‘Game of Thrones’ Alum Emilia Clarke Is ‘Avoiding’ Watching Targaryen Spinoff ‘House of the Dragon’

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It’s BAFTA weekend here in London, and that means it’s time for our annual rundown of the festivities in store for nominees, execs and other well-heeled invitees. Notably in 2023, there’s a new venue for the Film Awards ceremony and dinner, while the roster of pre-awards events includes a new host. All will be capped off by celebrations of several key players on Sunday, from intimate to outsized bashes.

EXCLUSIVE: The Real Housewives of New Jersey and Vanderpump Rules both returned to Bravo this month with their best ratings in years.

EXCLUSIVE: Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus) will star opposite Sydney Sweeney in the psychological horror film Immaculate from Black Bear Pictures. Details regarding Tabasco’s role are being kept under wraps.

Disney+ has canceled the John Stamos-led sports comedy-drama Big Shot, as well as The Mighty Ducks: Changers, both after two seasons, Deadline has confirmed.

Songwriter Kyle Jacobs was found dead at his Nashville home today in what police are calling a possible suicide. The husband of singer Kellie PIckler was 49.

“Trustfall,” and the singer says that making the LP helped her cope with own crisis of faith.“In order to be a human being in this world today, it requires a lot of trust, like just to … drop your kids off at school and participate in elections and have an opinion,” Pink said at an album release party held 101 floors up in the sky at the Edge overlooking Manhattan.“ ‘Trustfall’ is sort of [about] two things … I feel like we’re falling backwards, and the ground is uncertain. But it’s also that freedom and letting go, trusting and having faith in the universe that it’s going to take care of you.”And the 43-year-old mother of two — daughter Willow, 11, and son Jameson, 5 — takes comfort in the fact that “I know if my kids had the muscles, they would catch me.”Making “Trustfall” tunes such as first single “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” — which Pink performed on roller skates to open the American Music Awards last November —  helped the artist deal with her issues during the pandemic.“I wrote ‘Never Gonna Not Dance Again’ because I felt like the world was ending,” said Pink, who also performed acoustic renditions of new tunes “When I Get There” and “Trustfall” at the event, where she was interviewed by Peloton star Cody Rigsby.“I’m not wasting any more time.

co-wrote Garth Brooks’ 2007 No. 1 hit “More Than A Memory.” He also helped pen “Still” by Tim McGraw and “Dust” by the Eli Young Band.His songs have been recorded by the likes of Pickler, George Strait, Kelly Clarkson, Thompson Square and Jo Dee Messina, to name a few.He and Pickler eloped on Jan.

It’s officially over. Paul Wesley filed for divorce from wife Ines de Ramon after nearly five years of marriage, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The awards choices of industry voters and cinephiles from across the pond will be revealed at the 76th BAFTA Awards, which will take place this Sunday, Feb. 19 at London’s Southbank Centre. A major bellwether to the Oscars, the BAFTAs have proven to be a strong indicator of what the Academy could choose as their favorite films and performances of the year. Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” leads the tally with 14 nominations, tying “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000) for most nods for a non-English language film, and second overall with “Gandhi” (1982) and “Atonement” (2007), which nabbed 16 noms each. Searchlight’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” and A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” are also well-represented at the British ceremony, each landing 10 noms.

Milo Ventimiglia stepped on a TV set for the first time. Since then, he’s barely ever taken a break — at least not an intentional one. “After ‘Heroes,’ I had a hard time working, I couldn’t get a job,” Ventimiglia says. “It was one of the one or two times in my career where I thought about, what if I did something else? What if I got out of Hollywood? What if I left, and I moved out of the country? What if I did something like completely different than the path that I had been on? Because I couldn’t get work.” Ventimiglia continues: “As an actor, you’re out there, you’re pounding the pavement, you’re taking meetings, you’re auditioning, you’re putting what you can into those auditions, and you’re not getting the work. So therefore it’s kind of like, ‘Well, if they’re not buying what I’m selling, what am I doing here still selling?'”

Tiger Woods has come under fire for what he says was a joke between friends.

Florence Pugh and Lisa Rinna have finally met in person after engaging in a DM relationship for the past three years!

Kellie Pickler’s husband, Kyle Jacobs, has reportedly died at the age of 49.

Daenerys Targaryen isn’t watching her own family’s show?

A couple of Star Wars alums are responding to whether they'd be open to reprising their respective roles in the epic space opera franchise.Emilia Clarke and Daisy Ridley, who both wrapped up their characters' stories in the films that they starred in, were presented with the question while attending the 2023 Sundance Film Festival that kicked off on January 19.For Clarke, she didn't mince words when she shot back with a quick 'no', while Ridley had a different answer when she confessed she would definitely consider returning.  Star Wars alums: Emilia Clarke and Daisy Ridley responded to the question of whether they would consider reprising their roles in the Star Wars franchise while attending the 2023 Sundance Film FestivalClarke, 36, played the role of Qi’ra, Han Solo's childhood friend and romantic interest, in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).While promoting the new science fiction romantic comedy film The Pod Generation at Sundance, the British actress was asked if her interest in doing more genre films would extend back to a galaxy far, far away. 'I mean… no,' she said with a laugh, according to Indie Wire, adding, 'That would be lovely, that would be very nice.

taking home the 2023 Golden Globe for , Emilia Clarke refuses to watch the prequel series. After starring in the HBO fantasy series for all eight seasons, behind Danaerys Targaryen said it would be “too weird” to watch the saga based on her own character's bloodline. “I’m so happy it’s happening. I’m over the moon about all the awards," she recently told at Sundance Film Festival while promoting her next movie, The Pod Generation.

“We can’t live in the past!” Rachel (Emilia Clarke) tells her husband Alvy (Chiwetel Ejiofor).  “Things are evolving!” She should know; she spends her days creating AI companions and coordinating automation (her latest big triumph appears to be a combination of virtual assistant, friend, and mood ring). But Alvy, as she puts it, “studies plants… and plant-like things,” taking horticulture students out to fig trees and saying things like, “The texture is completely different when it’s fresh from the tree.” READ MORE: 25 Most Anticipated Films At The Sundance Film Festival So it’s a real opposites-attract situation, the old-school luddite and the literal creator of artificiality, and there are therefore obvious disagreements over her rather unilateral decision to take advantage of her company’s offer to set her up at “The Womb Center” (“It is our hottest perk – we we just want to retain the best and brightest women”).

Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in The Pod Generation written and directed by Sophie Barthes, and starts with Rachel (Clarke) imagining she’s pregnant–but it was just a dream. Her smart home helps her begin the day with 3D printing toast, making coffee, and picking her outfit for the day. Her husband Alvy (Ejiofor) is a bit more grounded. He’s a botanist and professor who encourages his wife and his students to reconnect with nature. Rachel hasn’t told her husband that she’s on the waiting list for Pegazus womb clinic (a place that grows babies in pod eggs), and her consultation date is finally arriving.