If you’ve never been to the infamous Burning Man festival, then you’ve probably at least wondered what exactly goes on out there in the Nevada desert. Now, a small but cherished piece of Burning Man is heading off the Playa for a tour across the major US cities for the first time. The Mayan Warrior — a premiere sound camp, art car, and non-profit from Mexico City — is celebrating its 10th anniversary by hosting pop-up parties in Austin, NYC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
The custom truck has been torn down and rebuilt with blazing neon, laser lights, a DJ booth, and loudspeakers to bring the emerging underground Mexican electronic scene to life. The Mayan Warrior Art Car kicked off its tour across America in Austin, Texas with an immersive festival experience that featured art installations and up-and-coming electronic music acts.
Check out photos from the Austin show below, and purchase tickets to the remaining pop-ups here. The eye-catching stage lights, skin-baring ‘fits, and all-around good vibes are sure to put you in the mood to party.
On March 28, after the shorthanded Memphis Grizzlies routed the shorthanded Golden State Warriors 123-95, Jaren Jackson Jr. fired off a tweet. “Strength in numbers ,” the tweet read. Jackson was mocking the Warriors’ long-standing team motto, as Memphis locked in on in the West’s No. 2 seed, while Golden State was tumbling toward third with a chance of falling to fourth.
Nearly three months later, after Golden State won its fourth title in eight seasons, a championship path that included dispatching Memphis in the second round, Klay Thompson made sure to remind everyone of Jackson’s tweet.
“This was a collective effort and strength in numbers is alive and well,” Thompson said following Game 6. “There was this one player on the Grizzlies who tweeted ‘Strength in numbers ’ after they beat us in the regular season and it pissed me off so much. I can’t wait to retweet that thing, freaking bum. I had to watch that. I’m just like, ‘this freaking clown. OK, OK, OK.’
“That memory just popped up. You’re gonna mock us, like, you ain’t ever been there before, bruh. We been there, we know what it takes. So, to be here again, hold that.”
Thompson was far from the lone member of the Warriors core to rehash old sentiments after they won another title. Similarly, Draymond Green remembered a tweet of Jaylen Brown’s from midseason and mocked it Friday morning, even if it had nothing to do with the Warriors.
Shortly before the Boston Celtics began their remarkable turnaround, Brown tweeted “The energy is about to shift.” Brown, of course, was correct and Boston’s energy shifted all the way from a below .500 record to two games shy of the title. Green, hours removed from his fourth ring, tweeted “The Energy Shifted 4X.”
Jaylen Brown’s January tweet right before the Celtics turned their season around
That’s some serious pettiness from the All-Star and future Hall of Fame inductee. It’s truly great posting and I have to commend it. What an incredible pull.
If Thompson and Green’s antics do not suffice for you, Stephen Curry also elected to address the naysayers Thursday night.
“I clearly remember some experts and talking heads putting up the big zero of how many championships we would have going forward because of everything that we went through,” Curry said post-game.
This Warriors trio is a brilliant gathering of talent and camaraderie, as well as recollection, apparently. These dudes have remarkable memories and have showcased in the immediate hours after their 2022 title.
The first reviews for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis are coming in hot as the film prepares to hit theaters next week, and the consensus is clear: Austin Butler absolutely nails the title role as The King. Butler is earning rave reviews even if critics aren’t exactly in love with the biopic as a whole. Particularly Tom Hanks‘ overwhelmingly reviled performance as Colonel Parker, which IndieWire‘s David Ehrlich described as a “Kentucky Fried Goldmember” and “possibly the most insufferable movie character ever conceived.”
But issues with Hanks and the film’s frantic approach to Presley’s life, a constant refrain is how well Butler channels Elvis without falling into the tired, usual trappings of The King’s numerous impersonators. Butler’s cheekbones are also mentioned several times, so get ready for that to be a thing.
You can see what critics are saying about Elvis below:
Butler conjures the guilelessness of Elvis’ face, his soft yet chiseled cheekbones, the look in his eyes that says, “I’m up for anything—are you?” He and Luhrmann hop through the major events of Presley’s life, sometimes going for long stretches without taking a breath. Elvis is exhausting, a mess; it’s also exhilarating, a crazy blur you can’t look away from.
