the next episode of “America’s Got Talent”.

Howie Mandel's fans can typically rely on getting a good laugh out of his hilarious antics on TikTok with each video he shares, but his latest post to the social media platform has seriously upset followers.MORE: AGT's Howie Mandel shares health updateThe America's Got Talent star sparked a wave of alarmed reactions, with fans citing they were both "traumatized" and "disgusted" with his latest video.The since-deleted clip sees Howie superimposing himself over a photo of one his friend's behind, and viewers of the graphic photo later concluded that the friend appears to be suffering from a "rectal prolapse."WATCH: Sofia Vergara and Heidi Klum show off during AGTMORE: Howie Mandel absent from latest AGT for health reasonsIn the shocking TikTok, the Canadian comedian says: "When my friend Neil bent over this happened… Does somebody know… is this COVID-19 related? And if it is, what do we do about it? Ow."Fans were immediately shocked by not only the picture but Howie's nonchalant approach and lack of a trigger warning.They immediately took to Twitter to discuss, writing: "I hate myself I just saw the Howie Mandel video bye," and: "Traumatized by Howie Mandel," as well as: "Should never have looked at that Howie Mandel video."Me the day Howie Mandel made *that* video.

NHS, its symptoms on the hyperactivity side of things include little or no sense of danger, constantly fidgeting and being unable to concentrate on tasks. Meanwhile, on the attention deficit side, people with it appear like they can't carry out instructions. They are also prone to change activities all the time and they may have problems with organisation.

Addressing her departure. Paloma Aguilar didn’t hold back about her decision to leave the Big Brother house early.