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All the times Jon Snow nearly died (and the one time he did), ranked

During last week’s nail-biter “Game of Thrones” episode, Jon Snow nearly died not once but twice. As usual, he managed to escape (somewhat) unscathed. That’s kind of his M.O., isn...

DATE: Aug 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

How Dick Gregory changed stand-up forever

Comedian, activist died Saturday

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Baldwin revives Trump impression for summer spinoff of ‘SNL’

NEW YORK – Alec Baldwin has put on his blond wig to reprise his impression of President Donald Trump for NBC’s summer spinoff of “Saturday Night Live.” Baldwin opened Thursday’s e...

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Cheers’ actor, radio host Jay Thomas dies at 69

LOS ANGELES – Jay Thomas, a radio talk show host and actor with recurring roles on the sitcoms “Murphy Brown” and “Cheers,” has died, his publicist said. Thomas was 69. He was “on...

DATE: Aug 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Game of Thrones’ used to be all about the journey. Now it’s about the destination.

The boats and horses on “Game of Thrones” are moving faster than ever. Last week, Daenerys dispatched Tyrion and Davos to King’s Landing and, moments later, the men were rowing to its shores...

DATE: Aug 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Maya Rudolph to star in live ‘A Christmas Story’ in December

NEW YORK – The Fox network has cast Maya Rudolph to help lead the live TV musical “A Christmas Story” this winter. The “Saturday Night Live” veteran and star of “Bridesmaids” will...

DATE: Aug 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The arguments about women and power in ‘Game of Thrones’ have never been more unsettling

“Game of Thrones” is a series that embodies the tropes of high fantasy and subverts them. And in no area in the series has that been more clear than its gender politics. Women on ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Wondering how ‘Kevin Can Wait’ will get rid of Erinn Hayes?

It was the strangest twist of the TV season: In June, shortly after the first season finale of CBS’ Kevin James sitcom “Kevin Can Wait,” the show’s creators decided to get rid of the charact...

DATE: Aug 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The only way for ‘Game of Thrones’ to be true to itself is to end as tragically as possible

After Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) set triumphant sail for Westeros at the end of the sixth season of “Game of Thrones,” and after a rather talky beginning to the seventh season of the...

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Are the dragons in trouble on ‘Game of Thrones’?

“Game of Thrones” is full of ominous foreshadowing, but it’s rarely as explicit as what viewers saw last week when Qyburn unveiled a deadly new contraption. Cersei had promised a group of no...

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Stranger Things’ is coming back; here’s what you need to know

The nostalgia-heavy, small-screen blockbuster “Stranger Things” returns to Netflix with a new season on Oct. 27 – just in time for a pre-Halloween weekend binge session. Netflix u...

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment