If you want to check out the various pre-teen demigods in Percy Jackson and the Olympians but you don’t have a Disney+ subscription, there’s some good news for you: the first episode is also available to stream on Hulu to give you a taste of what the series is about. Then you can decide if you are interested in centaurs and sea Gods and all that jazz. If you have seen the first four episodes and want even more, then you’re in the right spot!
The first season of the series will consist of eight episodes and four of them are currently streaming on Disney+. Episode five, which is titled “I Plunge to My Death,” will drop on Tuesday, January 9th. Like previous episodes, it will drop at 9 pm ET.
As for the future of the series, fans will likely get another season of monsters and mythic worldbuilding. “I think everyone has a real hope that this will live a long and healthy life,” executive producer Jon Steinberg recently told Deadline. “Right now, we’re trying to deal with step one. But we’d be lying if we said there weren’t people who are thinking about step two right now,” he added. While there hasn’t been any official confirmation, the initial book series has six installments, so Percy and his pals might be around for a while. They are demigods, after all.
The Rundown is a weekly column that highlights some of the biggest, weirdest, and most notable events of the week in entertainment. The number of items could vary, as could the subject matter. It will not always make a ton of sense. Some items might not even be about entertainment, to be honest, or from this week. The important thing is that it’s Friday, and we are here to have some fun.
ITEM NUMBER ONE – Which one of you will buy the Cousin Greg puke dog?
I have terrific news for anyone who enjoys prestige television and collecting weird trinkets that cost a lot of money: There’s a Succession memorabilia auction going on right now. It’s been going on all week, actually, and as of this writing, there are only a few days left to get your bids in. But that means there’s still time. You might have to dip into savings or sell some semi-important organs, but you have options. That’s the point here.
The items up for auction are a wild collection, too. Real weirdo stuff. Want some of the outfits the characters wore, like the flashy gold jacket Alexander Skarsgard had on one time, or the fancy business suit Shiv is wearing in the image at the top of this post? Those are in there. How about Kendall Roy’s driver’s license or Roman Roy’s diploma from USC? I can’t in a million years imagine why you would want either but, yup, they’re in there, too. Click around a while. Look at the bids on some of these things. People are very excited.
There is one item that stands out, though. To me, at least. Again, I can’t imagine why anyone would want to spend… holy crap, it’s up to almost $3,000 as I type this, but whatever. Not my money. Look at this.
HERITAGE AUCTIONS SCREENCAP
And look at the description:
Succession (HBO® Original, 2018-2023) Nicholas Braun “Greg Hirsch” Doderick Costume from Season 1, Episode 1: “Celebration”. Original (7) piece “Doderick” dog costume includes (1) Dog head, (1) Fur body suit with back zip/whopper popper/snap closure, (1) Foam stomach pad, (1) Vest with tie, (1) Pair of clip on fur hand gloves, (1) Pair of Dragon Do ankle wraps with clip on attachments, and (1) Pair of dog fur shoes. This highly visible costume was worn by Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun) in the pilot episode during his first day on the job at Waystar Adventure Parks.
Okay, here’s the thing: Yes, this is all accurate. Cousin Greg did wear this costume in the pilot episode. But that’s not what makes it so notable. What makes it so notable is that this happened while he was wearing it.
HBOHBO
A few things are worth pointing out here:
Heritage Auctions should be ashamed of themselves for not pointing this out in the official description
Imagine you go to hang out with a buddy you haven’t seen in a while and he’s got a full dog costume prominently displayed in the corner of his living room and he proudly explains it by saying “That’s the actual costume Cousin Greg puked through the eyeholes of in Succession”
Now imagine him explaining it to someone who has never heard of Succession
This fascinates me. I want to read an interview with the person who places the highest bid on this. I want to know… everything about it. Hell, I’ll conduct the interview. If you know (or are) the person who wins this, please contact me. I am not joking. It’s mostly for my own curiosity but I’ll publish the transcript, too. For the people. And so I can count it as work. For a lot of reasons.
I hope it smells a little like puke.
ITEM NUMBER TWO – Dave Foley should be in more things
FX
Most of the chatter about this season of Fargo has centered on things like Jon Hamm’s nipple rings and Juno Temple going full Kevin McAllister and Jennifer Jason Leigh’s fascinating unplaceable accent, which is… kind of fair, actually. Those are all things worth talking about. I’ll talk about any of them this weekend if you see me out and about and I’m not too busy. But we should also be talking about Dave Foley because Dave Foley is awesome.
Foley plays Danish Graves, a lawyer for Jennifer Jason Leigh’s character who is ruthless and silly and wears a sparkly eyepatch. I don’t think he’s been my favorite character this season, only because, like, every other character is so good, too, but also I have gotten excited every time he’s popped up. Like in the early part of this week’s episode — which I will not spoil for a bunch of reasons, some relevant to our discussion here — when he walked out of a debate and popped his collar a little, as you can see in the GIF above.
And like in an even earlier part of this week’s episode — for other reasons I will also not spoil — where he helped this man with a name change at the courthouse.
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I should point out here that the man was changing his name from John Sasquatch, not to John Sasquatch. I should also point out that this particular fact had nothing to do with anything. It was just a little throw-in. A treat for Brian. I appreciate it.
Anyway, the big thing here is the thing I said in the heading for this section: Dave Foley should be in more things. He’s always good in the things he’s in and he has been for many decades now. Let’s get him in more stuff. Let him play the hotel manager in a season of The White Lotus. That would be a good start.
ITEM NUMBER THREE – Okay, I will watch the final season of La Brea
I am admittedly very behind on La Brea, the NBC time travel science fiction show where… things happened… and then there were… dinosaurs… in California. I’m actually kind of fuzzy on how it all happened now, in part because I skipped the second season and in part because it really was a lot. But I might go ahead and just jump right back in for the third and final season next week, if only because of the quotes in this preview at TV Line.
Look at this.
As La Brea Season 2 came to a close, myriad auroras had appeared in the sky, allowing people (and, yes, dinosaurs!) from other eras to drop in on 10,000 B.C. When Season 3 kicks off on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 9/8c, the Clearing that the survivors have called home since tumbling through the L.A. sinkhole is destroyed by a dino-brawl, leaving Gavin, Levi et al to find a new place to live.
LOOK AT THIS.
“So many dinosaurs,” Macken elaborates. “Think of all the dinosaurs you ever thought of in your life, and they’re all in there.”
“We’ve got time travel, dinosaurs, romance, death…. All sorts of stuff,” Macken declares.
Reasonable arguments can be made that all I’ve ever asked for out of a television show is “time travel, dinosaurs, romance, and death.” Yes, I will give this new season of La Brea a shot. I hope other shows take note of this. It could really liven up the next season of The Righteous Gemstones.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR – Shoutout to this lady
Showtime
Benny Safdie sat down for a big sit-down with Variety this week, one that covered a wide range of topics. Topics like:
His split from his creative partner and brother Josh
The new movie he’s making with The Rock
Various things relating to Uncut Gems and the frenzy the movie caused
It’s a good read. Bookmark it for the weekend if you haven’t read it yet and don’t have time over lunch today. But the thing I want to highlight is this passage about the creation of his newest show, The Curse.
For “The Curse,” Safdie teamed up with “Nathan for You” mastermind Fielder, whose comedic brand is awkwardness, after the pair met up for bagels in 2016 as fans of each other’s work. Over the next two years, they continued hanging out, with no plans to make a television series, when Fielder told Safdie a story about when he moved from Canada to Los Angeles: He was walking into a cellphone store when a woman outside asked him for money. When Fielder said he didn’t have any, she replied, “I curse you.” The words shook Fielder, so after buying his phone he went to an ATM, brought her $20 and asked, “Is the curse gone?” She smiled and said yes.
