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Amy Lee writes for the Huffington Post about culture. She can be reached at amy.lee@huffingtonpost.com and followed @amyleefloats.

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, Episode 9 Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'Blackwater'?

(11) Comments | Posted May 29, 2012 | 1:36 PM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 9 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "Blackwater."

"The gods have no mercy. That's why they're gods." -- Cersei Lannister

Question: How do you cross a sea of burning green flames?

Answer: You don't. You burn, and...

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, Episode 8 Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'The Prince Of Winterfell'?

(21) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 2:08 PM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 8 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "The Prince of Winterfell."

"If Stannis breaches the gates, the game is over." -- Tyrion Lannister

What does it mean to rule if all your subjects want to...

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, Episode 7 Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'A Man Without Honor'?

(55) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 3:32 PM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 7 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "A Man Without Honor."

"Don't look so grim. It's all just a game!" -- Theon Greyjoy

Heroes don't win. They die.

That was the theme of this week's episode...

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, Episode 6 Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'The Old Gods And The New'?

(64) Comments | Posted May 7, 2012 | 4:21 PM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 6 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "The Old Gods And The New."

"Don't trust anyone. Life is safer that way." -- Shae

Everything is going pretty badly for everyone: Joffrey sits the Iron Throne, but no...

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, Episode 5 Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'The Ghost Of Harrenhall'?

(14) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 2:46 PM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 5 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "The Ghost Of Harrenhall."

"Anyone can be killed." -- Arya Stark

Oh, "Game of Thrones." We love how you start an episode with death, end an episode with death, and...

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, Episode 4 Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'Garden Of Bones'?

(25) Comments | Posted April 23, 2012 | 1:27 PM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 4 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "Garden of Bones."

"The high road's very pretty, but you'll have a hard time marching your army down it." -- Roose Bolton

Wowza.

Last night's episode, "Garden of Bones,"...

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'Nixon In China' At The Theatre Du Chatelet Streaming Online Live (VIDEO)

(1) Comments | Posted April 18, 2012 | 12:12 PM

John Adams' opera 'Nixon in China' has come back to Paris for the first time since 1991. And today, even viewers outside of France can watch the Theatre du Chatelet's production live online.

The production is directed and choreographed by Chen Shi-Zheng, a Chinese director who saw...

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Beethoven's Eroica Symphony Remixed For Brooklyn Philharmonic (AUDIO)

(4) Comments | Posted April 18, 2012 | 8:05 AM

Beethoven's Eroica Symphony is epic, but can you dance to it?

Brooklyn Philharmonic's Beethoven Remix Project challenged listeners to take the final movement of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony and remix it into something new. Brooklyn-based DJ Eddie Marz's winning remix, dubbed "Ill Harmonic" takes two of Beethoven's themes from...

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Pulitzer 2012: Kevin Puts' Opera 'Silent Night' Wins For Music Category

(0) Comments | Posted April 16, 2012 | 4:18 PM

Kevin Puts' opera, "Silent Night" has won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Commissioned by the Minnesota Opera with co-producer Opera Company of Philadelphia, and a libretto by Mark Campbell, "Silent Night" is a musical reworking of a true life tale about a Christmas-time ceasefire...

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, Episode 3 Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'What Is Dead May Never Die'?

(3) Comments | Posted April 16, 2012 | 2:36 PM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 3 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "What Is Dead May Never Die."

Here's a lesson: If a bad man with a sword is holding the pointy side towards your neck, he's probably going to push it...

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Classical Music Visualized As A Bar Graph (VIDEO)

(13) Comments | Posted April 10, 2012 | 3:33 PM

Music is embedded with mathematical logic -- But it can be hard to hear the patterns beneath the sounds.

Which is where visualizations come in. While bar graphs call to mind business presentations and third grade science fair projects, YouTube user musanim has repurposed these...

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2, Episode 2 Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'The Night Lands'?

(29) Comments | Posted April 9, 2012 | 11:06 AM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "The Night Lands."

"This is what ruling is: lying on a bed of weeds, ripping them out by the root one by one before they strangle you." Cersei Lannister

Sexy...

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'Wagner's Dream': Documentary Tracks The Metropolitan Opera's Production Of The Ring Cycle (VIDEO)

(5) Comments | Posted April 4, 2012 | 11:56 AM

When Richard Wagner wrote his Ring Cycle, did he dream of a giant steel machine twisting and sliding on stage?

Probably not. But the Metropolitan Opera, with its ambitious $16 million production of the four operas that make up the cycle, has merged Wagner's music with modern technology. "

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 2 Premiere Power Ranking: Who's Winning After 'The North Remembers'?

(40) Comments | Posted April 2, 2012 | 1:02 PM

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 1 of HBO's "Game of Thrones," entitled "The North Remembers."

"Power is power," Cersei Lannister.

Open the moon door, guys! "Game of Thrones" (Sundays, 9 p.m. ET on HBO) is finally back, with more boobs,...

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'Game Of Thrones' Pre-Season 2 Power Ranking: Who Was Winning At The End Of Season 1?

(34) Comments | Posted March 31, 2012 | 5:54 AM

War is almost here, "Game of Thrones" fans.

HuffPost TV would like to welcome you to the first installment of the "Game of Thrones" Power Rankings. Each week, HuffPost TV will be answering the question on the minds of everyone in Westeros (and America): Who's winning the...

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Classical YouTube Gems: Natalie Dessay Sings Johann Strauss's 'Frühlingsstimmen' (VIDEO)

(0) Comments | Posted March 22, 2012 | 11:57 AM

In a new occasional series, we'll comb the depths of YouTube to bring you the best classical music and opera gems lurking out there.

If the spring weather is already filling you with the urgent desire to jump on top of park benches singing, here's some inspiration by...

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'Awkward Classical Music Photos' Compiles Uncomfortable Pictures Of Musicians

(21) Comments | Posted March 20, 2012 | 9:17 AM

There's just something about classical music publicity photos. Their drama. Their grandeur. Their awkwardness.

The website "Awkward Classical Music Photos" compiles the best of these, featuring musicians getting down with their instruments -- to uncomfortable effect.

This percussion ensemble just had to get to work with their...

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Ecstatic Music Festival 2012: Dan Deacon On How He'd Like To Shake Up The Classical World

(6) Comments | Posted March 16, 2012 | 9:45 AM

This is the first in a brief series exploring the Ecstatic Music Festival, a two-month-long musical event pairing musicians from the contemporary classical and indie rock worlds.

Though 30-year-old composer and musician Dan Deacon studied composition at SUNY Purchase, he's perhaps best known for his dance ready...

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Classical YouTube Gems: Leontyne Price's Final 'Aida' (VIDEO)

(7) Comments | Posted March 15, 2012 | 10:51 AM

In a new occasional series, we'll comb the depths of YouTube to bring you the best classical music and opera gems lurking out there.

You go to YouTube for the videos of babies fighting kittens, ordinary people falling down ordinary stairs, remixes of the latest viral meme and more....

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Stockhausen Opera 'Mittwoch Aus Licht' Played In Helicopters For London 2012 Festival

(7) Comments | Posted March 14, 2012 | 10:45 AM

The helicopters in this opera are more than just swift-flying emergency transportation vehicles. They're instruments, too.

The Birmingham Opera Company will produce the first complete performance of Karlheinz Stockhausen's opera "Mittwoch aus Licht" as a part of the London 2012 Festival in August, a cultural festival accompanying the athletic...

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