Sabrina Carpenter perfectly timed her new video for her song, “Feather,” from her Emails I Can’t Send deluxe album, to drop on Halloween. In just the first few seconds, it’s clear why.
Carpenter pulls up in her best funeral attire before the video cuts to her grooving down the sidewalk in a different outfit — capturing the attention of some guys who start creepily following her in the process. However, she has other plans, as the three are hit by a truck, while Carpenter safely crosses the street and keeps going.
The next scene continues to play off male toxicity, as Carpenter is taking a boxing class and two guys chime in, trying to teach her how to throw a punch. “Your signals are mixed / You act like a b*tch / You fit every stereotype,” she sings as one of the fan-favorite lines.
Then, the horror energy kicks in, as the men fight each other — leading to a bloodbath in the process. Without spoilers, for those who have seen Bottoms, it very much is like that ending.
With visual nods to Romeo + Juliet in an early church scene and the blend of spooky inspirations, Carpenter continues leading men to their deaths, including her fellow former Disney actor Milo Manheim. Basically, it treats the fans who had been waiting for this to everything they could’ve hoped for.
Netflix’s wild new film Pain Hustlers follows the real-life rise and fall of a small opioid company called Insys Therapeutics that sold a pain relief spray with fentanyl as the main ingredient in the 2010s. This obviously backfired a bit.
Pain Hustlersstars Chris Evans (with a whole facial hair situation), Emily Blunt, Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, and Chloe Coleman. The film is based on the New York Times article of the same name, which then inspired the 2022 book The Hard Sell.
The movie follows Blunt’s character Liza as she unexpectedly becomes involved in a drug conspiracy after taking a job as a rep at the pharmaceutical company. According to Netflix’s official description: “After losing her job, a blue-collar woman who’s struggling to raise her daughter takes a job out of desperation. She begins work at a failing pharmaceutical start-up, but what she doesn’t anticipate is the dangerous racketeering scheme she’s suddenly entered.”
Liza isn’t actually based on a real person, meaning there is no Emily Blunt lookalike roaming the streets out there in the pharmaceutical world. But she is a combination of several people whom producer David Yates and writer Wells Tower met while researching for the movie. Producer Lawrence Grey told Forbes,
There were various characters in this story, men and women, who all feed into Liza. She’s a composite of many different personalities and also partly our own creation as well. We wanted this woman who was ambitious, and idealistic, and perhaps a little bit naive, and who had not always been recognized for the ability that she had, because of her background, her sort of low income status, her lack of education. So there were lots of things that we created or added to Liza, that we all felt a connection to, in some shape or form, and we also cherry picked a few qualities in some of the characters of the Incys story. But yeah, she is ultimately our creation, Wells’ creation, I should say, at the end of the day.
This week saw the release of a ton of great new pop music. A certain A-List pop star eclipsed the discussions this weekend, after dropping an anticipated recreation of one of her biggest eras. K-pop bands like Seventeen and Le Sserafim also returned with some new music that will instantly boost moods.
Check out the rest of Uproxx’s Best New Pop Music roundup below.
Taylor Swift — “Is It Over Now?”
Swift returned this week with her new re-recorded 1989 (Taylor’s Version), with five new vault tracks. One of the highlights is “Is It Over Now?” which closes out the record with a vengeance. Seemingly twisting the knife at a certain ex from that era, the fast-paced song finds Swift going through the motions of what led to the end of their relationship — as he goes after her “clone” and models.
The Kid LAROI — “What Just Happened”
The Kid LAROI’s new song finds him struggling with a relationship after a tense fight and a series of struggles. Fans had been familiar with the song for a while, as he performed it as a teaser during his tour, but now it has an official release tied to his forthcoming debut album.
Seventeen — “God Of Music”
Seventeen’s “God Of Music” is a joyful take on how the art of sound can bring people together — or even if they speak different languages, they can still use it as a form of communication. Basically, it is just a feel-good song with a sweet message.
Elley Duhé – “Talk”
After first making waves in 2018 with a Zedd collab, Elley Duhé has continued to impress fans through her solo music, and her recent one, “Talk,” shows why. In a track about living in the moment in love, she sings, “I’m hearin’ everything I want / I see the fall, I see the fall.”
Le Sserafim — “Perfect Night”
Le Sserafim dropped a killer hit just in time for Halloween weekend, as the girls dish about how they’re going to have a “Perfect Night.” The K-Pop group takes a carefree mentality to going out.
