Bill Maher was off television for five months, thanks to the WGA strike. So naturally, he had a lot to catch up on in Friday’s edition of Real Time on HBO. Maher kept the focus squarely on politics in his opening monologue and in his panel discussion, with particular emphasis on covering the immigration border
Hasan Minhaj
“We’re doing this totally independent, we don’t even have a distributor,” Independent Spirit Awards host Hasan Minhaj said from the broadcast-less Santa Monica Beach tent Saturday afternoon. “The Independent Film Channel didn’t want the independent film awards!” Minhaj continued. “Take that in. IFC did not renew their contract. Let me reiterate how bad this is.