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It’s the morning after the Emmys, and Casey Bloys can exhale. The chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content is feeling good after the combination of HBO and HBO Max landed 30 Emmy wins this year, including nine for limited series “The Penguin” (which could always still make a comeback — more on that in a moment) and five …

For a second year in a row, it came down to the final Emmy category of the night, and in both cases, HBO Max walked away with a surprising big win. Last year it was Outstanding Comedy series for Hacks, and this year it was Outstanding Drama Series for The Pitt, which went head-to-head with the most nominated program of …

Four years after Kate Winslet got a nation to fall in love with the most unpleasant accent the United States has ever produced, Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby returns to Philadelphia’s collar counties with Task, a new seven-episode HBO series about a law enforcement officer trying to solve a thorny case while reeling from a personal loss. Mark Ruffalo’s …

Mark Ruffalo and Alison Oliver star in Task, a new crime drama from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby. Peter Kramer/HBO hide caption toggle caption Peter Kramer/HBO Mare of Easttown, which starred Kate Winslet as a small-town Pennsylvania police detective, was a terrific crime drama. As much a character study as a detective story, it made the most of both …

HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’ Follow-Up ‘Task’, Starring Mark Ruffalo, Is a Riveting Cat-and-Mouse Chase: TV Review  Variety ‘Task’ Review: Mark Ruffalo Leads Unrelentingly Glum HBO Crime Drama From ‘Mare of Easttown’ Creator  The Hollywood Reporter ‘Task’ Is Heavy and Grim — But Will Reward You in the End  Rolling Stone Dave Nemetz Reviews Task: HBO Delivers Another Beautifully Tragic Crime Drama From Mare …

Chris Columbus has more to say about HBO’s Harry Potter remake. The director — who helmed the first two Warner Bros. films that launched the hit cinematic franchise — recently made headlines for saying he wanted nothing to do with HBO’s multi-season remake of J.K. Rowling‘s novels. But on a new podcast, Columbus made more pointed remarks about the project, …

Richard Gadd has revealed a first look at his upcoming HBO and BBC series “Half Man,” the follow-up to his Emmy-winning Netflix breakout “Baby Reindeer.” In the images, Gadd sports a bulked-up physique alongside co-star Jamie Bell (“All of Us Strangers,” “Rocket Man”). “Half Man” stars Gadd and Bell as “brothers” Ruben and Niall, who “reunite after years of estrangement, …

Kumail Nanjiani, the 47-year-old star of HBO’s acclaimed comedy Silicon Valley, which ran from 2014 to 2019, recently revealed he has met many people from the real-world Silicon Valley, and not everyone was a fan of the show’s depiction of startup culture. Chief among those people, he said, was Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and world’s richest man. Speaking on …

Cameras started rolling for HBO’s new Harry Potter series last month and many cast members have already been announced, including Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hargid, Dumbledore and more. Nevertheless, many more cast members still remain and are yet to be revealed. Today we can reveal one more. Aaron Zhao cast as Terry Boot in Harry Potter Aaron Zhao We’ve learned that young actor …

John Oliver may delight in biting the corporate hand that feeds him — “there’s no tastier hand,” he insists — but he is deeply grateful for his perch. With his pal Stephen Colbert’s Late Show recently canceled amid financial losses to the tune of tens of millions a year and a pending multibillion-dollar merger at its parent company, Oliver’s Last Week …