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‘Game of F*cks’ highlights HBO show’s colorful language
A new parody video by Slacktory highlights the “126 reasons” it would be tough to air HBO’s Game of Thrones on regular cable — and most of them start with the letter F. A handy to a companion chart for “Game of Fucks” points out that the “F-bomb” constitutes the…
HBO television sued for allegedly abusing horses
An animal rights advocate has filed a lawsuit against US cable television network HBO, alleging that horses used in the filming of its series “Luck” often were drugged, sick and underweight. Plaintiff Barbara Casey also sued her former employer, the American Humane Association (AHA), for allegedly covering up the animals’…
Demand for ‘on-demand’ may force HBO to break away from cable services
Emily Bell, The Guardian In a media world of collapsing revenues and a market where content is not so much king as impoverished dethroned exile, having consumers start a campaign to give you more money is rather unusual. In the US last week, cable channel HBO found itself at the…
Chatting about Girls
Amanda Hess and I will be chatting live for an hour about HBO’s Girls, starting at 2PM, and I’d be obliged if you could drop in and ask questions. They’ve had a number of chats like this, so if you could keep it specific to the latest episode or ask…
Eddie Murphy to star in biopic on Washington ex-mayor
WASHINGTON — Eddie Murphy is to star in a television film under development by HBO about Washington’s colorful and controversial former mayor Marion Barry, the US cable channel said Tuesday. In an email to AFP, it confirmed a report in The Washington Post that Spike Lee will direct Murphy —…
‘The Wire’ creator to Holder: I’ll do another season if you end the drug war
WASHINGTON – The creator of the beloved and critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire offered Eric Holder a counter-offer in response to the U.S. Attorney General’s casual plea for another season of the show: I’ll do it if you end the war on drugs. “I want to speak directly to…
Bill Maher cast doubts on Obama’s Christian identity
The liberal host of a popular cable television talk show recently cast doubts on President Barack Obama’s espoused Christianity during a discussion on the president’s current political leanings. “I think he’s a centrist the way he’s a Christian,” Bill Maher of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher said to a…
Bill Maher defended First Lady’s childhood exercise campaign
The First Lady’s initiative to fight the epidemic of childhood obesity in America is completely uncontroversial, a cable television show host recently said. “If you think Michelle Obama is after your freedom because she merely suggests that our kids should exercise more and eat a little broccoli along with their…
Bill Maher points out oil industry’s influence in climate change politics
Is science political? That’s what one guest on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” claimed Friday, drawing gasps from the studio audience during a discussion about global climate change. “Science is very political,” Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) said. “The only science that is ‘political’ is the science that is funded by…
Michael Moore: Bush book should be in ‘crime section’
Amazon.com has listed former President George W. Bush’s new book Decision Points in the History category but Michael Moore insisted Friday that it needs to be moved to the crime section. Moore joined HBO’s Bill Maher on his Friday show to talk about the midterm elections and the new Bush…
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