It left Safdie wondering: “What if she wasn’t there? Your life is potentially over because you’ll never see her again.”
I’m going to start doing this. Just announcing that I’m placing a curse on people unless they give me $20. I know it won’t work most of the time, but when it does… hey, $20. Solid little hustle. Worth a shot.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE – Something incredible happened on For All Mankind
APPLE
Three things need to be noted here…
THING NUMBER ONE: I could explain everything that happened that led up to the line of dialogue in that screencap. I could tell you all about the Apple TV show’s third season and various alternate history subplots about Mars colonies and labor struggles and the mining of wildly valuable space minerals and how it all led to this. But I’m not going to for a very simple reason: I do not want to. I would rather just let this screencap speak for itself. It’s kind of perfect as it already is. I can’t risk ruining that with my C+ summary of the journey to get there. This is too important.
THING NUMBER TWO: This line of dialogue happened at the very end of the seventh episode and — I swear to God this is true, even if it sounds like something I would make up — was immediately followed by the opening notes of “X Gon Give It To Ya” by DMX, which then played over the credits. You cannot imagine how happy this made me when I first saw it. Maybe you can. I’m smiling again now just thinking about it.
THING NUMBER THREE: I wish DMX were still alive today just to see his reaction when someone explained all of this to him.
I love television.
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From Anna:
I am probably the 100th person to send this to you but I can’t risk you missing it while you’re on your end-of-year internet hiatus.
What do you think he was doing? Hot water heist?
Okay, so first of all, Anna sent this with a link to the NPR story about Pierce Brosnan getting arrested at Yellowstone over the holidays, which, yes, very many people sent to me over the last few weeks because the brand I’ve crafted online is so massively stupid. Every word of that sentence is delightful. Here’s the relevant passage.
Actor Pierce Brosnan could be facing possible jail time after allegedly walking in Yellowstone National Park’s hydrothermal areas in violation of federal law, according to court documents.
Brosnan is facing citations of “foot travel in all thermal areas and w/in Yellowstone Canyon confined to trails” and “violating closures and use limits,” the court record shows.
Criminal charges were filed against the Irish actor in Wyoming on Tuesday.
And that’s all great. I mean, it’s not great if you are Pierce or the people tasked with guarding the hydrothermal areas of our national parks, but I suspect you are neither of those things just based on the odds. So it’s great. But it gets better. Please read the opening paragraph of the AP story about it.
Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, is now facing heat in real life, charged with stepping out of bounds in a thermal area during a recent visit to Yellowstone National Park.
I want to find whoever wrote that and kiss them right on the mouth.
A Central Florida woman came home to a bizarre disappearing act. She said her driveway went missing in the middle of the day.
Wait. That can’t be right. Her driveway’s gone?
“My driveway’s gone,” she said.
Fair enough.
The homeowner isn’t exaggerating. She said someone took her driveway as she was trying to get ready for Christmas
What used to be a concrete slab outside of her Orlando-area home is now a patch of dirt.
I know the Florida thing has been beaten into the ground over a decade of internet jokes but, I’m sorry, someone getting their entire driveway stolen from the front of the house they live in is maybe the most Florida thing I’ve ever seen.
That sight even left Rocki Sanchez, Brochu’s real estate agent, at a loss for words.
“Utter shock. I’ve never seen this before. I’ve never had this happen to myself or anyone in our office,” said Sanchez.
Two things here:
Rocki Sanchez
I would happily pay $7.99 for an audio record of this phone call
Moving on.
Sanchez believes Brochu is the victim of a scam, but neither woman knows what the scam is.
“I had multiple people come forward saying that they’ve seen things like this happen — whether it be driveways, roofs, painting, even outside the exterior,” said Sanchez. “So it happens more often than we actually see it.”
Make this the plot of the next Knives Out movie. Cast Aubrey Plaza as Rocki Sanchez. I would watch it tonight.
