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AppleTV+’s critically acclaimed drama series “Pachinko,” based on the novel by Min Jin Lee, returns August 23.

AppleTV+’s critically acclaimed drama series “Pachinko,” based on the novel by Min Jin Lee, returns August 23.

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In “House of the Dragon” Season 2, episode 6, was Alys Rivers responsible for Lord Grover Tully’s death?

Who are the most powerful characters in House of the Dragon?

Of course you’ve got your obvious ones like the rulers and dragon riders, but there’s another MVP in Season 2 who seems to be getting more important by the day: Alys Rivers (Gayle Ranking), the witch messing with Daemon’s (Matt Smith’s) head in Harrenhal.

Up until recently her mystique has been confined to the castle walls, but in episode 6 Daemon finally asks for her help outright. A few days later Grover Tully, Lord of Riverrun and thorn in the side of Daemon’s attempted Riverlands conquest, is dead.

So: did Alys kill him?

What happened to Grover Tully in episode 6?

Lord of Riverrun, and the most important figure in swaying the allegiances of the ever-crucial Riverlands, Grover Tully, has been sick throughout Season 2. But in episode 6, we finally get word that he’s passed away.

“Lord Grover is dead,” Castellan Simon Strong (Simon Russell Beale) tells Daemon at the episode’s end. “He’d been ill, of course. Riverrun’s maesters have been at their wits’ end. Our own healer, Alys Rivers, volunteered her renowned skills — she plied her craft, but there was naught more to be done.”

At this, Daemon smiles, as if he suspects there was more to it than that. So was there?

Did Alys Rivers kill Lord Tully?

The short answer? Almost certainly yes. Lord Tully was a thorn in Daemon’s side because his condition meant that Daemon was unable to approach him directly to ask for his allegiance.

Earlier in the episode, Daemon asks Alys Rivers for her counsel on how to keep the Riverlords in line. In response, she reminds him of how important Lord Tully is.

“Lord Tully is their Lord Paramount,” she says. “Without him they will never raise their banners as one.”

“Then I can do nothing,” responds Daemon.

“You…no,” replies Alys.

Moments later, when Daemon finally asks for her help directly, she tells him to do nothing for now.

“In three days’ time,” she says, “the winds will shift.”

The implication? Alys accepted Daemon’s request for help, travelled to Riverrun under the guise of trying to help heal Lord Tully, and then finished him off.

New episodes of House of the Dragon air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.

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A new Roblox experience puts U.S. players in the middle of the action of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A new Roblox experience puts U.S. players in the middle at the action of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. “The Team USA Ultimate Obby” (“obby” is Roblox shorthand for “obstacle course”) features 20 athlete avatars, video highlights of the Games, and an Olympics-themed obstacle course. Players are also able to buy Games-themed gear, including an emote that replicates the moves of breaking Olympians Sunny Choi and Victor Montalvo.

Here’s what players can expect from the experience, which is exclusive to U.S.-based players, and live now at TeamUSA.com/Roblox or NBCOlympics.com/Roblox.

Track medal counts in Central Plaza – At the heart of the experience, players can stay up-to-date on medal counts, a schedule of Olympic events, and obby performance leaderboards.

Kick back in the Team USA House – In real life, the Team USA House will be located in Paris’s historic Palais Brongniart. In Roblox, a digital version of the house will feature a selfie station, rock-climbing wall, and the avatars of more than 20 Team USA athletes who can tell you more about their sport. The house is fully accessible, with wheelchair ramps between floors.

Become a commentator or cameraman in the Peacock Fan Zone — Mike Tirico, primetime host for NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Olympic Games, will welcome users to a virtual broadcast studio where they can take the stage to commentate a broadcast of their own. Once you’re off the air, grab and seat a catch the latest Olympic and Paralympic highlights.

Beat the ultimate Olympic-themed obby, narrated by Mike Tirico – The main attraction in the experience is a speed-running obby that transforms players into soccer balls, rock climbers, swimmers, and more as they attempt to scale Game Mountain.

