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Michael Imperioli was terrified of being fired from “The Sopranos” from the start. The 54-year-old actor, who played Christopher Moltisanti on the HBO hit, neglected to mention that he couldn’t drive — vital information for a role where he served as Tony Soprano’s (played by the late James Gandolfini) sometime driver. “I didn’t tell them …
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WarnerMedia’s pricey new streaming service HBO Max is set to debut on May 27, the company said Tuesday. The AT&T-owned media giant’s video-streaming platform — which is set to go head-to-head against Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, among others — will debut with 10,000 hours of library programming across the company’s various properties, including …
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HBO Max has handed out three production commitments to one-hour dramas from Bad Robot Productions, including one set in the “Justice League Dark” universe. In addition, HBO Max and Bad Robot have teamed on the series “Overlook,” inspired by Stephen King’s “The Shining,” and “Duster,” an original drama co-written by LaToya Morgan and Bad Robot’s …
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Bill Maher said it was fine to call the coronavirus the “China virus,” adding that a global pandemic was no time for political correctness. “‘What if people hear Chinese virus and blame China?’ The answer is we should blame China. We can’t afford the luxury anymore of non-judginess towards a country with habits that kill …
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Sixteen years before the current pandemic gripped us, writer Philip Roth envisioned a different kind of plague. In “The Plot Against America,” aviator and Nazi sympathizer Charles Lindbergh wins the presidential election against Franklin Roosevelt, unleashing a flood of anti-Semitism that leaves families cowering in their homes. That 2004 novel is the inspiration for HBO’s …
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Five weeks ahead of its intended launch, Nicole Kidman‘s HBO limited series “The Undoing” has been pulled off of the pay cabler’s spring schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement to TVLine, an HBO rep confirms, “In light of current events… ‘The Undoing’ will now debut this fall.” The six-episode thriller was originally slated …
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HBO has announced that the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has been rescheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. The ceremony, which had been scheduled for May 2, was postponed March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The health and safety of our fans and visitors is our highest priority,” the …
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Spoiler alert: Warning, spoilers for the season premiere of “Westworld” follow. Drogon, the largest of Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons on “Game of Thrones,” survived the end of the show even when his mom didn’t. So it’s a shocker that he now meets his demise on a different HBO show: “Westworld.” Again, spoilers below for the second …
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In the future, mankind will have automated cars and an app for outsourcing crime — at least on Season 3 of HBO’s “Westworld.” “Somehow in the future climate change has been conquered, traffic has been reduced — which in LA is a miracle — and there’s order,” says production designer Howard Cummings. “There seems to …
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During an uncertain time, audiences usually want two different things from TV: escapism, and assurance that other people have gotten through similar experiences (or worse). Here are the best TV shows you might have missed that are available to stream now in both categories. 1. “The Leftovers,” HBO Go In between the years that he …
Michael Imperioli was terrified of being fired from “The Sopranos” from the start. The 54-year-old actor, who played Christopher Moltisanti on the HBO hit, neglected to mention that he couldn’t drive — vital information for a role where he served as Tony Soprano’s (played by the late James Gandolfini) sometime driver. “I didn’t tell them …
