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When Will Tickets For Sol Blume 2024 Come Out?

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This January, Sol Blume announced the lineup for its 2023 iteration, so logic would suggest that the 2024 lineup will arrive next January. In the meantime, the beloved hip-hop and R&B festival has at least confirmed when it will take place next year. On Wednesday, November 29, Sol Blume announced that it will expand to three days and return to Discovery Park in Sacramento, California from May 3 to May 5, 2024. Below is all you need to know about ticketing (so far).

When Will Tickets For Sol Blume 2024 Come Out?

“To celebrate the news, a limited number of discount-priced blind presale festival passes will go on sale to the general public next Friday, December 8 at 10:00 a.m. PST via SolBlume.com, which includes three-day GA and VIP wristbands as well as with the introduction of the GA+ ticket type,” Sol Blume relayed in a press release. “Fans are encouraged to act fast as pricing will increase as the festival date approaches.”

An accompanying Instagram post also stated that “these will be the lowest prices before the general on sale” and confirmed that “payment plans will be available.”

How Much Are Tickets For Sol Blume 2024?

Sol Blume lists ticket prices on its official website. General admission tickets are broken down in three tiers. Tier 1 start at $249 (before fees) followed by $279 for Tier 2 and $299 for Tier 3. General Admission+ tickets start at $349 (before fees), while VIP options start at $449 (before fees). Payment plan details are not yet listed.

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Zack Snyder Says He’s Done With Superhero Movies, Though He’ll Make A Couple Exceptions

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Zack Snyder and comic book movies had a good run. His second feature was 300, a monster hit version of Frank Miller’s take on the Greco-Persian wars. He was the one who pounded Alan Moore’s Watchmen into a movie, and he rebooted both Superman and Batman (and introduced a new Wonder Woman). Then came Justice League, which was such a headache that it took him years to get his version on screens. Now he’s done with the genre — well, sort of.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter (in a bit teased out by Entertainment Weekly), the director of the forthcoming Rebel Moon two-fer — an original sci-fi idea, not based on a comic — doesn’t exactly sound ready for a return to the genre.

“We’ve been on the treadmill — it has not evolved,” Snyder said. “I don’t have the excitement for it that I used to have.”

Not that he’s completely burning that bridge. Should his buddy James Gunn, now co-honcho of the the revamping DCEU, call, he wouldn’t turn down the chance to tackle another Frank Miller classic: The Dark Knight Returns — though he’d only do it if he could make “a true representation of the graphic novel.”

Oh, and he also wouldn’t Miller’s Elektra Lives Again out of bed. “But that’s it,” he insists.

One thing he’s adamant against doing is Star Wars, but only because, he says, “Those guys have a handle on the brand.”

In the chat, Snyder praises some of his old DCEU friends, including Ezra Miller, who he said “did a great job in that Flash movie,” adding, “It’s very difficult to play against yourself.”

Snyder also cast Ray Miller, who played Cyborg in Justice League and had a bear of a time, in Rebel Moon. About him, Snyder said, “He’s weathered the storm in a way not many people could or get to do.”

So to recap: Snyder is definitely but definitely done with superhero movies. Unless he isn’t. And the 300 threequel he wrote at the height of the pandemic doesn’t count.

(Via THR and EW)

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When Is Sol Blume Festival 2024?

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Sol Blume was initially scheduled to happen this April, but flooding in Sacramento forced the preeminent R&B festival to postpone until August. Performances from the likes of Chlöe, Coco Jones, Kehlani, and Teyana Taylor proved worth the wait, and now, the fest is preparing to go bigger than ever to celebrate its fifth anniversary next year.

As per a press release on Wednesday, November 29, Sol Blume will return to Discovery Park in Sacramento, California from May 3 to May 5, 2024, marking the festival’s first-ever three-day staging. An Instagram post also promised “bigger stages, more food and beverage options, new experiences, the return of ‘Sol Skate,’ and a new GA+ pass experience.”

“To celebrate the news, a limited number of discount-priced blind presale festival passes will go on sale to the general public next Friday, December 8 at 10:00 a.m. PST via SolBlume.com, which includes three-day GA and VIP wristbands as well as with the introduction of the GA+ ticket type,” the press release states. “Fans are encouraged to act fast as pricing will increase as the festival date approaches.”

