Brand-New Game of Thrones Lovepop Paper Art Collection Makes the Hit Series Pop!

 

Lovepop Partners with HBO Global Licensing & GAME OF THRONES® Announcing: A Brand-New, Exclusive Paper Art Collection Inspired by the Hit Series GAME OF THRONES fans rejoice! Your favorite characters and moments from the show have been recreated in stunning detail. HBO Global Licensing and Lovepop are excited to launch a series of five exclusive paper art designs in partnership with HBO, based on the international phenomenon GAME OF THRONES. Fanatic GAME OF THRONES watchers on the Lovepop design team spent the last season creating awesome 3D paper art inspired by the hit series. High Res Images available for download below! The collection, launching today - November 29, 2017 - is a series of five designs, perfect to gift to fellow fans or to collect and display. Headlining the collection, Drogon and Daenerys brings the famed character to life, hair flowing in the wind as she rides her imposing, magnificently detailed beast. The Night King and Viserion shows the Night King riding atop Viserion, complete with unforgettable, haunting eyes, teeth and horns. Euron's Ship is meticulously constructed from paper as only trained ship designers could build it, the Iron Throne is as intimidating as it is on the screen, and the Weirwood, recreated in classic Lovepop Slicegami™ style, is the perfect gift for any fan of the show. This collaboration with HBO Global Licensing, was an eagerly sought-after one by Lovepop's co-founder and the GOT fans on the design team. "When we think about the amazing designs we can make with paper, we get excited not just to recreate what we see around us, but also to delve into the imaginary," said Wombi Rose, co-founder and CEO of Lovepop. "For several seasons we have admired the intrigue and  craftsmanship of GAME OF THRONES. Every day we set out to create something magical, and there is truly nothing more otherworldly than GAME OF THRONES. The sheer scale is unmatched on the small screen. We had so much fun building our paper versions of the empire, and we can't we can't wait for fans to experience them." The GAME OF THRONES Lovepop collaboration joins a portfolio of more than three hundred exclusive Lovepop designs, including a series of cards to honor the Beatles and hundreds of holiday offerings. Drogon and Daenerys, The Night King, Euron's Ship, Iron Throne, and Weirwood are available at Lovepop.com and at Lovepop retailers near you. About HBO Global Licensing HBO Global Licensing officially licenses the HBO® brand for the development and merchandising of innovative product lines inspired by the network's award-winning programming. With products created around hit series like Game of Thrones® and Silicon Valley® as well as classic series like The Sopranos®, Sex and the City®, True Blood® and Entourage, items include fashion apparel, figures, jewelry, digital and CD soundtracks, prop and costume replicas, games, books, and beverages, as well as exclusive, premium collections in partnership with upscale, designer brands. Merchandise can be purchased in retail stores nationwide, at http://store.hbo.com, and at the groundbreaking HBO retail hub, the HBO Shop®, located at 42nd and 6th Avenue in New York City. HBO Global Licensing products are also sold internationally across Europe (www.hboshopeu.com), Asia and Australia. Lovepop Lovepop is on a mission to create 1 billion magical moments. Co-founders Wombi Rose and John Wise are trained shipbuilders who apply the sliceform structure used in ship design to the ancient art of kirigami in a technique they call SlicegamiTM. Imagination meets engineering, and the result is stunning, intricate paper art. Lovepop earned an investment from Kevin O'Leary on ABC's "Shark Tank" in 2015, is a winner of Inc. Magazine's 2017 Design Awards for Category Reinvention, and has been named one of Boston's "On Fire" start-ups for three years in a row. With hundreds of 3D designs to choose from, there is a Lovepop for every person in your life.

Review of HBO's The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Director: George C. Wolfe
Writers: Rebecca Skloot (Book), Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe
Starring: Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renee Elise Goldsberry
MPAA Rating: TV - MA
Official Socials: Website | Facebook | IMDbhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt5686132/?ref_=nv_sr_1

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

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When you want the truth of a story to be told you go and write one your self. When Henrietta Lacks passed away her cells were "donated" for testing to find an immortal cell that can continually be tested on. Talking with the family is what Rebecca Skloot wants to do so that she can shed light onto the human being whom changed science forever.

