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We Finally Know Who's Responsible for That Infamous Game of Thrones Coffee Cup


Remember how obsessed we all were over the Case of the Game of Thrones Coffee Cup back in May? Well, rest easy, people: We finally have some answers.

If you need a refresher on the situation, here you go: In one of the episodes from Game of Thrones‘s final season, fans noticed an errant coffee cup placed next to Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), which was an obvious anachronistic mistake.

People were outraged that a show with such a massive budget could miss something so glaring—but, hey, people are human and they need their caffeine on long shoots.

People blamed Clarke, Sophie Turner, and Kit Harington at various times. “I hear this every day of my life. This coffee-cup thing,” Turner said in an interview on Conan back in June. “It’s good to know the coffee cup got more press than the final season altogether. The coffee cup was where Kit’s chair was. At first I blamed it on Emilia, but I don’t think Emilia would do that. Kit is lazy, and I think he would’ve done that. It was in front of Kit’s chair and then, obviously, he moved so this picture was taken, and it looked like it was in my seat. But I wasn’t there, either. It was Kit. It was 100 percent Kit.”

Yet, the mystery remained unsolved. But on last night’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Clarke put the questions to rest for good.

“Here’s the truth: We had a party before the Emmys recently and Conleth [Hill], who plays Varys—who’s sitting next to me in that scene—he pulls me aside and he’s like, ‘Emilia, I have got to tell you something, love. The coffee cup was mine,’” she said.

“It was his! It was Conleth’s coffee cup! He said so,” she continued. “He said, ‘I think it was. I am sorry, darling. I didn’t want to say anything because it seemed the heat was very much on you.’”

Watch Clarke explain this for yourself, below:

There you have it, everyone. I’d still probably blame it on Bran, but that’s just me.



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The Game of Thrones Cast All Reunited at the Emmys, and People Are Emotional


The Game of Thrones cast had an epic reunion at the Emmys on Sunday night (September 22). Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gwendoline Christie, Alfie Allen, and Carice van Houten all hit the stage together to pay tribute to the show, which ended this summer after eight glorious seasons.

The audience gave them a standing ovation when they first walked out, and the emotion was palpable. Each cast member had a chance to talk briefly, and their words were met with rapturous applause. When it came time for Christie to speak, fans screamed so loudly they muffled her speech. What can I say? This fandom runs deep.

Allen captured much of the reunion on his Instagram Story. Check out this cute selfie the group took before hitting the stage:

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And this warm hug that Turner and Harington shared? I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Allen took two separate photos with Williams and Christie, whose outfit set the Internet ablaze.

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‘Game of Thrones’ Stars Emilia Clarke and Rose Leslie Just Went on Vacation Together


Game of Thrones may be over, but the cast is still hanging out together. We already know that Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams, who played sisters Sansa and Arya Stark, are best friends. And the two most important women in Jon Snow’s (Kit Harington) life are also IRL pals.

In fact, Emilia Clarke and Rose Leslie just went on a vacation together in India, and it looked amazing. Those familiar with the series will know Leslie as Ygritte, the wildling who uttered the famously quotable line, “You know nothing, Jon Snow” and took his virginity. Leslie and Harington also fell in love offscreen and are now married. Clarke, meanwhile, played Daenerys Targaryen, Jon’s most recent lover (and, uh, aunt) who went “mad” before he stabs her to death. You know, normal relationship stuff.

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Clarke posted a few of their vacay photos on Instagram. “This is NOT an ad, this is just two gals buzzed off our faces on India, peace, being robbed blind by monkeys, (we hardly put up a fight) the best two books I’ve read in years (#theoverstory should be mandatory reading the world over), yoga, spice, mamma earth and figuring out that all you’re ever looking for can be found within,” she wrote in the caption. “Corny as hell but my god is it true. #breathebabyandletthemadnessmeltaway #brainalteringjoy #roselesliehasmyheartandsoulwrappedupinhers #DONTFORGETTHELOVEPEOPLE! #bollocksdoesthatmeanitstimetoworknow? #? #✌️ #? #saltwaterbook #AMUSTREAD! @itbeginswiththebody”

The accompanying photos look incredible, and it seems like the two are super close and shared a special time together. But what I really want to know is if they discussed some of Jon Snow’s worst decisions on Game of Thrones, including and not limited to why he decided he had to get a white walker to prove to Cersei they were real, his strategy for the Battle of Winterfell, and his oft annoying dedication to his “honor.”



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Kit Harington Was Just As Surprised About Jon Snow's Fate on Game of Thrones As You


This post contains spoilers for the final season of Game of Thrones. Consider yourself warned.

It’s been three months since HBO aired the series finale of Game of Thrones and many people, including the show’s cast, are still processing the fates of their favorite characters.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kit Harington who played Jon Snow, finally reveals how he felt about the decision to have Jon kill his lover/aunt Daenarys (Emilia Clarke) after she went “mad” and unleashed dragon fire across huge swaths of King’s Landing.

Harington went into the final table read for season eight without having read the ending, with Clarke warning him that he was in for a surprise. “I didn’t realize what was going to happen the whole way through until maybe half a page before Jon kills Dany. I remember my mouth dropping open and looking across Emilia at the table, who was slowly nodding as I went, ‘No, no, no!'” he said. “It was a ‘holy f*ck’ moment, pardon my language. Jaw dropping. I was completely surprised by it, even though you can kind of see the path through the season of how it was getting there—and even the previous couple of seasons before that, once you can look back. But it was still a big shock to me.”

