Tag: HBO

From Ye’s ‘Vultures’ to ‘True Detective,’ AI infiltrates pop culture

More than a year after it first broke through to the mainstream with ChatGPT, generative AI remains a controversial technology among many artists — just see all the attention around Nightshade and its peers, tools designed to help artists resist AI companies scraping and training image and video generation models on their work. But that […]

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The Evolution of Colman Domingo

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 06: (L-R) Colman Domingo, Oprah Winfrey and Blitz Bazawule attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Warner Bros.’ “The Color Purple” at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 06, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Eric Charbonneau (Getty Images) “The Color Purple” is another can’t miss addition to his acting resume. […]

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The Best Sopranos Merch, From Bada Bing Mugs to Pie-O-My Paintings

When The Sopranos premiered in 1999, few could have predicted that it would become the most beloved and studied TV show ever made (I’m unbiased, obviously). But 25 years later—oof, madone!—it still reigns as the irreproachable boss of serial television. Today, not only do people still obsessively watch and rewatch HBO’s iconic ensemble-cast mafia show […]

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Mark Ruffalo’s Latest HBO Series ‘Task’ Could Feature A ‘Mare Of Easttown’ Crossover…? (Probably Not)

The Philadelphia Extended Universe features a lot of great shows, like It’s Always Sunny, Abbott Elementary, and every M. Night Shyamalan project ever. And Mark Ruffalo is heading to the city of Brotherly Love in his upcoming series Task. Ruffalo will star as a “complicated” good guy FBI agent in the upcoming series Task from […]

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‘Euphoria’ Season 3: Everything To Know Including The Release Date, Cast, Trailer, & More Info

The last new episode of HBO‘s Euphoria aired in February 2022, back when Max was still HBO Max. What a time to be alive. Since then, much of the cast — including Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, and Hunter Schafer — has gone to become acclaimed movie stars (Zendaya, who has a big year ahead of […]

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When Does ‘True Detective’ Season 4, Episode 2 Come Out?

HBO’s True Detective: Night Country might make you feel even chillier that you already do during these ongoing arctic blasts. Still, it’s almost guaranteed that Jodie Foster (Chief Liz Danvers) and Kali Reis’ (Trooper Evangeline Navarro) hardened investigators are even more over this sh*t than you are. Foster, for her part, insisted that she loved […]

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Issa Rae’s Comedy ‘Rap Sh!t’ Is The Latest Victim Of The Cancellation Bloodbath At Max

HBO Max may have rebranded as Max, but one thing has definitely remained the same: A steady stream of cancellations. Rap Sh!t, a hip-hop comedy series from Insecure creator Issa Rae, is the latest victim of the ongoing bloodbath at the streamer. While fans were hoping that Rap Sh!t would return for Season 3, Max […]

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‘The White Lotus’ Season 3: An Update On Everything We Know About The New Season (Update For January 2024)

The White Lotus turned into a sleeper hit for HBO while satirizing the hell out of rich tourists who are utterly miserable despite themselves. The Hawaii-bound first season starred Alexandra Daddario, Jake Lacy, Sydney Sweeney, Steve Zahn, and Connie Britton as vacationers, but that’s not all. Murray Bartlett stole the show while pooping in a […]

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‘Hacks’ Season 3: Everything To Know Including The Release Date, Cast, Trailer, & More Info

Jean Smart’s career has been humming along for decades and raging pretty hard for the past 10 or so years. Her magnificently inappropriate Laurie Blake was one of many Watchmen highlights, and that role led to two other HBO projects that gave us two of 2021’s greatest curmudgeons. That would include Mare of Easttown‘s boozy […]

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The Evolution of Katt Williams

Katt Williams Wants The Smoke, Goes In on Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart and Others on V-103 Although Katt Williams has done many interviews in his career, this interview demonstrated why we shouldn’t get on his bad side. In this 2018 interview on V-103, Williams called out Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart, and even roasted host […]

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It Sounds Like Tom Cruise Shut Down Some Paramount TV Show Ideas Before Making His New Warner Bros. Deal

Tom Cruise got a little bit heated during the height of the pandemic. Not only did he launch that infamous tirade, but he also vociferously campaigned for theaters and “sav[ed] Hollywood’s ass” with Top Gun: Maverick, according to Steven Spielberg. Tom also reportedly hasn’t forgotten some quibbles from a few years ago, and that might […]

