It’s tough to compare the popularity of shows on cable and network TV vs. shows on streaming services, but it’s probably safe to call Squid Game the biggest show of the year. It’s Netflix’s most-watched original series ever, the costumes were everywhere on Halloween, and it even turned other titles on the streamer into mega-hits. So it’s a little surprising that Squid Game finished out of the top 10 for the most searched shows and cartoons on PornHub. But it’s still up there!
PornHub shared its 2021 Year in Review on Tuesday, which includes fascinating insights into the browsing habits of the website’s millions of daily visitors. “Hentai” is the year’s most popular search term, for instance, while the United States leads the world by traffic, but the Philippines is number one for time spent per visit.
The data also reveals that The Simpsons is the most searched show, followed by four more cartoons in Teen Titans, Scooby Doo, Dragon Ball Z, and Family Guy. Squid Game ranked at #13 (tops among live-action shows), likely because it didn’t premiere until September. That gave Rick and Morty (#6) a big head start.
On the film side, Harley Quinn led the way for Most Searched Movies and Characters. The rest of the top five goes: Wonder Woman, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Black Widow. Not to kink shame, but the people who got Joker up to 18th on the list should be locked up. Harsh, maybe, but fair.
When I traveled to Maine for the first time this past summer to visit Acadia National Park, I really didn’t know what I was getting into. Honestly, I was kind of expecting a movie set come to life — quiet, eclectic streets with ice cream shops, bed and breakfasts, lighthouses, and a whole lot of L.L. Bean.
Well… I wasn’t wrong. And I also immediately fell in love with it all. The rocky coastline, the friendly people, the charming and historic towns — it was like being in a dream.
So when I had a long weekend in late fall with no plans and a surplus of frequent flier miles — I knew just where to go. Kennebunkport Maine is a (very) small town — just 3,500 or so residents — and I really didn’t know anything about it until I got there. I saw an idyllic photo while scrolling Instagram and booked the trip almost immediately after (#influenced).
Emily Hart
A quick wide view: Kennebunkport is part of the Southern Coast of Maine, with many small towns nearby dotting the coast. It is just over a 5-hour drive from New York City and under 2 hours from Boston, making it easily accessible to millions of people. Known primarily as the location of the Bush family summer compound, it boats a thriving art, food, and recreation scene for a town of its size. Tourism is of course higher in the warmer months, but Kennebunkport is also a gem in fall or winter off-season.
With endless holiday activities, a quieter pace, and more affordable lodging — Kennebunkport is a holiday movie come to life. If holiday movies were really stylish, that is. Here is my guide for where to stay, eat, drink, and more in this lovely little hamlet.
Where to Eat:
Emily Hart
The goal I set for my time in Kennebunkport really centered around two things: lobster rolls and fish sandwiches. As you can imagine, neither option is in short supply. Even in the shoulder season, I was able to find a couple of satisfying rolls, along with lots of other great fresh seafood options.
I really liked dining at The Boathouse Waterfront Restaurant, which is, obviously, right on the waterfront. The great thing about Kennebunkport is that everything is very easy to get to and centered around the Kennebunk River. I could walk from my hotel directly to everything I wanted to do. There was a short wait for The Boathouse — it is super popular — but luckily there is a bookstore and candy shop next door. I ate the impossibly fresh and satisfying Big Fish Sandwich with a seasonal refreshing cider/margarita hybrid.
Another night I stumbled onto the patio of the Pilot House Restaurant (just on the other side of the waterfront) and sat at the bar to read with a cold lobster roll, chips, and some red wine. It was no frills but just what I envisioned as a local Maine fisherman’s hangout.
Kennebunkport, like many coastal towns, is heavily centered around tourism — with lots of options for accommodations. There are quaint Bed and Breakfasts and AirBnbs, larger resorts, and a surprising (to me) number of stylish smaller boutique hotels and lodgings.
I decided to stay at two different places for my trip, the first being The Yachtsman Hotel and Marina Club. As a travel influencer and writer, I have stayed at an inordinate number of hotels over the years, but this is truly one of my favorites. Each room is its own bungalow, with a private outdoor seating area overlooking the Marina and river. Just steps from downtown, you can walk or use the complimentary bikes to get anywhere you need. The styling was luxe and it truly felt like an escape. I spent most of my time sitting on the terrace and enjoying the view.
