Spartacus, so hot (and very sexy) right now

Spartacus on the Starz channel just wrapped up it's 3rd season and it was AWESOME!

The show began in 2010 with it's first season Spartacus: Blood and Sand and quickly became one of my favorite shows. While the first few episodes are a bit hard to get through- really, they play as soft core porn in an ancient Roman setting- if you can stick with it you will not be disappointed; the language is foul, the deaths are numerous and bloody, deception abounds and the sex is hot and heavy.

Season two, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena is actually a prequel of season 1 because the star of Spartacus, Andy Whitfield had cancer and rather than go on without him, the prequel season was made with the hope that Andy would be able to return in the role of Spartacus. Sadly, Andy Whitfield died in 2011, but he gave his blessing for a new actor, Liam McIntyre to take the roll.

Andy Whitfield as Spartacus- swoon...

Lucy Lawless and John Hannah play Lucretia and Quintus- the Mr. and Mrs. of the House of Batiatus

Liam McIntyre as Spartacus- season 3 swoon...

Crixus and Gannicus- Champions of Capua swoon...

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Game of Thrones, so hot right now

If you haven't seen Game of Thrones stop reading right now and do one of the following:
-add it to your Netflix queue and eagerly wait by your mailbox
- go buy season 1
- pay for HBO so you can watch the whole thing on demand or on HBO Go

Don't torrent it b/c this show needs money so more seasons can get made. I read somewhere that each episode costs about 5 million to make- 10 per season...you do the math. That could be totally untrue but I'm not taking any chances!

The acting in the series is great, Peter Dinklage won some awards for his portrayal of the imp, Tyrion Lannister, and the sets are amazing. The plot is wound so tight that there is not one episode too many and while the story is told to perfection you'll wish the season was 10 more episodes.

Seriously, this show is so good I just finished watching the first season for the second time, and am about 400 pages into book 2 "A Clash of Kings".  If you're not a fantasy lit person (which I am not but I couldn't wait any longer), then you're in for a treat because Season 2 starts Sunday, April 1st on HBO, so you won't have to wait months between season 1 and 2 like I did...


Another thing that's so hot right now- celebrating my friend Jenn's birthday this evening with the girls!
Lady Paradise @ Swirl Wine!
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