House of the Dragon scored its impressive Best Drama Series win for its debut season, which began airing last August. Director Miguel Sapochnik took the stage at Tuesday’s Golden Globe Awards alongside the show’s stars Milly Alcock and Emma D’arcy to accept the trophy. “As you can tell, we didn’t …
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“Dreams didn’t make us kings,” Daemon Targaryen tells his wife, Rhaenyra. “Dragons did.” He tells her this with his hand around her throat, choking the air out of her. The Queen — or princess, depending on your point of view — had just informed him of the prophecy known as …
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This post contains spoilers for the first season of House of the Dragon, which is now streaming in its entirety on HBO Max. “The Black Queen” was the season finale of House of the Dragon Season One, and its climax appropriately summed up nearly everything about the show, good and …
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It starts quietly. Through the halls and stairways of an empty palace just before daybreak, a serving boy brings news: The King is dead. It ends spectacularly: From beneath the ground where thousands have gathered to pay homage to their new ruler, a dragon erupts, screaming its fury before flying …
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“A negroni…sbagliato…with prosecco in it.” With seven simple (and smoothly crooned) words, nonbinary House of the Dragon star Emma D’Arcy didn’t break the internet, but ensnared a significant and mostly gay portion of it. A clip of D’arcy and their onscreen nemesis Olivia Cooke discussing their favorite drinks went viral …
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The King is dead. Long live…who, exactly? With the passing of Viserys Targaryen — valar morghulis, buddy — the big question posed by this entire first season of House of the Dragon has now become inescapable. Who will sit on the Iron Throne now that House Targaryen’s patriarch has finally …
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A child runs across the moonlit sands. As the stars shine down into the ocean nearby, the boy approaches a dragon asleep on the beach — Vhagar, massive and ancient, the largest and oldest animal in Westeros. Determined to seize what he feels is his birthright, he braves the beast’s …
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Fear not, people of Westeros: The line of succession is strong. True, we’ve said goodbye to Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Emily Carey as Queen Alicent Hightower, two key peformances that helped make House of the Dragon a massive hit. But even after a 10-year time jump, the …
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The Kardashians and the Targaryens are two of television’s most powerful families, so it makes sense that Kim Kardashian and her clan would take over Westeros. In a new sketch on The Late Late Show, Kim, Kris Jenner, and Kylie Jenner joined host James Corden in a riff on HBO’s …
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When it comes to weddings in Westeros, the vibes are always off. Think of King Joffrey’s marriage to Margaery Tyrell, which ended with him turning purple as he choked to death. Or of Sansa Stark’s two depressing betrothals, first to Tyrion Lannister — who was no happier about it than …
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