For most of Elvis, the music itself is almost irrelevant, with the act of performance taking center stage instead. Luhrmann’s direction seems like it belongs in a carnival funhouse—always in motion, flying and drawing attention to itself, an act that almost plays like misdirection as opposed to a way to enhance this story: Keep your eyes on the fancy tricks, as we distract from how one-dimensional Elvis too often is. Luhrmann is constantly balancing between showing off through his direction, or mishandling cloying musical biopic clichés.
It’s not a movie so much as 159-minute trailer for a film called Elvis – a relentless, frantically flashy montage, epic and yet negligible at the same time, with no variation of pace. At the end of it all, you might find yourself pondering the eternal questions: what does Luhrmann think of Elvis’s music? Does he, for example, prefer some Elvis songs to others? Has he listened to any of Elvis’s songs all the way through? Or does he shut down Spotify after 20 seconds once he reckons he’s got the gist?
On paper, Austin Butler is Elvis’s big gamble, and Tom Hanks is the sure thing, brought in to help ballast a movie that’s risking an 8-figure budget on a relative unknown. But Butler, who plays Presley from a fresh-faced 20-year-old to an overweight 42-year-old, weeks away from an early death, absolutely carries the film. In early scenes, it seems that his hair and his cheekbones are doing a lot of the work for him. But by the time he makes his late ‘60s comeback, Butler has inhabited Presley to an eerily effective degree. Luhrmann holds Presley at arm’s length, so Butler isn’t asked to depict a rich interior life — he’s mostly Elvis the icon, and he nails it.
As for the big question of whether Butler could pull off impersonating one of the most indelible icons in American pop-culture history, the answer is an unqualified yes. His stage moves are sexy and hypnotic, his melancholy mama’s-boy lost quality is swoon-worthy and he captures the tragic paradox of a phenomenal success story who clings tenaciously to the American Dream even as it keeps crumbling in his hands.
Your average Elvis impression typically boils down to a curled lip, a ducktail haircut, and a mumbled “thank ya very much.” Butler never stoops to cheap impersonation, though this is one of the most uncanny channelings of the King that you will ever see. The actor imbues the young Elvis with a believable insecurity and vulnerability that lasts well into the singer’s megastar era; even when Elvis is at his most strung-out and aggressive, there’s a certain softness in his eyes that reminds us of the humble farm boy that he once was.
In fairness to Luhrmann, it’s quite a sight to behold. Butler’s immaculate Presley imitation would be the best thing about this movie even if it stopped at mimicry, but the actor does more than just nail Presley’s singing voice and stage presence; he also manages to defy them, slipping free of iconography and giving the film an opportunity to create a new emotional context for a man who’s been frozen in time since before Luhrmann’s target audience was born.
Butler, previously best known in movies for playing Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, is an ideal choice as Presley both visually and vocally, and he actually sings himself in the first half during the early Elvis era (replaced by tracks of the real Elvis in the later years). Perhaps more than anyone who has seriously taken on Elvis, Butler thrillingly succeeds, especially in the film’s first half, with an authentic rhythm that makes us wonder what greater heights Elvis could have climbed had he not succumbed to the dark side of his own fame.
It can be hard for some actors to describe a film from a notoriously cryptic writer or director, like Kristen Stewart trying to explain the plot of Crimes Of The Future, or anything Nathan Fielder does. It’s even harder for movies that sound simple but are way deeper than audiences expect (see: Get Out, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, which has many unusual twists and turns and terrifying cereal scenes). Daniel Kaluuya, who starred in both Get Out and the upcoming Nopesays that the movie simply cannot be explained.
While speaking at CultureCon, Kaluuya said that the upcoming thriller is “to be experienced, not to be described.” Well said! When asked to explain further, Kaluuya used Get Out as an example of how Peele’s movies defy genre and plot explanations. “It’s not hard, because it’s hard to describe. ‘Uh, I met a girl, I go to her house, and I’ve got to get out of her house.’” That is…true.
