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Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary

Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!, a two-part HBO documentary debuting this week, is a career-spanning portrait of one of American comedy’s most influential figures.

JANUARY 22, 2026|BySTEPHEN SILVER/JTA

MEL BROOKS and Judd Apatow attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO Documentary Films' Mel Brooks: 99 Year Old Man! at Ted Mann Theater at the Academy Museum on January 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

HBO Max service launched in Israel: These are the prices

The streaming service is now live in Israel, bringing Warner Bros.’ content library, HBO flagship series, blockbuster films, DC brands, and classic cinema and TV from across the years.

JANUARY 15, 2026|ByYINON BEN SHUSHAN

HBO Max arrives in Israel while Anderson’s film sparks controversy

TV TIME: HBO Max launches in Israel with a full slate of hit series and films, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s 'One Battle After Another' draws sharp criticism for its politics and plot.

JANUARY 9, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Official: HBO Max service to arrive in Israel on January 13

The HBO Max streaming service is arriving in Israel, offering direct access to HBO series, Warner Bros. blockbusters, and DC films in a standalone app.

JANUARY 9, 2026|ByYINON BEN SHUSHAN

Warner Bros to debut all 2021 films on HBO Max on the same day

The change, led by WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, was the most aggressive move to date to bring movies into homes sooner, and it sent a shock across Hollywood.

DECEMBER 4, 2020ByREUTERS

Meet the WestEnd girls behind ‘Valley of Tears’

The two women launched their London-based production, financing and international sales company for feature films and television 12 years ago.

DECEMBER 3, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN

SHARON HAREL-COHEN (left) and Maya Amsellem.

'Wonder Woman 1984' heading to HBO Max and theaters on Christmas Day

"We never thought we'd have to hold onto the release for such a long time," Gadot tweeted, "but COVID rocked all of our worlds."

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByREUTERS

‘Wonder Woman’ may go to HBO Max shortly after theater opening

AT&T’s WarnerMedia is in the final stages of deliberations over the fate of the film, which is currently scheduled to open in theaters on Christmas Day.

NOVEMBER 16, 2020ByLUCAS SHAW, KELLY GILBLOM

HBO series ‘Valley of Tears’ reopens wounds of the Yom Kippur War

Meticulous realism was central to the production, which is being touted as the most expensive in Israeli history, and is currently breaking Israeli viewing records.

NOVEMBER 14, 2020ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

A frantic intelligence officer played by Shahar Taboch is seen in the promo for 'Valley of Tears.'

HBO adapts Tony Award-winning play about peace accords, into new film

The film, which will air next year, stars Andrew Scott (of “Fleabag” and “Black Mirror”) and Ruth Wilson (“The Affair,” “Mrs. Wilson”)

NOVEMBER 13, 2020ByCURT SCHLEIER/JTA

US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton watches prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing the Oslo I Accord, at the White House in Washington on September 13, 1993.

Bette Midler, Sarah Paulson and Issa Rae star in HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’

Dispatches from the hell of early 2020

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByMICHAEL PHILLIPS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS

Issa Rae has a Zoom conversation with a fellow boarding school graduate.

Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’

Midler plays Miriam Nessler who is unapologetically Jewish, and also gets arrested for taking a red Make America Great Again hat off of a pedestrian on the street and running away with it.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020ByCURT SCHLEIER/JTA