Baby Queen — “I Can’t Get My Sh*t Together”
Baby Queen is gearing up to drop her new album, Quarter Life Crisis. Her latest preview titled “I Can’t Get My Sh*t Together” is about just that, as the singer is struggling emotionally to sort things out in life.
Angie McMahon — “Making It Through”
“Making It Through” by Angie McMahon is the closing track of her new album, Light, Dark, Light Again — and the phrase is pulled from this song. She finds herself mourning a loss and only getting by, but still, she holds onto the hope that things will get better.
Poppy — “Zig”
The title track of Poppy’s new album, “Zig” finds her leaning back into her pop inspirations, after experimenting with a heavier rock-influenced sound. “I like catchy songs, I like choruses, and I like pop music, but I’ve had that across all my records,” she told Dork Magazine.
Alec Benjamin — “Different Kind Of Beautiful”
Alec Benjamin’s “Different Kind Of Beautiful” is a love song in the purest form. “I was hopin’ that I’d run into / You here, but now I’m stumblin’ / And I can’t seem to figure this out,” Benjamin sings about getting caught off guard.
Ashnikko — “Halloweenie V: The Moss King”
Ashnikko is back this year to continue a spooky tradition, by dropping her new “Halloweenie V: The Moss King” single. After not releasing any themed track last year, fans had been waiting for it to return — so they could add it to their haunted soundtracks.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
After months of talk and debate about who got better and who got worse over the summer, the first week of the NBA season is always a treat as we finally get to see these teams play basketball again. There are always early disappointments and pleasant surprises, and one of my favorite things is when a young team everyone’s excited about verifies that hype with a strong start.
This year, that team is the Oklahoma City Thunder, who have gotten off to a 3-1 start with their lone loss being a blowout at the hands of the defending champion Denver Nuggets. That result showed what OKC still needs to do to reach that upper echelon of the NBA’s elite — particularly building out their frontcourt — but what they’ve done in their other three games is a testament to how far they’ve come and the foundation they’ve built.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has picked up where he left off a year ago, averaging 26.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game on 48.2/35.7/95.0 shooting splits over the first four games — and that includes one of his worst career performances against Denver. What’s maybe most impressive about how SGA has been dominating is that he’s not getting to the free throw line anywhere close to the same rate as last year, and yet he’s remained highly efficient and highly impactful. He isn’t drawing fouls at the rate he did last year, with his free throw attempts cut nearly in half so far, but he’s been undeterred from using his off-beat rhythm to knife his way through opposing defenses, get to his spots, and create strong looks for his teammates.
More important to OKC being a more consistent team this year is the support around Shai. Josh Giddey and Jalen Williams are providing high-level secondary ball-handling and creation, while Lu Dort has continued his development as a strong spot-up shooter to go along with his defensive prowess. The biggest addition the Thunder made this offseason was simply getting Chet Holmgren on the floor, and his presence has provided some welcome balance in terms of frontcourt scoring, averaging 15 points per game on 60.6/62.5/75.8 shooting splits. Holmgren might still need to get fatter, in the words of Nikola Jokic, to handle the West’s top bigs defensively, but it’s clear the upside he brings to this team.
We often hear about young teams “learning to win” in the NBA, and it’s clear last year’s run to the Play-In taught the Thunder a lot of valuable lessons they’ve been able to carry over to this season. From the top down, they have an impressive resolve and collective calm in key moments that seems to be an extension of their coach, Mark Daigneault, and their star, SGA. They’ve bought in on both ends of the floor, and while there will be games like Sunday’s against Denver where they’re reminded of the work still left to do, OKC has arrived as a playoff contender in the West.
Where do they land in this week’s DIME Power Rankings? Let’s find out.
1. Denver Nuggets (4-0, Last week — 1)
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The Nuggets are an absolute buzzsaw right now. Their starting lineup is still the best in the NBA by a healthy margin and because of their continuity with that group, it’s just really hard for other teams to reach their level this early in the season. Their only real question this year is the bench unit, and they should be encouraged by what they’ve seen, especially from Peyton Watson who has had a great first week in the full rotation as the eighth man.
