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Amazon Is Severing Ties With Two Other MMOs

Amazon is handing off MMOs Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty to other publishers.

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Aug 12 • 2:29 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Throne Science raises $10M for AI toilet sensor

The funding will support personnel growth and research and development as the company works toward adding potential cancer-detection capabilities.

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Aug 3 • 1:52 PM EDT • Science • mobihealthnews.com
Sophie Turner and Kit Harington Gagged After Kissing Each Other on Screen While Making Their New Horror Movie

Sophie Turner and Kit Harington can be seen, in a behind-the-scenes clip from their new movie, jokingly retching after sharing an onscreen kiss. 'The Dreadful' stars the two British actors, who formerly played siblings on 'Game of Thrones,' as lovers.

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Feb 18 • 9:59 PM EST • Entertainment • people.com
Taking a look at four of the most overrated episodes of television in entertainment history

"Pine Barrens" celebrates its 25th anniversary, inspiring a ranking of four overrated TV episodes from The Sopranos, Seinfeld, and Game of Thrones.

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May 6 • 6:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • foxnews.com
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Team USA stars ready to win WBC for the 'greatest country in the world'

The 2026 World Baseball Classic features. the USA's most loaded roster ever. Can they dethrone Japan

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Mar 2 • 5:31 AM EST • Sports • usatoday.com
The ancient mountain kingdom where fantasy comes to life

They’re Westeros in “Game of Thrones.” They’re “Krypton” in the Superman prequel. The dense forests, twisting rivers and granite peaks of Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains have lived many lives and

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Apr 25 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • wxow.com
Scientists discover real “dragon” lizard

In the mountainous evergreen forests of the Tak-Kamphaeng Phet Province, Thailand, scientists discovered a new species of lizard. Researchers named the species Acanthosaura syrax, commonly called the Syrax mountain horned dragon, in reference to Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen’s dragon Syrax in the “Game of Thrones” prequel series, “House of the Dragon.” A research team led by...

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Sep 14 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • theticker.org
NFL fans make their picks in the South divisions

This week our SB Nation Reacts surveys gauged who NFL fans believe will win the AFC South and the NFC South. A year ago the Houston Texans were dethroned as AFC South Champions by the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Indianapolis Colts got off to a hot start but faded after quarterback Daniel Jones suffered a season […]

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Aug 24 • 11:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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49ers vs. Eagles: Brock Purdy, San Francisco dethrone Philly on late fourth-quarter TD drive

The Eagles’ season ends in a massive disappointment, but it couldn’t have been too surprising based on how inconsistent they had been.

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Jan 11 • 7:49 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
AI toilet tech from TOTO, Throne, Vivoo are tracking your gut health

Toilet tech from companies like TOTO and Throne are turning bathrooms into health trackers, using AI to track stool, urine, and gut-health trends.

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Aug 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • businessinsider.com
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The ancient mountain kingdom where fantasy comes to life

They’re Westeros in “Game of Thrones.” They’re “Krypton” in the Superman prequel. The dense forests, twisting rivers and granite peaks of Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains have lived many lives and

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Apr 25 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • wqow.com
Burke dethrones King in 4-0 Sox victory

The South Siders extend their winning streak to five

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May 3 • 12:09 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Can Cowboys Dethrone Eagles For NFC East Crown? Prediction Time!
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Jul 21 • 7:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
SEC Hot Seat Watch 2026

The SEC enters 2026 with six new head coaches after last year’s carousel turned into a Game of Thrones episode, sending Auburn, Florida, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Kentucky, and LSU to the Indeed portal to make new hires. That churn means most of the pressure this season falls on a smaller group of holdovers who’ve already […]

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Jul 28 • 9:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Weak hydrogen bonds dethrone copper as the most stable metal binder, opening a new path for metal selection

- KAIST researchers reversed a decades-old metal-complex stability trend by tuning weak hydrogen bonds around the complexes without altering the metals’ direct coordination environments - The discovery could provide new design strategies for selective metal separation and recognition, catalysis, and biomimetic systems

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Sep 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Iowa portable restroom companies combine under Ready Restrooms brand

A King’s Throne and Best Portable Toilets, two Iowa-based portable restroom and service companies, have joined under a new brand, Ready Restrooms. The combined company will provide portable restrooms, restroom trailers, pumping and job site services across Iowa, Kansas City, Memphis and Oklahoma. The consolidation brings together both companies’ employees, equipment and service capabilities while…

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Oct 22 • 5:19 PM EDT • Business • businessrecord.com
Odds show Shohei Ohtani is dethroned for NL MVP award

It's been a long time since Shohei Ohtani has had competition for the MVP award, and it appears the reigning MVP could be dethroned.

