Month: July 2022

Future bids a fond farewell to his ex in the lovelorn video for “Love You Better,” the latest single from his ninth studio album, I Never Liked You. The video features some not-so-subtle references to his long-settled relationship with Ciara, including a massive billboard featuring a nondescript football player that is a clear stand-in for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, aka Ciara’s current husband and the guy who “loves her better.” Another scene features Future’s in-video ex sharing her secrets with a bevy of women fascinated by her breakthrough. Future, buddy… let it go.

One would hope that the international rap star isn’t really holding onto the past like this, because his present looks pretty sunny, all things considered. I Never Liked You landed solidly at the top of the Billboard 200 the week of its release, and as a result, Future’s been booked and busy. Not only has he become seemingly the official mascot of the Rolling Loud festival — he’s due to headline this weekend’s Miami event, as well as the New York and Toronto dates — but he’s also still in high demand as one of hip-hop’s go-to featured artists, with an upcoming appearance planned on Megan Thee Stallion’s new song “Pressurelicious,” dropping this Friday.

Watch Future’s “Love You Better” video above.

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Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the internet. This week is a rough one. After weeks of wallet-draining drops and must-cop collaborations, things have come to a grinding halt as we hit that classic mid-season hump where brands start to slowly transition between seasonal styles. We aren’t there yet, and we know it’s hot AF outside, but don’t be surprised to see some fleece-lined shoes and lots of GORE-TEX drop in a couple of weeks.

Despite it being a slow week, we can’t exactly call it an uneventful one. July 21st marks the highly anticipated release of the Travis Scott Nike Jordan 1 Reverse Mocha, probably this year’s most anticipated drop. Every other sneaker sadly lives in the shadow of that launch, but if you’re willing to peer into the darkness you’ll find a few gems — which we’ve rounded up for your shopping convenience.

Let’s jump into this week’s best sneaker drops!

Travis Scott Nike Air Jordan 1 Low Sail and Ridgerock

The moment has finally arrived! After months of hype and delays, the low-top Air Jordan 1 Reverse Mocha (officially dubbed Sail and Ridgerock) is finally dropping this week. Nike opened a raffle for the sneaker on Monday and received over 2.4 million entries in just 30 minutes, so it’s safe to say this is the most hyped sneaker drop of the entire year.

And for good reason, it looks great! The Reverse Mocha features a nubuck leather upper with tumbled leather overlays and an aged midsole with that now iconic reverse oversized swoosh, probably the most defining characteristic of a La Flame AJ-1.

The Travis Scott Nike Air Jordan 1 Low Sail and Ridgerock is set to drop on July 21st for a retail price of $150. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNRKS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.

Nike Dunk Low Jackie Robinson

The truly great sneaker designs transcend the sport they were designed for, we’ve seen Air Jordans made for football players, Air Max’s named after tennis stars, and this week we’re getting a classic basketball sneaker for one of the most iconic baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson.

The Dunk Low Jackie Robinson features a classic blue and white leather upper with baseball-inspired laces, and a 75-year anniversary logo at the tongue commemorating when Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier with his major league debut. Rounding out the design is a graphic on the paneling that features words of wisdom from Robinson, “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”

The Nike Dunk Low Jackie Robinson is out now for a retail price of $130. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.

JJJJound x Reebok NPC II

JJJJound has once again teamed up with Reebok for an ultra-minimal take on the NPC II. This classic tennis sneaker features a white Terry lining, white upper stitching, debased JJJJound branding, and a white full grain leather upper.

It seems a bit uneventful for a big sneaker collaboration, but JJJJoud has actually made three subtle iterations of the shoe with elements in Arctic White, Optic White, and Polar White. Each sneaker will feature mixed elements and all pairs will be sent out at random, meaning you can’t actually pick between the iterations. It’s an interesting idea, we’ll see how it plays out in practice!

The JJJJound Reebok NPC II is set to drop on July 21st for a retail price of $165. Pick up a pair via the JJJJoiund webstore. A drop at Reebok stockists will follow on August 5th.

