Month: April 2022

As society enters the much-needed Nic Cage renaissance, we are blessed with more tidbits about the legendary actor every single day. Today, Cage has decided he would love to do a movie with The Muppets, and now we cannot rest until it happens.

In a new Twitter interview with Nic Cage that just consists of him reading tweets about himself (that’s a thing now), Cage admits he would love to star in a movie with the Muppets. While responding to a tweet that read, “I’d love to see a Muppet remake of The Rock keeping Nic Cage as the only non-Muppet character,” Cage responded happily.

“I would love to be in a Muppet movie,” the Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent actor admitted. “I think Kermit and I could be best friends, and I’ve always had a crush on Miss Piggy.” To go a step further, someone then requested to replace all actors with Cage, to which he said,”All actors are my brothers and sisters.”

Cage also sent love to his co-star Pedro Pascal. “I had so much fun working with Pedro…we had a lot of fun conversations together.” In true Nic Cage fashion, he also gave some life advice to a fan feeling sad. “Melancholia…that’s an unexplainable feeling of sadness that we can all experience.”

Nic Cage is going full method acting for his role as…Nic Cage in his upcoming movie The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent which hits theaters next week. He also commented on the coveted 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Ever since Steph Curry suffered a foot sprain last month, the hope has been that he’d be able to rest, rehab, and recover in time to suit up for the Golden State Warriors in the playoffs. According to a new report, it appears that is going to happen, and Curry will be able to take the floor for Game 1 of the Warriors’ first round series against the Denver Nuggets.

Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of The Athletic report that Curry will go through a team scrimmage on Thursday, and if he is able to do that without any issues, he’ll be given the green light to play right away. Earlier this week, the team put out a statement indicating that Curry was making “good progress” in his efforts to play, and had ramped up what he was able to do in recent days.

Curry suffered the injury on March 16 during a game against the Boston Celtics. While diving for a loose ball, Celtics guard Marcus Smart rolled up on Curry’s leg, causing him some serious pain. He left the game and has not played since.

On the year, Curry has averaged 25.5 points, 5.3 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game. Golden State’s series against the Nuggets will tip off on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. ET.

For the first decade or so of Angel Olsen’s career, part of what gave her a distinct, memorable look was her (usually short) bangs (or “fringe,” for our UK-based readers), like in the above photo from 2017. As she’s been promoting her new album Big Time, though, she has decided to leave the bangs behind, letting those hairs grow and leaving them to rest on the side of her head or behind her ears.

Olsen never took her bangs for granted, as now, she has offered a thank you/farewell to message to them. Taking to Twitter this afternoon, she wrote:

“I just wanted to say a few words to my bangs out of respect. I really have felt so safe behind you, I mean…you shaped the last decade of my life. You knew how to cover for me when I needed to hide, and even when I needed more mystery. But the time has come for me to see more of the world around me. I want to be free of the frame, I want the frame to keep expanding.. Thankyou for your shelter, for being there until I was ready to face my truth, good bye and god bless.”

The lighthearted goodbye arrived alongside the most fitting new bit of Olsen merch: hair clips.

That Fox News host Jesse Watters has a national platform from which to share his bad takes and utter stupidity with the world is frustrating enough. But one thing I guess we can be glad for is that he didn’t pursue a career in law enforcement or politics, as his leaps of logic are very, very questionable.

Case in point: The very first busload of asylum-seekers that Texas Governor Greg Abbott, in a disgusting display of dehumanization, refused to let stay in his state—and instead redirected to Washington, D.C.—arrived in our nation’s capital yesterday. And the bus just so happened to drop off its passengers right outside the Fox News building, giving Watters a front-row seat to watching Abbot’s stunt play out in real-time. But Watters seemed more concerned with the passengers’ attire.

His theory, essentially, was that the people deboarding this bus were WAY too well-dressed to really be in need of America’s help.

“They dress so nicely,” Watters said. “Athleisure. One guy had matching Nike head-to-toe, the kicks were clean. If you’re fleeing a war-torn country, seeking asylum—you think you’re going to die—and you show up looking that good, no one’s going to buy that.”