Want a good laugh? I went into this film thinking it was a science-fiction type story. I totally thought that Oprah Winfrey was suppose to have an immortal life...and that she was Henrietta Lacks. You can tell that I don't really know much about history so I didn't realize that this was a true story.

So when it started and it showed me that it was real I was blind sided. Literally sat there thinking that the science-fiction part was going to happen soon. I've seen The Fourth Kind - it makes you believe that the science fiction that is taking place has happened at some point in time. But then about a half hour into it I realized I really had no idea what kind of movie this was, but that I was loving it.

Oprah Winfrey does such an amazing job playing Deborah Lacks. Loving daughter of Henrietta and someone who just wants her mom to be known for who she was. And Rose Byrne - I saw her in Insidious and really didn't like her from then on. But in this role she was perfect and I couldn't have pictured anyone else playing her.

This movie is definitely a feel good movie, a historical movie that makes you think about how you would react if Henrietta had been your mother. It's a family movie at heart and it makes you really appreciate what you have even if you don't realize what the movie is making you feel until the end.

If you hadn't planned on seeing this I really think you should. And I should let those out there who were like me know that this is not a science fiction film. This is a film that takes you on an emotional journey and shows you the life of Henrietta Lacks.

#BigLittleLies: Music from the HBO Limited Series Available on March 31

ABKCO TO RELEASE BIG LITTLE LIES: MUSIC FROM THE HBO LIMITED SERIES ON MARCH 31

ABKCO Records will digitally release Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited Series on March 31. The soundtrack album includes music from Charles Bradley, Alabama Shakes, Leon Bridges and cast member Zoë Kravitz, among others. Based on New York Times number-one bestseller of the same name by Liane Moriarty Big Little Lies, the seven-episode HBO drama series starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley and Alexander Skarsgård follows three mothers in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. Written for television and created by David E. Kelley (Picket Fences, LA Law, The Practice, Ally McBeal), the series was directed entirely by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club, Wild, Demolition), and premiered last month. "Jean-Marc uses music like Jackson Pollock used paint," comments Big Little Lies music supervisor Susan Jacobs, who also worked with Vallée on his previous two films. "There is a lot of truth in the music of Big Little Lies." Soul music features prominently in Big Little Lies. The soundtrack features up-and-coming London soul singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka's "Cold Little Heart," from his 2016 sophomore album Love & Hate. Soul sensation Charles Bradley contributes "Victim of Love" and "Changes," both title tracks from his two latest albums, the latter of which is a Stax-ified cover of the 1972 Black Sabbath ballad. Texas native Leon Bridges provides his unique blend of gospel and soul on "River," from Coming Home (2015), his debut album. Canadian funk/soul diva Kinny provides "Queen of Boredness," a collaboration with electronica producer/DJ Diesler (né Jonathan Radford) from her 2009 album Idle Forest of Chit Chat. Irma Thomas earned the moniker "The Soul Queen of New Orleans" by releasing classic records starting in the late 1950s. "Straight From The Heart" is a b-side from her 1964 extended play record Time Is On My Side, the title track of which was famously covered by the Rolling Stones. Folk, blues, rock and instrumental music are also well-represented on Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited Series. Acclaimed blues/rock band Alabama Shakes provides "This Feeling," the lead off track from 2015's Sound & Color. "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" is taken from the 2005 debut self-titled album by folk-pop singer Martha Wainwright (daughter of Loudon, sister of Rufus). "September Song" is a solo piano composition by Danish songwriter Agnes Obel.  The album also includes the original live version of "Nothing Arrived" by Villagers who originally recorded the track for a Spotify session four years ago. Vocalist Ituana delivers a breathy interpretation of the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," featured on a Vintage Café series compilation from 2007. Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited Series also contains its share of previously unreleased material. Villagers front man Conor O'Brien contributes "The Wonder of You," written by Baker Knight while newcomer Daniel Agee performs "How's the World Treating You," written by Nashville legends Chet Atkins and Boudleaux Bryant. Cast member Zoë Kravitz, who plays Bonnie Carlson on the series, contributes "Don't," from the Leiber and Stoller catalogue. Kravitz is no stranger to either discipline, having acted in over two dozen film and TV productions, and releasing music with her genre-defying band Lolawolf.

Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited Series tracklist: 1. Cold Little Heart - Michael Kiwanuka 2. Victim of Love - Charles Bradley 3. Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole - Martha Wainwright   4. River - Leon Bridges 5. Queen of Boredness - Kinny (featuring Diesler) 6. September Song - Agnes Obel 7. This Feeling - Alabama Shakes 8. Changes - Charles Bradley 9. Straight From the Heart - Irma Thomas 10. Nothing Arrived (Live From Spotify London) – Villagers 11. Don't – Zoë Kravitz 12. The Wonder of You – Conor O'Brien 13. How's the World Treating You – Daniel Agee 14. You Can't Always Get What You Want – Ituana

About ABKCO ABKCO Music & Records is one of the world's leading independent entertainment companies.  It is home to iconic music catalogs that include compositions and recordings by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Bobby Womack, Eric Burdon, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Marianne Faithfull, The Kinks as well as the Cameo Parkway masters by such artists as Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Clint Eastwood, The Dovells, ? & The Mysterians, Charlie Gracie, The Tymes and Dee Dee Sharp. Soundtrack releases include David O Russell's Golden Globe nominated Joy, the 2015 Academy Award, GRAMMY and BAFTA winning soundtrack to Wes Anderson's Golden Globe winner The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2013 Academy Award nominated Moonrise Kingdom, the 2010 Academy Award nominated Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Darjeeling Limited, Edgar Wright's The World's End and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Independent Spirit Award Winner Safety Not Guaranteed, the international blockbuster Fast Five, Boardwalk Empire Volumes 2 & 3: Music from the HBO Original Series, the soundtrack to the first season of the hit Showtime series Californication.  Releases on ABKCO's SAR label include albums by LC Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Johnnie Taylor and the Valentinos.  ABKCO Records latest release is The Rolling Stones In Mono. ABKCO is active on many fronts including the release of critically lauded compilations and reissues from its catalog, film and commercial placement of its master recordings and music publishing properties in all media.  2017 Olivier nominee for Best New Play, One Night in Miami…, ABKCO's latest theatrical production, played to critical acclaim in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Denver and the Donmar Warehouse in London.   ABKCO Films released Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality; the renowned cult director's classics El Topo and The Holy Mountain, fully restored and remastered to HD, were shown at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival (Classics section) and at the prestigious 44th New York Film Festival. ABKCO is currently in pre-production on a Sam Cooke bio pic and upcoming releases include a restoration of the Spaghetti Western Blindman starring Ringo Starr.   ABKCO's  latest release is The Durrells, a 6 part TV series based on Gerald Durrell's book The Corfu Trilogy.  www.abkco.com / www.facebook.com/abkco / www.twitter.com/abkco About HBO Global Licensing HBO Global Licensing officially licenses the HBO® brand for the development and merchandising of innovative product lines inspired by the network's award-winning programming. With products created around hit series like Game of Thrones® and True Blood® as well as classic series like The Sopranos®, Sex and the City®, and Entourage, items include fashion apparel, figures, jewelry, digital and CD soundtracks, prop and costume replicas, games, books, and beverages, as well as exclusive, premium collections in partnership with upscale, designer brands. Merchandise can be purchased in retail stores nationwide, at http://store.hbo.com, and at the groundbreaking HBO retail hub, the HBO Shop®, located at 42nd and 6th Avenue in New York City. HBO Global Licensing products are also sold internationally across Europe (www.hboshopeu.com), Asia and Australia.

