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‘The Suicide Squad’ Unleashed A Whole Bunch Of Character Posters For James Gunn’s Upcoming Relaunch

Following the highly anticipated release of the “horribly beautiful” Red Band trailer for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, the director and his mammoth cast unveiled brand new character posters for the film’s villainous line-up that’s practically bursting at the seams. Granted, not every single character got a poster, but it’s hard to see who was missed once you scroll down the list. Also tucked into the character poster rollout is the reveal of Sylvester Stallone’s mystery role, and surprise, he’s the shark. While it seemed odd that the Rocky actor randomly shared King Shark’s new poster on his Instagram with no comment on him playing the role, Gunn confirmed the news on Twitter.

You can see the all-new The Suicide Squad character posters below:

Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn

Idris Elba as Bloodsport

John Cena as Peacemaker

Viola Davis as Amanda Waller

Sylvester Stallone as King Shark

Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2

David Dastmalchian as Polka Dot Man

Sean Gunn as Weasel

Peter Capaldi as The Thinker

Michael Rooker as Savant

In early February, Warner Bros. released the official synopsis for The Suicide Squad, and as you can see, it’s as huge as its cast:

Welcome to hell–a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out—even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X. Today’s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone’s favorite psycho, Harley Quinn. Then arm them heavily and drop them (literally) on theremote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn, the Squad is on a search-and-destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave…and Amanda Waller’s government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they’re dead (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If anyone’s laying down bets, the smart money is against them—all of them.

The Suicide Squad hits theaters and HBO Max on August 6.

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‘Nobody’ Director Ilya Naishuller On What REALLY Ticks Him Off About Russian Villains

There’s an interesting aspect about Nobody in that, like a lot of movies, the villain that Bob Odenkirk’s Hutch Mansell (basically all you need to know is Hutch Mansell is a former assassin who is now living a normal life, but an unusual day puts him back in the action) is battling for the duration is the Russian mob. The difference this time is that the director of the movie, Ilya Naishuller, is Russian and still lives in Russia.

And, look, he’s pretty frank that (and this probably isn’t terribly surprising) Americans aren’t the best at getting the nuances of Russians correct in our movies. So this was an aspect that appealed to Naishuller: doing a movie about the Russian mob and making the Russians a lot more authentic. (In fact, the original script was to be a South Korean mob, but after Naishuller signed on it was changed to Russians.

Ahead, Naishuller takes us through what he hates about how Russians are depicted in movies. (And hints at one that he really despises, which isn’t hard to figure out with a little sleuthing.) Also, he talks about his love of American action movies, which he started watching as a young boy in Russia and how that shaped his career today.

I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would…

Well, a certain amount of healthy skepticism is, I think it’s welcome. I think, if anything, it works for the film, especially when you cast Bob Odenkirk in an action lead. We get to play against the expectations, and that’s a wonderful gift that not many action thrillers get the chance to capitalize upon.

Oh no, I mean because the marketing kind of sets this up as “this normal guy has had enough,” and that’s not the plot. Instead, he’s a trained assassin. Does that make sense?

It does now even more so, yeah.

I didn’t need to see Falling Down again. I guess that was my concern.

Sure. And especially not in this climate-

Right.

It would’ve been very tone-deaf. I may be Russian, but I like to follow up on American views. I spend a lot of time on Reddit, fortunately or unfortunately.

You still live in Russia, correct?

Yes.

There are a lot of movies where the bad guys are the Russian mob…

Mm-hm.

If the Russian mob isn’t happy with how they’re portrayed in this movie, is there a chance you might hear from them?

There’s aggressive people everywhere, and I’ve gotten my fair share of death threats for Hardcore, my previous film, which had zero offensive capabilities to anybody. So, the way I see it is, that when Hollywood Russians for bad guys, most of the time Hollywood is just, here’s a bad guy. Let’s make him Russian and have an American star play it with an accent, “Hello, I’m bad guy.” And that’s it. We, as Russians … [laughs] and I’m speaking on behalf of everybody without asking everybody so I could be totally off-base…

I’ll do the same thing for everyone who lives in the United States.

