Gloria “Goyo” Martinez has broken barriers as an artist and the show-stopping frontwoman of the Grammy-award winning trio ChocQuibTown, a band from Colombia that has always put Black music traditions at the center of its music. Now, she’s going deeper than ever with a new special as part of HBO’s …
Read More »The Weeknd to Develop and Star in HBO Series 'The Idol'
The Weeknd is developing a new HBO series alongside Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. The singer, also known as Abel Tesfaye, will star in, co-write, and executive-produce the show, according to Deadline. The series will follow a female pop singer who starts a romance with “an enigmatic L.A. club owner who …
Read More »'In Treatment': Uzo Aduba Digs Deep in Return of HBO Therapy Drama
“Therapy doesn’t have a target audience,” psychologist Brooke Taylor insists. “Everyone can benefit.” The good doctor is right about the wide-ranging value of mental health. Scripted dramas about therapy, however, tend to have a very specific, niche audience — particularly when they are dramas like In Treatment, which are about …
Read More »'Allen v. Farrow': Everything We Learned From Harrowing Docuseries
The disintegration of the partnership between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow is the focus of the new four-part docuseries Allen v. Farrow, which aired its first episode on Sunday, February 21st. The final episode aired Sunday, March 14th, on HBO. The docuseries goes caustically in-depth about the sexual abuse allegations …
Read More »Kate Winslet Investigates a Small-Town Murder in Trailer for 'Mare of Easttown'
HBO has released a trailer for its upcoming limited series, Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet as a detective in a small Pennsylvania town. The show will premiere on April 18th on HBO Max. Winslet stars as Mare Sheehan, who’s not just the local detective, but a reluctant hometown hero …
Read More »HBO Max Announces Launch Date, First Slate of Original Programming
HBO‘s new streaming service, HBO Max, will officially launch May 27th with a slate of original programming that includes a new comedy starring Anna Kendrick, an underground ballroom and voguing competition and a new talk show starring Sesame Street‘s Elmo. HBO Max’s new programming will sit alongside all of HBO’s …
Read More »'It Hurts, But It Plays': How 'Succession' Executed a Near-Perfect Season 2
You always love the ones you hurt. History will tell whether Succession is a genuinely great, canon-worthy HBO show or merely the most compelling flaming-Maybach-wreck-in-progress on TV right now. But there are a few things we can more or less agree on. Jesse Armstrong’s lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-toxic drama started slow in Season …
Read More »'Game of Thrones' Fans Spot Rogue Water Bottle in Finale
Game of Thrones got a lot of flack for leaving a coffee cup in a recent episode and now the series has topped itself with a water bottle in a key scene of the finale. As fans watched the final ever episode of the HBO series, many caught a glimpse …
Read More »HBO Picks Up 'Watchmen' Series From 'Lost' Co-Creator
HBO has ordered an adaptation of the beloved graphic novel Watchmen that will be written and executive produced by Damon Lindelof, Variety reports. Lindelof is known for his work on acclaimed TV series (Lost,The Leftovers) as well asblockbuster films (Star Trek Into Darkness). As opposed to the divisive Zack Snyder-directed …
Read More »'Westworld' Recap: Park Life
Two completely fascinating things happened in Westworld tonight. Okay, neither of them will end up on the tourist brochure if the park ever gets up and running again … but still. If you’ve grown skeptical that the umpteenth take on “Can androids teach us what it really means to be …
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