It’s a good thing that Emma Stone didn’t listen to the advice a male studio executive gave her early in her career. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have given the best performance of her career in 2023.
On Thursday, Stone received the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Awards’ Desert Palm Achievement Award for Poor Things. “When I first moved to L.A.,” People reports she said during her acceptance speech, “I went to one of those general meetings that they sometimes send you to, and an executive told me that for male actors, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. And in his eyes, for women, it was a sprint, not a marathon. And that was 20 years ago.”
Stone continued, “I realize that advice is total garbage because the majority of the women that I look up to in this industry, many of whom are in this room, have proven that as time goes on, life and work only get more interesting and more fulfilling.”
Outside of Poor Things, the Taylor Swift fan has also excelled in recent years in her first film with director Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite; Cruella, which is better than it has any right to be; and the triumphantly awkward The Curse.
Stone is up for two Golden Globes this weekend: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Poor Things and Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama for The Curse. Could an Oscar be next? (It should.)
While “Uptown Girl” singer Billy Joel’s longstanding residency at beloved New York venue Madison Square Garden is coming to a close, fans’ chance to see the musician isn’t. Today (January 5), Joel announced that his time on the road with Stevie Nicks will run well into 2024, with Sting joining in on the fun.
Sprinkled between his MSG commitments, the trio will travel across the country playing arenas in several major cities, including San Diego, Chicago, and St. Louis. While fans in the New York City area have been spoiled by his tether to MSG, Joel will make his long-awaited return to other areas such as Denver and Seattle. The last time Joel performed in Denver was in 2019. As for Seattle, Joel’s prior show in there was in 2016.
The pre-sale for the newly unveiled shows will kick off on Wednesday, January 10, at 10 a.m. local time. The general sale will begin on Friday, January 12, at 10 a.m. local time. All of Joel’s Madison Square Garden shows are already on sale. Find more information here.
Billy Joel 2024 US tour dates
01/11 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
02/09 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
02/24 — Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium %
03/09 — Arlington, TX @ AT&T Stadium ^
03/28 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
04/13 — San Diego, CA @ Petco Park %
04/26 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
05/09 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
05/24 — Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park
06/08 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
06/21 — Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field ^
07/12 — Denver, CO @ Coors Field
07/25 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
08/09 — Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Principality Stadium
09/27 — St. Louis, MO @ Busch Stadium %
Despite the internet being my primary source of income, I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that the whole endeavor was a mistake and we should shut it all down for a while. The latest straw on the camel’s extremely stressed back is the fact that we are once again discussing the Illuminati, the supposed secret society allegedly running the world from behind the scenes. That this is thanks to comedian Katt Wiliams, whose last truly notable stand-up special was in 2008 (yeah, I said it) makes the whole thing doubly maddening.
Yet, here we are, with Ludacris rapping his response to Katt Williams’ recent viral interview claims. During an appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast (which, should we just start calling them “talk shows” again?), Williams leveled accusations at entertainment industry peers ranging from plausible (that Cedric The Entertainer stole his jokes) to outright laughable. One of the latter claims was that Katt and Ludacris were both up for roles in the 2001 Fast & Furious sequel — the one with the “ejecto seato, cuz” — but that Luda got the role because he was “in the Illuminati” and cut his then-signature sideburns. Here’s the clip:
Katt Williams tells Shannon Sharpe that he turned down an offer from the Illuminati, but rapper and actor Ludacris accepted it.
He also speaks on Kevin Hart wearing a dress as a humiliation ritual.
Both Ludacris and Kevin Hart have been featured in multiple films making them… pic.twitter.com/3vU2ntBCK4
Completely aside from the fact that this flies in the face of established history — Luda didn’t cut his hair until 2006, five years AFTER 2 Fast 2 Furious hit the box office — you’d think if Katt wanted to disassociate himself from the supposed Illuminati member, he wouldn’t have appeared on Luda’s 2004 album The Red Light District You can fool the Zoomers, Katt. I was there. I remember. Also, not for nothing, the Fast franchise basically died after that, with only a surprise Vin Diesel cameo in Tokyo Drift saving future installments from the bargain DVD bin, and even then, Luda didn’t come back until the fifth installment, a decade later. I don’t know, just seems like “the Illuminati” could manage a better turnaround. (P.S. Luda’s got an afro again.)
