A couple of notes about last night’s Emmys:

We want to congratulate Denis O’Hare (Russell Edgington) on the announcement that he and his husband, Hugo Redwood, are close to adopting their foster son who is currently 17-months-old and has been living with them since he was two-weeks-old.

Also, Alexander Skarsgard gave a shoutout to all the fan site that do charitable work.

One more thing, I am so happy that Mad Men did not win… it made the Peter Dinklage loss less painful.

~M.

(E!/ Kristin dos Santos)  We’d be willing to bet our prized direwolf on the fact that Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) will live to see another season on Game of Thrones. He’s one of our favorites and we can’t imagine a Westeros where he doesn’t exist. Speaking of Game of Thrones are you exited about the season finale? And would you be super excited to learn that there is an extra 10 minutes to wrap up season two? Imagine all the heads that could roll in that time!

This week EW is celebrating the upcoming season of Game of Thrones with four awesome covers:

Ultimate Scream: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Best Science Fiction Movie: Super 8

Best Fantasy Movie: X-Men – First Class

Best Horror Movie: Let Me In

Best Thriller: Limitless

Best TV Show: Game of Thrones

Best Director: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan

Best Screamplay – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Best Chase Scene: Through London in Pirates of Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Best Fantasy Actress: Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Fantasy Actor: Dan Radcliffe for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Best Sci-Fi Actress: Milla Jovoich for Resident Evil: Afterlife

Best Sci-Fi Actor: Matt Smith for Doctor Who

Best Horror Actress: Chloe Moretz for Let Me In

Best Horror Actor: Alexander Skarsgard for True Blood

Best Villan: Ralph Fiennes for Lord Voldemort for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Best Super Hero: Chris Evans as Captain America

Best Supporting Actress: Mila Kunis for Black Swan

Best Supporting Actor: Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones

Breakout Performance/Female: Emilia Clarke for Game of Thrones

Breakout Performance/Male: Joe Manganiello for True Blood

Best Cameo: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men: First Class

Best Ensemble: True Blood

Most Memorable Mutilation: Scalped by a motor boat in Piranha 3-D

Fight Scene of the Year: Scott Pilgrim and Knives vs. Gideon in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Holy Shit Scene of the Year: Room of Requirement Friendfire in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Best Independent Movie: Monsters

Best 3-D Movie: Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

Best F/X: Harry potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Best Comic book or Graphic Novel: The Walking Dead

Best Comic Book Writer: Ed Brubaker for Captain America

Best Comic Book Artist: John Romita , Jr. for Avengers

Best Comic Book Movie: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Peter Dinklage stopped by EW’s Comic-Con suite at the Hard Rock Hotel and took a few questions about his role and Game of Thrones season 2:

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you first hear about the part of Tyrion?
Dinklage: From David Benioff and Dan Weiss. I knew David a bit socially. I read the script and read the material and it was a no brainer.

Did you read the book as well or just go off the scripts?
Nah, I just went off the scripts, because that’s what I have as an actor. Dan and David are brilliant writers and that character just popped off the page. It was very alive and a character that could have a lot of fun and circumvent the more honorable characters. I’m always attracted to anti-hero roles.

So many fans of the books immediately thought of you for this part. Does Tyrion’s pragmatic and sarcastic attitude toward life, does his attitude reflect your at all.
Yeah, I try to have a sense of humor to survive and that’s what that character does. Sure. I was a bit nervous everybody thought of me before I said one line. I felt like I had to live up to some sort of expectation and hopefully exceed it.

I read somewhere that you vetoed Tyrion having a beard.
He doesn’t have one in the books, I don’t think. But I had just come off Chronicles of Narnia and its a cliche in these fantasy stories that the dwarfs have really long beards. I’m not complaining. But shooting long days in itchy beards is uncomfortable and I wanted to avoid the cliche.

Do you have a sense that this role is groundbreaking at all?
I don’t know. Anything that opens up people’s perceptions a bit is good. It’s never my intention to break any ground, but if it’s a residual of a well-rounded part, then definitely.

What can fans expect from your character in season two?
As you know at end of the first season he becomes appointed Hand of the King. It’s really fun to see what Tyrion’s version of Hand of the King looks like. It’s vastly different than Ned Stark. It’s fun to turn that on its head. He rattles the cage a bit. But in my opinion he’s great at it.