2. Boston Celtics (3-0, Last week — 2)
The Celtics have, likewise, taken care of business out of the gates, and of the contenders that made big additions this summer, they’re the one that looks to be the most comfortable in the early going. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown haven’t missed a beat and Kristaps Porzingis looks very comfortable playing off of those two so far.
3. Dallas Mavericks (3-0, Last week — 16)
The most surprising of the undefeateds through the first week is Dallas, which hasn’t faced the toughest schedule but has still been impressive. Luka Doncic looks incredible, averaging 39 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 9.7 assists in the first week, and he’s getting support from the role players in a way that was missing last year. I doubt they shoot 40 percent as a team from three all year, but the offense looking this good with Kyrie Irving ice cold bodes well. If the defense can remain passable, they figure to be a factor in the West playoff race.
4. Golden State Warriors (3-1, Last week — 6)
After stumbling on opening night against Phoenix, the Warriors have ripped off three straight wins including a very impressive showing against the Pelicans on a road back-to-back on Monday. Steph’s doing Steph stuff (33.5 ppg on 71.4 eFG%), the defense has looked good even with just two games of Draymond, and they’ve even got positive contribution from the kids (Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody) off the bench. Chris Paul is off to a rough shooting start, but it’s already clear what he can bring the non-Steph minutes in terms of running a competent offense.
5. Oklahoma City Thunder (3-1, Last week — 17)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a full-on superstar now, Chet Holmgren has impressed in his first four games, and their depth on the wing and in the backcourt continues to shine. Last year’s foray into competitiveness seems to have paid dividends this year, as they know what it takes to win games and have an impressive sense of calm in big moments, thanks in large part to SGA.
6. Philadelphia 76ers (2-1, Last week — 9)
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The Sixers narrowly lost the opener to the Bucks but have looked very solid since. Tyrese Maxey has fully embraced being the lead guard (30.3 points, 6.3 assists, 6.7 rebounds per game) and Joel Embiid looks like, well, Joel Embiid (31.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 7.0 assists per game). Maxey’s hot start was enough to get Philly to go ahead and send Harden to L.A. and give Tyrese the keys to the offense. While their stats probably won’t remain quite that gaudy once the sample size increases, it’s a very good sign for Philly’s long-term prospects that the offense is humming with Maxey at the helm and Embiid embracing some of the facilitating role himself.
7. Phoenix Suns (2-1, Last week — 5)
I don’t think anyone’s outlook on Phoenix has changed much in the first week. They look great when they have their guys on the floor, but without Booker and Beal in L.A., they stumbled against the Lakers. Health of their main guys is the question looming over this Suns team, but KD’s looked great and Booker was terrific in the opener before sitting the last two with a toe injury.
8. Sacramento Kings (2-1, Last week — 14)
The Kings look a lot like last year’s Kings, with a highly explosive offense and a defense that can be a bit shaky. Their most recent win over the Lakers was quite impressive, as they closed L.A. out in overtime without Fox (injured) or Sabonis (fouled out). That’s a confidence builder early in the season and particularly important as they’ll need to navigate some time without their star guard as he deals with an ankle sprain.
9. Indiana Pacers (2-1, Last week — 20)
The Pacers got off to a hot start before a somewhat disappointing loss to the Bulls on Monday, but they’ve already shown how fun they can be on offense when they get rolling. Tyrese Haliburton is pulling all the right strings (20 ppg/12.3 apg) and when shots are falling, they’re a nightmare to deal with. While we knew the offense would be good, they’ve been solid defensively (16th in the NBA in DRtg) out of the gates and keeping in that league average range would be huge for their chances to hang around in the East playoff race.
10. LA Clippers (2-1, Last week — 12)
The Clippers mowed down two bad teams at home in the form of the Blazers and Spurs and dropped a tight one in Utah. While we haven’t learned a lot about L.A. and taking care of business against the bottom of the league isn’t wildly impressive, it is vital to do if you want to get a playoff berth. Now we’ll get to see how they fare with James Harden joining the roster, as they get to almost start all over again this week.
11. New Orleans Pelicans (2-1, Last week — 18)
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Zion Williamson being back to doing Zion things is very fun. However, this New Orleans offense has been stuck in the mud overall and that’s a bit concerning despite a 2-1 start to the year. They really miss Trey Murphy III’s floor spacing, as evidenced by a 31.7 percent shooting start from three as a team. The good news is the defense has been better than anticipated, Steph Curry catching fire aside, and the question for New Orleans is, if/when they can get healthy, can they strike the right balance between offense and defense.
