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Stephen Colbert has canceled “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” for the week after suffering a health scare. On Monday, Colbert, 59, posted on Instagram via his show’s official account, “Sorry to say that I have to cancel our shows this week. I’m sure you’re thinking, ‘Turkey overdose, Steve? Gravy boat capsize?’ Actually.

David Blaine, naturally, does not have vacation photos like the rest of us.Sitting at a table in his lower Manhattan magic lab — a secret lair on the edge of Chinatown where the 50-year-old develops his tricks and stunts — Blaine showed The Post footage from a trip to Southeast AsiaVideo reveals him breaking bottles over his head, getting buried in scorpions and eating red hot coals. Then it cuts to Blaine making a move to kiss a king cobra: a snake with venom so deadly that a single bite could kill him in just 15 minutes. “The venom is potent enough to kill an elephant,” Blaine told The Post.

In its heyday, audiences would pack out Hulme Hippodrome to watch acts like Harry Houdini, Desmond Dekker, Gracie Fields and Shirely Bassey.

Britain's Got Talent viewers were left confused over escapologist Andrew Basso's act on Saturday's episode as he delivered a terrifying stunt. During the latest instalment, Andrew, 36, explained that he would be taking on Harry Houdini's most difficult stunt called The Water Torture Cell.

We’ve already seen the immediate fallout of the recent legal battle that Johnny Depp started when he sued a British tabloid for defamation for calling him a “wife beater” as a result of the heaps of allegations against the actor from ex-wife Amber Heard and other women he’s been involved with. That long legal battle resulted in all of Heard and Depp’s dirty laundry being aired out for the world to witness.

Jade Bird has shared a stirring new breakup song called ‘Houdini’ – you can listen to it below.Taken from her forthcoming second album, which is due to arrive next year, the singer-songwriter’s new track was produced by Dave Cobb and follows on from the recently released ‘Headstart’.Using famous magician and illusionist Harry Houdini’s name as a metaphor, Bird recounts the disappearance of someone from her life, revealing that she always knew they would leave without having a reason.“I’ve loved

“Magic Camp” is finally ready to cast a spell on Disney+ viewers.