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‘Going to Mars’ Documentary Celebrates an Older, Wiser, But Still Defiant Nikki Giovanni

When chronicling the legacy of Nikki Giovanni, you can’t deliver a traditional documentary. HBO’s new film “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” is anything but traditional. How To Wrap Your Straightened Hair Without Pins Off English Filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson knew that bringing the famed poet’s story and art to life would be […]

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2024 Creative Arts Emmys: Barack Obama, Keke Palmer, RuPaul Lead Winners

George And Charlotte Dance Scene | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | What makes “Bridgerton” work so well is that it’s a modern show in a period setting. Even though the finale episode is all about these Black women establishing their independence and power in the white Regency society, the exceptional work of the series’ […]

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‘True Detective’ Season 4: Everything To Know Including The Release Date, Cast, Trailer, & More Info

Few TV junkies would dispute that HBO’s first season of True Detective is one of the top seasons of all time. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey brought their ongoing dynamic back together in a new way while leaning into one of the more eerie and carefully parceled out mysteries to ever grace television. We shall […]

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‘The White Lotus’ Season Three Cast Is Filling Up And The List Already Looks Great

It has been a popular game amongst The White Lotus fans to come up with the most unhinged assortment of actors and proposition them for White Lotus season three, but now that it’s actually happening, it’s time to narrow down some of these dream cast ideas. Yes, Nathan Fielder on a remote island with a […]

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‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 2: Everything To Know For The New Season Including The Release Date & Cast

HBO‘s mutually beneficial adoration with George R.R. Martin bears much fruit as time wears forth. House of the Dragon will soon make its triumphant way back to the premium cable channel (and WBD streaming service, Max) for a new season full of dragon fire and brimstone-drama. As viewers are already aware, the primary conflict in […]

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‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’ Season 1: A News Update On Everything We Know So Far

Westeros devotees have much to look forward to in 2024. After all, House of the Dragon‘s second season is on track after the series roared in to exceed expectations for those who haven’t forgotten the WTF-final Game of Thrones season. The Targaryen-focused prequel series has been so successful, in fact, that it almost negated the […]

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The Most Viral Moments Of 2023

Photo: HBO No one has ever questioned The Weeknd’s vocal abilities, but his acting skills are unbelievably bad. HBO’s short-lived series “The Idol,” in which he starred, also showcased bad plot lines, bad dialogue, bad music—and just an overall ridiculously bad time.

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The Real Black Women Who Inspired This Character in HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 08: Denee Benton and Louisa Jacobson are seen at the film set of “The Gilded Age” TV series on April 8, 2021 in New York City. Photo: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (Getty Images) Fans of the HBO show the “Gilded Age” have come to admire the plucky writer, Peggy Scott, played […]

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Year-End Binge: The Best TV Shows of 2023

Poker Face | Charlie Confronts A Pair of Unlikely Suspects Natasha Lyonne is Charlie Cale, a fiery casino employee on the run, who also happens to be a human lie detector. As she travels across the country, she repeatedly finds herself landing in absurd murder-mysteries. The cases of the week are riveting, but it’s the […]

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Here Are the TV Shows You Need to Revisit Before 2023 Ends

Photo: Lauren Smith/Paramount+ As 2023 comes to an end, you’re probably seeing a lot of best of the year lists. In case you got a little busy with life and are wondering how you missed all these amazing, interesting series, we’ve got a helpful roundup of the TV series you need to revisit before the […]

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Weekend Entertainment Roundup December 22, 2023

Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer / Staff (Getty Images) Corinne Foxx, the oldest daughter of Jamie Foxx is now engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Joe Hooten. Advertisement The former “Beat Shazaam” host took to Instagram on Sunday to announce the next step in her love life typing in the caption, “from the first time I saw you, […]

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‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 2: Everything We Know So Far Including The Release Date, Trailer & More

Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon impressively crashed HBO Max to such a degree that the audience turnout was obvious, even before data arrived. Season 2 of the Doomed-Targaryen series received a swift greenlight, and the first season dealt with all the necessary time jumps and cast switcheroos to set up the rest […]

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