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Maher, Sam Harris Battle Affleck, Kristof on Radical Islam

Maher, Sam Harris Battle Affleck, Kristof on Radical Islam

Author Sam Harris and HBO’s “Real Time” anchor Bill Maher debated actor Ben Affleck and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Maher’s earlier comments on radical Islam on Friday. Harris argued, “liberals have really failed on the topic of

Maher on Foley and Sotloff: 'It Was Their Choice'

Maher on Foley and Sotloff: 'It Was Their Choice'

On his Friday show, HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher argued that Americans were overreacting to the threat of ISIS, and that the murders journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff did not show ISIS was a threat to the US

BIG: Showtime, CBS Likely to Break From Bundled Cable

BIG: Showtime, CBS Likely to Break From Bundled Cable

Deadline reports that CEO Les Moonves announced to investors Wednesday the “strong possibility” that both Showtime and CBS will soon be available to consumers through Internet streaming and outside of a bundled cable package. Moonves’ trial balloon comes just days

Maher: Americans Hate the Word 'Liberal'

Maher: Americans Hate the Word 'Liberal'

On Charlie Rose’s Tuesday show, HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher lamented the connotations that come with the word “liberal” while explaining his own politics to Rose. Maher said he often upsets liberals, but described his as progressive and having

Summer Movie Wrap-Up: The Winners and Losers

Summer Movie Wrap-Up: The Winners and Losers

Summer is over. With the release of “A Walk Among the Tombstones” and “Maze Runner,” the Fall movie season will officially begin in about 10 days. While we wait, this seems like a good time to look back and, in

Game Changer: TiVo Mega Allows You to Own The Cloud

Game Changer: TiVo Mega Allows You to Own The Cloud

Twenty-five years ago, maybe longer, my dad decided to convert his massive music collection from vinyl to CD. He’s still working on it but the technological leap from then to now boggles the mind. When he started, a desktop computer

Bummer of the summer: HBO's "The Leftovers"

Aficionados of horror fiction must occasionally deal with the inherent flaw of the genre: a horror film or book can succeed so well at being frightening, disturbing, or repulsive that it fails as entertainment.  The audience response is, “Wow, that

NBC Casts Brian Williams' Daughter as 'Peter Pan'

NBC Casts Brian Williams' Daughter as 'Peter Pan'

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has picked its Peter Pan: high-flying “Girls” star Allison Williams. The network announced Wednesday that Williams will play the boy who refused to grow up in NBC’s new staging of “Peter Pan Live!” The live

Children Swear Allegiance to Islamic State's Caliphate

Children Swear Allegiance to Islamic State's Caliphate

HBO’s VICE News has released a chilling trailer for its new documentary “From ISIS to the Islamic State: Inside the Caliphate,” showing young children pledging their allegiance to the ISIS leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Caliphate. VICE News journalist and filmmaker Medyan Dairieh had unprecedented

'Lucy' Review: Bloated Concept, Uninspired Action

'Lucy' Review: Bloated Concept, Uninspired Action

“Lucy” reminds me a lot of “Brainstorm” (1983) and “Dreamscape” (1984), two films from my high school days that reran endlessly on HBO. Both tried to paper over unwieldy concepts by throwing bucketfuls of cutting-edge special effects at a dull