HBO Boss Casey Bloys Apologizes for Using Fake Twitter Accounts to Troll TV Critics: ‘Dumb Idea’

2023, the year of the most terrible apologies EVER! First, there was Colleen Ballinger

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The film adaptation of Alice Clayton’s rom-com novel “Wallbanger,” set up at Tosca Musk’s romance-focused streamer Passionflix, has rounded out its cast with “Love Island” star Roselyn Sánchez, “And Just Like That” actor Cathy Ang and four more supporting cast members. Based on Clayton’s 2012 New York Times best-selling book, “Wallbanger” is an irresistible tale of exasperation at first sight, according to the film’s official synopsis.

William Earl Turkish telenovela “Yargi,” German miniseries “The Empress,” Mexican drama “La Caída” and actor Martin Freeman were among the top winners at the 51st annual International Emmy Awards, held Monday at the New York Hilton Midtown. All told, the International Emmys recognized TV programs from across the continents, with strong showings from the U.K. and Australia.

Timbaland is walking it all back!

It has been several months since we’ve last heard about the Jon Snow spinoff of Game of Thrones.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Jon Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Rita Wilson and more stars performed as a tribute to U.S. veterans and their families at the New York Comedy Festival and Bob Woodruff Foundation’s Stand Up for Heroes event Monday. Held at David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the night included performances from musicians and comics, including Stewart, Springsteen, Wilson, Josh Groban, John Mellencamp, Tracy Morgan, The War and Treaty, Jimmy Carr, Ronny Chieng and Shane Gillis.

A crack addict was jailed for 15 months for ‘warehousing’ cocaine for a drug gang in his flat.

Halloween 2023 felt never-ending, and although it is November 2, the world is still discussing the spooky holiday. While some celebrities are happy with their costumes, one actress is feeling deep regret and apologizing for hers: Emily Hampshire.Halloween costumes can be funny, sexy, and controversial, but when you have an audience, you have to be careful about what you choose. For the “Schitts Creek” star, she chose a duo costume with her friend, dressing up as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.The 42-year-old wore her hair slicked back, with drawn-on facial hair, dressing up as Depp, while her friend dressed as Heard.

Schitt’s Creek star Emily Hampshire is apologizing this week after fans called her out for an inappropriate Halloween costume. The actress took to social media to show off her Halloween celebration, and fans weren’t thrilled by what they saw.Emily Hampshire was seen in photos dressed as actor Johnny Depp. In addition, the “Schitt’s Creek” star was a friend dressed as Depp’s former wife, Amber Heard.

Along with programming updates, HBO and Max Content CEO Casey Bloys took on a handful of business topics during a 2024 slate event in New York, among them licensing, content spending and password sharing.

Max‘s And Just Like That… has returned to the writers’ room to begin work on Season 3.

HBO and Max boss Casey Bloys is addressing reports that he used fake Twitter accounts to blast critics of the network’s series.

Bad news for fans of Steven Soderbergh‘s short-lived Cinemax series “The Knick“: at a press conference for the 2024 release calendars for HBO and Max today, HBO head Casey Bloys confirmed that Barry Jenkins‘ sequel season to the show likely won’t to happen. Rolling Stone’s chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall has the scoop, with Bloys saying that the scripts weren’t up to his team’s standards.

When one thinks of HBO, one thinks of prestige TV and the network’s spate of wildly popular shows: most recently, “Succession, “The Last Of Us,” “House Of The Dragon,” and “Euphoria,” among others. But what about the HBO series that don’t fare as well with critics and audiences? Well, apparently HBO‘s CEO Casey Bloys has a special remedy to combat negative reviews: burner accounts on social media to troll critics of his shows.

HBO just had a major presentation and confirmed release dates for some of their biggest titles including Euphoria, House of the Dragon season 2, The White Lotus season 3, The Last of Us season 2, and more.

The Last of Us will be heading into production for its second season early next year with an eye for a 2025 launch.

House of the Dragon is officially returning to HBO next summer.

HBO CEO and Chairman Chief Casey Bloys led off a presentation about 2024 programming Thursday by addressing a Rolling Stone report that said he had someone troll TV critics on X who didn’t like his shows.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Fans of “The White Lotus” or those looking forward to the “It’ prequel series at HBO and Max will likely be waiting for a while longer. “‘Welcome to Derry,’ we had had that scheduled for Halloween of 2024.

Schitt’s Creek alumna Emily Hampshire is apologizing for what she admits was a really bad idea — dressing up with a friend as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard for Halloween.