Stejskal: Following the Making of HBO Docu-drama, I’m Reminded of What I Think Bo Schembechler Would Have Done To Address Penn State Scandal

HBO has produced a docu-drama about Joe Paterno & the Jerry Sandusky/Penn State scandal starring Al Pacino as Paterno. This column first ran in 2012 and is a summary of what the investigation of the scandal revealed and poses the question, how Bo Schembechler would have dealt with the Sandusky and the scandal. By Greg…

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HBO “Girls” Star Lena Dunham Detained by TSA Over ‘Cute Little Cat’ Keychain

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com “Girls” star and creator Lena Dunham was detained by the TSA recently for possessing what she considered a “cute little cat” at Los Angeles International Airport, Today reports. Dunham was carrying a “self-defense key chain.” “It’s shaped like a cat — it goes over your knuckles,” she told Seth Meyers on “Late…

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De Niro to Play Swindler Bernie Madoff in HBO Film

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He shined in “Goodfellas” and “Raging Bull”, just to name a few. Now the big-screen legend Robert De Niro is about to play the 21st Century’s legendary swindler Bernie Madoff in an HBO movie, according to Deadline Hollywood. Deadline Hollywood reports that the project has hired Reservation Road scribe John Burnham…

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HBO Star from “The Wire” Arrested in Baltimore in Major Drug Bust by DEA and Locals

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — One of the reasons David Simons’ critically acclaimed HBO show “The Wire” was so realistic was because it had folks like Felicia “Snoop” Pearson —  who murdered someone in real life– playing the role of a tom-boy, drug assassin. On Thursday, Pearson –who according to the Washington Post’s Reliable…

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