Episode #407: Yvonne Orji
by Yvonne Orji first came to our attention as Molly, Issa’s best friend on Issa Rae’s HBO series, Insecure. The Nigerian-born actress and comedian hasn’t let the …
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HBO, HBO Max Has Renewed Both Sketch Shows By Sam Jay and Michael Che
This May, two similar yet tonally completely different sketch series premiered on HBO and HBO Max from the orbit of Saturday Night Live. And now …
HBO Orders Two-Part Documentary About Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens is getting a multi-part documentary, thanks in part to HBO and the Safdie brothers. Matt Wolf will direct the two-parter, from HBO Documentary …
HBO And The New York Latino Film Festival Announce The Second Annual Latino Stand-Up! Comedy Competition
We may still be stuck staying away from large in-person gatherings, but that’s not stopping HBO Latino and the New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) from mounting …
Sam Jay Scores HBO Weekly Talk Show
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Bridget Everett to star in HBO’s Somebody Somewhere
Comedian and singer Bridget Everett will star in an HBO series inspired by her upbringing in Kansas. HBO today announced it had ordered Somebody Somewhere …
Curb Your Enthusiasm will return for Season 11 on HBO
HBO has renewed the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm, starring Larry David, for an eleventh season. “This past season tapped into the zeitgeist …
Review: Yvonne Orji, “Momma, I Made It!” on HBO
HBO has found success in the past year with having stand-up comedians go back home with a documentary camera crew in tow to fill in …
Review: Whitmer Thomas, “The Golden One” on HBO
For his HBO debut, Whitmer Thomas delivers an interesting special that combines musical comedy, documentary footage and tragedy, as he goes back to the Florida …
Review: Dan Soder, “Son of a Gary” on HBO
As I wrote in Decider when Dan Soder’s HBO special debuted: Born in 1983, Soder lands right in the middle of Venn diagram between Generation …