You can sign up to receive real-time festival updates, including lineup announcements and ticket information, on the festival’s official website.

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We Tried The Healthiest Fast Food Dishes, Here’s The #1 Best Tasting

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Now that Thanksgiving weekend is behind us it’s as good a time as any to, you know, actually start caring about what we’re eating on a day-to-day basis. Don’t get us wrong, we are by no means passing judgment on what you’re eating. You do you, but we know we can’t be the only ones who are getting a little carried away with all the indulgent foods and snacks that somehow taste even better at this time of year than any other. It’s not our fault, it’s biological (maybe). It’s a winter thing, we can’t help but want to eat slice of pie after slice of pie.

Don’t blame yourself. Blame nature!

Anyway, our point is that the holiday season isn’t over and we’re not going to let this time of year come and go without indulging in ham, tamales, and any other food that makes us feel nice and cozy during these colder months. So it’s probably smart to cut calories where we can, and if you’re relying on fast food for most of your meals, that’s not going to be easy.

Luckily, there are a few healthy dishes out there in the fast food universe that actually taste delicious and today we’re listing off 10 of the most popular and best-tasting healthy meals in fast food. A quick note: keep in mind that when we say “healthy” we’re talking relative to fast food — so the sodium content of this food is still probably too high to truly be considered “healthy.” Think of this list as “healthy… for fast food.”

We’ll be sure to list the calories, fat, sodium, protein, and carb content of each meal. Okay, enough talk, let’s dive in!

10. Starbucks — Spinach Feta and Egg White Wrap

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Calories: 290

Fat: 8 grams

Sodium: 840mg

Carbs: 34g

Protein: 19g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

Look, every ranking has to have a bottom and I’m sorry to Starbucks fans but, this time around, you’re it. The Spinach Feta and Egg White Wrap is straight-up not very good.

What you get here is egg whites mixed with spinach, feta cheese, and sun-dried tomato cream cheese inside a whole wheat wrap. The spinach’s major tasting note is dirt, and the combination of egg and feta cheese is a bit too salty. That makes the two major tasting notes: dirt and salt.

I will say this though: that sundried tomato cream cheese saves the whole dish. It’s tangy, and bright, and brings a sense of umami to this bland wrap.

The Bottom Line:

As a mid-afternoon pick-me-up, this dish gets the job done. But if you want to actually enjoy your food rather than just eating for the sake of fuel, look elsewhere.

Find your nearest Starbucks here.

9. Taco Bell — Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme

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Calories: 520

Fat: 18g

Sodium: 1100mg

Carbs: 77g

Protein: 12g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

What is any fast food list without some Taco Bell? It may not seem like it at first glance, but Taco Bell offers some dishes that, while high in sodium and carbs, are relatively healthy, like the Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme.

Eating this Crunchwrap feels like cheating — the stats aren’t that bad but it still feels like you’re eating junk food, which let’s face it, is a nice feeling.

Instead of meat, what you have here is a mix of black beans, salty nacho cheese sauce, tomatoes, sour cream, and lettuce on top of a tostada shell wrapped in a giant flour tortilla. The black beans have a nice textural element and an earthy flavor that, honestly, is better than most Taco Bell meat options anyway, while the cheese sauce provides that indulgent salty quality characteristic of Taco Bell.

The Bottom Line:

The sodium and carbohydrate content is pretty high, but this is just as satisfying as a greasy burger or chicken sandwich at less than half the calories.

Find your nearest Taco Bell here.

8. Wendy’s — Apple Pecan Salad

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Calories: 450 + 90 (Dressing)

Fat: 25g + 3g (Dressing)

Sodium: 1230mg (Fried Chicken) + 190mg (Dressing)

Carbs: 28g

Protein: 32g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

Wendy’s makes a damn good salad. This salad features a mix of sweet and tangy red apples (my guess is Fuji) and sour green apples, pecans, cranberries, blue cheese crumbles, and any Wendy’s chicken filet of your choice, including spicy, homestyle, and grilled over a bed of mixed green. We listed the caloric information for the spicy option because that’s all Wendy’s will tell us on their site, but obviously, you’re probably going to want to go with the grilled chicken to cut down on the calories, carbs, and sodium.

