On House of the Dragon, fashion is a form of soft power.
*Spoilers for House of the Dragon below*
In the most recent episode of the Game of Thrones spin-off, Queen Alicent (Emily Carey) arrives late to the wedding of her step-daughter and former friend Rhaenyra Targaryen.
And when she finally does show up – in the middle of King Viserys’s speech, no less! – she’s wearing a heavy silk dress in a striking shade of emerald.
Why is this significant? The series doesn’t rely on viewers to understand the complex relationships between the houses of the realm and the colours of the rainbow for themselves.
Instead, two male wedding guests chitchatting at the dinner table decode Alicent’s conspicuous sartotrial choice for us.
“The beacon on the Hightower, do you know what colour it glows when Oldtown calls its banners to war?” one asks. You can bet the answer is green.
*Spoilers for House of the Dragon below*
In the most recent episode of the Game of Thrones spin-off, Queen Alicent (Emily Carey) arrives late to the wedding of her step-daughter and former friend Rhaenyra Targaryen.
And when she finally does show up – in the middle of King Viserys’s speech, no less! – she’s wearing a heavy silk dress in a striking shade of emerald.
Why is this significant? The series doesn’t rely on viewers to understand the complex relationships between the houses of the realm and the colours of the rainbow for themselves.
Instead, two male wedding guests chitchatting at the dinner table decode Alicent’s conspicuous sartotrial choice for us.
“The beacon on the Hightower, do you know what colour it glows when Oldtown calls its banners to war?” one asks. You can bet the answer is green.
- 9/19/2022
- by Amanda Whiting
- The Independent - TV
House of the Dragon actor Emily Carey has addressed the complicated relationship between her character, Queen Alicent, and that of Rhaenyra Targaryen, played by Milly Alcock.
On the hit Game of Thrones spin-off, the two girls are close friends whose relationship is fractured when Alicent marries Rhaenyra’s widowed father, King Viserys, while still a teen.
In an interview with Variety, Carey, 19, discussed her portrayal of Alicent, and the possibility that Alicent’s attachment to Rhaenyra has a romantic charge. She has previously said the two are “a little bit in love”.
In the newly released interview, Carey said that possibility first came up when she and Alcock, 22, were still in rehearsals. “I was sat on the bench. It’s not necessarily something we had talked about yet. We were doing that scene, and Milly and I looked at each other like, ‘It kind of felt like we were about to kiss?...
On the hit Game of Thrones spin-off, the two girls are close friends whose relationship is fractured when Alicent marries Rhaenyra’s widowed father, King Viserys, while still a teen.
In an interview with Variety, Carey, 19, discussed her portrayal of Alicent, and the possibility that Alicent’s attachment to Rhaenyra has a romantic charge. She has previously said the two are “a little bit in love”.
In the newly released interview, Carey said that possibility first came up when she and Alcock, 22, were still in rehearsals. “I was sat on the bench. It’s not necessarily something we had talked about yet. We were doing that scene, and Milly and I looked at each other like, ‘It kind of felt like we were about to kiss?...
- 9/19/2022
- by Amanda Whiting
- The Independent - TV
House of the Dragon fans have compared the shocking and bloody events of the most recent episode to the notorious Red Wedding episode in Game of Thrones.
The fifth episode of the HBO prequel series aired on Sunday (18 September), surprising many viewers with its dramatic conclusion.
The instalment is the last to star Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Rhaenyra and Alicent. In the next episode, their roles will be taken over by Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke who will play older versions of the characters after a time jump.
Spoilers for House of the Dragon episode five below…
Episode five culminated in the wedding of Rhaenyra to Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate).
At the festivities, Laenor’s lover, Ser Joffrey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod), discovers that Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) is Rhaenyra’s love interest, and suggests that they both keep things quiet for their own good.
However, the suggestion...
The fifth episode of the HBO prequel series aired on Sunday (18 September), surprising many viewers with its dramatic conclusion.
The instalment is the last to star Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Rhaenyra and Alicent. In the next episode, their roles will be taken over by Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke who will play older versions of the characters after a time jump.
Spoilers for House of the Dragon episode five below…
Episode five culminated in the wedding of Rhaenyra to Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate).
At the festivities, Laenor’s lover, Ser Joffrey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod), discovers that Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) is Rhaenyra’s love interest, and suggests that they both keep things quiet for their own good.
