Finale Postmortem: Director Breaks Down the "Anti-Game of Thrones" Death[WARNING: The following contains spoilers from the Season 4 finale of Game of Thrones. Read at your own risk!]
On Sunday's big finale, several characters bit the dust, but no one died with less dignity than Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), who perished while on the toilet after being shot by his son Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) with a crossbow.
"Tywin's death is the anti-Game of Thrones death in that it's very simple," director Alex Graves tells TVGuide.com. "There's a guy sitting down and rather [than] it being how much blood or how much gore or how shocking it was, it's actually about how futile and humiliating it is that this pillar of strength and arrogance who has had an enormous purpose in the War of the Five Kings is killed on the toilet, a death he would not be happy with."
Cinemax nabs war drama 'Signal'
Signal, which counts Ben Silverman as an exec producer, will look inside the clandestine world of military contracting during the Iraq/Afghanistan war.
Grandson of 'General Hospital' creators to make cameo appearance on the show
When General Hospital needed to fill the role of a garage mechanic who holds vital information about a hit-and-run crash, they hired a real life car expert from Detroit, Michigan — 52-year-old Mazda product specialist Duncan Hursley. He's the grandson of GH creators, Frank and Doris Hursley. His cameo appearance airs Friday, June 27.
Thaao Penghlis returning to 'General Hospital'
Penghlis announced on Twitter that he will be making another return trip to GH as Victor Cassadine. "Have been asked back to General Hospital to explore the new escapades of that charming but mischievous rogue," he revealed. "Stay tuned." The actor added that he would be back in the studio during the last week of June. Victor was last seen delivering Lulu and Dante's frozen embryo.
Game Of OMGs: How The Internet Became One Giant Spoiler Alert
It's a wonderful time to watch TV: We have more freedom and choice than ever thanks to DVR, On Demand, and online streaming. Hand in hand with this is a (mostly) insightful media eager to overanalyze every plot twist, or parse the deeper meanings of every mundane action, every word. It's fun to talk about this stuff, and boy, do we do talk about it.
But this comes at a cost. It may be the most first-worldiest of first-world problems, but the "two-screen" approach to prestige television threatens one of the great joys of watching prestige TV in the first place: surprise.
Univision owners in talks to sell for north of $20B
Univision Communications, the largest Hispanic media company in the U.S., may be up for sale. Its private equity owners have held acquisition talks with several media companies, including CBS Corp. and Time Warner, and want more than $20 billion for it, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Univision, which operates Univision Network, Univision Deportes Network, 62 TV stations, 68 radio stations and other digital properties, has been looking to issue shares publicly, and the option is still on the table.
'Scandal' creator Shonda Rhimes to host Barack Obama at L.A. fundraiser
A $32,400-per-person reception and dinner for the president will be held at the Los Angeles home of Rhimes on July 23.
Mary Steenburgen joins 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 3
Steenburgen broke the news herself Thursday on Twitter, but stopped short of revealing any details about her character.
'Orange Is the New Black' promotes Dascha Polanco to series regular
Polanco's character is currently romantically involved with corrections officer John Bennett, played by Matt McGorry.
Amazon orders 'Point of Honor' Civil War-era drama pilot from ABC Studios
The show, written by written by Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Randall Wallace, is a historical drama about a Virginia family divided on the eve of the American Civil War.
Jimmy Scott, Jazz Singer Who Appeared on 'Twin Peaks,' Dies at 88
Scott, a jazz singer known for his falsetto voice and late-in-life appearance on Twin Peaks, died in his sleep Thursday. He was often referred to as "Little" Jimmy Scott and rose to fame with the late 1940s hit "Everybody’s Somebody's Fool" while he was singing with Lionel Hampton’s orchestra. He performed with jazz legends including Charles Mingus, Lester Young and Charlie Parker.
But though he continued recording, he stopped performing in the 1960s after becoming frustrated with the music business, working in Cleveland hotels and other jobs. His career was revived when he caught the attention of record exec Seymour Stein when the 65-year-old Scott sang at the funeral of Doc Pomus in 1991. He went back on tour and his 1992 comeback album "All the Way" was Grammy nominated.
24 Boss: Time Jump Is Coming -- Plus, Might Jack Pass the Baton to Kate?
Thus far on Fox's 24: Live Another Day, events have "occurred in real time" — meaning, only seven hours have elapsed to date, with 17 more to pass across five more episodes. But every one of those 17 hours will be accounted for by the time the finale fades to black on July 14, executive producer Howard Gordon confirmed.
Where Are They Now: 'Somerset' actress Hilarie Bass, now a powerful attorney
As co-president of legal powerhouse Greenberg Traurig, Hilarie Bass is one of the most powerful women lawyers in the country. As a litigator, Bass led the effort to overturn Florida’s ban on gay adoption and has been a key player in suing Chinese manufacturers of defective drywall. She has won numerous awards and appears on state and national lists of super lawyers and top litigators, and is a past chair of the American Bar Association’s litigation section. Clients have included Microsoft, Hilton Hotels and Goldman Sachs.
The Teletubbies are on their way back
The BBC has ordered 60 new episodes of the show featuring Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po.
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