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HBO GLAAD's Top Network For Showing Gay Characters

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Hbo, Television, GLAAD Network Responsibility Index, Gay Characters on TV, HBO GLAAD, Tv, Glaad, HBO Gay, Network Responsibility Index, Gay, Gay Issues, Media News

NEW YORK — HBO scored highest among 15 networks for its representation of gay characters last season, according to a report released Monday. In...

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True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 6

Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Television, Anna Paquin, Entertainment, Sucker Punch, Vampires, Hbo, Drama, Alan Ball, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

There are so many sucker-punchy scenes in this installment that I could get carpal tunnel syndrome writing about them all.

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True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 5

Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Religion, Anna Paquin, Television, Alan Ball, Vampires, Hbo, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood.

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Why the Big Fade for Bruno?

William Bradley | Posted 08.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Harrison Ford, Russia, Posh Spice, Ali G, British TV, Bbc, Sacha Baron Cohen, Hbo, Nascar, Ron Paul, Talladega Nights, Peter Sellers, Borat, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emmy Nominations, Formula One, Kazakhstan, David Beckham, Bruno, Nikki Finke, Patricia Duff, Da Ali G Show, Home News
William Bradley

Why the big fade? It's actually not much of a mystery. Once you see the movie, the only mystery is why it wasn't predicted in the first place.

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HBO's Big Sunday Ratings Are Back

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Hung, True Blood, TV Ratings, Entourage, HBO Series, Hbo, Media News

NEW YORK — Much to its relief, HBO has finally discovered that there's life after "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City." The pay cable network,...

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HBO, Cinemax To Stream Online In Comcast Trial

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Cinemax, Hbo, HBO Streaming, Comcast, Comcast TV Everywhere, Comcast Time Warner, Cinemax Streaming, Media News

PHILADELPHIA — Seventeen more cable TV networks said Tuesday they are joining an online video trial by Comcast Corp., a move that tacitly acknow...

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"True Blood" May End HBO Slump

New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

Read More: True Blood, Showtime, TV Ratings, Alan Ball, Hbo, Media News

The slump at HBO is apparently over. In "True Blood," the pay cable giant has its first hit since "Rome," and the numbers indicate it may be the bigg...

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True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 4

Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Anna Paquin, Television, Sucker Punch, Vampires, Hbo, Drama, Alan Ball, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Almost all the characters are weakened in some way, which creates a queasily exciting energy: We can sense a bomb's about to drop, but we can't quite tell where it's going to fall.

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'Entourage' Premiere: The Boys Are Back (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Entourage, Perrey Reeves, Slideshow, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rex Lee, Television, Adrien Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Dillon, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Entertainment News

Season 6 of "Entourage" premieres on HBO Sunday night, and the cast came out for the premiere in LA Thursday night. All the guys were there - Adrien ...

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University Of Utah And HBO In "Big Love" Fight

AP | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

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SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah says the HBO series "Big Love" can't use the school's name or logo without its permission. University o...

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HBO To Develop "Middlesex" As One-Hour Series

Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Hbo, Middlesex, HBO Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides, Rita Wilson, Media News

HBO has optioned Jeffrey Eugenides' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Middlesex and is developing a one-hour drama series based on the 2002 book. Actor-...

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Obama Falsely Shouts Fire

Martin Garbus | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Free Speech, Shouting Fire, Guantanamo, Hbo Films, Hbo, Politics News
Martin Garbus

Obama's campaign promise was for a transparent government, yet this past Friday his administration announced major events he hoped the public would not see.

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True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode Three

Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Television, Anna Paquin, Sucker Punch, Vampires, Hbo, Drama, Alan Ball, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood.

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Just Say "No" to Hung

Jill Rachel Jacobs | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hung, Penis, Penis Size, Hbo, Entertainment News
Jill Rachel Jacobs

As someone of the female persuasion, I have spent a lifetime supporting the adage that size doesn't really matter. The months of convincing my boyfriend that size isn't really an issue is all for naught.

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Hung Comes Up Flaccid

Michael Shrage | Posted 07.27.2009 | Home

Read More: The Punisher, Hbo, Hung, Eternal-Sunshine-of-the-Spotless-Mind, Ray Drecker, Deep Blue Sea, Six Feet Under, Anne Heche, Home News
Michael Shrage

At first glance, a show called Hung, which chronicles the life of a well-endowed, yet financially troubled high school basketball coach sounds entertaining, right? I was excited.

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In Hollywood, Nobody Still Knows Anything

Bill Swadley | Posted 07.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Vcr, Film Industry, Hbo, Warner Bros, Dvds, 3d, Netflix, The Hangover, Entertainment News
Bill Swadley

It's both the frustration accompanying trying to work in this business and the hope that, as it always has, anything can happen.

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True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode Two

Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Television, Anna Paquin, Sucker Punch, Vampires, Hbo, Drama, Alan Ball, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

And now back to the important question: When does "Keep This Party Going" go the furthest over the top?

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HBO's Banking On Its Big Penis Comedy

nytimes.com | DAN BARRY | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment

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Next Sunday will offer the premiere of a comedy about a teacher in Michigan. Once a star athlete who seemed destined for success, he is divorced, sepa...

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"True Blood" Ratings: Season 2 Premiere HBO's Highest Broadcast Since "Sopranos"

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

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HBO's second season premiere of "True Blood" earned a series record-setting 3.7 million viewers, making it was the most-watched program on the network...

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'TRUE BLOOD' Review

Los Angeles Times | ROBERT LLOYD, Television Critic | Posted 07.16.2009 | Home

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True Blood: HBO's vampire dramedy "True Blood" returns Sunday night for a second season of gore and guts and breasts and buttocks. The action may take...

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True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode One

Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Anna Paquin, Television, Alan Ball, Vampires, Hbo, Drama, True Blood Premiere, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

The series, created by Six Feet Under and American Beauty's Alan Ball, pulses with such reckless, lusty energy that I cannot wait for each new episode.

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Los Angeles Times' Cover Taken Over By Full-Page Ad

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Hbo, LA Times, Los Angeles Times, Newspapers, True Blood, Media News

LOS ANGELES — Vampires have taken over the Los Angeles Times. Beneath the masthead of Friday print editions is a full front-page ad for the HBO...

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Doc Director Megan Mylan Brings Smile Pinki to the World

Brad Balfour | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Megan Mylan, Director, Documentary, Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire, Smile Pinki, Hbo, India, Poverty, Cleft Palate, The Oscars, Banares, Bollywood, Sheila Nevins, World News
Brad Balfour

The story behind the making of this year's winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Short -- Smile Pinki -- is something of a fairy tale equal to the story within the film.

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Zac Efron Cameoing On HBO's Entourage

E! Online | Posted 07.03.2009 | Entertainment

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High School Musical hottie Zac Efron is the latest big celeb to make a cameo on HBO's Hollywood-centric comedy, Entourage....

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Steven Wright Offers Pony Rides

Jon Chattman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, I Still Have a Pony, Monitone, Stand-Up, Comedian, Boston, American Idol, I Have a Pony, Comedy, Steven-Wright, Stephen Wright, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

The comedian talks about comedy, American Idol and Roger Moore.

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