
HBO is moving forward with plans to produce a dramatic movie based on the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, with the former Soviet Union president collaborating as a consultant.

Swine flu vaccines have little support among TV and radio hosts such as Bill Maher. He declared on his HBO show "Real Time With Bill Maher" that he "would never get a swine flu vaccine or any vaccine."

Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey (right) and Mark O'Donnell, his partner, attend the premiere of the HBO documentary "Fall to Grace" in New York on Thursday, March 21, 2013. The film chronicles the life of Mr. McGreevey, who resigned from office after declaring himself a gay American. The documentary premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. on HBO. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca)

Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey (right) and Mark O'Donnell, his partner, attend the premiere of the HBO documentary "Fall to Grace" in New York on Thursday, March 21, 2013. The film chronicles the life of Mr. McGreevey, who resigned from office after declaring himself a gay American. The documentary premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. on HBO. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Mr. Rodman arrived in Pyongyang on Monday with three members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team to shoot an episode on North Korea for a new weekly HBO series. (AP Photo/VICE Media, Jason Mojica)

Former President George H.W. Bush, who was the subject of a recent HBO documentary, remains hospitalized in Houston. Wife Barbara and other family members will spend Christmas with him there. (Associated Press)

Alexandra Pelosi (left), director of the HBO documentary film "Fall to Grace," poses with her mother, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, before a screening of the movie at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Park City, Utah. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Alexandra Pelosi (left), director of the HBO documentary film "Fall to Grace," poses with her mother, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, before a screening of the movie at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Park City, Utah. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

** FILE ** Nick Nolte stars with Dustin Hoffman in "Luck." HBO is defending its treatment of horses used in the racetrack drama after two of the animals died during production. (HBO via Associated Press)