During WNBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, Sabrina Ionescu put up the greatest three-point contest performance in WNBA or NBA history, as she made all but two shots — including both long-range spots — to rack up 37 points in the final round to win the competition in a landslide.
It was a truly unbelievable performance, setting the bar unbelievably high for someone to top. However, that’s exactly how the best players in the world like their challenges, and Ionescu’s effort has piqued the interest of the greatest three-point shooter in NBA history, Stephen Curry.
On Monday, Curry was doing the rounds to promote his new ‘Underrated’ documentary, as well as bask in the glow of his win this weekend at the American Century Championship in Tahoe, and was asked by ESPN’s Malika Andrews what would he rather win, a three-point contest or a golf tournament. Having done both, Curry doesn’t actually have to choose, but he did say he wants to come for Ionescu’s record.
Curry holds the record for an NBA contest with 31 points out of a possible 40, doing so in the first round of the 2021 contest, which was the second shootout win of his career. That was also the last time he participated in the All-Star Saturday festivities, but it seems Ionescu’s performance in Vegas might bring Steph out of retirement — which the NBA would obviously be thrilled by. We’ll see if he still has his sights set on topping her 37-point performance next February in Utah, but for Ionescu’s part, she’s down to settle the score whenever.
Recently, the Museum of Modern Image here in New York City has been doing a screening series called “See it Big: Summer Movies (’70s & ’80s Edition)” which is probably about exactly what you think it is. Part of this series includes the original Star Wars trilogy, making sure to emphasize, yes, these are the Special Editions. I hadn’t seen Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back in theaters since the Special Editions were released so I decided that I should at least try to make it to one of these and I chose The Empire Strikes Back because it’s the least altered of the three movies.* I’ve seen The Empire Strikes Back countless times (literally; I literally could not count for you the number of times I’ve seen this movie), but this time watched it in a slightly different way.
(*Though I still cringe at the added scene of Vader returning to his Star Destroyer from Cloud City. In the original version, he simply says, “Bring my shuttle.” You know what? I can figure out the rest. That he uses that aforementioned shuttle to return to his Star Destroyer. But in the Special Edition, the line is changed where he specifically says where he’s going and we get to see his shuttle make the journey to the Star Destroyer where we then watch him walk off his shuttle in unused footage from Return of the Jedi.)
The Empire Strikes Back often gets labeled as a movie that ends on a cliffhanger. A trend that is very in vogue right now with the release of Fast X, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and now Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. I guess this all depends on what the definition of a “cliffhanger” actually is since Across the Spider-Verse and Fast X literally end during the middle of scene and, I assume, both of the next installments will pick up where we left off. The Empire Strikes Back is a full movie. It does not end on a cliffhanger or in the middle of a scene. As the Millennium Falcon tries to escape Cloud City, the pace of the movie gives you a sense that it’s wrapping up. It’s just a movie where, as the title might suggest, the Empire had a pretty good result, but our heroes end on a minor victory by escaping. Everyone’s stories, for this movie, are over. Even Han’s story is over.* His current state is not ideal, but it’s also stable. The movie doesn’t end on a scene where we don’t know what’s going to happen to him. We know exactly what’s happened to him.
(*Harrison Ford wasn’t contractually obligated to appear in a third movie. As his star was on the rise, there was enough of a fear that Ford may not return for the then titled Revenge of the Jedi so a plot point had to be inserted that would explain his absence. (In one of the final scenes of the first draft of The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is still very mush present and is sent by Leia to find his powerful father who can help with the Rebellion.) Anyway, Ford returned for Return of the Jedi and then two more Star Wars movies after that.)
Here’s the thing, I’m not opposed to the idea of two-part movies. Or having some issues be unresolved when the movie ends that can be addressed in the second part. I just don’t like the feeling that I’ve only seen half a story when I leave a theater. The first half of a two part-movie should still be a complete movie.
Let’s go back to the Star Wars example. The first Star Wars is pretty much a complete standalone film. The Rebel Alliance blows up the Death Star and they win. Every single person we meet from the Empire of any importance was blown up except for Darth Vader. And Vader flying away in his TIE-Fighter and a couple of mentions of an Emperor are the only hints there’s more story to come. (Keep in mind, when Star Wars was first released in 1977, there was no “Episode IV” on the title card.)
