Game of Thrones Cast Plays Game of Butts, Hilarity Ensues

Obviously, we watch Game of Thrones for the thrilling human drama played out against a fantasy backdrop, the pulse-pounding action sequences, and the panoply of memorable characters.

Of course, there"s also plenty of nudity, and that"s cool too.

In its early seasons, the show focused primarily on the naked female form, as has been customary in film and television dating back to the days of XXX theaters.

Recently, however, the show has undergone a bit of a change.

Don"t get us wrong, you can still see boobs on Game of Thrones more weeks than not, but in recent seasons the men of Westeros have bared a fair amount of flesh in their own right.

Maybe it"s Emilia Clarke"s "free the penis" campaign or simply a sign of the times, but knights and lords are dangling swords like never before on GoT.

In response to this trend, the folks at PopSugar decided to find out if the show"s stars could recognize one another by their nether regions alone.

Yes, when you play the Game of Butts, you win – or you lose, and your co-workers breathe a sigh of relief because you"re clearly not obsessing over their asses.

Obviously, it"s fun to see one of TV"s most attractive casts scrutinizing one another"s butts, but the real joy here is seeing GoT actors out of character.

Some of them look completely different, others pretty much the same.

Some elicit reactions of "Who?!" because there"s so damn many characters on the show at this point that George R.R. Martin probably can"t name them all.

Actually, that dude could probably recognize them all by their asses like it ain"t no thang.

Play Game of Butts for yourself and impress your friends with your knowledge of the Seven Kingdoms most famous backsides:

 

Jill Duggar Visits Orphanage: Is She Adopting or Exploiting?

It looks as though Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard recently returned to Arkansas after another abbreviated stint doing missionary work in El Salvador.

Back when they were filming the first full season of Jill & Jessa: Counting On, however, the Dillards were living the Equator life and getting deeply involved in the community they served.

A preview for this week"s episode shows Jill and Derick stopping by a local orphanage along with Jill"s sisters Jessa and Jana, who were visiting from the States.

“I can definitely see Jill and Derick adopting in the future,” Jana says in the clip. “They definitely have a heart for babies and little ones and I know that Jill has talked about it in the past.

Jill jokes about wanting to take some of the kids home with her, and it seems she"s not the only one who"s yearning to expand her family.

Jessa Duggar has talked about adopting in the past, and it seems the visit to the orphanage reawakened that desire in her:

“It just makes you want to cry when you see all these kids. I wish I could take them home,” she says.

“Ben and I really want to adopt. Hopefully soon. Every time we visit that makes that decision even more real for us. We just want to do that as soon as possible.”

Based on those comments, we wouldn"t be surprised if the Seewalds have already started the process.

Of course, just about everything the Duggars do stirs up controversy these days, and the visit to the orphanage is not different.

The sisters have been criticized on social media for exploiting the orphaned and impoverished children of Jill and Derick"s village and essentially using them as props for their television show.

Obviously, we have no way of knowing what motivated the Duggars to make the visit, but we hope they did something to improve the children"s living conditions while they were there.

Due to their upbringing, Jill and Jessa may think it"s perfectly normal to sleep 7 or 8 to a room.

But we"re guessing the kids in that orphanage would prefer a bit more space.

Check out the preview clip below, and watch Jill & Jessa Counting On online to get caught up in time for tomorrow"s episode.

 

 

Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 3 Preview: Jon Snow"s Mother Revealed?!

If you watched Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 2 last night, then you know the episode was positively packed with stunning twists.

Unfortunately, the long-awaited resurrection of Jon Snow was not one of those surprises.

As many fans pointed out on social media, the show kind of wrote itself into a corner with that one, as there was really no other way it could"ve played out, and there was nothing surprising about the moment when it inevitably occurred.

Still, it"s nice to have it done with so that we can get on with the rest of Season 6, which is already progressing at a breakneck speed.

Last night"s episode advanced the storylines of Tyrion, Ramsay, Theon/Reek, Bran, Sansa and Arya by leaps and bounds.

Are we leaving anyone out?

It"s entirely possible considering how much showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss managed to cram into one of the most taut and tightly-constructed installments in the show"s history.

It"s hard to believe the GoT could keep up such a breakneck pace, but next week"s episode – ominously titled "Oathbreaker" – may contain the answers to some of the most important questions in the show"s universe.

One of them: Where the hell are the Dothraki taking Daenerys? reflects a relatively new concern, while the other has been a matter of debate amongst George R.R. Martin devotees for two decades:

Who is the mother of Jon Snow, bastard of Winterfell and Lord Commander of the Night"s Watch?

It"s a question that may turn out to have far-reaching consequences in Westeros, and after years of fan theories and online speculation, we may be on the verge of a definitive answer.

The preview released last night promises a flashback (via one of Bran"s mental trips through time with the Three-Eyed Raven) to the time when a young Ned Stark fought a member of Aerys II Targaryen"s Kingsguard at the Tower of Joy.

The location is significant, as it"s the spot where Daenerys" brother Rhaegar Targaryen took Ned"s "kidnapped" sister, Lyanna Stark.

Fans have long theorized that Rhaegar and Lyanna are Jon"s true parents, and this could be the episode where the hypothesis is confirmed.

If we have to tell you why it"s significant that Jon may be a royal-blooded Targaryen, then it"s possible that like Mr. Snow himself, you know nothing, dear reader.

Kourtney Kardashian: Kim Kardashian Takes Parenting Digs At Me!

For the most part, the Kardashians are thick as thieves.

But sometimes there is unrest among the sisters, particularly between Kim and Kourtney Kardashian.

Kourtney, who was recently tapped as a brand ambassador for Manuka Doctor, spoke to The New Potato about her health regimen, her beauty secrets and growing up with her two younger sisters, Kim and Khloe.

So, inquiring minds want to know, do the Kardashian girls fight like cats and dogs?

“It’s really rare that Khloe and I bicker,” Kourtney said, an unsurprising answer given how close the two seem on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

“I think if one of us is not in a good mood or something, the other will be like ‘Well, you’re in a great mood today,’ and just be annoying to each other,” Kourtney clarified (likely in that monotone way of hers.  Classic Kourt.).

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“Kim and I…I feel like we will bicker. It’s not even bickering; we just have different ways of doing things,” Kourtney explained.

“So even if it’s things with our kids, we’ll talk to each other about it. I’ll say, ‘I think I want to do this, this way,’ and then she wants to do something that way.

“She will give little digs as if my way is wrong or something.”

That seems fair.

“I used to love confrontation – and I don’t love confrontation anymore – but sometimes it will really get to me and I’ll just go off,” Kourtney said about mellowing out over time.

“And it feels so good. It’s more just a yelling, quick thing to let it be known that I’m always right (laughs).”

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