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He then over several seasons, while missing from the story for long stretch- es, became a mystical seer known as the Three-eyed Raven, with an essential role but distant presence and personality.
In the finale, a council of the remaining nobles of Westeros votes for Bran after a suggestion and major speech from Tyrion Lannister.
“People love stories,” Tyrion says. “Who has a better story than Bran the Broken?”
(His sisters, just to name two, many fans thought.)
Bran actor Isaac Hempstead Wright was, unsurprisingly, thrilled with his characters ending.
“I find it an extraordinary character arc to see him go from a vulnerable character totally dependent on others to the one person who holds all the keys to under- standing the world,” he wrote Monday in The Hollywood Reporter.
Jon Snow also came full circle on the show. As punishment for becoming a queen slayer, he returns to the great northern Wall, the same journey he made when the series began, and is reunited with his dire wolf Ghost, whom he met in epi- sode one. He also finds a spot again among the Wildlings, or “free folk,” as they head north beyond the wall.
Sansa’s crowning as queen of the North was as predictable as the finale got — she’d clearly been headed for the role for a while.
While the night brought a big end for “Thrones” fans, its universe was far from over.
Author George R.R. Martin still intends to finish and release two more books in the series after the show passed him by years ago.
And spin-offs are in the planning stages. One pilot in production takes place in the same realm thousands of years earlier, and
the finale might have hinted at another possibility.
Arya Stark, who saved humanity early in the season, decides to sail on to unknown lands, and her departure on a ship is among the series’ final images.
“What’s west of Westeros?” she asks her Stark siblings. “No one knows. It’s where all the maps stop. It’s where I’m going.”
TV comedy writer Bess Kalb expressed a common response to this idea on Twitter: “Will watch Arya the Explorya.”
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This story has been corrected to show the Wildlings call themselves the “free folk,” not “free people.”
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Ventimiglia says trip showed him Red Nose charity’s impact
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia learned firsthand what the Red Nose Day’s fundraising campaign means to children in need, and he’s eager to spread the word.
“I saw how the money was being spent, and how it’s impacting these kids on a very real level and giving them a better shot at life,” the actor said after an April trip to the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. “It’s the sim- plest of corrections to get a kid educated, to get a kid healthy, to get a kid safe.”
He visited a clinic vaccinating children from deadly, preventable diseases in- cluding pneumonia, and a program that houses and educates young girls who have been subsisting on landfills. Video of his encounters will be part of NBC’s Red Nose Day USA special airing Thursday (8-10 p.m EDT) with host Terry Crews.
Performances by Sting, Josh Groban, John Legend, Chrissy Metz, Kelly Clark- son and Blake Shelton, and a sketch with “Saturday Night Live” players Michael Che, Colin Jost and Kate McKinnon are part of
the special. Other celebrities participat- ing include Julia Roberts, Gloria Estefan, Damian Lewis, Kal Penn, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Stiller, Chrissy Teigen, Connie Britton, Lilly Singh, Susan Kelechi Watson and Daryl Hall and John Oates.
The Red Nose Day campaign , in its fifth year in America, is run by the nonprofit Comic Relief USA. It’s raised close to $150 million, including through donations
at Walgreens and Duane Reade stores, to support programs for children in the U.S. and other countries. Red Nose Day originated in Britain more than 30 years
ago and reports more than $1 billion in donations internationally.
Ventimiglia, who plays patriarch Jack on NBC’s drama “This Is Us,” made his African trip after appearing on previous Red Nose Day specials. He’s also a long- time supporter of U.S. veterans’ causes, including traveling with the USO to Iraq and Afghanistan.
“This was the first time that I’d been invited to see the challenges that these
kids were living in,” Ventimiglia said. He witnessed children rummaging through trash dumps for items to sell and even food to eat.
“It’s hard to imagine that this is average life for a human being,” the actor said, and he was glad to put the goodwill he’s gained playing Jack to good use.
“Hopefully, people’s familiarity with me and an interest in where I might be spending my time will lead to some good donations that are going to help kids out,” he said.
Online: https://rednoseday.org/
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