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Robert Durst sits in a police vehicle following a court appearance in New Orleans on March 17, 2015.

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Robert Durst Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge, Accepts 7-Year Sentence

3:52pm February 03, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The fugitive New York real estate heir, featured in HBO's six-part documentary called The Jinx, is expected to go on trial on murder charges this summer in California.

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Robert Durst's Attorney: Heir's Latest Legal Troubles Are 'Tough'

8:25am February 03, 2016

by Tom Michael

Dick DeGuerin has handled a range of difficult, high-profile cases, from Tom DeLay to David Koresh. Now his longtime client, Durst — subject of HBO's The Jinx — is accused of murder ... again.

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George R. R. Martin answers questions before a game between the Hudson Valley Renegades and the Staten Island Yankees — briefly renamed the Staten Island Direwolves for their "Game of Throne" night in August. Now, four months later, Martin has some bad

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George R.R. Martin Admits 'Winter' Isn't Coming — At Least, Not For A While

6:55pm January 02, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

The writer says he missed an end-of-year deadline to finish Winds of Winter, the sixth book in the Game of Thrones series. The delay means the show will air the next season before its source material.

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Jon Stewart Signs New 4-Year Deal With HBO

4:13pm November 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"Appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me," Stewart says. "I'm pretty sure I can produce a few minutes of content every now and again."

Andre Holland (left) and Clive Owen get serious in Episode 3 of the second season of The Knick.

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'The Knick' Returns To The Bloody Pursuit Of Knowledge

5:11pm October 19, 2015

by Michele Norris

The TV show, set in a New York City hospital in the early 1900s, depicts turn-of-the-century medicine in grisly detail. Stars Clive Owen and Andre Holland say there's no nostalgia involved.

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Wendell Pierce is known for his roles on HBO's The Wire and Treme.

From 'Godot' To HBO, Wendell Pierce Says, Art Aided Post-Katrina Healing

2:19pm September 25, 2015

by NPR Staff

The star of The Wire and Treme remembers fleeing the storm — and returning to devastation. As his community coped with "post-traumatic stress," he says, Treme "became a group therapy in New Orleans."

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These familiar faces will soon be appearing on another channel.

Sesame Street's New ABCs: On PBS And Now HBO

6:16pm August 20, 2015

by Laura Wagner

For the next five seasons of Sesame Street, episodes will air first on HBO before they're made available to PBS for free nine months later.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, seen here in 1982, speaks to reporters following the announcement of his Nobel win. Among the materials in his archive are the many drafts he prepared for his Nobel acceptance speech.

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Book News: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Collection Gets A Texas Welcome

7:35am June 19, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

The University of Texas, Austin nabbed the rights to preserve and present the late Nobel winner's collected writings. Also: HBO takes on Scientology, and Aretha Franklin decries her new biography.

Raúl Castillo, Jonathan Groff and Russell Tovey from HBO's Looking.

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Jonathan Groff And Raúl Castillo: 'Looking' Ahead

1:07pm May 13, 2015

Ahead of the season finale of HBO's Looking, the co-stars who play on-again, off-again couple Patrick and Richie talk about redefining gay life on television and play a game about other TV romances.

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This booking photo provided by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office shows Robert Durst, after his arrest Saturday in New Orleans on an extradition warrant to Los Angeles.

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Robert Durst, Subject Of HBO's 'The Jinx,' Arrested In New Orleans

11:23am March 16, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Durst, the troubled heir to a New York real estate fortune, has been questioned in the past over two deaths and a disappearance. It is unclear if his arrest is linked to those cases.