After last night’s finale, there’s no question that this season of “Game of Thrones” was the biggest yet. With huge plot twists, deaths galore, enormous intrigues, and giant… um, giants, the fourth season of the HBO fantasy delivered beyond viewers’ wildest dreams.

But after saying goodbye to “Game of Thrones” until its return sometime in 2015, we’re also left with so many burning questions to ponder in its absence. Things like…

1. Can Brienne and Podrick still be friends?
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The lady warrior and her loyal squire were so close to forging the sort of reluctant odd-couple friendship that would have been a joy to watch — until Podrick managed to lose both their horses and Arya Stark within a single five-minute period. (Podrick! You’ve got some ‘splaining to do!)

Brienne had previously showed signs of softening toward her doofy companion, but being good natured about a screw-up of this magnitude might take more generosity than she can manage, especially considering how much she must be hurting from getting kicked in the V by the Hound.

2. And speaking of the Hound: Is he? Or isn’t he?
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Admittedly, things were not looking good for Sandor Clegane as Arya robbed him and then left him bleeding, broken, and with something that may or may not have been spleen showing through a big hole in his epidermis. But following the TV maxim that nobody’s dead until you see a body, it’s not too much to hope ...

Television has always had its fair share of very bad dads, from bumbling sitcom patriarchs to meth kingpin Walter White. But when it comes to the worst parents on the small screen, nobody beats “Game of Thrones” for its sheer volume of fathering failures. In the wild world of Westeros, if your dad hasn’t already been killed by an accident or an assassin, then he’s probably the biggest jerk in King’s Landing — or he’s your uncle, which is even worse.

But with the “Game of Thrones” fourth season coming to a close on Father’s Day, we’ve put together these special greeting cards to honor the dads of Westeros… whether they deserve it or not:

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As part of the cast of the amazing hit Netflix series, “Orange Is the New Black,” Natasha Lyonne isn’t surprised that her role on the show has come with a certain degree of celebrity.

But look, you guys: that doesn’t mean she’s going to sit on the faces of her fans.

“I don’t want to call anybody a creep. I feel like that’s excessive,” Lyonne said in an interview with Seth Meyers on Wednesday. “But on my Instagram… it’ll be like, ‘Hey, what are you doing later? I’d love for you to come over and maybe sit on my face!’, or ‘Hey, I’m really into face-sitting, could you get involved with me in that?’ ”

That said, if sitting on faces is what you’re into, Lyonne won’t harsh your buzz.

“I don’t want to minimize their passion,” she said. “They love their face-sitting, the kids today.”

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Three human men, six plastic arms, and a literal buffet of slapstick fast food jokes were the highlight of last night’s “Tonight Show.”

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, who were on the show to promote and debut the trailer for upcoming comedy “Dumb and Dumber To,” joined Jimmy Fallon in a clip from “Jacob’s Patience,” which is definitely a real Canadian soap opera and not at all a fake show that Jimmy Fallon invented for the express purpose of getting famous actors to play with mannequin parts on television.

…Yeah, just kidding. Actually, that’s exactly what it is.

In this classic scene, Jimmy plays a customer at a burger joint where Jim and Jeff are, respectively, an employee-in-training and an unhinged fast food supervisor. Pro tip: Don’t order french fries unless you like them with a bonus side helping of melted mannequin goo.

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By now, you’ve probably heard the news that Mila Kunis and fiance Ashton Kutcher are expecting their first child together.

But for all we’ve heard about the impending arrival of a little baby Kunis, there’s been just one problem for we shameless celebrity baby gossip hounds: even halfway to her reported September due date, mom-to-be Mila has been peculiarly not pregnant-looking, to the great frustration of baby bump watchers everywhere! But perhaps if we look back at Mila over the past few months, we’ll see some evidence? Let’s give it a go.

Mila might have been sporting a bit of a belly at the MTV Movie Awards, but with that popcorn trophy in the way, it was impossible to tell.

And at the Stagecoach Music Festival, Ashton Kutcher kept blocking our view of the nascent bump by putting his big paws all over it.

In fact, we were starting to wonder if this whole pregnancy thing was just one big punk.

Even at Monday night’s premiere of “Third Person,” it seemed like we might be in for more disappointing non-evidence of Baby Kunis.

But… ohmigod, wait.

Is that…?

Could it be?!

Yes! YES. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a bump!
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It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 whole years since the summer of 2004, when “Napoleon Dynamite,” king of tetherball and tater tots, danced his way into our hearts.

But this is, indeed, Napoleon’s big tenth anniversary, and like all reigning icons of popular culture, he will live forever not only in our collective memory, but also in the form of a glorious likeness on the lot of Twentieth Century Fox Studios. The cast of the film, along with director Jared Hess, were on hand yesterday for the unveiling of Napoleon the Statue: with a curly blond ‘fro, a “Vote for Pedro” shirt, and a tetherball in his hands.