Perfect. John Wick did good here, this is one of the later examples of having Russians as the villains. And the way we see it is that it’s kind of like, eh, it works, it’s fine. The whole myth of what Keanu Reeves, the character is, it makes zero sense. I spoke about this very openly with [John Wick and Nobody writer] Derek [Kolstad], and Derek’s a very, very cool dude. Great human being. When I signed onto the film, the villains were South Koreans. And I told Derek, I said, “Derek, if I’m to shoot this film with the villains being South Koreans, what I’m going to do to to South Koreans is what you guys always do to Russians.”

That makes sense.

And I love South Korean cinema. I’ve seen a lot of movies, but that’s as far as my knowledge of the culture goes, and it’s going to be just surface-level. So I said let’s make them Russians. And everybody’s like, Ilya, you sure? You’re Russian yourself. I’m like, well, that means I’ll do a good job. They’ll be authentic, let’s just make sure we get real Russian great actors for it, let’s get a Russian soundtrack, and let’s make sure, when they talk to each other, they’re going to be talking in Russian with subtitles. You do that, and then I feel like it’s okay to do so.

That’s interesting.

The film just came out in Russia and we got great reviews. I was reading through all the feedback on social media and everyone is saying, “For the first time, Hollywood nails the Russians. Because there’s a Russian guy who’s doing the nailing.”

What’s the intricate difference? What’s the specific thing that you get right that other people get wrong about this aspect?

It’s a very good question, because I’m trying to figure it out. I play on all the stereotypes that are expected, you know, the vodka, et cetera, but it’s the authenticity of the actors, it’s us playing us, in a way. The Russian music makes a big difference. We don’t have the theme from Tetris. It is a great question, because I don’t have a great answer, and it’s such a rarity when I’m thrown off by a question. You did it, congratulations.

Oh, good, I’m glad.

I have to think about this, this is a great thing. Really is a great question.

Well, something I noticed is, and I’m not sure this is what you’re seeing, but the Russian crime boss, he’s kind of got a legitimate beef against Bob Odenkirk’s character, Hutch. The Russian mobsters on the bus hadn’t done anything wrong quite yet except be rowdy. They at least didn’t deserve that response from Hutch yet.

Well, because they didn’t. My first phone call with Bob, I said, Bob, I think the reason this film can be special, if done correctly, is because unlike every other retired hitman going back to the business, in all these films it’s always, “They killed my dog. I don’t want to go back, but I have to.” Look at Commando. Look at Taken. With this one, the character doesn’t have to, but he really wants to. Coming back, I finally realized a good answer, or a half-decent answer to your question about the Russian. The Russian villain, he really isn’t a villain, in a way.

His job occupation, he’s a villain, but in the movie, yeah.

He’s totally the opposite of Hutch until the very end. He’s the guy that wants to dance and look at art, he doesn’t care for the whole crime thing.

Well, he did kill that one guy out of nowhere, the investor.

He did, but that is to prove a point to keep his job, in a way.

You’ve referenced a lot of good movies so far. Like Commando. Were these your influences?

I was very lucky that my parents never censored anything. They said, “Don’t watch erotica,” and that’s it. So I watched everything. I remember watching The Thing when I was 10 and being absolutely horrified, but having the time of my life.

You saw The Thing when you were 10? That’s a rough movie for 10. That movie’s horrifying today.

The stomach eating the doc’s hands, I had nightmares for months. Look, the wonderful thing is I didn’t grow up to be a guy who wants to hurt people. I hate violence outside of movies. But in films? When the stakes are this high, it’s just more fun. When you’re playing with the action film, you need to have this violence. I don’t like PG-13 for movies like these, because it just feels, to me, it’s so untruthful. There are consequences to being stabbed, there are consequences to being shot. I think Wes Craven said it very nicely: he said that having an R-rating, having violence and having knives that hurt people, and you’re seeing people die is a lot more correct path for society. Rather than saying, “Ah, we shot a few people, it’s okay. They fell down, it’s fine.” I’m paraphrasing very weakly, because Wes Craven knew how to make a point.

So relations between the governments of United States and Russia are at the lowest point since the Cold War. Obviously, this is bad for the world, but is it good for movies?

You know, I’ve thought about this. And honestly, the tensions are between the governments. The Russian people have nothing against Americans.

A lot of great movies came out of the rivalry between these two countries.

Derek said to me during one of our early meetings, when I said let’s not make them South Korean, go for the Russians, he said, “Look, I think we’re generally kind of scared of the Russians, in a way.” He said, “If I had to piss somebody off, I’d rather not piss off a Russian.” I said, “Well, that’s kind of cute.”