The grilled chicken is pretty good, it’s a bit dry but Wendy’s gives you pomegranate vinaigrette to pour all over your salad which remedies the dryness and adds sweet and tart notes to the dish, complimenting the mix of fruity, nutty, and salty notes.

As is the case with most fast food salads, the weak link here is the lettuce. It’s a basic mix of greens and romaine lettuce and really serves as nothing more than texture. No tasty arugula or spinach leaves at all, unfortunately.

The Bottom Line:

A great tasting salad that even with fried chicken, is still pretty healthy compared to something like a cheeseburger or chicken sandwich.

Find your nearest Wendy’s here.

7. El Pollo Loco Classic Double Chicken Chopped Salad

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Calories: 490

Fat: 14g

Sodium: 900mg

Carbs: 14g

Protein: 48g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

The great thing about El Pollo Loco is that the chain deals with grilled chicken, so even a two-piece meal with the right sides is a healthy choice. But rather than suggest some bone-in chicken with corn and broccoli as your sides, which sounds incredibly boring, we’re just going to go ahead and suggest something that is both healthy and delicious, the Double Chicken Chopped Salad.

What you get here is a double dose of grilled white meat chicken mixed with slices of buttery avocado, pumpkin seeds, creamy queso fresco, greens, pico de Gallo, and a creamy cilantro dressing. The chicken is delicious with a mix of charred flavors with some citrus zest, while pico de Gallo adds a sense of freshness which pairs nicely with the peppery dressing.

If you want to take this to the next level, pour some avocado salsa all over the salad for more intense heat.

The Bottom Line:

A delicious, meaty, and flavorful salad. How many other salads can you describe as “meaty”?

Find your nearest El Pollo Loco here.

6. Panda Express — String Bean Chicken Breast

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Calories: 190 + 380 (White Rice)

Fat: 8g

Sodium: 840mg

Carbs: 34g + 87g (White Rice)

Protein: 19g + 7g (White Rice)

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

Yes, it’s easy to be tempted by dishes like Orange Chicken, Chili Crisp Shrump, and Honey Sesame Chicken Breast, but the String Beach Chicken offers less than half the calories of those sugary breaded dishes and tastes just as good.

The chicken is tender, juicy, and perfectly cooked and is tossed in a light ginger and soy sauce that is subtly sweet and floral. The combination of string beans and onions gives a nice crunch with some lightly sweet vegetal notes. It’s a great dish even without the rice, but we’re going to assume you want rice, so we suggest white.

It’s not the healthiest option (super greens are), but it’s significantly less sodium-rich than the chow mein and fried rice.

The Bottom Line:

Panda Express’ healthiest dish doesn’t sacrifice big flavors for low calories. This is a great dish.

Find your nearest Panda Express here.

5. Chick-fil-A — Spicy Southwest Salad

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Calories: 680

Fat: 49g

Sodium: 1220mg

Carbs: 27g

Protein: 33g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

As much as I like Wendy’s Apple Pecan salad, Chick-fil-A’s Spicy Southwest puts it to shame. This salad features your choice of chicken on a bed of mixed greens with grape tomatoes, Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese, roasted corn, black beans, poblano chilies, and red bell peppers.

At Chick-fil-A, you can get this sandwich with a spicy grilled filet, grilled filet, nuggets, chicken strips, or a fried filet (spicy or regular), which is great for customization, but honestly, I think the plain grilled filet works best with the rest of the build.

Each forkful here is a mix of fresh sweet and peppery flavors with a mild heat on the backend which slowly builds on the palate. The poblano chilies are the obvious star of the show here, but we also have to shout out the mix of black beans, tortilla, and corn which add some nice texture to the salad.

The Bottom Line:

Quite possibly the best salad in all of fast food.

Find your nearest Chick-fil-A here.

4. Chick-fil-A — Grilled Chicken Sandwich

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Calories: 390

Fat: 12g

Sodium: 770mg

Carbs: 44g

Protein: 28g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

Most people I know who are hardcore Chick-fil-A fans don’t even know this sandwich exists, which is a shame because it’s way better than you might expect. It’s no secret that Chick-fil-A knows how to make chicken, and that skill extends to the chain’s grilled bird.

