Here's how much the 'Game of Thrones' cast makes per episode

Emilia Clark rakes in $500,000 per episode. HBO "Game of Thrones" is the biggest show on television by a lot of measures, and certainly the biggest hit in HBO's history, so it's no surprise that its actors – the ones who have managed to survive into the seventh season – are making bank. If you've ever wondered exactly how much a starring role in Westeros pays, Variety now has the answers for you. In its 2017 salary survey – a "sampling of estimates" for the paychecks of TV's most notable stars – the outlet revealed that Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington and Lena Headey all make the same amount per episode: $500,000. Yes, that is per episode, meaning a full 13-episode season would bring in well over $6 million. According to their list, that's the same as Kevin Spacey brings in for an episode of House of Cards, and slightly more than Claire Danes makes for an episode of Homeland. In some cases, that per-episode estimate includes "additional compensation for their work as producers or for their profit participation stakes", meaning that dollar amount isn't their pure per-episode salary as actors – but none of the Thrones cast are listed as producers. (By comparison, Spacey and Danes are both producers on their respective shows.) If you're now feeling suitably depressed about your own financial prospects, click on over to Variety to read the full list, which includes some more modest paychecks. The Crown's Claire Foy, for instance, made just $40,000 per episode for the first season of the Netflix drama, though she's undoubtedly renegotiated in the wake of her multiple award nominations. MORE FROM DIGITAL SPY: Game of Thrones season 8: Everything you need to know GoT finale title is a gift to Dany-Jon Snow shippers Thrones' polar bear looks so ridiculous in real life GoT's White Walkers and their powers explained GoT will have something "violent" between Arya & Sansa Read the original article on Digital Spy. Copyright 2017. Follow Digital Spy on Twitter. More from Digital Spy: NOW WATCH: 6 details you might have missed on season 7 episode 5 of 'Game of Thrones'

Nintendo's SNES Classic Edition will come with three of the four most popular games made for the original version

More Charts Consumers who are lucky enough to get their hands on one of the new Super Nintendo Classic Edition consoles will not only be getting an inexpensive remake of the popular game machine, they'll also be getting some of the top games that were made for the original version. The SNES Classic Edition is a miniaturized version of Nintendo's original Super Nintendo Entertainment System from the early 1990s. It costs only $80 and comes loaded with 21 classic games. Among those are six of the 10 most popular games that were made for the original console, as this chart from Statista — which is based on data from VGChartz and Nintendo — shows. Many fans ended up disappointed last year when Nintendo's NES Classic, a miniaturized version of its original game machine from the 1980s, ran out of stock. The company has promised to make "significantly more" units of the SNES Classic, but when preorders for the device went live on Amazon and Best Buy on Monday night, the device sold out almost immediately. With a game lineup like this, it's not hard to see why.

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SNES Classic Includes Rewind Feature

The SNES Classic Edition retro console that goes on sale later this year will include a rewind feature, Nintendo announced from Gamescom today.

The rewind feature will allow players to rewind their gameplay to retry sections, pick up missed items or just run through an area again to see if they missed anything, according to the company. The rewind time depends on the kind of game: Players can go back a few minutes in role-playing games such as Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, while action titles such as Super Mario World offer around 40 seconds, ideal for re-trying short segments of gameplay. The system also comes with optional frames that can be wrapped around the on-screen display for each game. The SNES Classic Edition is coming Sept. 29, with pre-order details expected soon. The system is pre-loaded with 21 games and will cost $79.99. It ships with two wired controllers, an HDMI cable, USB charging cable and AC adapter. Among the many classic titles included is one that has never been released before: Star Fox 2

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i’m currently on the trip of a lifetime. My fiancee Carolyn and I are exploring Southeast Asia with no return ticket and no real timeline other than “Be back in Canada by December”. Carolyn and I wanted a lightweight way to share and remember our trip, so we are posting daily to ShaneAndCarolyn.wordpress.com using Post by Email. The posts are mostly just fun pictures and anecdotes, but I recently posted one with a bit of a design spin, so I wanted to re-post it here on my tech blog. So here it is! Feel free to check out the other posts as well. Shane and Carolyn's Asian Adventure Designers who are working on websites sometimes sketch out layouts and put what’s called fake placeholder text to show where the actual web content goes. This is sometimes known as Greeked Text. Here’s what I mean.