Well, sometimes we think of Drago. You don’t mess with that guy.

Drago is not a Russian name, it’s an Eastern European name. So it’s always been that sense of … I always thought it’s very playful. I was never once offended. The only time, I’d rather not mention the name, there was a big Hollywood movie where the Russians were the villains where I, at a certain point, I was like, “Fuck, this is too much.” The villain in that movie calls his boss in Moscow. And he calls his boss, and the boss’ name is Pushkin. Now, Pushkin is our big poet, we call it “everything we have.” That’s an official name, right? So it’s kind of like, the way I explain it to Americans is that, imagine there was a Russian movie where an American gangster flew out to Russia, broke a lot of people, and called his boss and his boss’ name was Mark Twain.

I know the movie.

There you go. That, in a way, it just felt so disrespectful. Because, yeah, it’s silly to feel disrespected by a movie. But it just felt like, do your fucking homework and don’t just try to be cute. It’s like “Dostoevsky” at the end of Justice League. It’s like, come on.

You’re talking about the original one right?

The Whedon’s version. That was not in Snyder’s cut. But every time there are weakly researched Russian villains, or villains from any country outside the U.S., the countrymen who watch that movie, they just feel that. But, to me as a filmmaker, I always said if I’m going to make a movie in America and if it will happen to have Russian villains, let’s make it right.

‘Nobody’ opens in theaters this weekend. You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter.

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Report: The Niners Made A Major Move To Trade Up To No. 3 In The 2021 NFL Draft

The 2021 NFL Draft has the potential for a number of promising quarterbacks to go off the board early, and as a result, rumors have swirled for months about teams trying to trade up to get in prime position to select their signal caller of the future. Time will tell if that was the impetus for the San Francisco 49ers, but on Friday afternoon, the team made a major move to get into prime position earlier in the Draft.

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Niners and the Miami Dolphins came to terms on a trade that will see San Francisco jump up to No. 3 next month. In return, they made a bet that they’ll be able to select a franchise-changing player, as they sent three firsts and a third to South Beach.

Schefter went on to report that the Niners don’t have one specific quarterback in mind, and that for now, the plan is to hold on to starting signal caller Jimmy Garappolo.

With Trevor Lawrence the presumed No. 1 pick, the quarterbacks who could be there include Ohio State’s Justin Fields, North Dakota State’s Trey Lance, and BYU’s Zach Wilson. The word “could” is important here, as the New York Jets are viewed as a potential landing spot for a quarterback at No. 2. As for the Dolphins, while they did move down in the first round, they still have a pair of selections — the No. 3 came to them via the Houston Texans, while they have their own pick at No. 18.

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RIco Nasty’s Playful ‘P*ssy Poppin’ Video Lets A Different Body Part Do The Talking

While Rico Nasty is better known for her rebellious lyrics than her raunchy ones, that doesn’t mean she won’t get sexual when the situation calls for it — and with a title like “P*ssy Poppin,” her latest single from Nightmare Vacation definitely calls for it. The racy video features Rico’s signature surreal twists, but still probably shouldn’t be viewed at work.

It opens with Rico and a male lover in a bed draped with silk sheets as Rico writhes and toys with what looks suspiciously like a two-foot erection under the sheets. Rico also pulls out some silly costumes, dressing up as a human valentine and, yes, as an anthropomorphic penis. In her valentine costume, visual effects put Rico’s mouth, rapping the lyrics to the song, squarely between her legs, letting her “other” lips do the talking. The effect winds up more comedic than sexy but with Rico, that kind of goes with the territory.

“P*ssy Poppin” is the latest single from the DMV area rapper’s elaborate debut, which also boasted similarly wacky videos for “iPhone,” “Own It,” “OH FR?,” and “STFU.”

Watch the “P*ssy Poppin” video above.

Rico Nasty is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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We Designed A Massive Breakfast Burrito To Wreck Your Next Hangover

The quest for the perfect hangover cure is unending. Everybody seems to have a trick, a preferred elixir, or a go-to meal. There are even shreds of science to support eating tomatoes, cheese, bacon, etc., and drinking… well, mostly water. You should definitely drink water.

