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HBO Has Released A Behind-The-Scenes Video Of Arya & Brienne's Fight And We See Stunt Doubles

Sep 192017

HBO is making sure we don’t miss ‘Game of Thrones’ too much. They have released a behind-the-scenes footage of the Aryan and Brienne fight from episode 4 of season 7, as part of ‘The Game Revealed’, HBO’s behind-the-scenes video series. If we were to list out the 10 best moments from ‘Game of Thrones’ season 7, the Arya-Brienne fight would feature among the top 5 for sure. Of course, the train loot scene would top the list.

HBO Has Released A Behind-The-Scenes Video Of Arya & Brienne's Fight And We See Stunt Doubles © HBO

Trained by the Faceless Men at the House of Undying in Braavos, Arya Stark is one of the most skilled killers in the Seven kingdoms now. Watching her slay Walder Frey and his entire house was hugely satisfying. But her training scene with Brienne, with Sansa and Littlefinger watching, was one of the most satisfying scenes in the season. That is the first time her insanely badass fighting skills are revealed in the show, and Sansa’s jaw rightly remains dropped to the floor.

The behind-the-scenes video reveals how Maisie Williams and Gwendoline Christie trained for the scene. While we do know Maisie, who is right-handed, insisted on wielding the sword with her left hand just like Arya does in the books, what we didn’t know was that body doubles were used for Maisie and Gwendoline.

HBO Has Released A Behind-The-Scenes Video Of Arya & Brienne's Fight And We See Stunt Doubles © Youtube/Game of Thrones

Watch the behind-the-scenes video below. Can you spot the body doubles?! ?

11 Quotes By Harvey Specter From 'Suits' That Prove A Killer Attitude Is The Key To Success

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Sep 192017

Sharp, edgy, and cutthroat—nothing defines the slick world of corporate law better than ‘Suits’. While Harvey is the cool calculative lawyer we wouldn’t want to mess with, his protégé Mike Ross is the young street-smart go-getter we know we can count on if we ever get into legal trouble. Effortlessly played by Gabriel Macht, Harvey Specter is one of the sharpest characters in American drama right now. We handpick some of the best lines he has said on the show.

Quotes By Harvey Specter From ‘Suits' That Prove A Killer Attitude Is The Key To Success © Universal Cable Productions/ Disha Bhatia

The First Leaked Picture From The Set Of 'Game Of Thrones' S8 Is Out And We Can't Keep Calm

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Sep 122017

If you are too bummed about the 2-year wait to the 8th season of ‘Game of Thrones’, don’t be. We’re sure there’s going to be a lot of speculations, sneak peeks, set photos, spoiler hints dropped by producers if we’re lucky. Just in is a photo from the ‘Game of Thrones’ set in Belfast.

The shooting for ‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 is expected to begin in October 2017 and preparations are on in full swing. Filming locations, props, sets etc. are being readied for the shoot. Some hawk-eyed people spotted a hut that looks much like a Dothraki hut at Titanic Studios in Belfast, Ireland.

The First Leaked Picture From The Set Of ‘Game Of Thrones' S8 Is Out And We Can't Keep Calm © Twitter/Crown for the King

The photo was captured by Spanish website Los Seite Reinos. It is claimed that in all, there were 3 huts – 2 small ones and a third bigger hut. If you’ve been a dedicated GOT fan and have watched all seasons closely, it’d take you no time to realise that it looks like a Dothraki hut. The kind we’ve seen in the Dothraki Sea and in Vaes Dothrak.

The First Leaked Picture From The Set Of ‘Game Of Thrones' S8 Is Out And We Can't Keep Calm © HBO

Now we all know that the Dothraki army is headed North with Daenerys to fight the army of the Undead. They could be setting up camp by building Dothraki huts in Winterfell, but winter has arrived in the North and it’d be too cold for them to reside outside. They are the strongest men in the land but surely not used to the harsh winter of the North.

One thing is for sure – there will be some development in the Dothraki plot. We would probably also get to see more of the Dothraki general, Qhono.

The First Leaked Picture From The Set Of ‘Game Of Thrones' S8 Is Out And We Can't Keep Calm © HBO

If the huts are not in the North where the Dothraki army is, where is this scene headed to? If there’s a scene scheduled in Vaes Dothrak, it could only mean one thing – Khal Drogo is coming back?! It could be a prequel, but nevertheless it’d be great to see Daenerys and Khal in happier times.