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Aug 10 • 8:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
India Is Usurping Cricket’s Throne From England and Australia

India’s insatiable appetite for cricket has shifted the traditional locus of power.

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Aug 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Exclusive: Co-Founded By Former Whoop CTO, Throne Science Raises $10M To Track Gut Health From The Toilet

Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Throne Science, a startup that makes an AI-powered toilet camera to track gut health and hydration, has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Will Ventures, it told Crunchbase News exclusively. Emerson Collective, Workshop, LEAD VC, Salt VC, Accomplice, Moxxie Ventures, and several other investors also participated in […]

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Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • news.crunchbase.com
Sunnyslope boys basketball to play in The Throne national tournament

The Sunnyslope Vikings will take part in a prestigious national high school basketball tournament in New Jersey.

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Mar 11 • 5:50 PM EDT • Sports • azcentral.com
‘Children of Blood and Bone’ first-look photos depict Regina King on her throne, Cynthia Erivo ready for battle

First-look photos from the ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ movie show the all-star cast wearing colorful threads on sweeping sets.

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Jul 16 • 9:26 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
How ‘Call of Duty’ Got Dethroned in 2025

‘Battlefield,’ ‘ARC Raiders,’ and the juggernaut franchise’s own failings knocked ‘Black Ops 7’ off the series’ perennial top perch

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Dec 30, 2025 • 7:55 AM EST • Technology • theringer.com
What to remember before 'House of the Dragon' Season 3

Get your dragons and your blonde wigs ready, because HBO's "House of the Dragon" is back. The glitzy "Game of Thrones" spinoff and prequel premieres its third season Sunday, June

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Jun 20 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
'House of the Dragon's Ormund Hightower cooks up a villainous plan that isn't in 'Fire and Blood'

A new challenger for the Iron Throne approaches.

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Jul 12 • 10:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
19th-Century Blues: When Science Killed God and Made Some Englishmen Sad

With the Royal Navy ruling the waves, Queen Victoria safely on her throne, science explaining a confusing world, and British missionaries, explorers, and armies turning the map pink you’d think tha…

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Mar 27 • 4:59 AM EDT • Science • lithub.com
Australian Open: Novak Djokovic dethrones Jannik Sinner in five-set classic to set up final with Carlos Alcaraz

Novak Djokovic rolls back the years to reach his first Grand Slam final since Wimbledon in 2024, dethroning Jannik Sinner to set up a meeting with Carlos Alcaraz; watch the ATP and WTA Tours live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+, streaming service NOW and the app

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Jan 30 • 9:45 AM EST • Sports • skysports.com
Gemini's Spark agent has leaked, and it looks like it's gunning for Claude Cowork's throne

It could clean up your messy Gmail inbox or make changes to your Google Docs.

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May 15 • 8:57 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Toy Story 5, Backrooms and The Breadwinner Vie to Become the Second Biggest Film This Year...