Louis Vuitton Nike Air Force 1

In one of his final projects before his untimely death, Virgil Abloh set out to create a series of Air Force 1s crafted in-house at Louis Vuitton, making this collection the first time the silhouette has been officially produced outside of the Nike factory. The 47 sneaker collection combines classic Nike insignia and design lines made from the same materials LV crafts its products from, including genuine in-house leathers, crocodile, faux fur, PVC, and more.

The first phase of the 47 sneaker drop began this Tuesday with the release of nine colorways, an all-white and all-black low, a gold pair, a classic university-inspired blue, green and red iteration, and a few wackier takes on the mid-top Dunk.

The sneakers are, according to Louis Vuitton, available at LV retail locations, but given we’re past the drop date you’re probably better off picking this one up on the aftermarket, assuming you’ve got money to blow!

The Louis Vuitton x NIKE AIR Force 1 is out now, pick up a pair at Louis Vuitton retail locations and aftermarket sites like GOAT.

NIKE AIR Force 1 Low Retro Color Of The Month

As part of Nike’s Color of the Month series, a celebration of the Baltimore sneaker shops that helped propel the AF-1 into a streetwear staple in the mid-80s, Nike will be dropping a triple-white iteration of the AF-1. Owning a triple white AF-1 is a rite of passage for every Nike-loving sneakerhead, so if you haven’t picked up a pair yet, now is your chance to cop this pristine iteration of the silhouette.

Featuring a leather upper, this Triple White drops alongside a shoe-cleaning toothbrush to help ensure you keep your kicks looking as fresh as possible.

The NIKE AIR Force 1 Low Retro Color Of The Month is set to drop on July 21st for a retail price of $150. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.

Women’s Nike Air Jordan 1 Varsity Red

Travis Scott’s Jordan 1 is clearly the dopest Nike drop of the week (maybe even of the decade) but don’t sleep on this classic Varsity Red makeup of the AJ-1 that also drops this week. In exclusive women’s sizing, the Varsity Red AJ-1 features a chenille swoosh, a ribbing tongue, and extra plush lining for increased comfort. Varsity Red leather overlays envelop a white leather upper for this subtlety updated take on an iconic color combination.

The Women’s NIKE AIR Jordan 1 Varsity Red is set to drop on July 23rd for a retail price of $170. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.

Here’s the weird thing: I’ve never seen one episode of Nathan For You, even though almost everyone I know who knows my tastes has told me I would enjoy Nathan For You. What’s weirder is, when people explain the concept of Nathan For You, or give a detailed synopsis of episodes they’d think I’d like, I always find myself thinking, “Yes, I would like this.” Adding to the frustrations of people who want me to watch Nathan For You is my love for How To with John Wilson – in a very, “Wait, you are watching How To but you still won’t watch Nathan For You?,” kind of way.

I finally relented after a friend pleaded with me to watch the first episode of Nathan Fielder’s new show, The Rehearsal. Perhaps I relented easily this time because it was only one episode in, but, to cut to the chase, I watched it and very much enjoyed the first episode of The Rehearsal. There were moments I laughed out loud. But the underlying truth is, which I tried to ignore at first, is I had a strange reaction to The Rehearsal. In that it kind of revealed to me, in a way, I’ve been kind of living my social life recently in the ways the show explores. And it also kind of reaffirmed that there’s not much I’m going to do to try to change that.

Look, I’m very awkward socially. That’s always been a thing. People who regularly read me are almost always disappointed when they meet me for the first time because I am awkward and shy, at least before the booze kicks in. But I could always cope. Things have changed as we re-enter the world in whatever stage of the pandemic we are calling it now. Let me back up a bit…

When the pandemic first kicked in in full force here in New York City, I, my live-in girlfriend, and a friend who lives close to us formed a bubble. In that bubble, we started having movie nights. You can read about it here, but basically, our friend had never seen any action movie or comedy between 1980 and 2000, and our mission was to rectify that. So every weekend (for the first few months it was every Friday and Saturday) we’d buy some 12-packs, sit back and watch two highly entertaining movies a night.

We found this experience so fun (and, frankly, inexpensive), we’ve continued to do it once a week even though it’s no longer by default because there’s nothing else to do. (We are so far into this now, Punchline was a recent movie.) And we have brought other friends into the fold. I really like these nights and have found them to be the most satisfying of my social interactions. It is guaranteed fun. After watching the first episode of The Rehearsal, it hit me like a ton of bricks: Oh, it’s because I’ve now rehearsed this night hundreds of times.