The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi feel more connected to each other, to the point Empire today would probably be titled The Empire Strikes Back Part One. But, again, Empire doesn’t just end during the middle of a scene. Return of the Jedi doesn’t pick up right where we left off. In fact, it ends with each character’s fates so stable, Return of the Jedi takes place a full year after the events of The Empire Strikes Back. You can’t hang off of a cliff for a full year. So that is not a cliffhanger. You don’t walk out of The Empire Strikes Back thinking you’ve only seen half a movie. You wonder what’s going to happen next, how our heroes might regroup … but with today’s trend Empire would have ended right after Vader reveals their relationship to Luke with Luke literally hanging off a cliff.
Come back soon for “Please Stop Showing Us Half A Movie (Part Two).” (Yes, I’m dividing this up to make a point.)
Victoria Monét wowed with her 2020 EP Jaguar and now her long-awaited debut album, Jaguar II, is finally approaching. She revealed the cover art and release date (August 25) last month and announced last week that she’s going on tour. Now we know a bit more about he album: specifically, the tracklist.
Monét shared that today (July 17) and the 11-track album includes features from Lucky Daye; Buju Banton; Hazel Monét; and Earth, Wind & Fire; as well as a song produced by Kaytranada. Fans were excited about the collaborators, as Kaytranada and Earth, Wind & Fire were trending topics on Twitter after Monét’s reveal.
While unveiling the tracklist on social media, Monét wrote, “I present to you: The JAGUAR II TRACKLIST!!!! I’m so happy to finally share this with you!! Look at these FEATURES [crying emojis] screaming..what is life?! from the titles alone, which songs do you think will be your favorites? I’m so curious.”
I present to you: The JAGUAR II TRACKLIST!!!!
I’m so happy to finally share this with you!! Look at these FEATURES screaming..what is life?! from the titles alone, which songs do you think will be your favorites? I’m so curious pic.twitter.com/u21Va3YQae
1. “Smoke” Feat. Lucky Daye
2. “Smoke” (Reprise)
3. “Party Girls” Feat. Buju Banton
4. “Alright” (Prod. by Kaytranada)
5. “Cadillac (A Pimp’s Anthem)”
6. “How Does It Make You Feel”
7. “On My Mama”
8. “I’m The One”
9. “Stop (Askin’ Me 4Shyt)”
10. “Hollywood” Feat. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét
11. “Good Bye”
Jaguar II is out 8/25 via Lovett Music/RCA Records. Find more information here.
Bryan Donaldson, brewing innovation manager at Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California prefers to head to classic European flavors when the heat hits.
“I am going to go generic on this and say Berliner weisse,” he says. “The smoothness of the wheat and the tart flavor of the fermentation make it eminently drinkable. The fact that fruit syrups are often mixed into beers of this style makes it perfect for any palate.”
While you can take Donaldson’s advice and start furiously searching for Berliner weisses, there are other styles that fit this criterion as well. We’re talking lagers, IPAs, Goses, pale ales, and more. To find them, we turned to the professionals for a little bit of help. We asked a few of our favorite brewers and craft beer experts to tell us the best, most crushable brews for summer 2023.
I recently had the opportunity to try Surly’s Lemonade Ale on a recent trip. Just like the name implies, it is a dead ringer for lemonade. It’s the kind of beer you want on hand when you want a crushable, citrus-filled summer experience on a hot day.
Tasting Notes:
The light and bright lemon flavor really shines with the accompanying acidity for a lightly sweet malt canvas. What could be more iconic than summer heat and lemonade?
Green Bench Sunshine City
Green Bench
Latiesha Cook, CEO, co-founder, and president of Beer Kulture in Saint Petersburg, Florida
The most crushable, thirst-quenching summer beer is Sunshine City by Green Bench Brewing. Argue with someone who cares because this beer will be my forever summertime vibe crushable beer of all time. I live in Florida and this beer is the vibe of vibes for me.