Anyway, Ludacris himself decided to address the nonsense (sigh) with a freestyle. While he doesn’t mention Katt by name, it’s pretty obvious who he’s talking about when he says, “Addiction’s on the rise, comedians check your temperature.” Yikes. I guess we’ll pray for you, Katt.
We’re excited to announce this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award, Technical GRAMMY Award, and Best Song For Social Change Award Honorees!
The Special Merit Awards will return to Los Angeles on Feb.3, during GRAMMY Week 2024.https://t.co/EZyg70qTmf
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) January 5, 2024
“The Academy is honored to pay tribute to this year’s Special Merit Award recipients — a remarkable group of creators and industry professionals whose impact resonates with generations worldwide,” Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in a statement. “Their contributions to music span genres, backgrounds, and crafts, reflecting the rich diversity that fuels our creative community. We look forward to honoring these music industry trailblazers next month as part of our week-long celebration leading up to Music’s Biggest Night.”
The 2024 Grammys are scheduled for Sunday, February 4, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, with Trevor Noah returning as the host for the fourth consecutive year. The ceremony will broadcast live on CBS, stream live on Paramount+, and be available on-demand on Paramount+.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is under the umbrella of the 2024 Special Merit Awards, and The Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday, February 3, at LA’s Wilshire Ebell Theatre.
Nobody wants to pay a seemingly large amount of cash for a bottle of rum to find that it’s not really worth the price. When it comes to rum (and every other spirit), value per dollar is often the most important aspect (for some). This is a means of figuring out the ratio of the quality of spirit and your pure enjoyment for each dollar spent to purchase it.
When it comes to “value” per dollar in the rum world, you first need to figure out the type of rum you’re looking to buy. Do you want a white rum for mixing into mojitos and daiquiris? Are you looking for an aged dark rum to sip like you would a quality whiskey? Or are you looking for a bargain-price spiced rum? That’s the great thing about rum in general — there’s something for everyone if you know where to look.
To help you on your value-finding rum journey, we asked a handful of our favorite bartenders, mixologists, and beverage specialists to tell us about their picks for the best value per dollar rums on the market. Keep scrolling below to see all of their choices.
Also Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Rum Posts of The Last Six Months
Everything Hampden Estate makes is fantastic. Every Jamaican distillery has an overproof unaged rum — the kind of stuff they drink on the island — and this is Hampden’s. All of them are great but this is my favorite because there’s so much flavor packed into this rum that it’ll shine even if you only use a little.
Tasting Notes:
Huge fruit flavors like overripe banana and charred pineapple mix in with flavors like the smell of an old forest with thick greenery and decaying logs. There’s so much to love about Rum Fire and it sings in cocktails. You always know when you’re drinking Rum Fire.
Appleton Estate Reserve Rum 8 Year
Appleton Estate
Bradley Stephens, USBG bartender at Cereus PDX in Portland, Oregon
Rum is a tough one due to its underappreciated diversity of styles and flavors. One of the cool things about rum and spirits made from sugar, molasses, or sugarcane is that almost every culture in the world has made one (and made it so differently from all the others). If my back was against the wall and you told me I had to decide right now, I’d likely choose Appleton Estate 8 Year. It’s fantastic Jamaican juice that works in cocktails and sipping and is made by the legend herself Joy Spence.
Tasting Notes:
Eight years of aging gives this memorable rum notes of sweet honey, vanilla, oaky wood, island spices, and candied orange peel.
