Emmy Nominations 2019 Explained: Game of Thrones Breaks Record

The 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations have been announced, and as always when it comes to this notoriously finnicky organization, it’s a mixed bag. The big news is that, as expected, the final season ofGame of Throneswas recognized across the board. In fact,Throneslanded a whopping 32 nominations, breaking a long standing record set byNYPD Bluefor the most nominations for a single season. Emmy voters really threw it around this final go-around, givingKit HaringtonandEmilia ClarkeBest Actor and Actress nominations and filling out the supporting categories with the likes ofSophie Turner,Maisie Williams,Gwendoline Christie, and evenLena Headeydespite the fact that Cersei just sat in a castle the whole season and hadmaybe20 minutes of screentime....

August 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1190 words · Cody Beck

Game of Thrones Season 6 Cast Images Reveal Khaleesi

Let the speculation begin! HBO has released a slew of new images fromGame of ThronesSeason 6 featuring (almost) all of your favorite characters, who seem to be more-or-less exactly where we left them. Arya (Maisie Williams) is still blind, Khaleesi (Emilia Clarke) is still lost and disheveled, Sansa (Sophie Turner) and Theon (Alfie Allen) are still united (and most likely, still totally fucked) Jamie (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is still in mourning, and of course Cersei (Lena Headey) is, as ever, unamused....

August 25, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Sarah Casey

Gore Verbinski on How He Planned to End His Bioshock Movie

Bioshockis easily one of the best video games of the 21st century. For those who have never played it, the story takes place in the ruined underwater city of Rapture, which was founded on objectivist ideals. Your goal as a player is to survive the rampaging splicers (people who have spliced their genetic code to gain power) and Big Daddies (hulking beasts in modified divers outfits) while trying to find a way to the surface....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1472 words · John Davidson

How Accurate Is Zac Efron's Take on Ted Bundy?

DirectorJoe Berlingeris well-known for his extensive true-crime projects, including his first, 1992’sBrother’s Keeper, and the highly influential Paradise Lost trilogy. In 2019, Berlinger turned his attention toward serial killerTed Bundywith not just one, but two Netflix projects on the subject: a documentary seriesConversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapesand the true crime movieExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The Netflix original movie sees formerHigh School MusicalstarZac Efrontake on the role of Bundy, whose charm and charisma were just as much a part of his story as the horrible crimes he committed....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1362 words · Michael Erickson

How Do 'Acolyte' Witches Use the Force Compared to Jedi & Sith?

We’ve seen witches inStar Warsbefore, like the Nightsisters, for example, who just made their live-action debut inAhsoka.The Acolyte, however, is about to add a new coven toStar Warscanon, one led byJodie Turner-Smith’s Aniseya. Set in the High Republic Era,The Acolytetakes place before the events of the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy. The Jedi are thriving as the peacekeepers of the galaxy, but sinister forces are looming, and they could rock the foundation of the Order, and who holds the power....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1470 words · Amanda Duncan

How Many Phones Can an Apple Watch Connect To

Apple Watch users often wonder if they can connect their device to more than one iPhone.An Apple Watch can only be actively paired and used with one iPhone at a time.This limit exists due to the watch’s design as a personal companion device. Despite this restriction, Apple has made it possible to set up multiple Apple Watches with a single iPhone. This feature allows users to switch between different watches for various activities or occasions....

August 25, 2025 · 5 min · 1007 words · Victoria Montoya

How Treasure Planet Steered Off-Course With a Change to Long John Silver

Every major studio has among its titles films that were disasters at the box office, only to find new life years later. Disney has its share.PinocchioandFantasiaboth lost money before becoming timeless classics. Prior to being a cult film of the 90s and a successful stage musical,Newsieswas a bomb. And it’s perhaps inevitable that the studio most associated with animation holds the record for the most expensive traditionally animated cartoon feature – and one of the biggest flops in movie history....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1478 words · Jessica Sanchez

Is Ruzek Leaving 'Chicago P.D.'? Star Responds to Those Rumors

Chicago P.D.is the only One Chicago show to feature several original cast members from its first season in the current season.Patrick John Fluegerhas been on the show for twelve years, appearing in the first season as a kid from a cop family looking to continue the family’s legacy. The actor talked toThe Hollywood Reporterabout his character’s journey in Season 12, which is triggered by thedeath of his dear friend Martel....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 417 words · Rebecca Tucker

Jelinsky Doomed Yanu for the Rest of ‘Survivor 46’ Premerge

There are two ways to make it to the merge onSurvivor. The smoothest road is to be on a tribe that wins immunity challenges onthe reality competitionseries and thereforedoesn’t go to Tribal Council to vote out a player.Then there is the harder option, which is to fight to stay with a tribe that keeps losing. The latter also means you have lower numbers to stay after the merge. You can’t underestimate how much morale also affects a tribe....

August 25, 2025 · 4 min · 674 words · Charles Henry

Jurassic World 2 Super Bowl Trailer Further Reveals Fallen Kingdom

TheJurassic World 2Super Bowl trailer has been released online, offering an extended look at the upcomingJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The sequel findsColin TrevorrowandDerek Connollyreprising their roles as screenwriters, butA Monster CallsandThe ImpossiblefilmmakerJ.A. Bayonatakes over directing duties. The sequel picks up pretty much whereJurassic Worldleft off, but this time Owen (Chris Pratt) convinces Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) to return to Isla Nublar. Why? Because a volcano threatens to destroy every single living dinosaur left on the island, which was abandoned after the devastating events ofJurassic World....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · William Haley

Kiefer Sutherland on Forsaken, 24: Legacy, Donald Sutherland

Directed byJon Cassarand written byBrad Mirman, the indie WesternForsakenfollows retired gunfighter John Henry Clayton (Kiefer Sutherland), as he returns to his hometown of Fowler, Wyoming with the hope of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, Reverend Clayton (Donald Sutherland). However, he quickly learns that the town he left is in far more turmoil upon his return, as the railroad is coming and a criminal gang is terrorizing the ranchers who refuse to sell their land, and he is the only one who can stop them....

August 25, 2025 · 8 min · 1536 words · April Vance

Mark Wahlberg’s 47% Rotten Tomatoes Political Thriller Raids Streaming Charts Two Years After Debut

Mark Wahlbergkicked off this year with the aviation thriller,Flight Risk, which was directed byMel Gibson, but nearly 20 years ago, he starred as a one-man army in an action thriller dominating streaming charts. Wahlberg features alongsideMichael PeñaandKate MarainShooter, the 2007 political thriller following an expert marksman living in exile who is forced back into his old life after being double-crossed and blamed for an assassination attempt on the President’s life.Shooterhas been streaming on Paramount+ for years, but the film has recently resurfaced in the streamer’s top 10,sitting at #5 at the time of writing....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Michelle Turner

MI: Dead Reckoning Part 1's Andrea Scarduzio on the Film's Fast-Pace

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OneallowedTom Cruiseto return to the role of Ethan Hunt one more time, ahead of the final occasion where he’ll portray the character in next year’s sequel. But one of the low profile roles from this summer’s adventure was the one played byAndrea Scarduzio. During a recent interview with Collider’sSteve Weintraub, the actor talked about what it was like for him to joinChristopher McQuarrie’s sequel, becoming a part of the legendary action franchise for the first time in his career....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 521 words · Matthew Lopez