Tasting Notes:
It’s tropical with fruity nectar and very bright to enjoy on a hot Florida day. Thirst quenching for sure.
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon. This is a classic Summertime beer from a classy and classic brewery, 21st Amendment. A wheat beer with a subtle watermelon flavor. What’s not to love in a summery beer?
Tasting Notes:
Light, refreshing, and super crushable. Perfect at a pool, boat or grill it also travels really well and is an epic trail beer. You can’t go wrong with this pick.
Creature Comforts Tritonia
Creature Comforts
James Bruner, certified Cicerone and brewing supervisor at Irwindale Brew Yard in Irwindale, California
Creature Comforts Tritonia is a cucumber lime Gose that hits all the right marks for a summer crusher. Gose is a German wheat beer that is lightly sour and slightly salty by style, allowing it to be refreshing and even rehydrating if under 5% ABV.
Tasting Notes:
This one from Creature Comforts hits the mark at 4.5% ABV, with the cool freshness of cucumber and crisp acidity from lime, balanced by fruity notes of coriander and refreshing salinity that dries your palate, leaving you wanting to drink more. It’s the perfect beer for warm, sunny summer days at the beach, lake, river, or backyard.
Montucky Cold Snacks, is a perfectly balanced, light, and refreshing beer that also has really fun and cool branding. It’s perfect for the season because it’s crushable, refreshing, and not too strong.
Tasting Notes:
Flavors of sweet corn, bready malts, citrus peels, and honey make for a wildly crushable, thirst-quencher of a summer beer.
Miller High Life
Miller
Justin Radel, brewing and cellar manager at The Bruery in Placentia, California
Miller High Life. It’s light, crisp, and clean, making this beer one of the most crushable beers on the market. Plus, it looks pretty great in the classic, clear bottle.
Tasting Notes:
The lightly sweet bready flavor is complimented with a low bitterness making this beer perfect for summer.
Dogfish Head SeaQuench Ale. When I first heard about this beer, I read the grocery list of ingredients and the collision of styles and was on the fence. Then I was at their brewpub for a brewing session on a 100-degree-plus day. When finished, I headed directly to the beach.
“Let me give you a couple ‘road sodas,’” offered Dogfish Head’s Bryan Selders. He slipped me a couple of ice-cold 20 oz cans of this gem. One sip on the steamy hot beach and I became a believer.
Tasting Notes:
It’s clean, crisp, tart with a touch of salt that just invites the next sip. It’s a surprisingly complex, thirst quencher of a beer.
I would have to say a Lemon Radler. I would love to make one at Call To Arms, but we haven’t yet so it fits the category. In my Avery days, we made a Lemon Radler every summer and it was hard to pull me away to another tap. They are generally low ABV so you can crush twelve of them. A good choice is Boulevard Lemon Ginger Radler. Spice and citrus. What’s not to love?
Tasting Notes:
When balanced with the base beer to create a beer-forward lemon drink they’re hard to beat. The refreshing tartness of the lemon with the general summer flavor/aroma of lemonade and a light lager is too good to pass up for me. The addition of subtle ginger adds a little spice.
Pipeworks Pineapple Guppy
Pipeworks
Garth, certified Cicerone and owner of Garth’s Brew Bar in Madison, Wisconsin
Pineapple Guppy from Pipeworks is my go-to for thirst-quenching summery beer. It’s practically a low-strength delicious cocktail. What could be better on a hot summer day?
Tasting Notes:
The slight juicy hop flavor of the pale ale merges perfectly with the pineapple flavoring. Hops and ripe pineapple. That’s practically summer in a glass.
Ted Cruz isn’t about to let the Barbie movie “controversy” go to waste. During a recent interview, the Texas senator used the film as an excuse to slam Hollywood for allegedly pushing “communist propaganda” even though the studio has thoroughly debunked the claim.
At issue is a map that appears in the film that shows Barbie’s journey from her world to the real world. It looks like a child drawing complete with crayon illustrations and whimsical touches to show Barbie’s path. However, to show her journey, there’s a few dashes next to Asia, which set off an international controversy because it looked too similar to China’s nine-dash line used to mark its disputed claim over much of the South China Sea.