While it’s not every day you get to refer to Jeanine Pirro as “the voice of reason,” that’s exactly what she turned out to be in this case, explaining to Watters that asylum-seekers are often given new clothes once they arrive in America, at which point Watters nearly lost it.

“We put those clothes on these people?!,” Watters demanded to know. (“These people.”) “Come on, Americans don’t dress this well.” One specific young man, who Watters thought was clearly too stylish, really caught the anchor’s attention.

“Look at that guy’s shirt. You can’t show up to America claiming you’re fearing for your life dressed that well. It’s not gonna fly!”

Try telling that to the guy who just traveled 1,500 miles wedged into a pair of skinny jeans.

Ben Simmons still has not suited up to play during the 2021-22 season, but that might change in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. With the Nets punching their ticket with a play-in win over Cleveland, a first round matchup is set against the Celtics, and with Boston’s tremendous wing talent, Simmons’ abilities as a defender would certainly be useful for the Nets — at least on paper.

On Thursday, word emerged from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst that Simmons is targeting the second week of the series — Games 4-6 — for his return, which even Windhorst seemed stunned by as he provided details on Get Up!

That report was corroborated by Shams Charania later in the day, and it certainly seems like there is going to be a real effort from Simmons to get on the court in the middle of this first round series.

What makes this even more fascinating than a player trying to play his first games of the season in the playoffs on a team he’s never played for is that Simmons could be suiting up for his first game of the season in an elimination game. It’d be fairly surprising if Boston was going for a sweep of the Nets in Game 4, but it’s certainly within the realm of possibility that the Celtics could be up 3-1 ahead of Game 5 or 3-2 going into Game 6, which would make for an even more intense environment for Simmons to parachute into.

On the other side, if the Nets are up in the series at that time, would they want to mess with what’s been working by adding Simmons to the mix. For a Brooklyn team that hasn’t been short on drama all season, it figures they would add another layer to the mix for the playoffs right as they seemed to be gaining a bit of continuity.

With this year’s release of her latest mixtape Caprisongs, FKA Twigs has shown that she’s a master collaborator. The album features tracks with The Weeknd, Pa Salieu, Daniel Caesar, Shygirl, Dystopia, Rema, and an unreal collab with Jorja Smith & Unknown T. Twigs has also put out recent tracks with Central Cee for soundtrack to The King’s Man and a very matrimonial look on a new video with Yung Lean. She’s just been truly blossoming as a star and we’re absolutely here for it.

Today’s new drop from the tireless singer and dancer is the video for “Papi Songs” featuring English rapper Shygirl off of Caprisongs. In the clip, Twigs is in Burberry lingerie, with matching socks, a vest, and hat, all while twerking her way on a racing motorcycle inside of an apartment. The circumstance doesn’t really make sense, but it totally works as she enacts an interpretive dance number that only she could deliver.

Shygirl pops in midway through the clip in her own spicy top-to-bottom Burberry fit and even a Burberry shawl for her pygmy goat. The clip ends with the two pushing a stroller on a London street and Shygirl walking a full grown billy goat. Again, all of this imagery is very unpredictable, but fire nonetheless.

Watch the clip for Twigs and Shygirl’s “Papi Songs” above.

When you think Barbie, you think of plastic, high heels, and Michael Cera, right? Well, you will now! Cera has officially joined the cast of the over-growing Barbie movie led by Greta Gerwig. Insecure’s Issa Rae will also be joining the film, which is currently in production in the U.K.

Rae and Cera will join Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, and Will Ferrell in what will surely be the strangest casting decision of the decade. Details about the project are under wraps, though some characters have been named: Ferrell will play the CEO of a toy company (throwback to Elf).

The Barbie movie has had a long, tumultuous history over the last few years: the story was originally given to Diablo Cody, then eventually to Amy Schumer, who left the project due to creative differences. Robbie was then added to the cast in 2019, before Gosling signed on to play the infamous Ken doll. Gerwig then confirmed she was writing the script with partner Noah Baumbach.

While many fans have questions about who, exactly, this movie is for, one thing’s for sure: it will be entertaining to see any interaction between Michael Cera and Ryan Gosling. The movie is expected to hit theaters sometime next year.

