Filming for Stranger Things season four began in February 2020 — one month later, it was shut down due to the pandemic, and didn’t resume until September. But producer Shawn Levy thinks the break in shooting may result in the Netflix show’s best season yet. “I’ll just say the pandemic definitely massively delayed shooting and therefore the launch of our current season four, date still TBD,” he said last year. “But it impacted very positively by allowing the Duffer brothers, for the first time ever, to write the entire season before we shoot it and to have time to rewrite in a way that they rarely had before so the quality of these screenplays are exceptional, maybe better than ever.”
The date is still TBD, but at least there’s a new teaser for the season, which you can watch above. The clip takes place in the Hawkins National Laboratory, where Eleven was held by her “Papa,” Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine). “Today, I have something very special planned for you,” he says to the kids who still live in the lab. He then asks, “Eleven, are you listening?” before the camera cuts to Eleven/Jane, who’s telepathically listening to Dr. Brenner. Not great for her!
Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, and Brett Gelman are all returning for season four, while horror icon Robert Englund, Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Quinn, and Eduardo Franco have joined the cast.
In 2011, actress/mom Jessica Alba was frustrated by the lack of eco-friendly baby products on the market, so she created The Honest Company to make and sell things like diapers and baby wipes that were free of harsh chemicals or materials that might sit in a landfill for the next century. Flash forward a decade and that business, which went public yesterday, is now valued at more than $1.4 billion. Which is why Alba’s looking like a damn superhero above—and deservedly so.
On Wednesday morning, Alba was in New York City with her husband, Cash Warren, and their three children to ring the bell at NASDAQ and watch as her net worth grew. And grew. And grew. It was a big day for Alba and The Honest Company, as its stock price increased by more than 40 percent on day one, raising $413 million in its IPO. So just how much of that belongs to Alba? According to The Hollywood Reporter, the star of that terrible Fantastic Four movie (no, the earlier terrible one) owns more than 5.6 million shares of the company, which translates to about $130 million. Ka-ching!
While there’s a financial risk that comes with any company going public, Alba’s probably not too worried. She does have that acting thing to fall back on, after all. Even so, the future outlook for The Honest Company is very much dependent on Alba’s association with it. According to The Hollywood Reporter:
In its IPO prospectus, the company told potential investors that “we believe that the success of our brand depends in part on our ongoing affiliation with Jessica Alba,” noting that it has a likeness agreement with the Hollywood star, which she can terminate at any time with written notice. “The loss of the services of Ms. Alba, or the loss of our ability to use Ms. Alba’s likeness, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.”
And to think it all began with a baby’s poopy diaper.
The final 24-episode season of The Walking Dead continues to shoot in Georgia, with the first eight episodes set to premiere in August. As the series embarks on its final story arc in The Commonwealth, and with the parent series finally ending after eleven seasons, there’s only one thing left that the series must do in order to be considered a success:
They have to kill Negan.
Despite vague rumors of a possible Negan spin-off, Negan’s death is the only way to make sense of his arc, which began in the season six finale and led to the brutal murders of Glenn and Abraham. The series slowly rebuilt Negan after the events of the All Out War, and by the end of the tenth season, he’d essentially redeemed himself to everyone except Maggie, who can’t get over the fact that Negan murdered her husband. There is one way, however, to achieve that, and that is by substituting Negan into Rick Grimes’ arc from the comics.
Comic Spoilers Below
In the comics, Rick, Michonne, and Co. arrive at The Commonwealth — a fully civilized society of 50,000 people with all the amenities of a modern civilization, including courtrooms, concert venues, and even a military. However, The Commonwealth — which is run by Governor Pamela Milton — is not an egalitarian society. Despite the events of the apocalypse, the citizens of The Commonwealth are placed within the society based upon their pre-apocalypse jobs. In other words, lawyers, doctors, and politicians continue to maintain their positions at the top of the hierarchy, while those who worked in more menial jobs continue to live in the bottom rungs.
