The Rings of Power wrapped up season two not only with storm clouds raging on nearly every horizon of Middle-earth, but with the deaths of several major characters—some of them towering figures from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings lore. J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, the showrunners of Amazon’s expensive, expansive series, spoke with … Read more
Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings and NetEase announced back-to-back new title releases, in a sign of intensified competition among the country’s top two video gaming publishers, as other Big Tech firms throw in the towel. NetEase, the country’s second-largest online gaming firm, plans to release about a dozen new games next week, including titles in … Read more
Home Entertainment Titanic Actor Bernard Hill, Who Played Ship’s Captain, Dies at 79 Apart from Titanic, Bernard Hill is also known for his work in The Lord Of The Rings. May his soul rest in peace. Titanic Actor Bernard Hill, Who Played Ship’s Captain, Dies at 79 Actor Bernard Hill, who went down with the … Read more
Rescue workers remove bricks from crushed cars under the remains of a collapsed two-story building in Paso Robles, Calif., following an earthquake, in this Dec. 22, 2003 file photo.Gary Kazanjian/ASSOCIATED PRESS I was on the way to the movies when the earthquake hit. The magnitude 6.5 quake would change the face of my hometown and … Read more
So the wine industry is striking back with a marketing and branding drive worthy of Madison Avenue – a street in New York synonymous with the advertising industry. Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) pours wine in a still from “Game of Thrones”. One Bordeaux winemaker found success with a “Games of Thrones”-themed line of wines. Photo: … Read more