12. Milwaukee Bucks (2-1, Last week — 3)
The Bucks right now are a good example of how basketball isn’t played on paper. They’re 2-1, yes, but it’s been a bit of a struggle getting the Damian Lillard-Giannis Antetokounmpo pairing off the ground. While it’s clear how they can complement each other, it’s also clear it’s going to require some time for those two to build the needed trust and chemistry to tap into that full potential. I do believe they’ll get there, but in the meantime it’s going to be a bit frustrating in Milwaukee, especially because the defense clearly isn’t what it used to be. Still, 2-1 with a sloppy start is pretty good and I’m probably being a touch harsh here, grading on a curve of what I feel they should be.
13. LA Lakers (2-2, Last week — 12)
It seems less than ideal that the “LeBron is only gonna play 30 minutes per game” thing lasted just one game. This was supposed to be a deeper Lakers team this year, but they have been extremely dependent on LeBron and Anthony Davis to be great each night to win. The good news is, those two are capable of that on a lot of nights. The bad news is, having to lean on them this much this early in the season wasn’t the plan. We’ll see if the “others” can wake up after a sluggish start and get them back on plan.
14. Orlando Magic (2-1, Last week — 23)
Orlando blitzed the Rockets in the opener and then beat the Blazers before dropping a tight one to the Lakers on the road. That all feels about right for this Magic team. They need Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner to find a rhythm offensively, but if this early defensive showing is for real, the Magic are going to be frisky once their stars get settled in.
15. Atlanta Hawks (2-2, Last week — 15)
The Hawks got off to a dreadful start but have rattled off two straight impressive wins over the Bucks and Timberwolves. Will we be in for another Jekyll/Hyde season from the Hawks where they just can’t ever get away from the .500 mark? They certainly hope not, and it’ll come down to Dejounte Murray and Trae Young finding a bit more consistency in their impact. The highs have been great, it’s just a matter of raising the floor for the lows with this team.
16. Detroit Pistons (2-2, Last week — 28)
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The Pistons have been legitimately impressive to start the season. Cade Cunningham looks terrific and Jalen Duren appears to be an emerging star in the frontcourt. The defense has improved dramatically under Monty Williams, and if they can get some consistent offensive production between Cunningham and Duren, this Pistons team might just be able to stick around in the Play-In race in the East.
17. Chicago Bulls (2-2, Last week — 19)
The Bulls had a team meeting after the first game of the season and they lost a game by double-digits in which Zach LaVine scored 51 (to the aforementioned Pistons). They did nab a couple wins over the Raptors and Pacers, the latter of which being their most impressive result yet, but this is still a team that feels a bit combustible. Maybe they can right the ship, but this start hasn’t alleviated concerns in Chicago that this is a team that’s run its course.
18. Minnesota Timberwolves (1-2, Last week — 11)
The Timberwolves scored 79 points in the first half to take a 19-point lead against the Hawks and then proceeded to give up a 60-20 run in the second half to lose by 14. That’s hard to do and the Wolves need to really figure out how to be more consistent offensively. It’s clear there’s a good team in there somewhere, but it’s not certain they are capable of bringing that out on a nightly basis.
19. New York Knicks (1-2, Last week — 8)
The backcourt has been great for the Knicks to start the season as RJ Barrett and Jalen Brunson have both looked very good – with some flashes from Immanuel Quickley off the bench. However, it’s been tough sledding from the frontcourt, as Julius Randle’s started his season off ice cold and they just haven’t gotten much from the bigs in the first week. The Knicks have been in each game so far and dropped a heartbreaker in the opener in Boston, but they need their All-Star forward to find his form again if they’re going to make a climb.
20. Cleveland Cavaliers (1-2, Last week — 7)
It’s only a week into the season and the Cavs already have three of their top four battling injuries. Max Strus’ huge opener keeps them from being winless right now, but with their star backcourt duo both battling hamstring issues and Jarrett Allen out with an ankle, it’s not an ideal situation for the Cavs coming out of the gate.
