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  • Game Of Thrones Announces The Premiere Date For Season 4

    Fans of the fantasy world of HBO’s Game Of Thrones can start getting excited now. An official premiere date has finally been set for the fourth season of the critically acclaimed show that has also become one of the biggest fan favorites of all time.

    The fourth season of Game Of Thrones will premiere on April 6th. It will be followed by the third season premiere of Veep, and the new comedy from Mike Judge called Silicon Valley.

    While plot details have not been revealed yet, fans can get a glimpse of what the new season will be like with the preview that will be show before the series premiere of True Detective this Sunday. With HBO’s hit comedy Girls returning with two episodes this Sunday, people will likely be tuning into the network all night.

    Meanwhile, Game Of Thrones‘ young star Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, is also set to play the part of Sarah Connor in the upcoming Terminator film. There is no release date yet for the film, but sometime in 2015 is likely. Coincidentally, her co-star on Game Of Thrones Lena Headey already played Sarah Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the show that aired on Fox.

    The Game Of Thrones television series is based on the book series by George R.R. Martin called “A Song Of Ice And Fire,” and it is a series that is still being written. The format of the show has translated to about two seasons per book so far.

    The fourth season is expected to chart the events chronicled in the latter half of the Martin’s sprawling third book in the series, “A Storm of Swords,” but will also introduce characters and occurrences from other novels.

    Fans, be sure to tune into HBO at 9 p.m. on April 6th to catch an all-new season of Game Of Thrones.

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  • Downton Abbey: Christmas Special Trailer Has Arrived [Video]

    Downton Abbey has become quite a hit for many people around the world, and the British hit continues to delight its fans. While the show originally airs in the U.K., it has become very popular in the United States as well.

    Unfortunately for Americans however, the U.K. has already been able to see what happens in the fourth season, while America has been wating in anticipation. Downton Abbey is highly praised by fans and critics all over, and boasts a very entertaining cast including Maggie Smith as the most well-known, as well as Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael and several others in the highly praised show with a large ensemble cast.

    For those that are not familiar with the show’s Christmas special, they have done one each season, and every time it includes a two-hour episode that caps off the season with some of the biggest and most jaw-dropping moments that fans experience throughout the season.

    Downton Abbey has become a show with several twists, surprises and deaths of characters, and there is no telling what will happen in any given episode. With just 16 days left until the much-anticipated Christmas special, it is important to take a look at where things were at the end of the third season.

    When fans last saw the Crawley family, Mary was being chased by two suitors, Edith was contemplating a Swiss vacation to avoid revealing her illegitimate pregnancy. Rose was also complicating things with her romance involving the African American musician, Jack Ross. The trailer contains several spoilers for the new season too, just as a precaution before watching.

    According to the new trailer, the Christmas special of Downton Abbey will pick up in London, where the family and servants are at Grantham House in preparation for Rose’s introduction into society. Those unfamiliar with the series will also be able to recognize a couple of familiar faces in the trailer, including film stars Shirley MacLaine and Paul Giamatti.

    Downton Abbey‘s Christmas special will air on December 25th on UK’s ITV. American fans can also get excited because season 4 will begin airing in the U.S. on Masterpiece PBS beginning Jan. 5, 2014.

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  • Downton Abbey Renewed for a Fifth Season

    Downton Abbey Renewed for a Fifth Season

    Love the British hit drama “Downton Abbey?” If you do, not only will American audiences get to see season four this January, but the show has already been renewed for a fifth season. The international PBS Masterpiece sensation from creator Julian Fellowes, will begin airing in America on January 5, 2014. The fourth season has just finished its run in the UK and averaged a staggering 11.8 million eager television watchers which made it their top-rated drama. “Downton” is also the number one rated show in the history of PBS.

    What makes “Downton” such a worldwide hit? On paper, an upstairs/downstairs British drama set in the early 1900s about the wealthy Crawley clan and their pleasing servants, may not seem like it would attract such a universal audience. However, the show is smart, well-written and touches upon a time in the UK where aristocratic wealth and lavish homes like the mansion featured in “Downton” were coming to an end. It was also the start of an era when over excess and luxury were clashing with World Wars and economic down times.

    The show was also not afraid to kill off its precious darlings. SPOILER ALERT IF YOU’RE NOT DONE VIEWING SEASON THREE. One would expect that shows like “Walking Dead” or even “Homeland” would feature key character deaths, because those shows revolve around danger. However, “Downton Abbey” was a total Kleenexfest last season. First, Syblil Branson, the youngest Crawley daughter died during child birth. And then in one of the most heartbreaking moments in television history, Matthew Crawley died in a car accident at the end of the season three finale, just after seeing his newborn son for the first time. Matthew and Lady Mary were finally happy! They finally got married! They finally had their heir! And then, out of nowhere, Matthew crashes his car and dies in a ditch.

    Matthew’s death, which aired on Christmas day in the UK, was meant with rage and anger amongst its British fans. Loyalists accused writers of “killing my soul” while one fan even said, “I AM 100% DONE WITH THIS SHOW. I CAN’T BREATHE.” Some viewers even claimed to be so upset that they could barely speak.

    It is difficult for Americans to avoid spoiler alerts from season four, since it has already aired in its entirely in the U.K. Matthew Crawley’s death was ruined for me. I stumbled upon an article on the internet about all the backlash from fans and why actor Dan Stevens (who played Matthew Crawley) decided to leave the show, just as I was popping in the DVD to start viewing season three. So I watched the entire season knowing the tragic ending. Somehow, the ending still shocked me, which is truly a testament to how powerful, well-acted and executed the show is.

    Take a look at the trailer for season four (I promise, no spoilers here.)

    You can join the countdown for the season four premiere on the Masterpiece website. The show’s narrative will pick up sometime after Matthew’s death. You can also take some “Downton Abbey” quizzes and see exclusive features there. Just please, try and stay away from spoilers. I know that I will.

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  • Shanola Hampton, Star Of Shameless, Is Pregnant

    Shanola Hampton, one of the stars of Showtime’s hit series Shameless, just announced her pregnancy to the public. On the show, Hampton plays the Gallagher family’s neighbor Veronica. Her and her boyfriend Kevin serve as a side plot to the main part of the show, which is dominated by the dysfunctional Gallagher family, run by their constantly drunk father, William H. Macy.

    This news comes as a bit of irony, since throughout much of her show, Shameless, Hampton’s character has been attempting to get pregnant. She did everything she could think of including getting her mother involved in the equation, making for a very awkward situation. She is the wild and eccentric best friend to Fiona Gallagher, played by Emmy Rossum. Shameless is adapted from a British television show of the same name and is getting ready to enter its fourth season, with the premiere set for January 12, 2014.

    This will be Hampton’s first child, and they are happy to be welcoming a baby girl into the world. She and her husband Daren Dukes have been married for 13 years and currently live in Los Angeles, according to People Magazine. Dukes is the creator and producer of The Dallas Cowboy Show.

    Hamtpon is a 36 year old American actress, and a native of South Carolina. Her co-stars and friends had a hard time keeping the news bottled up inside, and were thankful that she finally let it out in the open. The cast of Shameless also got together today for their first table read, which should get fans excited. The cast is even tweeting about it and displaying group pictures of the cast.

    The cast is back together for their first table read for season four, as of today, and they are all very excited about it. Shameless fans get ready, season four begins in just a few more months. Mark your calendars for January 12 and get ready to get immersed in the lives of the Gallaghers again.

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