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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.

Actors Jermaine Crawford, Maestro Harrell, Tristan Wilds and Julito McCullum portray Baltimore students in the show's fourth season.

Rewatching 'The Wire': Classic Crime Drama Seems Written For Today

3:36pm January 06, 2015

by Eric Deggans

As HBO releases the high-definition version of The Wire, NPR's Eric Deggans says that binge-watching the show feels more like reading today's headlines — especially on issues of race and class.

Niecy Nash (right) plays DiDi, a nurse at an extended care facility, in the HBO comedy series Getting On, which was modeled after the hit BBC series of the same name. Betty Buckley plays one of her patients.

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'Getting On' Star Niecy Nash: 'I Never Wanted To Be Funny'

1:51pm November 24, 2014

by NPR Staff

Nash says it took her a long time to see her comedic side as a gift, but she finally embraced it. Now her role as Nurse DiDi in the HBO comedy series has opened the door to more serious opportunities.

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