‘Game of Thrones’ earns a leading 23 Emmy Award nominations

Power-and-blood fantasy saga Game of Thrones ruled the Emmy Award nominations Thursday with a leading 23 bids, including best drama, while a real-life epic of murder and celebrity, The People v. O.J. Simpson, was close behind with 22 nods.

Game of Thrones, which won a record 12 Emmys last fall including best drama, gets the chance to claim its second top award. Veep, last year’s best comedy series winner, also will get another shot at holding office and, with 17 nominations, was the comedy leader.

Breakthrough nominations include a best comedy series nod for sophomore “black-ish,” which brought the African-American family sitcom back to network TV, with bids as well for its stars, Anthony Anderson – who helped announce the awards live on Thursday and read his show’s name with glee – and his co-star Tracee Ellis Ross.

“I’m on cloud nine right now,” Anderson said afterward. “When hope becomes reality, that’s what it is. I was just a 9-year-old kid growing up in Compton, California, with a dream and this is the dream that I had.”

They were among a number of black actors recognized by TV academy voters, who have started to keep pace with TV’s growing diversity – in sharp contrast to moviedom’s Academy Awards, which were slammed as “Oscars So White” this year.

Viola Davis, the How to Get Away with Murder star who last year became the first woman of color to win a best drama actress trophy, was nominated again. So was Empire star Taraji P. Henson.

Each of the major acting categories included at least one minority nominee. But there were no major nods for the stars of Fresh Off the Boat or other Asian-American actors, or for Latinos, which has been a recurrent Emmy pattern.

Networks have reason for concern as well. In the increasingly crowded TV universe, traditional broadcasts again lost Emmy ground to emerging platforms, including streaming services Netflix and Amazon, both of which boosted their tallies. Even HBO, which again earned the most bids led by Game of Thrones, marked a retreat in what had been its ever-growing dominance: its haul dropped from 126 nods last year to 94 this time.

Game of Thrones and Mr. Robot will compete with Better Call Saul, Homeland, House of Cards, The Americans and Downton Abbey, the last a nod for its farewell season. But the final season of The Good Wife was not recognized, and star Julianna Margulies also was snubbed.

For Stephen Colbert, it was the inaugural season of his CBS late-night show that was overlooked, while network colleague James Corden earned a best variety talk series bid for his Late Late Show.

Aziz Ansari received a lead comedy acting bid for his series Master of None, a first for an Indian-American actor, and the show received a best comedy series nomination. Rami Malek, of Egyptian descent, earned a top drama acting nod for his role as a renegade hacker in another freshman, Mr. Robot, which also will compete for drama honors.

The Americans, which gained in attention last season, also earned bids for its stars, Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys.

Besides Russell, Davis and Henson, lead drama actress bids went to Claire Danes for Homeland and Tatiana Maslany for Orphan Black.

Malek and Rhys will be competing with Kevin Spacey for House of Cards, Kyle Chandler for Bloodline, Bob Odenkirk for Better Call Saul and Liev Schreiber for Ray Donovan.

The ensemble cast of Game of Thrones found leading bids elusive. Peter Dinklage, named last year’s best supporting actor, will defend his title, with a nod also going to Kit Harington, who plays fan favorite Jon Snow. Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey and Maisie Williams earned supporting actress bids in a year that the show’s female characters gained the upper hand.

On the comedy side, Veep, black-ish and Master of None will tussle for the trophy with five-time champ Modern Family, Transparent, Silicon Valley and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

A top acting nod for Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays a U.S. vice president now elevated to the Oval Office, gives her the chance to score her fifth consecutive win and set a record.

She and Ross will be competing with Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Laurie Metcalf in Getting On, Amy Schumer in Inside Amy Schumer and Lily Tomlin in Grace and Frankie.

Black-ish star Anderson, who got his second nod, will be competing with last year’s winner, Jeffrey Tambor of Transparent, along with Ansari, Will Forte for The Last Man on Earth, William H. Macy for Shameless and Thomas Middleditch for Silicon Valley.

The People v. O.J. Simpson, which recounted the football legend’s sensational, racially charged trial for the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, is a best limited series nominee and earned six acting nominations for its cast’s portrayal of well-known figures.

