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Mahershala Ali is enjoying one of the best runs in Hollywood and the small screen for a male actor in some time. The Oscar-winning Bay Area native was rumored to be cast as the lead for HBO’s True Detective for its third season, and Ali has been confirmed to star although the show has not […]

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The show runners of HBO‘s hit drama Game Of Thrones might want to rethink going full steam ahead on their upcoming show, Confederate, which depicts that the South won the American Civil War. Set in modern times and featuring slavery never being outlawed, Twitter took aim in an epic wave of backlash.

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Bill Maher stepped over the line with his now infamous “house n*gger” quip, which he apologized for when the heat got too high. Now, the Real Time With Bill Maher host is suggesting that the word isn’t racist.

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Dr. Dre has since come clean about his violent past towards women, which surfaced once more after the 2015 N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton hit theaters. Absent in the film is an incident between the super-producer and media personality Dee Barnes, for which Dre apologized for once more on HBO’s documentary series, The Defiant Ones.

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Nelsan Ellis, who brought to life Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s hit series and book adaptation True Blood, has died at the age of 39. According to his manager, Ellis passed early on Saturday due to heart failure.

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Mahershala Ali is said to be in preliminary talks to star in HBO‘s moody crime drama True Detective, although a new season hasn’t been ordered. According to insider reports, a deal to bring the show’s third season to life might come to pass because of the network’s investment in the brand.

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HBO is putting into a motion an upcoming four-part documentary that will focus on the business partnership of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. The title of the documentary is The Defiant Ones and will feature a bevy of celebrities and figures connected to the successful pair.

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Issa Rae has been winning for a minute, but the news that HBO plans to renew her series Insecure is surely a great delight to her many fans. The drama-comedy series joins several shows that the network plans to bring back for 2017.

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An NFL reporter claims the St. Louis Rams made a deal with the league to draft Michael Sam in 2104, to avoid being featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks. According to Howard Balzer, the Rams qualified to be on the show but wanted a slither of “normalcy” while preparing for the season, as signing Sam — […]

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J. Cole’s concert documentary, Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming, arrives on HBO on January 9, 2016. The first trailer reveals it will be a must watch for any tried and true fan of the North Carolina MC. 

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Common’s reign in Hollywood just soared even higher, no less than a couple of days it was revealed he would be starring opposite Keanu Reeves in John Wick 2.

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Issa Rae has emerged as one of the brightest comedic minds by way of her popular YouTube series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. Rae’s star is rising even higher after news that HBO has ordered her new Insecure comedy series for the network.