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The Seven Kingdoms News Roundup: May 13, 2019
NATIONAL NEWS Travel Ban, Border Wall Fails to Stop Terrorist Attack by Immigrants Thousands are dead and many more are reported missing after a deadly dragon attack left King’s Landing defenseless despite the Lannister administration’s travel ban against Targaryens, a billion-dollar border wall and Cersei Lannister’s insistence on sending troops to the border after rumors…
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10 Thoughts About Game of Thrones Now That I've Started Watching and Am Almost Done With Season 3
Because of my FOMO and my desire to both understand the bazillion Game of Thrones-related memes and references people can’t help but make, I decided to dive into the show. Plus, my entire ass Mondays are shot on social media and in the news curation service I use; a solid 10 articles immediately surface about…
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'Where Is My No-Whip Latte?!'— Daenerys Targaryen Seen Enjoying Starbucks on Game of Thrones [Updated]
At the time of this article’s posting, there are only two episodes left of what fans have deemed “the greatest show on television.” Wow. And yet, even the greatest can make mistakes. Nope, this isn’t about to be a (valid) intellectual critique of how Game of Thrones has turned into “fan fiction” in some ways;…
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Beyoncé, Queen of Benevolence, Is Re-Releasing Lemonade Across All Streaming Platforms
Beyoncé knows that 2019 has been a shit show, so not only did she bless us with a Beychella documentary on Netflix, she’s also re-releasing the audio from her album Lemonade. A benevolent queen. Per the lovely people over at Variety, your thirst will be quenched on Tuesday, April 23. So not only did Bey…
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HBO Tells Real-Life Night King to Kill It With Game of Thrones Memes
HBO knows that all of us are super-hype about this last season of Game of Thrones, and yes, that includes the Night King and his White Walkers but they don’t want old blue eyes using GOT for his political bullshit. Shortly after the president’s hype man, and America’s top cop William Barr gave his lopsided,…
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Dear Game of Thrones Fans, I'm Going to Try Really Hard to Catch Up Because the FOMO Is Killing Me
I’m one of those people: I’ve never seen a full episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. I say full episode because I tried to watch the first episode a few years ago and just couldn’t make it through. I don’t know what happened or why on that particular day I couldn’t complete the task. I…
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Issa Rae’s Insecure Won’t Return Until 2020
Winter is finally here, but it has neglected to bring HBO’s Insecure with it, because the show will not be returning to the network until 2020. You hear that? That’s the sound of a sigh of relief from thousands of fuck-bois who now won’t have their lives become a storyline on cable television. Yup, the…
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Lena Waithe Heads West, Cast in Season 3 of Westworld
Lena Waithe, First of Her Name, Queen of The Chi, Breaker of Industry Chains, has landed a new acting gig! The screenwriter, producer and actress will be joining the cast of HBO’s Westworld for its third season. That’s right, she’s already tackled comedy and drama in the television world, might as well add some sci-fi…
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We've Been Talking About Education All Wrong. Wyatt Cenac Wants to Change That
Wyatt Cenac knows it’s easy to laugh at Aunt Becky. When news broke last month of the college admissions scandal—which saw dozens of the nation’s most privileged parents receive federal indictments for bribing their children’s way into the nation’s top universities—it dominated as many punchlines as it did headlines. Included in the schadenfreude were jokes…