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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 18th season FRIDAY, JAN. 31 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 12:30 a.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists and interviews with guests. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is the top-of-show interview guest. Professor and author Michael Eric Dyson is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are former Democratic mayor of New Orleans and Lt. Governor of Louisiana Mitch Landrieu, former U.S. Navy pilot and current New Jersey congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, and Republican strategist and New York Times bestselling author Rick Wilson.

Journalist Megyn Kelly appeared on an episode of Real Time With Bill Maher earlier this week. Kelly joined Bill to discuss the media and political correctness in the age of Trump. She also chatted about the film Bombshell, which told the story of sexual harassment at Fox News, and featured herself (played by Charlize Theron).

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER begins its 18th season FRIDAY, JAN. 17 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 12:30 a.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists and interviews with guests. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is the top-of-show interview guest. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are author and former Rep. Joe Walsh, journalist and co-founder of Recode Kara Swisher and author Jon Meacham.

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 17th season FRIDAY, NOV. 15 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 12:30 a.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists and interviews with guests. Senator and author Sherrod Brown is the top-of-show interview guest. Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are Fox News contributor and former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile, president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer and New York Times columnist Frank Bruni. 

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 17th season FRIDAY, NOV. 1 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 12:30 a.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists and interviews with guests. Pediatrician Dr. Jay Gordon is the top-of-show interview guest. Author Ronan Farrow is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are former Los Angeles Times Assistant Managing Editor and professor Christina Bellantoni, radio show host Dennis Prager and former Under Secretary of State and author Richard Stengel. 

During Bill Maher's New Rule segment on Real Time With Bill Maher this week, he suggested that Donald Trump take a check to leave office.

As the first familiar notes of 'The Candy Man' wafts across the audience in Carol Morsani Hall, I feel a strong sense of nostalgia. I grew up watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on television and am curious how a show with so many special effects could translate to the stage.

In a limited run on October 8-13, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the beloved childhood tale of five lucky children with magic tickets, hits The Straz Center to delight kids of all ages. The story is a lesson in have and have-nots, centering around Charlie Bucket, a poor, kind-hearted boy whose family is on the brink of starvation. Charlie, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, Veruca Salt, and Augustus Gloop, have found a golden ticket inside a Wonka bar and have gained the privilege of visiting the chocolate factory. Unlike Charlie, the four are sorely lacking in traits of kindness and appreciation.

'It's a very fun time'

While Wonka's chocolates and candies can still be found in stores across the globe, the latest iteration of his now-classic story of succession tastes stale and a?' at times a?' lacks any taste at all.

In his editorial New Rule last night, Bill encourages President Trump to become an eco-warrior and take up the fight against climate change.

If you're like me, Dear Readers, you grew up with that indelible classic film, a?oeWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factorya?? starring the amazing Gene Wilder (and hopefully not that abomination with Johnny Depp). Or maybe you found yourself getting lost in the pages of the Roald Dahl novel, a?oeCharlie and the Chocolate Factorya??. Whichever it is you probably found yourself longing for an Everlasting Gobstopper, or wanting to meet an Oompa Loompa, or terrified of that nightmare infused boat ride in the original film. Whichever version you preferred, rest assured there's something for everyone in the current musical incarnation, bearing the same name as the novel, currently on tour and at the Paramount Theatre. There are a few sound issues, and they've taken a few liberties with the characters to punch it up to modern day, but the whimsy and yearning for a?oePure Imaginationa?? is still quite present.

You might think you've seen the tale of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory enough, but the musical stage adaptation now playing at the Denver Center's Buell Theatre has got plenty of fresh treats to offer.

Join the 'world of pure imagination' as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory plays at the Orpheum Theatre Nov. 5-10, 2019.