However, the suggestion...
- 9/19/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
Ever since the shocking “Red Wedding” scene and the subsequent “Purple Wedding” one on the original “Game of Thrones” series, fans have come to expect that any nuptials on the franchise could lead to blood, violence or a major death. And in the case of “House of the Dragon”, they weren’t wrong to suspect that a royal wedding between House Targaryen and House Velaryon would end in horror.
“It was really, really tense, really, really deep,” says Theo Nate, who plays Corlys Velaryon’s son, Laenor.
As teased ahead of Sunday’s premiere, Rhaenyra’s (Milly Alcock) position as the heir to the Iron Throne was once again threatened. And as predicted by the Queen Who Never Was (Eve Best), knives came out as another shocking wedding ceremony unfolded. [Warning: Spoilers for “House of the Dragon”, season 1, episode five, “We Light the Way.”]
Photo: HBO
So, what exactly went down in King’s Landing?...
“It was really, really tense, really, really deep,” says Theo Nate, who plays Corlys Velaryon’s son, Laenor.
As teased ahead of Sunday’s premiere, Rhaenyra’s (Milly Alcock) position as the heir to the Iron Throne was once again threatened. And as predicted by the Queen Who Never Was (Eve Best), knives came out as another shocking wedding ceremony unfolded. [Warning: Spoilers for “House of the Dragon”, season 1, episode five, “We Light the Way.”]
Photo: HBO
So, what exactly went down in King’s Landing?...
- 9/19/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
HBO’s “House of the Dragon” premiere brought the fire in terms of TV ratings.
The “Game of Thrones” prequel series launched to 9.986 million (you can call it 10 million) multiplatform viewers on Sunday, a significant increase from the O.G. show’s own start. Of course, “GoT” debuted more than a decade ago to very little built-in fanfare — and in a much different television-viewership environment — as only the fans of George R.R. Martin’s books really even knew the material ahead of launch. That would soon change, and “Game of Thrones” concluded as HBO’s most-watched show ever.
Well, “House of the Dragon” also has a best-ever claim: Sunday’s debut marked the largest audience for any new original series in the history of HBO, according to HBO.
“It was wonderful to see millions of ‘Game of Thrones’ fans return with us to Westeros last night. ‘House of the Dragon...
The “Game of Thrones” prequel series launched to 9.986 million (you can call it 10 million) multiplatform viewers on Sunday, a significant increase from the O.G. show’s own start. Of course, “GoT” debuted more than a decade ago to very little built-in fanfare — and in a much different television-viewership environment — as only the fans of George R.R. Martin’s books really even knew the material ahead of launch. That would soon change, and “Game of Thrones” concluded as HBO’s most-watched show ever.
Well, “House of the Dragon” also has a best-ever claim: Sunday’s debut marked the largest audience for any new original series in the history of HBO, according to HBO.
“It was wonderful to see millions of ‘Game of Thrones’ fans return with us to Westeros last night. ‘House of the Dragon...
- 8/22/2022
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Many have ascended the Seven Kingdoms’ Iron Throne, the most prized seat of George R.R. Martin’s blockbuster A Song of Ice and Fire saga. But it is a station built on daggers, and few have lasted long; as the events of HBO’s Game of Thrones detailed.
The difference for Paddy Considine’s King Viserys is that the expiry date is built right in. He ascends the throne in the first episode of the prequel series House of the Dragon, which starts on HBO Sunday night. But given that the events of the show take place 200 years before those of Thrones, and that Thrones kicks off with Viserys’s Targaryen dynasty in shreds, we’re aware from the outset that things are likely to go horribly wrong.
Still, Game of Thrones assured us early on that nothing lasts forever, and yet it managed eight seasons of intrigue and dragons.
The difference for Paddy Considine’s King Viserys is that the expiry date is built right in. He ascends the throne in the first episode of the prequel series House of the Dragon, which starts on HBO Sunday night. But given that the events of the show take place 200 years before those of Thrones, and that Thrones kicks off with Viserys’s Targaryen dynasty in shreds, we’re aware from the outset that things are likely to go horribly wrong.
Still, Game of Thrones assured us early on that nothing lasts forever, and yet it managed eight seasons of intrigue and dragons.
