That Barack Obama is a real piece of work, forcing America to pay money for Tonya Harding and all. [Andrew Sullivan]

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill T. Jones, Vernon Jordan, Toni Morrison, Chris Rock, Al Sharpton and Slash are some of the rich, famous and powerful black Americans who tell their tales in The Black List, by NYT film critic Elvis Mitchell and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Watch it tonight on HBO, part of the cable channel’s summer documentary series. Grab the HBO Documentary Films Series widget and stay up to date on the complete series.

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In Australia, all the party kids go to Bali, where they surf and maybe smoke a little marijuana. Ganja Queen is the terrifying tale of Aussie gal Schapelle Corby, accused of being a a drug smuggler when the Bali cops found pounds of pot in her surf bag. This is the biggest Australian story since Ned Kelly killed all those policemen, with her Indonesian trial broadcast live on Aussie TV. You can see Ganja Queen tonight on HBO, as part of the summer documentary series. Grab the HBO Documentary Films Series widget and stay up to date on the complete series.

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Roman Polanski has a weirder, richer and much more fun life than, say, you do. But he’s also been on the run from American Justice since 1978, when he was about to be convicted for raping a 13-year-old girl, who he was shooting for Vogue, in Jack Nicholson’s house. Also, he made Chinatown. You can see Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired tonight on HBO, as part of the channel’s summer documentary series. Grab the HBO Documentary Films Series widget and stay up to date on the complete series.

For those of you who are rich and elitist and can afford HBO, you may have seen the much-hyped film Recount over Memorial Day weekend, which chronicled Al Gore’s efforts to hijack the country during the 2000 election in disenfranchised Florida. The movie was terrible and hilarious, although Laura Dern’s portrayal of then-Florida Secretary of State Katherine “Kitty” Harris deserves at least 19 Oscars and maybe even a Golden Globe. Anyway, Kitty went on Fox News last night to complain about the writers of the film “making up dialogue,” a serious cinematic violation of ethics. Kitty’s attorney appeared by her side on the show to make sure she didn’t screw up, such is her wont. [YouTube, St. Petersburg Times]

You know what was “great” about the wingnuts freaking out about the Dunkin’ Donuts ad freakout? Dunkin’ Donuts is actually a product these people use, daily, by eating bags of donuts. And then they start calling the AM talk radio shows, and next thing you know the angry white appliance repairman is wondering if he should really be eating at Dunkin’ Donuts five times a day … so maybe he takes his business to the local donut shop run by the nice Palestinian family. Much more common is the wingnut pretend-boycott of something they wouldn’t ever use, even if they knew about it. Such is the fury over HBO’s little-watched yet much-discussed Recount, a movie about the horrible 2000 election and Florida debacle. MORE »

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What better way for a champion to end his career in the ring than by, uh, permanently disfiguring his own body with a giant Ron Paul tattoo? That was the grand scheme hatched by the Paultards, who came up with this great idea to forever scar middleweight/heavyweight legend Roy Jones Jr. with Paul’s name in time for the big fight with Felix Trinidad on Saturday. But Jones just killed the $50,000 offer, the Las Vegas Sun reports, because it was just so fucking stupid. [Las Vegas Sun]

Laura Dern is playing Katherine “Kitty” Harris in HBO’s upcoming film Recount, an adaptation of a lost Care Bears book in which Al Gore doesn’t become president. And on Monday, they were filming in Tallahassee — only backwards. MORE »

HBO bought the kids some Sparks, sent a copy of their new funny indie show to the Rock n Roll hotel, and had a little party last Saturday night. Because we were… out of town, we sent the former Intern Nick (last Friday was his last day! Wish him well!) and the intrepid Liz Gorman to cover the shenanigans. Oh, and Andy Rourke was there for some reason.

Liz’s pictures are all right here, and Nick’s inspiring report is after the jump. (And for those playing along at home, find our nightlife reporters in their natural habitat hidden somewhere in this gallery).

“Flight of the Conchords” Screening Party Gallery

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HBO’s got a new documentary all about how you might as well stay home Tuesday because the vote totals were probably programmed in the e-voting machines months ago. The movie premieres Thursday night. MORE »