In May, Future unveiled his new album, I Never Liked You. He’s since unleashed a few music videos for the songs “Messaging Me,” “From Now On” with Lil Baby, “Love You Better,” and more. Now, he’s back with a Travis Scott-directed video for “712PM.”

The video will keep the watcher’s eye for all of its three minutes, as it’s packed with fire, fancy fur coats, and screaming fans. There’s even a stripper pole in the middle of a dark field. The visuals add to the luxurious texture of the song.

In a recent interview with Billboard, Future talked about the way making melodic rap songs comes more naturally to him. “Songs like ‘Wait For U,’ I make those in my sleep,” he explained. “But I had to make a certain kind of music to go along with my career and everything that was going on at the time. I was capitalizing off different moments and creating from whatever was going on at the time in the world and my personal life. I was taking the energy from that and making music. But those melodic songs, I make those easy — easier than I can make a rap song, I feel.”

Watch the video for “712PM” above.

The Dallas Mavericks hosted the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday evening, and the home team entered with a sense of urgency. Dallas lost four consecutive games in maddening fashion and, with the Warriors in town for a nationally televised contest, the lights were bright. The Mavericks responded by taking an immediate 23-6 lead out of the gate but, over the course of the game, the Warriors chipped away and the game was tightly competitive early in the fourth quarter.

With Dallas leading 94-91 with 10:52 remaining, Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie attempted to drive against Warriors guard Jordan Poole, and Dinwiddie’s elbow connected firmly with Poole’s face. After a review, Dinwiddie’s act was upgraded to a Flagrant-2 foul that earned him an ejection.

Dinwiddie seemed legitimately baffled by the ruling, laughing on the way to the locker room, and he exited with 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting in 23 minutes of work. Though Dallas only had to manage the final 11 minutes without him, the Mavericks do have a stark shortage of shot creators, with only Dinwiddie and Luka Doncic operating with high frequency on the ball. Beyond the on-court impact, though, it will be interesting to see if Dinwiddie has anything notable to say after the game, particularly if things sour for Dallas in crunch time.

This holiday season brings forth another look back at old Hollywood starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt. (Sorry, DiCaprio.) It’s called Babylon, and it’s a big-budget epic set four decades earlier than Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It’s a big risk for Paramount at a time when non-IP films rarely make big scratch. (Though the studio should be fine; they’re swimming in Top Gun: Maverick fun bucks.) If you’re a casual moviegoer, you may have seen the trailer, but you still might be wondering what its deal is. What follows is its deal.

What the hell is Babylon about?

Set in the 1920s, it chronicles arguably the wildest time in Hollywood history, when stars and filmmakers enjoyed a wild west of depravity and other Jazz Age bacchanalias. The story follows a Mexican-American (Diego Calva) as he enters the industry and rubs shoulders with big names and fellow aspirants alike.

Who’s in it?

Margot Robbie plays starlet Nellie LaRoy, an amalgam of real stars like Clara Bow, Jeanne Eagels, Joan Crawford, and Alma Rubens. Pitt takes on aging matinee idol Jack Conrad, who has bits of John Gilbert, Clark Gable, and Douglas Fairbanks in his DNA. The characters are all fictitious, with few exceptions. One is Max Minghella’s Irving Thalberg, the “Boy Wonder” head of production at MGM, who nabbed the gig at 26 — and died young, too, at only 37. The cast also includes Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Lukas Haas, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Jeff Garlin, Spike Jonze, Chloe Fineman, and Eric Roberts.

How long is it?

Long! It’s 188 minutes. No doubt Paramount let it go so epic because its writer/director is Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle, of Whiplash, La La Land, and First Man.

What are critics saying?

Reviews are still embargoed, but Twitter reactions from critics are mixed. Variety’s Jazz Tangcay called it “Extravagant, decadent and all together delightfully delicious.” Josh Rothkopf of Entertainment Weekly wrote, “Damien Chazelle brings buckets of energy to Babylon, but it’s never not pounding and obvious and, finally, uninsightful.”