21. Brooklyn Nets (1-2, Last week — 21)
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After a couple of tough, close losses to start the season, the Nets could finally open things up on the Hornets on Monday to get their first win. It’s a bit of an adventure defensively in Brooklyn, but the offense is humming along. Cam Thomas is having his annual bucket-getting extravaganzas, Ben Simmons is in his comfortable role as a facilitator again, and Mikal Bridges steadily rolling along. Nic Claxton is the one guy on the roster they can’t really replace, so naturally he’s already battling an ankle issue which has contributed heavily to their defensive woes.
22. San Antonio Spurs (1-2, Last week — 27)
Victor Wembanyama is really fun, but Sunday’s 40-point loss to the Clippers was a reminder that this is still a really young team that will have high highs and really low lows. Still, being competitive in two out of every three games would be a very nice step forward for this Spurs team, and the flashes from Wemby, Devin Vassell, and others are going to make them enjoyable to watch most nights.
23. Miami Heat (1-3, Last week — 10)
The Heat haven’t been done many favors by their early season schedule, but they also just haven’t been very good. Bam Adebayo’s been the exception to that, but he is now dealing with a hip injury that kept him out of the loss in Milwaukee. Tyler Herro’s embraced his role as a leading scorer on this team, but hasn’t gotten a lot of support from his backcourt mates. The concerns at the point guard position still persist and Jimmy Butler’s gotten off to a sluggish start, which is not something this Heat roster is equipped to really handle.
24. Utah Jazz (1-3, Last week — 24)
The Jazz have had a brutal schedule to open the year, facing four playoff teams in the first four games. As such, a 1-3 record to start isn’t a surprise. The good news is Lauri Markkanen has picked up where he left off last year, averaging 25 points and 9.8 rebounds on solid efficiency. The bad news is the concerns about their backcourt have not gone away and it’s not abundantly clear what the right answers are at the guard spot for Will Hardy right now.
25. Charlotte Hornets (1-2, Last week — 26)
After beating Atlanta in the opener, the Hornets have dropped games by double digits to Detroit and Brooklyn. LaMelo’s shooting struggles are not optimal for a team that needs him to be the engine, and defense also has not been great. The good news is, Brandon Miller has been very good offensively and whenever your top rookie gets off to a strong start and builds confidence, that’s a good thing. They just really need Ball to find his rhythm, because this isn’t a roster built to win ugly games with their defense.
26. Washington Wizards (1-2, Last week — 30)
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We are only three games into the season and we have already learned that when it’s bad for Washington, it’s going to be really bad. They have been boat-raced twice, with a win over the Grizzlies in between. The defense is extremely flammable and the offense has not been able to keep up so far, but that’s in part due to a slow start for Jordan Poole. There will be some fun nights when he finds it and this offense takes off, but it seems the Wizards are going to be who we thought they were.
27. Portland Trail Blazers (1-3, Last week — 29)
The Blazers were destined for the bottom until they beat the Raptors in a rather fascinating (and also hideous) game. Portland’s youngsters are struggling, as you’d expect, but they do have some competent veterans and rode that group down the stretch of the fourth to a win in Toronto. Everything in Portland comes down to when the light comes on for Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe in a larger role now – especially with Anfernee Simons out for a month-plus.
28. Toronto Raptors (1-3, Last week — 22)
The Raptors are just a tough watch right now. They make scoring the basketball look like a painful venture and the same problems that have persisted for a few years in the halfcourt are, shockingly, still problems with the same guys on the roster. When you can’t do better than 91 points against the Blazers this year, that’s a real problem. To their credit, the defense is really good, but it’s just hard to win games consistently in 2023 solely off the efforts on that end.
29. Memphis Grizzlies (0-4, Last week — 13)
Memphis has been close in a few games to start the year, but just cannot put it together to get their first win. Ja Morant still has 21 games to serve on his suspension and they have yet to figure out how to replace Steven Adams. Their lack of rim pressure without Ja is noticeable, as they have a lot of guys who want to shoot jumpers who aren’t shooting them particularly well thus far. Without the ability to create easy buckets and free throw opportunities, they’ve just not been able to avoid the scoring droughts that allow their opponents to take control of the game.
30. Houston Rockets (0-3, Last week — 25)
After getting smoked in the opener in Orlando, the Rockets have at least bounced back to show they’re competitive in their last two losses. They dropped a winnable overtime game to the Spurs and then got Steph Curry’d on Sunday, and unfortunately, their upcoming schedule does them few favors. Getting a win over Charlotte on Wednesday could be very important because after that it gets brutal over their next 13 games.
