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HBO Cuts 'Game of Thrones' Episode With Bush's Head
HBO has cut the Game of Thrones episode featuring an image of George W. Bush's severed head from all digital platforms and is holding off shipments of the Season 1 DVD box set that revealed the decapitated cranium, reports Deadline.com.
"We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste," said HBO. "We made this clear to the executive producers of the series who apologized immediately for this careless mistake. We condemn it in the strongest possible terms and have halted all future shipments of the DVDs, removed it from our digital platforms and will edit the scene for all future airings on any distribution domestic or international."
Earlier this week, DVD commentary from show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss exposed the beheading prop. Though it had already existed in plain view, the DVD commentary brought the prop to greater attention. In the commentary the creators claimed, "It's not a choice, it’s not a political statement. We just had to use whatever heads we had lying around."
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereMumford & Sons Withdraw from Northside, Hultsfred Festivals
Mumford & Sons perform at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.Andy Sheppard/Redferns via Getty ImagesMumford & Sons have announced on their website that they're withdrawing from their scheduled dates at the Northside Festival in Denmark and the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden after Marcus Mumford broke his hand. Mumford & Sons were set to play Northside today, June 15th, and had planned to play at Hultsfred on June 16th.
Mumford & Sons are currently on a European tour that wraps up in Oeiras, Portugal on July 14th. The band expects their other shows won't be affected.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereNicole Scherzinger Joins U.K. 'X Factor'
Nicole Scherzinger at the Men In Black 3 Germany premiere in BerlinFormer Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger has announced that she will become a judge on the British version of The X Factor, replacing Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland. "I’m so excited to join the U.K. X Factor family," Scherzinger wrote in a tweet. "It's where I got my start, so it feels great to come full circle. I can’t wait to see what talent the U.K. has to offer and to help inspire and bring out the best in these artists."
Scherzinger is not new to the X Factor franchise. The singer was one of the judges on the first season of the United States version of the show last year, but was dropped along with Paula Adbul in favor of Britney Spears and Demi Lovato.
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