Some were more cautious in their semi-praise. Yolanda Machado, also of Entertainment Weekly, deemed it “ A LOT of movie – a purposeful mess.” Eric Kohn of IndieWire wrote, “My eyes were never bored; my brain is still catching up.”

There are plenty of detractors. Ryan Swen of InReview Online called it “Truly monstrous in its thudding insistence on shoving the viewer’s face in the muck and claiming it’s something novel or moving.” Clayton Davis of Variety said it “feels like if someone read Damien Chazelle the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and then he said, ‘Hold my beer!’”

Margot Robbie, meanwhile, has promised it’s even more out-there than her bonkers breakthrough, The Wolf of Wall Street.

Where can I watch the trailer?

The new one dropped Tuesday, Nov. 29, and it’s right here:

Finally, when does Babylon come out?

It’s getting a plum release date of Dec. 23, the Friday before Christmas. It will have to contend with such big holiday releases as Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Dec. 21), the Whitney Huston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Dec. 23), and, of course, Avatar: The Way of Water (Dec. 18).

From the mid-‘90s through the aughts, one of the most popular SNL segments was “TV Funhouse,” an animated series of parodies from writer Robert Smigel. Smigel and team got away with a lot. It’s responsible for such classics as “The Ambiguously Gay Duo,” “Fun with Real Audio,” “The New Adventures of Mr. T” (including one where he plays Torvald in a production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House), and numerous Disney parodies, including one that toured the shocking secrets concealed in the “Disney Vault.” Then there’s the holiday favorite “Christmastime for the Jews.”

One segment, however, only aired once. On the March 14, 1998 episode, featuring Julianne Moore and The Backstreet Boys, the week’s “TV Funhouse” consisted of a Schoolhouse Rock! send-up called “Conspiracy Theory Rock.” What was the conspiracy theory? That there was a “media-opoly,” in which a small number of corporations control everything people see, read, and consume, and can even control what gets covered on the news. Crazy, right?

After the sketch aired, SNL honcho Lorne Michaels announced it would be yanked from reruns, replaced by a second Backstreet Boys performance. The cartoon has long been the subject of its own conspiracy theory, namely that NBC effectively deep-sixed it over its edgy truth-telling, especially considering it directly roasted NBC and its then-parent company General Electric.

The debunkers over at Snopes worked their magic on this one ages ago, but theories rarely stay dead for long. The sketch recently made the rounds again, prompting Smigel to do two things: post a decent version of it on the Instagram page for arguably his most famous creation, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog; and tell the “actual story” behind why it was disappeared from syndicated reruns.

“Yes, it was pulled after its initial airing & it’s easy to see why. BUT what always amazed me was that NBC let it on in the first place,” Smigel wrote in the caption. He also says that among the NBC/General Electric highers-up, there was “a real willingness not to censor the piece.” It did go through an “extensive note process,” even “beyond the Standards dept & up the executive ladder.”

To cover his back, Smigel added the “voices in my head” line for the narrator, to make him seem crazier — “not that it made a big difference.” Still, he was surprised that even “NBC West Coast” top brass Don Ohlmeyer even allowed a joke about NBC firing Weekend Update host Norm Macdonald for doing too many O.J. Simpson jokes.

Still, Michaels tried to cover his butt. The segment aired much later than usual, as Michaels said NBC’s then-president Bob Wright usually turned it off after Weekend Update. “On this night, however, Bob Wright got home late, and saw what he saw,” Smigel recalled. Nothing happened for months, until word broke that it was being cut from the rerun. “I wasn’t especially surprised but Adam was fired up. He leaked the story to a few TV journalists who’d written about the cartoons, NBC claimed it wasn’t funny (not that it was)and that’s why people know & still talk about it today.”

Smigel ended by pointing out the sketch made it to the “TV Funhouse” best-of DVD, “so it’s only been Kinda Banned since 2006.”

You can watch the sketch in the embedded Instagram post above.

Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan were once close friends, spending extensive time together whether it be on a golf course, in a casino, or elsewhere. However, that relationship publicly deteriorated a decade ago, and Barkley has discussed the desire to make amends with his former confidant on numerous occasions.

That sentiment was again expressed this week when Barkley spoke to Taylor Rooks about the long-term rift, and he expressed the wish to “get past this bullsh*t” and bury the hatchet.

