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How HBO Became Uncool

Kevin Spak — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:18:05 CDT

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 some hurried calling around,...

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

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:08:27 CDT

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." So Maya Dusenbery stood up...

Luck Canceled Over Horse Deaths

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:00:00 CDT

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, accidents unfortunately happen, and it is...

Game Change Draws Biggest HBO Audience Since 2004

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:00:00 CDT

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 million viewers...

Palin Aide: Accurate Game Change 'Made Me Squirm'

Matt Cantor — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:02:05 CDT

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 99% of our politics actually takes...

Game Change Is Divisive

Kevin Spak — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:57:05 CST

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 "eerily perfect." But it will play...

Julianne Moore: Sarah Palin Is 'Very Canny'

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:36:32 CST

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, set to...

HBO Slammed for Horse Deaths in Luck

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:00:00 CST

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." The two...

Full Game Change Trailer Debuts

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:31:20 CST

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 below, then read on...