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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>

Weinstein sexual harassment controversy exposes Hollywood’s double standard

June 2, 2018 at 1:21 a.m.

When the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape leaked one year ago, capturing then-candidate, now-President Trump bragging in coarse terms in 2005 about being allowed to grab women because he was a...

John Oliver calls Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio a slap in the face to Latinos and rule of law

December 17, 2018 at 4:49 p.m.

After a few weeks off the air, "Last Week Tonight" returned to HBO on Sunday night with a blistering segment on Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff recently...

John Oliver takes a shot at the anti-vaccine movement and the ‘opportunistic quacks’ behind it

December 17, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

On Sunday's "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver became the latest late-night personality to take aim at the anti-vaccine movement. Oliver devoted nearly a half-hour to debunking the various fears surrounding...

John Oliver and Lord Buckethead recap the British election and what it means for ‘Brexit’

December 17, 2018 at 5:01 p.m.

Last year, John Oliver urged the good people of the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union. As we all know, his efforts didn't exactly pan out. Sunday's episode...

From ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to ‘I Love Dick,’ the female gaze is thriving on television

June 4, 2018 at 11:24 p.m.

Two girls, one guy. It's the stuff a million pornographic fantasies are made of — except as depicted in "The Handmaid's Tale." During one of the most talked-about scenes from...

From ‘Jane the Virgin’ to ‘Scandal,’ TV series are taking a matter-of-fact approach to abortion storylines

March 29, 2019 at 8:20 p.m.

In an episode of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" that aired days after the election in November, Paula, a middle-aged mom played by Donna Lynne Champlin, is lying in bed looking slightly peaked,...

'Bachelors' and 'Bachelorettes' through the years.

Why are ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ so white?

June 11, 2018 at 2:59 a.m.

A handsome, fair-haired man waits expectantly outside a palatial mansion as a horse-drawn carriage pulls up the drive. A beautiful young brunette in a floor-length gown emerges playing the violin,...

HBO renews ’70s rock series ‘Vinyl’ for a second season

June 11, 2018 at 5:04 a.m.

"Vinyl" will be getting an encore. HBO has announced it's ordered a second season of the drama set in the debauched music scene in '70s New York City. The series,...

Stephen Colbert pays tribute to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

June 9, 2018 at 2:10 a.m.

Stephen Colbert hasn't always had nice things to say about Antonin Scalia, who died Saturday at the age of 79. Just last summer, for instance, the comedian memorably compared the...

Actor Sylvester Stallone, winner of Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture for "Creed," poses in the press room during the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Ricky Gervais insults Caitlyn Jenner, Mel Gibson, Ben Affleck and many, many more

December 17, 2018 at 6:29 p.m.

Ricky Gervais prides himself on being an equal-opportunity offender. As host of the Golden Globes Awards he took aim at every conceivable target, some deserving, others perhaps less so. We'll...

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