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Often, people blame “data” for ruining Hollywood, when I’d argue that hype (which can often be debunked by data) is often worse, as you can see in these two headlines. To use a common meme, here’s how it started: and how it’s going: Earlier this year, I read countless (and I mean countless) articles (in almost every mainstream media outlet) about how Heated Rivalry was a huge hit and that it “heated” interest in hockey. But Heated Rivalry wasn’t a huge viewership hit compared to the hype: [ ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/you-cant-eat-buzzdid-heated-rivalrys) [ You Can’t Eat Buzz…Did Heated Rivalry’s Buzz Translate into Actual Viewership? ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/you-cant-eat-buzzdid-heated-rivalrys) Entertainment Strategy Guy · Jan 22 [ Read full story ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/you-cant-eat-buzzdid-heated-rivalrys) In this case, the hype (Heated Rivalry is really popular) belied the data (It didn’t make the top ten charts, meaning it wasn’t a huge hit.1) Even worse, every time I write about this, I get a lot of negative feedback, hence why I only sparingly mention the show these days or add lots of caveats when I write about it, but this just further cements the hype. But companies, and the executives leading them, have to determine strategy based on reality, not media coverage. The NHL committed real marketing dollars to a campaign that didn’t work. Sure enough, the latest NHL season opened to under a million viewers. At some point, you have to focus on what the data says, because real dollars are at stake. And that’s why we have the Streaming Ratings Report! To provide and analyze cold, hard data. Luckily, this week, I can be positive and take a look at a huge opening on streaming, along with a very buzzy horror film that customers kind of like, but don’t really love. And a comedy that tried to rebound on streaming. Today, I’m covering two weeks—21-Sep and 28-Sep—so we have a lot to discuss (nearly 5,000 words worth), including a series of film misses for Netflix, another argument for weekly-released TV shows on streaming, another sitcom tries to avoid the comedy curse, Netflix has two new game shows (one powered by AI), Reacher falling off the charts after a huge run, Prime Video tries its hands at the romcom game**,** a look at the WNBA’s big season, a big night for the VMAs on CBS and MTV, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of September 14th to October 4th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Film - Two Hits and a Miss Come to Streaming… Three very interesting films came to streaming in one week, and I like comparing them since they show the range of theatrical films. One was a huge blockbuster, one was popular, and one was neither. One is a horror film, a buzzy genre; one is a comedy, a struggling genre; and one is an animated family film, the king of the box office. One went to a tiny streamer (HBO Max), one went to a second-tier streamer (Disney+), and one went to the biggest (Netflix). So… If you just went by box office, you’d expect Backrooms—the $197 million grosser, and partner of Obsession for “YouTube Horror Summer”—to dominate on streaming. If you read this report, though, you know that horror films don’t do great on streaming, and that’s the case again. Backrooms opened at 3.8 million hours according to Nielsen, and had 3.9 million hours in its second week. Here’s how that stacks up to other HBO Max films: We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… ...why I don’t buy Backrooms budget… …two new games shows arrive on streaming… …another sitcom struggles… ...another argument for putting out shows weekly on Netflix... ...and a whole lot more, nearly 5,000 words more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you want an idea of just how much content you’d get in a full issue, check out this older issue. Coming Soon! Next week, I’ll be taking a look at the eighth season of Hulu’s The Kardashians, answering the question: will this show ever make the charts? If Mormon wives can make it, surely one of social media’s most popular families can as well. Also, Prime Video has a new horror show based on popular IP, Carrie, Netflix has a horror show starring Josh Hartnett, Below, and Apple TV has a UK import, Small Prophets. Plus a bunch of movies like Disclosure Day heading to Peacock, The Housemaid coming to HBO Max, Ben Affleck’s latest on Apple TV, Animals, and Matchbox the Movie on Apple TV, a John Cena action comedy inspired by Hasbro’s toy cars. The week after is even busier! I’ll look at another IP-based horror show, Crystal Lake, a new MCU show on Disney+, VisionQuest, season two of The Lowdown on FX/Hulu, the fourth seasons of The Diplomat on Netflix and Tulsa King on Paramount+, another season of Love is Blind, and four straight-to-streaming films: Netflix’s Sacrifice (starring Chris Evens, Anya-Taylor-Joy, Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Salma Hayek. Charlie XCX), Apple TV’s Tenzing (starring Tom Hiddleston and Willem Defoe), Prime Video’s Love of Your Life (Margaret Qualley) and Masterplan (Stanley Tucci) and a whole lot more, somehow. Long term, here’s some huge IP news: a Game of Thrones movie is coming to theaters, Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest in 2029, while Jon Watts (who helmed three of the most recent Spider-Man movies) is directing the next Star Wars trilogy, to be written by Simon Kinberg. I’m cautiously optimistic for both. It feels obvious to say that making good movies matters, but for bets this big (Star Wars is on a swoon, Game of Thrones hasn’t been to theaters yet), the quality has to be there.

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Oct 20 • 6:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
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Graham Platner’s Plan to Dethrone Susan Collins

The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee from Maine enters the general election fray.

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May 16 • 5:15 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Nico Paz: The likely heir to Messi’s no. 10

Nico Paz is emerging as the favourite to inherit the legendary no. 10 shirt from Lionel Messi. The 22-year-old underlined his credentials as a contender for the 'throne', in Argentina's thrashing of B...

