There are at least two Knives Out sequels en route, but none of them will (likely) feature one of the main attractions of the first: sweater king Chris Evans. But perhaps this is the next best thing: As per Deadline, the erstwhile Steve Rogers and surprise chest tattoo lord is reportedly in talks to play legendary hoofer Gene Kelly in a movie whose producers include Knives Out mavens Rian Johnson and fellow producer Ram Bergman.
The as-yet-untitled production won’t, however, be a straight biography about the Golden Age movie star. Here’s how Deadline describes the plot, whose script is to be written by Gladiator and Skyfall scribe John Logan: “The film is about a 12-year-old boy who works on the MGM Lot in 1952 and begins to create an imagined friendship with the legendary movie star Kelly while working on his next film.”
Mind you, 1952 was the year Kelly starred in and co-directed one of his most lasting triumphs, Singin’ in the Rain, which chronicled Hollywood’s oft-disastrous transition from the silent era to synch sound but in a lighthearted fashion, filled with one killer number after another.
Kelly was a quadruple threat: a dancer, a singer, an actor, and a film director, who helped take the movie musical in new, exciting, and sophisticated directions. Luckily, Evans is no stranger to tap dancing, and he’s even directed a film, so he’s part of the way there. In the meantime, he’ll be reuniting with another Knives Out alum on the romantic adventure romp Ghosted, starring him and Ana de Armas.
Radiohead’s “Creep” has had an interesting journey during its 30-year lifespan. The song wasn’t a big hit when it was first released in 1992, only reaching No. 78 on the U.K. Singles Chart. The BBC actually banned it for a while, basically because it was too emo for the early ’90s. (We were all about the angst in the early ’90s. Actual sadness and loneliness, not so much. It also had the f-word in it.) But after it became a hit in Israel, its popularity spread, and when it was reissued in the U.K. in 1993, it reached No. 7.
Die-hard fans of Radiohead don’t like the song much because they don’t think it reflects the band’s true sound. The band itself has some mixed feelings about playing it and in their song “My Iron Lung” even expressed resentment of the way “Creep” had pigeonholed them. But its popularity has stuck and crossed generations, spawning multiple cover versions from a wide variety of artists.
Personally, I’m a fan of the song and always have been. “Creep” came out the year I graduated from high school and makes my Gen X heart go pitter-patter. It’s also just a good song—different, yet entirely recognizable. The simple, two-beat guitar riffs just before the chorus are tidbits of genius. The lyrics explore feelings rarely expressed out loud. It has amazing contrast between the lilting verses and the grungy chorus. Here’s the original if you need a refresher:
It’s also a song that covers actually do justice to, for the most part. Here is a handful of what I think are the best versions—and definitely one of the weirdest.
Let’s start with the weird. The YouTube channel “There I Ruined It” shared a honky-tonk version of “Creep” that’s every bit as WTF as it sounds. But the video is meticulously edited to make it look like both Radiohead and some honky-tonk stars are actually singing it, so even though the song is a bit of an assault on the ears (unless you love honky-tonk, in which case more power to you), the video is worth watching purely for the wow factor.
Honky-tonk “Creep” from There I Ruined It
Amazing, right? I mean, I kind of hate it—sorry honky-tonk fans—but I’m also genuinely impressed. The matchup of the backup vocals with the video clips is perfection.
If you need to wash that out of your ears, more pleasant-to-listen-to versions are plentiful. Halle Bailey (of Chloe x Halle twin fame) recently shared a stripped-down cover version on TikTok with just her voice and an electric guitar and it’s lovely.
my version of creepppp this song was in my head all day i had to sing it to get it out ! 🥰🤣
Halle Bailey is only 21, but she’s not even the youngest performer to make “Creep” her own. In 2019, sisters Mimi and Josefin, ages 15 and 13, sang the song for their blind audition on Germany’s “The Voice Kids.” The audience and judges were so impressed with their performance, they sang an encore. The harmonies are what make this rendition particularly fun to listen to.