For us, a massive, overstuffed breakfast burrito always feels like the way to go when you’re feeling wrecked. You get that hit of bacon, cheese, and tomato that science seems to get behind while also adding in eggs, fried potatoes, some beans, avocado, more cheese, and a nice dose of chili. It’s that balance of (perceived) alcohol absorption, big flavors, fat, and spice — the sort of meal that could raise the dead and then put them back down for a cozy nap.

So, that’s what we’re making today: a breakfast burrito bomb/hangover cure. Call it what you want but know it’s loaded with everything you need to get your body and mind up and running again after a wild night. Let’s get into it.

Hangover Breakfast Burrito Bomb

Zach Johnston

Ingredients:

  • Bacon wedge
  • Leftover small baked potato
  • 1/4 cup pinto beans
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 1/2 tomato
  • 1/2 small yellow onion
  • 1 habanero
  • Pickled jalapeno
  • Fresh cilantro
  • 1/8 cup cheddar cheese
  • 1 slices Edam cheese
  • 2 slice American cheese
  • 2 eggs, scrambled
  • Chiptole sauce
  • Miscellaneous leftover protein (I’m using tri-tip). Cold chicken from one of those roasted chickens you can buy at every grocer would also work. Polish sausage. A few pieces of crumbled burger from your late-night In-N-Out run, etc.
  • Oregano
  • Paprika
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • Large flour tortilla
  • 1 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • Neutral oil

Much of this recipe relies on leftovers. You don’t want to be prepping pinto beans or braising beef hungover. I’m using leftover beans (canned), a leftover baked potato, leftover bacon from a slab I got last week, and a leftover chunk of tri-tip I roasted the other day. At the end of the day, this is a hangover cure, not a Bearn-nominated degustation menu.

What do you have in your fridge that you can use? Leftover guac? Use that. I don’t think you need to make fresh guacamole when you’re hungover. For mine, I’m just dicing the tomato, onion, and avocado and using it as a garnish.

Try to avoid a hungover grocery run. Canned tomatoes can get you to the finish line in a pinch. In fact, almost every ingredient can be swapped out, except…

The cheese. You need cheese. It’s the real star of the show. I’m using three that I have in my fridge. The Edam and American cheeses are there for gooey-ness while the cheddar is vital for sharpness. If you don’t have a fridge with three kinds of cheese in it, Velveeta and Jack can work. You can even use that powdery, weird pre-grated mozzarella if you must, you heathen.

In the end, this is a bit of “the kitchen sink” burrito that you can put pretty much whatever you want into. This recipe is less a tutorial and more a framework for whatever you find in the house the next time you wake up with your head throbbing.

Zach Johnston

What You’ll Need:

  • Large heavy-bottomed pot (for frying)
  • Small non-stick pan
  • Cast iron skillet
  • Kitchen knife
  • Cutting board
  • Box grater
  • Spatula
  • Plates or bowls
  • Paper towels
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Method (Prep):

  • Heat some oil in a large pot to around 375F.
  • Peel and roughly dice the cold baked potato.
  • Add the potato to the hot oil and fry until golden brown (about eight to ten minutes). Remove to a bowl with a paper towel and season with oregano, paprika, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
  • In the meantime, finely dice the onion and tomato. Shred the cheddar. Thinly slice the habanero (remove seeds for less heat). Cube the avocado.
  • In a skillet, add a handful of the cubed bacon and turn on the heat to medium-high. Fry until crispy. Place on a waiting plate with paper towels.
  • In the non-stick pan, melt the butter then scramble the two eggs in the pan and fold until just cooked. Set aside on a plate.
  • In the skillet, warm up the pinto beans and any leftover protein you might have (again, I used leftover tri-tip), and place the flour tortilla over the skillet to both warm it and create a lid.

If you’re really struggling, skip frying the potatoes and just warm up the potato cubes with the beans and meat. The potatoes will be a little listless and mushy that way, but will still work as a starchy component. When they fry, they take on a new life with the oil and seasoning. It just depends on how bad of shape you’re in.

