Last week’s episode was called “The Gift” – and midway through, we learned that the title referred to a presentation in court of Peter Dinklage’s Tyrion Lannister. And tonight, various family members from different clans begin to share screen time – and destinies.

2015

May

PENNY DREADFUL By David Bianculli

A few episodes ago, Patti LuPone, in an intense guest-star appearance, turned in one of those performances that deserve to be remembered at Emmy time. Whether it will be or not, though, it helped serve notice, once again, that this supernatural series is doing stuff at least as impressive as FX’s higher-profile American Horror Story – and poor Vanessa (Eva Green) is having a rough time of it.

2015

May

THREE FOR THE ROAD: REMEMBERING THE RETIRING BOB SCHIEFFER By Ed Bark

EDITOR'S NOTE: To mark the retirement of CBS's Bob Schieffer, Ed Bark offers up three of his past articles about the much-revered newsman...

2015

May

PSST, HERE COMES LIFETIME'S 'THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE' By Ed Bark

Inhabiting Marilyn Monroe requires the look, the curves, the vulnerability and the breathy little girl intonations, not necessarily in that order. Kelli Garner checks out on all four in Lifetime’s The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe...

2015

May

2015 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY By David Bianculli

This induction ceremony, held earlier this month in Cleveland, isn’t necessarily the most star-studded event since the Hall began doing this 30 years ago – but if you’ve been waiting for The “5” Royales and Bill Withers to get their due, you’ve waited long enough. Ringo Starr becomes the last of the Beatles to be inducted individually, though, at the start of the Seventies, he started his solo career with a string of catchy hits, usually written by and featuri

2015

May

THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE By David Bianculli

MINISERIES PREMIERE: Part 1 of 2. Kelli Garner, star of the brief period series Pan Am, becomes the latest actress to stand in for perhaps the most famous cinematic sex symbol of them all. This two-part miniseries has Marilyn Monroe recounting her life, loves and traumas to her therapist, while we tag along watching the various flashbacks. Susan Sarandon co-stars as Norma Jean’s unstable mother, and other players include Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe DiMaggio and Stephen Bogaert as Arthur Mil

2015

May

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD By David Bianculli

Alicia Florrick and her daughter were watching this movie recently on an episode of The Good Wife. Her daughter asked her if she ever got to change people’s minds in the courtroom like Gregory Peck did, and deliver such impassioned, important speeches. “No,” she told her daughter. Her days in court mostly were about small pieces of evidence and key phrases in the rules of law – an answer that made me love her character all the more, but also love To Kill a Mockingbird all

2015

May

ORPHAN BLACK By David Bianculli

This season, Orphan Black has been segregating its clones, letting us spend more time with fewer of them each episode, and we’ve been richer for it. And just when you think that Tatiana Maslany has been put through too much of a wringer as the imprisoned Helena, it’s time to shift back to the comfort of the suburbs, and Alison’s new storefront concern – which comes with built-in dangers of its own.

2015

May

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW By David Bianculli

Tonight’s guests include George Clooney, who’s promoting Tomorrowland, but does it while recounting some of the favorite pranks he’s pulled over the years on buddy Brad Pitt. Also on tonight’s show: Hugh Laurie, who listens to Clooney’s stories with a mixture of what appears to be equal parts admiration and horror.

2015

May

'VEEP' STILL CUTTING A FINE FIGURE AFTER FOUR FRANTIC, FUNNY SEASONS By Alex Strachan

Never mind the veep. Is America ready for a female president? To anyone who lives outside the U.S. it’s a silly question...

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