In the warmer months, the Yachtsman is home to a floating barge pool (that I am very interested in coming back to float in), and is conveniently next door to the marina — where you can borrow a complimentary kayak, canoe, or SUP as part of your stay.
Emily Hart
After peeling myself away from the Yachtsman I checked in to The Nonantum Resort just a few blocks away. It definitely has the larger resort vibe, while somehow still feeling quaint and quintessential New England. I grabbed a drink from Heckman’s Pub and was pleasantly surprised to find an incredible sunset view from the balcony of my room.
Everything is within walking distance in Kennebunkport, making it easy to visit the many watering holes.
I spent a lot of my trip reading and drinking in Heckman’s Pub at The Nonantum Resort. It’s small and friendly, with lots of locals stopping by for dinner and drinks. It had the congenial atmosphere I was looking for, along with great cocktails.
Emily Hart
Another gem is The Tides Beach Club, which is open seasonally and is the best place to watch the waves with a local brew. I had another incredible fish sandwich and paired it with an Allagash Ale. The sun was warm in the late fall and the atmosphere felt worlds away from my normal life.
Kennebunkport is the perfect place to disconnect and relax, which is how I spent a lot of my time, but it’s also a surprising hub for outdoor activity and recreation. Its position along the coast alone is enough to fill up your days — with beaches and nature reserves all nearby. I took a drive along the coast — stopping near Walker Point (the Bush family compound) and every pullout on the short drive to Portland.
The beaches on the southern coast of Maine are sandy and pristine — I loved spending the morning at Goose Rocks Beach listening to the waves and drinking coffee. There were only a handful of other people this time of year. With The Tides Beach Club just across the street, I can’t wait to go back in the warmer months.
Emily Hart
If you want to hike, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge — a nature reserve with ten sections spanning over 50 miles of coastal Maine — also has a Kennebunkport outpost. The trail I hiked was short but beautiful — especially in the fall. There are plenty of places to stop and relax, admire the view, and bird watch.
During the warmer months, there are endless activities on the water. Boating, SUP, kayaking, canoeing, or sailing on a historic Schooner are all easily accessible activities. I spent an afternoon kayaking through downtown on the Kennebunk River, which was the perfect mix of solitude and bustle.
Despite what you might think, the activities don’t stop during the winter months in Maine. There are ski areas within a couple hours from Kennebunkport if that’s what you’re into, but even closer there are lots of options for snowshoeing and cross country skiing.
The area is also known for The Holiday Trail of Lights, where homes and businesses try to out-holiday-decorate each other — with the exact amount of quaint (but seriously over the top) New England vibes you might imagine.
Emily Hart
If Kennebunkport is too small for your style, Portland Maine is just a short 30 miles away, with tons of dining and drink options. It is worth the side trip in my opinion just to see the Portland Headlight on Cape Elizabeth — possibly the most quintessential and Instagramable place in all of Coastal Maine.
We are smack dab in the middle of the holidays. While Thanksgiving in all of its turkey and gravy-filled glory and the eight crazy nights of Hanukkah are behind us, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve are still upcoming. This means that we’re deeply immersed in the holiday beer season.
Strong ales, winter warmers, and of course Christmas ales are the norm this time of year. These seasonal staples are known for their caramel malts and seasonal spices like cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and orange, along with other wintry flavors. But there’s no official recipe for what exactly a holiday beer should be brewed with — which makes every beer a little different… in a good way.
To find the best examples of classic holiday beers we asked a handful of our favorite brewers, beer professionals, and craft beer experts to tell us their favorite holiday beers ever. Stock up on these warming, sweet, and oftentimes spiced beers to guarantee good times around the fire this season.
Hardywood Christmas Morning
Hardywood
Alex Wenner, owner and brewer at Lasting Joy Brewery in Hudson Valley, New York
Whenever I manage to get my hands on it, Hardywood Christmas Morning is a must-have. It is the perfect gingerbread stout with the right touch of coffee. I will never feel guilty about pouring myself a glass in that quiet time between my four kids opening presents and having to start cooking Christmas dinner.
Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome
Samuel Smith
Dess Leeper, sales representative at WeldWerks Brewing in Greeley, Colorado
Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome Ale is always a treat during the holidays. I remember first having one around the time when I reached legal drinking age, and when I was first starting to pique my curiosity into craft beer back east. Aside from being intrigued by the clear bottle and gold foil top, I was amazed by the rich, roasted nut flavor and warming that was finished by slightly spicy and subtle hop bitterness.
I was immediately hooked and every year during this time you can find me grabbing a four-pack of it to pair with a great holiday meal.
I’ll cheat and say two. Gouden Carolus Noel is just extremely delicious. It’s somehow super punchy but balanced and smooth with wonderful flavors. But for the local scene and of course, the good shtick, gotta go with Sloop “(No) Santa” NEIPA — so lush and yummy for a completely different experience and a whole lot of fun.
My favorite Christmas beer has to be Stille Nacht from De Dolle Brouwers in Esen, Belgium. It’s their strongest beer at 12 percent ABV and shows the full complexity of their house character from the copper brewhouse and coolship to their unique and funky yeast that creates a richly fruity and spicy amber-colored ale with a huge rocky head.
It’s somehow comfortably warming and shockingly quaffable at the same time like only the great Belgian brewers seem to be able to pull off.
Anchor Christmas Ale is always fun around the holidays, especially if you can get one of the magnum-sized bottles of it. It’s full of chocolatey malts, spices, and beer nostalgia with friends. What more could you want for Christmas?
“Weihnachten” means Christmas in German. My colleague Joe and I just went to Germany this past fall and met with breweries to talk about all things lager. Schonramer was the first one we visited. Their head brewer Eric Toft showed us around. They make a whole variety of excellent beer but this one, in particular, is unique as a Christmas beer.
Christmas beers in Germany tend to be somewhat similar to what people think of as Octoberfest beers — they are malty, stronger, somewhere between a regular beer and a Bock beer. It hits all the right notes for all the flavor profiles I like. It’s a continuation of that Octoberfest style of beer right through the holidays.
I’ve always loved Sierra Nevada’s Celebration. I enjoy all their products, really, but this beer brings back a lot of memories. When I first got into craft beer, it was a favorite and one that I still drink and use for cooking. For instance, I use it to brine our turkey during the holidays so it brings back memories of cooking with the family and the joy of the holidays.
It’s a fresh hop ale so you get some of the stickiness from the fresh hops and the aroma is wonderful, which makes it perfect for both drinking and cooking.
Eggenberg Samichlaus
Eggenberg
Stephen Hale, founding brewer at Schlafly Beer in St. Louis
My pick is Eggenberg Samichlaus. It’s not just the rare pleasure of being able to get a bottle, but the blissful enjoyment of such a complex, rich beer, pretty much just perfect as is for the holidays. Make sure to decant it. The visuals, aromas, and flavor are all part of the experience.
A wee bit of decadence every once in a while, surely you deserve that.
A small brewery in my hometown called Bent River Brewing Co., which began brewing in the mid-’90s, has a flagship coffee stout, Uncommon Stout. Every holiday season they release Jingle Java which is a spiced version of that coffee stout featuring everything from vanilla and pecans to rum.
Whenever I’m visiting family during the holidays, I have to get a Jingle Java.
This eleven percent ABV, eagerly-awaited holiday ale gets its flavors from the addition of honey and a slew of cherries including Bing, Lambert, Van, Royal Ann, and Montmorency. The result is a yeasty, rich, and sweet beer with hints of dried fruits, holiday spices, and warming alcohol. All in all, it’s a perfect holiday beer.
It’s been a relatively quiet, but still intriguing 2021 for Burial. The influential South London electronic producer released the split EP Shock Level Of Lovewith fellow Brit Blackdown in April, and then the two-track “Chemz/Dolphinz” in May. On the former, Blackdown’s ambient dubstep breakbeats give way to Burial’s layered soundscapes on the shimmering “Space Cadet” and the industrial techno of “Dark Gethsemane.” And on “Chemz/Dolphinz,” Burial fuzes R&B samples alongside footwork rhythms.
He’s always been unpredictable and today, Burial has announced Antidawn, a solo 5-track EP that’s due out on January 6th. No music has been released with it yet, but a description of the next trick Burial has up his sleeve was sent out in a statement:
“Antidawn reduces Burial’s music to just the vapors.
