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HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Returns Online With Edited George W. Bush Head

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday June 25, 2012 @ 2:57pm PDTTags: Game of Thrones, George W. Bush, HBO

You won’t see the head of former President George W. Bush in Game Of Thrones anymore. HBO has edited and altered the prop head of Bush that appeared on a spike in the series, the Washington Post first reported today. With less chin and a much smaller nose on the controversial head, HBO has restored the Season 1 episode to HBO Go and iTunes. HBO pulled the episode down digitally and also ceased shipments of the DVD box set featuring the episode after uproar broke out over the use of the former president’s head. It was DVD commentary by Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss that initially drew attention to the use of the head as a prop. “The last head on the left is George Bush,” the two say on the DVD. “George Bush’s head appears in a couple of beheading scenes. It’s not a choice, it’s not a political statement. We just had to use whatever heads we had lying around…” HBO later said they found the use of the Bush head “unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste.” The premium network had no word on whether new box sets of the series, with the edited head, will be heading to retail outlets soon.

(Photo: Washington Post)

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‘Game Of Thrones’ Episode With George Bush’s Severed Head Pulled From Rotation

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 15, 2012 @ 11:38am PDTTags: Game of Thrones, George W. Bush
Nellie Andreeva

The now infamous Episode 10 from the first season of HBO’s hit fantasy series Game Of Thrones featuring the head of former president George W. Bush as a prop in a beheading scene, has been pulled from all digital platforms, … Read More »

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UPDATE: HBO Apologizes For Severed George W. Bush Head On ‘Game Of Thrones’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 13, 2012 @ 8:35pm PDTTags: Game of Thrones, George W. Bush
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE 8:30 PM: The controversy over the use of a prosthetic George W. Bush head as a prop in beheading scenes on the hit HBO fantasy series Game Of Thrones led to both HBO and the series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss issuing apologies tonight, following criticism … Read More »

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Ron Nyswaner To Script Curtis Sittenfeld Novel ‘American Wife’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 4, 2011 @ 9:13am PDTTags: George W. Bush
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Ron Nyswaner has been set to adapt American Wife, the bestselling novel by Curtis Sittenfeld. The project is being funded by Red Crown Productions, whose Daniel Crown and Daniela Taplin Lundberg are producing with Marissa McMahon’s Kamala Films.

Nyswaner, best … Read More »

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All Former U.S. Presidents To Get Together For TV Special Honoring George H.W. Bush

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 3, 2011 @ 1:45pm PSTTags: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, TV
Nellie Andreeva

All four living former U.S. presidents – George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush – will gather for All Together Now: A Celebration of Service, a gala that honors the importance of American service and … Read More »

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George W. Bush Breaks Silence On His Upcoming Book ‘Decision Points’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 21, 2010 @ 10:38am PDTTags: Book Publishing, Crown Publishers, George W. Bush
Mike Fleming

Just in time for the upcoming elections, former President George W. Bush breaks his silence on his upcoming book Decision Points. The official pub date is November 9 through Crown Publishers, with a first printing of 1.5 million copies. Here’s the video that has just gone up on the Random … Read More »

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