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Ending decades of speculation, Scooby Doo’s Velma steps out of the closet

As the crime-fighting heroine in 100s of Scooby-Doo cartoons and movies for decades, Velma Dinkley was perfect material to show up as a lesbian, but the studio wasn’t ready for her transition, even though the screenwriter James Gunn was ready to showcase her as one. Acceptance of LGBT in Hollywood is a welcome sign as it perhaps is a reflection of the transitioning society that’s inclusive and equal.

  • Thursday, 06 October 2022
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'Game of Thrones' to return in 2019

London: The hit sitcom “Game of Thrones” will now return in 2019 after a year’s gap, say officials. After long speculation about the air date of the eighth and final season, the HBO show is taking a year off and will return with the new season. It is still unclear at what point in 2019 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
HBO hackers leak 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 climax

Washington: Just a day before the last episode of “Game of Thrones” Season 7 set to hit the screens, the HBO hackers calling themselves as “Mr Smith” have leaked the climax of the ongoing season, thus ending the suspense that kept the millions of fans on toes. According to Mashable on Friday, the hacking group which […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
HBO's Twitter, Facebook accounts hacked

San Francisco: As HBO struggles to stop “Game of Thrones” (GoT) leaks and tackle hackers’ ransom threats, another hacker group has broken into the TV company’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. “Hi, OurMine are here, we are just testing your security, HBO team please contact us to upgrade the security – ourmine.org -> Contact,” read a […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
'Game of Thrones' Episode 4 leaked from Star India: Report

London: An unreleased Episode 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 — to be shown on HBO on the night of August 6 — has been leaked and it is not from an earlier HBO hack but from its distribution partner Star India, the media reported on Saturday. According to The Verge, the leaked Episode […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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TV series based on 2016 US presidential election in making

Los Angeles: A TV mini-series will chronicle the events of the 2016 presidential election, when Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton. It is being made by cable network HBO’s HBO Films. The TV project is based on the yet-to-be-released third “Game Change” novel by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, co-authors of the book series that influenced […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Seventh season of 'GoT' to premiere on July 16

Los Angeles: The seventh season of the popular fantasy drama series “Game of Thrones” will premiere on July 16, cable network HBO has announced. The series, which is set to end after the eighth season, has also been teased with a brief new trailer with dragon graphics and selected lines of dialogue, reports theguardian.com. Unlike […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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First episode of Game of Thrones (season 8) gets over 5 million tweets

New Delhi: With over five million tweets referring to it, the first episode of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones (GoT), that aired Sunday on HBO, became the most-tweeted about episode of the show ever. “The most-tweeted about character from the extremely popular fiction series was Bran, followed by Jon Snow, Daenerys, […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Donald Trump gets called out for GoT-inspired tweet

Los Angeles: While the “Game of Thrones” frenzy continues to be a message-driving vehicle in the ongoing election season in India, television network HBO urged US President Donald Trump to stay away from using memes inspired by the hit fantasy series for political purposes. Trump on Thursday celebrated the release of Robert Mueller’s Russia report […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Facebook dials Netflix to support its TV chat device: Report

San Francisco: Facebook is launching its own TV streaming service this fall and has reportedly approached Netflix, Disney, Hulu, HBO and other media companies for a new TV chat device for making video calls from TVs. According to a report in The Information late Wednesday, the Facebook TV chat device will use the same technology […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Streaming Giant Netflix Sets New Record With 160 Emmy Nominations

Los Angeles: Streaming giant Netflix broke the record for most nominations that any network, studio or streaming platform has ever earned, with 160 Emmy nominations this year. The streaming platform smashed the record set by the cable network HBO last year, with 137 nominations. This year, HBO is second with 107 nominations. This is the […]

  • Wednesday, 14 April 2021
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