16 h. ago George RR Martin calls long overdue Game of Thrones novel ‘the curse of my life’

‘I have periods where I make progress and then other things divert my attention,’ admitted the author

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18 h. ago Alfie Allen on Dealer’s Choice: ‘Maybe when it was written, men would just bury things and move on’

As he prepares to play a poker-loving ladies’ man in the Donmar’s revival of Patrick Marber’s Nineties classic ‘Dealer’s Choice’, Alfie Allen talks to Phil Harrison about male friendship, doing justice to his parts and shooting in the desert

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28 h. ago The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey fumes over interview question about their age: ‘I’ve got nothing to say to you’

The HBO drama’s second season is set five years after the events of the first

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29 h. ago Martin Clunes' new film with Poldark and Game of Thrones stars looks unmissable

Martin Clunes will star in the upcoming alongside some familiar faces.

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62 h. ago Game of Thrones star 'apologised after every scene' for reason making fans melt

Charles Dance appeared in HBO's Game of Thrones for several seasons – with Dance playing the role of the sadistic Tywin Lannister and often apologising for his dialogue

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3 d. ago The Thicket review – Peter Dinklage is a bounty hunter in harsh western with unusual chill

Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis star in a horse opera set in a snowbound world of bars, brothels and wide open spacesHere is a western starring Peter Dinklage, but forget hot sun-baked gullies and leather-skinned cowboys riding sweatily through rattlesnake country. The Thicket takes place in a hard, snowbound wilderness interspersed with equally hard, snowbound little townships consisting mainly of bars and brothels. You can see the breath in the air and the blood on the snow. The plot is staple horse opera: a kidnapped maiden must be rescued by a motley group of good-ish guys with mixed motives, headed up by Dinklage playing a bounty hunter character offering a similar vein of dry, world-weary cynicism as his breakthrough role as Tyrion in Game of Thrones, only much less aristocratic. He is joined by Gbenga Akinnagbe as his right hand man, with whom Dinklage has nice chemistry, and Levon Hawke, as a naive young Christian whose sister has been kidnapped by ruffians.The ruffians ar...

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4 d. ago The Last of Us season two review – Bella Ramsey is absolutely wonderful

The actor’s take on a damaged young soul fighting for autonomy is a punchy, watchable delight. The second season is slower and narrower in scope, but it is just as gutsy and thoughtfulSeason one of The Last of Us was a lot. It must have surprised some viewers to find that an adaptation of a video game was among the best dramas of 2023 – although it wasn’t too unexpected for anyone who noticed that it was co-created by Craig Mazin, writer of the magnificent Chernobyl. More to the point, The Last of Us was relentless, constantly shifting and weaving to deliver devastation and heartbreak in brutal new ways. On its return for a second season, it has earned the right to take a breath and slow down.A quick recap. A fungus-based pandemic has splintered civilisation as we know it, turning the millions of “infected” into groaning, lurching sub-humans who are not undead but are still monsters whose only impulse is to bite the healthy. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a man whose 14-year-old daughter died...

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4 d. ago The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey got medical diagnosis after crew member spotted key sign

Bella Ramsey has been on TV since the age of 13, but said their recent diagnosis has helped them to understand themselves more - and the star now feels 'freedom' in their live

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6 d. ago Why resurrect the dire wolf when existing animals are facing extinction? | Martha Gill

It’s not as sensational as recreating long-dead species, but conserving modern-day fauna is far more pressingThe parable of the Mars mission: we’d rather spend trillions sending ourselves to a yet unlivable planet than look after the one we have. And swiftly on its heels, the parable of the dire wolf. We’d rather resurrect a 12,500-year-old species from the dead than save our existing wild animals. Of course we would. Recycling is boring; doing the very thing 90s science fiction movies warned us not to do is fun.We are not quite on the verge of bringing back ancient species. But last week the PR campaign for doing so began in earnest. Colossal Biosciences – a company known for trying to revive the dodo, the mammoth and the thylacine – has unveiled three large adorable white puppies, claiming it has created “the world’s first successfully de-extincted animal”: the dire wolf, made famous by Game of Thrones. It invited author George RR Martin to look; he duly burst into tears. Continue...

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7 d. ago Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer films gritty new ITV drama about Sarah Ferguson's killer nanny

EXCLUSIVE: Brand new ITV drama The Lady is set to tell the story of the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson's dresser Jane Andrews, who was convicted of brutally killing her lover

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7 d. ago Bella Ramsey says The Last Of Us season 2 has ‘amped up a level’

The actor, who plays Ellie, teased that there is ‘lots of humour’ in series two.

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7 d. ago Pedro Pascal’s rapid rise to stardom is about to either make or break him

Almost overnight, the affable ‘Game of Thrones’ star seems to have become the most in-demand actor in Hollywood. Louis Chilton looks at the reasons behind his success – and the trial by fire he now faces

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8 d. ago Bella Ramsey says The Last Of Us has ‘amped up a level’ from season one

The actor, who plays Ellie, teased that there is ‘lots of humour’ in series two.

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8 d. ago The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey shows off their jiu jitsu moves on Jonathan Ross

The Last Of Us' Bella Ramsey showed off their jiu jitsu moves during an appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show - where they also spoke about their co-star Pedro Pascal.

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8 d. ago Bella Ramsey used to ‘cringe’ watching work on Game Of Thrones

Ramsey also spoke about the stunts they have done as an actor, hinting that there will be more in the upcoming season of The Last Of Us.

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8 d. ago Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey put a lot of internal work into 'The Last of Us'

The “Last of Us” picks up five years where the story left off

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1 week ago Game of Thrones author George RR Martin broke down in tears meeting ‘de

Scientists have revived a wolf species closely resembling that of the extinct dire wolf made famous by Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’

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1 week ago Dire wolf made famous by Game of Thrones brought back from extinction after 10,000 years

The dire wolf is a mainstay of fantasy settings in pop culture but came to prominence in the popular HBO series, based on George RR Martin's book series.

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1 week ago Dire wolf has been brought back from extinction, say US scientists

Colossal Biosciences’ chief executive Ben Lamm called the development a ‘massive milestone’

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1 week ago Game of Thrones' dire wolves brought back from extinction after 10,000 years

A biotech company has hailed its breakthrough of resurrecting the species

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