Scavenge to save the Team USA Museum – The museum curator has misplaced some important items, and needs you to find them in a scavenger hunt around the experience. Swim, jump, and run through the experience to find them and collect stars along the way that can be used to purchase sporting equipment to accessorize your avatar.

The Team USA Shop — Team USA gear, including looks designed by Official Outfitter of Team USA Ralph Lauren, are available for purchase in the Team USA Shop. A breaking emote — which buyers can use across Roblox — will be available for purchase in the experience, with a portion of proceeds going directly to breaking athletes Sunny Choi and Victor Montalvo.

Portal to Olympic World — Walk through a portal to enter a separate Games-themed experience created by The International Olympic Committee and Visa called the Olympic Shop. There players will find unique Olympic-branded gear, an Olympic-themed museum and several additional mini-games inspired by Olympic sports.

The experience is available to play today at TeamUSA.com/Roblox or NBCOlympics.com/Roblox.

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In “House of the Dragon” Season 2, episode 6, Alicent speaks to her brother about her other son, Daeron. But who is he?

It’s easy to forget, but Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) actually has four children in House of the Dragon. Just take a look at the Targaryen family tree: We have Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney), Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) and Helaena (Phia Saban), of course, but there’s also another son who’s never appeared in the show: Daeron.

You could be forgiven for thinking this spare kid was all but cut out, but after episode 6 it looks like he might finally be getting a look in.

So who exactly is Daeron, where is he, and how might he feature in the rest of Season 2?

Who is Daeron?

Alicent’s third son isn’t in the show because, unlike his brothers and sister, he doesn’t reside in the Red Keep. Daeron was sent to ward at Old Town when he was young, where he’s been raised with the rest of the Hightower clan.

He’s been mentioned in passing before – and he features in the book, Fire & Blood – but it’s not until episode 6 that we really learn all that much about him.

What do we learn about Daeron in episode 6?

When Alicent says goodbye to her brother, Ser Gwayne (Freddie Fox), she asks him about Daeron. We learn from Gwayne that he’s sixteen years old, before the knight gives Alicent’s third son the following, fairly glowing review.

“He’s stalwart,” Gwayne says. “Clever. As adept with his lute as he is with his sword. And a feature in the fancies of many a young lady, I’d wager. He’s kind.”

This final tidbit is the one Alicent latches onto. “That’s good,” she replies. “Kindness is a quality I’ve found lacking in his brothers.”

So could Daeron finally be about to make an actual, onscreen appearance?

Could Daeron be important later on in Season 2?

Judging by the trailer that’s just been released for episode 7, it seems the answer might be yes. He only gets a brief mention, but it’s a significant one.

“Prince Daeron’s dragon has taken to wing,” says a voice in the preview, while we see shots of Aemond looking concerned at a Small Council meeting. “The Hightower host will be unstoppable.”

So we know Daeron has a dragon, which already makes him kind of a big deal — but why does a mention of the Hightowers have the Small Council looking worried? They’re on the same side after all, aren’t they?

On paper, yes, but don’t forget Aegon II recently banished his grandfather and former Hand, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), from the Red Keep — and that Otto hasn’t been returning Alicent’s letters. Is it possible that he and his other grandson, Daeron, have been plotting something from Old Town?

We’ll have to wait for episode 7 to find out.

New episodes of House of the Dragon air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.

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Damian McCarthy shares the secrets of the final shot in “Oddity,” involving a haunted bell and an irate ghost.

One of the best horror movies of 2024 has an ending that’s sublimely sick and satisfying. And that very last shot came by chance. 

When Mashable sat down with Oddity writer/director Damian McCarthy — and the Wooden Man at the film’s center — we learned how the last brutal beat in the multifaceted horror story came to be. 

Sure, Oddity begins with a frightening premise of home invasion: a woman alone, renovating her remote country house, hears a knock at the door only to be confronted by a wild-eyed stranger who warns her that someone has snuck inside and means to hurt her. But from there, McCarthy pulled from folk horror, haunted house movies, and killer doll flicks to craft a menacing medley of a movie, which has an anthology feel even as it centers on one house and the doomed people who cross its threshold. 

While the flashiest figure in Oddity is undoubtedly its Wooden Man, McCarthy also looped in a pretty but haunted bell to strike the perfect tone for the film’s final moment.

