Game of Thrones

'Game Of Thrones' Finds Fans Among Disability Rights Activists, Too

6:35pm July 10, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Several main characters in the HBO series happen to have disabilities. "I had never seen my own experience in life reflected so accurately, so vividly, so viscerally," says one disability activist.

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The landmark Azure Window, off the Maltese island of Gozo, has collapsed into the sea during a storm.

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Malta's Landmark 'Azure Window' Rock Formation Collapses

6:02pm March 08, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

You might recognize it from Game of Thrones or innumerable Instagram posts from visitors to the island. It fell during a powerful storm.

CBS Entertainment President Glenn Geller addresses the executive session of the TCA presentations in Los Angeles on Aug. 10.

A Case For Why TV Execs Should Face Critics

4:21pm December 06, 2016

by Eric Deggans

Press tours with networks and cable companies give TV critics an opportunity to have Q&A sessions with top executives. In January, many executives will skip a big one in LA, and that concerns critics.

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Kit Harrington plays Jon Snow, who researchers found is one of the most important characters in Game of Thrones.

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How Math Determines The 'Game Of Thrones' Protagonist

10:04am April 16, 2016

Network science: it can be used both to stop terrorists and predict television plotlines. Keith Devlin explains how it can be used to figure out the most important character in Game of Thrones.

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George R. R. Martin answers questions before a game between the Hudson Valley Renegades and the Staten Island Yankees — briefly renamed the Staten Island Direwolves for their "Game of Throne" night in August. Now, four months later, Martin has some bad

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George R.R. Martin Admits 'Winter' Isn't Coming — At Least, Not For A While

6:55pm January 02, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

The writer says he missed an end-of-year deadline to finish Winds of Winter, the sixth book in the Game of Thrones series. The delay means the show will air the next season before its source material.

Extras on Game of Thrones leave a bullring in Seville, Spain in October 2014. More than 85,000 locals applied to be extras on the show.

World News

Fans Obsessed With 'Game Of Thrones' Seek Parallels In Spanish Politics

9:21pm June 17, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

"Winter is coming" to Spain this summer. That's a reference to HBO's Game of Thrones, which is partly filmed there, and a popular slogan for a left-wing, grass-roots political party.

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