#GameofThrones Epic Fan Event to Celebrate Season 6 Blu-ray and DVD Release

Game of Thrones: Season 6 – Behind the Scenes

Epic Fan Event to Celebrate Season 6 Blu-ray and DVD Release

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WHAT: See exclusive bonus content from the Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season Blu-ray and DVD release come to life at this epic fan event. Game of Thrones: Season 6 – Behind the Scenes will give fans an exclusive look into the making of HBO’s most popular series via interactive audio visual displays alongside exciting tech-based experiences. Set up as five different experiences themed to individual bonus features available on the Season 6 Blu-rayTM and DVD set, Game of Thrones: Season 6 – Behind the Scenes is designed to look like set pieces and production elements from the show. The event will give fans a chance to go behind the scenes and experience bonus content from Season 6 come to life while taking shareable photos and videos inside the burning Temple of the Dosh Khaleen, holding the door to save Bran, fighting in the Battle of the Bastards and sitting on the Iron Throne. Additionally, fans will have access to a brand new Virtual Reality experience created exclusively for this fan event that lets them train for battle in the wars to come.

Interactive event experiences include:

·       Vaes Dothrak: Watch footage from the exclusive Blu-rayTM/DVD bonus feature “Recreating the Dothraki World,” a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the city of Vaes Dothrak and its importance to Daenerys’s evolution, and stand in for Daenerys as the Temple of the Dosh Khaleen burns around you in a shareable video utilizing green screen technology.

·       North of the Wall: “Bran’s Journey” delves into Bran Stark’s shocking and revelatory journey during Season 6. In this interactive experience, fans will see a recreation of the mystical Weirwood tree, learn about the Children of the Forest, and “hold the door” to save Bran from the White Walker army in a shareable video.

·       Winterfell: “The Battle of the Bastards: An In-Depth Look,” available exclusively on the Season 6 Blu-ray/DVD set, goes behind the scenes to examine the production challenges of creating this epic event, including explorations of Visual Effects, stunts, and interviews with key cast and crew. In this experiences, modeled after Jon Snow’s command tent, fans can move stone pieces around the battle table and insert themselves into a photo opp of Jon’s position in the incredible aerial mob shot at the height of battle.

·       Castle Black: In the Defend the Wall Virtual Reality Experience, modeled after the Castle Black courtyard and created exclusively for the Game of Thrones: Season 6 – Behind the Scenes fan event, fans will wear a VR headset and pick up a virtual crossbow, arrows and shield to hone their battle skills for the wars to come. But beware! You never know what danger lurks around the corner.

·       The Workshop: The “18 Hours at the Paint Hall” Blu-rayTM/DVD feature follows all three Game of Thrones shooting units as they converge for the first time at Titanic Studios, better known as the Paint Hall, the series’ Belfast-based production hub. Housed in an aluminum structure modeled after the actual Paint Hall, this workshop will house props and costumes from the show, plus give fans the chance to sit on the Iron Throne and begin their reign as the true ruler of the Seven Kingdoms.

Fans can pre-register for the event now by visiting GoTBehindTheScenes.com for expedited entry. Fast Passes to the above experiences will be available through this site while supplies last.

Game of Thrones: Season 6 – Behind the Scenes will be open to fans Friday & Saturday from 12:30-8pm ET.

Limited Fast Passes to photo booths and VR experience available for fans with pre-registration at GoTBehindTheScenes.com.

WHERE:           Hollywood & Highland – Press check-in located at Loews Hollywood Hotel, 1755 Highland Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028

Game of Thrones Steelbook Seasons 3 & 4 Collectors Sets Coming Soon!

