On Monday, Whoopi Goldberg, who’s long called out others on The View for insensitive comments, made insensitive comments on The View. During a discussion involving the Holocaust, Goldberg made the historically incorrect claim that the Nazi’s round-up and extermination of Jewish people was “isn’t about race.” After being roundly condemned, she apologized, but that hasn’t shielded her from further trouble.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Goldberg has now been suspended from the daytime chat show for two weeks. In a statement, ABC News president Kim Godwin, said, “While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve asked her to take time to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments. The entire ABC News organization stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, friends, family and communities.”
Goldberg’s comments came during a discussion of Maus, Art Spiegelman’s seminal graphic novel, which depicts the story of the Holocaust with groups represented by different animals, including Jews as mice, Germans as cats, Americans as dogs, etc. Published between 1980 and 1991, when collected it became the first (and so far only) graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize. Recently it was banned by a school board in Tennessee, partly for its depiction of nudity (involving cartoon animals, trying to survive the Holocaust). The backlash has made the two-part collection a bestseller all over again.
Earlier it was reported that, despite her apology at the beginning of Monday’s show, Goldberg was in “deep s*it” with ABC brass, who were demanding a “fuller retraction” than the one she gave.
(Spoilers from Hulu’s Pam & Tommy will be found below.)
Pam & Tommy covers the early days of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s doomed marriage. They married (on the beach, in swimsuits) only a few days after meeting in 1995, and the show even depicts their awkward flight back to Los Angeles, where they attempted to figure out whose home to live in together and whether they actually had anything in common. The early days were, as expected, fan-freaking-tastic, but the good times (as depicted) didn’t last too long. Also in 1995, disgruntled construction contractor Rand Gauthier retaliated against Tommy (and his alleged refusal to pay up) by stealing the couple’s safe and distributing their sex tape all over the internet.
Naturally, this caused conflict for the couple, especially when Pam felt that Tommy didn’t understand why people viewed her much more harshly than her fellow sex tape participant. Ultimately, however, the tape doesn’t appear to be the overriding reason for the split after becoming parents to two sons. Rather, the marriage was all-but-officially over in 1998 when Tommy was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading no context to felony spousal battery against Pam. As the LA Times reported at the time, Lee also found himself under three years of probation, and Malibu Municipal Judge Lawrence J. Mira lamented the latest in a string of violent incidents by the rocker:
“What I see here is a very clear–very disturbing, in my judgment–pattern of conduct in which otherwise resolvable matters are handled by violence,” Mira said. “You do it whether it’s a family member or a third party. That’s intolerable in any kind of civilized society.”
Mira also required Lee to undergo counseling and donate money to a battered women’s shelter, among other conditions of avoiding three years in prison. Those developments aren’t covered in Pam & Tommy, which does, though, highlight Tommy’s erratic behavior, which eventually became a source of frustration for many who endured his tantrums.
Hulu’s ‘Pam & Tommy’ premieres with three episodes on Feb 3.
Brandon Ingram got to watch the final few minutes of the New Orleans Pelicans’ game against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night. The Pelicans were up by double-digits in the game’s final two minutes, and with Detroit in need of a whole lot of very quick baskets, Frank Jackson got the ball, attacked the rim, and went up for a layup.
His issue was Ingram was waiting for him at the rim, and because Ingram is taller and has very long arms, he was able to block this very easily and emphatically. After it happened, Jackson went the deck, so Ingram bent over and lovingly flexed and screamed in his face.
One referee did not think there was a whole lot of love going on here, and as a result, Ingram got booted from the game.
Now, it’s worth mentioning a few things here. Ingram and Jackson both went to Duke, with the latter enrolling one year after the former was a standout for the Blue Devils. Then, after Ingram was traded by the Lakers to New Orleans, the pair spent some time as teammates before Jackson made his way up to Detroit. This explains why Jackson, after the game, expressed that Ingram was just having some fun.
Frank Jackson on Brandon Ingram’s ejection: “He just got excited, he blocked me. I love B, he’s such a sweet soul … that’s my boy. That’s all love.”
Though plenty of hip-hop heads are more than familiar with exactly how talented Black Thought (aka Tariq Trotter) is, he’s always ready to remind everyone at the drop of a hat. Whenever the uninformed posters of the internet reveal their ignorance of his immense skill level, Black Thought fans always rush to defend his honor. It’s almost become a meme itself at this point, but not quite, because he really is that good! Just in case anyone was left with any doubts, Trotter recently returned to his old stomping grounds at The Tonight Show to discuss a project he briefly left the show to work on.
