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Some of the first drawings of "Tuca & Bertie."

The fertile mind of ‘BoJack Horseman’s’ Lisa Hanawalt hatches the surreal ‘Tuca & Bertie’

May 3, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

'Bojack Horseman's' A few episodes into Lisa Hanawalt's new, terrifically funny animated series "Tuca & Bertie," there's a moment when a puffin in a pink suit calls a crowded auditorium...

Who will die on ‘Game of Thrones’ this Sunday?

May 10, 2019 at 1:29 a.m.

'After two episodes of tense reunions and fireside farewells, the big war that's been coming since the first episode of "Game of Thrones" begins this Sunday. And though some fans...

Who will win the Iron Throne in ‘Game of Thrones’? The case for Tyrion, the survivor

May 10, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

He's survived being framed for the murder of his nephew King Joffrey, a slash to the face while winning the Battle of Blackwater, and being sold into slavery after killing...

Energy vampires and the dry comic promise of FX’s ‘What We Do in the Shadows’

February 5, 2019 at 8:38 a.m.

Maybe one of the most improbable new series featured at the 2019 Television Critics Assn. presentations, FX’s adaptation of the 2014 cult indie comedy “What We Do in the Shadows”...

George R.R. Martin, left, scares up some chilling fun with showrunner and executive producer Jeff Buhler for their new Syfy series "Nightflyers," based on Martin's 1980 sci-fi/horror novella.

George R.R. Martin returns to a whole new world with ‘Nightflyers’ on Syfy

November 28, 2018 at 10:36 a.m.

Only a few days removed from this year’s Emmys, George R.R. Martin was feeling a bit tired. It had been another big night for the “Game of Thrones” writer, whose...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Emmy nominations: ‘SNL’ and late-night comedy nods reflect a Trump bump — with a few exceptions

December 17, 2018 at 4:57 p.m.

Live, from Los Angeles, it's the Emmy nominations — and "Saturday Night Live" is proving it's not a joke when it comes to Emmy dominance. With a total matched only...

Ellie Goulding arrives at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles.

Grammys 2016: Cécile McLorin Salvant and Maria Schneider are among the jazz winners

June 11, 2018 at 4:37 a.m.

The Grammy Awards like nothing more than to be seen as getting younger, but that idea did not extend to 12-year-old piano phenom Joey Alexander in this year's jazz category....

Review: ‘We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves’ by Karen Joy Fowler

May 9, 2019 at 3:52 p.m.

The '70s were a tough time to be a chimpanzee in America. Sure, some co-starred with Clint Eastwood in movies and on TV in the inexplicable "B.J. and the Bear,"...

Glasper doubles the pleasure, inspiration

August 22, 2021 at 6:35 a.m.

Robert Glasper, 'Double Booked' *** It's a short list of jazz pianists who have the wherewithal to drop a J Dilla reference into a Thelonious Monk cover, but not many...

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