This drink is elevated without being overly difficult to make. Sure, you need some fresh juices and a little elbow grease to shake it up, but it really isn’t that much harder than any other tropical shaker out there. The key that really elevates this drink and made it an instant classic when it was first shaken up at the Soggy Dollar Bar in the British Virgin Islands is nutmeg. The spice adds that x-factor that takes this from your standard tropical fruit bomb to something deeper and more refreshing.
Come on? You’ve already seen that image up above. You know you want to know how to make this drink. Let’s just dive in and get shaking!
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Technically, you’re supposed to use Pusser’s Rum for this one (and a tin mug if you want to go old school). Look, I love Pusser’s and its funky British Caribbean navy vibes. But you can really use any decent dark mixing rum from the Caribbean. I’m using Ron Del Barrilito 3 Star Rum. It has a nice spicy balance and a hint of caramel funkiness that works really well in creamy fruity cocktails like this. It’s basically made for these drinks.
One thing that you do need to use is bar-grade cream of coconut like REAL Coco Cream Of Coconut. It’s sweetened already and provides the right texture. It’s also why this drink doesn’t call for simple syrup. Between the cream of coconut and the fruit juices, there’s plenty of sweetness to go around.
The rest of the ingredients are all easily findable at any grocery store.
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What You’ll Need:
Hurricane glass or large tin mug
Cocktail shaker
Cocktail strainer
Pairing knife
Juicer
Jigger
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Method:
Add the rum, juices, and coconut to a cocktail shaker with a large handful of ice. Affix the lid and shake vigorously for about 20 to 30 seconds until the shaker is ice cold and the drink is nice and frothy. There’s a lot of liquid in the shaker with this one, so start slowly and build up speed.
Fill the glass with fresh ice — about 3/4 full. Strain the cocktail into the glass. Dash nutmeg over the top of the drink and garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry. Serve.
Bottom Line:
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I mean, this is obviously delicious. It’s sweet, yes, but the acids from the fruit juices really balance that sweetness well.
The best part really is that nutmeg. At first, it’s simply providing a nose element that primes your palate for the incoming tropical treat. Then as you drink the cocktail, the nutmeg starts to integrate into the actual liquid, making it really bright yet deeper. It’s not spicy but more nutty and raisin-esque. It adds a wonderful complexity to the drink.
This is such a crushable drink. Don’t be surprised if you’re shaking up another one almost right away.
Donald Trump didn’t even get a chance to be arraigned on Thursday before his attorney already started shooting the former president’s case in the foot. Ahead of Trump’s appearance in court following his now third indictment, his attorney Alina Habba held a press conference where she basically threw out Trump’s defense that he believed he lost the election and therefore his actions leading up to and including January 6 were justified.
When asked by a reporter how she reconciles aides testifying that Trump was told by several people that he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, Habba flat out admitted that Trump was aware he lost.
“I think that everybody was made aware that he lost the election” — oh, so she admits it pic.twitter.com/FxLSvUVESN
“I think that everybody was made aware that he lost the election,” Habba said causing several eyebrows to be raised on social media. “But that doesn’t mean that was the only advice that he was given. As anybody understands what happens in the Oval Office, there are numerous amounts of advisors and politicians and lawyers. Not just one or two that are giving you advice and telling you what they believe is true. So he might not agree with Mike Pence, he may not agree with one of his lawyers, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t other people advising him exactly the opposite. The president has a right, as everyone of us do, to listen to several opinions and make their decision.”
Habba’s admission that everyone was made aware that Trump lost sparked numerous reactions on Twitter as people couldn’t believe that she just threw Trump’s whole defense under the bus. His whole thing is that he believed the election was stolen, and she just went live on the news and said he knew otherwise. Incredible lawyering.
When you’re the fifth-string lawyer to the world’s worst client, you’re not going to have a lot of good days. https://t.co/uWvAygxDXX
— rebranding in progress (@thephilosotroll) August 3, 2023
I cannot believe how bad his lawyers are. Just standing in front of TV cameras and immolating their own defense. 10/10 no notes https://t.co/EHs8tmj6KC
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.
What we have here is a spinoff of one show (Star Trek: Discovery) that was itself a prequel to another show (the original Star Trek), now in its second season. We are deep into the lore here. But that’s okay. It’s a fun little ride, good for both diehard fans of the franchise and newbies trying to dip their toes in a little. You could use a little galactic escape sometimes. We all can.
