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‘Game of Thrones’ star Kit Harington: a quiet force as Jon Snow

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Shhhh! “Quiet” and “still” aren’t words you might associate with “Game of Thrones.” HBO’s epic fantasy, set in the make-believe continent of Westeros, typically swirls with warring armies, forbidding landscape, even fire-breathing dragons. But Jon Snow embodies the meditative quality that regularly quells words and movement by the characters in favor of a moody immersion in this vast realm for the audience. Through this universe roams Jon Snow, the illegitimate son of Lord Ned Stark and an outcast, a brooding…

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Catching up with ‘Game of Thrones’ as Season 5 begins

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Battling warriors and wrangling dragons on “Game of Thrones” is easy. Weathering the bitter cold north of The Wall is a snap. What’s difficult is keeping track of all the storylines and remembering how things were left hanging when last season ended all those months ago. With the return of “Thrones” for its fifth season on Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO, here’s a reminder of what some of the characters were up to, way back then. And if…

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Here’s why Australia won’t be seeing ‘Game of Thrones’ first this season

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Game of Thrones is the most pirated show in the world, meaning more people illegally download it than any other. It even broke an all-time piracy record during season 4 when more than 250,000 people shared the same file at the same time. To combat that, HBO is ensuring the season 5 premier Sunday night on the East Coast of the United States at 9 p.m. is aired at the same time in 170 countries. That means while people here in…

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‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 eps leaked hours before premiere

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Some people just cannot wait. Make that almost a million people. Game of Thrones season five, set to premiere on HBO Sunday evening, began emerging from piracy networks and downloaded more than three-quarter million times. The pirated copies appeared on torrent sites around 10 p.m. Eastern Time Saturday, only a day before its official launch. Through 7 a.m. Sunday, more than 550,000 individual clients leaked the first four episodes of GoT worldwide, reports Todd Spangler of Variety. Copyright intelligence firm Excipio estimates that…

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‘Sesame Street’ parodies ‘Game of Thrones’ — and it’s awesome

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With the new season of Game of Thrones premiering this Sunday, it’s prime time to stir up fans with all things Westeros. And why should Sesame Street, which has already spoofed House of Cards, be any different? In it’s “Game of Chairs” GoT parody, Sesame Street features some of the series’ most prominent, and many dead, characters including Ned Stark, Rob Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, Cersei Lannister, Theon Grayjoy and Daenerys Targaryen. All but Ned and Theon, who is Grover Bluejoy in the…

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‘Game of Thrones’ author releases chapter from next book

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Yes, George RR Martin really is working on that next book. The “Game of Thrones” author released a chapter Thursday from his very long-awaited sixth volume of the “A Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy series, “The Winds of Winter.” The chapter appears on Martin’s web site and is told from the perspective of Sansa Stark, living under the name Alayne Stone. She is played on the HBO adaptation by Sophie Turner. Season Five of “Game of Thrones” premieres at…

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‘Game of Thrones’ to live stream premiere in San Francisco

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The U.S. premiere of the fifth season of “Game of Thrones” will be held at a palatial building in San Francisco, aptly suited for the television show about a mythical kingdom. But the City by the Bay is also a leading tech hub and HBO plans to give “Game of Thrones” fans access to the red carpet event Monday by streaming it live on the show’s Facebook page. Many of the series’ stars will attend the event at the War…

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