He says they shot the scene where Jon stabs Dany for almost three weeks, but that it was important to really get it right. And while Jon’s decision was a tough one, Harington saw the logic in his character’s choice. “But what it really comes down to, the real crux of it, is the decision is made when she puts it between her and his family,” he explained. “Jon essentially sees it as Daenerys or Sansa and Arya, and that makes his mind up for him. He choose blood over, well, his other blood. But he chooses the people he has grown up with, the people his roots are with, the North. That’s where his loyalties lie in the end. That’s when he puts the knife in.”

While many fans took issue with how the show ended, Harington disagrees.

“I loved it. When I read it [Jon leading the Free Folk back to the North], that bit really made me cry. What really made me cry was on the paper: ‘End of Game of Thrones,'” he said. “But as far as an ending for Jon Snow, this character that I loved for so many years and had grown so close to, and had meant so much to me … seeing him go beyond the Wall back to something true, something honest, something pure with these people he was always told he belongs with — the Free Folk — it felt to me like he was finally free. Instead of being chained and sent to the Wall, it felt like he was set free. It was a really sweet ending. As much as he had done a horrible thing [in killing Daenerys], as much as he had felt that pain, the actual ending for him was finally being released.”



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Emmy Nominations 2019: All Your Game of Thrones Faves Scored Nods


The Emmy nominations came out on Tuesday morning, July 16, and there were some exciting surprises. For one, Game of Thrones racked up a whopping 32 nods—including nominations for all your favorite actors. Yes, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Gwendoline Christie, Alfie Allen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Peter Dinklage were all nominated for their performances in the final season of Game of Thrones—which means this Emmys red carpet is going to be lit. If this cast isn’t going to come together for one last season in Winterfell, the least they can do is give us cute pics in their gowns and suits. Winter may not be coming, but iconic Maisie Williams-Sophie Turner red carpet moments certainly are.

There were also some major wins for diversity in the Emmy nominee pool. When They See Us, Ava DuVernay’s Netflix series about the Exonerated Five, received several nominations, including one for Outstanding Limited Series. Pose, another critical darling, also earned nods for Best Drama series and Best Actor (Billy Porter). And it’s no surprise that RuPaul’s Drag Race is present in the Outstanding Reality Competition series category. One disappointing aspect to Pose‘s nominations is that the show’s very talented transgender actors were shut out of the nominations. Hopefully the Academy rectifies that next year.

Female creatives were also present in the behind-the-scenes categories—particularly comedy writing, with Amy Poehler, Natasha Lyonne, Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge all earning nods. (The comedy section in general is extremely female-focused, which is incredible.)

Check out all the acting Emmy nominations for this year, below. For the full list, including technical and behind-the-scenes awards, click here.

Barry

Fleabag

The Good Place

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Russian Doll

Schitt’s Creek

Veep

Better Call Saul

Bodyguard

Game of Thrones

Killing Eve

Ozark

Pose

Succession

This Is Us

Jason Bateman, Ozark

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Kit Harington, Game of Thrones

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Billy Porter, Pose

Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder

Laura Linney, Ozark

Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

Mandy Moore, This Is Us

Robin Wright, House of Cards

Mahershala Ali, True Detective

Benicio Del Toro, Escape at Dannemora

Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal

Jared Harris, Chernobyl

Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us

Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

Amy Adams, Sharp Objects

Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora

Emma Stone, Maniac

Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon

Aunjenaue Ellis, When They See Us

Niecy Nash, When They See Us

Anthony Anderson, black-ish

Don Cheadle, Black Monday

Ted Danson, The Good Place

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

Bill Hader, Barry

Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek

The Amazing Race

American Ninja Warrior

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Top Chef

The Voice

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah



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This Deleted Game of Thrones Scene Would Have Explained a Lot About Cersei


This post contains spoilers for the final season of Game of Thrones. Consider yourself warned.

Game of Thrones has been over for a month—we’re doing Big Little Lies on Sundays now—but will it ever truly be over? That’s probably a no, and not just because a prequel is in the works. A show like Thrones lends itself to endless speculation, especially considering how unhappy many fans were with how showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss opted to close out the eighth and final season.

New details are still emerging about what could have been for some of our favorite inhabitants of Westeros. According to People, actress Lena Headey recently told the crowd at a German comic book convention about a deleted scene that showed her character, Cersei Lannister, having a miscarriage. “We shot a scene that never made it into season seven, which was where I lose the baby,” she said. “And it was a really traumatic, great moment for Cersei, and it never made it in.”

“I kind of loved doing that because I thought it would’ve served her differently,” she continued. “Of course, we’re not exactly sure what made the show’s creators scrap the scene, but we can’t say it isn’t interesting to at least think about how that moment may have changed things.”

You’ll remember that Cersei told her brother Jaime that she was carrying their child and had also convinced Euron Greyjoy that she was pregnant with his baby. Her other brother, Tyrion, tried to use the unborn baby as a motivation for Cersei to negotiate with him and Daenerys, to no avail. Fans were left to wonder what was really going on with Cersei. Was she ever really pregnant? Why wasn’t she showing more if time was passing?

Now we know that, at some point, the show’s creators had planned to offer an explanation. Also, we agree with Headey that we would have loved to see this sort of pivotal scene from Cersei, who was often underused in season eight. Headey recently told The Guardian that she has a “few of her own gripes” about the way Game of Thrones ended, in general, and that she wanted a better death for Cersei. “I will say I wanted a better death,” she said. “Obviously you dream of your death. You could go in any way on that show. So I was kind of gutted. But I just think they couldn’t have pleased everyone. No matter what they did, I think there was going to be some big comedown from the climb.”



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