Warrior is back for a third season, still starring Andrew Koji as Ah Sahm and still set in 19th century San Francisco and still based on the writings of Bruce Lee, but now it’s on Max, which was previously known as HBO Max, after originally debuting on Cinemax back in 2019. There’s a lot going on here, most of it involving some usage of the letters m-a-x, but the bottom line remains the same: it’s a good show that’s full of action and cool fights scenes and sometimes that’s exactly what you need when it starts getting hot outside.
Michelle Buteau delivers a heartfelt take on sudden singleness and chosen families with this Netflix comedy that was partly inspired by her book of the same name. Centered around an aspiring stylist whose life gets extremely complicated very quickly when she catches her live-in boyfriend hooking up with someone else, Buteau’s character gets lifted by her friends (fully developed friend characters!) and her indefatigable spirit. Still, none of this feels fairytale perfect, breaking the notion of a cliched story through charm, nuance, and realness to create something that’s as funny as it is empowering.
In case the clip of Lee Pace battling a group of relentless assassins dressed only in his birthday suit wasn’t a big enough clue, this season of Foundation f*cks. And fights. What we’re trying to say is there’s a ton more action involved in the latest batch of episodes as the struggle to save a small swath of humanity from a predicted galactic war grows more perilous. We’ve hurtled 100 years forward as Dr. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) and his group of revolutionaries encounter a new threat to his psychohistory equation while navigating the unintended consequences of time travel. Meanwhile, the Emperor clones (Pace among them) are scrambling to hold onto power as rebellions and political upheaval threaten their DNA-replicating dynasty. Man, no one is doing sci-fi like Apple TV+ right now.
What if Schitt’s Creek, but with ritual killings and space cults? That’s the basic idea driving Praise Petey, a new Hulu-streaming cartoon from Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, and SNL head writer Anna Drezen. Starring the voice of Schitt’s alum Annie Murphy, the show tells the story of a big city influencer who inherits a town from her father… and the weird cult at its core. Naturally, cultures clash when she decides to put her fancy shoed foot down and stop all the human sacrifices, but besides the ritual killings, everyone seems more quirky than nut-retractingly terrifying, so we’re sure these divergent sides can work out their differences before a comet comes to wipe us all out/save us.
Because bucketfuls of Taylor Sheridan TV shows still aren’t enough, the former Sons Of Anarchy cop is here with an inspired-by-real-life story about the CIA’s Lioness Program. Zoe Saldaña stars as an operative who helps mentor and mold recruits, who will one day become fearsome assassins. Saldaña is surely relieved to be back in ass-kicking mode, over a decade after Colombiana proved how riveting she can be as an action star. Nicole Kidman also headlines as the chief of the Lioness Program, which is part of the “CIA’s efforts to thwart the next 9/11,” according to the show’s synopsis.
We are fixing to be awash in Tim Olyphant. Not only is Justified: City Primeval on the way, but he also plays an apparently hatless role in this crime drama series from Steven Soderbergh. Olyphant and Clare Danes portray parents of a kidnapped child, so yes, this might not be the kind of “tense drama” that you’re craving, but the talent is stacked into the stratosphere. Zazie Beetz plays the lead investigator on the case, and naturally, do not expect a cut-and-dried story from Mr. Soderbergh. Yes, there are secrets afoot here.
They don’t make movies like They Cloned Tyrone anymore. Pulled from a Black List script from first-time director Juel Taylor, this slick, riotous crime caper is an amalgam of genres – one part mind-bending sci-fi, one part Blaxploitation homage, mixed with 70s era funk, infused with Nancy Drew references, and propped up by stellar comedic performances from Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris. John Boyega’s in here too, playing a reluctant hero tasked with saving his block from a secret government conspiracy that’s somehow twisted up in fried chicken recipes and grape drink offerings and hair relaxer. If we could have more of this, that’d be great.
The Afterparty was a ton of fun in its first season. It was a little whodunnit mystery with a cast full of your comedy favorites — Sam Richardson! Tiffany Haddish! Ben Schwartz! And so on! — and a fun hook where each episode focused on a different character and was presented using a different style of storytelling. Well, it’s back for a second season now, with a new murder and some new genres and a similar crew of characters. There is very little to complain about here.