Trotter took a hiatus from The Roots and late night to help adapt John Ridley’s novel Black No More into a musical that will be playing in New York until February 27 (tickets here). So of course, Jimmy Fallon had his former coworker back on the show to actually talk about the musical and what Trotter experienced during the process of working in live theater. But it wouldn’t be a Black Thought appearance if there wasn’t also some off-the-cuff freestyling, right? After sharing some middle school memories, and with just a tiny bit of mild coaxing, Trotter unleashed a bout of speed-rapping — on command, no less — that’s so epic it really does put most MCs to shame. Kendrick better come with that rumored new single as soon as possible if he wants to stay in the running for greatest rapper alive, at least that’s how I feel when I watch Black Thought take the mic. Check it out above.
It’s been over a year since Donald Trump had the most powerful job on the planet, but it’s not as though he’s been taking a much-needed rest. Instead, he’s been busy. He failed at being a blogger. He’s trying to launch his own (predictably shady-sounding) social media service. He’s held rallies, where he spouts things even close cronies think are misguided. And, of course, he’s mired in legal and economic woes that he’s desperately tried to obstruct.
One of them is the length investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s office into the his business, the Trump Organization. (This is not to be confused with the similar one conducted by the Manhattan D.A.’s office.) AG Letitia James has already revealed that her team has uncovered “significant evidence” of fraud, which may not bode well for Trump nor his older kids (although he’s already reportedly which one should go to prison instead of him).
His latest move? As per Reuters, his attorneys filed a motion accusing James and others in the New York State office of “selective prosecution,” investigating his company only because of their “dislike of his speech and political views.” What’s more, all this uncovering of alleged illegal activities has helped to “interfere with his political ambitions.” After all, while he’s yet to throw his hat in the race of 2024, he has promised that, should he wind up back in the White House, he’ll pardon the violent supporters who tried to help him overturn the election he lost.
In a statement, James responded to the accusations, pointing out that this is the first time during the lengthy investigation that they’ve made this dubious claim.
“Throughout the three years of this investigation, they have never questioned our legal authority until Donald J. Trump himself was subpoenaed to testify,” James said. “As with every investigation, we will continue to follow the facts wherever they lead.”
This all comes after a busy weekend for Trump, which had him, among other things, straight-up confess to wanting former veep Mike Pence to overturn the election, finally saying the quiet part loud.
Things aren’t so hot for Matt Gaetz right now, to put it mildly. The federal investigation into his ties to a sex trafficking ring continue to ramp up as the walls close ever in. Speaking of, there’s a chance he had sex with a minor. The Florida representative is so toxic he’s even affecting any fellow Trumpist lawmakers foolish enough to get into business with him — which is to say Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The Daily Beast has a new report on the dwindling fortunes of Gaetz, whose campaign committee, Friends of Matt Gaetz, lost almost $100,000 in the last year — namely around the time said federal investigation and its unseemly details were made public.
Also not doing well is his joint fundraising committee with Greene, the Twitter-banned representative. Back in October, it was reported that the PAC, called Put America First, was close to broke after only six months. Jump a few months and The Daily Beast is reporting that it’s “all but officially gone bust,” with the final quarter “notably bad.” How notably bad? Since September, it’s reportedly had a single donation — from Gaetz himself;
The $18,922 transfer from Gaetz’s campaign to the Gaetz-Greene enterprise appears to have been necessary to pay off the PAC’s final outstanding obligations. The committee, “Put America First,” has no money left.
It’s not just Gaetz or his joint PACs that are starving for cash. Greene herself has reportedly blown half her congressional salary on mask fines. And knowing her, that number could only rise.
It’s been almost six months since Halsey released their fourth album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, which they described as “a concept album about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth.” The album, which Halsey created with Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails’ Atticus Ross, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and earned them a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2022 Grammys. Now Halsey’s ready to bring the project on the road as they recently announced their Love And Power Tour which kicks off in May. Halsey will also bring a pair of singers with them for the tour.
Who Is Opening The Halsey Tour?
