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Mike Hagerty, a character actor who appeared as “Mr. Treeger” on the hit sitcom “Friends” and several HBO comedies, died on May 5 at the age of 67, his family confirmed. “With great sadness, the family of Michael G. Hagerty announced his death yesterday in Los Angeles,” actress Bridget Everett, who co-starred alongside Hagerty on […]

NBA Hall-of-Famer Jerry West demanded a retraction and an apology last week for his portrayal in the HBO series “Winning Time.” HBO has responded by calling their series a dramatization.

NORFOLK, Va.—Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 99. An obituary posted by the Holomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory said Shames, of Norfolk, Virginia, died peacefully at his home on Friday. Shames […]

LOS ANGELES—Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, Carrie Bradshaw’s friend on TV’s “Sex and the City” and its movie sequels, has died, his son announced Tuesday. He was 57. “I love you so much papa. Rest In Peace and I’m so glad you got to share all your adventures with me and were able to […]

Superhero sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” will soon be making its debut this Christmas, on both the big screen and the streaming service, HBO Max.

The second movie featuring teenage women crossing state lines to have an abortion has come out. The name of the film is “Unpregnant” and it was released last week on HBO Max. Jayme Albin is a psychologist and behavioral therapist. She says she can see how the movie sends the wrong message as it amps […]

When “Gone With the Wind” returned to HBO’s streaming platform, it will include an introduction “placing the film in its multiple historical contexts.”

HBO quietly removed “Gone With the Wind” from its HBO Max service late Tuesday amid protests and riots over the death of a black man in policy custody.

Three stars of “Game of Thrones” weighed in on the controversy over the finale, which aired on May 19. Article contains spoilers. Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow, and Sophie Turner, who played Sansa Stark, both commented on the finale, which left some fans displeased. Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen, also shared her thoughts. […]

Over 200,000 furious “Game of Thrones” fans have signed a petition calling for the eighth season of the HBO series to be remade “with competent writers” as it heads into its final episode this weekend.

Pop music icon Diana Ross defended the late Michael Jackson on March 23 after new allegations of child sex abuse emerged. The Supremes sensation, who performed with Jackson in the 1980s, used a line from the band’s sixties chart-toppers to plea for all to stop attacking the King of Pop. “I believe and trust that Michael […]

Corey Feldman was among the celebrities defending Michael Jackson in the wake of a documentary that detailed sexual abuse allegations against the singer. Feldman, who was a child actor when he spent time with Jackson, said that the singer “never touched me inappropriately.” He said his experience was similar to those of Wade Robson and […]

The Michael Jackson estate, Optimum Productions, is suing HBO after the television network released a trailer for “Leaving Neverland,” claiming that HBO has breached a nondisparagement contract by producing a Jackson related documentary without consulting Optimum Productions, according to court documents obtained by the Hollywood Reporter. Additionally, the Jackson estate complained that the documentary falsely claims […]

NEW YORK—U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday that hackers had stolen upcoming programming, and Entertainment Weekly reported that the theft included a script for an unaired episode of the hit fantasy show “Game of Thrones.” HBO, a unit of Time-Warner Inc, declined to comment on the specific programming stolen in the hack. “As most […]