Be warned, the following will dig into spoilers for Oddity’s third act. 

Oddity’s ending explained. 

The woman in the opening is Dani, the dark-haired twin to blonde (and blind) medium Darcy, who owns an oddity shop for which the film might well be named. When we first meet Darcy, she’s mourning her sister, who was murdered a year before in the aforementioned country home. Reunited with her brother-in-law, Ted, Darcy tells the tale of a haunted desk bell she holds in her hands. 

“There was a man — not a very pleasant one — who spent most of his life working as a bellboy at a hotel,” she explains in the film’s first act. “And one night, he was showing a drunk guest to his room, and the guest shoved him down the stairs, and he broke his neck and died in the fall. And a few days later, the receptionist rang the bell to summon the new bellboy. Only who did she see running towards her — not looking very happy?” 

While Darcy is visibly enchanted by the story, Ted scoffs, daring her to ring the bell and “see what happens.” She warns him, “It’s not something to be played with, Ted, seeing as the last two people who rang it were found dead.” 

The bell will be set aside as they discuss the grim anniversary of Dani’s death. But in the final scene, it comes back. After the true villain behind Dani’s death has been revealed, and those who’ve gotten their hands bloody have paid for their sins, Ted returns to his home to find a package mailed from Darcy’s shop. Clearly, before she surprised him and his girlfriend with the Wooden Man in the crate, she’d sent this small box off for a final part of her plan. And what lies inside? The haunted desk bell. 

Home alone — as Dani was at the movie’s start — Ted takes out the bell. And even now — even after his girlfriend’s insistence on seeing Dani’s ghost, his colleague’s tale of the rampaging Wooden Man, and Darcy’s cryptic threats — his mind is closed to the possibilities of the paranormal. So, Ted sits down and rings the bell, tempting fate.  

He looks around his home and sees no dead bellboy. But just as it seems the movie might end — with Little Willie John’s jaunty R&B track “Now you Know” playing —  McCarthy’s Oddity cuts to a wide shot. In the foreground, Ted smiles, feeling smug about his seeming victory. But behind him — out of his line of view — is a dead bellboy, standing still but nonetheless menacing. 

The film cuts to the credits, but even unseen, Ted’s fate is assured. 

Damian McCarthy reveals how the ending of Oddity came to be. 

Speaking with Mashable, McCarthy said of Oddity, “One of the things that I wanted to do with the film was just that it would never take itself too seriously.” While the movie involved murder, vengeance, and ghouls, there is a cheeky humor woven throughout. “The way people talk to each other, they’re quite sarcastic or cutting,” McCarthy said of his characters, adding, “I think that just makes the film more enjoyable.” 

From there, he revealed that this final moment — that final, darkly funny wide shot — was stumbled across in production. “We found that on the set,” McCarthy explained, “Because originally, it was supposed to end with a close-up of this figure that’s come for Ted.” While the crew was setting up the next shot, Gwilym Lee, who plays Ted, and Shane Whisker, who plays the bellboy, were waiting patiently on set: the former seated at the dining table, the latter standing behind him with his hands folded at his belly.   

“They were just taking a break between setups,” McCarthy recalled, “And just looking at it — Shane couldn’t move because the contact (lenses) he was wearing completely blinded him. So he said, ‘I’ll just be safer standing here’ — the way he’s standing at the end of the film. And Ted was just taking five sitting down. And I was at the other side of the room, and like, ‘That’s a really interesting shot. Let’s just get that as well.’ And that ended up becoming the better, much funnier, darker ending than the one we originally planned.” 

Oddity opens in theaters July 19.

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The trailer for “House of the Dragon” Season 2, episode 7 has dropped on YouTube.

The trailer for “House of the Dragon” Season 2, episode 7 has dropped on YouTube.

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Answers to each clue for the July 22, 2024 edition of NYT’s The Mini crossword puzzle.

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player’s flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

Here are the clues and answers to NYT’s The Mini for Sunday, July 21, 2024:

Across

World capital with a museum dedicated entirely to pasta

The answer is Rome.

