April 12, 2015

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Hillary Clinton declares 2016 Democratic presidential bid –
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has formally entered the 2016 race for the White House in a bid to become the first woman US president.
She launched her campaign website on Sunday, telling Americans she wanted to be their “champion”. Mrs Clinton ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 but lost to Barack Obama. The overwhelming Democratic favourite, she had been expected to declare her candidacy for months. In a video on her website, Mrs Clinton declared: “I am running for president”. [BBC]
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Game Of Thrones season five leaked online –
The first four episodes of Game of Thrones season five have been leaked online a day before its official release. The copies were spotted on IPTorrents, The Pirate Bay, RARBG and KickassTorrents. The US TV network has yet to comment on the pirated episodes. [BBC]
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Masters 2015: Jordan Spieth wins first major with dominant display –
Jordan Spieth equalled the lowest winning score in Masters history to cap a record-breaking display at Augusta and win his first major. The 21-year-old American, second on his debut last year, shot a two-under 70 to triumph on 18 under. England’s Justin Rose hit 70 to finish 14 under, joint second with three-time champion Phil Mickelson (69) who ended runner-up in a major for the 10th time. World number one Rory McIlroy tied for fourth on 12 under after a 66. Spieth, the new world number two, dominated the headlines on each day, equalling Tiger Woods’s winning score of 18 under in 1997, when the former world number one won his first Green Jacket. Spieth also became the second-youngest Masters champion, winning the tournament at the age of 21 years and 259 days, 155 days older than Woods when he recorded his 1997 win. He also became the first player in 39 years to lead a Masters from start to finish, and the first to shoot 28 birdies at the tournament. [BBC]
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Bad move: Grandmaster caught cheating at chess in a lavatory –
A disgraced chess Grandmaster faces a 15-year ban from the game after being caught pretending to be desperate for the loo so he could use a mobile phone to cheat. Georgian champion Gaioz Nigalidze was expelled from the Dubai Open on Saturday after his opponent Tigran Petrosian, became suspicious about the amount of times he nipped to the lavatory. A complaint followed and Nigalidze was challenged. Tournament organisers then found Nigalidze had stored a mobile phone in a cubicle, behind the pan and covered in toilet paper. The device was found to be logged into Nigalidze’s social networking account and had one of his games being analysed by a smartphone chess app.
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Game of Thrones Season 5 Trailer

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Main character appearances in Game of Thrones [Wikipedia]

Actor Character Appearances
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 Total
Peter Dinklage Tyrion Lannister 9 10 9 8 4 40
Lena Headey Cersei Lannister 10 9 8 9 4 40
Emilia Clarke Daenerys Targaryen 9 8 8 8 3 36
Kit Harington Jon Snow 8 8 8 8 4 36
Maisie Williams Arya Stark 9 9 9 6 2 35
Sophie Turner Sansa Stark 9 7 8 7 4 35
Iain Glen Jorah Mormont 9 7 8 7 2 33
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Jaime Lannister 8 4 7 9 3 31
John Bradley Samwell Tarly 5 6 8 7 4 30
Aidan Gillen Petyr Baelish 8 7 4 5 4 28
Alfie Allen Theon Greyjoy 9 8 6 3 1 27
Conleth Hill Varys 7 6 5 6 3 27
Charles Dance Tywin Lannister 4 7 8 7 1 27
Rory McCann Sandor Clegane 8 5 8 6 27
Jack Gleeson Joffrey Baratheon 10 6 7 3 26
Michelle Fairley Catelyn Stark 9 8 8 25
Isaac Hempstead-Wright Bran Stark 8 7 6 4 25
Gwendoline Christie Brienne of Tarth 7 7 7 3 24
Jerome Flynn Bronn 5 7 4 4 2 22
Richard Madden Robb Stark 8 6 7 21
Sibel Kekilli Shae 2 8 6 4 20
Stephen Dillane Stannis Baratheon 7 5 4 4 20
Natalie Dormer Margaery Tyrell 4 6 6 3 19
Nathalie Emmanuel Missandei 8 7 3 19
Liam Cunningham Davos Seaworth 6 4 4 3 17
Joe Dempsie Gendry 2 7 8 17
Rose Leslie Ygritte 4 8 5 17
Dean-Charles Chapman* Tommen Baratheon 4 4 5 3 16
Carice van Houten Melisandre 4 6 3 2 15
Michael McElhatton Roose Bolton 4 7 2 1 14
Hannah Murray Gilly 3 6 3 2 14
Donald Sumpter Maester Luwin 7 7 14
Kristofer Hivju Tormund Giantsbane 7 5 1 13
James Cosmo Jeor Mormont 5 3 4 12
Oona Chaplin Talisa Stark 5 6 11
Sean Bean Eddard Stark 10 10
Jason Momoa Khal Drogo 9 1 10
Iwan Rheon Ramsay Bolton 6 3 1 10
Tom Wlaschiha** Jaqen H’gar 1 6 2 9
Diana Rigg Olenna Tyrell 5 4 9
Michiel Huisman Daario Naharis 5 3 8
Mark Addy Robert Baratheon 7 7
Pedro Pascal Oberyn Martell 7 7
Indira Varma Ellaria Sand 4 2 6
Ciarán Hinds Mance Rayder 3 1 1 5
Harry Lloyd Viserys Targaryen 5 5
Roy Dotrice Hallyne 2 2
Jonathan Pryce High Sparrow 2 2

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