This arrangement doesn’t sit well the Rick Grimes, who successfully shakes up the system and is even considering running for Governor of The Commonwealth. Ultimately, however, he didn’t get that chance because Rick, who was so relaxed enough in the new world order that he had helped to build that let his guard down and is shot and killed by the Governor’s weak, sniveling son Sebastian Milton while Rick was in bed.
This should also be the fate of Negan, who seems like the most natural person remaining to fill the vacuum left by the absence of Rick Grimes. Negan knows from his own experience with The Saviors that concentrating all the power at the top is not an effective way to govern. It was Rick, moreover, who gave Negan a second chance by imprisoning him instead of killing him. Negan can honor that debt by leading as Rick would have by building a better future for The Commonwealth. Ironically, it should cost Negan his life, which would not only bring his redemption arc full circle but earn him the posthumous respect of Maggie.
With the series coming to a close, it also makes sense for The Walking Dead to kill off one of its most popular characters, and there are only four realistic possibilities: Daryl, Carol, Maggie, and Negan. We know that Daryl and Carol will survive because they have a spin-off, while Maggie’s esteemed place within the series took a hit when Lauren Cohan left the show for a season-and-a-half. Negan’s death would thus have the biggest impact, and more easily fulfills the story obligations of Robert Kirkman’s source material.
It would also be devastating for fans of The Walking Dead, but that’s the point. More importantly, it would not only allow Negan to fully redeem himself, but Negan’s death would also provide the story with some poetic justice. A senseless death would be fitting for a character responsible for so many senseless deaths as leader of The Saviors. It has to happen for The Walking Dead to end on the right note. Negan can help to make the future a better place while also finally facing the consequences of his past actions.
Just days after announcing that Nordic god Alexander Skarsgård is joining the cast of Succession for its third season ($10 says Shiv’s going to be into that), HBO has revealed that Adrien Brody, another tall, award-winning actor, will also appear in the hit show’s long-awaited new season.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Brody will guest star as Josh Aaronson, “a billionaire activist investor who becomes pivotal in the battle for the ownership of Waystar.” Whether he’s on #TeamRoy, we’ll just have to wait and see, as the only thing we know so far about the upcoming season comes from a very vague HBO summary:
“Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) at the end of Season 2, Logan Roy (Brian Cox) begins Season 3 in a perilous position. Scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances, tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.”
Brody—who was recently cast as legendary coach Pat Riley in a new, 1980s-set Lakers series, also for HBO—is perhaps best known not for landing an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Roman Polanski’s The Pianist, but for the impromptu kiss he planted on Halle Berry as he accepted his golden statuette (which is not a move anyone should try ever again). The 48-year-old actor has kept busy since then both with film and TV projects, including a stint as Italian American mobster Luca Changretta (and enemy of Al Capone and the Shelby family) in season 4 of Peaky Blinders.
But Brody also reckons himself a musician and sometimes rapper. So Kendall Roy might want to watch his Motherf*ckin’ OG back.
This Mexican-style lager with 2-Row, Vienna, Flaked Corn, and Acidulated malts, as well as Tettnanger hops, would be perfect on its own, but it’s ramped up with the addition of sea salt and lime. The result is a crisp, highly drinkable, tangy brew.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find aromas of sea salt, tangy lime, and sweet corn. The palate is filled with sweet, caramel malts, citrus zest, bright lime, and a perfect, saline flavor. It all ends with a nice crisp, sweet citrus and salty finish.
Bottom Line:
When it comes to crushable brews, it’s hard to top this salty and sweet brew. It’s crisp, refreshing, and well-suited for sunny day drinking.
Not only is this 4% ABV hazy IPA chocked full of hops like El Dorado, Comet, Citra, Mosaic, and French Aramis hops and filled with crisp, citrus flavors, it’s also sessionable. And it’s only 100 calories!
Tasting Notes:
Take a moment to breathe in scents of ripe grapefruit, orange peels, and sweet malts. On the palate, you’ll find flavors of juicy mango, guava, lime, and orange with a nice malt backbone. It all ends with a juicy, fruity finish.
Bottom Line:
Not only is this beer low in ABV, but it’s also low in calories. It’s also high in flavor, making it one of the most crushable beers of spring.