See you the next time a picture from the sets gets leaked!

This Fan Theory Explains The Night King's Evil Game Plan And It's More Sly Than You Thought

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Sep 102017

These fan theories are never ending, I tell you. But we can never get enough of them, so brilliant some of them are. Looks like beside George RR Martin, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, there are thousands of other brilliant writers secretly toiling hard over the scripts in their studies. And sometimes, their hard work produces some of the most mind-boggling GOT theories ever. We think even George RR Martin would be amused by some.

This Fan Theory Explains The Night King's Evil Game Plan And It's More Sly Than You Thought © HBO

Winter has officially arrived in the show and it’s going to be a battle between the alive and the dead. So far we know that the Night King has brought along the army of the undead through the Wall, thanks to Daenerys’ dragon. The massive army will kill ruthlessly and ordinary mortals will be helpless against their ice swords. But that it is not all. It could never be so simple in GOT.

This Fan Theory Explains The Night King's Evil Game Plan And It's More Sly Than You Thought © HBO

A Reddit user who goes by the handle ‘twerkmileyyy’ has a crazy theory in place. And it sounds way too legit to ignore. He charts the predicted itinerary of the White Walkers and believes they are headed towards God’s Eye. The Isle of Faces is a lake that is found at God’s Eye and it’s the place where the Children of the Forest and the First Men made a pact of peace. Among the many magical properties of this place is the gift of eternal life.

This Fan Theory Explains The Night King's Evil Game Plan And It's More Sly Than You Thought © Reddit/twerkmileyy

The Redditor believes that the Night King has greensight because he could even see Bran when the latter had warged into another time and place. The Night King has foreseen that the Isle of Faces can bestow life and he hopes to induce life into his undead army and create an entire kingdom for himself.

So, basically, this means the Night King, after defeating the mortals from the Seven kingdoms, plans to raise his army from the dead and establish a reign of his own. Surely it’s no fun to rule over dead people. This is also probably why the undead army formed the Stark sigil while marching through the Wall – the Night King was originally a Stark and he plans to rule as part of the Stark clan.

This Fan Theory Explains The Night King's Evil Game Plan And It's More Sly Than You Thought © HBO

Now it’s only a theory and raising an entire army from the undead is too far-fetched even from GOT standards, but (and there’s a huge but) the Night King could also only raise just a few Wights and White Walkers at the Isle of Faces. Only as much as he needs by his side to rule the Seven kingdoms, and that includes the Ice Dragon as well. A sly pact with Cersei could also be a possibility that cannot be ruled out.

Guess it will all turn out to be a war amongst humans only then. And that is scarier than the undead.

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 And We Can't Keep Calm

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Sep 072017

The 8th and the last season of ‘Game of Thrones’ will come out in 2 years and there will be tons of fan theories till then. The 7th season just wrapped up and there are already insane theories floating around. From who will die in the next season to whether Tyrion will betray Daenerys, there’s no end to the things you can speculate about. But what do you when a GOT actor himself comes up with a possible spoiler? You don’t ignore this one. This time it’s actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister, who has dropped a major bomb on us.

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 © HBO

The 7th season ended with Jaime Lannister finally abandoning Cersei after she revealed her dark side yet again. He is most probably heading North to join the Stark and Targaryen sides against the White Walkers. Of course, we are expecting an epic battle between the army of the dead and allies of the seven kingdoms. There will be deaths, a lot of them.

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 © HBO

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, while talking to Esquire, said there could be a lot many main characters walking as Wights. While we did expect a lot of deaths from both the camps, we were not ready to witness main characters as blue-eyed Wights. Not after Viserion.

“The fear is that I would be turned into one of those undead. That would suck. You know some of the main characters are going to get turned. There are going to be some blue-eyed main characters running around. And, god, I hope it’s not me. That’s three hours of make-up in the morning. I know that if David Benioff and Dan Weiss read this, they’ll go, “Oh, yes we will.”

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 © HBO

We wonder which characters would be seen fighting as part of the army of the undead. We have Thoros of Myr who was killed on Jon Snow’s suicide mission beyond the Wall. Benjen Stark could be dead too, thanks to Jon Snow. Considering the army of the dead is through the Wall now, Tormund could be dead too. He’d look absolutely menacing as a Wight. So would Hodor.