Flor De Cana 18 Year Centenario
Flor De Cana
Jennifer Donegan, bar manager at Bar Pendry in Washington DC
I love a flavorful deep rum. If you can put it in an old fashioned, I’m game. Flor de Cana 18 Year has the body of a whiskey but doesn’t have the burn. You can enjoy this on a large rock — but in a classic old fashioned or daiquiri, it sings. To get all that in the sub $70 category? Unbeatable.
Tasting Notes:
It begins with a nose of candied nuts and vanilla beans and moves on to a palate of vanilla, oak, toffee, and gentle spices.
Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star is my go-to recommendation. Made using sugarcane juice instead of molasses, it’s matured for eight years in charred oak barrels.
Tasting Notes:
Made in the heart of Haiti, their Agricole selection spans crisp, grassy, tart, vanilla, and rich notes.
The best value-per-dollar rum remains Bacardi Carta Blanca. It’s a world-famous award-winning unaged rum. The original light rum, its history can be traced back to 1862.
Tasting Notes:
Featuring citrus, spices, and pepper on the nose with notes of tropical fruit, this rum can be used for any rum-based drink or simply sipped with a nice ice block and a slice of your favorite fresh fruit.
Camazotz Oaxacan Rum
Camazotz Oaxacan Rum
José Medina Camacho, co-owner and mixologist of Adiõs in Birmingham, Alabama
Camazotz rum out of the highlands of Oaxaca is a small batch, family-owned, and pressed by hand. That should give you enough of a reason to purchase and enjoy. I’m hoping to see more rums like this in the market in the coming years.
Tasting Notes:
Flavors of sugarcane, earthy grass, oak, and salted caramel make for a unique memorable base for your favorite cocktail.
I love Cruzan Aged Light Rum. It’s a blend of rums matured between one and four years and then charcoal filtered. The price is awesome, and it stands up well in a cocktail like a daiquiri or mojito, especially a Hemingway daiquiri.
Tasting Notes:
The tasting notes of molasses and a bit of oak from the used bourbon barrels create a creamy subtle yet complex rum.
Hamilton Demerara River Rum
Hamilton
Bijan Ghiai, beverage manager-Sommelier at Urban Hill in Salt Lake City
Hamilton Demerara River Rum has a ridiculous quality-price ratio. For $23, you get more provenance and complex flavors than anything, hands down. It deserves a price tag twice as high. Ed Hamilton is a genius in this avenue, and for my palate, his rum expressions never disappoint.
Tasting Notes:
The depth of profiles includes dried tobacco, lumber yard, fresh figs, and gingerbread cookies. I feel like this is what good rum epitomizes.
Plantation 3 Stars
Plantation
Nick Jackon, head bartender at The Rum House in New York City
Plantation 3 Stars is so versatile for a light rum with its blend of rums from Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad. It offers a bit more depth of flavor than a traditional white rum. The addition of Jamaican rum in the 3 Stars helps to give it some amazing depth of flavor without being overpowering.
Tasting Notes:
A nose of honey, brown sugar, and vanilla start everything off right. Drinking it reveals notes of grassy flavors, vanilla, oak, and toffee.
The best value-per-dollar rum is made by Puerto Rico’s oldest rum producer, Ron del Barrilito Three Stars. It imbibes history and tradition alongside an exceptionally smooth palate.
Tasting Notes:
It has a full body with a strong wood backbone followed by aromas of plums, bananas, almonds, vanilla, and caramelized sugar cane.
Lil Nas X begged to be called by his name on his single, “MONTERO.” Now, he is asking that the courtesy be extended to his parents. Although Lil Nas X has no problem dismissing attacks on his name (hi, Dave Chappelle), he doesn’t hold back regarding family. Yesterday (January 4), People Magazine learned that the hard way when it misidentified Lil Nas X’s mother.
After getting wind of the publisher’s inaccurate piece on the rapper’s life, he hopped on his official X (formerly Twitter) page to set the record straight. Fans are very familiar with Lil Nas X’s father, Robert Stafford, having attended many events with his famous son. Stafford has even clapped back at a few celebs over their disgusting comments. However, Lil Nas X’s mother remains a mystery.