I went to the mall last week. Just a quick trip. I was grabbing some lunch and making a return and I wanted to check out some new sweatsh… I don’t know why I’m trying to justify this to you. I can go to the mall if I want. I’m a grown-up. And it’s not even really the point. The point I was getting at is that, on my way in from the parking lot through the department store, I saw a bunch of Christmas decorations up. Trees, wreaths, ribbons, all of it. It was October 22.
Which, like, fine. It’s still weird to see holiday stuff up next to spooky decorations, but I can live with it. Physical stores are struggling in the time of online shopping and any little nudge to help your brain think about buying Christmas gifts probably helps them a bit. Plus, I went to the mall. I was asking for this, in a way. I don’t have to love it but I knew what I was signing up for.
What was tougher to swallow, however, was when I came home and flipped on a football game and saw… this.
To be clear, there is nothing wrong with this commercial from a content standpoint. It’s got everything a nice little holiday commercial could want: cute kids, presents, a festive song performed by Christmas music icon Darlene Love, and yes, I do recommend adding “Marshmallow World” to your various Christmas playlists for whenever you get around to decorating. But also… I mean… come on, people.
I know the battle has been lost over Thanksgiving. That used to be a thing. People would get upset when Christmas stuff started rolling out before the turkey was in the oven. It’s kind of the whole point of Black Friday, really, the thing where Thanksgiving ends and we shift from one holiday to another for Day One of the Christmas shopping season. But that slide started years ago. Holiday stuff leaked into mid-November. And then early November. And we all kind of sat back and let it happen because the Thanksgiving damn had already broken.
But… come on.
Again, there’s nothing wrong with this commercial in practice. I’m glad Natasha Lyonne is out here cashing checks. I love Natasha Lyonne. The bigger problem is that I saw this little ad at halftime of a football game and the very next ad was for the spooky content a streaming service was offering for the upcoming Halloween weekend and it just felt… wrong. Kind of unsettling.
You can mix Christmas and horror if that’s what you’re going for from the jump. We have a slew of movies out there that prove that. Action, too, as Shane Black has made a career out of showing us. (Please watch The Nice Guysthis holiday season.) But the shift in tone from fun snow-y vibes and sweaters to “you are going to die inside a pumpkin” did not feel right.
And that’s before we got to… this.
NO
NO
I DO NOT WANT TO SEE JOHN TRAVOLTA AS SANTA CLAUS IN OCTOBER
I DO NOT THINK I NEED A SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-INSPIRED CHRISTMAS COMMERCIAL AT ALL, REALLY
When Marge Simpson introduced the first Treehouse of Horror episode of The Simpsons by warning viewers that it was “really scary,” I believed her. I also took her word in “Treehouse of Horror II” (“It’s scarier, more violent, and I think they snuck in some bad language, too”) and “Treehouse of Horror V” (“It seems the show is so scary, that Congress won’t even let us show it”).
In my defense, I was seven years old when that episode — the one where the blood usually gets off on the second floor — aired. Now, as an adult who is disturbingly desensitized to violence, I’m no longer afraid of Homer getting sent to Hell after selling his soul to the Devil. In fact, when I think of the most disturbing scene on The Simpsons, Treehouse of Horror isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.
Neither is an Itchy and Scratchy short, although the Fantasia parody where Scratchy chops hundreds of Itchys into pink dust which he inhales and then the little Scratchys begin hacking away at his organs from the inside is up there. But you expect something horrific to happen during The Itchy and Scratchy Show or Treehouse of Horror. They’re not technically (I’m sorry) “canon,” so murder, decapitations, evil twins, burning to death, and chest-bursting dolphins are on the menu. In a “normal” episode, especially in the early seasons, the writers and the animators tried to “avoid surrealism.”
Which is what made this season four scene so shocking.
In “Brother from the Same Planet,” written by Jon Vitti and directed by Jeffrey Lynch, Homer forgets to pick Bart up from soccer practice despite Milhouse’s reminder to “Trab pu kcip.” When Homer finally arrives (after having a dream where he finds only his skeleton), Bart is soaking wet from a rainstorm and furious at his father. Homer tries to win him over with ice cream, but his apology is lacking. “I know you’re mad at me right now, and I’m kinda mad, too. I mean, we could sit here and try to figure out ‘who forgot to pick up who’ until the cows come home. But let’s just say we’re both wrong and that’ll be that,” he says. While Homer refuses to accept the blame, Bart looks over at his dad and pictures the gruesome sight of his face melting off, leaving only exposed teeth, a red scalp, and pupil-less eyes. “Now how about a hug?”
