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The show's 12th season will premiere on Feb. 4 Larry David is back for one last blast of hilarious, unrepentant misanthropy in the official trailer for the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The two-minute clip finds Larry at his typical best (meaning, worst), telling one person it’s not so bad his father-in-law died because his birth father is still alive and asking a gay couple if there’s any correlation between their child’s last name and the parent whose semen was used in conception. At…

Another actor has been cast for the next season of The Last of Us. HBO’s adaptation of the Naughty Dog series has found its Jesse in Beef’s Young Mazino. The news, tweeted by Max and Naughty Dog, comes a day after Booksmart’s Kaitlyn Dever was cast as antagonist and dual protagonist Abby. Creators Neil Druckmann and showrunner/director Craig Mazin confirmed Young Mazino’s casting via Variety, saying “Young is one of those rare actors who is immediately undeniable the moment you see him. We’re so lucky to have him, and…

Kaitlyn Dever attends the premiere of Ticket To Paradise October 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Tommaso Boddi (Getty Images)It’s the news the many fans of HBO’s The Last of Us—now a multiple Emmy winner—have been waiting for: who will play Abby in season two. It will be Kaitlyn Dever, a rising star whose strong resumé (No One Will Save You, Book Smart, Dopesick) bodes very well for her take on the tricky character.Thanks, Last of Us. Thanks a Lot. | The Last of Us Episode 7 ReviewDeadline confirmed the news,…

The second season of HBO's adaptation of is about to go into production. That means we're starting to find out the actors who have been cast in key roles from , including the most pivotal new character of them all, Abby. No spoilers here, but Kaitlyn Dever, the star of Booksmart and No One Will Save You, is taking on the challenging role. (Let's just say we hope she nukes all of her social media accounts.)“Our casting process for season two has been identical to season one: we look for world-class actors who embody the…

The 2024 Golden Globes represented a return to normalcy after a year dominated by strikes in the entertainment industry. Streamers continued to get recognition for their shows, with Netflix, Hulu and Max picking up a combined 12 television awards.Max (formerly HBO Max) won the most awards, garnering four for the final season of Succession, including best drama television series. Best performance by an actress and actor in that category went to Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin, who played siblings Roman and Shiv Roy on the…

Lil Nas X’s documentary that captured his first global tour is coming to HBO. Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero will debut on the network on Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. ET; it will also stream on Max. The film had its world premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.  The documentary follows the Grammy-winning rapper, born Montero Hill, over 60 days as he performs on his Long Live Montero tour, which supported Montero, his full-length 2021 debut album. In the diary film, Lil Nas X discusses his…

The documentary, 'Long Live Montero,' which follows the artist on his first big tour, shows how he dealt with sudden fame If you missed Lil Nas X‘s Long Live Montero tour in 2022 or 2023, or if you just want to relive it, you’ll get a chance to see it on HBO later this month. The concert documentary Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero — which previously premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival — will get a wide premiere at 8 p.m. ET on Jan. 27 on the network, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and…

In the most important scene of the first season of The Sopranos — arguably the most important scene of television of the last 25 years, if not much longer — Mob boss Tony Soprano stalks and murders Febby Petrulio, a former wiseguy who testified against friends of Tony’s and then went into hiding.  What would have happened, I asked Sopranos creator David Chase recently, if he had pitched the same idea 25 years before that, back when he was a young writer on The Rockford Files, a hit NBC drama starring James Garner…

Liz Danvers, chief of police in the remote Alaska town of Ennis, and heroine of True Detective: Night Country, is fond of telling other cops they’re asking the wrong questions, prodding them over and over until they ask the right one. With Night Country, there’s only one question: Was it worth resurrecting the long-dormant True Detective franchise — and without its original creator, Nic Pizzolatto?  The new season, created, directed, and largely written by Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid), and starring Jodie…

HBO’s House of the Dragon is keeping the Game of Thrones train going along, but it’s not the only spinoff for the fantasy series in the works. In a newly released blog looking back on 2023, author George R.R. Martin revealed he and HBO have a number of animated series in unofficial development—as in, they haven’t been greenlit yet, but he’s fairly positive they will be—and now one of those shows will be hopping over from the realm of live-action. Andrew Callaghan Talks 'This Place Rules' According to Martin on his Not a…