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  • Game of Thrones, `Avengers: Endgame’ lead 2019 MTV movie nominations

    American Fantasy series “Game of Thrones,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “Ruth Bader Ginsburg” are tied for the most nominations at the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards with four each.

    The final season of “Game of Thrones” is nominated for Best Show for the third year in a row, along with Best Hero for Maisie Williams as Arya Stark.

    Also, Arya Stark was nominated for Best Fight vs. the White Walkers and Best Performance in a Show for Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen.

    “Avengers: Endgame” followed suit, with nominations for Best Movie and Best Fight  with Robert Downey Jr. getting a Best Hero nod, and Josh Brolin getting nominated for Best Villain.

    Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the first public figure to be nominated in the Best Fight category.

    “RBG” is also nominated for best documentary and a new category called Real-Life Hero.

    Similarly, “taboola-mobile-mid-article-thumbnails smallscreen,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “Us” join “Avengers: Endgame” made the Best Film category.

    Also, “Riverdale,” “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “Big Mouth”  were also nominated in the Best Show Category.

    The awards holds on June 17 in California with host Actor, Zachary Levi who is also nominated for Best Hero and Best Comedic Performance for his role as the title character in “Shazam!”

  • `Game of Throne` shares similarities with Bible, says Daddy Freeze

    Media Personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly called Daddy Freeze, has reacted to a pastor’s comment asking Christians to stop watching ‘Game of Thrones’, a popular TV series, that has taken over the air space.

    Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO; it is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R.

    A certain Pastor Victor Eghan on Facebook had on Saturday said viewers of the HBO hit TV series, Game of Thrones, would go to hell.

    Freeze, in his reaction on his instagram page, said it was hypocritical of the pastor to have made such statement.

    “Dear Pastor, it is absolutely un-scholarly and downright hypocritical to tell people to stop watching `Game of Thrones` without telling them to also stop reading the Bible, because there is hardly any difference between the story lines of both.

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    “Game of Thrones had 865 deaths, the Bible had more than two million; David killed 200 men and cut their foreskins just to marry Saul’s daughter.

    “Game of Thrones had 17 rape cases; the Bible also had many: David’s daughter Tamar was raped by her own brother Amnon.

    “Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, was also raped and her brothers committed murder in their revenge.

    “While many scholars suggest that David himself raped Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother; Solomon also murdered his own brother Adonijah because of a girl called Abishag.

    “Game of Thrones had 144 scenes of naked people.

    “The Bible also has a major scene; David dancing almost naked in front of the whole city, while Christ himself was stripped naked publicly and beaten before being crucified.’’

    He continued by saying: “You say there are prostitutes in game of thrones. Aren’t Christ, David and Solomon all descendants of a prostitute named Rahab?

    “Therefore, this submission is ignorant and does very little to showcase anything apart from your ignorance of the scriptures,’’ Daddy Freeze said. (NAN)

  • ‘Game of Thrones’ actress, Sophie Turner, to change surname

    Game of Thrones actress, Sophie Turner, is set to take her husband’s name and will be addressed as Sophie Jonas.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Turner got married to Joe Jonas on May 1 at Nevada, Las Vegas.

    According to Pop Sugar Magazine, their marriage certificate states that Turner wishes to use the name, Sophie Belinda Jonas, but she will continue to use her initial surname ‘Turner’ for now.

    “With this, Turner will join her sisters-in-law, Priyanka Chopra and Danielle Jonas, when she swaps surnames.

    Priyanka took Jonas as her surname after marrying Nick in 2018 and Danielle followed suit in 2009 after marrying Kevin.

    Although, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas got married on May 1, they are still planning to have an official ceremony in France during summer.

    NAN

  • 17 million watch ‘Game of Thrones’ kickoff for final season

    Some 17.4 million Americans watched the first episode of the final season of television’s “Game of Thrones,” a record audience for the medieval fantasy series, cable channel HBO said on Monday.

    HBO said Sunday’s live U.S. television audience and viewers on its HBO GO and HBO NOW apps exceeded the previous series high of 16.9 million viewers for the Season 7 finale two years ago.

    On social media, Sunday’s premiere was also the most-tweeted-about episode of the show ever, with more than 5 million Tweets, and 11 million mentions throughout the course of the weekend, HBO said in a statement.

    All of the top 10 global Twitter trends late Sunday evening were about the episode.

    The series set among warring families in the fictional kingdom of Westeros, which began in 2007, has become HBO’s biggest hit.

    Kit Harington arrives for the premiere of the final season of “Game of Thrones” at Radio City Music Hall in New York, U.S., April 3, 2019.

    Season 7 averaged 32.8 million U.S. viewers per episode when delayed viewing was counted and HBO said it expected the Season 8 average to “grow considerably”.

    “Game of Thrones” is available in over 150 countries worldwide, but HBO said viewing data is not easily retrieved in many of those markets, making a global figure impossible to calculate.

    Details of the final season have been kept a closely guarded secret, boosting anticipation.

    The most-tweeted moment from Sunday’s show came when popular “Thrones” character Jon Snow (played by Kit Harington) learned the truth about his parents, and the fact that his love interest, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), is in fact his aunt.

    Despite its avid fan base, “Game of Thrones” is far from the biggest television event in the United States.

    The annual NFL Super Bowl attracts about 100 million viewers and the 2019 Oscars ceremony in February was watched on television by 29.6 million Americans.

    The final episode of “Game of Thrones” will air on May 19.

     

  • Game of Thrones: Jon Snow, death take center stage in trailer

    Final Season is coming – and it’s all about Jon Snow, and (just for a change) it portends death.