“Napoleon Dynamite” titular star Jon Heder was joined by co-stars Tina Majorino and Efren Ramirez for the big reveal, as well as by cast members Haylie Duff, Shondrella Avery, Carmen Brady, Diedrich Bader, and Sandy Martin. The only missing cast member was Aaron Ruell, a.k.a. Kip, who was most likely standing out of frame somewhere and yelling, “Your mom unveils statues!”

(Also absent: Tina the Llama, who probably had more important things to do.)

Congratulations, Napoleon! To look upon your likeness is to know, now and forever, that this boogie is for real.

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Poor Jimmy Fallon. One minute, you’re the only game in town wearing a pair of much-discussed tight pants; the next, you’re being toppled from your throne by a very volatile Jennifer Lopez, whose tight pants are so much tighter than yours.

This musical battle of wills (and pants!) was part of Monday’s “The Tonight Show” lineup, and it had all the makings of a wholesome dance-off in which both parties learned an important lesson about friendship and sharing…

…that is, until J-Lo removed an earring and vowed to start cutting people if Jimmy didn’t take his pants and skedaddle. Which he did, and we don’t blame him.

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Now that “The Fault in Our Stars” is officially out in theaters nationwide, we all know that Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort were the perfect Hazel and Gus.

And more to the point, we know that there was never any reason to worry about the fact that they were coming to their roles in the summer’s biggest romance right on the heels of having played siblings in the spring blockbuster, “Divergent.” (Wait, they played siblings? Sorry, we kind of forgot about that while we were busy watching “The Fault in Our Stars” and having all of the feelings, forever.)

However, before the movie hit theaters, even author John Green was aware of the shrieks of “Ew! Movie incest!” coming from the direction of the internet.

“I wasn’t concerned about Shailene and Ansel,” Green told MTV News. “What I was concerned about was, is it going to be a thing with the audience, is it going to bug the audience.”

But after a glimpse of the two in action, the author couldn’t possibly object.

“When I saw Ansel and Shailene audition together… in a way I was sort of resigned to it. It was like, I guess it has to be Ansel! Because he’s clearly amazing,” Green continued.

And once the film was finished, Green realized, as have we all, that Ansel Elgort wasn’t just the necessary choice to play Gus; he’s also about to become a very big deal in a very big way.

“I think he’s the absolute revelation in this movie,” Green noted. “Everyone knows ...

Of all the books made movies in recent history, not one has ever been so highly anticipated as “The Fault in Our Stars” — and not one has stood to fall so far if it doesn’t live up to its pre-release hype.

But at last, with views for the trailer counting in the millions and sales of “Okay, Okay” t-shirts through the roof, we can finally see how the critics fell in love with “The Fault in Our Stars.” Was it very slowly, and then all at once? Or, heaven forfend, not at all? Below, a roundup of what movie tastemakers have to say about it so far.

It Says Smart Things Above Love
“[The film] offers its core young audience the bracing, even exhilarating suggestion that love isn’t just about finding someone worth dying for, but someone who makes life worth living. For that alone, ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ achieves that rare feat of eliciting as many cheers as tears.” — Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

“The quarrel between the novelist and his fans, the only real conflict in the film other than the one with disease, is essentially a battle between argument and feeling. It’s hardly a fair fight, and the way it is rigged — fresh-faced, innocent, possibly dying young people facing off against a cynical, broken-down, alcoholic old wreck — provides a clue to the emotional logic of ‘The Fault in Our Stars.’ It’s less a movie about cancer than a depiction — really a celebration — ...

As of now, John Green is famous for two things. The first, of course, is being the author of bestselling-YA-novel-turned-summer-cinematic-sensation “The Fault in Our Stars.”

And the second? Crying about it.

“I don’t cry that much in real life!” Green said, laughing, when MTV News gently broached the subject of his now-infamous weepy tendencies. “It’s just, for some reason, during the month and a half we were making this movie, I cried forty times a day. I don’t know what was wrong with me.”

While some might suggest that this is cosmic comeuppance for all the crying that John himself is responsible for, having written a book which literally reduces everyone who reads it to a small, quivering pile of salty tears — which, by the way, would be no less than he deserves after the damage he inflicted on our collective heart — the author has a guess or two as to why he’s so emo all of a sudden.

“It was just such a surreal experience for a writer,” Green said of seeing his book brought to life by a cast and crew who were so devoted to getting it right. “As my friend Nat Wolff was pointing out to me, during many of the times that he was telling jokes and being very funny, I was crying, because I was just so pleased with his performance.”

In short, says Green, when he cries for Hazel and Augustus, he doesn’t do it quite like the rest of us.

“I was just so happy!” Green ...