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Oct 1 • 10:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Unexpected Canadian Series Has Suddenly Taken Over Netflix as No. 1 Worldwide

An unexpected Canadian series has quietly dethroned every major Netflix show to claim the No. 1 spot worldwide. The coming-of-age sports drama pulled off the impressive feat within just days of its de...

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Sep 16 • 12:44 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Liechtenstein changes its rules to allow women to inherit the Alpine principality’s throne

Liechtenstein’s royal house says the tiny country’s rules of succession will be changed so that a woman could in the future inherit the principality’s throne.

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Aug 15 • 9:21 AM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
LG's 2026 Gram laptops look to dethrone the MacBook Air with this new build material

LG previewed its next-gen Gram models, combining updated hardware and vivid screens with a newly developed lightweight material.

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Jan 3 • 12:57 PM EST • Technology • zdnet.com
Jaylen Brown-less Celtics dethrone Kings in 112-93 win

The Boston Celtics dominated the lowly Sacramento Kings on Friday night without star guard Jaylen Brown active.

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Jan 30 • 9:57 PM EST • Sports • celticswire.usatoday.com
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There's a Right-Wing Game of Thrones and It's as Terrible as You'd Think
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Mar 5 • 1:44 PM EST • Entertainment • esquire.com
MLB power rankings: Dodgers vs. Everybody as Opening Day ushers in 2026

Dodgers' quest for World Series three-peat begins. Can anyone de-throne LA?

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Mar 25 • 5:31 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
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This actor just dethroned Scarlett Johansson as the highest-grossing movie star at the box office

Zoe Saldaña sits atop the list of highest-grossing actors with a massive total of $16,859,193,100 at the worldwide box office. See who else is in the top 10.

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Jan 12 • 9:00 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
'House of the Dragon' leaves out a key detail about Rhaenyra and the Iron Throne from 'Fire and Blood'

No slicing and dicing for Rhaenyra today.

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Jun 28 • 10:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
‘Game of Thrones’ star Rory McCann steps in for the late Ray Stevenson in ‘Ahsoka’ season 2 first look

Three years after ‘Ahsoka’ star Ray Stevenson’s death, Disney has unveiled the first look at Rory McCann taking over the role of Baylan Skoll.

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Aug 15 • 12:28 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
'Game of Thrones' movie 'Aegon's Conquest' will hit theaters summer 2029

LOS ANGELES — The Targaryens are looking to conquer the summer box office. "Game of Thrones: Aegon's Conquest" will hit theaters June 1, 2029, according to Deadline. The movie, written

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Sep 30 • 10:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • recorderonline.com
Apple dethrones Nvidia as world's most valuable company after stock moves

Nvidia has been hit by volatility as investors rethink parts of the AI thesis, while Apple is the top stock in the Magnificent Seven this year.

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Jul 27 • 1:02 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Wembanyama, Spurs win the West, topple Thunder 111-103 in Game 7 to head to NBA Finals

The champions are dethroned. Wembanyama and the Spurs are headed to the NBA Finals.

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May 30 • 10:48 PM EDT • Sports • ksat.com
Bipartisan Energy Politics | Reading and Podcast Picks

Reading and Podcast Picks is a collection of what we’ve been reading and listening to over the last week or so about energy topics. In addition to these R&P Picks, paid subscribers receive access to the full archives, Grid Roundups, and select episodes of the Energy Capital Podcast. Please subscribe today. Texans, legislators debate transmission lines at hearing | Texas Tribune “Republican legislators, Democratic statewide candidates, landowners from rural Texas and environmentalists” alike joined together Wednesday to protest the buildout of 765-kV lines across the state. At the protest and nine-hour hearing that followed, lawmakers heard a variety of recommendations, including from local officials arguing for more local control of data center proposals and more time to reform the process behind approving transmission lines across Texas. Though discussed in separate hearings, landowners and protesters said the issues are connected… Regulators have already been working through a new way to decide how much of the cost of building new transmission lines needs to be paid for by individuals and how much needs to be paid for by companies such as data centers. Experts said they believe the new system will lower the burden on residential consumers relative to the industrial groups. Data-Center Backlash Leads to New Land Rush in Texas Oil Patch | The Wall Street Journal While the data center protests rage, investors converge on the Permian Basin to build data centers powered by cheap natural gas. “A lot of places you see all over the country they’re worried about water, they’re worried about power, they’re worried about transmission, and the Permian has all of those things in spades,” said EagleRock Chief Executive Greg Pipkin Jr. Dallas-Fort Worth Dethrones Virginia as the World’s Top Data Center Market | Dallas Innovates Two reports show growth in North Texas data centers despite political concerns about the industry. Boasting five highly ranked data center markets, Texas is experiencing an explosion of data center activity. Long anchored by the DFW market, “the state is growing at a pace that could soon bring total installed capacity in line with — and potentially beyond — that of Virginia,” the Cushman & Wakefield report said. A new report from commercial real estate services provider JLL takes a slightly different view, anointing Texas the top data center market in North America. Texas eclipsed longtime frontrunner Virginia based on the level of existing and under-construction data center inventory in the state as measured by gigawatt capacity. A gigawatt equals 1 billion watts.