In the first episode of The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder explores what it would be like to rehearse all potential social interactions before they happen. Fielder likes to break his awkwardness with jokes, but, as he says, every time he tries one it’s a gamble. So in his rehearsals, he hires actors and tries them out to see how they go over. I, too, try this technique. And yes, over the course of a social event, you can’t win every gamble. In The Rehearsal, a benign joke about a plunger and a toilet, meant to be self-deprecating, was taken in another, negative, context.

I remember the first time I went “out” for “fun” after the pandemic started. I had a terrible time, but not for pandemic reasons. It was just that things didn’t go the way I expected. I had no control over the situation. My entire social life for months had been these very structured movie nights. Then, all of a sudden, I’m out spending money and there’s not even a guarantee I’m going to have fun because things outside my control might spoil the event. Yes, this is the way it’s always been, but now this seemed (and still seems) abnormal.

The rule about movie night is it has to be a canon movie that the visitor has never seen. But 95 percent of the time it is a movie I’ve seen. The person visiting will send a list of movies they want to see, then I will pick two from the list I think will work together. (As an aside, here’s something I’ve learned about planning a movie night doubleheader: It’s a mistake for the movies to be similar. If you pick two high-octane action movies, by the middle of movie two, people are checking out. It’s too much. Two comedies? Same thing, people just can’t laugh for four hours straight. What I’ve found is to start with an action movie, or a steamy thriller, then follow it up with a comedy. The difference between the two movies keeps it fresh.) So, since I’ve seen the movie, I have a pretty good idea of how it will play out. Or, I know when to say no since I know it won’t play well with “a crowd.” (A friend wanted to watch The Horse Whisperer. Nothing against The Horse Whisperer, but I had to veto that because I played it out in my head and it was a disaster.) In a way, I’ve rehearsed every single one of these and it’s gotten to a point where this is how I am most comfortable. And there’s only been a couple of times, out of hundreds, where the movies have misfired. To the point where our friend wanted to watch 10. I hadn’t seen 10 since I was a little kid and remember nothing about it. I literally watched it by myself to make sure it would be an appropriate movie for movie night and played it out in my head about how it would go over. (For the record: it very much is.) I literally rehearsed movie night before movie night happened.

When I now go to a social event that is not movie night (or trivia night, which is also very structured, and is also funny because trivia night is a big part of the first episode of The Rehearsal), the next day I obsessively run through every single interaction I had, to the point I convince myself everyone hates me and I get depressed for about 24 hours. This happens so often, I’m now able to tell myself, “I know you feel depressed right now, but by tomorrow it will go away.” Which, strangely, has helped. So, yes, the idea of being able to rehearse every social interaction before they happen? I find that appealing. I didn’t watch The Rehearsal and think, oh, this is bizarre. I watched it and wished I could actually do this on a regular basis. And that’s about the time it hit me, oh, right, I already have been.

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Priscilla Presley is pushing back against the narrative that her late ex-husband and music legend Elvis Presley was racist. Due to the Baz Luhrman biopic starring Austin Butler as The King, there’s been renewed attention around Elvis’ allegedly racist background. While the film shows the iconic crooner being moved by the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, it does touch on the belief that Elvis carried prejudices, which Priscilla did not appreciate.

“Per the movie, [for] a long time it was stated that Elvis was a racist,” Priscilla said in a new interview with Piers Morgan. “He was not a racist. He had never been a racist. He had friends, Black friends, friends from all over. He loved their music, he loved their style. He loved being around Black musicians.”

Priscilla took things further by calling out the need to “expose” everyone. Via IndieWire:

“He loved, loved being around Blacks. He loved being around anyone, actually,” Priscilla continued. “He was not prejudiced in any way. He was not racist in any way. It’s like we’re looking for something from everyone so we can somehow expose them in some way. It’s frightening right now.”

Sensing an opening, Morgan asked Priscilla what Elvis would think of today’s “cancel culture,” and the British broadcaster certainly got the quote he was fishing for.