With a name like KICKBACKRELAX, you can bet this is an easy-drinking, warm-weather-appropriate beer. This newly launched hazy IPA 4.2% ABV is only 120-calories and loaded with juicy, hazy, fruity flavors. It’s the kind of beer you’ll want to sip as you literally kick back and put your feet up on a sunny day.
Tasting Notes:
Your nostrils will fill with the aromas of citrus zest, tropical fruits, and just a hint of floral hops. Sipping this beer reveals flavors of juicy mango, ripe grapefruit, fresh berries, and piney hops. The finish is crisp, juicy, and memorable.
Bottom Line:
This beer was created for chilling. It’s hazy, juicy, and completely lives up to its epic moniker.
If you’ve been good, you hope to get rewarded for your efforts. For us, the treat for good behavior is sipping this delicious, sessionable, hazy IPA on a spring day. It’s brewed with HBC 586, Citra, and Amarillo hops as well as a proprietary yeast strain and a mysteriously unnamed malt content as well as water from the Cache la Poudre River in the Rocky Mountains.
Tasting Notes:
At 4% ABV, you might assume this beer is a bit bland. But one sniff reveals a bouquet of scents that include tangerine, guava, and bright citrus. The sip transports you to a world of juicy mango, ripe tangerine, and subtly resinous pine flavors. The ending is a great mixture of citrus sweetness and bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
This flavorful, low ABV beer is bursting with citrus and tropical juice flavors. Even if you weren’t on your best behavior, you can still spend all spring enjoying this brew.
A lot of these crushable beers are hazy IPAs. We can understand the appeal as these juice bombs are highly refreshing. But it’s hard to top the classic Czech-style pilsner like Bell’s Lager of the Lakes. It’s complex and well-rounded with rich, sweet malts, and subtly bitter hops.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find scents of sweet corn, bright orange, floral hops, and subtle wheat. On the palate, there are notes of corn malts, tangerine, subtle grapefruit, and pleasing piney hops. The finish is crisp, clean, and refreshing.
Bottom Line:
Lagers don’t get the respect they deserve in the American craft beer world. Even if you’re not a big fan, this crushable brew will definitely change your mind.
This highly crushable Belgian-style session ale is brewed with locally sourced Pale malt, raw quick oats, as well as a 2-Row malt blend, and Munich malts. It gets an added hoppy zip from the use of Nugget, Cascade, Comet, and Azacca hops. The addition of coriander gives it a gently spicy kick.
Tasting Notes:
Take a few moments to breathe in the aromas of spicy coriander, orange peels, and notable yeast. When you take a sip, you’ll find flavors of cooking spices, more Belgian yeast, bright orange, and subtle, floral hops. The finish is dry, crisp, and filled with spicy hops.
Bottom Line:
A sessionable, crisp, yeasty brew like this makes us literally want to grab a tube and slowly meander down a river on a hot day.
When it comes to highly drinkable, warm weather beers, it’s hard to top a name like Sun Crusher. Brewed with 2-Row, Red Wheat, and Carapils malts as well as flaked oats and a cacophony of Apollo and Amarillo hops, this one is rounded out by being dry-hopped with a blend of Crystal, Amarillo, and Mosaic.
Tasting Notes:
Before sipping this wheat beer, give it a proper nosing. You’ll notice aromas of lime zest, sweet malts, aromatic yeast, and subtle pine. Sipping this beer reveals hints of ripe grapefruit, sweet orange, resin, and just a hint of spicy pepper at the very end.
Bottom Line:
If you only grab one beer to ease your way into the humid summer days, make it Sun Crusher. It’s tart, refreshing, and just what you need after a long work week.
When it comes to thirst-quenching spring beers, the session IPA seems to be the champion. Two Roads Lil’ Heaven is one of the best. Brewed with Azacca, Mosaic and Equinox hops and sitting under 5%, this crisp hoppy brew is one you’ll come back to again and again.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find aromas of ripe pineapple, citrus zest, wildflowers, and spruce. Take a sip and you will be rewarded with hints of juicy mango, sweet malts, orange peels, and lime. The finish is bright, clean, crisp, and ends with a nice kick of citrusy hops.
