The Witches: Disability community slams Roald Dahl HBO Max remake

Backlash against The Witches: Disabled people including Paralympians criticize remake of Roald Dahl classic over its use of split hands On October 22, HBO Max released The Witches – the second adaptation of Dahl’s famous novel after the hit 1990 film Stars Anne Hathaway as the evil Grand High Witch who is revealed to have … Read more

Gossip Girl reboot on HBO Max taps Broadway star Laura Benanti who won a Tony in Gypsy

Gossip Girl reboot on HBO Max taps Broadway star Laura Benanti who won a Tony in Gypsy opposite Patti LuPone By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 06:05 GMT, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 06:05 GMT, 30 October 2020 The upcoming reboot of Gossip Girl on HBO Max has tapped Laura Benanti of Broadway fame to … Read more

Jessica Chastain replaces Michelle Williams in upcoming HBO limited series Scenes From A Marriage

Jessica Chastain replaces Michelle Williams as female lead in upcoming HBO limited series Scenes From A Marriage By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 03:03 BST, 24 October 2020 | Updated: 03:03 BST, 24 October 2020 A major change is on the cards for HBO’s limited series drama Scenes From A Marriage. Jessica Chastain is replacing … Read more

Jake Gyllenhaal leading HBO miniseries The Son reuniting him with Denis Villeneuve

Jake Gyllenhaal reunites with director Denis Villeneuve for a THIRD time… as he leads new HBO miniseries The Son By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 22:17 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 00:45 BST, 21 October 2020 Jake Gyllenhaal is leading the cast of an HBO mini-series that reunites him with his two-time director Denis … Read more

Nicole Kidman teases a ‘really good idea’ for possible third season of hit HBO drama Big Little Lies

Nicole Kidman teases a ‘really good idea’ for possible third season of hit HBO drama Big Little Lies By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 19:00 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 23:59 BST, 9 October 2020 There may be something in the waters in Monterey, Calif. And Nicole Kidman teased a ‘really good idea’ could … Read more

Jennifer Aniston stays upbeat as Friends reunion is delayed again by HBO Max until May 2021

Jennifer Aniston sounded unfazed about news that the highly anticipated Friends reunion would be delayed again until May 2021. The 51-year-old actress said the ‘glass is half-full’ when it came to the postponement while speaking with Deadline on Friday. ‘It’s going to be super. You know what? This has also given us more time to make … Read more

Friends reunion for HBO Max to enforce strict COVID-19 precautions when it shoots next month

They’re set to start shooting the long-awaited Friends reunion special next month.  But there will be some stringent conditions given the post COVID-19 world in which we’re now all living, according to The Mirror‘s sources on Saturday.  ‘There are going to be very strict guidelines and that includes no live audiences,’ one source told the … Read more

HBO orders a billboard honoring workers to be taken down after it covered a mural of Kobe Bryant 

HBO orders a billboard honoring workers to be taken down after it covered a mural of Kobe Bryant By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 06:33 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 06:33 BST, 17 June 2020 Dozens of murals were put up across Los Angeles to honor Kobe Bryant after his death in January.  But … Read more

Queen Latifah slams Gone With The Wind… after HBO Max announces plans to bring film back

Queen Latifah has taken aim at Gone With The Wind. The Chicago actress, 50, blasted the controversial 1939 film, set in a plantation during the Civil War, in an interview with Associated Press on Monday. The one-time Oscar nominee declared it was time to ‘let Gone with the Wind be gone with the wind.’  Opposed: Queen … Read more

HBO Max plans to put Gone With The Wind back onto its streaming service with ‘historical context’

Gone With The Wind is to be restored to the HBO Max streaming platform after it was  abruptly pulled from the service last week after coming under criticism for romanticizing slavery, amid a nationwide re-evaluation of cultural values. But when the film finally returns, it will be accompanied by an introduction from Jacqueline Stewart, a … Read more