Game of Thrones Taps Lucian Msamati For Season 2

Lucian Msamati Lucian Msamati has joined the burgeoning cast of Game of Thrones, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Msamati, best known for his role on The No. 1 Ladies Detective Club, will play Salladhor Saan, a notorious pirate who sails for Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane). Entertainment Weekly first reported the news. Is Game of Thrones on your Watchlist? Add it and your other favorites now and never miss an episode The actor is the latest to join the large and impressive guest cast for Season 2 of the HBO fantasy drama. The newcomers include Robert Pugh, Hannah Murray, Roy Dotrice, Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, Gwendoline Christie, and The Tudors' Natalie Dormer.

On the 10th Anniversary of Her Death, Aaliyah's Very Short Movie Career Remembered

Ten years ago today, when the R&B singer Aaliyah — whose music videos were often just as cinematic as her acting ventures — died in a plane crash, she was a burgeoning film star with a couple of major flicks under her belt and plans to co-star in the Matrix sequels. Let’s take a quick look back at her filmography, reflect on her screen merits, and try to drown out the goth-rock soundtrack to Queen of the Damned. Romeo Must Die In this fluffy Jet Li fight caper (co-starring Isaiah Washington and Anthony Anderson!), Aaliyah played the cool Trish O’Day, who sounds like either a Bond vixen or a lesser member of Danity Kane. She tells Mr. Li to watch his back as he leaves her apartment building, but it’s no matter, because he just mangles everyone in sight. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a glock that resplendent. Queen of the Damned In this camp psuedo-classic, Aaliyah dons tricked-out slave-Leia apparel and hisses at adversaries. Surprisingly, this music-heavy movie features no Aaliyah contributions; instead we’re treated to Disturbed, Papa Roach, Marilyn Manson, and Limp Bizkit. The movie was released well after Aaliyah’s death, which might be a good thing, because I don’t think she was very down with the sickness. Matrix Reloaded Before she died, Aaliyah filmed a few scenes as Zee in the first Matrix sequel, with intentions of filming the second sequel The Matrix Revolutions too. Here, the film crew reflects on her death and shows us a glimpse of her work. For the hell of it, here’s Aaliyah’s replacement in The Matrix Reloaded, Nona Gaye, the one-time Prince paramour and daughter of Marvin Gaye. Can we picture the sultrier Aaliyah reciting these lines? And in case you miss the big-budget warehouse videos of the late ’90s, here’s Aaliyah’s hit clip from the Romeo Must Die soundtrack, “Try Again.” Remember when Ricky Martin mispronounced her name after she won Best Female Video at the VMAs? More like Menudo Must Die!

'The Godfather' Game to produce on Facebook

NEW You are able to - Social gaming giant Zynga has already established much success using its Social City game on Facebook, one of many popular mob-designed social games. Now, a social gaming firm is planning to create a game title in line with the Godfather to Facebook this fall. Bay Area-based Kabam is promoting the overall game known as The Godfather: Five Families, with different license from Viacom's Vital Pictures, the LA Occasions reported. The overall game happens in New You are able to City within the nineteen thirties, ten years before in which the first movie within the film trilogy begins, based on the paper. Gamers are born into among the five mafia families featured within the franchise and should fight or plan their way up being don. Out of the box often the situation for social games, the Godfather game is going to be free, but Kabam plans to earn money by selling virtual goods, for example weapons or special capabilities. However, the organization is focusing on much more of a tough-core gaming audience than is normal for generally broad-based social games, based on the Occasions. "We're getting a tough-core mafia experience to social games," stated Kabam COO Chris Carvalho, former mind of economic development at Lucasfilm. "We believe there's a totally untrained audience for your." Formerly, Electronic Arts made two Godfather games in 2006 and 2009. Related Subjects Viacom Vital Pictures Zynga The Godfather

How Your Magazine-Movie Sausage is Made

Magazine editors are increasingly looking to place their stories at studios — for what it’s worth: “‘Hollywood is essentially in the business of not making movies,’ said Henry Finder, editorial director of The New Yorker. ‘They only make a movie when they run out of reasons not to make it. [… B]ut if I’m trying to get talent attached it might be easier for me to say, “Hey look, Brad Pitt, there’s this really cool story that was in Vanity Fair or Rolling Stone” — it’s going to be based on that.’” Great! It beats Ouija. [WWD via The Awl]

