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George R.R. Martin has named which television episode he considers as the best finale “in the history of television”.The renowned author – most famed as the creator of the Game Of Thrones universe – took to his website to share a blog update with his fans, explaining which are his favourite television episodes over the past quarter of a century.This was prompted after Vanity Fair published an article, naming a Game Of Thrones episode as one of the 25 episodes it considers to be “perfect” from the last 25 years.The episode in question was the penultimate episode to the show’s second season, Blackwater, which aired in May 2012 and centred around the character Stannis Baratheon, as he leads his army into a battle to claim King’s Landing.“I have never claimed to be perfect… but if the good folks at VANITY FAIR want to say so, who I am to argue,” the author wrote on his page, sharing a link to the complete list.“Of course, they are not actually saying I am perfect.

Succession actor Crystal Finn was hospitalised after being attacked by otters in a recent incident.Finn, who played ATN producer Lauren Pawson in the fourth and final season of the hit HBO show, recounted the traumatic incident, which occurred back in July, in a new interview.She told the San Francisco Chronicle: “I felt something on my backside and on my leg. I started looking around and yelling out and [the otters] popped up right in front of me.

actress Crystal Finn is opening up about a scary incident during a trip to the Plumas National Forest in Northern California last month.The actress, who played Lauren Pawson in the season 4 «America Decides» episode of, revealed that she was attacked by otters while swimming in the forest's Feather River.«I felt something on my back side and on my leg,» Finn told the of the attack.She continued, «I started looking around and yelling out and [the otters] popped up right in front of me. Then they dove down and started going at me again.

the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday. “I started looking around and yelling out and (the otters) popped up right in front of me. Then they dove down and started going at me again.”Although Finn isn’t sure why she was assaulted, she thinks it may have been a mother protecting her offspring, as she spotted three of them just moments after being bitten.

If you can predict anything for the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards its that the final season of “Succession” is as close to a lock as possible to win Outstanding Drama Series. With the Emmy ceremony potentially being delayed due to the ongoing guild strikes all the way to, yes, January, it doesn’t look like Jess Armstrong and his stellar cast will get to celebrate a fitting goodbye to the HBO mainstay anytime soon.

Succession star Sarah Snook has explained what she believed prompted Shiv to vote against Jeremy Strong’s Kendall in the HBO show’s series finale.In an interview with Variety, the actor suggested that Shiv decided to sabotage Kendall’s chances of taking control of media conglomerate Waystar Royco after seeing her brother put his feet up on the desk of their late father, Logan (Brian Cox).Shiv’s decision ultimately left the company in the hands of Alexander Skarsgård’s tech mogul Lukas Matsson, while her husband and the father of her unborn child, Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), assumed the role of CEO.“I’ve spoken with friends of mine who love the show, and I quite like being able to dissect it with them,” said Snook in the interview. “I have heard that people thought that Shiv was thinking 10 steps ahead, and that if Tom’s going to get the CEO-ship and she’s got a kid with Tom, then the closest she can be to it is by saying ‘No’ [to Kendall] in this moment.“But I think it’s just pure instinct,” she continued.

Succession actor Sarah Snook has spoken about one scene that was cut from the hit show’s finale. Spoilers below.In season four, episode 10 of the HBO drama, titled ‘With Open Eyes’, the show reaches a dramatic climax when the Roy siblings – Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Shiv – participate in a board vote which will determine the leadership and future of Waystar Royco.Moments before Snook’s character, Shiv, is about to vote for her brother Kendall as the new CEO and her late father’s successor, she gets cold feet and exits the room mid-meeting.An explosive argument with the siblings ensues, during which she tells her brother: “I love you, but I can’t fucking stomach you.” She also tells Kendall that she can’t vote for him because he’s killed someone, referring to the moment in the season one finale when he gets into a car accident with a waiter from Shiv’s wedding.Shiv leaves the confrontation and votes against her brother, which means that Lukas Matsson’s (Alexander Skarsgård) GoJo deal goes ahead and Shiv’s husband Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) becomes the new CEO.In a new interview with Variety, Snook revealed one extra scene was filmed twice that depicted her character returning to the conference room to cast her vote, rather than it lingering on the two brothers after the argument becomes physical.She explained: “The way that [director] Mark Mylod runs the scenes, he will let it run.

Breaking Bad has been crowned the best TV show of the past 25 years on a list compiled by Rotten Tomatoes.To mark its 25th anniversary, the website asked approved critics to rank their top five TV shows released in the last 25 years. The votes were then tallied and compiled into a top 25 list.Perhaps unsurprisingly, Breaking Bad came out victorious, beating runner-ups The Sopranos and The Wire in second and third place respectively. Mad Men and Succession complete the top five, with the latter coming to an end this year with its fourth season.Despite its controversial last season, Game Of Thrones finished in seventh place – placing ahead of shows like Lost, Fleabag and Atlanta.You can check out the entire top 25 below.1. Breaking Bad2. The Sopranos3. The Wire4. Mad Men5. Succession6. The Leftovers7. Game Of Thrones8. Twin Peaks: The Return9. Lost10. Six Feet Under11. Fleabag12. Ted Lasso13. Better Call Saul14. BoJack Horseman15. Curb Your Enthusiasm16. Atlanta17. Stranger Things18. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel19. The Office US20. The West Wing21. The Americans22. Parks and Recreation23. Arrested Development24. Watchmen25. ChernobylA list was also compiled running down the top 25 movies from the past 25 years, where Mad Max: Fury Road claimed the top spot.