Within the conversation, Barkley spoke about the friendship effectively ending due to on-air comments about Jordan and his performance as the owner of the then-Charlotte Bobcats. “I’m going to do my job first and foremost, because I can’t criticize other coaches and general managers and give him a pass because he’s my best friend,” Barkley said. “I just can’t do that.”

Barkley also referred to it as “a really unfortunate situation for me and him,” and said he “thought it would blow over” before attributing it to mutual stubbornness. When pressed by Rooks on what he might say if given the opportunity, Barkley ended with the hypothetical sentiment of “Let’s get past this bullsh*t and get back to playing golf and having fun.”

Obviously, any relationship is complex, even before getting into the dynamics with two of the most famous people in the country and public grievances over a period of years. Rooks is also right that it seems quite sad from an outsider’s standpoint, but perhaps things can be mended if the two men can sit down and have a conversation with the benefit of time to heal some wounds.

The United States men’s national team made it out of its group at the 2022 World Cup on Tuesday. It wasn’t easy, but the Americans were able to pick up a 1-0 win over Iran that secured a second-place finish in Group B behind England. As a result, the USMNT secured a date with the Netherlands in the knockout stage on Saturday.

The only goal came by way of Christian Pulisic, who finished a lengthy sequence by the Americans which saw Sergiño Dest serve him the ball on a platter in the box. The issue was that Pulisic and Iran’s goalkeeper, Alireza Beiranvand, went for the ball and collided with Pulisic, which meant his leg went to a place that doesn’t feel good when another person’s leg makes contact with it.

It was a totally clean play that unfortunately just happens sometimes when humans are flying around like that. Pulisic tried to continue playing, but was unable to return to the pitch after halftime. We eventually learned what happened: He went to a hospital to get examined, which we knew because he posted a picture celebrating the effort in which he made clear that he’ll do what he can to play against the Dutch.

Pulisic is officially listed as day-to-day with a pelvic contusion. According to ESPN, USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie texted Pulisic after the game to check in, with Pulisic telling him “best believe I’ll be ready on Saturday.” The game against the Netherland will kick off at 10 p.m. ET on Fox.

Yesterday, an interview with Pusha T was published in which the rapper spoke out against Kanye West’s recent behavior. “It’s definitely affected me,” he said. “It’s been disappointing. As a Black man in America, there is no room for bigotry or hate speech. So yeah. It’s been very disappointing, let’s talk straight.”

West is in the headlines again today, this time regarding his notorious divorce from Kim Kardashian. TMZ reported that the pair finally settled the divorce. The kids will stay with Kim but both she and West will have “equal access” to them, though West will have to pay $200,000 a month, as well as half the costs for their education and security. Neither has to pay the other spousal support and their assets will be divided according to their prenuptial agreement.

In April of this year, Kim revealed that they weren’t exactly in communication following their divorce. “We went about eight months without even speaking to each other at the beginning of the divorce,” she said. “And then, you know, we started talking again and I went to the Donda premiere. He would still see the kids and stuff, just him and I took a minute of not talking. And I think it all, in relationships, it’ll be like that. I only hope for, I hope we are the ‘co-parenting goals’ at the end of the day.”

It’s been almost two years since the Jan. 6 riot, and though the wheels of justice tend to roll slowly, they don’t roll that slow. Indeed, in that time nearly 1,000 people who stormed the Capitol have been charged with crimes. To that list, add Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, the far-right militia group that played a big part in that fateful day. Rhodes was found guilty of seditious conspiracy in his attempts to keep former president Donald Trump in office. But one person is arguably happier about the conviction than most.

The Daily Beast spoke to Rhodes’ estranged wife, Tasha Adams, who is busy finalizing her divorce from someone who may serve 20 years in the clink. How does she feel about it? Pretty darn good!

“I am beyond happy,” Adams told the Beast. “He has absolutely never had to face a consequence in his entire life. This will be the very first time. He’s spent his life making others pay—this was past due for him.”