Lead nominations went to Cuba Gooding Jr. as Simpson, Courtney B. Vance as defense attorney Johnnie Cochran and Sarah Paulson as prosecutor Marcia Clark. Supporting bids were given to Sterling K. Brown as prosecutor Christopher Darden, David Schwimmer as Simpson friend Robert Kardashian – patriarch of the now-famous family – and John Travolta as defense attorney Robert Shapiro.

Gooding and Vance will compete with Bryan Cranston as President Lyndon B. Johnson in All The Way, Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (Masterpiece), Idris Elba in Luther and Tom Hiddleston in The Night Manager.

In a phone interview, Paulson said that despite joy over her recognition she was happiest to learn that Brown was nominated for his portrayal of Darden.

“I jumped up and down . . . more about that than about my own,” Paulson said. “I owe my performance whatever it is to him.”

The 68th prime-time Emmy show will be broadcast live on ABC from 8 to 11 p.m. on Sept. 18, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

Watch Samuel L. Jackson's Hilarious 'Game of Thrones' Beginner’s Guide: Uncensored (HBO)

After six seasons and 60 episodes, the world of Game of Thrones might seem impenetrable at this point to HBO viewers who aren't already on board with the series. Thankfully, for those searching for an entry point into Westeros, Game of Thrones has provided a new beginner's guide to the show narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. The actor doesn't appear on Game of Thrones but happily lends his trademark expletive enunciation to recap the series up to "Is Jon Snow dead?"

Over the course of eight minutes, Jackson breaks down all the warring factions, from the Starks to the Lannisters to the girl who can summon dragons. While everyone's battling for the Iron Throne, Jackson warns of the danger north of the Wall and that "winter is coming."

"These motherfuckers are cold, which is why everybody should be worried about this long ass winter coming, but instead, they’re too busy fighting," Jackson said. The actor's recap isn't a perfect introduction – he introduces one character as simply "this dickhead" and reduces complex power struggles into "mo' money, mo' problems" – but it beats trying to decipher the show's Wikipedia page.

"After all that, you're still stuck on these dragons? You wanna see a dragon, motherfucker? Here you go, here you fucking go," Jackson says.

The Wind of winter : What did GOT S6 Teach us?

Much and more has been made of Game of Thrones' sixth season finally surpassing George R.R. Martin's books, and though the claim can sometimes be overstated — Sam and Jaime's stories this year took heavily from A Feast for Crows — it's true that, for the first time, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were painting on a nearly blank canvas. They're not the only ones: Somewhere in Santa Fe, Martin himself is putting what fans hope are the finishing touches on The Winds of Winter, a book that's expected to cover much of the same narrative territory. Though the books and show are telling their own separate versions of the story, they're still working from the same general, GRRM–created road map. What can we learn about Winds from what we saw on HBO? Here's a guide:

THE NORTH

We'll start with the worst-kept secret of the Game of Thronesuniverse: Jon Snow wasn't staying dead in the show, and he's certainly not staying dead in the books either. Wth Melisandre at the Wall, a Lord of Light–assisted rebirth will likely be Martin's method of choice for bringing our hero back as well, though given the Dance With Dragons prologue, we may get a chapter of two of Jon's consciousness hanging out in his direwolf's body first. The loophole in Jon's vows will probably get him out of the Night's Watch here, too.

As far as the Night's Watch conspirators go, they were doomed even before show — Jon hung Olly and Ser Alliser. Will they go out fighting Wildlings, or will Jon himself lead the charge? Either way, the decision to make Dolorous Edd the new Lord Commander seems like a textbook Martin joke.

Game of Thrones so far has given us two battles of Winterfell, but The Winds of Winter will probably only give us one. A Dance With Dragonsleft off with Stannis's forces camped miles outside Winterfell, and one TWOW preview chapter indicates he has a trick up his sleeve. Remember too that, unlike on the show, the Northern lords' loyalty to their flaying-enthusiast overlords is much more tenuous in the books. Add it all up and I'd be willing to bet that Stannis, not Jon, will be the one who takes Winterfell back from the Boltons. Since Benioff and Weiss have said that the decision to burn Shireen came from Martin himself, look for Stannis to sacrifice his daughter at a pivotal moment, either in battle against the Boltons or (more likely) against the Others.

