The new HBO prequel, House of the Dragon, is inspired by George R. R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood. Set nearly 200 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen, the series takes fans of Game of Thrones back to a time when Westeros was dominated by the Targaryens at the height of their power, before their dramatic fall.
Before the series premiered, the internet buzzed with debates over the potential cast. Many fans were divided over the producers’ choices—some had envisioned the characters differently, while others highlighted discrepancies from the book. Read More...
Christina Hoag
August 19, 2002 12:00 AM EDT
The death of R.-and-B. singer Aaliyah in a small-plane crash last August was a sad event for everyone in the music world, but it has had a particularly bad aftertaste for one small business: Butlers’ Funeral Homes and Crematorium in Nassau, the Bahamas. Loretta Turner, the funeral-home director, told TIME that Virgin Records, the singer’s label, is reneging on a verbal agreement to pay the costs of preparation and transport of the bodies of Aaliyah and eight members of her entourage who died in the crash. Read More...
Bruce Omori is, in his own words, “obsessed” with lava. He’s also asthmatic and allergic to sulfur. The father of two, 58, tells me this during a phone call on May 7 before launching into a tale from his childhood: growing up in Hilo, on Hawaii’s Big Island, his mother—a nurse—would keep him away from Kilauea during school field trips to the nearby Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
“I was one of the two kids stuck on the bus with the windows up and the air conditioning on, and I’d be walking the bus, watching the kids do their projects while I had to do my work inside,” he recalls. Read More...