Earthquake: Twitter Users Learned of Tremors Seconds Before Feeling Them

Unlike tornadoes and hurricanes, earthquakes are infamous because there is no warning before the natural disaster strikes. But in the modern-day Twitter age, people can read about an earthquake before feeling it themselves.our editor recommendsEast Coast Earthquake News Coverage Interrupts ProgrammingDiscovery Headquarters Evacuated After EarthquakeEarthquake Sends Shocks From Washington DC to New York City; Industry ReactsEarthquake on East Coast: 5 Over-The-Top Hollywood Portrayals (Video)Earthquake on East Coast: Scene from New York and D.C. PHOTOS: Earthquake on East Coast: Scene from New York and D.C. When a 5.9 earthquake hit near Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, New York residents read about the quake on Twitter when, 30 seconds later, they felt the quake themselves. The earthquake was one of the largest recorded in the Washington, D.C. area. STORY: Earthquake Sends Shocks From Washington DC to New York City; Industry Reacts Businesses in both New York and Washinton, D.C. were evacuated, including the Pentagon and Capitol Building in Washington and City Hall in New York. Discovery headquarters in Silver Springs, Md., was also evacuated. A comic strip posted by XKCD explained that the fiber signals that transfer tweets move much faster than the actual seismic waves. Therefore, New Yorkers could read about the earthquake before feeling their own buildings shake. Several East Coast residents tweeted that they read about the quake before it hit their own homes. STORY: Discovery Headquarters Evacuated After Earthquake Allison Kilkenny wrote, "Weirdest moment: Seeing the people I'm following in DC tweet "earthquake" seconds before I felt it here in NYC." Likewise, Jesse Friedman wrote, ""I saw the tweets from DC about earthquake, then 15 seconds later felt it in NYC. Social media is faster than seismic waves!" Frank van Puffelen tweeted, "I read about this earthquake on twitter before I felt the tremble. New tech beats old tech... again." Erik T. Wright wrote, "Haha! I was able to read about the earthquake on Twitter right before I felt it! I love living in the future." STORY: East Coast Earthquake News Coverage Interrupts Programming Charles Luzar wrote, "Think about this: I read about the earthquake on Twitter seconds before I felt it. Oh, times... how you've changed." Ryan Praski wrote, "Read about earthquake on twitter before I felt it in Boston. Related Topics Twitter East Coast Earthquake

Ryan Gosling To The Rescue?

FIRST PUBLISHED: August 22, 2011 5:31 PM EDT NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Actor, musician peacemaker? A man who appears to be Ryan Gosling brought peace to the streets of New York City recently. In a video uploaded over the weekend to YouTube, a man who appears to be the Crazy, Stupid, Love. star is seen breaking up a quarrel between two men who seem to be fighting over a painting in the middle of the street. Are you serious? Are you serious? Am I really filming this right now? the woman videotaping the incident is heard saying after a friend recognizes the star of The Notebook. No, is it? Youre lying! Youre lying! Oh my God it is! the woman exclaims after realizing it appears to be Ryan. The man in the video, who is wearing a striped tank top and baseball cap is sporting a Giving Tree book tattoo on his upper arm, the same childrens book tattoo Ryan has. A rep for the actor was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Access Hollywood. CLICK HERE to see the heroic moment! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Cody Horn likes 'Magic Mike'

Cody Horn has landed one of the female leads in Steven Soderbergh's male stripper pic "Magic Mike," joining Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaugey and Matt Bomer. Pic follows a young male stripper (Pettyfer) learning the ropes from a veteran (Tatum), and draws upon Tatum's previous life in the trade. Horn will play Paige, the older sister to Pettyfer's character. Nick Wechsler and Gregory Jacobs are producing with Tatum and his 33andOut Prods. partner Reid Carolin, who's also scripting the project. After initially casting Pettyfer and Tatum as leads, Soderbergh took his time with the remaining cast while Carolin touched up the script. In recent weeks, the cast has filled out with "True Blood"'s Joe Manganiello and Riley Keough also joining the cast. Horn, whose casting was first reported Monday by IndieWIRE blog The Playlist, is the daughter of former Warner Bros. prexy Alan Horn. She's currently shooting "End of Watch" starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena. She is repped by Paradigm and Untitled. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com