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AT&T’s WarnerMedia division launches its HBO Max streaming service on Wednesday, taking on Netflix, Disney and Amazon at a time when coronavirus lockdowns have boosted demand for streaming even as rising unemployment has cut disposable incomes. HBO Max launches to a captive audience stuck at home without access to theater, live music, shopping excursions or …

HBO Max launched today, just in time to offer a brand-new library of streaming shows if you’ve already exhausted Netflix, Hulu, Apple+ and Disney+ during your coronavirus quarantine. But since it’s joining other HBO add-ons HBO Go and HBO Now, there’s a lot of confusion about the three different branches of the premium network. “Tomorrow …

Here's what you need to know about how much HBO Max costs, how it compares to other services, which devices is it on, and what's coming to its library (from the 'Friends' reunion to the upcoming 'Suicide Squad').

HBO Max is pushing for a legendary launch. The new service, preparing to duke it out in the streaming wars, premieres Wednesday with thousands of hours of established TV shows and movies in the mix. Reality series such as “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” contrast with otherworldly content like “Westworld,” and celluloid genres span from movie …

Centuries ago, what we called movie houses featured the on-screen animated cartoon creature Bugs Bunny. Mel Blanc voiced him. Mel’s gone. Bugs isn’t. Now it’s voice actor Eric Bauza, whose previous career defined him as a Ninja Turtle. Also Daffy Duck. The newly relaunched gang premieres today in “Looney Tunes Cartoons” on HBO Max. And …

Mark Ruffalo may want to spend some isolation time cleaning off his awards shelf. The three-time Oscar nominee is being buzzed about for an Emmy for HBO’s “I Know This Much is True.” Ruffalo plays two roles (twins), one battling serious mental-health issues. He lost 20 pounds to play one, then gained that weight back, …

She’s a single father now. “Call Her Daddy” co-host Alexandra Cooper took to YouTube late Friday night, announcing that she signed a solo deal with Barstool Sports to resume her smutty podcast and to tell her side of the split from her partner Sofia Franklyn. Cooper, 26, said Franklyn, 28, allowed her beau HBO Sports …

Producer/director Paul Feig is a bona-fide starmaker. His hit 2011 movie “Bridesmaids” launched Melissa McCarthy into the stratosphere; his cult TV series, “Freaks and Geeks” (1999-2000), was a major early stepping stone for Hollywood A-listers Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Busy Phillips and Linda Cardellini. Feig’s latest series, “Love Life” (premiering May 27 on …

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-producer Gracie Glassmeyer has set two high-profile comedies in development under her overall deal with CBS Television Studios, both with Jennie Snyder Urman’s Sutton Street Productions, which also is based at CBS Studios. They are “Here She Lies,” a single-camera dark comedy starring and executive produced by Yael Grobglas for HBO Max; and single-camera …

Chelsea Handler is to return to stand-up for the first time in six years with a new special for HBO Max. The WarnerMedia streaming service has greenlit the special, which marks Handler’s first special since her Netflix special “Uganda Be Kidding Me: Live” in 2014. The special comes as she recently finished a tour for …