Porn is a complex cultural force, a tool of exploitation, degradation and perhaps self-discovery that, in our age of constant connectivity, is rarely more than a few clicks away.
The chapters of “Watchmen” are marked by illustrations of a clock ticking toward an apocalypse. But on a recent morning, Damon Lindelof, who just adapted the influential comic for HBO, was focused on a different countdown.
“Game of Thrones” has several outstanding battles under its belt and director Miguel Sapochnik delivered some of the best, with “Hardhome” and “Battle of the Bastards.” But even with that impressive track record, I was a little afraid that Sunday night’s enormous (and enormously hyped) Battle of Winterfell might finally be the clash that was too epic for its own good, in terms of stakes (life vs. death), personnel (everyone we like) and length (the episode clocked in at 1:22).
“Game of Thrones” stars past and present filled Radio City Music Hall this month for the world premiere of the first episode of that fantasy saga’s eighth and final season, which debuts Sunday on HBO. But in their speech before the screening, creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss gave some of their deepest thanks to someone who wasn’t there and who most of the crowd probably wouldn’t recognize.
CUSHENDUN, Northern Ireland — The many marvels dotting the dramatic Antrim Coast of Northern Ireland include a cluster of eerily beautiful caves in this tidy village, around 45 miles north of Belfast. Formed by 400 million years of shifting red stone and the surging slate-blue Irish Sea, the caves inspire awed reflection upon the raw power of nature and the irresistible imprint of time, among other musings on the mystic.
Sure there’s a big zombie battle coming soon to settle, you know, the fate of humankind. But there’s also the matter of the <em xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">actual</em> game of thrones. And there are plenty of places ready and willing to make it a little more interesting, as they say. These are the top 12 contenders to rule the realm at the end of “Game of Thrones,” in order of probability, according to the gambling site OddsShark.
In the Season 7 finale of “Game of Thrones,” Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen hooked up, Viserion demolished the Wall, Arya killed Littlefinger and Jaime finally left Cersei. By the end the show had boiled the roughly 9,000 subplots it introduced over seven seasons down to two: Jon and Dany’s coalition of the willing vs. Cersei and Euron the mad pirate. And the White Walkers vs. everyone.
This month marks the beginning of the end for “Game of Thrones,” the globally popular HBO hit that will kick off its final season April 14. But beginning next year, “Thrones” fans will be able to get their Westeros fix in person.
LOS ANGELES — Cocaine has disrupted countless Hollywood productions, and that was the case not long ago on the set of Showtime’s new comedy “Black Monday.” But this time, it was its absence, not its presence, that was the problem.
Turner relocated here from London last year, realizing a lifelong dream to live in New York — sure, that life only includes 23 years so far, but a dream’s a dream — when she moved in with the pop star Joe Jonas.
In the earliest days of “Game of Thrones,” Sansa Stark was a bratty youngster with romantic dreams about princes and princesses and of someday wearing a crown of her own.
“Game of Thrones” stars past and present filled Radio City Music Hall this month for the world premiere of the first episode of the fantasy saga’s eighth and final season, which debuted Sunday on HBO. But in their speech before the screening, creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss gave some of their deepest thanks to someone who most of the crowd probably wouldn’t recognize.
“Game of Thrones” stars past and present filled Radio City Music Hall this month for the world premiere of the first episode of the fantasy saga’s eighth and final season, which debuted Sunday on HBO. But in their speech before the screening, creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss gave some of their deepest thanks to someone who most of the crowd probably wouldn’t recognize.
This month marks the beginning of the end for “Game of Thrones,” the globally popular HBO hit that will kick off its final season April 14. But beginning next year, “Thrones” fans will be able to get their Westeros fix in person.
This month marks the beginning of the end for “Game of Thrones,” the globally popular HBO hit that will kick off its final season April 14. But beginning next year, “Thrones” fans will be able to get their Westeros fix in person.
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