Emmys have been announced – check out the full list below.The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards are currently scheduled to take place Monday September 18 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.As reported by Variety, however, it’s expected the ceremony will be delayed to either November or January due to the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) is expected to join the WGA in strike action this week unless a deal is reached by Wednesday (July 12), which would put all major Hollywood events on pause.The Emmy nominations were announced by Television Academy chairman Frank Scherma and Yvette Nicole Brown on Wednesday (July 12) in a livestream.

Hollywood may be bracing for a potential second work stoppage later today, but this morning was a joyous one for many with the announcement of the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy Chair Frank Scherma revealed a slew of nominees led by “Succession” with 27 nominations, “The Last of Us” with 24 mentions, and “The White Lotus” with 23 nominations.

It’s always a strange time in Hollywood, but it’s an understatement to say everything is really off-kilter right now. Obviously, the Writers Guild strike has brought a majority of television and film production to a halt.

Brian Cox has a semi-secret side hustle — as the voice of McDonald’s. In fact, the distinctive-sounding Scottish actor has another voiceover gig with the Golden Arches this week, now that he has some time to spare — the hit HBO comedy-drama series drew to a close in May with its fourth season. Cox, who can be heard on television singing the famous “Ba da ba ba ba” jingle, told People he actually sings “all the time,” and would love to give his pipes more of a workout professionally.

The members of the Television Academy will reveal the 2023 Primetime Emmy Award nominations on Tuesday, July 12. This morning, the members of the Television Critics Association (including this writer) revealed the nominees for the 2023 TCA Awards.

Does anyone else think it’s a little quiet out there? And it’s not just because the writers are on strike. After a few years of almost too much television to watch, especially around Emmy deadline season, the first half of 2023 has been relatively… quiet.

she did it again.Britney Spears is making a comeback, but not in quite the way you’d expect. This time, the Grammy Award-winning pop icon’s music is taking the Broadway stage in “Once Upon A One More Time.”Expect to hear Spears’ songs like never before at the legendary Marquis Theatre.The musical takes some of her chart-topping hits — including “Womanizer,” “Lucky,” “Circus” and  “Toxic” — and spins them into a reimagined fairytale following Cinderella, Snow White and other storybook staples as they find that happily ever after isn’t what they thought.As you may expect, Britney classic closely tie into the storyline — one of our favorite moments was when “Oops I Did It Again” lands right when the princesses discover that they may share a suitor in common.Plus, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the show features a “Succession” star AND “American Idol” Season One runner-up Justin Guarini.Does this sound like a musical you “wanna go” to?Well, at time of publication, we found tickets going for downright reasonable prices.In fact, some mezzanine seats were spotted at just $65 before fees on Vivid Seats.

Brian Cox certainly chose a bold ice breaker when he met Meryl Streep. The star opens up about a conversation he says he once had with the legendary actress, which certainly seemed to have caught her attention. While interviewing Emily Blunt for 's Actors on Actors series, talk turns to Blunt's breakthrough role opposite Streep in 2006's . «I loved it,» Cox says of the film.

This article contains major spoilers for the ‘Succession’ finale.Succession star Kieran Culkin says he disagrees with creator Jesse Armstrong’s interpretation of how Roman Roy feels at the show’s end.The lauded HBO show’s dramatic finale aired last month (May 28), with Culkin’s character Roman and his brother Kendall (Jeremy Strong) betrayed by sister Shiv (Sarah Snook), who backtracked on her pact with her brothers and cast the deciding vote to sell Waystar Royco to Lukas Matsson’s (Alexander Skarsgård) GoJo company.After the finale, Armstrong shared his thoughts on the characters’ headspace after the events of the finale, saying: “In a reductive, brutal way, Roman ends up exactly where he started. He is that guy still. And he maybe easily could have been a playboy jerk with some slightly nasty instincts, and some quite funny jokes.“He could’ve stayed in a bar, being that guy.

sparked by a squabble over Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton’s RSVP. (The issue: why was he still on the guest list, despite having declined?) The party-planning duo and activist investor Peltz are now locked in competing lawsuits: he’s suing them for the $159,000 deposit he paid while the pair has fired back with a countersuit that seeks $50,000 in damages. The tussle continues. That unseemly public spat serves as a reminder that the air-kissing world of party planning isn’t as carefree and glamorous as it strains to appear.

sparked by a squabble over Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton’s RSVP. (The issue: why was he still on the guest list, despite having declined?) The party-planning duo and activist investor Peltz are now locked in competing lawsuits: he’s suing them for the $159,000 deposit he paid while the pair has fired back with a countersuit that seeks $50,000 in damages. The tussle continues. That unseemly public spat serves as a reminder that the air-kissing world of party planning isn’t as carefree and glamorous as it strains to appear.

would be Waystar Royco’s new CEO in the wake of the death of Logan Roy (Brian Cox). But the highly acclaimed series almost continued.In a new interview in Variety, “Succession” star Kieran Culkin tells fellow actor and longtime friend Claire Danes that the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, considered doing additional seasons. He “pitched an amazing fifth season and then another and another,” seemingly off the top of his head, Culkin said of Armstrong.

The IDGAF era of Brian Cox’s career has been an entertaining thing to keep an eye on. It seems with every new interview, the iconic actor just says something that riles people up and makes headlines.