Never mind that the Barbie drawing only has eight dashes and is nowhere close to being geographically correct, conservatives like Cruz have had a field day blasting Hollywood over what’s clearly a honest misunderstanding.
“I mean, it’s really a very simple cartoon. And so they have this blockish thing that is called ‘Asia,’ and then they’ve drawn what are called the nine-dashes.
This is Chinese communist propaganda in which the Chinese are asserting sovereignty over the entirety of the South China Sea, and they don’t have any right to it under international law, but they are trying to take it away from their neighbors there.”
When the Barbie map controversy first started, Cruz was one of the first to jump all over the latest culture war bauble by having his spokesperson issue a statement to USA Today.
“China wants to control what Americans see, hear, and ultimately think,” the spokesperson said. “And they leverage their massive film markets to coerce American companies into pushing CCP propaganda—just like the way the Barbie film seems to have done with the map.”
Here’s the “propagandist” map. If you’re not filled with sudden desire to do communism, then you must be looking at it wrong. Ted Cruz doesn’t die on these hills just for kicks. (He does.)
Boyd Holbrook scored himself a damn role in Justified: City Primeval, and it’s a performance that actually makes me think back to a quote from his character in Narcos. Back in that Season 2 finale, DEA Agent Steve Murphy utters one of the most memorable lines of the entire franchise. This went down during that rooftop scene with Pablo Escobar, after Murphy and the crew had spent months and mountains of adrenaline chasing the scamp, only to observe that the notorious coke-lord wasn’t all that impressive while taking his final breaths. “When you lay eyes on him, the Devil’s a real letdown,” Murphy remarked. “Just a man. Beard grows if he doesn’t shave. Fat and shoeless.”
I mention this because Holbrook is the opposite of a devilish letdown in Justified: City Primeval, though he does pull off “devil may care” in a gamble of a role (based upon Elmore Leonard’s City Primeval: High Noon In Detroit). Heck, the whole revival took a risk by existing because the original show’s passionate audience maintains high expectations. Yet this limited series pulls off skillful execution, and the same goes for Holbrook while following in Walton Goggins’ footsteps. It is, in fact, unfair to compare the two actors or their characters because no villain could measure up to Boyd Crowder (or Goggins) in terms of sheer charisma. Yet Holbrook holds his own as Clement Mansell, a.k.a. “The Oklahoma Wildman,” whose shambolic swagger makes him wildly enjoyable as he evades the U.S. Marshals Service.
Mansell is a slippery showman, alright, as well as effortlessly unstoppable and occasionally cringeworthy. In my review of the series, I described him as being “sort-of like if Anton Chigurgh fancied himself a good singer (and Clement is not) who obsesses over cassette tapes and hangs out in a kimono and tighty whities.” I stand by that description, and fortunately, Boyd Holbrook was gracious enough to discuss those tighty whities and more with us.
So I already binged the whole season like a weirdo.
I hope you enjoyed it!
Oh god, yes. I was a little worried that this wouldn’t live up to the original series. Did you share that worry?
Oh yeah, I mean, you know, redoing anything, there’s always been the predecessor of things, but you know, yeah, you gotta have a little fear in your belly like you’re going down the rollercoaster, but in a way, that’s a little bit of excitement for me.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like you enjoyed this role.
Well, I tell you what I really enjoyed was the writing. The writing is probably the best that I’ve had to engage in. It’s one of the bigger parts that I’ve had to do, but the writing… [sighs] I couldn’t wait to see what they had written on the page because it was just so rich. I talked to a buddy of mine, A.J. Buckley, who was in Season 5. And I asked him what his experience was, coming on to do this, and he asked, “Is Michael Dinner, Dave Andron, Graham Yost, are they involved in this?” I said, “Yes they are.” And he said, “Run, don’t walk.” He’s right, man. The things they allow you do, it really makes you get out of bed in the morning.
You have portrayed both sides of the law. Everyone remembers your Narcos character, of course, so do you find it more challenging to play one side as opposed to the other?
