Maisie Williams Gossip

When we were prepping for coverage last week ahead of the Emmys, one of the possible conversation points was how it would be without a host. The Oscars didn’t have a host. The Emmys have gone host-less before, and they addressed it off the top in a bit that started with Homer Simpson, got picked up by Anthony Anderson, and led eventually to Bryan Cranston who, I think, they’ve now declared to be like the Jack Nicholson of TV? Later on, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel joked about it when they got up to present but, overall, I don’t think it was an issue? I wasn’t thinking about the hosting or missing the hosting. Full Story

Holy sh-t everyone! We are now just 10 days away! The finale episodes of Game of Thrones will begin airing next Sunday on HBO and on Crave in Canada. We’ve been waiting for a long time for this. And then, as soon as it starts, we’ll want time to slow down. Full Story

Just in case you thought April was all about the Avengers, Game of Thrones is here to remind you that April is ALSO all about Westeros. (Is this the busiest pop culture spring ever?) New teasers just dropped, with some new footage and some recycled, and a lot to talk about. Chiefly, ARYA AND JON IN THE GODWOOD. Full Story

I was really starting to think we’d never see a proper trailer for Game of Thrones’ final season. That we would just have to settle for mere seconds doled out like scraps in broader HBO promo materials. But lo, on the fifth day, the great dragon breathed life into the world and there was a full trailer for Game of Thrones, and it was good. Full Story

HBO has still not officially announced a premiere date for Game of Thrones. We know it’s next year. We *think* it’s probably late spring when it always used to premiere with the exception of last season which aired in the summer. But this isn’t yet confirmed. I wonder if they’re just waiting to confirm with a trailer that has real footage. Full Story

The X-Men movies are not great. They are either outright bad, or they don’t hold up. Logan is the closest they’ve come to a genuinely good movie, and even it falls apart in the third act. But, the success of Logan and Deadpool has shown Fox a way out of the weeds with the X-movies, which is leaning into genre influence. Full Story

If you’ve never watched an episode of Game of Thrones, you still have to appreciate the cuteness of these two. They’ve grown up together in the spotlight of this ridiculous behemoth of a show, and despite the fact that, as far as I can tell, they haven’t had a scene together in about five years, they seem to be cute friends-slash-sisters, to the point where they even got matching tattoos of the date they first got the call that they were cast. Full Story

We’ve talked a lot about Jon Snow and his inevitable resurrection that will happen sometime in season six of Game of Thrones, but we haven’t talked at all about the most important character in Thrones: Drogon. He’s my favorite, and the last we saw of him, he was wounded and exhausted after saving Daenerys. Full Story

Peter Dinklage won his second Emmy for portraying Tyrion Lannister last night, a win that encapsulates my problem with the Emmys—oh yeah, I have a problem with the Emmys. My problem is this: The same shows win every year. And once something starts winning, it tends to turn into a juggernaut and win every year for a whole bunch of years regardless of whether or not it’s actually still the best thing on TV. Full Story

Miley Cyrus and Patrick Schwarzenegger are back in LA after holiday in Maui. Today they were papped while out for lunch. Question: is that her Chanel backpack or his? This morning Kristen Stewart went out for coffee with Alicia Cargile as the Daily Mail reported that she’d joined Instagram. Full Story

They should probably be heading back to work soon on Season 4, non? GET ON IT! Here are Arya Stark and Gendry the Baratheon bastard at the Tower of London last night at the launch of Season 3 on blinkbox in England. With all the advancements we’ve had in just about everything, you’d think tv people could figure out how to simulcast, non? These pictures won’t help the problem of those Arya-Gendry shippers who want the two characters to make romance in Westeros. Full Story