    Or at least that’s the impression U.S. satellite network HBO chooses to give in the teaser for Game of Thrones that it unveiled on primetime TV on Sunday night.

    The 1 minute 28 second clip trails the fantasy epic’s eighth and last series, which hits screens on April 14.

    The scene takes place in the crypts below Winterfell, where we hear the voices of the late Ned and Catelyn Stark speak of Jon as he passes their statues.

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    Jon is joined by Sansa and Arya Stark, and as three of the surviving children of the show’s central clan walk further through the family crypt they arrive at a set of three statues that show … themselves.

    Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D.B Weiss.

    The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its seventh season ended on August 27, 2017.

  • ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ win on night of Emmy upsets

    “Game of Thrones” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” won the top prizes at the Emmy awards on Monday on a night of upsets for the highest honors in television and a triumph for streaming services.

    Dystopian female show “The Handmaid’s Tale” and FX’s surreal hip-hop comedy “Atlanta” were the biggest losers, taking none of the most prestigious awards and making a disappointing night for stars Elisabeth Moss and Donald Glover.

    HBO’s medieval fantasy “Game of Thrones” won a total of nine Emmys, including technical awards for special effects and stunts, and was named best drama series for a third time, beating last year’s champion “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

    Netflix, which had a leading 112 nominations going into the Emmys, ended up tying HBO for the most wins, with 23 apiece.

    Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” about a 1950s housewife, who turns to standup comedy, took home the Emmy for best comedy series. “Mrs. Maisel” also won a total of seven other awards, including best actress for Rachel Brosnahan.

    Claire Foy beat Moss to win for her quiet but formidable portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Netflix drama “The Crown.”This wasn’t supposed to happen,” said a surprised Foy.

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    Matthew Rhys took his first best drama actor Emmy for playing a conflicted Russian spy in the final season of the FX Cold War series “The Americans.”

    “Saturday Night Live” won, as expected, for variety sketch series, taking its lifetime Emmy total to a record-setting 72 wins since 1975.

    Emmy hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost from “Saturday Night Live” sprinkled the evening with skits and jokes about diversity on television, sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry, and the power of streaming services like Amazon and Netflix.

    “It is an honor to be here sharing this night with the many, many talented and creative people in Hollywood who haven’t been caught yet,” Che said, alluding to the dozens of men who have been fired or forced to resign in the past year because of sexual harassment allegations.

    “We solved it!” sang a line-up of celebrities, giving themselves a tongue-in-cheek pat on the back for the strides television has made for women, people of color, and gay men and women behind and in front of the camera.

    But despite one of the most ethnically diverse array of nominees, only Regina King (“Seven Seconds”) Thandie Newton (“Westworld”) and RuPaul (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”) made it to the winner’s podium.

    “I don’t even believe in God, but I am going to thank her tonight,” Newton said.

    Other big winners included “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” for best limited series and actor Darren Criss, who played the gay serial killer who murdered the Italian designer in Miami in 1997.

    Creator Ryan Murphy dedicated the Emmy to the LGBT community.

    One of the biggest shocks came when presumed front-runner Glover lost the comedy acting category to Bill Hader’s hitman-turned-struggling actor in HBO’s (T.N) showbusiness satire “Barry.”

    “Barry” also brought honors for veteran Henry Winkler, winning a standing ovation and his first-ever Emmy for his supporting role as a self-important acting teacher.

    Yet the warmest applause came when Glenn Weiss used his acceptance speech for directing the televised 2018 Academy Awards show to propose to his girlfriend in the audience, Jan Svendsen. She said yes.

  • ‘Game of Thrones 7’ underway

    FANS of American fantasy drama and television series, Game of Thrones are up for a good time, as the 7thinstalment of the highly acclaimed series will air on Monday, July 17 on M-Net 101, at 2am with the Prime Time airing at 8:30pm.

    Last week, HBO released a titillating teaser of the new season, from which one thing was certainly very clear: the Great War is here.

    Based on the popular book series, ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, by George R.R. Martin, this hit Emmy and Golden Globe-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. Production of the 7th season will be based in Northern Ireland, while additional portions will be filmed in Spain and Iceland. Season seven directors will include Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Matt Shakman and Alan Taylor. Locations for shooting in Spain will include Sevilla, Caceres, Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo.

    ‘Game of Thrones’ received 23 Primetime Emmy nominations, the most of any nominee for the third year in a row. This year’s nominations include Outstanding Drama Series, 2 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington), 3 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Max von Sydow), 2 for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Miguel Sapochnik, Jack Bender) and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss).

    Members of the ensemble cast for the sixth season included Emmy and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Jonathan Pryce. Season six credits: executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin. FANS of American fantasy drama and television series, Game of Thrones are up for a good time, as the 7thinstalment of the highly acclaimed series will air on Monday, July 17 on M-Net 101, at 2am with the Prime Time airing at 8:30pm.

    Last week, HBO released a titillating teaser of the new season, from which one thing was certainly very clear: the Great War is here.

    Based on the popular book series, ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, by George R.R. Martin, this hit Emmy and Golden Globe-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. Production of the 7th season will be based in Northern Ireland, while additional portions will be filmed in Spain and Iceland. Season seven directors will include Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Matt Shakman and Alan Taylor. Locations for shooting in Spain will include Sevilla, Caceres, Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo.

    ‘Game of Thrones’ received 23 Primetime Emmy nominations, the most of any nominee for the third year in a row. This year’s nominations include Outstanding Drama Series, 2 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington), 3 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Max von Sydow), 2 for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Miguel Sapochnik, Jack Bender) and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss).

    Members of the ensemble cast for the sixth season included Emmy and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Jonathan Pryce. Season six credits: executive producers, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin.