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Game of Thrones season 6 premiere: first impressions and new footage!

Posted on by Sue the Fury

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The Game of Thrones red carpet premiere was a big success last night (livestreaming issues aside), with the stars of the show turning up to watch the first episode of season 6. The cast chatted up the new season with the press, giving us some juicy soundbites to pore over today. We’re also hearing people’s first impressions of the new season, since critics’ advance screeners were not given out this year.

First up: a report from Reuters, along with presenting cast members’ opinions on whether or not Jon Snow is dead (groundbreaking question), contains brand new season 6 footage showing Daenerys among the Dothraki. We last saw her in season 5 being surrounded by the khalasar. The footage starts about the 1:04 mark of the video.

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Game of Thrones Los Angeles premiere roundup: cast photos, gifs and more

Posted on by Petra

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Here’s your roundup from last night’s Game of Thrones red carpet premiere of season 6 in Los Angeles. We’ve gathered up the highlights of red carpet photos, gifs, and more. And we’ll have even more Game of Thrones premiere coverage for you shortly, with interviews and critics’ first impressions!

A word of caution: there are fake spoilers galore about the first episode floating around right now. Take everything you hear with a huge grain of salt!

If you missed the live broadcast last night, it’s still available to watch online:

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Game of Thrones Season 6 Red Carpet Premiere, livestreaming!

Posted on by Sue the Fury
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The #GOTPremiereLA has begun, with the stars of Game of Thrones hitting the carpet at LA’s famed Chinese Theater.

Cast members expected to attend tonight include Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, John Bradley, Michiel Huisman, Kristian Nairn, Alfie Allen, Iwan Rheon, Daniel Portman, Finn Jones, Eugene Simon, Kristofer Hivju, Liam Cunningham, Dean-Charles Chapman, and more. (See the embedded tweet-list below for a full accounting!)

We’ll be keeping an eye on the interviews and fashions all night long so stay tuned for reports.

Veronica Belmont is hosting on the red carpet, asking questions put forth by fans over the past few days.

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The Game of Thrones season 6 red carpet event is tonight!

Posted on by Sue the Fury

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Posted by Michiel Huisman on Sunday, April 10, 2016

The Game of Thrones red carpet premiere is tonight, in Los Angeles, and we can look forward to many of the shows’ stars being in attendance for the big occasion. The first episode of season 6 will debut before a select audience; the red carpet portion beforehand, packed with fan questions and GoT cast members on the carpet, will be broadcast live on Facebook.

The #GOTPremiereLA event, which starts at 5PM Pacific time (8PM Eastern), will be hosted by Veronica Belmont. When the video prepares to go live, we’ll get that embedded over here to make it easier to find.

As Michiel Huisman explains in the above video, fans may add their questions into the mix by visiting the Game of Thrones Facebook page to submit them.

“The Red Woman,” as the first episode is titled, will only be viewed by the premiere’s guests. The rest of us will have to wait until April 24th to find out what’s happening in Westeros after the events of the season 5 finale!

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Game of Thrones Memory Lane 407: Mockingbird

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Curious to know more about the distorted mind of our Editor-in-Chief here at WotW? When it comes to the death of a loved one and an episode named after the jackass that killed her, she will choose you to write up a memory about it.

Sorry, but there is something undeniably wrong with that.

Welcome to today’s chapter of How the Westeros Was Won. Game of Thrones Episode 7 of Season 4 featured a man seeking a champion, a young lady seeking her Aunt, and a misunderstood mentally damaged woman seeking reciprocating love. But the mockingbird had other plans…

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Interview

Peter Dinklage takes center stage in the New York Times

Posted on by Sue the Fury
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Tyrion Lannister in season 6 of Game of Thrones. Photo: Helen Sloan/HBO

Peter Dinklage takes center stage this weekend in a new profile in the New York Times. The actor met up with the NYT‘s Maureen Dowd to talk dragons, the Iron Throne, selfies and a whole lot more.

Describing what it’s like to work with dragons, Dinklage says, “Ah, working with something that is not there. Sometimes I work with some actors who aren’t fully there. The guys in the visual effects department show you pre-visualizations, pre-vis. It used to be just storyboards, but now they’re really well done on computers, and you see the whole scene with you and the animated dragons before you do it, so you get that in your head. It’s neat. It’s cool. I like it.”

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Sophie Turner on Sansa’s new season: “She is taking charge”

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Sansa Stark has always been a polarizing character on Game of Thrones, with as many detractors as passionate fans. Her journey from romantically minded girl of the North to a weary, twice-married young woman has been a bumpy one, filled with abuse and lessons on playing the game. In season 5, we saw Sansa return to Winterfell, but under dark circumstances with her marriage to Ramsay Bolton, in a storyline that left many viewers frustrated at Sansa once again being left in a position without power.

Discussing season 6 in new interviews, actress Sophie Turner says that’s all about to change.

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Game of Thrones Memory Lane 406: The Laws of Gods and Men

Posted on by Petra

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“The Laws of Gods and Men” is best known for Tyrion’s trial and understandably so. It’s a trifecta of powerful writing, acting and wish fulfillment. However, that isn’t the only scene that thematically fits the title. Several characters grapple with tough decisions and the elusive concept of justice, making “The Laws of Gods and Men” among the more thought-provoking episodes.

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Carice van Houten teases winter and Liam Cunningham calls Season 6 “astonishing”

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Following the title reveal of the Season 6 premiere and enticing clip shown on Conan, Carice van Houten and Liam Cunningham keep the fires burning in anticipation for the newest season of Game of Thrones.

With Entertainment Weekly, Carice van Houten reviews her character’s choices last season and new character arc in season 6. She then examines the Red Woman’s crisis of fate at The Telegraph. Also with Entertainment Weekly, Liam Cunningham calls Season 6 “astonishing.”

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