Well, you know, one is an anchor, and one is a buoy floating out in the ocean. The anchor’s always trying to get the buoy to stop moving, if that’s not too much of an analogy. But they’re just different performances is what it comes down to being. Like they say, playing the baddie is fun, and for me, it was really different from me to go from playing Steve Murphy to Clement Mansell. There’s quite a gap there in the middle, and for me, finding that out is exciting.
As Mansell, you got to sing The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.” That is such a fitting intro for the city of Detroit. Obviously, that song could not be in a book that was published in 1980.
Yeah, it wasn’t! That was just another good choice from Dave Andron and Michael Dinner. It layered Clement Mansell to give him a little bit of a heartbeat when he’s such a cold psychopath in a lot of ways. And it being Motor City, lots of musicians come from there — Jack White, obviously, so I thought that was a really interesting choice because in Clement’s mind, well, he is an outlaw, but that’s kind of good for his music. These stories are good for his music. He thinks that he’s a musician first, rather than a thief, but in reality, he’s a thief first and a musician second.
I cannot spoil what he does much of the time when music plays.
Well, he sounds like a cat in the woods screaming. I wanted it to be like he was almost tone-deaf in a way, and he thought he was a good singer, but he’s really terrible.
Being the “new” big bad means that Clement follows in Boyd Crowder’s footsteps. Very different character, very different connection to Raylan. How did you approach the challenge of knowing that people would — unfairly — compare these characters?
Sure, but I don’t really think about how it’s gonna compare. Like you said, they’re completely different characters. I think Walton Goggins is one hell of an actor, and I really respect what he’s done and what he’s paved the way for, but it’s a different dynamic on the show, and in one way, I gotta think about my own abilities rather than caring what everybody else thinks.
Fans can get carried away, and I saw something so silly once that I could not stop laughing. On the subreddit for Justified, someone mentioned your performance as The Corinthian in The Sandman, and they actually typed that it reminded them of a cross between Boyd and Raylan. And surely, that can’t be what you intended.
I will say that wasn’t correct because [laughs] it was absolutely not what I was thinking! I guess it goes to show you that one little comment on Reddit may not be the end-all-be-all. I do this for the fans and making pure entertainment, and I do love doing that. And I do love doing it for myself, getting the experience of performing something. I take it all seriously and also with a grain of salt.
On the serious side of things, there was a real-life shootout near the set. Were you anywhere in proximity when that happened?
Yeah, I was down around there. We experienced a little bit of a situation, which happens in a lot of major cities. Thank god nobody was hurt.
Detroit couldn’t be more different as a U.S. city than Harlan County.
I would also say that the major difference from the old show to this limited series is that the cinematography is quite advanced. The old show was always super-elevated. Elevated writing was the crown point with the characters and oddities in that. But then the shooting style was very straightforward, and in this season, the cinematography is much more creative and cinematic but still leaning on the really elevated writing that it’s always had.
Mansell is the “Oklahoma Wildman,” too. Can we talk about those tattoos? Was there any significance to those?
Yes, that’s from the book. I think they’re bluejays or sparrows. It’s been a while since I’ve worn them. They came from Elmore Leonard and I think they’re for my lover, played by Adelaide Clemens.
You know, it was written that he wore a kimono, and then somehow, it just got into me and my whitey tighties, prancing around the set all the time in cowboy boots and whitey tighties. I don’t know, I kind-of like that! I did that as a young kid, I’ve got pictures of me in my underwear, so maybe it’s just something that I never got rid of.
I’m learning so much here, but we are out of time, and I have to ask one more question. If you could put Clement into another TV show or movie, where would you want him to go?
Oooooh gosh. I would put Clement in Breaking Bad, that was one hell of a show. I’d put him in some big blockbuster movie and let him tear it all to hell.
There’s a bit of a Joker vibe in him, especially when he sings.
Yeah, put him in a musical! Put him in La La Land.
FX’s ‘Justified: City Primeval’ debuts with two episodes on July 18 (and streams next-day on Hulu).
A video of Miranda Lambert from her recent concert is now going viral. The country singer stopped performing to call out some girls in the audience who weren’t fighting or otherwise causing a disturbance. What they were doing was taking a selfie together.