North of the Wall, Bran Stark will probably figure out the truth of Jon Snow's parentage and why Hodor says Hodor. And, while most readers assumed he was going to stay in that cave forever until he became a literal tree, the events of episode five suggest that's likely not the case. If that means the Three-Eyed Raven has to perish, well, his death will be even sadder for book readers. R.I.P. Brynden Rivers — the White Walkers did what the Blackfyres never could.

KING'S LANDING

If season six is any indication, book-Cersei is also not going to fade away gently after her walk of atonement. The show has (thankfully) put the kibosh on Cleganebowl, which means that the books' version of zombie-Gregor, Ser Robert Strong, will probably face some poor sap from the Sparrows in Cersei's trial. Will this be enough revenge, or does Cersei have even bigger plans up her fabulous sleeves? If Jaime's final look in the finale is any indication, the star-crossed twins will be coming into conflict sooner rather than later.

Speaking of trials, the blogger Made in Myr has argued that Margaery's trial will actually be a central event of Winds, and though we never actually got to see it in the show, the events of the season finale won't make anyone optimistic about her prospects. (The finale also seems evidence that Loras is maybe not faking his terrible injuries in the books.)

Will the Faith align with Tommen's regime in the books? It's possible, but there's more evidence to suggest this story line will be taken up by Aegon in Winds of Winter. (Likewise, Cersei will probably not make it anywhere near the Throne.) How's Tommen going to die? My money's still on one of the Sand Snakes.

WHEREVER SANSA IS

Sansa's story line has gone very far afield from where it is in the books, but at the very least, season six suggests that she's finally about to come to some sort of falling out with Littlefinger. It's a safe bet too that she'll head towards Winterfell at some point — possibly leading the Knights of the Vale?

BRAAVOS

As Jaqen H'ghar put it in season six, "A girl has been granted a second chance. There will not be a third." That's bad news for book-Arya, whom we last saw in a TWOW preview chapter breaking Faceless Man rules again. Her time with the magical assassins is likely at an end, but since the Waif is a relatively minor character in the novels, the breakup will probably be a lot less silly.

THE RIVERLANDS

The show didn't quite give us the exact version of the Second Red Weddingfans are expecting from Winds, but in Arya's pie-baking, throat-slitting revenge against the Freys, it did hint that the loathsome, backstabbing family is about to get some sort of major comeuppance.

DORNE

The most important takeaway from the show's handling of Dorne these past two seasons is that they really shouldn't have written out Arianne, but what's done is done. It seems unlikely that TWOW will repeat the Sand Snake murder-fest from the season premiere, but penciling in Myrcella and Trystane in your next death pool could prove to be a prudent move. And while Dorne is rallying around Daenerys in the show, in the newWinds of Winter preview chapter they seem to be leaning towards another dragon entirely.

ESSOS

Just like in the show, Daenerys begins The Winds of Winter surrounded by a giant horde of Dothraki. One crucial difference? Here she's got Drogon with her from the jump. A return to Vaes Dothrak might be in the cards, but if so, it'll be on Dany's terms, not a khal's.

Ser Barristan's death in season five added weight to theories that he'll die in the upcoming Battle of Meereen, and we already know from the preview chapters that the Ironborn — led by Victarion in the books — and Dany's two remaining dragons show up in time to affect the course of battle. The show also hinted that Volantis was involved in financing the Sons of the Harpy, which could be a clue that the Volantene fleet will make an appearance, too. But no matter's who's involved, the general outcome of the battle in TWOW will probably be the same as the abridged version we got in episode nine: with the slavers burnt, and Daenerys's side on top. (Though given the general tone of the Slaver's Bay story line, the aftermath will likely be more ambivalent than the triumphant version the show served up.) The books have a deeper bench of characters in Meereen than the show does, so look for someone like the Shavepate, not Tyrion, to be in control of the city going forward.

