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HBO Max’s “Sex and the City” series revival will tackle the issue of race as a way of redressing the lack of diversity in the original show, according to actress Nicole Ari Parker in an interview with Variety.

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell suggested the TV adaptation of her book was “not very feminist,” because it sent a viewers a message they should find their own Mr. Big.

I don’t know what to say other than the movie’s terrible. Just terrible. Awful. A crushing disappointment.

Rape hoaxer Lena Dunham’s career just hit another ditch. Something called Genera+ion, a show on HBO Max, which she executive produced, was just canceled after only one season.

It is un-American and disgraceful that an Oscar-winning artist like Spike Lee has been bullied — or ordered by HBO after HBO was bullied– into re-editing his four-part documentary, “NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½.”

The pro-lockdown, government-sycophants in Hollywood are reaping a little of what they sowed with a massive piracy problem.

Four new films with major stars from Hugh Jackman to Michael Keaton opened in North American movie theaters this weekend and only the one with animated puppies fared well. But it wasn’t enough to beat out Ryan Reynolds’ action-comedy “Free Guy,” which topped the charts for the second weekend running.

LeBron James’ basketball-themed, live-action and cartoon hybrid, Space Jam: A New Legacy, is the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend, earning $32 million in receipts in its debut, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

HBO Max’s big 4th of July offering, “No Sudden Move,” has very little to offer outside of cool-looking hats.   

The “gender fluid” HBO Max teen dramedy Generation, which is executive produced by Girls co-creator Lena Dunham, took man bashing to another level. The latest episode denounces boys as “parasites,” and the desire to “kill every man, boy, and every male human being” is openly expressed.

Sesame Street aired its “Family Day” episode — which featured two gay dads — on WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and YouTube this Thursday.

In its second weekend, the Woketardathon called In The Heights dived to a dismal sixth place at the box office, which confirms its status as a historic “bomb.”

DC Comics cut a scene from the adult-oriented HBO “Harley Quinn” cartoon series in which Batman performs oral sex on Catwoman, saying “heroes don’t do that.”

The box office collapse of In the Heights cannot be blamed on streaming or HBO Max, where it also bombed.  

June 1 (UPI) — The Paley Center for Media, PBS, HBO Max and Shout! Factory have announced Pride Month programming for June. Each has curated LGBTQ-themed programming for the month.

The director of the recent Friends reunion special has defended the show against criticism that it lacks diversity, saying those who are dissing the program haven’t actually seen it.

Showrunners for Friends: The Reunion are facing backlash for failing to include any black celebrity guest stars in the HBO Max special, airing May 27.

NEW YORK (AP) — Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO’s two-part documentary “The Crime of the Century” opens with a body bag.

After years of declining ratings, comedian and anti-Trump late-night host Conan O’Brien announced that he is ending his TBS show, Conan. The final episode will air on June 24.

The creator of the hit HBO series “Entourage” has slammed the premium cable network for what he sees as its submission to “righteous PC culture,” saying executives have given the bro-comedy the cold shoulder because of its portrayal of alpha-male behavior in Hollywood.

Major Hollywood studios released statements following Tuesday’s conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, committing to use their platforms to “advance racial equity and social justice” moving forward.

The “Snyder Cut” is never much fun. It takes itself seriously, too seriously, and wants you to take it seriously. And it’s long. Really long.

Comedy Central’s South Park devoted an hour-long special episode Wednesday to parodying the coronavirus vaccine and QAnon followers who refuse to take the jab.

Filmmaker Joe Carnahan says streaming new-release movies — an industry adaptation to the coronavirus pandemic — is here to stay, postulating that WarnerMedia “made a lot of money” with its high-profile premiere of Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max.

Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and “Rope” are among the films that Turner Classic Movies has deemed “troubling and problematic,” joining the ranks of Gone with the Wind in a new series called “Reframed: Classic Films in the Rearview Mirror,” which seeks to scrutinize old movies through the lens of today’s identity politics.

The Little Things only pretends to be about a standard procedural about the hunt for a serial killer. In the end, it’s about something much bigger and well worth your time.

Disney’s hit “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” has taken the top spot as the most pirated TV show of 2020, according to reports.

The superhero sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theaters, Warner Bros. said Sunday. Most of the earnings came from Chinese theaters, where it earned an estimated $18.8 million. It wasn’t enough to take first place in the country, however — that honor went to a local release.

HBO Max is pulling Chappelle’s Show from its streaming platform after the Dave Chappelle called on his fans to boycott the old Comedy Central sketch series.

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) slammed Warner Bros. in a strongly worded letter, criticizing the At&t-owned entertainment company’s decision to release its entire 2021 movie slate in theaters and on HBO Max.

Movie actors and actresses have cheapened themselves, and by extension their product, and now they’re going to find themselves TV actors… And they deserve it.

Listen, there will always be movie theaters of some sort. People like going out to the movies. But movie-going as it had been? Doubtful.

Warner Bros. is reportedly set to release its entire movie slate in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day next year, a major move smashing the theatrical window, in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has shuttered thousands of theaters across the United States.

NEW YORK (AP) — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But it’s not because new films haven’t been coming out. By streaming service, video-on-demand, virtual theater or actual theater, a steady diet of films have been released under COVID-19 every week. The Times has reviewed more than 460 new movies since mid-March.

Comedian Dave Chappelle is urging people to boycott old episodes of his Comedy Central show, alleging that Hollywood executives have yet to pay him what he is owed on the popular but short-lived 2003 sketch series.

This news about “Wonder Woman 1984” isn’t about the pandemic, it’s about the math, it’s about where the real money is, and the real money is in the golden goose of streaming subscriptions.