Bottom Line:
Spring is the beginning of the grilling season and this crisp, citrus-filled, low-ABV IPA is the perfect complement to grilled meats and vegetables.
Dogfish Head SeaQuench Ale is a really complicated beer. It’s a blend of a classic, crisp Kölsch, a tart Berlinerweiss, and a salty gose that’s brewed with black limes, sea salt, and coriander. A truly unique spring flavor experience.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose you’ll find a subtle salinity, sour lemon, and tart lime. After nosing, take a sip and you’ll be treated to spicy coriander, tart lime, grapefruit, and a great hit of salt. It ends with a refreshing combination of citrus and salt.
Bottom Line:
Don’t be turned off by the thought of a salty beer. This beloved brewed is extremely thirst quenching and filled with bright citrus flavors.
Green Flash is well known for its super-hopped IPAs. But a few years ago, the brand decided to launch a sessionable blonde ale, so its fans could take a break from bitter, hoppy, floral brews. They didn’t remove all the hops though. It’s subtly hoppy with a ton of citrus and caramel malt notes.
Tasting Notes:
Up front, you’ll find scents of clover honey, citrus zest, sweet malts, and subtle piney hops. On the palate, you’ll be greeted with caramel malts, more honey, ripe oranges, and floral flavors. The finish is crisp, refreshing, and full of citrus and pine.
Bottom Line:
This blonde ale was designed as a respite for overly hoppy IPAs. We believe you should use it for just that reason. Sip on a Green Flash GFB to take a break from the session IPAs on this list.
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Last time the internet freaked out over Harry Styles on set, it’s because rumors that he was dating his Don’t Worry Darling co-star Olivia Wilde were running wild. Or maybe it’s simply because the idea of Harry Styles, movie star, is almost as beloved as the concept of Harry Styles, solo pop star. All that time spent in a group setting with One Direction didn’t go to waste, it simply set the stage for increased freneticism among fans whenever he does anything on his own in the future.
So when fans began to stumble onto Harry’s latest set, where he’s now filming My Policeman in Brighton, they began to excitedly share the content on social media. My Policeman is the adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ queer love story and features The Crown’s Emma Corrin (she plays young Princess Diana) as one of Harry’s co-stars. While I personally don’t find the idea of a pop star I love dressed as a cop anything but off-putting, well, I can understand the excitement of fans who saw the filming in person. Once, I saw Harry Styles leaving brunch in West Hollywood as I was walking in, and I’ve never forgotten it.
Anyway, check out the first looks from the film below, as captured by fans.
Following a year that left us indoors, masked up, and praying for the day that our freedom came back, the second half of 2021 is shaping up to be a return of the normalcy we once knew. Festivals are making their way back to the scene as a string of popular showcases, including Rolling Loud and Governor’s Ball, recently announced their 2021 dates. Now, joining that list is Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash festival who just announced the lineup for their upcoming show.
The 2021 Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash (Presented by SPKRBX)
This year’s Summer Smash festival will be a three-day showcase that takes place on the weekend of August 20-22, 2021. The first day is headlined by ASAP Rocky while the second is led by Lil Baby, and for the third and final day, Lil Uzi Vert will take the stage as the headliner to end the weekend. Additional appearances from Lil Yachty, Mulatto, Swae Lee, Femdot, Kaash Paige, Yung Baby Tate, Baby Keem, City Girls, Coi Leray, Earl Sweatshirt, Gunna, Ski Mask The Slump God, Blueface, MadeInTYO, 24kGoldn, Benny The Butcher, The Kid Laroi, NLE Choppa, Pooh Shiesty, Jasiah, and many more can be expected at this year’s Summer Smash.
The festival also joins a growing list of showcases ASAP Rocky will headline later this year, including the aforementioned Rolling Loud and Governor’s Ball. This seemingly signals that the rapper’s long-awaited fourth album is much closer to arriving than some may expect.
You can check out the full lineup in the flyer above.
