
HBO Documentary Films has acquired “Jim: The James Foley Story,” a documentary about the kidnapped American journalist’s infamous murder at the hands of ISIS in 2014, the network announced Tuesday.
by Daniel Nussbaum5 Jan 2016, 2:22 PM PST0

Few Americans are more worthy of the big and small screen than Andrew Jackson—a poor, orphaned child of immigrants who fought in the American Revolution, moved to the frontier, and rose to become president of the United States. HBO is producing a six-hour miniseries based on Jon Meacham’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
by Jarrett Stepman18 Dec 2015, 6:22 AM PST0

“Zero Dark Thirty” and “Hurt Locker” director Kathryn Bigelow will co-executive produce a jihadi recruitment drama series for HBO, TheWrap reports.
by Kipp Jones12 Dec 2015, 3:08 PM PST0

Back on his Sept. 27 broadcast of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver lectured his viewers as to why Europe should be more accepting of migrants fleeing the Middle East through Turkey and into Europe. One reason Oliver offered
by Jeff Poor16 Nov 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

Fresh from “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart has signed on with HBO in an exclusive four-year production pact.
by Breitbart News3 Nov 2015, 10:57 AM PST0

HBO host and comedian Bill Maher was spotted alongside liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore during Saturday’s World Series game four between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets. In April, Maher told Playboy magazine that he is a minority owner of the
by Trent Baker31 Oct 2015, 8:55 PM PST0

Former Scientologist and King of Queens star Leah Remini has revealed that Tom Cruise is one of the main reasons she left the controversial church two years ago.
by Daniel Nussbaum26 Oct 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

The Leftovers star Amy Brenneman believes abortion is being “demonized” in the United States, despite its legality being “the law of the land.”
by Daniel Nussbaum16 Oct 2015, 2:01 PM PST0

Netflix executives hinted Wednesday that the streaming giant could take on a new challenge in the next couple of years: getting into news programming.
by Daniel Nussbaum15 Oct 2015, 7:03 AM PST0

HBO is placing another bet on Girls creator and star Lena Dunham, by ordering a new comedy series pilot about second-wave feminism in the early 1960s.
by Kelli Serio13 Oct 2015, 9:48 PM PST0

New York police are investigating the mysterious death of a married mother-of-three after she she was found wedged in the doorway of a Chelsea apartment building following a night of partying and drug use with a television producer who once worked with documentarian Michael Moore.
by Daniel Nussbaum6 Oct 2015, 12:51 PM PST0

The first extended look at HBO’s new music drama Vinyl was released online this week.
by Daniel Nussbaum6 Oct 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

Bill Maher and world-renowned biologist Richard Dawkins took Islam to task during the former’s “Real Time” show on HBO this weekend, leading liberals to simultaneously engage in a series of meltdowns nationwide.
by Jordan Schachtel5 Oct 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson reacted to GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson on Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO for his statement the solar system was “organized” and adding “except for when asteroids come and render life extinct.” Tyson speculated that Carson is “smarter than you think”
by Trent Baker2 Oct 2015, 10:31 PM PST0

On Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO, host Bill Maher spoke with guest and atheist biologist Richard Dawkins on how many comedians were also atheist because religion, Maher said, is “easy to make fun of.” Maher went on to say it
by Trent Baker2 Oct 2015, 9:40 PM PST0

A casting contract for extras on the upcoming HBO series Westworld is so sexually explicit that the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union has issued a formal warning reminding members that they can withdraw consent at any time during an upcoming shoot.
by Daniel Nussbaum30 Sep 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

“Girls” creator Lena Dunham, who earlier this year admitted she fictionalized details in a memoir about her alleged rapist and allowed an innocent man to remain under suspicion, has fled from Twitter claiming “It really, truly wasn’t a safe space
by John Nolte30 Sep 2015, 7:14 AM PST0

Lena Dunham has pulled the plug on Twitter.
by Daniel Nussbaum30 Sep 2015, 6:45 AM PST0

White House Asks Hollywood to Fight Jihadist Propaganda – But Don’t Mention Jihad
by Kipp Jones29 Sep 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

All of the GOP-bashing at Sunday night’s Emmys was apparently unable to save the awards show from drawing its smallest number of viewers on record. Fox’s broadcast of the television awards show drew 11.9 million viewers, down a whopping four million
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Sep 2015, 1:12 PM PST0

HBO might have dominated the 67th Emmy awards, but that did not stop Viola Davis from making Emmy history Sunday night. Davis became the first black actress to win the Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series award at Sunday’s awards show.
by Kelli Serio21 Sep 2015, 9:19 AM PST0

Matt Damon apologized Wednesday for a comment he made during the fourth season premiere of his reality television show Project Greenlight earlier this week in which he suggested to a successful black female filmmaker that diversity only mattered onscreen and not behind it.
by Daniel Nussbaum17 Sep 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

The first trailer for the new HBO-Vice documentary collaboration Fixing the System, in which President Obama visits a federal prison and meets with several of the inmates, debuted online Friday.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 Aug 2015, 2:29 PM PST0

Oscar-winning writer-director Paul Haggis has condemned the media for its failure to hold Tom Cruise accountable for the movie star’s leading position in the controversial Church of Scientology.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Aug 2015, 6:10 PM PST0

Classic children’s television show Sesame Street has landed a new home at HBO.
by Daniel Nussbaum13 Aug 2015, 10:35 AM PST0