As for Tyrion, he's likely to join up with Daenerys at some point before she leaves Essos. Dany's final chapter in A Dance With Dragons made it clear that she wasn't going to return to Meereen, so many fans think the reunion will happen in Volantis. Luckily, both the books and the show have a gigantic Ironborn fleet in Meereen just waiting to take someone back west. If Victarion doesn't survive his brush with the dragon horn — and all indications are he won't — could Tyrion hitch a ride with the Iron Fleet? Once everyone meets up in Volantis, it's possible TWOW will end on the same note season six did: Daenerys and her new allies finally setting sail towards the Seven Kingdoms.

THE IRON ISLANDS

We'll close with the Ironborn story line, where the show is either lagging behind the books (with Euron) or making new plots out of whole cloth (with Theon and his sister). Honestly, the only thing to glean here is that Asha/Yara is going to end up fighting Euron at some point. Otherwise, just reread the new Winds of Winter chapter about Euron and prepare to get freaked out all over again.

10 Best Game Of Thrones Memes Part 1

I created the ultimate Game Of Thrones memes list. I have watched the shows, read the short stories, read about the Ice Dragon, huge GRRM fan, read all of his short stories.

I am following all the forums and boards. This means I can show you the deepest, geekiest memes and I hope you enjoy them! I will appreciate if you contribute with your favorite memes - share your obsession!

#1 Who Loves Avocado? :

#2 Parenting :

#3 Grrm Is On A Killing Spree :

#4 Chivalry Is Not Dead... Yet :

#5 Yet Another Fantastic Mashup :

#6 Tyrion Will Be A Guest Star In Star Wars 7 :

#7 I Am Not Your Guy, Pal! :

#8 How Much Do You Love Your Sister? :

#9 How Not To Train Your Dragon :

#10 Thank You, Man! :

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THE BRUTAL MOMENTS OF GAME OF THRONES IN ADORABLE GIF FORM

Note : This Article Contain Spoiler of season 6

There’s something beautiful about breaking things down to their simplest forms. If an idea can still be conveyed in the barest of bones way then it’s a good sign the source material is telling a good story. With six seasons inside the world of Game Of Thrones, some of the many, many plots can get a bit confusing. These GOT gifs can serve as the TL:DR version of the latest season.

This post rendering of Season 6 scenes like The Mountain's encounter with Septa Unella confound the imagination. How could such cruelty look so cute? We're similarly confused by Mendel's version of Bran Stark's encounter with the Night King—as far as he's concerned the two are cultivating a romance, rather than an all-out war. While most of the GIFs are loosely-based on showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff's canon, one entitled Wishful Thinking takes some liberties with the script, envisioning The Hound laying into the zombified Mountain's disembodied head with his new favorite axe.

While there won't be any new Game of Thrones episodes for the next 10 months or so, Mendel has promised more GIFs to come, drawing from the show's wealth of iconic scenes. He's taking suggestions on his Facebook page here. Check out the full set of Game of Thrones GIFs thus far below.

1. The Red Woman – “The Red Woman”

Clearly one of the most eye-opening moments of the season opener is the secret Melisandre has been keeping from everyone that she is in fact, a Golden Girl.

2. Home – “Hodor=>Willis=>Hodor”

In episode two we got a glimpse of the past and the sad truth that Hodor wasn’t always Hodor.

3. Oathbreaker – “A girl has no name (and no weapon)”

A girl might have no name but she certainly has a breaking point, which the waif eventually paid for dearly.

4. Book of the Stranger – “The Unburnt”

There’s a part of us that wishes Daenerys’ triumphant defeat of, well, everyone of the Khals ended this happy-go-lucky.

5 .The Door – “Bran has a new buddy”

We’re still blaming the Three-eyed Raven for not going over the ground rules of time-travling warging on the first day, but we’re glad Mendel didn’t decide to animate the most heartbreaking act of bravery and sacrifice in the show yet.

6. Blood of My Blood – “Uncle Benjen – a one trick pony?”

We’re guessing that Uncle Benjen’s flaming mace only came into play this late in the game due to his fire dancing skills being booked solid at arts festivals beyond the wall for months.

7. The Broken Man -“The Hound’s wishful thinking”

Appropriately named “The Hound’s wishful thinking,” this serves as some possible foreshadowing to a battle we’re all hoping for.