The Voice Audition “Creep” from Mimi & Josefin
Some of the best covers are the simple acoustic versions with just a singer and a guitar, like this one from Daniela Andrade.
Mellow acoustic “Creep” from Daniela Andrade
Ever heard an entire choir sing “Creep”? Check this out:
Creepy “Creep” from the Scala & Kolacny Brothers Choir
Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian girls’ choir and their version is more haunting than anything else. It’s the creepiest of the Creeps for sure, but very cool.
My personal favorite is the Vintage Postmodern Jukebox cover featuring Haley Reinhart. The big band sound is so unexpected for the song, the vocals are stellar, and it’s just hands-down the best version I’ve come across.
Vintage big band “Creep” from Postmodern Jukebox
Sorry diehard Radiohead fans, but “Creep” isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. People young and old love it and if musicians keep making it their own, it’s probably going to outlast us all.
(Final note: It seems remiss not to include the 2021 remix of “Creep” released by Thom Yorke of Radiohead himself. It’s not on my list of favorites, but it’s interesting to see how he’s interpreting the song three decades later.)
One of the most bizarre things we’ve seen in an NFL game happened on Sunday. Antonio Brown, on the heels of some sort of argument on the sideline, took off his pads and left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during their game against the New York Jets, waving goodbye as he made his way out of the stadium. Videos went on to show that Brown literally got a ride to New York City in the midst of the game following his decision to depart.
All of this begs a question that has never fully been answered: What the heck happened? There have been reports that the Bucs staff told Brown if he wouldn’t go into the game that he had to leave, while Brown claims he was too injured to play despite getting cleared. Now, according to a report by Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, an MRI was performed and indicated that Brown was, indeed, banged up to the point that some folks around him think he should have sat out the game.
Antonio Brown update below: Antonio’s friends were worried about the pain he was experiencing so they encouraged him to see a top surgeon outside the Bucs’ organization. That visit and an MRI confirm his serious pain and that story is developing…
Antonio is known for having a high pain threshold but the belief is Antonio probably should’ve never been on the field to begin with Sunday. And official statement from Brown’s camp will be issued soon. They have stayed quiet since Sunday.
Young Thug has wasted no time doing good deeds in the new year. The Atlanta rapper was driving around when he noticed a man on a side street dealing with truck problems. Thug came to the rescue. “Just gave this man a jump-start,” Thug said in an Instagram video he posted afterward. “I don’t know why God made him pull me over, but he saw my truck and was like ‘yo, yo, yo’ flagged me down. I gave him a jump-start.”
It joins a string of kind acts that Thug has performed in recent months. Last year, he and fellow Atlanta rapper Gunna helped to pay bail for 30 inmates in their hometown’s Fulton County Jail. “We just woke up and went to the jail with the lawyer and DA’s and the prosecutors, the bonding companies, and just got as many people as we can out,” Thug said at the time. Gunna added, “You never know what somebody been through. There was people sitting out three or four years and couldn’t get out on a bond.”
Thug is also working on constructing Slime City, a 100-acre area of land that he was gifted for his birthday last year, which he hopes to fill with high-quality homes, a waterpark, a camping site, a bike trail, and more.
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The last time Donald Trump delivered a public address on the sixth day of a new year, it didn’t end so hot. On Jan. 6, 2020, then then-exiting president further riled up violent supporters whose heads had already been filled with voter fraud lies. They then stormed the Capitol building, threatening all inside, and leading to the deaths of five people. Trump had an ill-advised way of commemorating the day’s one-year anniversary: He was going to hold some vague press conference at Mar-A-Lago, the resort in which he now mostly lives. But perhaps he realized that was a bad idea even for him.
As per NBC News, Trump announced on Tuesday that he had cancelled the event a mere two days before it was to go down. He of course pinned the blame on others. Specifically he cited the House committee investigating that fateful day, accusing them of “total bias and dishonesty.”
