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WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from season 8 ofGame of Thrones. OneGame of Thronescharacter didn’t need to spend any time vying for the Iron Throne to get noticed. Lino Facioli, who played Robin Arryn, Lord of the Vale, caught fans’ attention during Sunday night’s series finale as many took to Twitter to praise his “glow-up” from previous seasons. One fan even crowned the 18-year-old actor’s transformation from momma’s boy to attractive Lord as the “true winner ofGOT....

Warning: This post contains spoilers for season 8, episode 1 ofGame of Thrones. Winter is finally here. After seven seasons of constant warnings, the Night King’s army blasted down the Wall that had magically protected Westeros from the White Walkers in last season’s climatic finale. And the season 8 premiere on Sunday night wasted no time getting into the action — or bringing the nostalgia. From a basic recreation of the first episode toKit Harington‘s Jon Snowfinallyfinding out who he really is, the show is taking its limited six-episode run seriously....

“Please be aware, the Carlton Reserve is a vast and unforgiving location at times,” North Port Police PIO Josh Taylor said in a release Tuesday morning announcing that authorities were returning to the sprawling reserve to search for Laundrie, 23, who is a person of interest in Petito’s disappearance. The 25,000-acre preserve where Laundrie said he went hiking on Sept. 14 is waist-deep in water in many areas, Taylor said in the release....

Genie Francis.Photo: ABC Genie Francisis taking a stand on herGeneral Hospitalcharacter’s controversial history. During ABC’s Television Critics Association presentation on Wednesday, the actress — who has portrayed the role of Laura Spencer since 1977 — opened up about the date rape scene from 1979 that has fans (and Francis) still questioning why it happened in the first place. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Laura and Luke (Anthony Geary) were dubbed a “super couple” in the soap world, but attention got wary in the years that followed due to the nature of their relationship: Luke had raped Laura, but the two fell in love and eventually married....

Daniel Kaluuyais tired of being asked about how his race factors into his work. In a recent interviewwith the U.K.’sRadio Times(asThe Guardianreports), theQueen & Slimstar, 30, told the outlet that it’s “boring” to repeatedly be asked about the topic. “What is there to talk about race?” said Kaluuya. “It’s just boring to me. What’s the debate? I’m more of a doer — I’m just going to do what I want to do....

Photo: Foster Grant Jasmine Cephas Jonesis looking toward the future through a pair of rose-colored glasses. The actress, who originated the role of Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds in the Broadway hitHamilton, tells PEOPLE that — after months of wearing sweatpants amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — she is ready to “make an effort” this summer to feel that much more fabulous when out and about. “One of my favorite, favorite things is to listen to live music because it reallyinspires me as an artist, and in the summertime, that’s when all of the music festivals happen,” says Cephas Jones, 32, who has partnered withFoster Grantto sport the eyewear brand’sSUN LUV collectionas the world springs forward into sunnier days....

Phillipa SooandRenée Elise Goldsberryhad oneveryimportant FaceTime call to make after their excitingEmmy Awardswin. On Sunday evening,Hamiltontook home the award for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded). TheDisney+feature was shot over three days in June 2016 at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre, and the project beat outBo Burnham: Inside, David Byrne’sAmerican Utopia,8:46 – Dave Chappelle, Friends: The ReunionandA West Win Special To Benefit When We All Vote. Chatting with PEOPLE after the show, Soo, 31, and Goldsberry, 50, opened up to Janine Rubenstein and Jeremy Parsons about how they FaceTimedHamiltoncreatorLin-Manuel Mirandaafter accepting the award....

Photo: Rosamond Gifford Zoo The Rosamond Gifford Zoo is in Syracuse, New York, is mourning the loss of another young elephant justdays after the death of a year-old calf. On Sunday,the zoo announced on Facebookthat their 5-year-old Asian elephant Batu died on Friday morning after succumbing to Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus (EEHV), “a lethal strain of herpes that targets Asian elephants.” Batu was being treated for EEHV since Dec. 3, when a blood test sent to the Smithsonian National Zoo Conservation Biology Institute’s National Elephant Herpesvirus Laboratory came back positive for the virus....

Photo: Patrick Wymore/Hulu This post has spoilers from the season 2 premiere ofHow I Met Your Father. Suit up! Barney is back and it’slegendary. Neil Patrick Harris’beloved character was introduced in the original CBS seriesHow I Met Your Motherabout a hopeless romantic telling his children the long-winded love story about their mother while navigating adulthood in N.Y.C with his four best friends, including Harris' Barney Stinson, a confident player with catchy one-liners....

Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has restored the last surviving model of the iconic shark that terrified beachgoers in the1975 blockbusterJaws. On Thursday, the museum, which has not yet opened, shared that the original shark prop, nicknamed “Bruce,” had been “fully transformed.” “Just in time for the 44th anniversary of #Jaws (1975) … An update on Bruce the shark’s restoration! Special effects legend @G_Nicotero, his studio KNB EFX, and the #AcademyMuseum conservation team have fully transformed this undersea giant,” the museum wrote on Twitter, alongside several photos highlighting all the work that has been done to the prop....

Earlier this month,Jeopardy!contestantKen Jennings was crownedthe “Greatest Of All Time”champion after besting fellow competitors “Jeopardy James” HolzhauerandBrad Rutter— and he says it wasn’t at all easy keeping the big win a secret. As for besting former champs Holzhauer and Rutter, he says they were fierce competitors. “Brad is the most tenaciousJeopardy!player I’ve ever seen — best I’ve ever played. He just never got his footing. It may be just as simple as the fact that he found a ton of very hard Daily Doubles....

Johnny Middlebrooks and Cely Vazquez.Photo: Johnny Middlebrooks/InstagramLoveIsland’s Cely Vazquez and Johnny Middlebrooks are going their separate ways.Vazquez, 24, announced the news of their breakup on Saturday, sharing a statement on social media.“Because you’ve all been such a close part of our relationship, I wanted to share with you that Johnny and I are no longer together,” shewrote. “While our relationship has been public from the start, I do ask that you respect this decision and our privacy during this time....

Love Islandcontestant Josh Goldstein is back home following the death of his sister. Josh, wholeft the showwith fellow contestant Shannon St. Clair during Thursday’s episode after learning that his older sister Lindsey had died, shared an update on social media Saturday after the pair made it to Massachusetts. “We want to thank everybody for not only the support throughout the show but the support in this tough time, dealing with the loss of my sister....