Kaluuya didn’t give any plot details but did shout out his co-star Keke Palmer and her acting chops. “Keke’s a star,” he said, “It’s awesome to work with someone so high-energy. On nights you don’t feel like doing it, I’m like chugging espresso beans and she’s high on life.” That’s the former Nickelodeon star in her.
Palmer and Kaluuya play estranged siblings who reunite on their family’s horse ranch after their father’s death. “They’re estranged. He’s disappointed in her. she’s sick of him,” he said of their relationship. “But there’s this bond that you have each other’s back no matter what bullsh*t happens.” It seems like there will be a lot of Bullsh*t.
Last month, Reason returned with his take on Jack Harlow’s Drake collaboration “Churchill Downs” with “Churchill Downs Freestyle.” Now, he’s teamed up with Jay Rock for “It Is What It Is.”
An instrumental by Hollywood Cole serves as a cinematic, pulsating backdrop while the pair break into flows about their hardships, with Jay Rock posing serious questions: “Now would you rather go, hard or ballistic? / Keep it realistic / Nothin’ really move but that money, would you risk it? / I was broke and hungry, itchin’ to kill to somethin’, my ribs touchin’,” he raps.
Meanwhile, Reason recently had some beef cleared up with fellow rapper Logic, who was thought to be dissing Reason in his track “Vinyl Days.” “Hey bro @reasonTDE my boy @thisisrory said you thought I dissed you on my song Vinyl Days,” Logic tweeted. “If I was going to diss you, I’d diss you. I love you, you’re my brother. Let’s get ice cream together some time.”
Fans thought Reason had instigated a feud with Logic due to some of his lyrics on the 2020 track “The Soul (Pt. 2),” but Reason denied that he dissed Logic, saying, “It’s just small wordplay, and reasoning is close to logic. That’s really as deep as I thought about it. It’s really just a lesson learned that we’re in a different day and age, and rap is different. It’s a little bit more sensitive.”
Many things in life warrant appreciation. There’s viewing the sunset at your favorite beach, the joy of tasting a new whiskey, or hearing a beloved band at a music festival. But as much as the previously mentioned experiences are indeed enjoyable, there’s really nothing like the sights, sounds, smells, and first bite of really good BBQ. The language of barbecue is one that I’m well-versed in, but even the most knowledgeable tastemaker isn’t too good to learn more.
So where should the curious aficionado go? Instagram.
Social media catches its share of criticism, but there’s also much good that comes from it. And if you need some ‘cue inspiration, IG is a great place to look. From world-acclaimed pitmasters to celebrated authors, you can get the advice and recipes you need to help you fire up the grill, smoker, or fire pit.
Bullock is the BBQ mastermind behind Hey Grill Hey, a portal filled with delicious recipes featuring the best barbecue and sides you can create from the comfort of your home (and grill or smoker). She’s been a guest on the Food Network, cooked turkeys with Shaq, and is in the Guinness World Record for Longest Team Barbecue Marathon after grilling for 34 hours and 35 minutes alongside Andrew Battistelli and celebrity chef and Food Network star Tyler Florence.
Yep, Bullock is just that legit. Her Instagram page is full of inspiration for the rookie who’s just getting starting in the land of smoked meats to the BBQ veteran who just wants to get a chuckle out of Bullock’s husband, Todd. He has his own hashtag (#TasteTestwithTodd), where his job is to serve as the cupbearer (BBQ-bearer?) of all of his wife’s delicious eats.
BBQ, vintage cars, whiskey, global adventures, and memes are the way to my heart — so I’m obsessed with Cason’s Instagram! The pitmaster and entrepreneur posts so much goodness, ranging from his famous slabs of meat to hunting outings with his friends, that you can’t help being engaged. Nicknamed “Big Mo” by his fans and fam, Cason shows the world his approachable, humble, and laidback demeanor.
Despite being this big-time award-winning pitmaster who’s traversed the earth, a contestant, judge, and star on Destination America’s BBQ Pitmasters and BBQ Pit Wars, Cason doesn’t keep his knowledge to himself. From his account, you can gain wisdom about barbecue and life, compelling you to unleash your inner Cason – and who wouldn’t?!