The breast filet is well marinated, juicy, and tender, with a lemon and black pepper flavor with a hint of grill-charred notes. The sandwich sits atop green leaf lettuce, juicy tomatoes which bring a nice umami character to the dish, and a toasted multigrain bun that brings some subtle sweetness to each bite. Overall, it’s a well-thought-out and built sandwich, and the chicken is juicy enough that you don’t need sauce.

What other chicken chain can claim the same?

The Bottom Line:

On some days, calorie-cutting be damned, Chick-fil-A’s Grilled sandwich hits the spot better than its fried counterpart can.

Find your nearest Chick-fil-A here.

3. Panera — Napa Almond Chicken Salad on Country Rustic Sourdough

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Calories: 640

Fat: 25g

Sodium: 970mg

Carbs: 78g

Protein: 27g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

It’s sandwiches like the Napa Almond Chicken Salad on Country Rustic Sourdough (ridiculous name) that make me think, “Am I sleeping on Panera?” This sandwich is straight-up delicious, whether you’re watching what you eat or not.

The build is a mix of thin slices of white meat chicken, and diced celery, which bring a nice peppery crunch, red grapes, toasted almonds, a sweet honey and vinegar-based sauce, tomatoes, emerald greens, and salt and pepper on chewy, tangy, sourdough.

The greens here are great, they provide a slightly bitter base that melds well with the soft nutty tones of the almonds, the peppery quality of the celery, and the sour sweetness of the grapes. The sauce combines floral honey notes and cider vinegar, creating a slight mustardy tang with some umami sumptuousness from the tomatoes.

If you’re willing to add an extra 90 calories and some healthy fats, you can beef this sandwich up with avocado which brings a nice buttery rounded character to the sandwich.

The Bottom Line:

A delicious sandwich that tastes even better once you add the slices of avocado.

Find your nearest Panera here.

2. Chipotle — Burrito Bowl (Our Best Tasting Build, Modified)

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Calories: 690

Fat: 21g

Sodium: NA

Carbs: 78g

Protein: 44g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

We’ve done extensive testing in the past to build the greatest Chipotle Burrito Bowl and filtered down our findings for three different bowls: the “best tasting,” bowl, the “best-tasting keto,” bowl, and the decadent “anything goes” bowl. We stand by those bowls, but rather than recommending the keto bowl here, I’m going to propose a fourth build, a modified version of our “best-tasting” bowl.

Here is the build:

  • barbacoa
  • pinto beans
  • white rice
  • extra fajita veggies
  • tomatillo red salsa
  • roasted chili corn salsa
  • cheese and lettuce
  • a dash of jalapeño Tabasco.

The end result should be a savory and flavorful salad with smokey, earthy, and spicy notes with a mild and sweet finish. The barbacoa provides herbal clove and oregano notes into the mix, which pair perfectly with the cumin-heavy pinto beans which soak nicely into the bed of rice. Overall, the dish is incredibly aromatic thanks to the extra fajitas and it’s so good that you’ll be blown away that it clocks in at well under 1000 calories.

If you’re looking to cut back even more, here is another modification: drop the rice and you’re looking at 480 calories, 17 grams of fat, 40 grams of protein, and 38 grams of carbs, which leaves some room to add guacamole. You can also swap out the barbacoa for the chicken but we are going to reccomend strongly against that. Barbacoa is what brings in that rich herbal flavor — you need that element.

The Bottom Line:

Chipotle makes eating healthy without sacrificing big flavor easy. This bowl will blow your mind.

Find your nearest Chipotle here.

1. Flame Broiler — Korean Spicy Chicken

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Calories: 510

Fat: 14g

Sodium: 360mg

Carbs: 49g

Protein: 44g

Tasting Notes & Thoughts:

Choosing a number one for this list was honestly a no-brainer, I said it in my original review of the dish: Flame Broiler’s Korean Spicy Chicken is the best tasting and healthiest dish in all of fast food. This isn’t just healthy for fast food by the way, this is a well-balanced nutritious dish, full stop, and it tastes so f*cking good.