- 8/20/2022
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Colbert called out the Justice Department’s decision to finally announce an investigation into former president Donald Trump on Thursday’s “The Late Show,” likening the legal body to that coworker who is only just now discovering “Game of Thrones.”
“There’s bad news for former president Kermit the Fraud,” Colbert said, opening the theme during his monologue, and giving Trump another new nickname. “Turns out the Justice Department is investigating the former president’s actions in their January 6 criminal probe.”
Colbert had to take a moment for his audience to stop cheering over the news, but when he did, he called the Justice Department out.
“It is about damn time,” he said. “At this point the investigators are like the last person at the office to catch onto a popular TV show. ‘So get this, guys – there are dragons. But they hardly ever show them. There’s lots of nudity.
“There’s bad news for former president Kermit the Fraud,” Colbert said, opening the theme during his monologue, and giving Trump another new nickname. “Turns out the Justice Department is investigating the former president’s actions in their January 6 criminal probe.”
Colbert had to take a moment for his audience to stop cheering over the news, but when he did, he called the Justice Department out.
“It is about damn time,” he said. “At this point the investigators are like the last person at the office to catch onto a popular TV show. ‘So get this, guys – there are dragons. But they hardly ever show them. There’s lots of nudity.
- 7/28/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Taboo is a curio. The eight-episode first season aired on BBC One and FX in early 2017, and was immediately followed by talk of further seasons. Written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the premise had been conceived by actor-producer Tom Hardy and his writer father. It was the story of 19th century antihero James Delaney, a man who scandalised Regency London by going up against the East India Company, the Crown, and societal norms until finally escaping England with a ragtag crew of ‘pilgrims’. Things were left on an ellipsis, not a full stop. And then… nothing.
Steven Knight, who’d worked with Hardy on Locke and Peaky Blinders, confirmed in 2019 that the season two scripts were almost written, but production was then stalled by a combination of the Venom movies and Covid-19. In November 2021, Hardy told Esquire that he was still weighing up the best options for a second season,...
Steven Knight, who’d worked with Hardy on Locke and Peaky Blinders, confirmed in 2019 that the season two scripts were almost written, but production was then stalled by a combination of the Venom movies and Covid-19. In November 2021, Hardy told Esquire that he was still weighing up the best options for a second season,...
- 3/31/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Do you have to have watched the History Channel’s “Vikings” series in order to fully appreciate “Vikings: Valhalla”? For this newcomer, at least, the answer is…well, yes and no.
The eight-episode season of “Valhalla,” which dropped on Netflix on Feb. 25, takes place 125 years after the events of the original “Vikings” series, with Christianity taking over Norse traditions and England’s power on the rise. So while “Valhalla” undoubtedly contains enough “Vikings” references for longtime fans to recognize, both sly and overt, the new spinoff slash sequel series prioritizes the building of a new narrative for new characters that won’t require the rather substantial foundational knowledge of “Vikings” to understand. It also incorporates historical figures like explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter), and Queen Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin), though of course with enough artistic license to twist their stories into more useful arcs for...
The eight-episode season of “Valhalla,” which dropped on Netflix on Feb. 25, takes place 125 years after the events of the original “Vikings” series, with Christianity taking over Norse traditions and England’s power on the rise. So while “Valhalla” undoubtedly contains enough “Vikings” references for longtime fans to recognize, both sly and overt, the new spinoff slash sequel series prioritizes the building of a new narrative for new characters that won’t require the rather substantial foundational knowledge of “Vikings” to understand. It also incorporates historical figures like explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter), and Queen Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin), though of course with enough artistic license to twist their stories into more useful arcs for...
- 2/25/2022
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Even though "Game of Thrones" has been off the air for nearly three years, it's still a major part of pop culture. With plans for at least one spinoff already in progress - not to mention two more planned books in George R.R. Martin's books series - there's a lot more "Game of Thrones" coming our way in the future. It doesn't look like the world of Westeros will be going away anytime soon, and we can't wait to see what's in store for this sprawling universe next.
Just how well do you remember "Game of Thrones," though? The epic show spanned dozens and dozens of important characters, several years, multiple continents, and more twists and turns than anyone could have ever seen coming. It's next to impossible to remember every little detail, but there are plenty of memorable moments we're sure you haven't forgotten. Maybe you're a whiz...