The record explores an interzone between dislocated, patchwork songwriting and eerie, open-world, game space ambience.
In the resulting no man’s land, lyrics take precedence over song, lonely phrases colour the haze, a stark and fragmented structure makes time slow down.
Antidawn seems to tell a story of a wintertime city, and something beckoning you to follow it into the night. The result is both comforting and disturbing, producing a quiet and uncanny glow against the cold. Sometimes, as it enters ‘a bad place’, it takes your breath away. And time just stops”.
Antidawn is out 01/06/2021 digitally and as a physical release on 01/28/2022 via Hyperdub. Pre-order it on Bandcamp and check out the album cover art and tracklist below.
Aberlour/The Famous Grouse/Pig’s Nose/Ardbeg/istock/Uproxx
Sure, we enjoy a nice warming dram of single malt or blended Scotch whisky on a cold winter’s night. But sometimes we prefer the change of pace of a wintry hot toddy, rusty nail, or godfather. Luckily, there are plenty of high-quality, reasonably priced scotches with flavors that are well-suited for winter cocktails.
Regarding those aforementioned flavors, scotch offers two very different avenues for mixing. You can go with smoky whiskies to build your penicillin, Rob Roy, or blood and sand. Or you can grab a bottle of sherry-finished Scotch whisky and use those deeply resonant flavors of plums, holiday spices, orange, and chocolate to build a Scotch old fashioned, sour, or toddy.
To help you find the best possible options, we asked 15 bartenders to tell us their picks for the best Scotch whiskies to mix with this winter. Keep scrolling to see all of their selections.
Harleston Green Blended Scotch Whisky
Harleston Green
Kimberly Schow, bar director at Hotel Dryce in Fort Worth, Texas
At Hotel Dryce, we are currently using Harleston Green Blended Scotch in our cocktails, and we love it due to its mellow, easy mixability. You can’t go wrong with a rusty nail or Scotch and soda to warm up on a winter night.
Johnnie Walker Black Label Blended Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker
Juliana Ortiz, food and beverage manager at The Vinoy Renaissance in St. Petersburg, Florida
Johnnie Walker Black Label is one of the most popular scotches that customers request for wintry cocktails and for good reason. It’s full-bodied and the perfect balance of sweet, spicy, fruity, and smoky all in one sip and mixes well.
Dewar’s White Label Blended Scotch Whisky
Dewar
Nick du Mortier, lead mixologist at Bar Pendry in Chicago
Dewar’s White Label is always going to play nicely in mixed drinks. It’s one of the few Scotches I drink that makes me want more of its subtle flavors of lemon and honey. Mix it with some freshly squeezed lemon juice, balance it all with a citric acid-spiked chamomile tea honey syrup, and you’ll feel like you’ve rounded the fifth corner to spring.
My favorite scotch to mix with is a Talisker 10. It has a peaty, smoky flavor which makes it the perfect choice for a penicillin shot or godfather cocktail. Overall, it’s a pretty well-rounded, complex addition to wintry cocktails.
Laphroaig 10 Single Malt Whisky
Laphroaig
Christopher Devern, lead bartender of Red Owl Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laphroaig 10 Year is my pick. This classic Islay single malt adds warming complexity to cocktails like a penicillin. Smoke and peat in the winter are a great way to warm up. Also, try adding a half-ounce to an old fashioned to bring it to a new level of complexity.
My favorite Scotch whisky to mix in the winter months is Lagavulin 16. It’s from Islay and carries with it heavy peated flavors and aromas. These heavily smoky and wintery profiles are perfect for an Islay old fashioned when paired with rich sugar and Creole bitters.
Glenmorangie X Single Malt Whisky
Glenmorangie
Mark Phelan, beverage director at 16″ On Center in Chicago
Glenmorangie X is a recent addition to the scotch landscape. When our team blind tasted it alongside other value-driven options, it was the unanimous favorite. It has a body and richness that stands up well in cocktails both shaken and stirred. Plus, it’s a single malt versus a blended scotch, so it is a fine sip on its own.