The chicken is a flavor bomb of chili spice, offering layers of sweet and savory sensations. Because it is thigh meat, it’s juicy and tender, and the heavy gochujang-inspired sauce transfers to your bed of vegetables and rice, ensuring every bite is full of flavor.

We strongly suggest adding some additional Magic Sauce (Flame Broiler’s version of Teriyaki) to your bowl. Yes, it’s going to up the sodium, calorie, and sugar content, but in this dish, you can spare it and it’ll help to deepen the sweeter notes and bring some umami qualities to the forefront.

The Bottom Line:

Hands down the best-tasting healthy dish in fast food right now. A must order whether you’re trying to eat healthy or not.

Find your nearest Flame Broiler here.

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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Hilariously Roasted Spotify’s Artist Payment Model In His Own Spotify Wrapped Artist Video

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At the end of every year Spotify unveils their “Wrapped” special, in which they reveal to subscribers the musicians and songs they listened to the most in the last 12 months. Some of those artists record video messages, thanking their most ardent fans. “Weird Al” Yankovic, the king of musical parody, did that, but he made sure to get in a dig on Spotify’s controversial artist payment model.

“Hey, how ya doin’? Al here,” Yankovic said in his pre-recorded artist video. “Look, I’ll make this really quick. I just want to thank you all for your amazing support. It’s my understanding that I had over 80 million streams on Spotify this year, so if I’m doing the math right, that means I earned $12. So, you know, enough to get myself a nice sandwich at a restaurant. So, from the bottom of my heart, thanks for your support — and thanks for the sandwich.”

Last week, Spotify announced it was adjusting the streaming threshold for royalties. Beginning in early 2024, at least 1,000 streams within the past 12 months will be required for any one song to earn compensation. Spotify’s full press release can be found here.

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David Zaslav Is Patting Himself On The Back For The ‘Courage’ It Took To Cruelly Cancel Completed Movies

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Remember when no one but insiders knew who David Zaslav was? Since taking over Warner Bros. Discovery in 2021, he’s become a cartoon villain, distinguished himself with one controversial, one could say dunderheaded decision after another. Perhaps his most notorious move has been cancelling completed or near-completed movies for tax purposes. One argue doing that alienates talent, who are right to fear their hard work could be unceremoniously deleted. Zaslav, though, thinks what he did was brave.

Per IndieWire, Zaslav spoke at New York Times DealBook Summit Wednesday, an event that also featured fellow dastardly media king Elon Musk, who told advertisers fleeing over anti-Semitism to “go f*ck yourself.” Anyway, Zaslav addressed disappearing Batgirl, the Scoob! sequel, and, recently, Coyote vs. Acme (though he allowed the latter, at least, to find a new home). Many in the industry saw this as a disturbing trend, but he argued it helped save the company, even if it didn’t exactly make them money.

“We’ve spent the $100 million dollars and if we don’t release it, it’s gone. We don’t have any real benefit from it,” Zaslav said. “The question is, should we take certain of these movies and open them in the theater and spend another $30 or $40 million to promote them? And [the] Warner Bros. team and HBO made a number of decisions. They were hard. But when I look at the health of our company today, we needed to make those decisions. And it took real courage.”

Warner Bros. Discovery has a heaping amount of debt, and by doing things like cancelling movies that were about ready to be released, he’s managed to reduced that by $12 billion. Alas, they still have $45.3 billion to go, so who knows what else Zaslav will destroy to save the company. Whatever he does, please don’t deep six more Looney Tunes.

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Here’s When All The Big Fast Food Restaurants Stop Serving Breakfast

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Fast food breakfast is where it’s at. Hear me out here for a second — as much as we love our double cheeseburgers and chicken sandwiches, the breakfast hours offer us more inventive meals and in some cases, better food than the daytime menu. Truly.

Take McDonald’s for instance, a typical double cheeseburger is fine, it gets the job done, but a Sausage and Egg McMuffin? That’s a mouthwatering sandwich that’ll leave you truly satisfied. The same goes for Wendy’s, where the best side order is the breakfast potatoes. But to eat those, you’ll have to get to a drive-thru before 10:30 am. And don’t even get us started on Chick-N-Minis, breakfast burritos, and the Breakfast Crunchwrap. These are all must-order food items that you should experience at the very least, once a month.

