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Sam C. Wilson as Blood in "House of the Dragon."HBOSam C. Wilson played Blood in "House of the Dragon" season two. The British actor broke down how "horrific" ending to the first episode was filmed. He also revealed that his character's brutal death was almost even grislierThe actor who played Blood in "House of the Dragon" season two broke down how the gruesome first episode was filmed in an interview with Business Insider.

Chris Szagola/AP images, Julien de Rosa/AP images, Tyler Le/BIJoe Biden got his wish to hold the earliest major presidential debate ever. Even the president's allies admit the debate is unlikely to dramatically alter the race. But Biden needs his debate against Trump to shake things up and quiet his skeptics.

I tried seven different flavors of Culture Pop probiotic soda. Ted BergI tried every flavor of Culture Pop probiotic soda I could find and ranked them from worst to best. I found a lot of the flavors tasted like a halfway point between regular soda and flavored seltzer. Of all the flavors I tried, the watermelon-and-lime Culture Pop was my favorite.

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Some people's drink orders end up wasting them money, in my opinion. Shutterstock I was a Starbucks barista for a year, and I saw plenty of customers waste their money. You can usually get a better value on iced drinks by asking for light ice. Grande and venti lattes have the same amount of espresso, but the latter costs more.