The Dalmore 12 is my go-to. The aging process for this scotch is very interesting and makes a complex single malt. The first stage of aging happens in American white oak ex-bourbon barrels. Then it is transferred to 30-year-old sherry casks. The sherry mixed with the peat flavors brings heat and earthiness that will warm up your cocktails during the winter months.
Aberlour 12 Single Malt Whisky
Aberlour
Robert Kidd, bar manager at Le Cavalier in Wilmington, Delaware
Having a nice peaty scotch to work within the winter seems like the go-to. Personally, I find this flavor profile can be a bit overpowering. I have been using Aberlour 12-Year instead. Aberlour is not peaty and has lovely notes of caramel, dried fruits, and a touch of nuttiness from the Oloroso sherry casks it’s finished in. If you do want to bring that smokiness to your drink, try just spraying a layer of peaty scotch over your drink or rinsing the glass.
This will give you a supple smokiness that allows other flavors to come through.
Highland Park 12 Single Malt Whisky
Highland Park
Lee Noble, lead mixologist at Art in the Age in Philadelphia
Highland Park 12 is a nice dram on its own, mixed into a Scotch cocktail, or subbed in for bourbon or rye in a classic whisky cocktail recipe. The full, round flavors, like heather honey and vanilla with some citrus, with a gentle smoke profile, make it a versatile single malt to mix with this season.
The Famous Grouse Smoky Black Blended Scotch Whisky
I love the fact that this scotch is very price-friendly, so I don’t feel guilty turning it into a winter cocktail. Throw into a blood and sand cocktail and enjoy the peat singing a gentle melody with the support of the other spirits in the mix and this cocktail is one to love.
For winter cocktails, I always reach for Monkey Shoulder. It’s a blended scotch from the Speyside region with a great richness that rounds out cocktails and gives a touch of vanilla and subtle fruit flavors. It’s a great way to add an interesting new dimension to too many common whisky cocktails.
My favorite scotch to mix with during the winter months would have to be The Balvenie 14-Year-Old Caribbean Cask because it’s very well-rounded and works well in a variety of cocktails. I also enjoy this scotch neat or on the rocks because of its sweet, warm notes.
Pig’s Nose Blended Scotch Whisky
Pig
Andres Bedoya, bartender at The Apothecary 330 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
If I’m mixing with a scotch in the winter, I prefer to use a blended scotch. My biggest discovery has been Pig’s Nose Blended Scotch Whisky. It’s not sweet or smokey, just a perfect blend that is great to use in a penicillin and many other cocktails.
The Scotch sour is a classic cocktail that is perfect during the long winter months. Ardbeg Wee Beastie is my scotch of choice to mix in this drink. The crisp and sweet-tart initial taste complements the smoky and peaty finish to make this cocktail unlike any other whiskey sour you’ve ever tasted.
Even though 2021 was a year marred by a global pandemic, National Geographic still found a way to add 2 million photos to its vast archives this year. The publication is commemorating the tremendous work its photographers have done in 2021 by sharing some of their most remarkable shots in the January issue as part of its Year in Pictures campaign.
National Geographic hopes its readers will see it as more than “a collection of pretty photographs,” Whitney Johnson, director of visuals and immersive experiences, told National Geographic.
The images were chosen as powerful examples of human resilience in the face of a pandemic and climate crisis.
“In many ways, there are messages of hope, there are messages of compassion for one and another,” says Kathy Moran, deputy director of photography, told National Geographic. “A number of the images featured show that there is hope, resilience, and there are solutions to many of the problems that we are facing as a society.”
National Geographic was kind enough to share some photos with Upworthy that embody 2021’s turbulence—from political rancor and climate change to COVID developments and conflicts around the globe.
You can see more images on its Year in Pictures site. (You just have to provide your email.)
With a cooler of COVID-19 vaccines in hand, Nazir Ahmed looks for shepherds and nomadic herders in the meadows of Tosamaidan, southwest of Srinagar in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In the race to vaccinate against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, healthcare workers have gone to extreme lengths to reach remote communities.
From Srinagar, it took Ahmed and a half dozen colleagues three hours driving and then walking to reach this isolated spot. They spent four hours searching for people and vaccinated more than 10.
