"Game of Thrones" prequel "House of the Dragon" has found more Targaryens.The HBO series has added three more key players to its cast: Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy and Matt Smith.Cooke, known from Amazon's "Sound of Metal," is set to star as Alicent Hightower, the daughter of Hand of the King Otto Hightower who was raised in the Red Keep, close to the king and his inner circle. Described as "the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms," Hightower has both...
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Smith’s Sinclair has been in the headlines in recent years mostly for its attempted, then terminated, $3.9 billion merger with Tribune Media Company. But more recently, the company launched the ad-supported free streaming service STIRR, which aggregates news, sports, lifestyle and local reports from the broadcast giant’s markets. The company acquired 21 Fox-branded regional sports networks from Disney after the media conglomerate acquired 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets. In early 2021, the broadcaster is set to premiere a headline-driven 6-9 a.m. news show on more than a third of its 190 stations in a bid to find new areas in which to generate profit — particularly in the time of ubiquitous streaming platforms threatening to eat at viewer share.