Zach Johnston

Method (Assembly):

  • Place the warmed tortilla on a waiting cutting board or large plate.
  • Add the American and Edam cheese.
  • Add the beans, meat, fried potatoes, eggs, and bacon.
  • Top with shredded cheese.
  • Top that with small handfuls of avocado, tomatoes, onion, chilis, cilantro, and dose in Chipotle sauce.
  • Roll the burrito by folding over the bottom lip and folding the edges inward, then rolling away from you, making sure it’s tightly wound.
  • In the non-stick pan (on medium heat), add a drop of oil and gently place the burrito fold side down to toast. Place the skillet on top of the burrito to apply pressure (don’t press down). Once the bottom is golden brown, flip and toast the top, making sure to put the skillet on the burrito again.
  • Once toasted, wrap the burrito in foil and let rest for a few minutes.
  • Cut the burrito in half and tuck in.

Quick note: I rolled my burrito a little tight and got a small crack. A little cheese melted out as it toasted but it wasn’t a big deal at the end of the day. So, don’t worry if a small crack forms when you roll this over-stuffed burrito up. It’ll be okay and unnoticeable once you wrap the burrito in foil.

Zach Johnston

Bottom Line:

Zach Johnston

This delivered. The cheese was layered from gooey to sharp. The meat, beans, bacon, and eggs all provided a nice “breakfast scramble” vibe while the tomato, avocado, onion, and cilantro brightened things up immensely.

The real star of the show was the fresh habanero and pickled jalapeno. The two added a nice crunch, with the habanero adding serious heat (I didn’t remove the seeds) and the jalapeno bringing that pickled tang.

The fried and seasoned potatoes really did add a nice touch with a slight crunch, savory flavor, and a bit of starch in the middle of a lot of protein.

From start to finish, this took about 15 minutes. You can cut everything up while the potatoes start frying. The bacon, eggs, meat, and beans only take a few minutes or two to cook/warm through. And, lastly, it only takes about two minutes to toast off the burrito.

The best part is that you’ll probably need a nap after this gut bomb of a burrito — which is actually the best hangover cure of them all.

Zach Johnston
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Young Dolph And Key Glock Are Ice-Cold In Their NSFW ‘Penguins’ Video

After releasing three singles, “Case Closed,” “Aspen,” and “Sleep With The Roaches,” Young Dolph and Key Glock dropped their Dum And Dummer 2 joint mixtape today/last night, sharing one more video this morning/afternoon: The borderlined-NSFW “Penguins.”

As you may have already figured out, “Penguins” is yet another metaphor for how icy the two Memphis rappers are, and while the video eschews the high-concept theme of the similarly-titled “Aspen,” it gets the job done when it comes to showing off their wealth. For one thing, their complementary Rolls-Royce’s are prominently featured, as is Glock’s truly ridiculous jewelry collection.

The duo stops for gas on the way to the strip club, performing about half the song by the pumps, then spends the rest of the video rapping next to a different kind of pump. If you’re lucky (or unlucky, depending on how you look at it) enough to have returned to working in an office, you may want to wait ’til you get home to watch the full video; although most of the naughtiest parts are helpfully blurred, you might still end up with a lot of explaining to do.

Watch Young Dolph and Key Glock’s “Penguins” video above.

Dum And Dummer 2 is out now on Paper Route EMPIRE. Get it here.

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Report: The Celtics ‘Were A Finalist’ To Trade For Nikola Vucevic And Made An Offer For Aaron Gordon

This season hasn’t quite gone as planned for the Boston Celtics. First, they were hurt hard because of COVID protocols earlier in the season which caused multiple players to miss significant time, but they’ve also been hobbled by injuries and inconsistent play, which has led them to where they are now, in the precarious No. 8 spot, with just a game-and-a-half separating them from the 10th-place Bulls.

It’s quite a predicament for a team that went to the Eastern Conference Finals last season and was picked as one of the early favorites to win the East this year. As such, you could be forgiven for thinking they might try to make a move at the trade deadline and shore up a front line that was been lacking all season.

As it turns out, they ended up as also-rans in both the Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon sweepstakes.

Via Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe:

According to league sources, in addition to their well-documented courtship of Aaron Gordon, the Celtics were a finalist for Magic All-Star center Nikola Vucevic, including multiple first-round picks as part of their package. Orlando ultimately sent Vucevic to the Bulls in exchange for Wendell Carter Jr., Otto Porter Jr. and two first-round picks.

The Celtics also offered a first-round pick and a young player to Orlando in exchange for Gordon, sources said, and they were prepared to add to that haul, but the Magic accepted Denver’s offer, which included Gary Harris Jr., R.J. Hampton and a first-round pick, before Boston had a chance.

