The Daily Populous

Of course, there were a few roles that did not require any auditions, such as Sean Bean (Ned) and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion), who were sought after for their roles from the start.

This was the case when it comes to Eugene Simon, who played the less than beloved Lancel Lannister in Game of Thrones.

After an audition for the boy king, producers then had him read for Lancel, which he said was quite exciting. »

A former police commander was acquitted of federal corruption charges on Wednesday after a seven-week trial in which prosecutors contended he had done favors for two businessmen in return for lavish gifts, including a junket to Las Vegas with a prostitute.

The jury in Federal District Court in Manhattan found James Grant, who was a deputy inspector in the New York Police Department, not guilty on all charges.

Still, jurors decided to convict one of the businessmen, Jeremy Reichberg, on several bribery and conspiracy charges involving other police officials. »

“We're gonna go in there and impeach the motherf***er," Representative Rashida Tlaib told a crowd at a MoveOn.org event Thursday night.

He added that the Michigan Democrat, who’s the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress, was “highly disrespectful to the United States of America.”.

Ocasio-Cortez hit back at the president and the GOP in a tweet Saturday, calling their response to Tlaib “Republican hypocrisy at its finest.”. »

And the day after Surviving R. Kelly aired, a disturbing video surfaced on Twitter featuring the rapper Drake.

In the video, shot years ago, he is seen taking a break from performing, and welcomes a fan up on stage from the audience—a young woman.

In September of last year, reports emerged suggesting that Drake was in a romantic relationship with 18-year-old model Bella Harris, whom he’d known since she was 16. »