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Aug 23 • 9:03 AM EDT • Politics • texasenergyandpower.com
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Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA files defamation lawsuit against Miss USA pageant

Brittany Boltinhouse, who was stripped of her Miss North Carolina USA title just over a month after winning the pageant, is suing the Miss USA organization, claiming she was defamed as a ‘racist’ and a ‘homophobe.’

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Aug 24 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
The AL Poll: Post Week 3

A New No. 1 Takes the Throne

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Sep 21 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Arsenal aiming to dethrone dynasty-chasing PSG

Arsenal seek to finally conquer Europe by wresting the Champions League crown from holders Paris Saint-Germain, who are themselves targeting back-to-back titles in Budapest on Saturday."Paris Saint-Germain have the experience of knowing what it is to win it."

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May 29 • 2:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kit Harington Joins ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart In Recasting, Reprising Voice Role

EXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is joining another tentpole fantasy series for HBO. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of Harry Potter. Harington replaces Nicholas Hoult who was ...

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Aug 24 • 12:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
The 50 most-watched TV series finales of all time

Stacker ranked the top 50 most-watched TV series finales, according to Nielsen Ratings. See how "Game of Thrones" compares to "Seinfeld" and "M*A*S*H."

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Jun 14 • 2:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • caledonianrecord.com
Michael Patrick of 'Game of Thrones' Dies at 35. Motor Neuron Disease, Explained

The actor passed away on April 7 following a three-year-long health battle.

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Apr 9 • 10:03 AM EDT • Health • today.com
Rybakina dethrones Sabalenka with her first US Open crown

Elena Rybakina proved herself to be the undisputed world number one after claiming her first US Open title. The 27-year-old from Kazakhstan knew she would be top of the rankings from Monday, overtaking her opponent Aryna Sabalenka, whatever the outcome of Saturday's final.

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Sep 12 • 8:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Game of Thrones' fans gush over 'Mad King' at Royal Shakespeare Theatre

"Game of Thrones: The Mad King," the first stage adaptation of writer George R. R. Martin's bestselling fantasy saga, opened Saturday at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Martin — and rapturous fans — in attendance.

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Aug 10 • 4:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Famous 'Game Of Thrones' Siblings Are Reuniting On Screen As... Lovers

The two actors admitted their make-believe family bond led to some awkwardness while filming their upcoming movie.

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Jan 16 • 4:26 PM EST • Entertainment • huffpost.com
Looking at the Ugly Side of the Paramount-Skydance Merger...And How I’d Fix It