Barbecue beef and a glass of red wine are a divine match! And that delicious duo is what Cressler is known for combining. Cressler is the founder of Vindulge, a farm-based lifestyle brand that combines great wine with cooking experiences. She’s partnered with her husband, Sean Martin, to help the world discover the wonders of wood-fired food – with a focus on BBQ and grilling recipes – and wine pairing.
While everyone appreciates a mouth-watering array of barbecue, the experience is enhanced when coupled with the proper wine expression. Cressler’s IG is filled with plenty of BBQ and wine pics to keep you motivated to fire up the grill and try out some new vino.
Viewing Bennett’s IG, you’re instantly drawn in by the balanced blend of BBQ photos (duh!) and her stunning selfies. Bennett, a.k.a. Diva Q, is the former host of BBQ Crawl and one of Canada’s renowned barbecue connoisseurs.
As a world champion pitmaster, Bennett has traveled throughout North America competing in and judging barbecue competitions. In addition to cooking the ‘cued-up IG-worthy masterpieces, Bennett doesn’t shy away from sharing her secret recipes with her followers. So, though there can only be one Diva Q, we can all somewhat attain a fraction of her barbecue brilliance.
As a legendary six-time world barbecue champion pitmaster, French-trained chef, and Barbecue Hall of Fame inductee, Stone’s IG page is full of his international barbecue escapades. Oh, and photos of his pup Weller, presumably named after the bourbon — who gets my vote for cutest dog ever.
Stone isn’t stingy with his rich knowledge. On his ‘gram, he shares recipes, and techniques to create your own sumptuous cuts of meat. And since the chef is also an avid fisherman, you’ll see the fruits of his labor, which will make you smile.
Before becoming the revered pitmaster she is, Roby first practiced law and became a sommelier. Although her journey to BBQ excellence has been anything but linear (or conventional), Roby was awarded Master of ‘Cue on Season 2 of the Food Network’s BBQ Brawl show.
One glimpse at Roby’s IG shows why she’s garnered praise and, subsequently, fans within the world of barbecue. There you will find “a day in the life of” photos to help you understand the inner workings of being a mother and an exceptional pitmaster. Both aren’t easy roles, and it’s refreshing to see how rRoby’s hard work and devotion have paid off.
Robert Jacob Lerma, Photographer, and COO + CFO of Treaty Oak Distilling
Brisket, bourbon, and beef ribs – you name it, it’s on Lerma’s page. And if anyone can speak to the bold flavors of Texas bourbons and that of the meat terroir of the Lone Star State, it’s this guy. So, if you want to get a taste of Texas without hopping on a plane just yet, Lerma’s IG page serves as the best introduction.
Along with his magnificent barbecue photos are the portraits he’s shot of leading pitmasters across the U.S. The beautiful pictures of the pitmasters capture the grit, zeal, and commitment that a true pursuit of barbecue demands.
The skill it takes to be great at something like NBA2K is very different from playing basketball in real life. There’s nuance and an opportunity to appreciate both for what they are. Getting people to buy into that idea, however, is not always easy, but that’s where the 2K League has been trying to find new and creative ways to bring in fans and viewers.
One way they’ve been doing this is by creating offseason tournaments that keep players engaged and competing beyond the playoffs. These tournaments allow them to try new things with how they approach 2K. There is, of course, the traditional 5-on-5 basketball that pits the league’s best against one another in traditional 2K League matches, but they have also been experimenting with new formats such as a 3-on-3 tournament.
This new format isn’t new to the sport of basketball, or even to casual 2K players. But for the 2K League, it’s an opportunity to let players break from the norm and play a different style of basketball. Ryan “Dayfri” Conger, a player for Wizards District Gaming, tells UPROXX that “the preparation process is a little different,” and that when you’re playing 5v5, it’s a little easier to be able to survive a bad day.
“But if you’re in 3v3 and you only have three guys playing,” Conger says, “if I have a bad scrim day, then that’s something that I need to be working on.”
This was echoed by everyone we talked to about the 3v3 tournaments. Similar to actual basketball, there is the ability to hide someone having an off game in the corner or on a weaker player in 5v5 matchups. When it gets into the open world of 3v3, though, everything changes. Weaknesses are exploited and the best players find ways to seek them out.
“I think the biggest difference, for sure, is the spacing of the court,” says Jomar “Jomar” Varela-Escapa, a player for Pacers Gaming. “It’s a lot more space with three players on the court. So as a player, understanding that in 5v5, you have help on both sides of the court — like, you got people on the wing and the corner at the same time, you got the centers rolling, the court gets shrunk. So for sure, without a doubt, the hardest thing in 3v3 compared to 5v5 is the spacing of the court and how much harder it is to play defense, because offense is a lot easier”
This adds a new element for the viewer. There’s an old adage that defense wins championships but offense sells tickets, and in a way, that is what the 3v3 tournaments encourage. It’s a chance to give these incredibly skilled players more space to put up points, do so in a hurry, and showcase their best skills to the viewing audience. It’s that extra spice that an esports league like the 2K League can as it works to continue establishing itself.
While the 2K League has the backing of the NBA and 2K Studios behind it, that means nothing in an industry where fans can grow tired and move on to something else at a moment’s notice. Esports is not a kind industry, and even the most popular among them are always coming up with new ways to keep viewers engaged while compelling new folks to tune in. Thankfully for the 2K League, there are a number of different ways to play the game of basketball that they can use as a blueprint.
“Whatever makes this league grow, I’m down for it,” says Nick Gartrelle, coach of T-Wolves Gaming. “Let’s say they want to make it more streetball. You could pull off cooler moves, like maybe letting you throw the ball between your legs. Making it more of a streetball feel would be cool. I also feel like they should put every build out there, personally. Every build should be able to get a bucket.”
This is yet another idea to add even more life into a league that, while potentially very fun, needs a little more variety. Thankfully, the league recognizes this, which has spawned new ideas like its latest 3v3 tournament, the Coinbase NBA 2KL 3v3 SWITCH OPEN. With a pool of teams featuring both pro and amateur players, there’s never been a better time to watch.
The Rundown is a weekly column that highlights some of the biggest, weirdest, and most notable events of the week in entertainment. The number of items could vary, as could the subject matter. It will not always make a ton of sense. Some items might not even be about entertainment, to be honest, or from this week. The important thing is that it’s Friday, and we are here to have some fun.
ITEM NUMBER ONE – Look at him!
This was a busy week for Henry Winkler, which is really just a wonderful thing to get to type in 2022. The third season of Barry wrapped up on Sunday with a stressful episode that changed the series forever — both plotwise and tone-wise, because, like, it’s going to be hard to slip back into goofs after all that — and saw his character, Gene Cousineau, get some closure on something that had been lingering since season one. Later in the week, he got in a Twitter feud with former NFL running back and current aspiring politician Herschel Walker, which is another incredible thing to type out, and one of those things that really makes me wish I had a time machine so I could go back to, say, 1984 and attempt to explain it to every single person I encounter there.
And those are both fine, if that’s the type of Winkler-related business you want to focus on this week. I won’t stop you. But I also won’t have much time to discuss it with you. You’ll have to find someone else to yammer about that with. No, my energy is focused elsewhere. Specifically, my energy is focused on this.
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Henry Winkler is on his annual fishing trip and he is posting the pictures on Twitter. Again. He does this every summer and it thrills me more than you can possibly imagine. I texted everyone I know when the first picture popped up. I demanded to write about it in the opening section of this column even though I’ve written about it before, kind of a lot. It is Henry Winkler Fish Picture Season. It might be my favorite time of the whole year. Just look at his face.
It is so beautiful. My favorite part about this year’s fishing trip is that it is the first one after I got to ask him about them in an interview that was allegedly about this season of Barry. I just went and looked at it again now to post it in here and realized what a lunatic I look like. I feel okay about it.
I have followed you on Twitter for years now. I consider you to be one of my favorite people on that website. You’re a lovely man, and you’re better at Twitter than most people I know. It seems like almost every summer you go on a fishing trip and you post these pictures of yourself with the fish.
Yes.
It is one of my favorite things that happens on Twitter, because, you know Twitter, it’s like a stream of “everyone’s miserable, everyone’s angry, everyone’s upset”… and then blammo, there’s Henry Winkler holding a fish. It makes me so happy.