Rhodes, who was acquitted of two separate conspiracy charges, wasn’t the only Oath Keeper convicted on Tuesday. One of his subordinates, Kelly Maggs, was as well, though three others were found not guilty. Still, this is a big deal: As The New York Times noted, it’s the first time in nearly 20 Jan. 6 trials that the jury decided the violence was a result of an organized conspiracy. Seditious conspiracy, which dates back to the Civil War, is the most serious crime yet brought upon a Capitol attack participant.

Rhodes emerged as one of Jan. 6’s most memorable characters, which is saying something. He’s distinguishable from the eyepatch he sometimes, but not always, wears, as well as the Descendents t-shirt he wore at the trial — a sartorial choice condemned by the punk band themselves. Perhaps Rhodes can ask Elon Musk what it’s like to be hated by (a) musician(s) they like.

(Via The Daily Beast and NYT)

Every year, six million lost or abandoned animals end up in shelters or rescues. Thankfully, 76% of those pets are adopted by their forever family. Of course, the dream is to find every stray animal a loving home, but getting there takes time, money, and resources.

If you’re a dog lover, especially with a rescue pup, you understand the importance of supporting animal rescue organizations and shelters. Like you, Furbo Dog Camera wants to ensure all dogs are safe and happy at home. That’s why they founded Furbo For Good, the company’s charitable initiative that supports rescued dogs. And this Giving Tuesday, they’ll be doing more for pets in need than ever before!

Helping Other Dogs In Need

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Throughout the year, for every Furbo Dog Camera purchased, Furbo for Goodsponsors one rescued dog by providing meals, healthcare, training, and all the love a good boy/girl needs. That’s because it’s their mission to actively make a difference in pets’ lives before they’ve found their forever home. However, Furbo wants to contribute even more for Giving Back Tuesday.

Furbo For Good x Giving Tuesday

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First and foremost, Furbo understands that they provide pet owners with peace of mind. Now they want to give that same peace of mind to the places that help stray animals the most. That’s why during Giving Tuesday this year, Furbo For Good will donate two Furbo Cameras to a dog rescue, animal shelter, or medical charity for each Furbo purchased. We all know how much our dogs do for us, which is why Furbo wants to double the happiness.

This Tuesday, one Furbo for your home = two Furbos for dogs waiting for their forever homes. That’s a reason for happy zoomies.

What makes the Furbo Dog Camera unique?

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From new puppy woes to senior dogs recovering from surgery – Furbo helps pet parents know what’s happening when they’re not at home. Adoptive dog parents have shared countless stories of the change Furbo has made when getting a new family pet adjusted to their forever home, and we’re honored to be part of that transition. That’s because, at its core, the Furbo Dog Camera provides connection, comfort, and ease of mind for you and your pets when you are not home. Most importantly, these features have helped keep dogs safe when they’re home alone. Last year, Furbo Dog Camera helped save 27,865 dogs’ lives, and thanks to Furbo For Good x Giving Tuesday, it can be even more.

This Giving Tuesday, give yourself peace of mind and give dogs in need something special. Click here to learn more about Furbo Dog Camera.

He explained that back in ‘87, his family had been evicted from their home and was struggling financially. He was already an avid gym goer by that time, and his pre workout snack of choice was a king size Snickers bar. So, being “broke as hell,” he would steal one everyday for almost a year. Relatable for anyone who has been struck with the difficult choices that come with poverty, to be sure.

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Johnson always regretted doing it, however, and now that things have turned around for him, he decided to go back and “right a wrong.” The clip shows him, all smiles, filling a large paper bag with the candy bars, which came out to a total of $298. He also bought some items for any customers in the store and tipped the cashier as well.

Though it has nothing to do with this uplifting story—obviously the best moment is when a passerby is heard saying “gotta go, the Rock is here.” This woman has her priorities straight.

Johnson post concluded with the words: “We can’t change the past and some of the dumb stuff we may have done, but every once in a while we can add a little redeeming grace note to that situation — and maybe put a big smile on some stranger’s faces.”

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Judging by the looks on everyone’s face in the video, I’d say mission accomplished, and wrong righted. Mistakes are part of the human experience, and as this story shows, they do have the potential to not only teach us, they help us become an even better version of ourselves.