• Michael Che to star in HBO Max sketch comedy series from Lorne Michaels

    Michael Che to star in HBO Max sketch comedy series from Lorne Michaels

    Michael Che has set up his own sketch comedy series at HBO Max, Variety has learned. The streamer has given the series a six-episode order. Che will star in the series, with each episode set to tackle a different theme or incident — such as police brutality, unemployment, or falling in love — from a Black …
  • Boeing scrambles to secure 737 Max jet financing

    Boeing scrambles to secure 737 Max jet financing

    Boeing is scrambling to shore up financing for the 737 Max as it awaits regulatory approval for design changes after the plane was grounded following two fatal crashes, industry sources said. The company is anxious to resume deliveries once regulators declare it safe and airlines agree on training. But confidence in the jet has been …
  • ‘The Batman’ companion TV series about Gotham PD coming to HBO Max

    ‘The Batman’ companion TV series about Gotham PD coming to HBO Max

    HBO Max has given a series commitment to a drama set in the Gotham police department from Matt Reeves and Terrence Winter, Variety has learned. The untitled series will be set in the world Reeves is creating for the feature film “The Batman,” with the intent being to launch a new Batman universe across multiple platforms. …
  • Ghislaine Maxwell 'has secret stash of Epstein's s.e.x tapes' that could implicate world's most powerful

    Ghislaine Maxwell 'has secret stash of Epstein's s.e.x tapes' that could implicate world's most powerful

    Ghislaine Maxwell has a secret stash of Jeffrey Epstein’s twisted sex tapes and will use the footage as an insurance policy to save herself, a former friend exclusively revealed to DailyMail.com. Maxwell, 58, was arrested at her hideout in Bradford, New Hampshire last Thursday. She was charged with six federal crimes, including enticement of minors, …
  • Ghislaine Maxwell is set to appear in a New York court on Friday for a bail hearing

    Ghislaine Maxwell is set to appear in a New York court on Friday for a bail hearing

    US prosecutors have asked a New York judge to schedule a court appearance on Friday for Ghislaine Maxwell, authorities said. The British socialite, 58, has been accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein and was arrested last week in New Hampshire. Prosecutors said in a letter that the defence …
  • Ghislaine Maxwell, Longtime Associate of Jeffrey Epstein, Arrested : FBI

    Ghislaine Maxwell, Longtime Associate of Jeffrey Epstein, Arrested : FBI

    Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested in New Hampshire Thursday, according to the FBI. Maxwell, who lived for years with Epstein and was his frequent travel companion on trips around the world, was taken into custody around 8:30 a.m., said FBI spokesman Marty Feely. An indictment made public Thursday …
  • Maxine Waters: Trump total control and blacks and people of color and others are having to live under the domination of white power

    Maxine Waters: Trump total control and blacks and people of color and others are having to live under the domination of white power

    Sunday on MSNBC, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) discussed President Donald Trump’s retweeting of a video this morning of an apparent supporter shouting “white power.” Host Alex Witt said, “So let’s get to the tweet. It has been removed from the president’s Twitter feed. The White House is saying the president did not hear the one statement …
  • ‘Gone With the Wind’ returns to HBO Max with prologue about racist content

    ‘Gone With the Wind’ returns to HBO Max with prologue about racist content

    “Gone With the Wind” is no longer gone from HBO Max, having been restored to the streaming service’s library with a new prologue about the film’s problematic themes and depictionof the antebellum South. Jacqueline Stewart, host of TCM’s “Silent Sunday Nights” and a professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University …
  • ‘Gone With The Wind’ returning to HBO Max ‘very soon’

    ‘Gone With The Wind’ returning to HBO Max ‘very soon’

    Sandra Dewey, who heads up business operations for WarnerMedia including its newly-launched VOD platform HBO Max, logged in to the Cannes virtual Marche today to offer an update on the streamer’s operations since it went online. One of the biggest headlines post-launch has been around “Gone With The Wind,” the 1939 epic that was pulled …
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci will be the subject of a new HBO Max show

    Dr. Anthony Fauci will be the subject of a new HBO Max show

    First a bobblehead doll, now a show. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Brooklyn-born immunologist leading the charge against the coronavirus, has quickly become a household name. Now, HBO Max is developing a show about him. Based on Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 book “Outliers,” which looks at factors that contribute to success, the show will be an anthology …