Rose Byrne’s other Apple TV+ show (she recently scored a hit with Seth Rogen in Platonic) returns for a final season of darkly comedic aerobicizing. That exercise empire, Body By Sheila, is now under threat due to a rival workout goddess portrayed by Zooey Deschanel, so is there enough room on people’s VHS shelves for both fitness moguls to keep shining amid leg warmers and mega-hairstyles? This show has so much bite, and it will be sorely missed by those who dig tales about unhappy housewives who ditch their stifling lives and move onto entrepreneurial success, albeit with its own hazards.
Futurama has returned for a… third time? Fourth time? It’s hard to keep track. But what’s important here is that Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s future-set animated series is back again, this time on Hulu, and the original voice cast, including Billy West, Katey Sagal, and John DiMaggio, have all returned. No matter how many times Futurama ends, it always seems to come back as clever and funny as ever.
A surprisingly stirring mosaic of human weirdness, modern annoyance, and the pursuit of presence and meaning, How To with John Wilson landed when we needed it most amidst the wall-to-wall coverage and heavy isolation of the peak pandemic. Like other revered HBO shows (Succession, Barry), it’s now leaving, perhaps a little sooner than we expected or wanted. Nevertheless, it feels like it’s going out on high and on its own terms creatively with another volume of mundane misadventures adding up to something touching profundity.
Body-swaps. Pride parades. Mall outings. The best comedy on TV is officially back, baby. WWDITS’ latest season introduces our favorite group of undead idiots to even more 21st century hijinks proving that this show – unlike its immortal characters – only gets better with age. Guillermo’s struggling with an identity crisis of supernatural proportions, Nadja’s been hexed, Colin Robinson is thriving in the service industry, and Nandor and Laszlo are knee-deep in a centuries-old feud. The house is in chaos, which is just how we like it.
Even though there’s been a lot of upheaval at HBO Max/Max and even more so for films and TV shows starring DC characters, at least one supervillainess is safe. Miss Harley (who does not need the Joker for success) was almost pointedly renewed as a clattering of show cancellations and removals swirled. Heck, Kaley Cuoco’s voice even gave us the only Valentine’s Day special worth watching this year. Soon, we might find out whether Bane is still making love to a skyscraper as Harley attempts to get in good with the Bat Family. Quite a contrast there.
Everyone’s favorite extralegal lawman is swaggering back into our hearts, long after he made it out of Harlan alive. Can he make it out of Detroit alive, too? We’ll see, and Raylan Givens’ daughter, Willa, is also onboard to give the hat a hard time because someone needs to do it. We’ve already pinpointed the one Justified episode, “Long In The Tooth,” that makes an ideal essential rewatch before this spinoff, and Raylan should have a swell time hunting bad guys in Motor City. At the top of his list: The so-called “Oklahoma Wildman,” portrayed by Boyd Holbrook and his tighty-whiteys.
Twisted Metal is one of the more unlikely video game-to-TV show adaptations, but the Peacock series has put together quite the crew for this post-apocalyptic joyride. The action-comedy stars Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Mike Mitchell (of Doughboys fame), and wrestler Samoa Joe as Sweet Tooth (Will Arnett provides the voice of the evil clown). The Last of Us was great, but did it have a clown driving an ice cream truck? Exactly.
Heartstopper is really just a lovely little show. The first season introduced us all to Charlie and Nick, two teenage boys who became friends and then discovered that friendship might actually be… something… more than friendship. Season two takes things even further. It’s funny and sweet and charming and gay as all hell, which is… yeah, really just lovely.
The continuing saga of the Showtime-era of the NBA and the LA Lakers, well, continues, injecting a lot more Larry Bird into the mix while also seeing the impact of fame and failure on the principal characters of the era, inspiring strong performances from Jason Segel, Adrien Brody, Solomon Hughes, and Quincy Isaiah. Off-the-court and out of the trainer’s room, the complex family dynamic between the members of Buss family proves volatile, giving us Succession vibes. Damn, Succession in the mid-80s, what a dream. For now, though, Winning Time is a worthy substitute and more than worth your time.