When TMZ broke the news earlier this week that Frank Langella, the venerable actor of stage and screen, was being investigated by Netflix for sexual harassment after allegations of inappropriate behavior on the set of The Fall of the House of Usher surfaced, people generally had one of two thoughts: Frank Langella?!? or Frank Langella’s still alive? (The answer, to both questions, is: yes.)

Now, just days after news of Netflix’s investigation into the matter hit, a source close to the production told The Wrap that Langella has been fired from the project. When asked about the situation, Netflix had no comment while the 84-year-old actor’s representatives did not immediately respond.

According to TMZ’s original report about the incident, a source claimed that Langella “allegedly made an inappropriate joke that was sexual in nature. Our sources also say in the context of his performance, possibly during rehearsal, he touched the leg of a female costar, and further drew attention to the action when he jokingly said something like ‘Did you like that?’”

Langella, who earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing Richard Nixon in Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon (2008), was set to star as Roderick Usher, the unhinged patriarch at the center of the Edgar Allan Poe story on which the project is based. The Fall of the House of the Usher is the latest offering from Mike Flanagan, Netflix’s go-to auteur for horror adaptations who has previously adapted Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and turned Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw into The Haunting of Bly Manor.

According to The Wrap, production on the project was already halfway completed. The role is set to be recast with all of Langella’s scenes being reshot.

(Via The Wrap)

In the annals of American history, former presidents have gone on to do some pretty great things. Eight years after he left the White House, William Howard Taft was appointed the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. Jimmy Carter founded the Carter Center, a human rights organization that aims to “prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.” Hell, even Selina Meyer created The Meyer Fund for Adult Literacy, AIDS, the Advancement of Global Democracy, Military Family Assistance, & Childhood Obesity. Our most recent ex-president has chosen a different route.

As Raw Story reports, Donald Trump is hawking autographed photos of his recent (alleged) hole-in-one—for the bargain price of $75 a pop, which is less than a quarter of what Rudy Giuliani is charging for a creepy rendition of “Happy Birthday” on Cameo.

On Wednesday, political reporter Olivia Nuzzi shared some screen shots on Twitter of Trump’s latest scheme for fleecing his followers, and it was just as pathetic as it sounds. Even the subject line is breathtakingly pathetic: “I made a hole-in-one.”

“Friend, many people are asking, and yes, it’s true,” the toddleresque former president wrote. “While playing golf with some of the greatest golfers in our country, I made a hole-in-one.”

Naturally, it didn’t take long for folks to begin piling on:

We look forward to seeing what new, innovative stuff the former president can sell to his fans next.

(Via Raw Story)

The Dallas Mavericks will host the Utah Jazz in the first game of the 2022 NBA Playoffs on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. ET, and that early draw didn’t do them an awful lot of favors considering they saw Luka Doncic leave their regular season finale with a left calf strain.

An MRI confirmed Doncic’s injury but the team would not offer a timetable for his return, and they likely won’t make anything official until Saturday just before tipoff. On Thursday, Doncic was at the Mavs facility, but only doing weights work and nothing on the court yet.

Later in the day, word emerged from Shams Charania of The Athletic that the Mavs are not expecting to have their superstar for Game 1 against the Jazz on Saturday, an obvious blow to their hopes of making it out of the first round for the first time since landing Doncic in the 2018 NBA Draft.

With Game 2 on Monday night, eight days removed from when he suffered the injury, there is maybe a sliver of hope Doncic could be back by then, but it seems more likely that the star misses both home games to open the series and could hopefully use the two days off before Thursday’s Game 3 in Utah to try and make his return to the floor.

Dallas is in the unenviable position of trying to balance the long-term health of Doncic (which is, of course, in their best interests) with their goals of this season, in which they have been one of the hottest teams in the West and, prior to Doncic’s injury, figured to be favored to reach the second round and get a crack at the Phoenix Suns. Calf strains are a particularly difficult injury to manage and playing through it can lead to something much worse, so the Mavs will likely err on the side of caution if Doncic is feeling any continued discomfort. Finding a way to split the first two games at home without their star would buy them some added time to get him back and at full strength, but that will be a tall order considering his importance to their success.