It’s The Simpsons’ Large Marge moment, an out-of-nowhere shock. Do I want melty Homer as a tattoo? Of course (although evil Lisa holding a knife comes first). But the psychological trauma of a son being so mad at his father that he pictures him looking like he took an acid bath in Hell is disturbing stuff.
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Thanks to his role as the no-nonsense right-hand man to Gil Cunningham’s casino owner Thomas Rainwater, Mo Brings Plenty has played a prominent part on powerhouse western series Yellowstone. The Native actor also has become a key piece of Taylor Sheridan‘s burgeoning TV empire, both in front of the camera and behind as Brings Plenty has become a trusted consultant for making sure Native tribes are respectfully featured on screen.
With Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Brings Plenty will continue to be a versatile player in the Taylor Sheridan-verse. According to Deadline, the actor will star in the new series as Minco Dodge, “a Choctaw Native American and friend” to the titular character played by David Oyelowo.
However, despite the new Sheridan series having a western setting and sharing some of the same actors, Lawmen is not connected to Yellowstone or its 1883 spinoff. Showrunner Chad Feehan recently told TV Insider that Lawmen will be a stand-alone story that centers on Reeves’ life from 1862 to 1887, stopping six years short of the Yellowstone spinoff.
Here’s the official synopsis:
From executive producers Taylor Sheridan and David Oyelowo comes the untold story of the most legendary lawman in the Old West: Bass Reeves. Lawmen: Bass Reeves, follows the journey of Reeves (Oyelowo) and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during the course of his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family.
Lawmen: Bass Reeves premieres November 5 on Paramount+.
There have been rumors of a new Constantine film for years, though it has been quiet as of late, for obvious reasons. But director Francis Lawrence says he’s still on board as long as the fans are. “Constantine 2 got obviously held up by the writers strike,” Lawrence said in a new interview with Gamespot (as pointed out by Deadline) before confirming that the character is in the right place. “And we had to jump through a bunch of hurdles to get control of the character again, because other people had control of the Vertigo stuff. We have control.”
Not only are they in control, but Reeves is fully invested in the process. Lawrence added, “Keanu and Akiva Goldsman and I have been in meetings and have been hashing out what we think the story is going to be, and there’s more meetings of those that have to happen,” Lawrence confirmed, before adding that the movie is still in its early stages. “The script has to be written–but really hoping that we get to do Constantine 2, and make a real rated R version of it.” Just imagine if it’s a normal Constantine sequel, only Reeves says the F word every line. Movie of the year.
So, now that this is all settled we can start to work on a campaign to get a Johnny Mnemonic sequel, right? Let’s make it happen.
Brockhampton’s former de facto frontman Kevin Abstract returned recently, teasing a new solo album in the wake of the band’s dissolution last year. While longtime fans might have expected a hip-hop-tinged project based on Abstract’s prior output, at a secret show in LA where he played the album, Blanket, he surprised fans with a rock-inflected collection of songs that suggested a new direction for the mastermind behind Brockhampton’s success.
He explained his creative process behind the album in a press release, detailing how it was produced over the course of three months with fellow former Brockhampton member Romil Hemnani. According to Kevin, he wanted “to make, like, a Sunny Day Real Estate, Nirvana, Modest Mouse type of record. But I wanted it to hit like a rap album.” The album is Abstract’s fourth solo release — unless you count Brockhampton’s penultimate album, The Family.
Here’s everything we know about Kevin Abstract’s new album Blanket.
Release Date
Blanket is out 11/3 via Video Store/RCA. Find more information here.
Tracklist
01. “When The Rope Post 2 Break”
02. “Blanket”
03. “Running Out”
04. “The Greys”
05. “Voyager”
06. “Madonna”
07. “Today I Gave Up”
08. “What Should I Do?”
09. “Mr. Edwards”
10. “Scream”
11. “Real 2 Me”
12. “Heights, Spiders, And The Dark”
13. “My Friend”
followin back anybody who change they avi to the album cover and ill be sendin some of yal free blanket merch too ong love u gang pic.twitter.com/OJsnHUPwvT
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