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I won't disagree with you there. I'm going to be more disappointed if the usual suspects like Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, and Emilia Clarke get nominations instead of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams. Dinklage didn't have much to do and Headey should have won for S5 or S6. Clarke is easily the weakest actor among the main cast. The last three did a lot with underwritten storylines, one of the problems of having a shortened season.

We know that both the showrunners and GRRM have been both heavily influenced by the Lord of the Rings, both the books and films, but it was especially obvious in the final sequence when the wall went down. The Night King on poor Viserion was their version of the Witch King on his dragonesque mount. The blowing of the horns was reminiscent of Pippin lighting the beacons at Minis Tirith. It would be an interesting parallel if a woman, either Arya and Brienne with their Valeryian steel weapons as individuals or a team, was the only one who could kill the Night King, as a reference to Eowyn being his killer in the Return of the King.

That would almost be as good as Arya killing Littlefinger with Cat's face. Her wearing Tywin's face when/if she kills Cersei would be more poignant because Cersei sees herself as her father's true heir, and is trying to get his approval even now. He knew she couldn't see the long picture and was focused on the short term.

If it was one of Dany's Dothraki, I hope that Dany is smarter than Catelyn Stark on how to handle having Jaime as your hostage.

In the same article, Dee Dee used different forms and variations of her given name Clauddine and changed the spelling of her last name Blanchard, adding an -e to the end of it. That manipulation plus the claims that her and Gypsy's records were lost in Hurricane Katrina made it difficult for doctors to connect the dots and alert law enforcement and child protection services. It's a great and very strange story that needs more than a 80 minute documentary.

Children of Men by PD James, set in a dystopian UK where humanity faces extinction after 18 years of global human fertility is another good suggestion. It was adapted as a film by Alfonso Cuaron. The other one that comes to mind is Y: The Last Man written by Brian K Vaughan and illustrated by Pia Guerra. Vaughan is also the main writer of Saga, another very feminist comic book.

Between Atwood and George RR Martin, I'm excited about follow ups/sequels. I'm sure we'll have a published follow up book from Atwood before Martin gets The Winds of Winter to his editor.

My guess is that the state church(es) of Gilead are closer to the evangelical megachurches than mainstream Protestant or Catholic churches. There's aspects of the Quiverfull movement ideology present too, specifically men being at the head of the household and having control over the women in their household's bank accounts, post coup. June states in conversation with Emily that St. Peter's, the church that was being demolished in the second episode, that it was her father's family parish and Hannah had been baptized there. She seems to have some religious education, shown when she finishes Aunt Lydia's beatitude. As a lapsed Catholic, I found it rather ironic that June, who seemed to have been raised Catholic, had a better grasp of the New Testament than the fundamentalist Aunt Lydia.

Serena Joy was modeled on some of the women in the 1980s in the religious right, specifically Tammy Fay Bakker, Phyllis Schlafly, and Anita Bryant, all of whom were notable in their hypocrisy in being very public views about women's place being in the home and emphasis on traditional values, when all had very public careers. In Schlafly's case, the woman had nannies and housekeepers, all while leading the movement to defeat ratification of the ERA. In Atwood's book, Serena Joy is described as older, which is more in line with these women. I know the casting of Yvonne Strahovski whose is the same age as Elisabeth Moss was controversial for that reason. It does make some sense, especially if this version of Serena Joy is more akin to Megyn Kelly, Tomi Lahren, and Kellyanne Conway, with their career choices in the right wing news and politics.

As someone who saw the animated version in theaters as a kid, I was really impressed with it. Between this and the Jungle Book, Disney is making some very smart choices about the animated movies they've chosen to adapt as live action versions. I appreciated that actors who could sing decently to well were cast. I knew that Ewan McGregor could sing fairly well having seen Moulin Rouge and his performance of Heroes at a David Bowie tribute last year. Jerry Orbach's a hard act to follow up, but he did well. Luke Evans' musical theater background worked to his benefit.

To be fair to Laettner, he's not as hateable as some Duke players. He's probably the first Duke player to get the dislike that has become associated with certain Duke players. I think that Grayson Allen is worse because of his unsportsmanlike conduct and the uncanny resemblance to Ted Cruz, who also has a very slappable face.

The next Bond film will likely be the last for Craig, so the whole casting speculation could be restarted in about 5 years. By that time, some of the more high profile names (Hiddleston, Fassbender, Elba) will likely be too old to take over for 4/5 films. Boydega will be in his early 30s by then, but his Star Wars commitment could hurt him. Someone mentioned the lower profile/recurring Game of Thrones male cast. Both Richard Madden and Kit Harrington would be interesting choices and in the right age range. I would think that Harrington could be on some short lists given how the secrecy around GoT rivals Bond, how he kept up the "Jon Snow is really, really dead" party line for months when most show watchers and book readers were convinced otherwise, and the amount of attention given to him for doing a great deal of his own stunt work for Battle of the Bastards.

