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Kit Harington-Led Jon Snow ‘Game of Thrones’ Sequel No Longer Happening
HBO’s Jon Snow-centered Game of Thrones sequel has been shelved, Kit Harington confirmed on Tuesday. “There are no plans for it at the moment. It’s off the table for the foreseeable,” Harington told the Associated Press. Game of Thrones, based on the fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, finished its eighth and final season […]
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Comedian Jerrod Carmichael Sees Backlash Over Race-Based Slave Play Joke
Comic Jerrod Carmichael’s testing of modern comedy audiences’ ability to grasp idiosyncratic race-based humor hit the skids quickly, as a gag made on his new HBO series tanked and many online criticized his message. Carmichael, 37, dipped his toes into the concept of “slave play” as a sexual kink during a live stand-up moment on […]
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‘Brandy Hellville’ Director Hopes Teens and Parents Will Be “Horrified” by Fast-Fashion Doc
The director of HBO’s new documentary Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion never wanted the film to be just another brand exposé, even though it does, in part, operate on that level. In the film, which airs on HBO on Tuesday, helmer Eva Orner highlights allegations of a racist, sexist and discriminatory work […]
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Adrian Schiller, Star of ‘The Last Kingdom,’ Dies at 60
Adrian Schiller, the British actor who starred as Lord Aethelhelm in the Netflix drama series The Last Kingdom, has died. He was 60. Schiller died on April 3 of unspecified causes, his agent, Amanda Evans at Scott Marshall Partners in the U.K., confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. “It is with the heaviest and saddest hearts […]
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HBO Commemorates ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Finale With Larry David — and Some Surprise Guests
In 2000, Larry David returned to TV for the first time since Seinfeld, turning the focus on himself with Curb Your Enthusiasm, reaching a new audience with his heightened, fictionalized version of himself. More than two decades later, he’s closing the curtain on the hit HBO series. On Friday, ahead of the April 7 finale, […]
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Alex Edelman Knows There’s Power in the Third Rail
Alex Edelman’s go-to order at Barney Greengrass is whitefish on an everything bagel with a side of scrambled eggs. The Upper West Side institution isn’t exactly his local haunt — he lives out of a blue Samsonite bag these days — but this New York deli is a magnet for the Boston-born comic. “It’s where […]
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Georgia Secretary of State Sent Letter to Larry David Over ‘Curb’ Voting Law Plot
The plot from this season’s Curb Your Enthusiasm has captured the attention on the state of Georgia’s top elections official. The premiere episode of the final season for the HBO improv comedy featured star-creator Larry David being arrested for violating the state’s election integrity law after giving his friend Leon Black’s (JB Smoove) aunt (played […]
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John Oliver Takes Shots at Donald Trump’s “Cash Grabs,” From Mugshot T-Shirts to Truth Social Stock
John Oliver took shots at Donald Trump’s “cash grabs,” including mugshot T-shirts (which read “Not Guilty”), branded cologne, a Bible, mini speakers with Trump’s likeness, and gold-colored earpods and sneakers, on Sunday’s edition of Last Week Tonight. The HBO late night host started the segment by noting that Trump has “had a rough run in […]
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Robert Downey Jr., Hoa Xuande Play Men With Many Faces in New Trailer for ‘The Sympathizer’
“Welcome to the world of spycraft!” HBO released the newest trailer for its upcoming series The Sympathizer, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Robert Downey Jr. stars in and executive produces the seven-episode show alongside his wife and producing partner Susan Downey. “Biracial. Bilingual. I was a synthesis of […]
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‘The Jinx — Part Two’ Revisits Bombshell Robert Durst Hot Mic Confession
Robert Durst is back as an HBO subject with the follow-up to the bombshell 2015 docuseries The Jinx. The Jinx — Part Two, which is coming April 21 and nearly a decade after the first installment, is a six-episode continuation of Andrew Jarecki’s Emmy-winning docuseries, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, that […]
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‘Succession’ Theme Helped Ilia Malinin Score Men’s Figure Skating Title: “I Don’t Even Have a Subscription to HBO”
Ilia Malinin’s record-setting night in Montreal over the weekend was fueled by music from an award-winning show he had never watched. The 19-year-old American won his first men’s World Figure Skating Championship title Saturday with the theme music to HBO’s hit series Succession playing during his free skate routine, which earned him a record 227.79 […]
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Behind ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Delay: Where the Show Goes After High School
When Euphoria eventually returns for its third season, Rue and friends will no longer be in high school. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that multiple factors are behind HBO’s decision to delay production on the third season of the drama starring Zendaya, notably conversations between the network and creator Sam Levinson on where the action […]
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