“I’m gonna stop right here for a second, I’m sorry,” Lambert says in the clip. “These girls are worried about their selfie and not listening to the song, it’s pissing me off a little bit. Sorry, I don’t like it at all. We’re here to hear some country music tonight. I’m singing some country damn music.”
“Shall I start again?” she asks the crowd, after gesturing for them to put their phone down. While the audience seemed to cheer at her remarks, those seeing it online have a very different reaction to it all.
Miranda Lambert stops show to call out two fans taking a selfie:
“These girls are worried about their selfie and not listening to the song, it’s pissing me off a little bit. Sorry, I don’t like it at all. We’re here to hear some country music tonight. I’m singing some country… pic.twitter.com/sERBzalpBI
Most have sided with the girls who simply just wanted to remember their time at the show.
“Oh girl… let the girls take their selfie. Their ears are still working, they’re still listening. And they still paid however much money to see and support you. It’s not that deep Miranda…” one user wrote.
Oh girl… let the girls take their selfie. Their ears are still working, they’re still listening. And they still paid however much money to see and support you. It’s not that deep Miranda…
— steven ❀ // doja’s favorite 🙂 (@arianaunext) July 17, 2023
“girl just sing and be thankful they didn’t throw a phone at your head the way concerts go today,” another added.
girl just sing and be thankful they didn’t throw a phone at your head the way concerts go today https://t.co/c9oGWdFmJK
— ashley ray is on vacay (@theashleyray) July 17, 2023
Check out Lambert’s concert selfie call-out above.
A one-second video of the “worst presidential candidate” ever went viral over the weekend. In it, DeSantis says “mmm… hungwee” after being presented with a hamburger in a restaurant. Sadly, it’s not real. If it was, he would have ordered a meatball sub, not a burger. Forbes reports that “the video is actually from a series called Bad Lip Reading, where videos are edited to make the audio more humorous. For example, that same edited video, which is available on YouTube, shows DeSantis appearing to say ‘this is disgusting’ and ‘should we dance?’ when walking into a small town diner.”
The clip might be fake, but the fact that people believed it’s real is not a good sign for DeSantis and his chance of becoming the next president. For one thing, he’s a deeply weird individual, even by politician standards. Also, DeSantis is trailing Donald Trump by 20 percent — in his home state of Florida. He’s threatening to shut things down “if we don’t see a bump in the polls.”
Trump is favored by 49 percent of Republicans, with DeSantis currently in a distant second place with 21 percent, according to an average of polls by FiveThirtyEight. Nationally, among Americans of all political leanings, most people dislike DeSantis with 45 percent saying they dislike him, and just 35 percent saying they like him, according to the latest polling average.
DeSantis is “hungwee” for your support. But he’ll have to settle for mockery.
It’s awesome that a one second video is going to tank an entire presidential campaign lol pic.twitter.com/jFP60JZm0s
— Mr. Face of the Franchise (@tinylittlehomie) July 16, 2023
Her: you must be Florida Governor Ron DeSantis saying “mmm hungwee” if you think we fuckin.
Trader Joe’s is probably the only grocery store people build an entire personality around (excluding Erwhon, for the LA crowd). Which is weird because, you know, it’s a freaking grocery store. But that level of fan obsession has also made it an incredibly polarizing brand — for every TJ’s die-hard who proudly carries a tote there are a handful of people who insist on trash-talking TJ’s.
Personally, I’ll go to whichever market is closest to where I am. Unless I’m looking for something specific like cuts of meat, certain spices, or region-specific products. Or if I want to buy produce — which is tough to grab at Trader Joe’s unless you want four different-colored bell peppers, 18 jalapeños, or some pre-packed pre-washed greens.
So is Trader Joe’s a bad market? Our take: It’s fine. Trader Joe’s has some great products, fun snacks, decent wine, quality bread, excellent frozen meals, and a few other pantry staples that you can get on the cheap. But over on Twitter, people are in the midst of a fierce debate and we have to say, given some of the takes, both sides are making some pretty strong arguments.
Here are our favorite takes from the ailing social media site.