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 © HBO

Let’s take a stock of characters who could die beyond the Wall in the next season:

Jorah Mormount – The friend-zoned lover, the man with a broken heart, ever so loyal to the woman he loves, Jorah is the perfect choice for a heartbreaking death.

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 © HBO/ Disha Bhatia

The Hound – He has had too long a run and without a fight too. We have a feeling he’ll go down fighting till his last breath and come back as a Wight. When he left for King’s Landing and Tormund bids him farewell, his response is ‘Fuckin no.” Ominous much?

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 © HBO/ Disha Bhatia

One of the Stark sisters – Theories about the death of one of the Stark sisters Arya and Sansa have been abound. As a faceless assassin, Arya would be deadly as a Wight if the White Walkers actually manage to kill her.

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 © HBO/ Disha Bhatia

Jaime Lannister – Who knows Jaime himself might be destined for a life beyond the Wall. Now that he is estranged from his sister and has left his home for good, he could end up dead on the other side, or undead as you’d call it.

Jaime Lannister Reveals A Terrifying Spoiler from GOT Season 8 © HBO/ Disha Bhatia

7 'Game Of Thrones' Comics That Are So Good You'd Want To Give The Iron Throne To The Artists

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Sep 052017

‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 has ended and we’re still experiencing withdrawal symptoms. The 2-year wait till the next season is too long. Too much happened in the season finale and we have been secretly watching re-runs of the season. Artists Abel and Christiaan from Wooden Plank Studios put their skills to perfect use and made 7 comics, one after each episode of season 7 of GOT. And they are so hilarious you’d even forget your favourite characters died in the show.

Let’s begin from when Jon and Dany meet for the first time. Ser Davos basically needs PR training

GOT Comics That Are So Good They Deserve The Iron Throne © Wooden Plank

Cut to the finale when she actually makes Jon bend the knee!

GOT Comics That Are So Good They Deserve The Iron Throne

We so wish this was the original plot

GOT Comics That Are So Good They Deserve The Iron Throne © Wooden Plank

Trust the Hound to make things more interesting

GOT Comics That Are So Good They Deserve The Iron Throne © Wooden Plank

Khaleesi has a favourite and, clearly, it wasn’t poor Viserion!

GOT Comics That Are So Good They Deserve The Iron Throne © Wooden Plank

Wonder what Brienne has to say about this

GOT Comics That Are So Good They Deserve The Iron Throne © Wooden Plank

Meanwhile, in the White Walker camp

GOT Comics That Are So Good They Deserve The Iron Throne © Wooden Plank

Abel and Christiaan, the artists behind Wooden Plank Studios based in Netherlands, have been making brilliant comics for TV and web series. Check out more of their work on their website and Facebook handle

Which one of the comics is your favourite?! Tell us in the comments section below.

The White Walkers Made The Stark Sigil While Crossing The Wall And We Are Shook

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Aug 302017

The 7th season of ‘Game Of Thrones’ has ended and the finale’s ending left us shook. As Jon Snow and Daenerys got busy getting cozy on a boat, the White Walkers crossed the Wall after the Night King destroyed it with the help of the ice dragon. While we were too caught up freaking out at the fact that the Wall was smashed to pieces and the White Walkers were marching into the Seven Kingdoms, we missed a huge detail.

The White Walkers Made The Stark Sigil While Crossing The Wall © HBO

The army of the undead while marching across the Wall forms a huge image of the sigil of the Stark House, a hawk-eyed Reddit user noticed. The Stark sigil is an imprint of a wolf’s head.

The White Walkers Made The Stark Sigil While Crossing The Wall © HBO

Check out the Stark sigil.

The White Walkers Made The Stark Sigil While Crossing The Wall © HBO

This could be no coincidence. A sigil does not make itself and the resemblance is uncanny. Is it true then? That Bran is the Night King? The strongest and eeriest theory of ‘Game of Thrones’ is turning out to be true! But if he is, why doesn’t he stop the war? Why does he continue to lead the army of the undead?

The White Walkers Made The Stark Sigil While Crossing The Wall © HBO

Some fans believe that the Night King was a Stark as a human, which is very much possible because Winterfell is very close to the Wall. It could be that the Night King remember his Stark identity and plans to establish an undead Stark rule over the seven kingdoms.

