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Los Angeles, Nov 11 (Ians) Actor Jason Momoa got global fame essaying Khal Drogo in popular series Game Of Thrones, and he says losing the job in 2011 left him in debt. Khal Drogo, the husband of Daenerys Targaryen, played by Emilia Clarke, was killed off during the first season finale in 2011.

The 41-year-old actor was facing financial crunch around the time his character was eliminated from the show. Momoa told InStyle, according to a report in dailymail.co.uk. He added that he was struggling to even to pay the bills at that point of time.

"I mean, we were starving after Game of Thrones," he said, adding: "I couldn't get work. It's very challenging when you have babies and you're completely in debt."

Momoa is married to Lisa Bonet. The couple have a daughter Lola Iolani, 13, and a son Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha, 11.

The actor started out as a model, winning...

While it may not be Friday, there is still plenty to celebrate this Tuesday the 13th, as we prepare to head back to Camp Crystal Lake with Scream Factory’s impressive Friday the 13th Collection, which brings together all the films from the original franchise, as well as the remake and Freddy vs. Jason as well. Scream Factory also put together a Blu-ray release of one of the most seminal films from my childhood this week—Terror in the Aisles—and they even are giving Motel Hell the Steelbook treatment on Tuesday as well.

Kino Lorber is also keeping busy this week with their special edition Blu for DeepStar Six as well as a SteelBook for Rawhead Rex, and for those of you who dig on The Exorcist sequels, both Dominion and Exorcist: The Beginning come home on Blu-ray this Tuesday, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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If you listened to our Class of 1989 aquatic horror movie episode of Corpse Club, then you know we're big fans of Sean S. Cunningham's DeepStar Six, so we're especially thrilled that the film's submerged scares are coming to Blu-ray on October 13th from Kino Lorber.

As reported on Bloody Disgusting, you can check out the DeepStar Six Blu-ray cover art and full list of special features below (via Facebook):

"Coming October 13th!

Deepstar Six (1989)

• Audio Commentary by Producer/Director Sean S. Cunningham & Visual Effects Supervisor James Isaac

• Featurette with Creature Supervisor Greg Nicotero & Creature Designer Robert Kurtzman

• Featurette with Composer Harry Manfredini

• Original Epk

• Extended Vintage Interview Clips

• Behind-the-Scenes Footage

• Theatrical Trailer

• TV Spot

• Image Gallery

• Limited Edition O-Card

• Reversible Art

• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc

• Optional English Subtitles

Color 99 Minutes 2.35:1 Rated R

Not All Aliens Come From Space! From producer/director Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of...

Another week, another first-time “Saturday Night Live” host. Jason Momoa is Aquaman — he’s kind of a big deal under the sea — but he’s also considered a hunk and a heartthrob, a point this episode has no problem acknowledging. He rips off tearaway pants at one point, which was perhaps expected by fans tuning in to see him.

But here’s a disappointing spoiler alert, fans: There is no “Stargate: Atlantis” or “North Shore” reference in this episode, because the “SNL” writers are aren’t about completely giving the audience what they want. Oh, a “Game of Thrones” sketch, huh? How unexpected.

Host: Jason Momoa

First of all, the title of this monologue on YouTube is “Jason Momoa Mo-Monologue.” Cute.

This opening monologue sets the tone of Momoa’s work in the episode, for better or worse, because like he says, he’s a real “‘SNL’ super nerd dork,...

Former Felicity star Scott Foley is engaged to his girlfriend of nearly three years, actress Marika Dominczyk. The couple met on the set of sitcom The Help. Foley's representative tells American publication People, "It happened about two weeks ago. They're very happy." Foley, 34, was previously married for three years to actress Jennifer Garner. They divorced in 2003. He currently stars on the CBS drama The Unit and is known for his guest-starring roles on television series including Scrubs and Jack & Bobby. Dominczyk, 26, who was born in Poland, has appeared on TV shows including Brothers & Sisters, Bones and North Shore. She also had a small role in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. This will be her first marriage.

NBC has given a put pilot commitment to a sci-fi drama from Emmy-winning writer-producer Kevin Falls and 20th Century Fox TV. The untitled project, which is said to have an epic romance at its core, centers on a guy who travels back in time to correct wrongs. Falls, who is under a deal at 20th TV, is the writer-executive producer. Falls won three best drama series Emmys as part of the producing team of Aaron Sorkin's White House drama The West Wing. His other series credits include Sorkin's Sports Night and most recently the 20th TV-produced The Lyon's Den and North Shore. Falls also created the 2005 Fox/20th TV drama pilot Amy Coyne. He is repped by UTA and attorney Stuart Rosenthal.

NBC has given a put pilot commitment to a sci-fi drama from Emmy-winning writer-producer Kevin Falls and 20th Century Fox TV. The untitled project, which is said to have an epic romance at its core, centers on a guy who travels back in time to correct wrongs. Falls, who is under a deal at 20th TV, is the writer-executive producer. Falls won three best drama series Emmys as part of the producing team of Aaron Sorkin's White House drama The West Wing. His other series credits include Sorkin's Sports Night and most recently the 20th TV-produced The Lyon's Den and North Shore. Falls also created the 2005 Fox/20th TV drama pilot Amy Coyne. He is repped by UTA and attorney Stuart Rosenthal.

Emmy-winning director-producer Michael Dinner has inked a one-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television to develop and direct network and cable pilots. "Michael is a fantastic director and a visionary filmmaker," said Jamie Erlicht, senior vp development and network programming at SPT. Under his previous overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, Dinner directed three pilots in 2004: North Shore, which had a short run as a series on Fox; The DeMarco Affairs, penned by David E. Kelley for ABC; and Laws of Chance for Fox.

Shannen Doherty is in final negotiations to play the title role in UPN's comedy pilot Wingwoman. In other pilot casting news, Jeremy Howard has landed the lead in NBC's comedy The Dennis, Life on a Stick star Rachelle Lefevre has been added to the cast of Fox's comedy Pool Guys, John Marshall Jones has joined Fox's untitled Oakley-Weinstein comedy, Reagan Gomez-Preston and Ion Overman also have been cast in Wingwoman, and Elaine Hendrix has come aboard the WB Network's comedy Bow. Wingwoman, from Littlefield Co., Evolution Entertainment and Paramount Network TV, centers on a single woman (Doherty) who helps her male clients find their soulmates. Gomez-Preston plays the woman's longtime friend, co-worker and roommate. Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed alum Doherty, who most recently starred on Fox's drama series North Shore, is repped by Endeavor, manager John Carrabino and attorney Adam Kaller. Gomez-Preston (Love Don't Cost a Thing) is repped by Ryan Daly and Mara Santino at Kazarian/Spencer & Associates and attorney Michael Fuller.

Dominic Purcell has been tapped to star in the Fox drama pilot Prison Break. The pilot, to be directed by Brett Ratner, centers on an engineer (Wentworth Miller) who inserts himself into a prison he designed to help his brother (Purcell), a death row inmate who insists he is innocent, escape. Purcell, who has a talent deal with the network, recently landed a multiepisode arc on the freshman Fox series North Shore (HR 11/17). The actor, who toplined Fox's short-lived drama John Doe, next appears in the feature Blade: Trinity. He is repped by Endeavor and Untitled Entertainment.

Fox Broadcasting Co. has given a full-season pickup to its new drama North Shore, from 20th Century Fox TV. The drama set at a swanky Hawaiian hotel has been a slow starter for Fox ratings-wise since its debut in June as part of the network's effort to shift to a year-round programming cycle. Fox entertainment president Gail Berman said the show had shown enough promise from a creative standpoint to warrant more time to find its legs. The show's numbers in its target demo of adults 18-34 and women 18-34 have also inched up in recent weeks, Berman said. "We see real promise for this show, and we're seeing (ratings) growth," Berman said. "We're also very, very happy with the cast. We think we have some true Fox stars in there. We're betting on the future and betting on the fact that soaps often need time to grow."...

Former Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty is heading to Hawaii to play the "bitchy" sister of Bruce Willis' ex Brooke Burns in new TV show North Shore. Doherty will start appearing on American TV screens from September 20 as Alexandra Hudson, an "ambitious" long-lost sister of Burns' character Nicole Booth. TV network Fox is hoping to boost the recently-debuted show's struggling ratings by adding some extra screen sizzle with Doherty's mean character. Doherty says, "I'm lucky because I have a really loyal fan base and I hope they come over. We're still fleshing (my character) out. I think Alexandra has a lot of vulnerability. She grew up knowing her dad was alive and that he knew she was alive, yet wanted nothing to do with her. I'm sure she has some daddy issues." The brunette beauty will appear in a three-episode arc on the show, with an option to become a regular fixture if the series is given the go-ahead to continue.

CBS led the rerun-laden primetime pack once again on Monday with solid turnouts for repeats of CSI: Miami and comedies Everybody Loves Raymond and Two and a Half Men. CBS won the night in total viewers (9.6 million) and the adults 18-49 demo (3.2 rating/10 share), according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. CSI: Miami (11.1 million, 3.8/11) as usual was the most-watched program of the night. The eye network's 9:30 p.m. comedy Men (10.6 million, 3.8/11) impressed by growing slightly from its Raymond lead-in (10.7 million, 3.5/10) in the demo. NBC was No. 2 for the night (7 million, 2.9/9) with its regular slate of a Fear Factor repeat followed from 9-11 p.m. by fresh episodes of summer reality series For Love or Money 3 or Who Wants to Marry My Dad? Fox was a distant fourth (4.2 milion, 2.0/6) with only so-so performances from new drama North Shore and The Casino. ABC was third (5.7 million, 2.2/6) with its regular stack of 8-10 p.m. comedy repeats, capped by 10 p.m. special Funniest Families of TV Comedy.