Console for the game Halo

The answer is Xbox.

Number of degrees in each angle of an equilateral triangle

The answer is sixty.

Inflatable bike part

The answer is tire.

Spot in Congress

The answer is seat.

Down

Fully adult … which sounds like a haunted house noise?

The answer is RXs.

“In memoriam” pieces

The answer is obits.

Spunk

The answer is moxie.

For an additional cost

The answer is extra.

“You ain’t seen nothing ___!”

The answer is yet.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today’s Strands.

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Paddy Considine returns to “House of the Dragon” as Viserys Targaryen in one of Daemon’s latest visions.

For the past several episodes of House of the Dragon, Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) has been haunted by a parade of ghostly visions that double as cameos of past actors on the show.

First, Milly Alcock returned as young Rhaenyra Targaryen, then Nanna Blondell reprised her role as Laena Velaryon. But in Season 2, episode 6, we reach what feels like the final boss of these visions, as Paddy Considine dons the crown of King Viserys Targaryen once again.

Viserys’s return feels monumental because almost every vision Daemon has had so far has reminded him of his relationship with his late brother. Young Rhaenyra needled Daemon over Viserys passing him over as his heir, while his mother Alyssa (Emeline Lambert) told him that he would have been a much better, stronger ruler than Viserys.

So what happens when Viserys and Daemon come face to face? Does Viserys taunt Daemon about his wrecked marriage to Rhaenyra, or his failed attempts to muster strength in the Riverlands and become king in his own right?

Not exactly.

Instead, what we get is a near word-for-word replay of a scene from the very first episode of House of the Dragon. Viserys confronts Daemon for joking about the death of his wife Aemma (Sian Brooke), and for calling his late newborn son Baelon the “heir for a day.” He then reveals he’ll be naming a new heir, cutting Daemon out of the line of succession.

For present-day Daemon, this revisited memory must cut deeper than any fantasy he’s witnessed in Harrenhal so far. It rehashes one of the worst moments of his life, one that still haunts him and drives him to this day, and there’s nothing he can do to stop it. All he can muster is a soft “don’t” as vision-Viserys begins to say, “I have decided to name a new heir.”

While Viserys’s dialogue remains almost exactly the same from this version of the scene in Season 1, Considine’s performances are worlds apart. In Season 1, his grief drove him to loud bursts of anger. He sits high in the Iron Throne as he casts his brother out. Vision-Viserys, on the other hand, slumps over. His physicality recalls Viserys during the later stages of his illness, as if Daemon is viewing an amalgam of his brother across different stages of his life. There is no yelling here, just a soft, almost defeated sense of grief that matches Daemon’s own sadness as he re-experiences Viserys’s wrath.

Unlike in Season 1, Daemon does not fight back against Viserys’s accusations. All the fire of this original encounter is gone, replaced first by disbelief — “You can’t possibly still be angry about this” — then an overwhelming urge to escape. By this point, Harrenhal has broken Daemon down with its non-stop display of his worst insecurities. All he can do is hope for the vision to end.

Daemon does get a bit of closure on his relationship with Viserys — or at least, his ghostly counterpart — towards the end of episode 6. In this new vision, we experience an alternate version of the past: One where Daemon stood by Viserys’s side as he grieved Aemma, instead of getting drunk in a King’s Landing tavern.

“You should’ve been at my side,” Vision-Viserys told Daemon earlier in the episode. Now, Daemon holds him as he cries. “You needed me,” he says. “I’m here now.”

This new vision is the first time Daemon’s Harrenhal visions have offered him any respite. It’s also the first time he’s truly owned up to his mistakes in a vision and tried to make them right. Obviously, it’s too late for Daemon and Viserys’s real-life relationship. But maybe that healing embrace will mark a turning point for Daemon. After all, he does receive the good news of Grover Tully’s passing right after he wakes up from that dream. Whatever cutting-edge ghost therapy treatment Alys Rivers (Gayle Rankin) is foisting on Daemon must be working, big time.

New episodes of House of the Dragon air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.

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“House of the Dragon” Season 2, episode 6 ends with the revelation that the dragon Seasmoke has a new rider. Who is he?