The thing about Reservation Dogs is that it is a good show. It has been for a few seasons now. And it still is in its third and final season, which is airing right now. Funny and heartfelt and everything you could possibly want out of a television show about some teens figuring stuff out. There’s a lot of weird stuff going on out there in the world. Some of it is kind of scary. Maybe you should chill out and watch Reservation Dogs. You could absolutely do much, much worse.
Last month, hyperarticulate San Pedro rapper Remble made his return to the spotlight with the help of Blxst on the spiritual single, “Child Of God.” Today, the duo shares the affirmative video for the song, which takes place in two major frames reflecting the song’s duality. We see a sunny day in LA, with children play fighting in the street, a group of women cruising around in a convertible, and Blxst performing in the hills flanked by a small choir.
But then, when the beat switches up for Remble’s verse, things get dark — literally, as his segment takes place at night under a fireworks display. We also see the other side of some of the brighter scenes. The kids playing “Duck, Duck, Goose” are running around a chalk outline, while one of the women from the convertible scene shows off her other skills, suggesting that there’s a price to be paid for some blessings.
“Child Of God” is just the latest song making Blxst one of the West Coast’s most ubiquitous voices lately. Earlier this year, he curated the soundtrack to NBA 2K23‘s latest season and appeared on tracks from Compton rappers Tyga & YG (“West Coast Weekend“) and Roddy Ricch (“Passionate“). As he told Uproxx in May, he’s not only working on his third album but also another joint Sixtape with Bino Rideaux.
Back when The Witcher launched on Netflix, I happily declared that it didn’t need to be that great. Unfortunately, that might have triggered something on The Continent (and I’m sort-of kidding) because although Season 2 had its undeniable merits, the third season is not a banger. This did not escape Henry Cavill, obviously, given that he decided to ditch those leather pants and the white wigs, which will now both be worn by Liam Hemsworth if Season 4 still happens. Netflix hasn’t said otherwise, after all.
Henry, for his part, absolutely adores Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher books and the video games, yet he hasn’t badmouthed anyone about the show’s downward spiral, and he will be nerding hard elsewhere (over at Amazon, where he will star in and help produced Amazon’s adaptation of the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop RPG universe). Back in The Witcher land, producer Tomek Baginski was in a decidedly more salty frame of mind while recently talking with Polish publication Wyborcza (via Hollywood Reporter). Baginski seemingly blamed the American audience for allegedly forcing the show to make “simplifications” to the source material:
“When a series is made for a huge mass of viewers, with different experiences, from different parts of the world, and a large part of them are Americans, these simplifications not only make sense, they are necessary … It’s painful for us, and for me too, but the higher level of nuance and complexity will have a smaller range, it won’t reach people.” Previously, Baginski suggested stories also need to simplified due to young viewers being inspired by only “emotions” rather than plot due to being raised on YouTube and TikTok.
It’s not the most diplomatic (or productive) way to address how the show’s audience stopped tuning in to greater degrees with each passing episode in Season 3. Forbes’ Erik Kain also took Baginski to task after the Wyborcza journalist told the EP that he was part of the show’s target audience as well as a YouTube and TikTok enthusiast, and Baginski responded, “Okay, so it’s time to be serious. Dear children, what you do to yourself makes you less resilient for longer content, for long and complicated chains of cause and effect.”
Foot-in-mouth statement speaks for itself, no further commentary needed.
Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour has blazed across North America for the better part of the year so far and is nearing its finale in Los Angeles, CA at the SoFi Stadium with openers Haim, Gracie Adams (Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday night), Owenn (Friday night), and Gayle (Saturday and Wednesday night) in tow. It has been a long, wild ride, but surely the wildest nights are still ahead as Swift takes on one of the biggest markets for final week of her tour — for now.
Swifties in the City of Angels will want to arrive well before she hits the stage at around 8 PM, according to past show coverage from cities like Chicago and Seattle. Fortunately for y’all, we’ve provided a handy guide for where to park to ensure you spend more time inside the stadium than outside (although the outside is really pretty).
And hey, fans outside the US: it’s almost your turn. Taylor announced her international dates in June; they kick off on August 24 in Mexico City, sweeping through Argentina and Brazil before hitting Tokyo, Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, Paris, Stockholm, Lisbon, Madrid, and more next year. And US citizens who missed out the first time around may get a second chance to see the show, provided they live in one of the cities where new dates were announced today.