The idea is that if you put the buttons and icons and navigation in the right place, that your website will be great and you can worry about the content later. Some say that this is a bad thing– content is king so it should come first- but I think that it depends. Usually it’s not the end of the world. That is, as long as you ACTUALLY CREATE CONTENT. Today I was looking for a nice big backpack for me to use during my Asian travels then in the mountains when I get back to Canada. I found a great Jack Wolfskin 60L pack, but let’s just say that the price was… View original post 82 more words

Chhattisgarh government to distribute over 55 lakh smartphones

Raipur: In an ambitious scheme, the Chhattisgarh government is going to distribute over 55 lakh smartphones in the state. "To bridge the digital divide, the cabinet headed by Chief Minister Raman Singh today approved a proposal to distribute free smartphones under a scheme titled 'Sanchar Kranti Yojna' (SKY)," Industry Minister Amar Agrawal said. The smartphones will be distributed in rural areas and to the below poverty line (BPL) families in urban areas and college-going youths in two phases, he said. In the first phase, smartphones will be distributed in the villages with a population of more than 1,000, to BPL families in urban areas, and college students. Some 50.8 lakh handsets would be distributed in the first phase in 2017-18 and 2018-19. Another 4.8 lakh smartphones will be distributed in villages which have a population of less than 1,000, and lack mobile network coverage. Simultaneously, telecom service providers will be encouraged to expand their networks in these areas, the minister said. The smartphone will be issued in the name of the female member of the family. Phone numbers allotted with handsets will come pre-linked to Aadhaar number and bank accounts of beneficiaries, Agrawal said. Telecom service providers will be allowed to install mobile towers atop government buildings free of cost, he added.

2017 Mazda 3 Grand Touring 5-Door: Race Organizer Review

The 24 Hours of Lemons race series, which employs me as Chief Justice of the Lemons Supreme Court, races twice a year at California's Thunderhill Raceway. At the race in May, I drove a 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Lusso, and I had much heated discussion about that car with both racers who are rabid Italian-car zealots and racers who are even more rabid Mazda zealots. Fine, I said, next time I'll bring a real Mazda. Which I did, at last month's aptly-named Arse Sweat-a-Palooza race.

I liked the 3 so much that I photographed it with my 1926 Kodak Brownie camera. Photo by Murilee Martin I drove the 3 the 150 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area to the track, then used it to travel between hotel and track and to various photographic vantage points around Thunderhill's sprawling facility. In all, I put nearly 500 miles on the car, and by the end I was thinking I might have to buy one of these things.

Black-flagged drivers with a car made by the same manufacturer as my review car must pose for a photo. Here's the very fast Rotary Rooter Mazda RX-7. Photo by Murilee Martin In my 35 years of licensed driving, I have never owned a new car; the closest I have come to new-car ownership was the ex-San Joaquin County Sheriffs' 1997 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor I bought at auction in 2004. If I ever join the grown-ups' car world and buy new, this car would be at the top of my shopping list. I wanted to like the Civic Sport hatchback more than this car, having owned and loved a dozen Civics over the decades, but I found the 3 to be both more fun and more useful.
Race organizers tend to travel heavy, due to all the weird stuff we bring to our events. Yes, those are Edsel stencils on my suitcases. Photo by Murilee Martin

It does all the things a transportation appliance is supposed to do, while getting solid fuel economy (I averaged over 30 mpg in mostly-highway driving in triple-digit temperatures with the air conditioning on); ownership of a machine like this frees up the owner to make a lot of really poor decisions when it comes to the rest of the motor pool. Build quality appears to be excellent, with unexciting-but-tough interior materials that ought to withstand the erosive forces of decades of harsh sun, taco-truck food, and leaky junkyard parts.

Unfortunately, there were no Mazda 323s or Protegés (the 3's predecessors) at this race, but plenty of Miatas were available for photo-session penalties. Photo by Murilee Martin I didn't push the 3 hard on the roads around the track (Thunderhill's management frowns upon that), nor did I drive it on the track (car-company PR employees really frown on that), but I was able to ascertain that the super-smooth shifter and clutch mechanisms on the 6-speed Mazda3 feel perfect when doing the ol' enthusiastic gear-change— I can't imagine ever missing a shift on this car. The ride might be a touch harsh, compared to a rental Malibu or something equally anaesthetized, but I could live with the 3's balance between sticky handling and ride comfort for many years. Naturally, I'd be looking for aftermarket performance parts— say, a turbocharger and some suspension upgrades— within a few years of purchase, because that's what you do, but I'm happy with this car as it sits.

The Race Organizer Review car I enjoyed as much as this one was the Alfa Romeo 4C... which I enjoyed for much different reasons. Photo by Murilee Martin This car, a Mexican-built Borgward Isabella with Olds Quad-4 swap, and maybe a Mazda Bongo Friendee and I'd have my vehicular needs covered. On Sale: Now Base Price: $23,895 As Tested Price: $27,730 Drivetrain: 2.5-liter I4, FWD, six-speed manual transmission Output: 184 hp @ 5,700 rpm, 185 lb-ft @3,250 rpm Curb Weight: 3,046 lbs Fuel Economy: 25/33/28 mpg(EPA City/Hwy/Combined) Observed Fuel Economy: 31.9 mpg Options: Cargo mat ($75), Rear bumper guard ($100), Sill plates ($125), Prem EQ pkg ($1,600), I-ACTVS Safety pkg ($1,100) Pros: Useful transportation tool, enjoyable to drive, good fuel economy Cons: Bose audio system lacks power for serious beats