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Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is already a commercial hit for the network.

A number of celebrities who defected from the Church of Scientology have praised the new HBO exposé Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, after the film made its cable debut Sunday night.

The director of a new exposé on Scientology claims that former church members who participated in his documentary have been threatened with violence and blackmail by church officials.

Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who scored a $65 million settlement with Mark Zuckerberg for their role in the creation of Facebook, will guest-star on HBO’s critically acclaimed show Silicon Valley.

Alex Gibney, the Oscar-winning director behind an upcoming HBO Scientology exposé, called actor and prominent adherent Tom Cruise “irresponsible” for refusing to address allegations of mental and physical abuse within the controversial church.

Actor Lillo Brancato, best known for getting wacked by Tony Soprano as half-wit Matthew Bevilaqua in the HBO series The Sopranos, is returning to acting after eight years in prison, and some New York Police officers aren’t happy about it.

HBO and Snoop Dogg’s upcoming project, set in 1980s gang-ridden Los Angeles, is a perfect example of the power harnessed by those on the left in entertainment, and what better way to use your pulpit than to tarnish the legacy of one of the most beloved political figures on the right?

Real estate heir Robert Durst appeared in court on Tuesday to face two felony charges tacked on to his original arrest on a Los Angeles murder warrant on Saturday.

Kerry Washington is set to continue her small-screen hot streak in a new film for HBO.

The Scandal actress is set to play Anita Hill in the pay cabler’s upcoming film, Confirmation, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

For the first time in decades, HBO will be available independent of  an expensive bundled cable package through HBO Now, a subscription streaming service available for $14.99 a month. Currently, the service will only be available on your device or

With his days as a cinematic leading man more than a decade behind him, serial-homophobe Alec Baldwin has agreed to executive produce and star in a HBO series that reeks of self-parody. After languishing in a supporting role for 7

Two years since the conclusion of NBC’s 30 Rock and one year removed from resolving to walk away from both public life and New York City, Alec Baldwin is headed back to TV, ironically as the fictional mayor of the city that scorned him.

Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei is set to play journalist and women’s activist Gloria Steinem in a new HBO miniseries.

Lena Dunham’s serial self-inflicted credibility wounds appear to have gravely eroded even the small but fervently loyal following the “Girls” star and creator has enjoyed for the last few years. This past Sunday, the ratings for Dunham’s HBO show “Girls”

The HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief debuted to a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Sunday.

Bill Maher took aim at American Sniper subject Chris Kyle Friday night on HBO’s Real Time, describing him as a “psychopath.”

The centerpiece of “Triggering” has a room full of Hannah Horvath’s peers reciting various real-world critiques of Lena Dunham, sounding pretentious and shallow as they put her writing through the wringer. And yet, to her credit, Dunham balances it with even more self-effacing–depicting herself as thin-skinned, deceptive, selfish, and out of her depth.

HBO’s Girls continues to walk a dichotomous tightrope: its sympathy for bubble-dwelling white Millennial princesses and its simultaneous recognition of the people who find their entitlement repulsive.