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Game of Thrones Prequel House of the Dragon Adds Four to Cast Joe Otterson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon” at HBO is adding four new actors to its cast. Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Eve Best, and Sonoya Mizuno are all joining the highly-anticipated prequel to the megahit HBO show. They join previously announced stars Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, and Matt Smith. More from Variety “House of the Dragon” is s...

Review: Occupation: Rainfall, written and directed by Luke Sparke Historically, when a sequel to a film was greenlit, you could rest assured this was because the first film made a tidy profit for its investors. With the advent of streaming services like Netflix, this is no longer necessarily the case. And Occupation: Rainfall shows us this. Occupation (2018) made barely anything at the box office or through international sales, and yet became a surprise hit on Netflix in the US. Writer-directo...

James Wan’s MALIGNANT Gets September 2021 Release Date! By Josh Millican We’re just getting word that Malignant (directed by James Wan) will open in theaters and IMAX and on HBO Max on September 10th. “I’m super excited for this film,” Wan told his Instagram followers. “I don’t even know how to describe it. I wanted to do something original and genre-bending, and different to my other work, but still in the spirit...

For anybody who has ever been elected into office, from the student union to a national legislature, the recent scenes in Washington DC have been particularly disturbing. When reports appear about the efforts Trump made blackmailing the State of Georgia into changing their results, it is even more disturbing for those of us who also experience threats or blackmail while holding some form of office or voluntary leadership role. In my case, the free software community elected me as a representat...

New nuclear treaty will be 'ineffective': DFAT, SMH,  Anthony Galloway, January 21, 2021, Australia says a new United Nations nuclear treaty signed by more than 80 countries will be ineffective in eliminating nuclear weapons from the world.The Morrison government has not signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which comes into effect on Friday. The…

Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong said Labor welcomed the treaty. "After taking into account the need to ensure an effective verification and enforcement architecture, the interaction of the treaty with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and achieve universal support, a Labor government would sign and ratify the treaty," she said. "Australia can and should lead international efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. A Labor government would work with our allies and partner...

Wallis tells  Oh, yes! Oh my god. I mean, I think we have something very special...  it’s genre-bending. I think it’s so brave. It’s so original. I just haven’t read anything like it. And you know, again, I’m at a place in my life and my career where it’s time to be brave. It’s time to push. And I think it’s really going to be something that audiences are pretty wowed by because it’s a real passion project for him. So, I’m very excited. Yeah, let’s see! That’s what goo...

10:44 EDT, 29 December 2020 A serial pest repeatedly charged with harassing women outside abortion clinics refused to sign bail documents because they would ban him from continuing. James Joseph Dowling, 65, was arrested while holding a vigil outside Greenslopes Day Surgery, in Brisbanes inner south east, over the long weekend.  The anti-abortion campaigner was taken to a police holding cell to face a bail hearing on Monday in Brisbanes Magistrates Court. But the court heard the Catholic Wor...

Theres a joint defense facility in the center of this country called pine gap, a top secret facility, and its very useful to the united states. so in many ways the united states and australian alliance is a key one for the u.s. it was important to shore up that relationship with the trip here. the australian prime minister saying they are in lockstep with the u.s. thomas? >> sara james in melbourne, thank you. new york mayor bill deblasio is sfierg back at attorney general jeff sessions in the...