HBO Home Entertainment® to Release Game of Thrones® 
Steelbook^TM Seasons 3 & 4 Collectors Sets 

Features Art Inspired by Emmy® Award-Winning Opening Credits & Dolby Atmos® Audio
Available June 7, 2016

New York, N.Y., April 11, 2016 – Game of Thrones, the most-watched HBO® original series and best-selling TV on DVD title for the past five years, is now releasing in collectible Steelbook packaging. Following the release of Steelbook Seasons 1 and 2 this past fall, the collection continues, with seasons 3 and 4 releasing in a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ set with the revolutionary new audio technology Dolby Atmos.  Game of Thrones Steelbook Seasons 3 and 4 will be available on June 7, 2016 for the SRP of $79.98. The Steelbook sets feature art designed by Elastic, the agency responsible for the series’ Emmy® Award-winning opening credits. Each Steelbook showcases a specific location that is significant to that season and includes usable magnets on packaging featuring Game of Thrones sigils and symbols. Season 1 packaging featured Winterfell and Season 2 the Lannisters in King’s Landing. Season 3 will feature the magnet sigil of House Frey and their ancestral seat of the Twins – the location of Season 3’s infamous Red Wedding. The icy landscape of Castle Black and the Wall--where the brothers of the Night’s Watch fend off an army of wildlings from the far north--will grace the packaging of season 4 including a crow and Jon Snow’s sword, Longclaw as the featured magnet. In addition to all of the bonus content from the previous Blu-ray™ sets, the Game of Thrones Steelbook is the first TV on Blu-ray™ title to be released with the revolutionary new audio technology Dolby Atmos, which delivers sounds and music to specific areas in the room, including overhead, creating a captivating experience that puts the audience right in the middle of the action on screen. To experience Dolby Atmos at home, Dolby Atmos-enabled AV receivers and additional speakers are required; however, Dolby Atmos soundtracks are fully backward compatible with traditional audio configurations and legacy home entertainment equipment.

About Game of Thrones® Based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire, the Emmy® Award-winning drama series Game of Thrones follows kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and noblemen who are engaged in a deadly cat-and-mouse game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. The epic series’ storylines of treachery and nobility, family and honor, ambition and love, and death and survival have captured the imagination of fans globally and made it one of the most popular shows on television. The series recently broke HBO ratings records, averaging more than 19 million viewers throughout season 4. In 2014, Game of Thrones was the most searched TV show on Google and the #1 most talked about show on Facebook. About HBO Home Entertainment®     HBO Home Entertainment develops, distributes and markets an extensive array of critically-acclaimed and groundbreaking programs in three formats: Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD throughout the world.  Releases include the global hit Game of Thrones®, the #1 selling TV on DVD/Blu-ray title in major territories throughout the world over the past four years, in addition to current hits and classic favorites including True Detective®, Girls®, The Sopranos®, Sex and the City® True Blood®, The Wire® and Entourage®. The company’s catalog contains hundreds of titles including multiple Emmy Award-winning mini-series The Pacific® and Band of Brothers®, which holds the record through 2014 as the all-time best selling TV on DVD/Blu-ray title in the US;  the Peabody Award-winning children’s program Classical Baby; provocative programs from HBO Documentary Films including The Jinx: The Life & Deaths of Robert Durst and The Case Against 8; innovative movies from HBO Films including Game Change and The Normal Heart; hit Cinemax® original series including BansheeSM and Strike Back®; and comedy specials featuring stand-up performers like Bill Maher and Billy Crystal.  Launched in 1984, HBO Home Entertainment has offices in New York, London and Toronto and the company’s releases are sold in more than 70 territories around the world and digitally distributes content on a transactional basis on 13 platforms across 8 territories including the major global platforms such as iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, Xbox Video and PlayStation Video.

Watch the New Game of Thrones Season 6 Teaser Trailer!

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In case you missed the memo, HBO shared a teaser yesterday for the upcoming season of Game of Thrones. The name of this teaser is Hall of Faces Tease and you can watch the video below.



What do you guys think?

Game of Thrones Season 6 premieres in April, 2016.