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Michael Phelps On "Entourage" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment

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Blink and you'd miss it! Olympic hero Michael Phelps filmed a cameo for HBO's "Entourage" in August, and it finally aired on Sunday night's season fi...

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HBO To Develop Katharine Graham Biopic

Reuters | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 11.15.2008 | Media

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HBO Films is developing a biopic about Katharine Graham, the late publisher of the Washington Post who oversaw the paper's Watergate coverage leading ...

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HBO Acquires Obama Documentary From Edward Norton

Broadcasting & Cable | Joel Topcik | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media

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HBO has acquired the rights to a documentary from actor Edward Norton's Class 5 Films following President-Elect Barack Obama. The still untitled doc w...

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"In Treatment" Season 2 Casts New Patients

THR | Posted 10.20.2008 | Entertainment

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Hope Davis and John Mahoney have been tapped to co-star on the second season of HBO's drama "In Treatment." Meanwhile, Jeffrey Nordling will co-star o...

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Trapped in Section 60: an Interview with the Directors of "Section 60: Arlington Nation Cemetery"

Katie Halper | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Katie Halper

Matt O'Neill: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have become the background noise in this presidential election. No one is paying attention right now.

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Hulu's Success Has Rivals Wanting To Jump On Bandwagon

AdAge | Michael Learmonth | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The studios' missteps on the web are legend. So when NBC Universal and News Corp. announced they were going to launch a video ...

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One Man Will Win the Presidency, But Why Does He Want To?

Linda Kulman | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Linda Kulman

God bless McCain and Obama -- those politicians with egos the size of California and Texas put together -- is all I have to say. Someone has to have K-P duty.

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HBO Renews "Entourage" For Sixth Season

Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

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Five episodes into its fifth season and on the heels of the third consecutive Emmy for co-star Jeremy Piven, HBO's comedy mainstay "Entourage" has bee...

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DR. C.K. & Mr. Hyde: The Two Faces of Comedian Louis C.K.

Sal Nunziato | Posted 10.06.2008 | Entertainment

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Sal Nunziato

It was with great anticipation that I dove into Louie C.K.'s new stand-up special on Saturday evening, only to be crushed by how unfunny most of it was.

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Norman Lear, HBO Team Up For 1970s Pro Wrestling Drama Series

Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

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In his first major collaboration with HBO, TV icon Norman Lear has teamed with the premium cable network for a drama series project set in the world o...

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"Little Britain USA": Two Guys Being Silly, With A Few Fat Suits Thrown In

New York Times | Posted 09.27.2008 | Entertainment

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On their most recent visit to New York, the British comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams were pleased to meet a woman they described as "our fan in...

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HBO Big Winner At 2008 Emmys, Basic Cable Makes History

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

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Of the 28 awards handed out at Sunday's 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ten — or over 35% of the evening's total haul — were awarded fo...

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HBO Renews "True Blood" After Just Two Episodes

Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media

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HBO has renewed Alan Ball's vampire drama "True Blood" after only two episodes. "Blood" debuted Sept. 7 on the premium network to a modest 1.4 millio...

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Big Love: McCain/Palin Style

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

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Ferentz LaFargue

Cindy, the heiress, was exactly the kind of woman McCain needed to propel his burgeoning political career.

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HBO Launches Web Series "Hooking Up" Starring Lonelygirl15

Hollywood Reporter | Andrew Wallenstein | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

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HBOlab, an experimental offshoot of the cable powerhouse focused on online programming, is launching a Web video series featuring a cast of the Intern...

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Third Screen: Crime and Punishment and What I Wore

Vickie Karp | Posted 09.07.2008 | Entertainment

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Vickie Karp

La Corona, the story of a glamorous competition most of us won't ever qualify for, is a heart-rending tale of beauty pageant chic with beauty pageant chicas you will not soon forget.

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Entourage: Season 5 Spoiler Alert!

Jay Dyckman | Posted 09.02.2008 | Entertainment

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Jay Dyckman

Think Entourage is an all-style-no-substance show about five guys living charmed lives? Well...you're right! But this season the writing staff digs deep and keeps it real.

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Third Screen: The Black List Is Beautiful -- an Interview with Elvis Mitchell

Vickie Karp | Posted 08.24.2008 | Entertainment

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Vickie Karp

Mitchell: I said [to the celebrities we interviewed] "we just want to take this look at black life, and talk about your life, and get you on camera."

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DVDs: How To Watch The Wire

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.15.2008 | Entertainment

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Michael Giltz

Okay, The Wire's fifth and final season is now out on DVD and you've heard all the rave reviews. Here are a few pointers for diving into this and really any drama available on DVD.

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Rory Kennedy, RFK's Daughter, Chats About Her HBO Film on Helen Thomas

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.14.2008 | Entertainment

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Greg Mitchell

The HBO doc about journalism legend Helen Thomas, Thank you, Mr. President, is now slated for is first airing next Monday. Joe Strupp of E&P interviewed the director, Rory Kennedy.

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Chris Albrecht, Former HBO CEO, Leaves IMG In Shock Exit

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

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In a move that caught all of Hollywood flatfooted, former HBO boss Chris Albrecht yesterday resigned unexpectedly from his newly created position as h...

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TV Dilemma: When the Set Dies, What's a Maven to Do?

Elaine Liner | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home

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Elaine Liner

Without a working television, a TV Maven is a fisherman without a net. When my 13-year-old Sony Trinitron blinked twice and died two weeks ago, it was...

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Citizen Producers and Citizen Marketers Join Citizen Journalists at Comic-Con

Ed Martin | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home

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Ed Martin

I saw them at virtually every session I attended during Comic-Con: Fans armed with digital video cameras, collecting content for their own Internet sh...

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HBO Greenlights New Comedy From "Entourage" Team

Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

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HBO has the recipe for "How to Make It in America." The pay cable network has greenlighted a comedy pilot from Stephen Levinson's Leverage and Mark W...

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HBO Cancels "Tell Me You Love Me"

Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 07.26.2008 | Media

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HBO has opted not to renew racy drama "Tell Me You Love Me" for a second season. The decision was made almost a year after the sexually explicit seri...

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