Issac Hempstead-Wright, the actor who plays Bran, said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, “Yeah, well, I really think there’s some kind of history between the Three-Eyed Raven and the Night King. Even after it became clear that the Children of the Forest were the ones who created the Night King, or at least just the first White Walker.There’s some kind of linkage there, I think. I’m not looking forward to finding out what that might be.”

The White Walkers Made The Stark Sigil While Crossing The Wall © HBO

Or is this a cruel joke the producers are playing on us? Considering fans have been going crazy with the theories and imagining every possible plot twist, the producers decided to give us something to think about for the next two years.

Whatever it is, the formation of the Stark sigil cannot be ignored. What do you think it means?

The Story Of George RR Martin: The Man Behind The 'Game Of Thrones' Universe

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Aug 292017

The ‘Song Of Ice and Fire’, on which HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ is based, is one of the best epic fantasy novels the modern world has seen. Wars and politics, dragons and dead armies, witches and wargs, spells and prophecies, clans and bannermen – it’s a universe as vast as ours. The author of the series George RR Martin spent a whole lifetime writing stories before he could weave this magnum opus. Martin is an American novelist and short-story writer, and mostly wrote in the fantasy, sci-fi and horror genres.

The Story Of George RR Martin: The Man Behind The Game Of Thrones Universe © Reuters

Born in New Jersey on 20th September, 1948, George Martin grew up feeding on comic books. His father was a dockworker and the family lived in area near the docks for most of George’s childhood. He was an avid reader with a keen interest to know about the world, and books became his cheat code into fantasy worlds. He began writing at an early age and sold monster stories to the neighbourhood children for pennies.

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Bachelors in journalism was then an obvious choice and Martin went on to complete an MS in journalism too. Not many know, but George RR Martin is a gifted chess player and has directed a few chess tournaments too.

As a writer, he wrote vociferously, mostly short stories in the science fiction genre and began getting published professionally by the age of 21. In 1973, at the age of 24, Martin got nominated for the Hugo Award, a prestigious award in science fiction literature, for his story “With Morning Comes Mistfall”. There was no looking back after that and he won several more Hugo Awards in the coming years.

The Story Of George RR Martin: The Man Behind The Game Of Thrones Universe © Facebook/George RR Martin

However, money was still hard to come by. A writing job, no matter how good you are, is often not enough to pay the bills, and George RR Martin took up an English teaching job at Clarke University in 1976. His first novel ‘Dying of the Light’ was published during this period, in 1977.

There comes a point in everyone’s life when you have to choose paths, when you have to make a decision that could change the course of your life. GRRM made the decision to become a full-time writer and left his teaching job after his dear friend Tom Reamy, who was also an author, died in 1977. Sometimes the finality of death makes us realise where our priorities lie.

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GRRM published a variety of works during this period. While some of his works like the vampire novel ‘Fevre Dream’ were very well received by critics, some like ‘The Armageddon Rag’ almost destroyed his reputation as a novelist. The life of an artist is never without struggle. He is always as good as his last best work, and when you are a young writer struggling to get heard, you don’t have much credentials to show for.

In a bid to do better work, GRRM moved to script-writing for television and films. He started writing scripts for shows and was appointed as a staff writer for ‘Twilight Zone’. He had already established a reputation in the circles and became a writer-producer for the famous American drama series ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

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The entertainment industry is unpredictable and uncertain. A lot of Martin’s scripts were left waiting in absence of logistics working out. Shelving of projects or lack of budgets can create a lot of creative frustration, and GRRM was no exception.

But this led to something that was to immortalize his name in annals of fantasy fiction forever. He began writing the 1st volume ‘A Game of Thrones’ of the series ‘A Song Of Ice and Fire’ in the year 1991. It took 5 long years and the first volume was published in 1996.

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There was no looking back after that. He wrote 4 more volumes following it, namely, ‘A Clash Of Kings’, ‘A Storm Of Swords’, ‘A Feast For Crows’, and ‘A Dance With Dragons’. The 6th book ‘The Winds of Winter’ is expected to come out soon. The series received a tremendous response, both from fans and critics. The books won a number of awards like the Hugo Award, the Locus Award and nominations for the Nebula Award.

