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HBO, or Home Box Office, is a US paid television network that launched in 1972 and went on to become the home of groundbreaking and celebrated shows including The Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones, Sex and the City, Succession, Veep and Curb Your Enthusiasm. It subsequently offered two digital versions: HBO Go and HBO Now. In May 2020, the firm's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, launched HBO Max, a streaming service featuring original HBO shows plus films and series from across the company's channels and studios, in the US and later abroad. In 2023, the service had Discovery shows added to its roster and was rebranded Max.
- Famous for his celebrity-packed chain of Chinese restaurants, 85-year-old Michael Chow talks about facing prejudice and finally becoming an artist
Since the iconic 90s TV show, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall have gone on to work on solo small- and big-screen productions – and some found other lucrative projects
Thrilling HBO Vietnam war drama, directed by The Handmaiden’s Park Chan-wook, stars Robert Downey Jnr as various characters and Hao Xuande as a Viet Cong spy working for the chief of the secret police.
Despite fierce competition from Disney, Apple, Warner Bros and others, Netflix appears to have won the streaming wars. Industry insiders explain how it defended its position at the top, and what’s next.
Thai K-pop star Lisa has an as yet undisclosed role in the third season of hit HBO series The White Lotus, set in luxury resorts, Variety reports. Filming will begin in Thailand this month, it says.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry has expressed its distaste with HBO’s decision to cast acclaimed Serbian actor Miloš Biković, claiming without proof that he has backed Russia since its invasion of Ukraine
Succession, The Bear and Beef dominate the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards honouring the best of American television, and a star of The White Lotus gets a look-in.
Who are Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s surviving family members, and do they still support the newly freed 32-year-old? From dad Rod and stepmum Kristy to half-siblings Mia and Dylan
Succession wins best drama, and there are first Golden Globes for Kieran Culkin and Mathew Macfadyen. The Bear and Beef win best comedy and limited series, and both series’ stars win acting awards.
Charlotte and Harry’s adopted daughter Lily Goldenblatt is all grown up in HBO’s And Just Like That series – but who’s the talented actress that plays her?
From casting to storylines – expect a ‘film noir’, Euphoria’s creator says – to Zendaya’s enhanced role and salary, everything that’s known about the hit HBO show’s third season.
The Righteous Gemstones returns on HBO to lampoon televangelism and the Christian fundamentalist American South, while Lee Jun-ho and Im Yoon-ah clash in Netflix K-drama King the Land.
American singer-songwriter and actor Dominic Fike, whose new album Sunburn was released in July, talks about a crazy new year party and what he thinks about returning for Euphoria season 3.
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster is relived in all its horror in Netflix drama The Days, while The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp star as evil Svengali figure and vulnerable starlet in HBO Go’s steamy series The Idol.
The two HBO shows will compete against House of the Dragon, White Lotus, The Crown and other contenders for the best drama trophy.
The new episodes of Sex and the City revival And Just Like That, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, may struggle to win over fans of the original disappointed by the new show’s first season.
This week marks the 25th anniversary of HBO’s SATC’s first episode premiere – so now more than two decades later, where are Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and the rest?
Sat in the shadow of the temperamental volcano Mount Etna, Taormina has inspired tales of romance gone wrong from D.H. Lawrence’s day until season two of HBO’s The White Lotus
Streaming seemed to herald a new golden age of animation. Then platforms’ algorithms kicked into gear. The result? Shows cancelled by Netflix and even Disney+, and libraries purged of animated content.
From Johnny Depp and Louis CK to JK Rowling and now The Flash’s Ezra Miller, it seems the film and TV industries just want to forgive and forget anything to do with being cancelled.
Lily-Rose Depp plays a troubled pop star in The Weeknd’s shallow celebrity satire The Idol, a tacky, tactless drama that wastes the casting of Jennie from K-pop group Blackpink.
Hit HBO series Succession finally ended after a five-year run … and the actor who plays Cousin Greg only got his first Rolex after learning about it on the show
From HBO’s The Idol and Ahsoka on Disney+ to Netflix’s XO, Kitty and Never Have I Ever, here are the seven television shows that we are most excited for in summer 2023.
After four seasons of drama, Succession is finally coming to an end this month … but how similar are the fictitious Roys to the real-life Murdochs, the family believed to have inspired the show?
The Roy family sojourned at the minimalist-chic getaway surrounded by beautiful natural views … and you can travel there too, for US$750 a night
You’ll recognise it as Kendall Roy’s digs on HBO’s Succession, but this NYC flat is now up for grabs at US$29 million – here’s a peek at its impressive amenities and that iconic custom staircase
Many shows will air their final seasons in 2023, from HBO’s Succession to Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso ... find out which of your favourite TV characters you need to say goodbye to this year
The coffee table book explores outfits donned by Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi, impeccably put together by costume designer Heidi Bivens
