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Sen. Mike Lee understands HBO’s “The Newsroom” blends fiction and reality. But the Tea Party favorite isn’t happy with the ratio of truth to creative license in this past Sunday’s episode. [Lee] complained to HBO recently after the lead character

No one actually believed Aaron Sorkin when he said he didn’t have an ideological ax to grind in making his new HBO series “The Newsroom.” But the level of vitriol against the right on the series, in just three initial

The network that gave us such fair and balanced projects as “Game Change,” “Recount” and “The Newsroom” is scrapping plans for a Fox News film because it “could never be seen as objective.” It’s a shame the network doesn’t use

Deadline.com Now HBO has done a secret deal for an Untitled Roger Ailes Project. It’s based on the upcoming manuscript by media writer Gabriel Sherman who has written two cover stories for New York magazine on Ailes and Fox News, including his mammoth article “The Elephant In

I readily enjoyed the first episode of HBO’s latest series, “The Newsroom,” and looked forward to seeing what show creator Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter behind “The West Wing” and “Moneyball,” had in mind for episode two. For the uninitiated, “The

HBO likes being in the Aaron Sorkin business, even if critics aren’t quite so pleased. Sorkin’s “The Newsroom,” which bowed late last month to mediocre ratings, has been renewed for a second season by the pay cable giant. The series

Through the super PAC disguised as HBO, Bill Maher uses his weekly multi-million dollar platform to offer President Obama’s reelection his full-throated support. As though that wasn’t enough, Maher also donated a cool million to a pro-Obama super PAC. Now, via

Our scene opens with two young HBO executives sitting across from each other, smoking furiously. One guy is slim and blonde, the other is slim and dark-haired. A plate of fresh vegetables is on the table between them, and while the blonde

Had an adult thought of this a few months ago, just think of all the time, pain and money that might have been saved… HBO just ensured its first shipment of “Game of Thrones: Season One” on DVD and Blu-ray would

With all the hype and publicity, there’s no way to spin 2.1 million viewers into anything other than a disappointment. As Deadline points out, “Newsroom” did better than “Luck” and “Treme,” which both premiered to 1.1 million viewers, but less than “Game of

Gee, Aaron Sorkin makes things up to bash his own country? Color me not at all shocked. HBO allowing lies to be told on its network to advance a political agenda? That’s HBO’s brand. Kyle Smith: In the speechiest moment

Emily Mortimer, star of HBO’s new Aaron Sorkin drama, “Newsroom,” lashed out at the Tea Party and Americans in general: There’s so much wrong with England, but I think people are informed in general. I’m going to make a huge

While appearing on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” NBC News’ Rachel Maddow took the opportunity to randomly slam Breitbart in a vain attempt to suggest that the Fast and Furious scandal, which resulted in the death of hundreds including

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin could write a Martian character as convincingly as one who pledges allegiance to the GOP. Based on Sorkin’s work, he’s never met either an alien or a bona fide conservative. That hasn’t been an issue until recently.

ABC News’s Jake Tapper is one of the good guys, one of the few reporters I wish I could asterisk every time I use the term “corrupt media” — a term I use about sixty times a day. Tapper not

HBO’s supposed faux pas in placing a model of George W. Bush’s head atop a spike in its hit series Game of Thrones may in fact have run afoul of the law. Back in 2006, ABC News reported on a faux documentary made about

The lead character in Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO series “The Newsroom” “slices up” right-wingers and the “ensemble beams at him, their eyes glowing as if they were cultists,” according to New Yorker magazine. Such a formula usually wins plaudits among

Though I found the evolving excuses of the “Game of Thrones” producers to be laughably incoherent and illogical, it does look as though HBO was caught off guard and is now taking some proactive steps to remedy the situation: The

What a shame that the day after we learn HBO’s “Game of Thrones” featured the head of President George W. Bush on a spike the network unveils a kind-hearted documentary about his father, President George Herbert Walker Bush. “41,” debuting

The producers behind HBO’s “Game of Thrones” would’ve been better off had they simple said what is likely the truth, that they hate George W. Bush and impaled his prosthetic head on a pole for the kind of childish shits

The hit HBO series “Game of Thrones” features some epic sword battles and gore. And, apparently, the disembodied head of the 43rd President of the United States. (See video below) The web site io9.com reports the first season DVD of

Back in April, we introduced readers to Hollywood writer and producer Daniel Knauf’s latest creation, something he calls a “Box-Narrative.” The first foray into this new narrative, “Bxx: Haunted” can be found at www.bxxweb.com. The site has garnered much attention

On his HBO show Bill Maher attacked Romney faith with a “wifer” bit saying that Romney has secretly taken on multiple wives.

On the most recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, the host ripped into Andrew Breitbart and “The Vetting” project, claiming that Barack Obama had already been examined by the press in 2008, and that Breitbart’s website had

Floyd Mayweather once called a talk radio host a “faggot.” He mocked a fellow boxer Miguel Cotto, for sharing a bed–while training for a fight–with his male trainer, whom Cotto, who is married to a female, considers a brother. Mayweather’s

Pretty easy to see how desperate the left is when one of Obama’s top financial supporters says this on national cable television: Appearing as a guest on Tuesday’s Conan show on TBS, the HBO comedian absurdly suggested that recent allegations of

On Friday night HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Maher introduced a video saying that “Maybe Republican women have different views. I think that is the case…” and then featured a video from “Funny or Die” that showed “Republican” women

1. CABLE RATINGS: ‘THE FIVE’ BEATS STEWART AND COLBERT: ‘The Five’: 1.946 million viewers Stewart: 1.896 million Colbert: 1.338 million 2. LATEST BOND MOVIE ‘SKYFALL’ DELVES INTO BRITISH SPY’S TROUBLED PSYCHE: “James Bond may be known as a suave ladies’ man

HBO has had better humpdays. The pay cable giant is in the headlines today, but not for reasons network suits will gleefully share at the water cooler. We first learned the network took a $35 million impairment charge hit for

The press had a proverbial field day back in 2008 when a few folks attending McCain/Palin rallies shouted ugly comments from the crowd. The most famous “kill him” incident was eventually disproven by the Secret Service even though the meme

(AP) Louis C.K., Bjork among Webby Awards winners By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK When Louis C.K. released his comedy special “Live at the Beacon Theater” by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than

HBO has released another trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s new series “The Newsroom,” starring Jane Fonda, Jeff Daniels, Sam Waterston and Emily Mortimer. The show debuts June 24.