Just how well do you remember "Game of Thrones," though? The epic show spanned dozens and dozens of important characters, several years, multiple continents, and more twists and turns than anyone could have ever seen coming. It's next to impossible to remember every little detail, but there are plenty of memorable moments we're sure you haven't forgotten. Maybe you're a whiz...
- 2/9/2022
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Line of Duty is over, perhaps for good. It’s time to dismantle that evidence wall, file the exhibits away, and close the door on AC-12. With H unmasked, we can all rest our adrenal glands and get back to a healthy, Jimmy Nesbitt-free sleep pattern.
Once that’s achieved, if you start to feel the itch for more seismic shocks and sleights-of-hand, here are a few suggestions of what to watch next – eight TV thrillers that provide similar doses of double-dealing, truth-concealing, witness-squealing, case-breaking shenanigans. Add your own recommendations below!
Bodyguard
Bodyguard proved that there was life after the Red Wedding for Richard Madden. His performance as David Budd, a former combat soldier living a new – and equally dangerous – life as a Principal Protection Officer (Ppo) in the London Met deservedly netted him a Golden Globe and a Scottish Bafta award.
Budd’s job protecting the abrasive yet vulnerable...
Once that’s achieved, if you start to feel the itch for more seismic shocks and sleights-of-hand, here are a few suggestions of what to watch next – eight TV thrillers that provide similar doses of double-dealing, truth-concealing, witness-squealing, case-breaking shenanigans. Add your own recommendations below!
Bodyguard
Bodyguard proved that there was life after the Red Wedding for Richard Madden. His performance as David Budd, a former combat soldier living a new – and equally dangerous – life as a Principal Protection Officer (Ppo) in the London Met deservedly netted him a Golden Globe and a Scottish Bafta award.
Budd’s job protecting the abrasive yet vulnerable...
- 5/4/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
It was a bloody Thursday for ABC.
The network renewed a bunch of shows, and canceled some more on Thursday.
Among those cancellations were comedies Single Parents and Bless This Mess, and the co-creator of both shows took to Instagram with her comments on the matter.
“Two shows canceled in one day? I get the message, ABC! This is my broadcast Red Wedding,” Liz Meriwether said on the social media site, sharing photos of her with Bless This Mess co-creator and star Lake Bell, as well as other members of the series’ cast.
“But seriously, folks, thank you so much for watching these shows,” added Meriwether.
“We loved making them. We loved writing them. I feel so grateful to have been given the chance to work with so many incredible people. Thank you, thank you.”
Leading out of The Conners, ABC’s top comedy, Bless This Mess averaged a 0.67 demo rating and 3.6 million total viewers,...
The network renewed a bunch of shows, and canceled some more on Thursday.
Among those cancellations were comedies Single Parents and Bless This Mess, and the co-creator of both shows took to Instagram with her comments on the matter.
“Two shows canceled in one day? I get the message, ABC! This is my broadcast Red Wedding,” Liz Meriwether said on the social media site, sharing photos of her with Bless This Mess co-creator and star Lake Bell, as well as other members of the series’ cast.
“But seriously, folks, thank you so much for watching these shows,” added Meriwether.
“We loved making them. We loved writing them. I feel so grateful to have been given the chance to work with so many incredible people. Thank you, thank you.”
Leading out of The Conners, ABC’s top comedy, Bless This Mess averaged a 0.67 demo rating and 3.6 million total viewers,...
- 5/22/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The co-creator of both Single Parents and Bless This Mess jokingly likened the cancellation of both ABC sitcoms in one fell Thursday swoop to the grisliest of Game of Thrones galas.
“Two shows canceled in one day? I get the message, ABC! This is my broadcast Red Wedding,” Liz Meriwether quipped on Instagram, sharing photos of her with Bless This Mess co-creator and star Lake Bell and other members of the series’ cast.
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“Two shows canceled in one day? I get the message, ABC! This is my broadcast Red Wedding,” Liz Meriwether quipped on Instagram, sharing photos of her with Bless This Mess co-creator and star Lake Bell and other members of the series’ cast.
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- 5/22/2020
- TVLine.com
ABC made some cuts today, canceling Single Parents, Bless This Mess, Schooled, Emergence and the reboot of Kids Say the Darndest Things. Many took to social media to express their disappointment and to say goodbye — and this includes the cast and creators of the shows.