A new dragonrider has entered the fray on House of the Dragon — and it’s not anyone Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) expected.

Season 2, episode 6 of House of the Dragon sees Rhaenyra put a bold dragonrider recruitment plan into action. With the help of the Targaryen family records, she seeks out members of other houses with Targaryen ancestors. The hope is that their weaker Targaryen lineage will still be enough for them to claim the riderless dragons residing on Dragonstone: Vermithor, Silverwing, and Seasmoke, the former dragon of Laenor Velaryon (John Macmillan).

However, that plan disappears in a puff of (Sea)smoke when the first dragonriding attempt goes disastrously awry. Turns out Seasmoke is simply more interested in barbecuing Ser Steffon Darklyn (Anthony Flanagan) than in bonding with him. Hey, that’s just the risk you take when you try to claim a dragon.

Steffon’s death forces Rhaenyra to abandon her plan, yet the episode ends on some intriguing news. Seasmoke has been spotted flying over Spicetown with a new, unknown rider. While Rhaenyra suspects this new dragonrider to be a member of Team Green, episode 6 has already given us his identity — and it could be a game changer for Team Black.

Who is Seasmoke’s new rider?

Seasmoke’s new rider is none other than Addam of Hull (Clinton Liberty), the brother of Alyn of Hull (Abubakar Salim). The two are the bastard sons of Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint). But while Corlys acknowledges Alyn, elevating him to the status of first mate, he has yet to say anything to Addam. You can bet that will change once he learns that Addam claimed his trueborn son’s dragon.

While we don’t see Addam actually getting on dragonback, we see everything else leading up to it. Seasmoke pursues Addam along the beaches of Driftmark, eventually cornering him. However, instead of burning Addam to a crisp like he did Steffon, Seasmoke approaches him with a soft curiosity. House of the Dragon cuts away before Addam can actually seal the bond, but since we hear about Seasmoke’s new rider soon after, you can consider these dragonriding dots connected.

How can Addam of Hull be a dragonrider?

Addam being a dragonrider throws a bit of a wrench in Rhaenyra’s initial plan, as he’s not a Targaryen by blood. Instead, he’s a Velaryon through Corlys.

Like the Targaryens, the Velaryons are a great family from Old Valyria, meaning Addam has Valyrian blood. Unlike Targaryens, the Velaryons were not dragonlords, so based on tradition and history, Addam shouldn’t be a dragonrider either. Sure, there’s a high chance Corlys Velaryon has a smidge of Targaryen blood due to some long-ago Targaryen-Velaryon marriage, or that Addam and Alyn’s mother has some Targaryen ancestry. But there are other, more interesting explanations for Addam’s new dragonrider status.

First, Rhaenyra believes that Seasmoke misses his bond with Laenor. What better way for him to replicate that bond than with another one of Corlys’s sons? Remember, we’ve already seen Seasmoke circling over Addam’s head in episode 2, so perhaps he already sensed the similarities to Laenor. Maybe Steffon’s attempted claiming was the last push Seasmoke needed to seek Addam out, a draconic “screw it, I’ll find my preferred rider myself” kind of moment.

Then, there’s the simple possibility that Targaryen blood may not be the true key to riding a dragon. As Jacaerys (Harry Collett) tells Rhaenyra in episode 5, the Old Valyrian histories that highlight the importance of dragonlord blood were “written to gild [dragonlords] in glory.” If the “dragonlord blood” narrative is just a tool to uphold Targaryen supremacy, could anyone try to be a dragonrider? Could Rhaenyra widen her pool of recruit candidates? (Might I suggest seeking out the Targaryen bastards we know are out there?)

Or, could it be the Targaryens aren’t as powerful as they thought?

New episodes of House of the Dragon air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.

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Episode 6 cinematographer Vanja Černjul breaks down the King’s Landing riot, Aemond’s Small Council meeting, and a dragon chase scene.

Cinematographers on House of the Dragon face a tall order each episode, working on everything from massive crowd scenes to draconic set pieces to hushed Small Council sessions.