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After a recent chance to connect with her fans on Instagram Live turned a little awkward due to one fan’s indecent exposure, Bebe Rexha is in a much better place now. The pop star is gearing up to release her sophomore album Better Mistakes in just a few days, and it’s got a packed collaborator list featuring the likes of Lil Uzi Vert on the extremely-catchy misandrist bop “Die For A Man,” along with a whole host of who’s who in hip-hop including Rick Ross, Ty Dolla Sign, and Pink Sweats. But tonight, the singer is focused on another track off the record, teasing a clip of “Mama,” track thirteen off the record, on her Instagram.
This one sounds like it’s much more of a power ballad than a hip-hop-indebted pop song, and that’s a place where Bebe’s voice really shines, she’s got a voice that’s well-suited to vamping and belting, and even in the brief clip there’s a few key moments where she shows it off.
Oh and another notable collab on the record? Her song with Travis Barker, “Break My Heart Myself,” which is getting a music video tomorrow night to coincide with the album release. Keep your ears out for this record pop fans, it’s going to put Rexha on a new level.
The Cubs and Dodgers found themselves locked in an extra innings battle on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, with L.A. taking a 4-3 lead in the top of the 10th inning.
In the bottom of the 10th, Chicago got men on second and third with no one out after a walk and a wild pitch advanced the runners. Stepping to the plate in poetic fashion was former Dodger Joc Pederson. With a chance to win the game against his old team, Pederson got a hold of one and drove it deep to right center field. Pederson thought he’d hit a walk-off homer, and flipped his bat with some force across home plate in celebration.
There was one problem, he did not hit a home run and instead had hit a long sacrifice fly to tie the game.
Hitting a sacrifice fly is important, of course, but the Cubs were unable to capitalize further in the inning, as the Dodgers intentionally walked the next two batters and got Wilson Contreras to ground into a double play to send it to the 11th tied at 4-4. In case that wasn’t bad enough, in the top of the 11th, with runners on first and third, the Dodgers grounded into what should have been a double play, but instead scored the go-ahead run when Javy Baez tagged the runner at second assuming Anthony Rizzo had stepped six inches to his left to step on first before throwing it down. He had not, and the runner scored.
The good news was Matt Duffy had Pederson and Rizzo’s back, picking up a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 11th to tie it up. Fittingly, it was Rizzo who, after a walk in front of him, got to atone for his fielding gaffe and hit a two-out single to plate Duffy and give the Cubs a win.
That means Joc gets to laugh about his bat flip rather than feel the shame of a premature flip in an eventual loss, and Rizzo got to right the wrong from the top half of the inning.
With karma like Kid Rock, it’s almost surprising that a man wielding a bag of sh*t hasn’t disrupted his bar before. Yes, Kid Rock, born and raised in Romeo, Michigan (maybe this is a regional thing?), has fully cashed in on the Nashville tourism business to the point that he owns a bar and grill called — I sh*t you not — Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Rock ‘N Roll Steakhouse.
But this story goes well beyond simply poking fun at the concept of a combined honky tonk, rock and roll, and steakhouse joint (though I imagine that it, on some level, shares DNA with a combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut), and wanders into batsh*t territory quite fast. According to the local NBC News affiliate, News4Nashville, Kid Rock’s combination honky tonky, rock and roll and steakhouse bar was disrupted by a drunk man earlier this week. Not very newsworthy.
Keep reading though: Not only was Nicholas Newhart drunk and blocking an emergency exit door at the bar, but when he was asked to leave he refused, even to the point that the bar’s security requested police assistance in removing him from the premises. What local police didn’t know when they arrived on the scene, is that Newhart had a colostomy bag in his pants (read: a medical plastic bag that collects fecal matter), and decided to use it as a weapon, whipping it out and swinging it at officers.
Yes, a man threw his own sh*t at police officers at Kid Rock’s combination honky tonk, rock and roll, and steakhouse bar. Karma, she never misses. Newhart apparently doesn’t either — his feces landed on a pair of officers, which has earned him a charge of assault on police officers, along with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Three, two, one for Rock to put this all in a song, and then perform it at his bar, hopefully free from disruptions this time.
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