While the Celtics did end up with Evan Fournier as a consolation prize, they have now reportedly turned their attention to Andre Drummond, who is expected to be bought out by the Cavs, although Drummond has drawn interest from several teams around the league.

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Brockhampton Announces The Title And Release Date Of Their New Album

Chaotic hip-hop supergroup Brockhampton is a little under two years removed from their last full-length project, Ginger. Although their 2020 saw the release of a solid spate of singles — which have all been pulled down since — they were otherwise off the radar for most of the past year. They poked their heads above ground earlier this week with the release of the Danny Brown-featuring “Buzzcut,” presaging an impending return. Now, we know just when that return will be with the announcement of their new album.

Titled Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine, the next project will drop on April 9, accompanied by a live-streamed concert from Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La Studios in Malibu. According to a press release, it was inspired by the events of 2020, which forced the once tight-knit group to come to grips with growing up, growing apart, and reconnecting as life slowed down for the whole world.

It’ll also come with a limited edition box set featuring a T-shirt in black, blue, or white and a CD of the album with four additional bonus tracks. The band’s also made some musical changes as well; in-house producer Jabari Manwa will contribute vocals, while the group is also set to collaborate outside of their immediate circle for the first time.

Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine is out 4/9 on Question Everything/RCA Records. You can pre-order a limited edition box set here.

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Shaq And Candace Parker Debated Whether DeMar DeRozan Could Play In Any Era

All the talk the past few days around Toronto has centered on Kyle Lowry, and for good reason. Every indication seemed to point to the end of his tenure with the organization where he spent nine years of his career, establishing himself as the greatest player in Raptors history.

That all came to naught at the trade deadline on Thursday, as the team opted to hang onto him through the rest of the season, but that doesn’t mean that the man who helped deliver the first championship in franchise history still couldn’t be on the move this summer.

A name that’s been somewhat lost in all of this is DeMar DeRozan, who was Lowry’s best friend and running for so many years in Toronto, but who’s been plying his own wares in San Antonio since the trade the brought Kawhi Leonard and a 2019 title. DeRozan’s star has faded some in recent years in the relative obscurity of the Spurs, but the former All-Star keeps reminding us that he has plenty left in the tank as he quietly puts up impressive numbers.

That sparked an interesting debate with the TNT crew on Thursday night, when Candace Parker argued that DeRozan would be a star in any era, while Shaq, unsurprisingly, took exception to that, trotting out the old yarn that he wouldn’t be tough enough to play in the ’90s.

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It’s a tired and totally expected response from Shaq, who also has a history of arguing point against Parker — the WNBA lgend took him to the woodshed over his lack of understanding of the modern pick-and-roll game earlier this season.

As far as DeRozan goes, it seems clear he would’ve thrived in the ’90s. His mid-range game would be well-suited to that era, and his prowess as an offensive player extends well beyond that. Plus, you know, he’s good at basketball, which is a thing that would work in any era of hoops.

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James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ Gathers A ‘Horribly Beautiful’ Assortment Of Supervillains For The Red Band Trailer

There’s a whole heaping helping of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn (and thank goodness for that) in James Gunn’s new The Suicide Squad trailer. This previews James Gunn’s oddly retitled “relaunch” of David Ayer’s blob-people-filled 2016 film that didn’t hit the mark but was nonetheless a moneymaker. Gunn’s film will be part of the massive batch of Warner Bros. films that will stream on HBO Max (while also in theaters) in 2021, and we’ve already seen a teaser that showed off the ensemble cast, which includes Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, John Cena as Peacemaker, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, not to mention someone (people thought it would be Taika Waititi, but James Gunn has confirmed that it’s Sly Stallone) voicing King Shark. Here we go, from the “horribly beautiful mind” of Gunn…

We’ve got another search-and-destroy-type mission for Task Force X, and this trailer lends an oversized gathering for these captive supervillains. John Cena gets the trailer’s extended “bag of dicks” joke, so that’s marvelous. And welcome to comic-book movies, Pete Davidson. We’ve been waiting for you.

Via The Suicide Squad/WB on Twitter

The Suicide Squad (which also stars Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, Mayling Ng, Alice Braga, Nathan Fillion, Sean Gunn, and more) will arrive on August 6, 2021. Enjoy this very The Dirty Dozen-esque poster.