Season 2, episode 6 features several such standout moments, all with their distinct sense of rhythm and movement from behind the camera. In an interview with Mashable, cinematographer Vanja Černjul broke down how he shot three key sequences, along with classic film influences and drawing on Succession for inspiration.

The riot in King’s Landing

While episode 6 features two extended dragon set pieces — both of which required extensive collaboration with House of the Dragon‘s VFX team — the most planning on Černjul’s end went into the King’s Landing riot. Here, an angry mob surprises Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and her daughter Helaena (Phia Saban), and the two must fight their way through the crowds to escape in their carriage.

“We must have had 300 extras, and we had two days to shoot it,” said Černjul on preparing for the scene.

Shooting on location added further complications: “With medieval architecture, it was a very challenging place to move the camera, because first, [Alicent and Helaena] run down very steep stairs, and then they [go] through the square, and then they hop into the carriage, all while being chased by a huge crowd of smallfolk,” Černjul said. “We wanted [the scene] to have flow, so we shot it in order, and as much as possible consecutively.”

The riot sequence locks us into Alicent’s point of view until she and Helaena get in the carriage. A remotely operated camera awaited their arrival in the carriage to provide coverage for the interior section, keeping us trained on their anxiety as they departed the scene.

Aemond’s Small Council meeting

Small Council meetings are a staple of House of the Dragon, with episodes often showing the fraught Council sessions from both Team Black and Team Green. Černjul relished these kinds of scenes in particular, saying, “The most special scenes in that episode were scenes that only included a couple of characters in the room, talking and discussing how this war is going to unfold.”

For these scenes, including a meeting of Aemond’s (Ewan Mitchell) Small Council, House of the Dragon drew on another HBO heavy hitter for inspiration: Succession. Episode 6 director Andrij Parekh — who Černjul attended film school with — directed several episodes of Succession, even serving as cinematographer for the pilot.

“Andrij brought his experience from his previous projects of shooting these rooms where powerful people discuss the fate of other people,” Černjul said. “He had a very good sense for developing a camera behavior that gives you a seat at the table, basically a fly-on-the-wall approach, where the camera also becomes a character that is subjectively reacting to whatever is happening.”

In the Greens’ Small Council meeting, that often meant the camera reacting to Aemond as he prowls around the room. “We wanted to shoot the scene in that observational style, but we also wanted Aemond to be at the center, so we granted him the power to move the camera in the scene,” Černjul explained. “We designed blocking where Aemond was walking around the table throughout the scene while addressing the council. Two cameras were following him all the time, circling around the table on a so-called “dance floor,” but then they would react to whoever Aemond was addressing. The camera movement appeared more observational, which worked well in contrast to House of the Dragon‘s overall style, which has a more intentional and designed feel.”

Seasmoke chases down Addam of Hull

It wouldn’t be House of the Dragon without any dragons, and episode 6 features a first for the show: Seasmoke, a riderless dragon, chasing down a prospective rider in Addam of Hull (Clinton Liberty). The scene plays out with a fair bit of suspense, as Addam tries desperately to escape. It makes sense, then, that Černjul and Parekh drew on the work of the Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock.

“To jumpstart the process of shot listing, we would use references from classical cinema, just to get us going,” Černjul explained. “For that particular scene, we wanted to look at the famous scene from North by Northwest, where Cary Grant’s character [Roger Thornhill] is being chased by the cropduster. We thought, ‘It’s just like the dragon in our scene, this plane.'”

The similarities extend to Roger and Addam as well. “[Roger] doesn’t understand what’s going on or why he is being chased. Same with Addam,” said Černjul.

While the North by Northwest cropduster scene served as a jumping-off point, the Addam and Seasmoke scene grew into its own once Černjul and Parekh began developing it for its specific shooting location in Anglesey, Wales. However, they still wanted to maintain the cropduster scene’s “kinetic energy,” as Černjul said. Different shooting techniques proved key here.

“In that scene, we moved the camera in every possible way,” Černjul said. “We shot handheld, we were on a dolly, we had a techno crane moving from an extreme high angle to an extreme low angle, a drone. We were moving the camera to match the energy of the scene.”

New episodes of House of the Dragon air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.

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