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Bill Maher hosts Charles Ferguson, John Fund and NY Rep. Anthony Weiner

By April MacIntyre Feb 3, 2011, 15:45 GMT

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"Real Time with Bill Maher" is back this Friday with documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson, columnist John Fund and NY Rep. Anthony Weiner.  Journalist Mona Eltahawy and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson are interview guests.

Feature film "Inside Job" director Charles Ferguson (an Oscar nominee for his film "No End In Sight") spent years at M.I.T. researching interactions between high technology, globalization, and government policy.  Ferguson was involved in the creation of FrontPage, an early Web-authoring tool.

John Fund is an American political journalist and conservative columnist for the website of the Wall Street Journal.

And Rep. Anthony Weiner suggested a drinking game for keeping up with GOP lies, read about it here.

A favorite of subscribers since his first special on the network in 1989, Maher has starred in nine solo specials on HBO, including the hour-long presentations “Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong,” “The Decider” and “I’m Swiss” (both nominated for an Emmy® in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special category), “Victory Begins at Home,” “Be More Cynical,” “The Golden Goose Special” and “Stuff That Struck Me Funny,” and two half-hour stand-up specials, plus the HBO specials “30 Seconds Over Washington” and “Comic Relief VI™.”

Other HBO playdates:  Feb. 6 (12:30 p.m., 1:25 a.m.) 7 (8:00 p.m.), and 9 (11:00 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates:  Feb. 4 (2:20 a.m.), 5 (10:30 a.m., midnight), 6 (7:00 p.m.) and 8 (10:00 p.m.)