“Elvis would probably go to the president, like he did with Nixon,” Priscilla said. “Put his foot down and say, ‘What is going on?’ I don’t know what happened to freedom. I don’t know if there is freedom here anymore. I think we’re in a very dangerous time.”

(Via IndieWire)

One of the biggest bits of news in the NFL this offseason was the apparent divide between the Arizona Cardinals and starting quarterback Kyler Murray. It led to questions about whether or not the two sides were on their way towards a breakup at some point in the future, but on Thursday afternoon, those questions were emphatically answered when reports began circulating that Murray and the Cardinals agreed to a lucrative contract extension.

The news of the deal came from Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, who reported that the two sides agreed to a 5-year deal that will keep Murray, the former Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, in a Cardinals uniform through the 2028 campaign.

Adam Schefter of ESPN added the financials, which will make Murray one of the highest-paid players in league history. The deal is for a hair over $230 million, with $160 million of that fully guaranteed.

Murray has turned into one of the NFL’s most dynamic quarterbacks since joining the Cardinals. Last season, he completed 69.2 percent of his passes for 3,787 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions in head coach Kliff Kingsbury’s QB-friendly offense. Murray added 88 carries for 423 yards and five scores on the ground as well during 2021, a season which saw Arizona make it to the playoffs for the first time in Murray’s career.

Last month, fans flipped out when Billie Eilish debuted an unreleased song called “TV” at her show at the AO Arena in Manchester, England. “TV” is finally out today, along with a brand new track titled “The 30th,” both on a double-single dubbed Guitar Songs.

“Finneas and I really wanted these to be yours as soon as possible,” the pop star shared about the songs. “So here they are!! Performing ‘TV’ on tour was such a highlight for us too, so we took the audio from the first night we played it in Manchester and put it in the song. I get shivers every time I hear it. Hope you love the songs and thank you for letting us share our music with you.”

Both of the songs are stripped-down, gentle ballads where Eilish’s vocals and incisive lyricism are the driving forces: “Sometimes you look the same / Just like you did before the accident / When you’re staring into space / It’s hard to believe you don’t remember it,” she sings on “The 30th,” which reckons with mortality and pain. The bridge has a powerful, panicked buildup that finds Eilish worried, contemplating what would happen if the situation had been worse, but it quickly returns to a quiet, calm state.

Listen to “TV” above and “The 30th” below.

The thing that makes Kevin Durant such an attractive target on the trade market appears to be turning into the single biggest problem in any effort to acquire him. Durant, one of the 3-5 best basketball players in the world by basically any way you slice it, is the rare superstar who wants a change of scenery and is in a situation where he won’t hit free agency soon after he is acquired — the 34-year-old former league MVP is entering year one of a 4-year contract extension he signed last summer that does not include any team or player option.

Of course, if an idiot like myself is able to wrap their head around this, the much smarter people who run the Brooklyn Nets likewise understand this. As such, Brooklyn is asking for the world for Durant, and as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN noted on Tuesday, they have not gotten offered anything close to the world yet.

“Brooklyn simply doesn’t have a deal out there that’s good enough to justify trading Kevin Durant with four years left on his contract, really at the apex of his talent,” Wojnarowski said. “They’ve continued to talk to teams around the league, but simply, no one’s meeting that threshold.”

Woj noted that teams like Phoenix and Miami, which are “motivated” to figure something out and also are the two teams Durant apparently wants to play for, need to find ways to sweeten the pot if they want to make this done by getting other teams and players on board. So, basically, we’re in a situation where the state of play hasn’t changed since Durant’s request (with the gigantic exception of Deandre Ayton is back with the Suns and can’t be traded until January at the earliest), and other teams are needed to facilitate a deal, which requires said other teams being incentivized to help the Suns or Heat in their quest to become perhaps the title favorite, and would mean that the Nets aren’t getting everything possible back in a deal for Kevin Durant, which they have made abundantly clear they want.

That all seems pretty complex! Even more so when you can consider the Nets don’t, you know, have to trade Durant, and they weren’t exactly rushing to get rid of him before he requested a trade. All of this raises a question: What if the simplest thing is Durant just isn’t traded, and when the 2022-23 season tips off, he’s leading the Nets out of the tunnel at the Barclays Center (or wherever they play their first game of the year)?

