SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) – In four months, Americans will no longer be dazzled and entertained by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus. The show will shut down in May, but what will happen ...

Thieves calling themselves the “Big Bird Bandits” stole a $118,000 costume of the iconic “Sesame Street” character from a children’s circus in Australia. A few days later, they returned the seven-foot ...

She's done it again! Wendy Williams wowed her audience with yet another amazing costume transformation for her special Halloween episode. This year, she and her staff dressed as circus characters, ...

ELLENTON, Fla. – After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on "The Greatest Show on Earth." The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will ...

A heartless robber stole an enormous Big Bird costume from a town's local Sesame Street circus. According to a report from ABC Radio Adelaide, the unidentified criminal stole the nearly 7ft-tall ...

It's just a bunch of hocus-pocus! With Halloween just around the corner, we've been waiting with bated breath for Lauren Conrad's latest DIY costume reveal. Well, it's finally here! This year, the ...

Saying Sarasota has a rich history with the circus is like saying Siesta Key has a lot of sand. More than 90 years ago, John Ringling decided to move the winter home of his circus to Sarasota, which ...

"He wanted it to be classic in the way of feeling romantic" and as if "ripped out of an editorial one would see out of a fashion magazine like Vogue," said costume designer Ellen Mirojnick. By Cathy ...

Police in Australia are on the prowl after a 7-foot-tall Big Bird costume flew the coop at a circus. The theft occurred at the Sesame Street Circus Spectacular live show at a park in Adelaide, about ...

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