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The Idol is one and done at HBO. The controversial series from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, will not be returning for a second season. It’s not a huge surprise given the critical and commercial reception of the show, which starred Tesfaye and…

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the finale of HBO’s The Idol. HBO’s controversial series The Idol came to an end on Sunday, and it certainly threw a wrench in the story that the show appeared to be telling across the first four episodes. Episode 5, titled “Jocelyn Forever,&#8221…

The buzz surrounding HBO’s controversial new series The Idol might just be working to its benefit. Episode 2 aired on Sunday night, drawing about 800,000 total viewers across Max and linear HBO telecasts. That’s a slight dip from last week’s premiere audience of 913,000. According to HBO, viewing…

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Episode 2 of The Idol on HBO. Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) is supposed to be preparing for her big comeback, but Episode 2 of HBO’s The Idol calls into question whether she’s ready to step back into the spotlight. Episode 2, titled “Double Fantasy,&#8221…

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Sunday’s premiere of HBO’s The Idol. The Idol is finally here. HBO unveiled the first episode of the somewhat controversial series from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson on Sunday. The premiere, titled “Pop Tarts & Rat Tails,” introduces the audience…

UPDATED: “You’re the American dream. Rags to riches. Trailers to mansions. You are f***ing Jocelyn. Just be you.” HBO released the final trailer Tuesday for music drama The Idol, starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp, ahead of its June 4 premiere. Watch it above. PREVIOUS, April 17…

Sam Levinson's The Idol, the new HBO series starring Lily-Rose Depp and Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, received a five-minute-plus standing ovation after its world premiere out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday night. After the screening of the first two episodes of the series that…

HBO has fleshed out its cast for music industry drama series The Idol. Juliebeth Gonzalez has been added as a series regular, and Maya Eshet (Teen Wolf), Tyson Ritter (Preacher), Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards), Liz Sierra and Finley Rose Slater (Playing With Fire) will recur in the series, co-created by Euphoria…

UPDATE: The Weeknd continues taking shots at the Recording Academy with a new social media post on Wednesday. This time the singer, whose hit numbers including “Blinding Lights” have scored the past year, accused the Grammys ruling board for supposedly not inviting him to the 2021 awards ceremony. “Collaboratively…