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ARE YOU KIDDING ME! 'Game of Thrones' to return for seven-episode, seventh season next summer! NEXT SUMMER?!

HBO says the seven-episode, seventh season of Game of Thrones will begin production this summer in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland.

The announcement was made Monday by Casey Bloys, president of HBO programming.

"Now that winter has arrived on Game of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss felt that the storylines of the next season would be better served by starting production a little later than usual, when the weather is changing," Bloys said in a statement. "Instead of the show's traditional spring debut, we're moving the debut to summer to accommodate the shooting schedule."

Starring Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey and Maisie Williams, the medieval fantasy series received 23 Primetime Emmy nominations last week.

Come on! I can't wait an entire year before 'Game of Thrones' comes back. Oh, wait! I don't watch 'Game of Thrones' so I'm okay. Sorry, GOT fans.

Be Well,
Steve

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Paul McCartney hits one out of the park at Fenway concert
Paul McCartney hit one out of the park at Fenway over the weekend, performing 39 songs to a packed crowd at the iconic baseball stadium, staying on stage for nearly three hours.

Among the songs he performed were Helter Skelter, And I Love Her, Hard Days Night and I've got a Feeling, with guests including Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and the New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski.

Gronk, the Patriots tight end, could be seen rocking out on stage with McCartney as the legendary Beatle played Helter Skelter. the Boston Globe reported.

Decked out in a white collared shirt, white sneakers, and blue shorts, the Gronk played some air guitar as McCartney belted out The Beatles' 1968 hit.

McCartney outdid his first performance at Fenway Park when, in 2009, he performed 34 songs, the Boston Herald reported.

In addition to performing iconic Beatles hits, McCartney also hit the Wings catalogue, including Letting Go, then back to The Beatles Eleanor Rigby.

McCartney swapped instruments constantly during the concert, playing bass, acoustic, piano and electric guitar as he performed Band on the Run, Let it Be and Yesterday.

The civil rights tune Blackbird seemed to be timed perfectly for the chaotic times the U.S. has faced in recent weeks. As he prepared to sing it, McCartney noted "Things are not that much better now."


LOOSE LIPS:
"I love being in love, like when you have butterflies in your stomach and when you feel great. I celebrate all the romance - I'm quite old-fashioned that way. I don't know, I love enjoying life and celebrating the love and being happy."
--Heidi Klum, on her relationship with Vito Schnabel, to PEOPLE


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Which Oscar winner was seen getting close with girlfriend Nina Agdal on Malibu Beach?



Alden Ehrenreich officially announced as new Han Solo
Alden Ehrenreich has officially been announced as the actor who will play the young Han Solo in an upcoming Star Wars spinoff movie.

"Alden Ehrenreich is Han Solo in the upcoming #HanSolo Star Wars Story," the official Star Wars Twitter account said Sunday.

Harrison Ford, now 74, played the space pilot and smuggler in four Star Wars movies, which were released between 1977 and 2015. The character was killed off in the seventh and most recent installment The Force Awakens.

Ehrenreich, 26, has appeared in the films Blue Jasmine, Stoker, Beautiful Creatures and Hail, Caesar!


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Which Oscar winner was seen getting close with girlfriend Nina Agdal on Malibu Beach?

Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend were spotted having a romantic day on Malibu Beach Thursday.

DiCaprio and model Nina Agdal were kissing and snuggling on the beach, Us Weekly reported.

The couple also frolicked in the waves before she planted a smooch on his head, her arms wrapped tightly around the Academy Award winning actor who appeared most recently in The Revnant.

DiCaprio, 41 and the Danish model, 24, relaxed in the sand soaking up the sun, leaning in for a full blown make-out.

She showed off her super figure in a striped bikini, while DiCaprio, star in Wolf of Wall Street, wore navy blue board shorts.

The two have reportedly been dating for a couple of months. The steamy romance began after DiCaprio invited the Sports Illustrated model to the Cannes Film Festival in May, Entertainment Tonight reported.

An unidentified source told ET DiCaprio actively courted the super model, who wanted to make sure she wasn't just another one of his models before getting in too deep.

The two were all smiles in Montauk, NY last month, hanging out, shopping and dining together.