I really hope that the writers do something around the Sean Spicer as the White House Easter Egg Roll Easter Bunny. It's a little too soon being that Easter doesn't fall for another month and a half, but it's much fresher material in the news cycle than his press conference tantrum last week.

Neither Viola or Emma look thrilled to be in Casey Affleck's company. Viola's probably thinking "I survived dealing with Jared Leto while making and promoting Suicide Squad, I'm allowed to show some shade towards Casey Affleck. Most people will understand."

Looks like Brie Larson made a quick exit after giving him the Oscar.

Bowie was honored last year.

Lin Manuel Miranda will likely get his EGOT for either the Mary Poppins sequel or Little Mermaid live action if there are new songs.

Kate McKinnon's impression range is impressive. I liked her Betsy DeVos and hope this episode isn't the only time it appears. It's going to become repetitive for them to rely on Trump, Bannon and Conway for the political sketches, despite how horrible they are. His cabinet and Congressional allies are equally terrible and good fodder for SNL. It really is too bad that Taran Killam is gone because he's the first one that comes to mind to play Paul Ryan in his smug, swarmy, faux intellectual, Ayn Rand fanboy glory. I was really surprised that the trainwreck that is their confirmation hearings didn't get much attention from SNL, especially Rick Perry's. McKinnon's Angela Merkel is wonderful especially using facial expressions to convey her dismay and horror over Baldwin as Trump's Nazi allusions. Her fangirling over Obama was delightful as well as her trying to end the call. Love Kennan as Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe putting baby, wanna be despot Trump in her place.

The youngest daughter Beatrice did a major disservice to historians when she ruthlessly edited and purged Victoria's diaries of anything that would make her seem like less than a perfect person. Examples include censoring her descriptions of her and Albert's active sex life, trying to downplay her difficult relationship with the Dutchess of Kent and Sir John Conroy, etc.

Victoria and Albert were parents who had high expectations for their kids. Albert's favorite seems to have been their eldest Victoria who was the mother of Wilhelm II. Edward VII was a disappointment to both of his parents because he wasn't as hard working or serious as they would have liked when he was a young man. He turned out to be a good ruler despite his mother's refusal to share responsibility with him. The part about her being a very controlling mother via letters is very true. Her daughter Alice, the mother of Tsarina Alexandra, was sincerely interested in nursing, social work, and charity in Darmstadt. She breastfed most of her children and a cow at Balmoral was named Princess Alice as a result.

I figured that most of the coaching staff would be gone, but coming shortly after their bowl win was a shocker. I'm just relieved that they didn't drag it out and fire him right before the start of the season, like Illinois did with Tim Beckmann. It gives Minnesota the chance to rebuild and finish the investigation. Speaking of coaches fired for abusing players, Kevin Wilson who was fired from Indiana for that reason in late November, got hired as OSU's offensive coordinator. He's replacing Tim Beck, who is taking the same role at Texas.

The Big 10 does have its faults, including some poor choices for invitations (Rutgers) and its thin skin regarding justified criticism of officiating, both football and basketball. I also think that having Friday night Big 10 football games is not a great idea and do appreciate that most of the athletic departments that have the dominant football programs either refused to host them or gave conditions about having them. I do think that the Big 10 made some good strides in having more parity in football across the conference this year. It does help that the coaching carousel in certain teams seems to be settled. Michigan State was down this year, but there were signs of life especially in their Michigan and OSU games. It's nice seeing Penn State and Nebraska become competitive again, as well as Iowa being consistent two years in a row. I think that we need to see how Iowa, Wisconsin, and Penn State play tomorrow before calling the Big 10 bowl season a disaster.

It's embarrassing for the entire Big 10 with their playoff representatives getting shut out two years in a row. I don't have a great deal of fondness for OSU, but thought that last year's team would have at least given Alabama a competitive game instead of getting shut out like MSU. I honestly am not sure if Penn State or a Michigan team with a healthy Jake Butt and Jabril Peppers would have done any better against Clemson.

He and Michelle could also have the dogs dig holes in the White House lawn and bury any documentation that would be dangerous in the hands of Comrade Orange like printouts and flash drives with the nuclear launch codes, the White House wi-fi passwords, etc. Then have the dogs do their business in the open holes and cover them up. That could give us maybe a 6 month reprieve of his first war caused via a Twitter insult.

The whole idea of who is a "real American" pisses me off to put it nicely. I live in Wisconsin which is more of a purple state. I'm just as much a real American living in Madison as some of the white flight Republicans who live in Waukesha County. My tax dollars help fund roads, social programs, and education both in Wisconsin and in the entire US. Only difference is that for every dollar that Wisconsin contributes to federal taxes, we maybe get less than half of that back. Red states like South Dakota, Iowa, and Kansas are more taker states than giving states in terms of federal spending. I'm not sure I want to know how much money is thrown away to corporate farmers that have utter contempt for environmental regulations and food safety in the form of crop subsidies, both for agriculture and livestock.