Literally all of the Trader Joe’s slander I see on here is from 21-year-olds that don’t know how to grocery shop. Trader Joe’s is amazing. It’s significantly cheaper than most chains, they have cute seasonal items, there’s produce, meat, dairy, bread—like, I’m not understanding.
You can’t do 100% of your grocery shopping there. It’s for picking up various speciality items that the typical store doesn’t carry, or if they do Trader Joe’s usually has it way cheaper (goat milk, kefir, etc.). It’s an ideal place for “treats”, if you will https://t.co/5WPfpstMvn
People are talking a lot of shit in the “Trader Joe” trending topic.
Joe’s daily delivery trucks got communities through Covid grocery droughts while Safeway and Kroeger were laying plans to fuck us hard with greedflation.
My friend, you misunderstood the purpose of Trader Joe’s. It is not a grocery grocery store. It is a snacks, wine, and frozen meals grocery store. https://t.co/np5IxkVuKF
This is an elitist tweet. Ain’t no way Trader Joe’s is inexpensive. Plus, it shows that you live in an affluent or in proximity to an affluent neighborhood. https://t.co/S5Ie9FjMVq
i think the opposite. Trader Joe’s is for young people who don’t know how to shop or cook imo
most stuff is like premarinated meats and prefilled pastas that you can you can just throw in a cart and have dinner within the hour https://t.co/5rt8MK7Co0
You have to treat Trader Joe’s like you’re going to NY. Act like you’ve been there before. Keep it moving, don’t block the walkways, and for the love of God, do not bring your family of 8. The whole store will literally turn on you. pic.twitter.com/3J9ZKereqb
I’m 38 with a family and I COOK cook and SHOP shop.
Trader Joe’s is definitely not cheaper than most chains. The ppl for whom TJs can meet all their grocery needs are a certain demographic and it’s ok to say that without y’all feeling aggy just bc y’all love it so much lmao https://t.co/IaHeJwEgWl
— Adrienne | Interior Stylist and Decor Influencer (@brownandbella) July 17, 2023
when ppl knock trader joe’s bc you have to hit up another grocery store afterward i’m like ? do you guys not have several grocery stores in your rotation? anyway here’s what’s good at TJs: cheese, flowers, bananas, frozen croissants, basil, almond milk, beef jerky
To me Trader Joe’s is good for single ppl. I spend way less in there and waste less food because the portions are smaller. Everybody else make everything cheaper for families
— The Neighborhood Publicist (@nhoodpublicist) July 17, 2023
Some great arguments from both sides and some fun observations about the culture of shopping at TJ’s — this is what the internet is for people: arguing about dumb shit.
But we have to hand it to Twitter user EaRF DAY for providing the only proper take that matters:
With the WNBA’s profile higher than it’s ever been, the league’s All-Star Game halftime performance this past Saturday needed to be someone equally attention-grabbing who could fit the league’s mission of highlighting women being excellent in their field. Enter Kehlani, who performed their song “Distraction” to the rapt attention of both fans in attendance at the game and those watching at home on ABC/ESPN. They couldn’t help swooning as Kehlani — who was universally acknowledged as the perfect choice to fill the role — sang the ballad. Even the players were grabbing their cameras to capture some footage.
my aunt & family are at the wnba allstar game & kehlani is performing at the half time show. she sent this little video & now im living vicariously through her while trying not to be extremely jealous. but look how gorgeous kehlani is pic.twitter.com/mRJRBOEKtF
The weekend saw some landmark moments in basketball history — women’s or otherwise — as the New York Liberty’s point guard Sabrina Ionescu won the 3-Point Challenge Friday night with the most points anyone has ever scored since the introduction of the money ball, 37. That means she only missed two of a possible 27 shots.
Earlier this year, Kehlani teased that they were back working on music after the tremendously successful Blue Water Road Tour, referencing breakout album SweetSexySavage on Instagram. Kehlani is billed as the headliner of Northern California’s Sol Blume festival, which was recently rescheduled due to flooding in Sacramento.
Kehlani is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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from the titles alone, which songs do you think will be your favorites? I’m so curious 
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