8. No One – “Sparrows vs The Mountain”

A fairly accurate depiction of the Sparrows attempts to subdue Gregor Clegane. Too bad we never got to see the trial by combat.

9. Battle of the Bastards – “Bye Bye Bastard”

There may not be a more adorable way to depict one of the more gruesome moments of season six. This is almost a sweet scene if you had no context for Ramsay Bolton’s final moments.

10 .The Winds of Winter – “Shame! Shame!! Shame!!!”

And then there’s this depiction that’s considerably more mild than the horrors The Mountain is likely committing for Cersei.

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Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams sports striking new blue hair at Wimbledon final

Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams showed off a dramatic new look as she attended the women's final at Wimbledon.

Sporting striking blue hair, a far cry from her brown bob as the tomboyish Arya Stark in the popular TV show, the 19-year-old stood out from the crowd as she joined celebrities including David Attenborough and Peter Kay at the west London venue as Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon title.

Also sitting in the Royal box this week was 20-year-old actress Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark in the HBO drama.

And they weren't the only Game of Thrones stars in attendance at the tennis club - Charles Dance, who as Lord Tywin Lannister was shot dead with a crossbow fired by his son Tyrion in the season four finale, also watched the sporting action on Wednesday 6 July.

If 'Game of Thrones' characters had modern day technology

Have you ever found yourself looking at your phone and wondering how the hell everyone coped before the internet?

Well, take a moment to think about all those poor Game of Thrones characters. Not only do they have to struggle through a brutal world full of bloodshed and unearthly horror, but they don't even have the comfort of Facebook to help them through it.

Which got us thinking, what if they did have the internet and social media? From Sansa Snapchats to badass Khaleesi Instagrams, here's what we think that would look like.

Jamie and Bronn would have some awkward message exchanges.

The Stark children would be able to stay in touch via WhatsApp.

Cersei would be a vicious sub-tweeter.

And her Twitter feed would reflect her rapidly spiralling state of mind.

Sansa would be all over Snapchat.

Littlefinger would be working his cunning on Facebook.

Finally, Daenerys would be Instagramming the hell out of her invasion.

(And throwing major shade at Cersei in the process.)

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‘Game of Thrones' season 7 spoilers: Arya's next victim teased; Will Sansa betray Jon Snow?

"Game of Thrones" season 7 will reveal more information about Maisie Williams' character Arya Stark.

Just recently, Design N Trend came up with a list of storylines that may or may not be explored on the hit HBO series in the upcoming episodes.

One storyline had to do with Arya's decision to go on a killing spree last season.

During that time, the female character disguised herself as a waitress and then killed Lothar (Daniel Tuite), Walder Rivers (Tim Plester) and Walter Frey (David Bradley).

The three characters were part of the Red Wedding where three other characters were previously killed.

Additionally, Arya also has a long list of people that she wants to kill. If her plans push through, it would be safe to assume that the character will once again get rid of some key personalities from the TV show.

Meanwhile, Sansa (Sophie Turner) may also turn her back on Jon Snow (Kit Harrington).

Last season, the female character spoke with Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) to remind her that she is the real Stark and not Jon that the Northern Houses should support.

In an interview with Variety, Turner revealed that her character has a little bit of resentment towards Jon because the latter didn't give the former enough credit for helping them take back their home.

"She's not getting the credit she feels she deserves, that Littlefinger would grant her with. He obviously wants her on the Iron Throne and him by her side - she doesn't want that, but she wants recognition for the effort that she put in, in order to claim back Winterfell, because if it wasn't for her, it wouldn't have happened," she explained.

With this, Turner said that her character is currently seeing Littlefinger as the more trustworthy ally.

In other news, Sansa and Jon's relationship are the only ones at risk in "Game of Thrones" season 7.

There are rumors that Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) could also turn his back on Cersei (Lena Headey).

"Will Jaime remain loyal to his sister/lover when he finds out that Tommen committed suicide after she had the Great Sept of Baelor destroyed?" DNT noted.

"Game of Thrones" season 7 will premiere on HBO sometime in April 2017.