Alas… nothing stings like rolling up to a breakfast drive-thru only to hear that the breakfast hours are over and now you’re left improvising your order at the last minute. So we listed every big fast food chain’s breakfast hours so you’re never caught off guard in the drive-thru.

Bojangles Bojangles breakfast biscuit combos and Bo-Tato Rounds are available at any time of day.

Burger King BK’s breakfast hours run from 6:00 am to 10:30 am nationwide. Currently, BK restaurants in Detroit and parts of Texas are testing out the Breakfast Grill’wich sandwich, which features bacon, Black Forest ham, or sausage between a grilled flatbread bun with scrambled eggs and cheese. Sounds tasty!

Carl’s Jr/ Hardees Car’s Jr’s breakfast hours run from 6:00 am to 10:30 am.

Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A breakfast hours run from 6:00 am to 10:30 am. You can order lunch at any time so if you want Chick-N-Minis or a Spicy Chicken Biscuit and an order of Waffle Fries, you can do that! You don’t have to settle for those hashbrowns if you don’t want to.

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Del Taco Del Taco’s breakfast hours run from 5:00 am to 10:45 am. Why that extra 15 minutes? Who knows, but we aren’t complaining.

Dunkin’ Dunkin’s breakfast hours extend all day or until they run out of food.

Jack in the Box If you’re a hardcore breakfast fan you’ll be pleased to know that Jack in the Box serves breakfast 24hrs.

Let’s face it… if you’re coming here, you’re probably stoned, so breakfast at any hour sounds like a major win.

Panera Panera’s breakfast hours end at 10:30 am sharp. They are very strict about this.

McDonald’s — Most McDonald’s restaurants will open between 5:30 am and 6:00 am with the breakfast hours running until 10:30 am. Because McDonald’s restaurants are franchised you may find some that will serve breakfast until 11:00 AM but for a vast majority of stores, 10:30 is the sharp cutoff.

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Sonic Sonic’s breakfast hours run from opening to closing.

Starbucks Starbucks’ breakfast sandwiches are available for as long as supplies last each day.

Taco Bell Taco Bell’s breakfast hours stop at 11:00 am at all locations nationwide.

Wendy’s Wendy’s breakfast begins at 6:30 am and runs for four hours until 10:30 am nationwide. That leaves you only four hours to score those delicious potato wedges.

White Castle White Castle breakfast menu is available during all open hours.

Whataburger Whataburger has some of the most unique breakfast hours in all of fast food, beginning at 11 pm and running until 11 am for 12 hours of delicious breakfast.

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Hot Chameleon Sebastian Stan May Have Gone Too Far After Being Cast As Young Donald Trump

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Sebastian Stan may look like your typical nice hottie, but he loves being a chameleon. He can play brooding, long-locked Bucky Barnes/Winder Soldier for the MCU. He can also play real, troubled people. He earned raves as Tonya Harding’s ex-husband and as Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee. His next trick? Turning himself into young Donald Trump for some reason.

Per Deadline, Stan has been cast in the latest from Iranian filmmaker Ali Abassi, of the acclaimed Holy Spider. It’s called The Apprentice, and no, it’s not about the reality show that saved Donald Trump’s career. It concerns his early days in the ‘70s and ‘80s, when he exploited a dilapidated New York City to become a real estate king by doing things like shortchanging the city for the once gorgeous Commodore Hotel near Grand Central and turning it into towering blandness.

The movie will also deal with Trump’s prickly relationship with his father, Fred, who was once arrested at a KKK rally. Perhaps the film will depict them being sued in 1973 for violating the Fair Housing Act after they discriminated against potential Black tenants.

Stan’s a good actor and Abassi is a talented filmmaker, so this will probably make for engaging cinema. (Hopefully the big guy’s not back in the White House when it’s released.) But the idea of anyone, much less nice, handsome Sebastian Stan playing the pee tape guy had people gagging.

The idea of a hot person playing this guy? To many it wasn’t great!

And others wondered if Stan should chill on expanding his craft a bit.

(Via Deadline)

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If you’re grieving a loved one this holiday season, here’s a gift you can give yourself

Kelly Cervantes begins the Introduction to her book with five words: “Grief sucks. It’s also weird.” It’s a concise truth that anyone who has lost a loved one knows all too well.