Two very important things to note before we dive in: 1. Perhaps the Nets are just posturing and plan on taking a deal at some point prior to the season, and right now, they’re in “extract as much as we can” mode, 2. Everything you are about to read comes with the assumption that Durant doesn’t try to accelerate things, either by publicly pressuring Brooklyn or straight up sitting out if he’s not traded by the time the season rolls around.

The obvious thing here is that Durant sticking with the Nets probably increases the likelihood Kyrie Irving is in Brooklyn next year, too. By all accounts, an Irving trade would follow a Durant trade — perhaps this is because the presumed trade for Irving would turn him into noted guy who used to be Durant’s teammate, Russell Westbrook — so it’s worth wondering if he’d stick around for the final year of his contract. Remember, the reason Durant is on the Nets in the first place is they gave him a chance to play with Irving, and it’s fair to question if they’d get rid of Irving for anyone (let alone Westbrook) if Durant is coming back.

Besides, it’s not like the problem with the Nets has been when Durant and Irving play together. Lineups with the two of them on the floor last year, per Cleaning the Glass, were excellent. There is the glaring issue of Irving’s availability and whether he’d be willing or able to play in as many games as possible, but at least Brooklyn can take solace in knowing Irving won’t be a part-time player due to New York’s vaccine mandate no longer being in effect.

Those two are at the heart of everything for Brooklyn, and presumably, Ben Simmons is going to play basketball this year. It is hard to project exactly what we are going to see out of the former All-Star guard/forward for the Philadelphia 76ers — an entire NBA season came and went since the last time we saw Simmons play in a game and two different teams have been crowned champions in that period of time — but in theory, Simmons’ defensive versatility and ability to act as a secondary ball-handler/playmaker fits far better next to a pair of relentless self-creators and multi-level scorers like Durant and Irving than it would next to basically anyone else.

And then, there’s everyone else. Brooklyn returns seven of the 15 guys who played the most minutes last season: Durant, Irving, Patty Mills, Cam Thomas, Nic Claxton, Kessler Edwards, and Seth Curry. Guy number 16 on the list, Joe Harris, would have been higher if not for an ankle injury that limited him to 14 games. But beyond them, Brooklyn had to reshape its roster a bit — Durant and Irving both averaged more than 37 minutes per game last year, and it was obvious in their first round loss to the Celtics that Durant, in particular, was just exhausted by the time the playoffs rolled around.

Internal development from those aforementioned three youngsters — Claxton, Edwards, and Thomas — along with second-year big man Day’Ron Sharpe, could be a boost, especially if Edwards is able to continue to grow as a two-way wing and Thomas can shoulder a larger scoring load a little more consistently. The Nets have also placed bets on guys who have been effective NBA players coming back from injuries in TJ Warren, who has played in four games since the Orlando Bubble due to a foot injury and sat out all of last year, and Edmond Sumner, who tore his achilles last September. The latter could provide some reliable backcourt depth depending on when he’s ready to go, but Warren’s ability to score is the exact sort of the thing Brooklyn needs to take some of the pressure off of Durant and Irving. Remember, Warren had games of 53 and 39 points during the Pacers’ stay in the Bubble.

Add in the recently-acquired Royce O’Neale’s ability to defend and hit threes at a reliable clip and there are legitimate reasons to be optimistic about what the 2022-23 Nets with Durant in the fold could look like. Brooklyn has put together a team that fits around Durant, one with shooting, secondary scoring, defensive bite, and basketball IQ that amplifies what Durant does so well. Some more veteran knowhow in the frontcourt would be nice (even if Simmons embraces playing as a “center” on this team), and a backcourt quartet of Irving, Thomas, Mills, and Curry could use some defensive reinforcements.

But otherwise, keeping Durant (and, by extension, Irving) around gives Brooklyn a legitimately very good basketball team. Is it one that can unseat Boston or Milwaukee when they’re healthy? They might be slight underdogs, but the offensive talent here is potentially special, and Durant would be the key to it all … if he isn’t traded, of course.

The Miami Heat are always on the lookout to acquire superstars, and this summer has turned into bidding war over a pair of All-Star players. Both Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell are available for trades to one extent or another, with Durant requesting a move from the Brooklyn Nets (and apparently has the Heat on his list of preferred destinations) and the Utah Jazz listening to offers for Mitchell in the aftermath of the Rudy Gobert trade.

The issue that Miami is running into, according to Zach Lowe of ESPN, is that they offers they’ve put on the table for both players aren’t exactly piquing Brooklyn or Utah’s interests. In a new piece about the trade value possessed by Heat guard and reigning Sixth Man of the Year Tyler Herro, Lowe indicated that neither team is interested in the packages those teams are throwing together for their star players right now.

He has reached this strange point just as he becomes the key veteran in any potential Miami Heat trade package for Kevin Durant, Donovan Mitchell, or whichever star becomes available next. The Heat so far have not gotten much traction on either front, sources say, but they are still trying and can never be counted out.

Assuming the Heat are hesitant to include Bam Adebayo in any deal they try to pull off, the best offer they could put together would presumably include Herro, some collection of other younger players, and as much draft capital as they can move (currently, the one first-round pick they do not own outright is a lottery protected 2025 selection that is headed to Oklahoma City and becomes unprotected the following year if it does not convey). It is, of course, possible that they can make other moves to bring in more draft picks, something that could help if they want to acquire Mitchell, as Utah is reportedly prioritizing getting picks back.

Variety reports that the controversial domestic abuse claims against Ricky Martin have been withdrawn by his accuser, his nephew, during a pre-trial hearing today in Puerto Rico. The case is now considered closed.

Martin was served a restraining order by his nephew earlier this month, as the 21-year-old claimed that the two had been involved in a relationship that ended badly, prompting harassment from Martin, who denied the allegations. According to the singer’s lawyers, Ricky Martin has, of course, never been — and would never be — involved in any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with his nephew. The idea is not only untrue, it is disgusting. We all hope that this man gets the help he so urgently needs. But, most of all, we look forward to this awful case being dismissed as soon as a judge gets to look at the facts.”

Today, after the case was withdrawn, Martin’s legal team issued the following statement:

Just as we had anticipated, the temporary protection order was not extended by the Court. The accuser confirmed to the court that his decision to dismiss the matter was his alone, without any outside influence or pressure, and the accuser confirmed he was satisfied with his legal representation in the matter. The request came from the accuser asking to dismiss the case. This was never anything more than a troubled individual making false allegations with absolutely nothing to substantiate them. We are glad that our client saw justice done and can now move forward with his life and his career.

The Bear is a clear and evident hit for Hulu. The show’s already scored a second season, and Jeremy Allen White has a newly iconic character, Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, who’s accomplishing a lot of things at once for the audience. He’s spreading his creativity with food and funneling that enthusiasm into an intensity that many would hope to capture for something, anything, in their lifetime. Carmy’s also the object of the Internet’s lust, through no outward effort of his own, and let’s just say that people are hot for Carmy, even if he doesn’t see any need to fulfill those desires.

Yet, that is. There’s always Season 2, in which Carmy may or may not have sex, but one thing we do know for sure: Comedian Sarah York must be looking forward to being correction with her thread about that “sexually competent dirtbag that only exists in a restaurant kitchen.” Well, the team behind The Bear has quite a juggling act ahead of them. The Daily Beast spoke with co-showrunner and director Joanna Calo, who’s beginning to work on Season 2 as we speak. And she has now weighed in on why Carmy’s appeal exists. She believes that, yes, those bedroom eyes exist, but also, he’s doing the old-fashioned “movie star” thing, too:

“It was not intentional in any way, but I’m not too surprised. We saw the T-shirts…We all saw the T-shirts while we were making the show. I think Jeremy is very attractive–I professionally think he’s very attractive–but he’s also such a good actor. There’s so much emotion in his eyes, and how could you not fall in love with that? It’s turned into a funny thirst-trap meme situation, but I think he’s just giving old-school movie star.”

From there, Calo expressed her delight at how the Hulu’s such a surprise hit. Her “highest goal was that people would find it on Hulu,” and she felt that way because there’s such a deluge of streaming content that it’s hard to break through. Yet this break through definitely happened, and there’s a lot of insight in the full article at the Beast. Hopefully (and only Calo knows this for sure right now) there will be even more heat in the kitchen for Season 2.

(Via The Daily Beast)