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‘The Regime’ Team on How the Kate Winslet Series Portrays the “Danger of Power”
The cast and crew of The Regime descended upon the Museum of Natural History in New York City on Monday to celebrate the premiere of their new HBO project. The political satire series follows Kate Winslet’s Chancellor Elena Vernham as she becomes increasingly paranoid and unstable, turning to volatile soldier Herbert Zubak (Matthias Schoenaerts) as […]
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‘The Regime’ Review: Kate Winslet Shines, but the Political Satire Is Shaky, in HBO Limited Series
The 'Mare of Easttown' star plays the autocratic chancellor of a fictional European republic in this new six-parter from 'Succession' veteran Will Tracy.
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‘True Detective’ Renewed for Season 5 With Issa López at the Helm
HBO is returning to True Detective. On the heels of its season four finale, the premium cable network has handed out a fifth-season renewal for the anthology. Additionally, Night Country showrunner Issa López has signed an overall deal with the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cabler and will return to steer the fifth season after taking over […]
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HBO Delaying ‘Last Week Tonight’ Segments on YouTube
The 11th season of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver premiered on HBO Sunday night — but not on YouTube on Monday morning. Per both HBO and Oliver, the premium cable outlet is now holding back segments from the show for a few days after episodes premiere. That’s a change from past practice, when people could […]
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John Oliver Offers Clarence Thomas $1M Annually to Retire From SCOTUS
John Oliver closed Last Week Tonight’s 11th season premiere by making Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a lucrative offer to quit his job, or as the host declared, “get the fuck off” the court. “We have a special offer for you tonight: We are prepared to offer you $1 million a year for the rest […]
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‘The Sympathizer’ Gets New Trailer, Premiere Date on HBO
HBO has released a new trailer and set a premiere date for The Sympathizer — a date will allow the show to just make it under the wire for Emmy eligibility. The limited series, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, is part spy thriller and part satire. It follows the Captain (Hoa Xuande), a […]
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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Boss on Larry David the Unlikely Hero, Cameos and ‘Seinfeld’ Echoes in Final Season
[This story contains spoilers from the second episode of season 12 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Lawn Jockey.”] When Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry David gave Auntie Rae (played by Ellia English) a glass of water while she was waiting in line to vote, the TV character (played by David) didn’t know there was a Georgia […]
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‘Game of Thrones’ Aegon’s Conquest Spinoff in the Works From ‘The Batman Part II’ Writer (Exclusive)
HBO is developing another Game of Thrones spinoff series. The company is actively heating up its long-in-discussion Aegon’s Conquest idea. HBO is partnering with Mattson Tomlin, an in-demand scribe who did uncredited work on Matt Reeve’s The Batman and is co-writing its upcoming sequel, The Batman Part II. He also wrote the Keanu Reeves action […]
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‘The White Lotus’: Everything We Know About Season 3
After welcoming viewers first to The White Lotus: Hawaii and then to The White Lotus: Sicily, the hotel chain at the center of Mike White’s Emmy-winning HBO series is continuing to expand its global footprint as it heads to Thailand for season three. The White Lotus series sets each season around a different property within […]
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Why ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Is Ending and the Story Behind Season 12’s Premiere Kicker
[This story contains spoilers from the season 12 premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm.] Jeff Schaffer has a lot to say about Curb Your Enthusiasm. And he has a lot that he can’t say about Curb Your Enthusiasm. Ever since the HBO darling’s comeback season in 2017, this writer has been chatting with the executive producer […]
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‘Sex and the City’ Author Says Netflix Deal Won’t “Financially Affect” Her: “The Way Men Do Business Is a Ponzi Scheme”
Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell revealed this week she will not receive royalties from Netflix amid the show’s freshly announced move to the streamer. “The way men do business is a ponzi scheme,” Bushnell told The Sunday Times. Bushnell published her first “Sex and the City” column in The New York Observer in […]
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Larry David’s Wild Media Ride Ahead of ‘Curb’ Final Season
The incomparable Larry David has never been one to shy away from a bit of self-promotion. And this week’s run-up to the 12th and (allegedly) final season of his long-running HBO comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, has been no exception. In fact, from throttling a beloved Muppet to tanking a cringe-inducing interview at his own premiere […]
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