Grief is a universal experience—none of us get through life without loss—but it’s also unique to each person. Most of us are familiar with the popular “stages of grief” theory, but denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance (along with guilt and a host of things) are less like sequential rungs on a ladder and more like pools you fall into at various times as you stumble your way through the grief process. Grief is not linear and it’s not neat and tidy and it’s not predictable.

Take it from someone who’s been there. Kelly Cervantes lost her daughter, Adelaide, to epilepsy just shy of her 4th birthday. Using writing as a therapeutic tool to help her process Adelaide’s medically complex life, death and everything that came after, Kelly created the book she wished she’d had as she was trying to navigate her own grieving process.


“Normal Broken: The Grief Companion for When It’s Time To Heal But You’re Not Sure You Want To” is a raw, honest, helpful and ultimately hopeful resource for anyone experiencing grief. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of grief, with chapter titles ranging from “When Getting Out of Bed Deserves a Medal” to “When Your Greatest Fear is Socializing to “When Gratitude is a Struggle” to “When You’re Ready to Be Okay.”

I sat down with Kelly for an Upworthy Book Club author chat about her book, and our discussion offers some glimpses into the experience and wisdom she shares in “Normal Broken.” We talked about the loneliness that can come with grief, which is a weird thing considering the fact that it’s something all of us experience at some point. As Kelly pointed out, sometimes that loneliness is because grief changes us and the people around us don’t always accept that.

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We also chatted about how different people grieve differently, and how she and her husband Miguel’s different grieving styles after Adelaide’s death caused some tension between them for a while until Kelly learned how to “outsource” what she needed in her own grieving process.

“Normal Broken” is designed such that you can pick and choose which chapters to read in any order. If you’re struggling with feelings of guilt, which is common after someone passes away, you can pick up Chapter 5: “When the Voice in the Back of Your Head Won’t Shut Up.” If you’re feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, you can open up to Chapter 12: “When You’re Feeling Emotionally Hungover” and find a friend who gets it.

The thing about grief is that nothing about it feels normal, but whatever you’re experiencing in your grieving process probably is normal.

“One of the biggest lessons that I learned [writing about grief] was that I’m not that special,” Kelly says. “And I mean that in the nicest way. I’m special in all the ways that Mr. Rogers and ‘Sesame Street’ taught me that I was. But what I experience, the way grief affects me—in that way, I am not special. My story is unique to me, but my manifestations of grief are not.”

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The holidays can be an especially difficult time for people who are missing a loved one. If that’s you, give yourself the gift of insight and understanding from someone who’s been through an immense loss. It’s not a self-help book, it’s not a book full of annoying advice—it’s a companion that can help you put words to what you’re feeling, sit with you in the darkness when that’s what. you need, and help you feel okay about feeling okay when the time comes.

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Delivery guy finds a baby turtle and his joy is contagious

Even as adults there are some things that make us so giddy with joy that you briefly feel like a kid again. It can be finding a four leaf clover on a walk, a tiny baby kitten or even warm cookies right out of the oven. Anything can give that inner child a chance to show itself but one delivery driver’s inner child was captured on doorbell camera.

A FedEx driver had just delivered a package but when he’s walking back to his truck he abruptly stops. The man spots something moving in the grass before picking it up to investigate it further. Turns out it was a baby turtle. Not just any baby turtle but one of the tiniest baby turtles you’ve ever seen and the delivery driver is immediately filled with excitement.

It was truly one of those moments where someone else needs to see what you see to release so of the joy into the atmosphere but there was no one around.


That didn’t stop the delivery driver from sharing his glee. He noticed the doorbell camera and took his new baby buddy right up to the camera to show the owners of the house what he found. In the video shared on social media by Bright Side Fun, you can feel the excitement through the camera, commenters felt it too.

“I just saw him turn into a little boy to show off that baby turtle. I love this,” one person writes.

“Awww, we think that’s cool too! Sometimes it is the little things that get you through the day,” another commenter says.

“This made me smile! We’re all big kids at heart that get excited about finding a baby turtle,” someone exclaims.

Finding joy in the little things can certainly help you get through the day but watching this video will warm your heart. Check it out below: