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Dan Rather: HBO's Newsroom Totally Gets It

Aaron Sorkin's show should guide CNN: David Carr

(Newser) - Early reviews slammed Aaron Sorkin's new HBO show The Newsroom; Emily Nussbaum at the New Yorker , for example, feels it "gets bad so quickly that I found my jaw dropping." But a bona fide TV news legend begs to differ. "The show gets close to...

Sorkin&#39;s Newsroom Feels a Little Preachy
 Sorkin's Newsroom 
 Feels a Little Preachy 
TV review
Jun 22, 2012 3:24 PM CDT

Sorkin's Newsroom Feels a Little Preachy

HBO show has some critics carping

(Newser) - For those who believed Aaron Sorkin could do no wrong, The Newsroom is a disappointment. Chronicling the life of a cable news station as it grapples with events from years back—the BP oil spill, for insance—it's preachy and perhaps overly optimistic, critics say.
  • In the Daily Beast
...

Bush 41 on Ross Perot: 'I Don't Like Him'

Says in HBO documentary that Perot cost him the election

(Newser) - George HW Bush usually keeps to himself—but in an HBO documentary airing tonight, he doesn't mince words regarding formal rival Ross Perot. When documentarian Jeffrey Roth asks Bush if he'd be willing to comment on Perot, Bush refuses, then adds: "I think he cost me the...

Game of Thrones Cameo: Bush's Severed Head

HBO promises to remove Dubya's prop head from future DVDs

(Newser) - Sharp-eyed viewers may have noticed a familiar head on a spike in the 10th episode of Season 1 of Game of Thrones—George W. Bush's. A prop head of the former president was used as one of the traitors' heads on spikes, the show's creators say in their...

Why HBO Suddenly Matters Again

 Why HBO Suddenly 
 Matters Again 
OPINION
Jun 11, 2012 1:52 PM CDT

Why HBO Suddenly Matters Again

It may not win the programming game, but it's ruling the platform one

(Newser) - When we last checked in on how HBO was doing, it was, well, uncool . In an April column for the Guardian, Michael Wolff outlined how the network had turned into a "rec room artifact," that was losing the great-TV battle. In a piece for paidContent picked up by...

Thrones Fan? HBO Has a $30K Chair for You

It's selling life-size replica of Aegon's throne

(Newser) - The "real" Iron Throne, from George RR Martin's Game of Thrones books, was forged from 1,000 swords of Aegon the Conqueror's defeated enemies, and, being full of sharp edges, it was quite dangerous to sit on. Now HBO is offering a life-size replica of the Iron...

How HBO Became Uncool

 How HBO Became Uncool 
Michael Wolff
Apr 17, 2012 3:18 PM CDT

How HBO Became Uncool

We don't care about platforms, Michael Wolff argues, we care about shows

(Newser) - Sunday should have been a banner night for HBO, with Game of Thrones and the premiere of its latest "zeitgeist-courting" show Girls. But Michael Wolff didn't tune in—though not for lack of trying. Wolff and his companion "don't have HBO. And, it turns out, after...

Girls : &#39;Unstoppably Irritating&#39; or &#39;True to Life&#39;?
 Girls: 'Unstoppably Irritating' 
 or 'True to Life'? 
reviewers battle
Apr 15, 2012 4:08 PM CDT

Girls: 'Unstoppably Irritating' or 'True to Life'?

New HBO show sparks reviewer battle at 'Mother Jones'

(Newser) - Two reviewers at Mother Jones have locked horns over HBO's new hipster all-female series, Girls. "Hipsters are really going to like this show," sneered Asawin Suebsaeng a few days ago. "Which is to say that it is as profoundly bland as it is unstoppably irritating."...

Luck Canceled Over Horse Deaths

Producers pull plug because they can't guarantee animal safety

(Newser) - The death of a third horse turned out to be unlucky for HBO's racing series Luck. Producers have decided to cancel the show. Officials said "with heartbreak" that they're ceasing "all future production," reports the BBC . While we "maintained the highest safety standards possible,...

Game Change Draws Biggest HBO Audience Since 2004

An average of 2.1M viewers watched premiere

(Newser) - Love it or hate it , you can't argue that Game Change was a good move for HBO: The movie debuted Saturday to an average of 2.1 million viewers, the largest audience for an original-film premiere on the channel in nearly eight years. A total of 3.6...

Palin Aide: Accurate Game Change 'Made Me Squirm'

Nicolle Wallace refutes ex-governor's criticism of film

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has called Game Change a "false narrative," but a former top campaign adviser isn't so sure. Nicolle Wallace tells ABC News that the HBO film was "true enough to make me squirm." This "is a movie about the vast gray area where...

Game Change Is Divisive
 Game Change Is Divisive 
TV Review
Mar 8, 2012 1:57 PM CST

Game Change Is Divisive

Julianne Moore and Ed Harris get praise, but the movie leaves critics divided

(Newser) - HBO's adaptation of Game Change debuts this weekend, and unlike the book, it's based entirely on Sarah Palin. Critics have gotten a look already, and here's what they're saying:
  • It's a good movie, argues Hank Steuver of the Washington Post , and Julianne Moore is "
...

Julianne Moore: Sarah Palin Is &#39;Very Canny&#39;

 Julianne Moore: 
 Sarah Palin Is  
 'Very Canny' 
 
hbo's 'game change'
Feb 26, 2012 3:36 PM CST

Julianne Moore: Sarah Palin Is 'Very Canny'

Star of HBO movie 'Game Change' feels for former VP candidate

(Newser) - Julianne Moore can sympathize with Sarah Palin after walking in her high heels through an upcoming HBO movie, the New York Post reports. “I do think the situation that she was put in was a completely untenable one,” says Moore, who plays Palin in the film Game Change,...

HBO Slammed for Horse Deaths in Luck

New series not so lucky for racers

(Newser) - Animal right activists are slamming a new TV series after two horses had to be put down after suffering injuries during filming. A PETA official said the organization "repeatedly reached out" to HBO before filming began on its horse-racing series Luck to offer safety advice but was "rebuffed....

Full Game Change Trailer Debuts
 Full Game Change 
 Trailer Debuts 
reaction roundup
Feb 1, 2012 9:31 AM CST

Full Game Change Trailer Debuts

And Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin is still pretty scary: reactions

(Newser) - If you thought Julianne Moore's Sarah Palin was terrifying in the first Game Change teaser , wait until you see her in the full trailer, where she utters lines such as, "We have to win this thing. I so don’t want to go back to Alaska." Watch...

Bill Maher in Hot Water After 'Vile' Tebow Tweet

Some calling for HBO boycott

(Newser) - Staunch atheist Bill Maher is apparently not a huge fan of staunch Christian Tim Tebow, so when Tebow’s Broncos lost to the Buffalo Bills 40-14 on Saturday, Maher wasted no time getting on Twitter. “Wow, Jesus just f---ed #TimTebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan...

Game Change Trailer Stars Terrifying Sarah Palin

HBO debuts first teaser

(Newser) - For all of you who have spent the past nine months wondering how Julianne Moore’s Sarah Palin impersonation will stack up against Tina Fey’s , you finally have your answer. HBO debuted its first teaser trailer for Game Change, the film due in March that's based on the...

Robert De Niro to Play Bernie Madoff
 De Niro to 
 Play Madoff 
Nov 7, 2011 3:50 AM CST

De Niro to Play Madoff

Actor to co-produce biopic

(Newser) - The world’s most notorious Ponzi schemer will soon make his first cinematic appearance—portrayed by Robert De Niro. The actor and his partner, Jane Rosenthal, are producing a Bernie Madoff biopic based on Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family, by Laurie Sandell. The Telegraph reports that HBO...

Damon, Douglas Will Play Lovers in Liberace Biopic

Steven Soderbergh will direct movie for HBO

(Newser) - Michael Douglas will play Liberace in an upcoming biopic for HBO, reports USA Today . Matt Damon will play his young lover, Scott Thorson, and the film will track their relationship during an era when it would have been career suicide for the entertainer to come out as gay, notes the...

Netflix Swipes DreamWorks Animation From HBO

Company behind 'Shrek' will get $30M per movie in deal

(Newser) - Things are looking up for Netflix. DreamWorks Animation, the folks behind the Shrek and Kung Fu Panda series, is dropping HBO and will now release its movies first via Netflix , reports the New York Times . The deal starts in 2013, and will cost Netflix a hefty $30 million per picture—...

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