The commander-in-chief-turned-failed blogger had vowed to use the day to once more defend the day’s rioters, who would not be facing jail time were it not for him, and who he’s defended for wanting to hang former vice president Mike Pence (who doesn’t seem to care that he was almost murdered). He still planned to do that, just on another day and at another location, namely a rally in Arizona set for Jan. 15.
In the meantime, the Jan. 6 committee recently asked for the “voluntary cooperation” of Sean Hannity, one of a number of Fox News faces who sent frantic texts begging for Trump to call off his rioting supporters, whose deadly actions they would later downplay.
On Sunday, after Greene was kicked off Twitter because she couldn’t stop posting COVID misinformation, she went on a bit of a tirade. Among her charges was that Twitter was “an enemy of the people and can’t handle the truth.” It was a nod to the most famous exchange from Sorkin’s play A Few Good Men, turned into a star-studded, smash hit movie in 1992, where it was uttered by no less than Jack Nicholson.
But Sorkin wasn’t honored that arguably the most famous sentence he ever wrote wound up repeated by last year’s most notorious addition to the House. The playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker — most recently of Being the Ricardos — went on The Late Late Show with James Corden. And when his host asked him about Greene quoting him, Sorkin’s response came so quick that he cut Corden off: “Yeah, she can go to hell.”
He later added, “I liked it a lot better when Burger King was using it in its billboards,” a nod to an advertising campaign the fast food chain used in 1998 to sell more Whoppers. In any case, he seemed less mad at Greene than he was at TheNew Yorker‘s semi-recent Jeremy Strong profile.
You can watch Sorkin trash Greene in the video above. The relevant exchange happens around the 4:50 mark.
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It’s been a rough year for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. After years of mostly whispered controversy, the group, which has run the Golden Globes since 1944, were finally called out on matters ranging from accusations of self-dealing to insensitivity about sexual harassment to a lack of representation. (Before 2021, they didn’t have a single Black member, for one thing.) After last year’s shindig, they vowed to dramatically change, but not before NBC refused to air the ceremony, which is scheduled to happen on Sunday. And then there’s the Omicron variant, which has once again put the kibosh on many public events and gatherings.
But the show is still going on, sort of, though it’s not clear how. Varietyobtained an e-mail from the show’s talent booker, which revealed that, well, they didn’t book any talent. In lieu of a splashy televised event hosted by, say, an increasingly aggro Rikcy Gervais, this year’s Globes will be…something.
“The Golden Globes will move forward with a small event on January 9th that will not only award the best performances in television and film for 2021, but also on recognizing the importance of supporting diverse creatives across the industry,” the e-mail reads. “The event this year will celebrate and honor a variety of diverse, community-based programs that empower inclusive filmmakers and journalists to pursue their storytelling passions. The HFPA has financially supported important underserved organizations for decades and will continue to invest in the future leaders of our industry.”
What’s unclear are details, such as if it will be aired somewhere, how the awards will be revealed if not, and who on earth will be present. As per the e-mail, “The event will have limited guests and with strict COVID protocols that include not only proof of full vaccination, but also a booster shot and a negative PCR test.”
Whatever it is, it’s happening this Sunday, Jan. 9, i.e., a mere five days away as of this writing.
NBC said they would consider airing the Globes again provided the HFPA made significant in-roads into improving their membership, among other things. In the meantime, they’ve added 21 new members to help diversify their brood. Stay tuned on whether they’ll just have a livestream, tweet out the winners or, you know, send them out via carrier pigeon.
After taking 2021 off (mostly; he was heavily involved in the recording of YSL Records’ Slime Language 2), Gunna splashily announced his return earlier this week with the fourth and final installment of his Drip Season mixtape series. Drip Season 4, which is due this Friday, January 7, is the first Drip Season tape in nearly four years, with Drip Season 3 dropping in February of 2018. Today, Gunna shared the cover, which transforms his face, as with previous versions of the cover. However, this time, in keeping with his increased status in the rap game, his transformation leans more toward epic than monstrous.