Halsey has invited singers PinkPantheress and Beabadoobee along with them for the Love And Power Tour. London’s PinkPantheress first rose to fame in 2021 for videos on TikTok. Her breakout track, “Break It Off,” tallied more than half a million plays on the app by the end of August and she saw similar success with songs like “Pain.” In October she released her debut mixtape To Hell With It and later announced her first string of shows in the United States.
As for Beabadoobee, she first got big in 2020 with a string of singles before releasing her debut album, Fake It Flowers. More recently, she released her fifth EP, Our Extended Play. During an interview with Uproxx last fall, Beabadoobee confirmed that she’s in the “beginning process” of her sophomore album.
You can check out the full dates for the tour below. Tickets for it will be available this Friday here.
There are a lot of great bourbon whiskeys in the $30 to $40 range. While we’re still pretty far away from the special bottlings, wild single barrels, and unique finishings, this is where it gets pretty hard to find a bad bottle.
For this ranking, I’ve chosen ten bourbons that all cost between $30 and $40 (according to Total Wine in Louisville, Kentucky) and ranked them by taste. Naturally, some of these bottles are going to cost a little more in other regions, but that’s true of every single bottle of booze out there (bourbon or not).
As for the ranking, this is according to my personal palate [which is pretty renowned, FWIW — ed]. Moreover, there are so many bourbons at this price that I could make this list about 50 bourbons long and still not touch on all the decent ones. These are simply the ten that I like best.
Also Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Bourbon Posts Of The Last Six Months
Standard Penelope Bourbon is a great place to start with the brand’s ever-expanding line. This expression is an MGP four-grain bourbon that’s aged a minimum of two years before vatting, proofing, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
This whiskey opens with a nose full of wet yellow masa next to a buttery Graham cracker crust holding a light vanilla pudding that’s countered by a note of red chili spice and a touch of cinnamon. The taste is very soft and touches on stewed raisins, more of that vanilla, sweet oak, and some orange. The softness leans back into that wet masa while the finish smooths out with vanilla before ending on that chili pepper spice.
Bottom Line:
This isn’t bold, by any stretch. It’s very much a getaway bourbon that’s meant to be enjoyed by passive bourbon drinkers. Still, it works perfectly well on the rocks or in a highball but sort of gets lost in a cocktail.
Unlike standard Jim Beam, this mash bill leans more heavily into the rye, creating a solid base for two very closely related bourbons — this and Old Grand-Dad. Basil Hayden’s is made from barrels pulled from specific tricks, “mingled,” cut down to 80 proof, and bottled under the watchful eyes of Jim Beam’s master distillers and blenders.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a sense of sweet yet slightly bitter tea next to rye crust and winter spice next to a flutter of fresh mint on the nose. The palate carries that spice into peppery territory with hints of oak, vanilla, tart apples, and honey alongside light but spicy tobacco lurking in the background. The spice gets a little more peppery as a final spritz of orange oils arrives to help the end slowly fade out towards a lush vanilla-honey end.
Bottom Line:
This is shockingly easy to drink with medium depth. This whiskey is built to be a crowd-pleaser and it really is. It’s hard not to dig this over some rocks.
This whiskey from Luxco is a throwback brand that the company is pushing for a bit of a comeback. This expression is a high-rye whiskey they source an undisclosed distillery in Kentucky. The whiskey is cut down to 100 proof and bottled in the old-school bottles.
Tasting Notes:
This opens very nut-forward with a walnut bread vibe with plenty of cinnamon and nutmeg (maybe a hint of clove) next to vanilla extract, a dose of buttery toffee, and a hint of Graham cracker. The palate largely builds on those flavor notes while leaning into the nuttiness and creating a sort of walnut pie with plenty of vanilla-laced whipped cream drizzled with syrupy toffee and just touched with dry brown woody spice. Those dry and woody spices drive the finish towards a soft and thin finish.
Bottom Line:
While this sort of disappears on the finish, it’s pretty solid up front. It’s also well suited for mixing cocktails, thanks to that higher ABV.
James E. Pepper whiskey has a long and tumultuous history as a brand that was on top of the whiskey world until the late 1950s when everything started falling apart for bourbon. The brand was resurrected in the 2010s and currently sources its high-rye bourbon — 60 percent corn, 36 percent rye, and four percent malted barley — from MGP in Indiana and Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky. That three to four-year-old juice is vatted and then proofed with water from the old James E. Pepper limestone water well.