A Message from Our Sponsor Certified Fresh with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, FX’s Adults is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York leaning on each other to navigate love, work, friendship and family. Don’t sleep on “The Sitcom of the Moment” - Awards Buzz All Episodes now streaming on Hulu on Disney+. Watch The Teaser Trailer... (Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industr(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Before we dive in, I wanted to congratulate Broadcast Now for being the first to report that Netflix’s How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has been cancelled. (I saw this in a write-up by Kasey Moore of Whats-On-Netflix.) More importantly, I wanted to note that, as of yesterday, none of the other trades had reported the news yet. I have half a guess that eventually one of them will report this. Anyways, it’s time to take a break from my deluge of streaming ratings reports to continue my analysis of the Paramount Skydance Warner Bros. Discovery (PSWbD) saga. As I noted last week, a lot of times when folks use the (sometimes cliched) “the good, the bad and the ugly” framing for an article, “the ugly” section is just more bad. Or very, very bad. In this case, yeah, I do think it’s ugly. In more than one way. Unfortunately, we’re only going to have time to tackle one of those ways today: the ugly pile of debt to finance this deal. (In a future article, I may cover the entire process for how it went down, which was very, very ugly.) Last issue, I explained why I liked this deal in a vacuum. Unfortunately, “vacuums” don’t exist outside of space. Let’s dive in. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - The Ugliness of the Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger More than one person sent me a note speculating that the big problem with Paramount Skydance buying Warner Bros. Discovery is the “Warner Bros.” portion of the deal. In fact, that’s a take I read a lot about Warner Bros., ever since they caught Netflix’s, and then Paramount-Skydance’s, eye. In short, multiple companies (Time, AOL, AT&T, Discovery) have bought and then regretted buying Warner Bros. Since it’s nearing Halloween, you could almost say it’s like the folks think WB is cursed! It’s a haunted studio—like the town of Derry in movie studio form—and whoever takes possession of it will fall into misery! Yet...I just don’t like that story, because it doesn’t explain the “why” behind why those deals fell through. Especially when Warner Bros. has continued to succeed as a TV and film studio in the intervening two decades. Lord of the Rings? Harry Potter? Game of Thrones? Everything HBO? Considering it never fully owned a broadcast TV channel, this media company has done pretty well. So what went wrong? Well, in recent years, companies bought Warner Bros. instead of the other, smarter option. Explaining POCD (And Applying It to Mergers & Acquisitions) As I explained last issue, one of my favorite frameworks is the POCD tool for evaluating venture capital investments: People Opportunity Context Deal The bar to invest as a VC is high. (Or I might say “was” since cheap interest rates made life easier last decade.) You review a thousand prospectuses, get pitched by a hundred, and invest in the ten best, with the hopes that one of those ten would pay for the rest. That means every element of a deal needed to pay off: you needed the right people running the companies, who could capitalize on the right opportunity, in the context of an industry that was ripe for disruption. If you could then not overpay, you could make some money in a smart deal. The analogy isn’t perfect here, but close enough. For a merger or acquisition to work, you need the combined company (which is the opportunity) to make more than the price you need to pay (which is the deal). Note: the people and context still matter, but with M&A, it’s a little more straightforward: does the opportunity exceed the cost? And usually with Warner Bros., it hasn’t. If you want to find out the single biggest mistake made by the Warner Bros. suitors over the last few years (and my simple fix) become a paid subscriber. I’ll also touch on who I think Paramount-Skydance could (shockingly) consider buying next, TBD, and more. Sign up here.

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Sep 30 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Amazon dethrones Walmart as world’s biggest company by sales

Amazon and Walmart compete head-to-head for shoppers’ dollars.

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Feb 19 • 9:11 AM EST • Business • detroitnews.com
'House of the Dragon' showrunner on the season 3 ending, series finale plans

"House of the Dragon" showrunner Ryan Condal broke down Ormund and Helaena's fates in the season 3 finale, the "Game of Thrones" parallels, and teased season 4.

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Aug 9 • 10:01 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
🗞️ White game of thrones, Barça market... today's back pages

This Friday’s front pages are mainly split between two major focuses: the build-up to the Women’s Champions League final in Oslo, the transfer market and institutional moves in football, and Spani...

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May 22 • 3:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How 'Game of Thrones' Created a Generation of Stars
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Aug 13 • 11:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Sarah Longwell: Susan Collins may sit ‘on a throne of skulls of her enemies,’ but she’s facing an opponent unlike any before
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May 8 • 1:26 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
A24 sets 2028 release for ‘Elden Ring’ film. See cast, more

Released in 2022, "Elden Ring" was based on the worldbuilding of George R. R. Martin, author of the book series that inspired "Game of Thrones."

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Apr 20 • 5:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
'Game of Thrones' actress says she joined a wellness cult that led to a psychotic break

Hannah Murray reveals how a wellness cult caused a "catastrophic" psychotic break, detailing her experience in a new memoir about magic and madness.

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May 24 • 2:49 PM EDT • Entertainment • foxnews.com
Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli politician who could dethrone Netanyahu?

The former IDF chief of staff whose son was killed in the Gaza war is rapidly climbing in polls and betting markets, emerging as a leading contender to become Israel’s next prime minister.