Whereas previous versions added fangs or bite masks to Gunna’s face, this latest one renders him as a bust that is cracking and crumbling, like a neglected work of art. It suggests both the end of an era and a mighty legacy worth rendering in stone — even if only temporarily. In a press release, the cover designer, contemporary artist Daniel Arsham, echoed this sentiment. “I’ve been a fan of Gunna’s music for quite some time and was pleased when he reached out to me a number of months ago through DM with questions about my work,” he said. “He was very curious about how some of the pieces that I create are made. He was intrigued about the crystal materials I use and the idea of time travel and the future, present within the works. We connected in person a few times and at some point, he asked if I wanted to work on the DS4 album cover with him.”
Prior to the announcement, Gunna released the Future-featuring single “Too Easy” and its remix, which features Roddy Ricch. They, along with “9 Times Outta 10,” constituted the Atlanta rapper’s first solo work since 2020’s Wunna. In the time since, Gunna’s profile has risen to the point of receiving a day honoring his achievements in Fulton County, Georgia, where he grew up.
Check out the Drip Season 4 cover above and stream it 1/7 via 300 and Atlantic.
Sean Hannity has been a close advisor to Donald Trump for his entire presidency, and more pressingly, the Fox News anchor was revealed as one of several media figures who attempted to get Trump to quell the violence during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. Naturally, the House select committee investigating the riot would like to speak to Hannity, but it appears to be going a different route than using a subpoena.
According to a new report, the committee plans to ask Hannity for his “voluntary cooperation” in an effort to shed more light on the events leading up to and including the failed coup. However and judging by the response from Hannity’s attorney, the committee probably shouldn’t hold its breath. Via Axios:
Jay Sekulow, counsel to Sean Hannity, told Axios, “If true, any such request would raise serious constitutional issues including First Amendment concerns regarding freedom of the press.”
While the committee has already revealed that it knows Hannity was attempting to contact Trump during the attack, Axios reports that Hannity’s influence on Trump was so huge that he reportedly held more sway than members of the former president’s own cabinet. According to insiders referenced by Axios, Hannity was often referred to as Trump’s “real chief of staff.”
As for Hannity’s frantic January 6 texts, they’ve been a field day for comedians like Trevor Noah who have enjoyed seeing Fox News exposed for publicly downplaying the attack while its anchors were secretly “freaking out” at what Trump had done.
Judge Steve Harvey (ABC, 8:00pm) — Nope, the perpetual Miss Universe host is not a real judge, but he is doing the unscripted reality thing and making apparently binding decisions. This week sees some formerly friendly neighbors fighting over the cost of holiday-party damages. Sounds messy!
Black-ish (ABC, 9:30pm) — The fundraising When We All Vote event leads to Bow pressuring Dre. They may or may not succeed at making new friends while working for a great cause.
Queen (ABC, 10:00pm) — The women find themselves feeling stunned by Valerie’s impulsive actions, all while Lauren’s ducking a superfan who’s also a rising rapper, and Naomi faces a ghost from the past.
Action Pack: Season 1 (Netflix series) — Park the kiddos in front of this one, so they can follow a new superhero class who operate on both hearts and smarts while vanquishing the villains who descend upon Hope Springs.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — Tracee Ellis Ross
The Late Late Show With James Corden — Lily Collins, William Jackson Harper, St. Vincent
In case you missed this recent pick:
The Book of Boba Fett: Season 1 (Disney+ series) — Catch up on the season premiere before Episode 2 drops. The middle-of-the-night drop now favored by Disney+ shows is coming your way. When that happens, the iconic bounty hunter turns into a crime lord following his surfacing in The Mandalorian‘s second season. The very dead Jabba the Hutt has left a void in the galactic organized-crime realm, and Boba Fett is all too happy to fill it, but not by ruling by fear. Rather, he’s asking for respect, so we’ll see how that goes. Expect to see mercenary Fennec Shand along the way as these two head into underworld adventures that take them to Tatooine. It’s doubtful that we’ll see any Baby Yoda here, but one can hope for a miracle.
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