Tasting Notes:
The nose draws you in with hints of dry cloves soaked in fresh honey with touches of vanilla bean, cinnamon-stewed pear, a hint of popcorn, and mild chocolate powder. The palate adds a nutty base to the chocolate as more warming spice kicks in and leads towards an echo of wet grain, damp wicker, and old vanilla pods. The finish sweetens again thanks to that chocolate-nut vibe as a spice kicks back up with plenty of cloves, a hint of orange marmalade, and vanilla-laced tobacco.
Bottom Line:
This is really solid bourbon for this price point. This is also an excellent mixing bourbon for cocktails thanks to that higher ABV and the clarity of those flavor notes.
Old Scout is MGP’s classic high rye bourbon — 60 percent corn, 36 percent rye, and four percent malt barley — that’s aged for five years. The juice is batched in small quantities and proofed down with West Virginia’s Appalachian water.
Tasting Notes:
The nose draws you in with a soft masa vibe with a mix of Tex-Mex spices (think chili powder and a hint of cumin and garlic powder) that’s countered by cedar park and chocolate-laced tobacco leaves (the nose takes me straight back to my favorite childhood Tex-Mex joint). The taste veers more towards a classic bourbon with cherry tobacco and bales of damp straw next to a smooth vanilla foundation cinnamon-infused dark chocolate and a touch of dry oak. The finish lingers for a bit as vanilla toffees, a smidge of marshmallow, and spicy cherry tobacco round everything out.
Bottom Line:
That Tex-Mex note really drives home how uniquely different bottlers can manipulate MGP’s bourbons. This is just interesting and damn easy to drink, especially if it’s Taco Night.
This bottle from Beam Suntory marries Kentucky bourbon, California wine, and Japanese whisky blending in one bottle. Legent is classic Kentucky bourbon made by bourbon legend Fred Noe at Beam that’s finished in both French oak that held red wine and Spanish sherry casks. The juice is then blended by whisky blending legend Shinji Fukuyo at Suntory.
Tasting Notes:
Plummy puddings with hints of nuts mingle with vinous berries, oaky spice, and a good dose of vanilla and toffee on the nose. The palate expands on the spice with more barky cinnamon and dusting of nutmeg while the oak becomes sweeter and the fruit becomes dried and sweet. The finish is jammy-yet-light with plenty of fruit, spice, and oak lingering on the senses.
Bottom Line:
This is a fantastic cocktail bourbon. That flavor profile really stands up to mixing. Though, this is a pretty solid on the rocks sipper too.
American Prairie Bourbon is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after sourced whiskeys. The whiskey in the bottle is a blend of two to 13-year-old barrels rendered from high-rye, low-rye alongside undisclosed whiskeys, some of which are sourced from MGP. The release supports the American Prairie Reserve by highlighting the project and supporting it financially.
Tasting Notes:
This opens with caramel apples next to new leather, vanilla pudding, and sweet buttered corn with a touch of salt. The palate has a nougat svelteness next to creamed corn and Southern biscuits dripping with butter and honey. The mid-palate to finish starts to dry out with vanilla husks and cedar bark but then veers into apple candy.
Bottom Line:
This is a damn fine dram of whiskey for around $32 (though it may cost more where you live). This works well over the rocks but really stands up to mixing in classic cocktails. It’s versatile!
This is a true Texas corn-to-glass experience. The whiskey is made from Texas grains and corn in old-school stills and then matured under the warm Waco, Texas sun in Balcones’ own warehouse. The results are small-batch blended, slightly proofed, and bottled.
Tasting Notes:
You get a real sense of kettle corn covered in caramel next to hints of oak, sweet apples, and worn leather. The taste veers away from these notes slightly, with pecan pie topped with vanilla cream, more of that leather and oak, and a touch of honey. The end is chewy and lingers as almost-spicy tobacco arrives late to accentuate the oak.
Bottom Line:
This is unique and very drinkable. While I prefer to mix with this (especially Sazeracs or boulevardiers), I do drink it over a tumbler full of rocks from time to time too, especially when I’m looking for something different.
This four-year-old whiskey is rendered from a mash bill of 65 percent corn, 30 percent rye, and five percent malted barley. That whiskey is then blended under the bottled-in-bond laws and proofed down to 100 proof before bottling in New Riff’s flashy bottles.
