Late Chicago rapper Juice WRLD is the subject of new documentary Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss, which arrives via HBO and HBO Max as part of its Music Box Series on Dec. 16. In the new trailer, Juice WRLD asks an exuberant crowd to make some noise, crowd surfs at …
Read More »Lil Baby, Kirk Franklin Team Up for 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' Song 'We Win'
Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin team up on the new song “We Win,” the first song from the soundtrack for the upcoming Space Jam: A New Legacy. The aspirational and inspirational gospel-fueled track — produced by Just Blaze — finds Lil Baby rapping, “We will be better than ever/Made a …
Read More »'Hacks': Jean Smart Makes 'Em Laugh in Stand-Up Dramedy
In the new HBO Max comedy series Hacks, Jean Smart plays comedy legend Deborah Vance, an aging celebrity who reluctantly hires young comedy writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) to freshen up an act that hasn’t changed much since she was telling jokes about the space shuttle Challenger exploding. This setup is …
Read More »Godzilla, Meet Kong. Ass, Meet Seat. Face, Meet Palm
Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla vs. Kong, directed by Adam Wingard, may not hit HBO Max or U.S. theaters until this Wednesday, but it already opened in 38 markets overseas this past weekend, setting box office records for pandemic-era releases — “the biggest debut for a Hollywood film in …
Read More »Steven Soderbergh on the Gore, the Grind, and the Glory of Making 'The Knick'
Steven Soderbergh has directed award-winning films like Traffic and Sex, Lies, and Videotape, as well as crowd-pleasers like Out of Sight and Ocean’s Eleven. He’s gone back in time with The Good German, and looked unnervingly prescient with Contagion. No job in his long and distinguished career, though, may have …
Read More »'The Little Things': Tortured Cops, Serial Killers, Denzel — What Else Do You Need to Know?
It will never not be strange that the true crime genre and its fictional counterpart — bloody genres besotted with dead and missing women, haunted detectives, outpourings of familial grief — are not only entertainment, but, for many, an ideal Friday night comfort watch. It’s not a moral question, really; …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Announces 'Raw, Unfiltered' HBO Max Docuseries
Nicki Minaj announced Friday that she is taking part in a docuseries about her life and career that will premiere on HBO Max. “It’s going to give you guys a raw, unfiltered look at my personal life and my professional journey, and I can’t wait to share it with you,” …
Read More »See Meryl Streep in First Trailer for Steven Soderbergh's 'Let Them All Talk'
Meryl Streep plays an author trying to overcome her writer’s block on a cruise with her nephew and old friends in the trailer for Let Them All Talk, which re-teams the Oscar-winning actress with director Steven Soderbergh. HBO Max, which will premiere the film on December 10th, said in a …
Read More »Will Smith, 'Fresh Prince' Cast Talk Sitcom's Unique Legacy in Reunion Trailer
Will Smith and the rest of the cast of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air return to that familiar stately mansion in Los Angeles in the trailer for the new reunion special, premiering November 19th on HBO Max (get a free trial here). The reunion marks the 30th anniversary of the …
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