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Jun 19 • 9:11 AM EDT • Politics • forward.com
OpenAI Building A Custom Smartphone Processor With Qualcomm and MediaTek, Targeting 300-400 Million Annual Smartphone Shipments to Dethrone Apple’s iPhone

OpenAI's strategy upends Apple's business model, which is all about milking revenue from its ecosystem of services built on smartphone apps.

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Apr 26 • 11:49 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Where QBs landed in Prisco's Top 100 NFL players of 2026, plus two notable snubs

Not only did Myles Garrett dethrone Patrick Mahomes as the No. 1 overall player, but the Chiefs star fell behind three other QBs in Prisco's 2026 list

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Jun 26 • 9:48 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
The Most Successful Movie Of The Year Is Dominating Peacock

The Odyssey, Spider-Man, The Avengers, no one can dethrone this film from the top of the mountain and now it's on Peacock.

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Jul 19 • 8:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Dear 'House of the Dragon': Enough with the threats of sexual violence

"House of the Dragon" Season 3 veers too close to the worst impulses of "Game of Thrones."

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Jun 28 • 10:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
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The Business of Lily Allen

With West End Girl, Lily Allen has reclaimed her pop throne while delivering record-breaking streams, a sold-out tour, and millions in earned media value for luxury brands lining up to share her spotlight.

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Mar 4 • 12:30 AM EST • Business • vogue.com
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From The Sports Desk: Coming for the crown

In the women’s Final Four, UConn is a big favorite to defend its title. Can UCLA, Texas or South Carolina dethrone the Huskies?

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Mar 31 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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What Can a Picture of Your Poop Tell You About Your Health?

Throne, a startup based in Austin, has developed a toilet add-on that measures gut health through things like frequency, volume, and color of bowel movements.

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Mar 4 • 10:00 AM EST • Health • gq.com
🚨 Official: Portugal have crowned their champions!

FC Porto are back on the throne of Portuguese football.The Dragons officially secured their 31st national league title this Saturday after a decisive win over Alverca on Matchday 32 of the Primeira Li...

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May 2 • 5:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Buccaneers Have 22nd-Hardest Strength of Schedule in 2026

A favorable path emerges for Tampa Bay as a healthy roster and a vulnerable NFC South provide the perfect opening to reclaim the division throne this season.

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Sep 6 • 6:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
‘Game of Thrones’ movie officially set for 2029

‘Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest,’ the first movie spinoff, gets an official release date.

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Sep 29 • 1:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Bills tipped to reclaim AFC East throne in 2026

The Bills are expected to be a top contender in 2026.

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May 17 • 9:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sophie Turner and Kit Harington have 'Game of Thrones' reunion in first look at 'The Dreadful' (exclusive)

See 'Game of Thrones' costars Sophie Turner and Kit Harington reunite in the first look of 'The Dreadful.'

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Jan 13 • 10:00 AM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Destiny 2 Has a New Armor Farming Glitch For Easy T5 Meta Sets

A Destiny 2 player shares a glitch that allows fans to easily farm Tier 5 meta armor sets, and the good news is it won't be fixed.

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Jul 5 • 5:30 PM EDT • Technology • gamerant.com
Cowboys Preseason Player Power Rankings: Pickens, Prescott, Lamb or Q?

The Cowboys have 6 players who could realistically be called the best at their position by the end of the year. Who sits atop the throne?

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Aug 26 • 6:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Game of Thrones' star Hannah Murray had psychotic episode during time in wellness cult, was rushed to hospital

'Game of Thrones' star Hannah Murray has detailed her time spent in a wellness cult, when she had a psychotic episode that felt like 'giving birth through my skull' and was rushed to the hospital.

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May 23 • 1:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Colorado flag football rankings: USA TODAY Sports Super 10, Week 6

A new team takes the Super 10 throne as the Colorado high school flag football season begins to wind down.

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Sep 29 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Amazon Game Studios gives Lost Ark and Throne & Liberty back to their studios to run, ending its MMO presence

Amazon is handing over each game’s operational duties to their developers…

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Aug 12 • 10:52 AM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com
Prince William as a father: dad-dancing and other relatable moments

Prince William, heir to the British throne, lives a privileged life that is alien to most. But when it comes to parenting, the king-in-waiting is rather relatable.

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Jun 19 • 10:46 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com