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Some fans will not be happy.

Time Warner Cable Inc is set to provide the online offerings of pay-TV provider HBO in the next month, potentially putting more pressure on rival online services such as Netflix.

HBO's popular fantasy drama Game of Thrones and new Showtime thriller Homeland burst into the race for the top TV shows of the year on Wednesday, with nominations for their writers and producers.

According to Jeffries, Verizon Communications Inc.'s (NYSE: VZ) standalone video streaming service, which is expected to launch in 2012, could be another potential competitor for Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX).

Verizon Communications Inc plans to launch a standalone service allowing customers to stream movies and television shows over the Web, in a fresh challenge to Netflix Inc and the traditional cable TV business, according to several people briefed on the plan.

Actress Julianne Moore -- who seems to just get more beautiful with age -- turned 51 on Saturday. Moore spoke about one of her major beauty rules in an interview with InStyle magazine: Stay out of the sun.

Former Oz and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Christopher Meloni is currently talking with HBO to obtain a role in the upcoming fifth season of the network's hit vampire drama True Blood, according to reports.

Prepare to see plenty of Ricky Gervais on your television in the early part of next year.

The year 2011 saw the various sequels of TV shows as well as new series entertaining the home audience. Following are our top 10 TV shows of 2011.

Bill Maher went on David Letterman Tuesday night and explained that he and Elisabeth Hasselbeck just play like they hate each other on TV.

HBO and Sports Illustrated are uniting to create a multi-part documentary Sport in America: Our Defining Stories, the companies announced Tuesday.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck had a bone to pick with Bill Maher when he stopped by ABC's The View.

HBO has optioned Laurie Sandell's new Bernie Madoff biography Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family to mine as source material for its upcoming project about the infamous swindler, a source familiar with the project confirms to TheWrap.

Summit Entertainment and Central Partnership have entered into a new exclusive six-year output agreement for all rights in the Commonwealth of Independent States region to Summit's slate of theatrical films, the companies announced Friday.

Mayweather sets a date and location for his next fight.

Oliver Stone's film to be based on Robert Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography The Power Broker.

Stephen King's epic fantasy book series The Dark Tower will become a television show on HBO, current home of book adaptation Game of Thrones, according to producer Brian Grazer.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will work together to produce a Whitey Bulger biopic, Damon told GQ magazine in an interview.

Despite its troubles, the adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower book series is still standing -- on the small screen, at least.

Two elite boxers meet in less than three weeks

Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez square off for the third time.