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Learning that a major character died in a Game of Thrones season finale shouldn’t surprise you. But exactly who died in last Sunday’s episode very well might. Is this character really as dead as them seem, though? Here are all the reasons viewers and book readers alike have devised that [REDACTED] may yet be around….
The latest season finale of Game of Thrones – ironically titled “Mother’s Mercy” (spoiler alert: there is f**k all mercy) – has left me reeling. Because in all seriousness, what’s the point now? Of course the story remains as gripping and thrilling as ever but, you know what? I simply cannot invest any more emotion…
Rachel Dolezal may have resigned from the NAACP but she is not stepping down from her role as a self-identified black woman. In an interview with the Today show’s Matt Lauer this morning, Dolezal confirmed that she still believes herself to be black. She later denied to MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry that she is a “con…
Over the weekend, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry appeared to be giving Rachel Dolezal the benefit of the doubt when she asked her panel, “Is it possible that she might actually be black?” and brought up the “transracial” issue as a possible explanation. But on Tuesday, when Harris-Perry got a chance to interview the former NAACP chapter…
REMOVE THIS COMMENT when Cheetahmail is ready. Roger Ailes in 2012. Photo: Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic For much of the past 15 years, Roger Ailes has operated with virtual impunity inside Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Nothing, it seemed, could induce Murdoch to rebuke Ailes publicly, even if Ailes forced Murdoch to choose between him and his sons….
A year after Bryan Fuller began developing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s modern mythological novel American Gods for Starz, the network has greenlit the series. Fans are already miscasting the main character, a mixed-race loner named Shadow who discovers he’s descended from a very cynical ancient god. The series will see Fuller sharing showrunner and writing credit…
This is dangerous ground for a critic who has seen every episode of HBO’s sword and dragon-fueled fantasy drama Game of Thrones but hasn’t read one page of the books by George R.R. Martin which inspired the series. But as the show winds up its fifth season Sunday, I’m beginning to wonder if some of…
Get a closer look at Wonder Woman’s costume in Batman v Superman. AKA Jessica Jones gets a title change. Once Upon A Time is looking to cast some Arthurian legends. Plus, a teeny bit of new Ant-Man footage, Julie Benz teases Defiance, and Doug Jones want to return to The Flash. Spoilers Now! Jurassic World…
“Game of Thrones” is not a show that makes things easy for viewers. Beloved characters are killed off without warning. Gruesome body horror, amputation, mutilation, dismemberment and decapitation abounds. For some reason, creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff can’t stop writing scenes where consensual sex scenes are rewritten as violent sexual assaults. Television, it’s a…