Firefighters spent months in 2021 battling to contain California’s Dixie fire, which burned nearly a million acres and destroyed most of Greenville, a town of around a thousand. The number and size of wildfires across western North America have increased in recent years, driven in part by climate change, which intensifies hot, dry conditions that suck water from living and dead plants, making them likelier to burn.
Part of the solution, scientists agree, is more widespread use of “good” fire: controlled, low-intensity burns that clear leaf litter and brush from the forest floor, reducing the fuel for wildfires.
Police officer Michael Fanone struggles against Trump supporters after they dragged him down the steps of the U.S. Capitol. At a rally earlier that day, then President Donald Trump falsely claimed that he’d won the 2020 presidential election “in a landslide” and urged supporters to go to the Capitol, where the House of Representatives was certifying the election results.
“You’ll never take back our country with weakness,” Trump said. Five people died as a result of the attack. Some 140 police officers were injured. More than 600 people have been arrested. The assault on the Capitol is the focus of a congressional investigation.
Stonehenge, built some 5,000 years ago in southern England, first underwent conservation work in 1901 after one of the sarsens and its lintel fell—a concern for public safety. Preservation in September involved repairing cracks and repacking joints with mortar to stabilize the stones and protect them from erosion.
Two months earlier, a judge had ruled that plans to move the nearby highway underground to reduce traffic and noise were unlawful, suspending a project many archaeologists worried would destroy undiscovered artifacts. Photographer Reuben Wu layered 11 exposures taken over 30 minutes to create the lighting effects in this image.
The U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in August, after a 20-year occupation, ended what’s been called America’s longest modern war. But the war there goes on for Hafiza, 70, seen here with a grandson. She has lived near the city of Faizabad since the Taliban took over her home village in 2019.
Her sons’ choices leave Hafiza grieved and on uncertain ground: Two of them fought with the Afghan National Army, one with a militia, and one with the Taliban. The fighting in Afghanistan was among dozens of ongoing conflicts around the world in 2021—recent to ancient, international to regional, stoked by greed, creed, or history.
Back in August, Chromatics announced that the band was breaking up after 20 years. While we may never see the release of their way-too anticipated Dear Tommy, the group’s library of italo-disco-leaning synthpop marked a distinct period in indie music’s boon in the 2000s. Chromatics singer Ruth Radelet was always a radiant presence at the front of the band and today she just released her first solo track since the breakup.
A cover of Elliott Smith’s epic “Twilight,” Radelet captures the beauty of Smith’s softly stated poetic lyrics, but with an aesthetic distinct to her time with Chromatics. Released via the Kill Rock Stars label, the song is part of the year-long Stars Rock Kill (Rock Stars) 30th Anniversary overs series. More importantly, though, it marks a rebirth for Radelet’s as a solo artist. She shared a statement on the impact of Elliott’s music on her career:
“Growing up in Portland, I couldn’t help but be influenced by Elliott Smith – his music was just in the water there. I still feel a sort of homesick nostalgia every time I hear one of his songs, and I’ll forever associate his music with the rainy weather and the gritty, small town feeling Portland had back then.
Elliott was a brilliant songwriter, and I have always been blown away by his ability to craft such lovely, catchy melodies around devastatingly sad lyrics. Twilight is a beautiful example of that, and one of my favorite songs he ever wrote. I first had the idea to cover it many years ago and am grateful for the opportunity to do so for Kill Rock Stars, who have released so much of Elliott’s work and have been such an important force in Northwest music history.
This one’s for you, Elliott, thank you for everything.”
Listen to Ruth Radelet’s cover of “Twilight” by Elliott Smith above.
Roddy Ricch’s new album, Live Life Fast, drops this Friday, and the latest part of the rollout has arrived: The guest list, which includes collaborators like Future, Lil Baby, and more. Roddy shared the guest list on social media today building on the momentum he created by the trailer he released last week and the cover art, which he shared before that.
In addition to the above-mentioned superstars, the guest list Roddy shared includes names like deadpan Atlanta bogeyman 21 Savage, rising R&B star Alex Isley, alt-R&B singer Bibi Bourelly, Brooklyn drill flag-waver Fivio Foreign, drip purveyor Gunna, the multihyphenate Jamie Foxx, Florida rap rebel Kodak Black, Migos member Takeoff, and LA hook master Ty Dolla Sign. Roddy also showed off the producers at the bottom of the poster he shared: Beezo, Boi 1-Da, Cardo, D Keyz, G-Ry, Heavy Mellow, Jasper Harris, Kenny Beats, Lil CC, Mustard, Rex Kudo, Ronny J, Sonic, Southside, Tarentino, TM88, and Wheezy.