Tasting Notes:
This opens with a rush of cinnamon rolls with plenty of butter, brown sugar, spice, and an echo of sourdough next to oily vanilla, baked apple, and a hint of firewood on the nose. The palate leans into baked apples with more wintry spices, dry vanilla pudding packets, deep caramel, a touch of sweet cedar, and apple-laced cotton candy. The finish leans into the winter spices with sharp cinnamon next to lush vanilla, a hint more of that sweet cedar, and a note of spicy yet dry tobacco.
Bottom Line:
This really punches far above its class and price point (and will likely cost more where you are). That aside, this is a legitimately solid sipper, especially on a rock or two, while also shining in cocktails.
This is Maker’s Mark classic wheated bourbon that’s bottled at a higher proof to bring about a “richer flavor.” Well, that’s what the label says anyway. This is classic Maker’s that’s treated with a little less of that limestone water to let the barrel techniques shine a bit more while still holding onto the Maker’s vibe.
Tasting Notes:
This is a bowl of vanilla ice cream covered in stewed apples that have been drizzled with extra caramel. The taste really focuses on that caramel with hints of oak next to roasted almonds, cinnamon, nutmeg, dry wicker, and a drop of soft mineral water. The end lingers while it fades through salted caramel apples towards a mellow floral spiciness with a dried reed finish and a touch of vanilla tobacco chew.
Bottom Line:
This was a “Traveler’s Exclusive” up until the pandemic. Now you can find it on most shelves, making this one finally accessible to the masses. All of that aside, this is an excellent sipper or mixer, which is all you can really ask for at this price point.
Nearly two years ago, Megan Thee Stallion landed her first No. 1 song with a remix of Beyoncé’s “Savage.” The song was the first collaboration between the Houston natives and it also proved to be one of the biggest moments in Megan’s career. Now she’s ready to work with some more superstars. During a recent interview with People, the rapper listed two big names she’s ready to collaborate with. “Because I’ve manifested Beyoncé, I feel like I have reached my ultimate goal,” she told the publication. “Well, I also would really, really, really love to collab with Rihanna. Like that is my next dream collab.”
Another name on Megan’s list, she also told People, is Adele. “If Adele wants me to come get on the track, be the dancer. I’m there, I’m here for it,” she said. “Somebody tell her to call me because I’m ready!” That would be apropos: It was just a couple of months ago that Megan and Adele went viral on TikTok after a fan mashed up Megan’s 2020 song “Body” with Adele’s “Water Under The Bridge” which can be found on her 2015 album 25.
Megan was recently announced as one of the headliners for the UK’s Parklife Festival, joining 50 Cent and Tyler The Creator as some of the big names who will perform.
Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Tension are high in America right now, as they have been since, oh, let’s say June 16, 2015. But nothing will prepare you for the brawl that broke out in a Golden Corral outside of Philadelphia on Friday night, in which what appears to be a simple misunderstanding mushroomed into fists and chairs alike being thrown like mad. Perhaps the most amazing part? No one got injured.
As per ABC Action News in Philadelphia, the melee occurred at a Golden Corral located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, about a 20-minute drive from the City of Brotherly Love. One person who was there, Alexis Rios, said it began when he received his steak before another person, who had ordered before. The man became irate, but it was a mere mistake: Rios had simply ordered his steak rare while the man who instigated the fight ordered his well-done.
Rios postulated that masks made the situation more confusing than it should have been. “With Covid right now, masks and everything, nobody can hear nobody sometimes,” Rios told the local ABC affiliate. Things escalated quickly. “I grab a chair to defend myself,” Rios said, “and then sooner or later that was it. Punches were getting thrown. Chairs were getting thrown.”
Video of the incident, which went viral a few days later, makes it look perhaps worse than it was. “Nobody was on the ground. Nobody got hurt,” Rios said. “I got a bruise on my nose. My brother got a black eye. My brother got a lifted nail. That was it.”
Still, it’s important to know that different steaks preferences have different cooking times, lest you inadvertently foment a large-scale skirmish.
For those whose knowledge of the Philadelphia area largely comes from Mare of Easttown (or its spot-on SNL send-up), Bensalem is located in the opposite direction of Delaware County, which lies immediately to the south of the city. Still, you wouldn’t see this kind of behavior at a Wawa. Or maybe you would.
You can watch video of the brawl and ABC’s Action News’ reportage in the video above.
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