New Line Cinema has purchased the tennis-themed Baby Got Backhand from screenwriter Colleen McGuinness. The pitch is based on McGuinness' personal experience of playing girls high school tennis in Long Island and winning the gold medal at the Empire State Games. McGuinness is writing for Fox's new Hawaiian-based drama North Shore. She also was a staff writer on Alicia Silverstone's Miss Match for NBC. Before that, McGuinness served as an assistant to New Line exec Richard Brenner. Brenner, along with Michael De Luca and Mark Ordesky, executive produced the short film For Mature Audiences Only, which McGuinness wrote and directed. McGuinness is represented by Untitled Entertainment, UTA and attorney Jason Hendler.

CBS dominated another summertime Thursday with reruns of its crime dramas. The network, which aired two repeats of Without a Trace and an encore of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, averaged 12.5 million viewers and a 3.5 rating/11 share among adults 18-49, according to preliminary Nielsen estimates. CSI (15.3 million, 4.6/14) also ranked once again as the top program for the night. NBC (5.8 million, 2.7/9) was second with a rerun of Friends (6.6 million, 2.9/11) and a new Come to Papa (5.5 million, 2.5/9) leading the 8-9 p.m. hour in 18-49. ABC managed 4.8 million viewers and a 1.8/6 with mostly original lineup featuring Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital and Primetime Thursday. Fox (3.0 million, 1.3/4) was fourth with reruns of North Shore and Tru Calling.

CBS and NBC battled it out for ratings glory Monday night with Fox's all-original lineup still struggling. With its regular lineup in reruns, led by Two and a Half Men (11.4 million, 3.9/10) and CSI: Miami (11.7 million, 3.8/11), CBS averaged 10 million total viewers and a 3.3 rating/10 share among adults 18-49, according to early Nielsen estimates. The season premiere of NBC's reality series Who Wants to Marry My Dad? (7.9 million, 3.5/10) fared better than the The Next Action Star debut in the 10 p.m. slot last week but still, it was a rerun of Fear Factor (8.9 million, 3.7/12) that lifted NBC to 8 million viewers and 3.4/10 in 18-49 for the night. At 9 p.m., NBC's For Love or Money (7.3 million, 3.8/11) was flat from last week. Fox (5 million, 2.2/7) was third for the night with scripted North Shore (4.6 million, 2.1/7) and reality The Casino (5.3 million, 2.3/6) both down from their so-so premieres last week. Rounding out the top four was ABC (5 million, 1.9/5).

Reruns overshadowed originals in primetime Monday as Fox unleashed two new series and NBC kicked off its summer schedule with the return of For Love or Money and debut of Next Action Star. CBS won the night on the strength of the 10 p.m. encore of CSI: Miami, which was the most-watched show by far with an average of 14.1 million viewers and a 4.9 rating/13 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research. Fox continued the rollout of its new season with the 8 p.m. debut of the hotel-based drama North Shore, which registered a modest 5.9 million viewers and a 2.3/7 on the Nielsen guest log.

Bruce Willis and his girlfriend of 10 months, Brooke Burns, have split. Sources tell America's People magazine that the couple decided to end their romance because they were struggling to spend time together. Burns, 26, has been filming new surf drama North Shore in Hawaii for the past two months, while Willis likes to spend his spare time with his daughters and ex-wife Demi Moore.

CBS will introduce five new shows in the fall, all toplined by familiar faces, while Fox has added to its slate of series for next season. CBS has picked up the coming-of-age drama Clubhouse, which co-stars Mare Winningham and Dean Cain; the Rob Lowe/Joe Pantoliano-starring drama Dr. Vegas; the previously announced spinoff CSI: N.Y., which boasts Gary Sinise and Melina Kanakaredes as the leads; the comedy Center of the Universe, starring John Goodman; and the untitled Tony Kornheiser sitcom toplined by Jason Alexander. The eye network unveils its 2004-05 schedule Wednesday in New York. Fox, which gave early orders to four series set to launch next month -- The North Shore, The Jury, Method & Red and Quintuplets -- also has picked up the dramas Jonny Zero, The Inside and House as well as the comedy Related by Family, featuring Amy Yasbeck and Matthew Glave as members of a blended family.