Roddy’s ending the year strong with his new album, much as he did with the release of his debut, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial. Led by the inescapable lead single “Late At Night,” Live Life Fast is set to launch Roddy into an even higher level of the atmosphere in 2022.
Live Life Fast is due on 12/17 via Atlantic Records.
In what’s sure to be another damaging blow to Republican politicians with ties to the January 6 riot following Donald Trump‘s “Stop The Steal” rally, two rising stars in the MAGA world have revealed that they are cooperating with Congress and telling everything they know about the events leading up to the attacks. The couple, Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lynn Lawrence, have ties to Steve Bannon going all the way back to 2014, and that’s how they found themselves heavily involved in the “Big Lie” movement following the 2020 presidential election.
“The people and the history books deserve a real account of what happened,” Stockton explains. Lawrence puts it more bluntly: “Violent shit happened,” she says. “We want to get to the bottom of that.”
In a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone, the two reveal that they were involved in Bannon’s “We Build The Wall” political group that ended up bilking MAGA supporters and resulted in Bannon getting arrested by USPS officers. While Bannon ultimately secured a pardon from Trump, Stockton and Lawrence believed they were exposed legally even though they had not faced any charges yet.
Those circumstances put them on the radar of Republican Paul Gosar, who allegedly dangled pardons in front of the couple in exchange for their efforts in protesting the election results and helping to organize the “Stop the Steal” really. While Stockton and Lawrence did attend the Jan. 6 event, they fled as soon as they realized that Trump had none of the evidence that he boasted and that things were about to get violent:
Stockton claims he was so upset by the speech that he turned to Lawrence and said, “Let’s get the f*ck out of here.” He was incensed by both Trump’s call to march and the lack of concrete evidence that was presented onstage.
“We assumed that him sitting with all the access to all the agencies of government and classified information he … had access to vastly more information than we did,” Stockton says. “We trusted when he told us that it was black-and-white and that there was clear evidence over, and over, and over again. We trusted that it would be there, and it ended up being a bluff, and he finally got caught in it.”
Rolling Stone has been able to confirm that the couple did not participate in the attack on the Capitol. Disgusted by Trump’s refusal to quell the violence, they are now fully cooperating with the Jan. 6 committee to make sure the truth is told “on both sides.” Despite everything that happened, Stockton and Lawrence are still big believers in Trump’s messages, and while they don’t believe the actual election was rigged, they do believe that “Big Tech” and the media colluded to help Biden win.
The Brooklyn Nets are still playing basketball without Kyrie Irving, whose refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has led to the team telling him to stay home because they do not want him to be a part-time player. Irving cannot play in home games due to New York City’s current vaccine mandate, which does not appear to be going away any time soon.
As a result, there are questions about whether or not the Nets will try to wait this out or look to trade him in an attempt to surround Kevin Durant and James Harden with more talent amid their championship push this season. According to a report by Ian Begley of SNY, this piqued the interest of the Dallas Mavericks, which reportedly got in touch about a potential Irving deal.
Begley’s report indicates that, at some point during the conversation, Kristaps Porzingis’ name was thrown around, but it is unclear if the Mavericks implied they’d be willing to part ways with him or the Nets asked about his availability in a deal. After the report became public, Mavs owner Mark Cuban refuted it to Marc Stein.
Just spoke to Mavericks owner Mark Cuban who says his team, contrary to reports, has had no trade discussions with the Nets about Kyrie Irving.
Dallas would, in theory, be quite the trade partner for Irving. Beyond the fact that Texas does not have this sort of mandate — Mavericks guard Trey Burke has said he will not get the COVID vaccine — Irving would give the Mavericks a perimeter creator who can take some of the load off of Luka Doncic, while the Nets would be able to get back a package of players that add depth around their two stars. With players who signed contracts this offseason becoming eligible for trades beginning on Dec. 15, perhaps the market for an Irving trade will heat up, and Dallas could find themselves among his potential suitors.
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Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