Liz Meriwether, who co-created Single Parents and Bless This Mess, posted a picture of her and Bless This Mess co-creator/star Lake Bell on Instagram and jokingly compared the cancellations to one of the most shocking moments in Game of Thrones history.
“Two shows canceled in one day? I get the message, ABC! This is my broadcast Red Wedding,” she wrote. “But seriously, folks, thank you so much for watching these shows. We loved making them. We loved writing them. I feel so grateful to have been given the chance to work with so many incredible people. Thank you, thank you.”
Broadcast TV Series That...
Liz Meriwether, who co-created Single Parents and Bless This Mess, posted a picture of her and Bless This Mess co-creator/star Lake Bell on Instagram and jokingly compared the cancellations to one of the most shocking moments in Game of Thrones history.
“Two shows canceled in one day? I get the message, ABC! This is my broadcast Red Wedding,” she wrote. “But seriously, folks, thank you so much for watching these shows. We loved making them. We loved writing them. I feel so grateful to have been given the chance to work with so many incredible people. Thank you, thank you.”
Broadcast TV Series That...
- 5/22/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the second episode of “Westworld” Season 3.
After a Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Caleb (Aaron Paul)-centered premiere, Episode 2 of “Westworld” Season 3 brought the show back to the park and to everyone’s favorite brothel madam-turned-ruthless killer, Maeve (Thandie Newton).
Newton was reunited with Rodrigo Santoro in Warworld, a new environment set in Italy during World War II. After some frustrating back and forths with Santoro’s clueless character, Maeve met up with Lee Sizemore (Simon Quarterman), who was somehow still alive after sacrificing himself near the end of last season, and searched for a way out of the park.
However, after a while it became apparent that this wasn’t the Lee S-s-s-Sizemore she once knew. It turned out that Maeve was not in fact in the real park, but was trapped in a simulation.
Meanwhile, Bernard (Jeffrey Wright...
After a Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Caleb (Aaron Paul)-centered premiere, Episode 2 of “Westworld” Season 3 brought the show back to the park and to everyone’s favorite brothel madam-turned-ruthless killer, Maeve (Thandie Newton).
Newton was reunited with Rodrigo Santoro in Warworld, a new environment set in Italy during World War II. After some frustrating back and forths with Santoro’s clueless character, Maeve met up with Lee Sizemore (Simon Quarterman), who was somehow still alive after sacrificing himself near the end of last season, and searched for a way out of the park.
However, after a while it became apparent that this wasn’t the Lee S-s-s-Sizemore she once knew. It turned out that Maeve was not in fact in the real park, but was trapped in a simulation.
Meanwhile, Bernard (Jeffrey Wright...
- 3/23/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Prolific French director of films with murder at their heart
The film director Claude Chabrol, who has died aged 80, created the first ripple of the French new wave with his first feature, Le Beau Serge (1958). Unlike some of his other critic colleagues on the influential journal Cahiers du Cinéma, who also became film-makers, Chabrol was perfectly happy in the mainstream. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, he paid serious attention to Hollywood studio contract directors who retained their artistic personalities through good and bad films, thus formulating what came to be known as the "auteur theory".
In 1957, he and Rohmer wrote a short book on Alfred Hitchcock, whom they saw as a Catholic moralist. Hitchcock's black humour and fascination with guilt pervades the majority of Chabrol's films, most of which have murder at their heart. However, although Chabrol's thematic allegiance to Hitchcock remained intact, his...
The film director Claude Chabrol, who has died aged 80, created the first ripple of the French new wave with his first feature, Le Beau Serge (1958). Unlike some of his other critic colleagues on the influential journal Cahiers du Cinéma, who also became film-makers, Chabrol was perfectly happy in the mainstream. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, he paid serious attention to Hollywood studio contract directors who retained their artistic personalities through good and bad films, thus formulating what came to be known as the "auteur theory".
In 1957, he and Rohmer wrote a short book on Alfred Hitchcock, whom they saw as a Catholic moralist. Hitchcock's black humour and fascination with guilt pervades the majority of Chabrol's films, most of which have murder at their heart. However, although Chabrol's thematic allegiance to Hitchcock remained intact, his...
- 9/14/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
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