Cinemax (Max in short) is an American pay cable television and satellite television network. It is owned by the Home Box Office division of Time Warner. The network usually broadcasts theatrically released feature movies, original series and softcore pornographic series and movies.
As of July 2015, Cinemax and its channels are available to more than 21 million subscribers in the United States.
Cinemax began on August 1, 1980.
The channel and its other channels play a variety of movies and television series, such as "Erotic Confessions", the "Lethal Weapon" franchise and some adult programming.
Channels of Cinemax include Action, Vanguard, Comedy, Suspense and Classic.
Viva Piñata
Viva Piñata is an animated television series. Released in 2006. based on the Xbox video game of the same name.
Hudson Horstachio, a horse piñata with a green teal body.
Franklin Flizzybear, a brown bear.
Fergy Fudgehog, a green hedgehog.
Paulie Pretzetail, a red fox with a pretzel-tail. Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein (born March 19, 1952) is an American movie producer, movie studio executive and convicted rapist. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded Miramax, which produced several popular independent movies including "Pulp Fiction", "Clerks", "The Crying Game", and "Sex, Lies, and Videotape".
Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing "Shakespeare in Love", and won seven Tony Awards for producing a variety of winning plays and musicals, including "The Producers", "Billy Elliot the Musical", and "".
Weinstein and his brother Bob were co-chairmen of The Weinstein Company from 2005 to 2017.
Weinstein is Jewish and a Democrat.
In Oscar acceptance speeches given since 1966, Weinstein has been thanked a total of 34 times by actors and actresses – equalling thanks given to God, and second only to Steven Spielberg with 43 mentions.
In October 2017, following many allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape, Weinstein was fired by his company's board of directors, and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As a result, the #MeToo movement began to raise awareness of victims of sexual abuse and harassment.
On May 25, 2018, Weinstein was arrested in New York, charged with rape and other offenses, and released on bail.
On February 24, 2020, he was found guilty of two of five felonies in New York, charges which carry a sentence of up to twenty five years.
On March 22, 2020, Weinstein was diagnosed with COVID-19 while in prison in New York.
Ryan White
Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing to be readmitted to school following an AIDS diagnosis. As a hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment (Factor VIII) and, when diagnosed in December 1984, was given six months to live.
A lengthy administrative appeal process ensued, and news of the conflict turned Ryan into a popular celebrity and advocate for AIDS research and public education. Surprising his doctors, Ryan White lived five years longer than predicted but died in April 1990, one month before his high school graduation.
The United States Congress passed a major piece of AIDS legislation, the Ryan White CARE Act, shortly after White's death. The Act has been reauthorized twice; Ryan White Programs are the largest provider of services for people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.
Dawn Brancheau
Dawn Therese Brancheau (née LoVerde, April 16, 1969 – February 24, 2010) was an American senior animal trainer at SeaWorld. She worked with orcas at SeaWorld Orlando for fifteen years, including a leading role in revamping the "Shamu" show, and was SeaWorld's poster girl.
Brancheau was killed by an orca, Tilikum, becoming the only SeaWorld trainer killed by an animal. However, her death was the third fatality associated with Tilikum, and many other trainers have been seriously injured by orcas.
Paul F. Tompkins
Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, and comedian.
He was born in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania. He is known for his work in television on such programs as "Mr. Show with Bob and David", "Real Time with Bill Maher" and "Best Week Ever", later renamed "Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins".
Tompkins was born Paul Francis Tompkins in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania on September 12, 1968. He has two brothers (one older, one younger) and three sisters (all older).
In 1986, Tompkins first performed comedy at 17 years of age at the Comedy Works in Philadelphia (a club now located in Bristol, Pennsylvania), where he performed as half of a sketch comedy duo with the late Rick Roman.
Tompkins attended Temple University; however, he dropped out and left for Los Angeles, California in 1994.
The War
The War is the fourth studio album of the South Korean boy band EXO. It was digitally published on July 18, 2017 and physically on July 19 by S.M. Entertainment under the distribution of Genie Music. The album includes a total of nine songs including the lead single "Ko Ko Bop". "The War" got the highest number of pre-orders at that time for a K-pop album, with more than 800,000 physical copies. Twenty-four days later to be released, "The War" became EXO's fourth consecutive studio album to have sold more than a million copies. On September 5, 2017, the group released the reissue of the album under the name of The War: The Power of Music.
At a press conference on May 28, 2017 regarding The EXO'rDIUM tour, Baekhyun revealed that the single from the next album was already finished, adding that both the group and the agency were satisfied with the result. During an interview for "Billboard" the same month, the leader, Suho, revealed that EXO would most likely make his return to the stage "in hot days"; in the next month, an agent of S.M. Entertainment confirmed that the comeback would be in summer. On June 23, S.M. announced that Lay would not participate in this comeback, due to his activities in China, which overlapped with those of the group.
The first teaser video for "Ko Ko Bop" was revealed during a concert of the SM Town Live World Tour VI. As of June 9, S.M. began to publish individual teasers of the members, where they were revealed fragments of the other songs. The album's title was revealed as "The War" on July 10 by the group's agency and was digitally released on July 18 and physically on the 19th. Pre-sales for the album began on July 10, and purchases caused Synnara's downfall and temporary blocking of site servers. The next day, Synnara revealed that there will be three versions —regular A, regular B, and private— for both the Korean version and Mandarin. The private version has exclusive content like photos taken by the members themselves, comments about the songs, and notes from the producers and the group about the album.
During a broadcast on July 20, Baekhyun confirmed that the group would release a reissue of the album. He added: "Ko Ko Bop is exactly what it is, an eve or a pre-sequel. The title of our new album is The War. You can see us taking advantage of the night before we start the fight, to go to the real war. At that moment, that is the tip of the iceberg. When we hear about the concept, we think: that is the S.M. for you. His planning exploded my mind."
On August 21, 2017, S.M. Entertainment, confirmed that EXO planned to make their comeback with a repackage album for "The War" in early September. S.M. Entertainment began to release teasers of the reissue of the album with the message "The Power of Music". The first teaser titled #Total_Eclipse was released on August 21, 2017 at the same time as the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. The second teaser was released on August 28 entitled "Parallel_Universe."