The trailer for Challengers caught the internet’s attention because a) it’s a new movie from director Luca Guadagnino starring Zendaya, and 2) it’s a new movie from director Luca Guadagnino starring Zendaya where she appears to have a threesome with Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
Challengers is a “fizzy, sexy movie,” according to Guadagnino, but the sex scenes aren’t what they appear.
“What Luca’s really good at is finding sensuality and desire,” Zendaya told Empire in an interview that took place before the SAG-AFTRA strike. “There’s so much in just glances. The tension builds. Not having the release is a good thing sometimes.” O’Connor added, “The tennis is the sex. Those moments are so sexy. The film is dealing with the tension before and after. The sex they’re all desperate for is on the court.”
Tennis player turned coach Tashi (Zendaya) has taken her husband, Art (Mike Faist), and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend (Josh O’Connor).
While traveling to his third arraignment after being indicted on conspiracy charges for his actions leading up to and including the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building, Donald Trump still found time to attack his Republican primary challenger Ron DeSantis.
Despite being ensconced in a whirlwind of legal trouble, Trump has managed to stay ahead of DeSantis in the polls. In fact, Trump has actually widened the gap, and the former president isn’t about to stop pummeling his opponent anytime soon. In a new attack ad posted to Truth Social, DeSantis is seen profusely praising Trump while running for re-election in 2022.
“I want to thank him for what he’s done for our economy,” DeSantis says in the ad. “Trump has almost the entire media against him. Fake news day after day after day. He’s facing opposition, unlike any other president we’ve seen. And he is standing tall for us.”
“And I think that Donald Trump has done a better job appointing judges to both the U.S. Supreme Court and the appeals court than any other president in my lifetime, including one of my heroes, Ronald Reagan,” the ad continues. “Is this Trump country or what?”
The campaign spot arrives on the heels of DeSantis trying out a new tough-talking approach to his campaign, which saw the Florida governor tell a crowd of New Hampshire Republicans that Mexican cartel members are going to be “shot stone cold dead” and federal bureaucrats are in for a rude awakening.
“We are going to start slitting throats on Day One,” DeSantis told a crowd full of barbecue-eating locals.
Two years ago, during the doldrums of August, IMG Academy, a boarding school in Brandenton, Florida renowned for its athletic programs, squared off against the Bishop Sycamore Centurions in a football game broadcast on ESPN. The only problem, it turned out, was Bishop Sycamore’s entire presence was a rouse. The high school wasn’t real, despite enticing players to join the program under the guise of national exposure and eventual collegiate scholarship offers. Naturally, IMG beat the brakes off Bishop Sycamore, 58-0, in a game where the teams understandably couldn’t look farther apart in quality and caliber. Social media had a field day with the whole happenings. It took Twitter by storm and the jokes were endless for a bit.
Now, HBO is set to release a documentary titled “BS High” uncovering the truth behind Bishop Sycamore and how it all came to be, focused on head coach Roy Johnson, who says “I think I’m the most honest liar that I know” in the trailer that released Thursday morning. That quote alone is enough of a pitch to hook me in and summarize why everything spiraled, I’d say.
The story looks pretty intriguing, frustrating and disappointing. Johnson seems to be portrayed as a longstanding con man who sold kids on a nonexistent dream while chasing his own attention and publicity. It’s like Fyre Fest meets football. “BS High” debuts Aug. 23 on HBO’s streaming platform, “Max.”
Did you get tickets to Taylor Swift’sThe Eras Tour concerts at Inglewood, California’s SoFi Stadium this weekend? Congratulations and we hope you enjoy the show, but there’s still some planning to do. Getting Swift tickets is only part of the battle, because now a big question left to answer is: Where are you going to park?
ParkWhiz is also an option for booking a spot, as they show what parking areas are available to get through them for all the concerts. It’s not cheap, though, as some spots will run you hundreds of dollars. Reselling sites like StubHub and Vivid Seats also have parking accommodations available.
If you want to save some money, the city of Inglewood also offers a Park & Go service. Spots in the remote lots got for $38.25 each, while round trip rides on the shuttle from the lot to SoFi Stadium are $8.70 per person.
Also worth noting is that the Kia Forum is right near SoFi Stadium, and they’re selling parking for the Swift concerts, too. Beyond that, you could also just take an Uber, Lyft, taxi, or something like that to the stadium.
The LA Times piece has additional information about parking and traffic, so learn more here.
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