By 2013, 24 million copies were sold solely in North America, Reuters reported. George RR Martin became the 12th highest-earning author in the year 2011, according to Forbes. It was a best-seller.

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And then, HBO decided to adapt the series into a show in the year 2007. ‘Game of Thrones’, as we all know the show as, became an instant hit. The fifth season set a Guinness world record for the highest number of Emmy awards won in a single year.

Cersei's Shrewd Plan Could Mean A Huge Betrayal By Tyrion & Here's Why She Might Win The War

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Aug 282017

The season finale of ‘Game Of Thrones’ S7 is over and life will soon be dull again. So much happened in one episode, but there was one major setback that has us seething with anger. Cersei’s deceitful trick of backstabbing Daenerys and Jon Snow. She easily lies to them about the truce and readily agrees to send her army to the North to fight White Walkers. It all did sound too good to be true.

Cersei's Shrewd Plan Could Mean A Huge Betrayal By Tyrion © HBO

But what happened after her conversation with her brother Tyrion? The chat ends after Tyrion discovers she is pregnant, catching Cersei on an unguarded note. Was the truce in exchange of keeping the information of her pregnancy a secret? Does Tyrion agree to withhold the information if she is willing to come to peaceful terms with Daenerys?

Cersei's Shrewd Plan Could Mean A Huge Betrayal By Tyrion © HBO

If that is the case, Tyrion might essentially be betraying Daenerys. In his conversation with Cersei, a major chunk is devoted to the guilt he harbours on account of the deaths he caused in the family. He repeatedly stresses on how dearly he loved his niece and nephew, Tommen and Myrcella. Has he taken the moment to purge some of his guilt?

If Tyrion is indeed conniving with Cersei on this, it would also stand true to the prophecy that said Daenerys would be betrayed 3 times: once for blood, once for gold and once for love. She’s been betrayed for blood and gold but not for love so far.

Cersei's Shrewd Plan Could Mean A Huge Betrayal By Tyrion © HBO

Cersei has, of course, alienated the only family she had left – Jaime Lannister. Her about-turn regarding the truce doesn’t go down too well with Jaime who wants to uphold their end of the pledge but Cersei is thinking like a shrewd politician here, something only her father Tywin Lannister did. Whether we like it or not, that is exactly the kind of line of thought the modern human has today – self preservationist.

Cersei's Shrewd Plan Could Mean A Huge Betrayal By Tyrion © HBO

She is sharp enough to realise that Daenerys has lost one of her dragons. She tells Jaime that the absence of the third dragon at a time when Daenerys was exhibiting her power in front of her enemy means only one thing – that there is no third dragon anymore.

In withdrawing from the war against the White Walkers, she is following a very typical political tact – let your enemies fight against each other and suffer loss of life and resource. It’d be much easier to defeat whatever is left of them after the fight. Self-preservation is the key to survival in the Game of Thrones universe.

The only mistake she is making here is that she underestimates the White Walkers and assumes that they can be defeated easily. Of course, she doesn’t know the Night King has a dragon now – that bit of information has been conveniently hidden by Daenerys and camp.

Cersei is evil, vindictive and deceitful, no doubt, and she is probably digging her own grave right now, but fact remains that she is the sharpest politician in the show right now, besides Tyrion Lannister. Despite being cornered, she could still win the war, thanks to her tactics.

25 Moments From 'Game Of Thrones' Season 7 Finale That Are Abso-Fokin-lutely Gold

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Aug 282017

The 7th season of ‘Game of Thrones’ has ended and so has our watch. The finale has left us in whirlwind of emotions and we have been replaying everything in our heads ever since. Too bad if you haven’t watched it yet, we suggest you do not read any further because this piece has more spoilers than the hair in your head. First things first, Jon and Dany have finally hooked up after leaving fans on the brink of a climax with their sexual tension. Strangely enough, the intimate scene is coupled with the scene of Jon’s bloody birth. Don’t know why but we think Dany might soon have a child of her own.

While Cersei might have sunk to her lowest yet and she is not budging even for the White Walkers, we see a point in her madness. Let your enemies fight and kill each other. One dragon is already dead; she might not have to fight at all to win this war perhaps. Nevertheless, let’s take a moment to savour some of the best moments of this episode!

They started off with a cocky joke