Thank you.
I owe all of you an apology. I lied to you in the last paragraph I typed, the one before the blockquote, where I said that my favorite part of all of this was that I just got to ask him about it a few weeks ago. That wasn’t true. It never could have been true. Not when this tweet exists.
Henry Winkler is an American treasure and has been for something approaching 50 years. Please do not forget this. Please do not let anyone else forget this. Ever.
ITEM NUMBER TWO — LET PADDINGTON SOLVE A MURDER
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Two important things happened this week. Actually, no. A lot of important things happened this week. These two things aren’t even really all that important in the grand scheme of things. I was just looking for a good way to start this paragraph and move quickly into a discussion about some movies I like. Which, I think we all can agree, has not happened. I’m still typing. It’s ridiculous. And, sure, I could delete all of this and give it another try, but who knows how that would go? It could be worse than this. I can’t risk it. Let’s just go to the next paragraph and pretend this didn’t happen.
The sequel to Knives Out — the one that is coming to Netflix and will take place in Greece and will feature Daniel Craig investigating an all-new all-star cast — has a title. Rian Johnson announced it this week on Twitter. Here, look:
Benoit Blanc’s next case, the follow up to Knives Out, is called GLASS ONION. pic.twitter.com/6Zo0g1VX11
Glass Onion. That’s… cool. It’s a cool name for a movie. It also sounds like the name of a band that opened for Phish at some concert in 1998 that your friend’s older brother went to and came home from caked in mud. But still, cool. I dig it. I’m in.
Then, later the same day, the third movie in the Paddington franchise got a title. It’s going to be called Paddington in Peru and I am very excited about it because Paddington is a sweet boy who I love very much. I’m barely joking about this. Paddington 2 is a legitimately good movie. I will tell anyone this. I have told most people about it. Hugh Grant is a delightful villain. Paddington melts the hearts of 1000 hardened criminals. I cry at the end every time. Yes, I’ve seen it multiple times. How I spend my afternoons is none of your business.
Anyway, these two things being announced on the same day gave me an idea. Hear me out. We let Paddington solve a murder. Make that Paddington 4. Or cross it over with Knives Out and let him solve a murder with Daniel Craig. Both franchises are trotting around the globe now anyway, apparently. Let them solve a murder together in Hawaii. Let Jason Momoa play the murderer. Put Jake Gyllenhaal and his crazy eyes in there, too. Give Jean Smart a chainsaw. Do all of my favorite things once and let me see it for free in Carnegie Hall.
I do not ask for much.
ITEM NUMBER THREE — Let’s remember one of the greats
Philip Baker Hall passed away this week, which stinks. He had a long career and was great in so many things and it sucks whenever we lose someone who had such a cool run doing cool stuff. The silver lining here, as with most deaths, is that it makes you remember a life, and for me that meant watching his performance as Bookman the Library Cop on Seinfeld about eight times in a row. I’ve embedded it up there. Watch it again now yourself. It’s so good.
It’s all so good, too, from beginning to end. It’s one of my favorite television scenes ever. Filming shows in front of a live studio audience has fallen out of favor in the last decade or so, but this is one example where it really added to the action. Look at Jerry trying to hold it together. Look at them having to pause for the audience to laugh. Look at how that heightens everything another degree or two. It’s cool.
My favorite part of the scene has always been the little pivot-turn-point move he does before delivering some snappy line. I love all of these so much.
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That last one is my favorite, though. I’ll still text my friends every now and then to call them “joy-boy.” I don’t even know what that means, exactly. I can kind of guess. It’s great either way. And it’s great that we’re talking about him and this scene again. It’s a nice legacy to have under your belt, even if it had been the only thing he ever did, which it wasn’t. Joy-boy. I’m going to take that one with me to the grave. I might take it to the Pearly Gates. I could be the first person ever to get sent to hell for calling Saint Peter a joy-boy. If I do, I mean…
Worth it.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR — Rhea Seehorn rules
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Rhea Seehorn is so good. I don’t know how anyone could watch Better Call Saul and come away thinking otherwise. She deserves so much more credit than she gets, part of which is my fault, because I’m out here writing thousands of words about Lalo Salamanca and not about her. It’s not okay. I need to remedy this. I will before the season ends. I swear.
Until then, at least Variety is picking up the slack. There’s a long profile over there this week and it is littered with A+ Rhea Seehorn stuff, from her work directing an episode of the show to how her performance holds things together to quotes like this from her one-time co-star Whitney Cummings…
“There’s a lore of Rhea Seehorn,” Cummings says. “If you’re an actress, where it’s like if you’re testing for a TV show, if Rhea’s going in, just don’t go. There’s no point. Like, she’s the one to beat.”
… and this one from Saul showrunner Peter Gould.
“I think every writer and producer in Hollywood should be writing Rhea Seehorn projects and trying to get her,” Gould says. “I think everyone who worked on this show is trying to think about how she can be part of whatever their next project is.”
The takeaways here are as follows:
Rhea Seehorn rules
I needed to say that again
There should be like a heist movie where she and Sam Richardson steal the Mona Lisa
I’m glad we had this chat.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE — Tom Cruise is a maniac, yes, again
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There are not many things in this world I like more than stories about Tom Cruise being a weirdo intense goofball. I could read them constantly. All day. Someone please collect them in a book. Let Tom narrate the audiobook himself. I’ll listen to it at the beach and be the happiest person alive.
This was a great week for that because there were two great new weirdo intense goofball stories about him. The first came from Joseph Kahn, the director responsible for, among other things, the music videos for “Toxic” by Britney Spears and “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift and “Triumph” by Wu-Tang Clan, which is maybe the most awesome résumé anyone has ever had in any field of work. Anyway, look at this.
Heard a great Tom Cruise story. On Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol they did an animatic of the Burj Khalifa sequence, explaining how there was going to be a digital Tom to do the stunts. Tom then angrily said “THERE IS NO DIGITAL TOM! JUST TOM!” So they shot it for real.
I’M GOING TO MOVE ON BUT PLEASE KNOW I AM STILL SAYING THIS OUT LOUD AT MY COMPUTER
WE HAVE TO GET TO THE STORY MILES TELLER TOLD TO SETH MEYERS
Let’s go to the transcription on this to drive it home. What you need to know going in is that Teller got sick on the set of Top Gun: Maverick. Fever, itchiness, the whole deal. He went to a doctor for bloodwork. That’s all the setup we need. Here we go.
“My bloodwork comes back, and I have flame-retardant, pesticides, and jet fuel in my blood,” Teller said.
“I go to set the next day, and Tom’s like, ‘So, how did it go, Miles what did they find?’” Teller recalled to Meyers. “I was like, ‘Well, Tom, it turns out I have jet fuel in my blood.’ And without even skipping a beat, Tom just goes, ‘Yeah, I was born with it, kid.’”
It’s perfect. I’m serious about that book. And the audiobook. Tom Cruise is a weird little man and I do not want to know too too much about him because there are some corners of that funhouse I do not need to examine, but these… these are good. Digital Tom. Come on.
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From Anne Marie:
Something just occurred to me recently … Why has Wile E. Coyote never stopped mid-misadventure and said, “Holy shit, I can’t be killed! I AM A GOD!” and then just partied the rest of his eternal life?
Realizing that he’s just as indestructible as the Road Runner has both delighted me and completely shaken me. I mean, I thought Wile E. was the underdog!
This is really just a fantastic email, for a handful of reasons. First, because it is correct, and a little foundation-shaking. What we thought was a struggle between predator and prey was actually, all along, an endless battle between two immortal deities. There’s a lot to consider here. This dance could conceivably go on forever.
Which brings me to the second reason this email is good: it resulted in me watching a slew of these cartoons again this week. They’re on HBO Max. I’ve said this before but I truly do not think there’s even been a more pure delivery system for comedy than this and, like, Tom & Jerry. You can draw a straight line from those cartoons to Jackass, too. This is important. There should be museums dedicated to this.
Which brings me to the third reason this is a good email: it gives me another excuse to post my favorite Wile E. Coyote GIFs. Yes, again. Look at my guy.
WBWBWB
Watch it this weekend. Watch it all weekend. Come over to my place with a pizza or some donuts and watch it with me. We can make it a whole thing.
A Popeyes in southern Louisiana has a feathered fan that it can’t seem to shake, to the delight of many customers.
A stoutly rooster has seemingly taken up residence at the Popeyes on East Gause Boulevard in Slidell, becoming a community “icon” of sorts, according to the police department.
Hmm.
Yup. I love this guy.
The rooster, affectionately known as Rocco, has gained a family and internet fame since he arrived after Hurricane Ida last year, police spokesman Daniel Seuzeneau told McClatchy News.
“There was a lot of effort into trying to find the rightful owner, but no one ever came forward,” Seuzeneau said. “Now the chicken lives and is maintained by employees at Popeyes and some Slidell citizens.”
A couple of things are worth noting here:
This is a brave chicken
It is my opinion based on absolutely nothing that he is doing surveillance and is planning something
Let’s read on.
“He’ll go around to the front door, look around,” Shepherd told the news station. “He’ll go around to the window, the drive-thru window and just look.”
Okay, yes, this is definitely a John Wick situation. John Chick. I’m sorry. But it’s true. This will not end well for the employees of this Popeyes, and for whichever one Rocco goes to next. He is out for blood to avenge his fallen brothers and sisters. Mark my words. Rocco is just waiting. For now. The time is coming, though. Everyone will be sorry soon.
(Spoilers for this week’s episode of The Boys will be found below.)
People who watch The Boys know that the show specializes in graphic violence and gore that somehow doesn’t feel (too) gratuitous because it’s always in furtherance of the story. And even when things go a little too far, the show manages to wield satire like the most delicate of a surgeon’s sword. Somehow, Season 3 goes even further than we’ve seen before without feeling like they’re simply hitting the calculator on the number of buckets of blood, bare butts, and so on.
However, one can always use a little break from the mayhem, especially when these characters embed themselves so deeply into the audience’s psyches. People get attached to both the baddest of the Supes (admit it, you would really miss Homelander if Eric Kripke and the rest of the powers that be decided to off him). And on The Boys side of things, two characters have been growing their relationship over the course of the past few years, and it’s genuinely sweet stuff.
I’m referring to Kimiko (portrayed by Karen Fukuhara) and Frenchie (played by Tomer Kapon), who appeared in their very own musical sequence this week. It was freaking adorable, and I’m not the only one who felt that way:
This was officially the greatest scene in the entire show, and Kimiko is officially the most adorable character to ever exist in anything ever. #TheBoysMusicalpic.twitter.com/JdcmwsfVup
I’m so happy for Kimiko. That musical number was adorable. Karen has the perfect cheerfulness for a classic musical number. And it was fun to see Frenchie playing against type.
As one of the godfathers of Atlanta’s trap rap sound, Gucci Mane has come to play a similar role in his city and region to Snoop Dogg in LA. He’s a mentor of sorts to any number of artists from the A, and a Southern icon in general, lending out his co-sign to up-and-coming acts while giving all sorts of useful advice about music, money, and even dating. Uncle Guwop doles out some of the latter in his new video for “First Impression” with Yung Miami and Quavo, offering the truism that “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.”
Between the two guests, the real revelation is Yung Miami. Ever since City Girls blew up with their breakout hit “Act Up,” Miami has taken criticism for being the less lyrical half of the Miami duo. Some fans have even (incorrectly) asserted that her flow is often off-beat, and while Miami herself has laughed off those accusations, there’s clear proof here that she actually has been taking the craft seriously and working to improve her pen. “Pucci purse and a Patek all off of pussy power — now that’s ‘Pushin P’,” she wisecracks in her verse. Not gonna lie; I smirked.
“First Impressions” is the latest single from Gucci and 1017’s new compilation album So Icy Gang: The ReUp, which is out now via Atlantic. You can watch the video above.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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,” the tweet read. Jackson was mocking the Warriors’ long-standing team motto, as Memphis locked in on in the West’s No. 2 seed, while Golden State was tumbling toward third with a chance of falling to fourth.
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