Posts Tagged ‘HBO’
Inmates Watch And React To The VICE Special Report ‘Fixing The System’ (Video)
October 26, 2015
After finishing Fixing the System, our HBO special report about America’s broken criminal justice complex, VICE traveled back to El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma, to screen the documentary for inmates and staff. We then asked them about President Obama’s historic visit to the prison and their thoughts on the documentary. Watch their reactions above.
– VICE
PREVIOUS: FIXING THE SYSTEM (FULL EPISODE)
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VICE Special Report: Fixing The System (Full Episode) [Video]
October 12, 2015
Just in case you missed it, we got that full episode of VICE on HBO’s Special Report featuring President Obama’s historic prison visit, meeting with federal inmates and his sit-down conversation on “Fixing The System.” But don’t just watch for the Prez. Informative and heartbreaking right from the start.
Vinyl (HBO Trailer)
October 6, 2015
Wowww… is that the dude that played Gyp Rosetti (Bobby Cannavale) in the “Boardwalk Empire” series?
“Vinyl,” a new drama series from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, debuts in January 2016 on HBO.
Ah ha, knew it! Scorsese and Winter were head honchos for “Boardwalk Empire” on HBO. So, they’re trying to bring that kinda of power to the ’70s rock and records scene? Interesting. Watch the trailer for “Vinyl” above.
Posted in Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Bobby Cannavale, HBO, Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Terence Winter, vinyl | No Comments »
Talib Kweli And Bill Maher Discuss #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Interrupting Bernie Sanders’ Presidential Campaign Speech (Video)
September 9, 2015
Bill Maher: Why Bernie Sanders? …If you’re gonna interrupt somebody… This guy had a hundred percent approval rating from the NAACP.
Talib Kweli: NAACP liked Donald Sterling, too.
And folks, that’s how we dig into a real conversation! Watch the video clip above and gain some perspective.
A while back, #BlackLivesMatter shut down a speech appearance by 2016 Presidential hopeful and leading American Progressive Bernie Sanders. Many disagreed with the women who took the mic. But EVERYONE paid attention, talked about it, talked about #BlackLivesMatter from many angles. Whether you ultimately agree or disagree with the tactic, Kweli does make a couple of solid points. The first, the duty of activist-protesters is to disrupt and gain the platform (which #BlackLivesMatter did LITERALLY). The second, NO candidate should take the Black vote for granted in 2016.
Very interesting. Do you agree with Kweli? Discuss…
PREVIOUS: TALIB KWELI – F#CK THE MONEY FEAT. CASSPER NYOVEST (VIDEO)
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HBO First Look: Straight Outta Compton (Video)
August 10, 2015
Are you ready for this? This Friday? Whether you are or not N.W.A. is coming…Straight Outta Compton! But before the August 14, 2015, theatrical release, how about a 10-minute behind-the-scenes sneak peek?
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Ferrell Takes The Field (Trailer)
July 30, 2015
Hilarious… and incredible! Will Ferrell traveled via helicopter to play for the Los Angles Dodgers and Angels, the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds. All over the field and all over the place. See the spectacle captured for HBO set to debut September 12, 2015 at 10 p.m. Eastern Time.
10 teams. 10 positions. One Will Ferrell.
– HBO
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“Ballers” Featuring ‘The Rock’ Premieres Sunday, June 21st (Trailer)
June 16, 2015
Almost time. That “Ballers” series, featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, we posted on back in April debuts this weekend (June 21, 2015). Just in time HBO lets loose another trailer. Check it out.
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Killer Mike On ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ (Video)
May 19, 2015
Bill Maher and panelists John Waters, Heather McGhee, Charles Murray and Michael Render – aka Killer Mike – discuss the criticism of Michelle Obama’s Tuskegee (home to our own @ojones1) speech and the underlying causes of the Baltimore riots (above).
“…Why are you burning down your own community? [We] burned down a community that [we] don’t own!”
– Killer Mike
Bam! Folks don’t destroy what they truly own. Makes sense, right? Mike always does. Continue after the jump with more Killer Mike telling it like it T-I-’tis (like the elders say) – especially about Bill O’Reilly – on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher. Also have the bonus show, Overtime, embedded after the jump.
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Politics, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Bill Maher, Bill O'Reilly, HBO, Killer Mike, Michael Render, Real Time With Bill Maher | 2 Comments »
Chris Rock On Why Black People Don’t Like Baseball (Video)
May 4, 2015
HBO Real Sports is turning out solid gold, in the way of shows, by having comedians in for these funny sports rants. Here’s Chris Rock’s rant on why Black folks aren’t feeling baseball anymore. Hilarious… but some valid points made though.
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Last Week Tonight: John Oliver And Michael Bolton Sing The Praises Of The IRS?
April 15, 2015
They say the only things that are certain are death and taxes. Correction: Death, taxes, and this Last Week Tonight “IRS” performance with host John Oliver and guest power balladeer Michael Bolton KILLING it!
Oh, and you know he has a point… Hate it or love it, John says we need the IRS. Do you agree? Watch.
– @ojones1
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Coming To HBO: “The Brink†(Trailer)
April 14, 2015
“The Brink†looks like it could be hilarious. The trailer more than suggests comedy with a little bite most likely, as Middle East meets West. Jack Black, Tim Robbins… and some ‘you are such an American a$$hole’ quips from comic/actor Aasif Mandvi. Yeah, bet on it. “The Brink†premieres June 21, 2015, at 10:30PM EST on HBO.
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Ballers: Finally “The Rock” Has Come Back To Football on HBO (Trailer)
April 11, 2015
Thought it was over for Mark Wahlberg and HBO with the finale of Boardwalk Empire? Well, to that Mark says aw hell naw! Got another one. Grab a gander of the trailer for “Ballers.” Wahlberg executive produces, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars among the group of football players central to the story, and yeah, Pusha T got a li’l something on the music (at least for this clip). Premieres June 21, 2015, on the Not Just TV channel.
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Entourage (Official Movie Trailer)
March 26, 2015
Well it is finally happening the long awaited feature length film of Entourage is coming to theaters June 2015.  The movie is based on the hit series that was on HBO with all of the guys Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon and Jeremy Piven from the original show.  For years after the series ended on cable a movie was rumored but never materialized but it is really going to happen.  Here is the first trailer and it should entice you to hit the theaters in June.  So if you watched the series back in the day Entourage was known for their guest cameos and the movie keeps that tradition.  There are guest spots from all walks of life in the entertainment world Sports, Comedy, Film, Music, and Acting.  Let me just give you a quick rundown of some of the names Calvin Harris, Jessica Alba, Russell Wilson, Liam Neeson, Ronda Rousey, Pharrell, Andrew Dice Clay, Warren Buffee, Tom Brady, and T.I.  With this being the first trailer I am sure that many more cameos will be in the film as well.  So get ready we might have our first Summer Blockbuster of 2015!
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Mayweather Challenges Pacquiao for Cinco De Mayo 2015 (Video)
December 19, 2014
Looks like the Fight everyone has wanted might happen. Â Mayweather has challenged Pacquiao to make the fight happen May 2nd 2015. Well since the last time they tried to make this fight happen Pac-Man has lost two fights so some of the luster is gone. Â Regardless this would be a blockbuster draw for Pay Per View. Â Check out what our friends over at BeatsBoxingMayhem have to say about it!
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Punchlines That Sting: Comedian John Oliver Delivers Biting Commentary on The Mike Brown Shooting & Subsequent Protests (Video)
August 19, 2014
Comedian John Oliver put on a clinic on how you deliver stinging social commentary as thinly veiled comedy. VERY thinly veiled. On the last episode of his Last Week Tonight show on HBO, he spent a huge chunk of the show talking all things Ferguson. The delivery vehicle – a satirical news-formatted TV broadcast – puts viewers (except for hardened Conservatives dead set against the Liberal-leaning Brit they know from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show With Jon Stewart) in a “hey-you-gotta-be-able-to-laugh-at-things” mode to start. He expertly pulls some chuckles in his segment about the recent events – Mike Brown’s fatal shooting by Ferguson (Missouri) cops, the brutality and militarization of American police departments, etc. But he kept raising the temperature on the presentation until his beef with the entire situation was well cooked. Smoke. Fire. BURN!
Sure, we laugh. But it ain’t funny. John knows…and he let the viewer know he knows this is some bullsh!t.
John Oliver Slams America’s Slammers: The Prison System Is ‘Horribly Broken’ (Video)
July 22, 2014
Former member of the late night tongue-in-cheek commentative cabal over at Comedy Central (you know, folks like Jon Stewart and Jessica Williams of The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report)… John Oliver has been loosed on the HBO audience; where he’s making even more biting wisecracks. Letting them have it!
Here’s yet another occasion to unleash the cracking Kraken – spotlighting America’s broken penal system.
On the episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver embedded above, the host spent about a third of his show’s run-time on how broken America’s prison system is. In essence, tearing some a-holes some new a-holes. Oliver dropped science and atomic bombs… America having more imprisoned than China, the rampant amount of prison rape, the abysmal medical care and maggots in the food (as contractors cut costs beyond the bone), folks copping pleas to avoid prison instead of defending themselves in court as is their legal right… all wrong, wrong, wrong!
Tie the tirade together with a Sesame Street styled clip; and you’ve got a winner. Realize though that in the midst of the joking, how disproportionate the number of people of color vs. Whites end up in the hell we call prison…and you’ll understand that the U.S. has got a loser… its prison system!
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‘The Mountain’ Of HBO’s “Game Of Thrones” Deadlifts 994 Pounds (Video)
June 12, 2014
Hot daaamn! We need to add another ‘superpower’ to our list on last week’s post: super-human strength. Hafþór JúlÃus Björnsson (who has had two guest appearances on HBO series Game of Thrones as Gregor Clegane aka “The Mountain”), stands 6-foot-9-inches, tips the scales at 419 pounds, and is strong enough to have placed second in this year’s World’s Strongest Man Competition. In the above video, he deadlifts a whopping 994 pounds at the 2014 Arnold Strongman Classic.
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R&B: Miguel – “Simple Things” (Video)
June 3, 2014
One of my favorite singles from Miguel gets a brand new video. Dope. Off the “Girls” Soundtrack (Vol. 2), this is “Simple Things” from Miguel. Oh, and that model (Gigi Hadid)… nice.
Bill Maher: “Donald Sterling Isn’t Worth Defending, But The 4th Amendment Is.” (Video)
May 12, 2014
Bill Maher is right, to an extent, about protection of the 4th Amendment in his recent commentary regarding former NBA owner Donald Sterling’s case, but the point is everyone is still accountable for what they say. It doesn’t matter what was said in private because in America you can be convicted of crimes & incarcerated for things that were said in private. Even television news investigations secretly record & release evidence of people saying things that were meant to be in private. I agree with most of what Bill Maher is saying in his commentary but you can’t even get a job for saying outrageous things that some people would disagree with. So it’s best to keep things 100 all the time about how you feel. It’s America & you do have a right to say what you feel even in private, but in Donald Sterling’s case the NBA is a business & once those private feelings were out in the open no black players would be willing to play for a NOW known racist.
HBO: Sex/Now (Documentary Series Trailer)
December 26, 2013
Yoooo! Sex over the Internet into the future?? Interactive cyber-vagina?? Click and watch the series teaser for ‘Sex/Now’ right nowwww! Premieres Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 11 PM EST on HBO.
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