So when People incorrectly claimed (in a now-deleted article that has been archived here) Lil Nas X’s mother’s name was Shawnita Hathaway, he slammed them. “Y’all just be creating people. cuz who the hell is Shawnita Hathaway? I did not come out that lady p*ssy,” Lil Nas X wrote.
yall just be creating people. cuz who the hell is shawnita hathaway, i did not come out that lady pussy https://t.co/FIOQ7rjrsZ
Back in 2021, when rumors circulated that Lil Nas X refused to help his mother had fallen on hard times, Stafford took to his Instagram to shut down the reports with a statement (seen here).
During an interview with Vanity Fair, Lil Nas X opened up about his relationship with her mother. “I never really talk about my mom. She’s an addict, so we don’t have the closest relationship. Even trying to get her better — things didn’t quite work out. But there’s still love… The biggest surprise of becoming globally famous? On the outside, everybody loves you — but on the inside, everything [feels] the same,” said the musician.
Halle Berry is — objectively speaking — an attractive person. This is the one thing everyone can agree on, right? She’s the center of attention of photos she’s in… well, most photos. The Oscar-winning actress recently shared a picture on her Instagram where she’s posing among rocks in a lace bodysuit. “couldn’t hide these rocks,” the caption reads. But the comments aren’t about the John Wick star or her outfit — they’re about the “gross object” by her feet.
According to the Daily Mail, “the pic, which garnered more than 148,000 likes, generated speculation from followers that the stunning star’s bare feet were in close proximity to a pile of feces, the source of which also conjured up debate.” We need the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia gang on the case.
The top comments to Berry’s Instagram post include “Literally nobody sees the 3 giant mounds of human sh*t??? seriously, why post that photo with the sh*t in it?” and “How do you know it’s human sh*t though? Maybe it’s from some wild animal that lives among the rocks!” and “Dope Pic, crop the [poop emoji that’s right in front of you out of this pic tho!!” Someone else had a different but technically related take: “Lol when I didn’t have my glasses on, I thought you were peeing.”
I think everyone is missing the point of the photo. Also, it doesn’t look like human [poop emoji] to me. It’s obviously jawa droppings. Judge for yourself with Berry’s Instagram post below.
While accepting an award at the New York Film Critics Circle this week, Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan shared a hilarious anecdote about a Peloton instructor trashing one of his movies while he was in a virtual class.
“I was on my Peloton. I’m dying. And the instructor started talking about one of my films and said, ‘Did anyone see this? That’s a couple hours of my life I’ll never get back again!’” Nolan said via Variety. “When [film critic] Rex Reed takes a sh*t on your film he doesn’t ask you to work out!”
Naturally, the internet immediately went to work, and by mid-day Thursday, the video was found. The instructor was also identified as Jenn Sherman, who took a swing at Tenet during a December 2020 intervals-and-arms class.
“Someone’s got to explain this. Yeah I’m not kidding, what the f*ck was going on in that movie?” Sherman said with no idea that Nolan was in the class. “Seriously, you need to be a neuroscientist to understand. And that’s two and a half hours of my life that I want back.”
After the Sherman video went viral, she took to Instagram to apologize to Nolan and claim it was a “dark time” when she made the crack. In her defense, it was the first year of the pandemic, which saw an especially deadly surge during the 2020 holiday season.
“I’m up on the platform, teaching my little class and I’m running my mouth off like I’m known to do,” she said. “And I make a random comment about a movie that I’ve seen the night before. What do you think the odds are that the director of said movie would take that ride some four years later?”
Sherman said that she “may not have understood a minute of what the hell was going on in ‘Tenet” but she did see “Oppenheimer” twice and loved it.
Sherman also invited Nolan to attend one of her classes in person where she promises to be nice.
“You can critique my class. We’ll have a great time,” she joked. “You’ll sit front row and I promise you, it will be insult free!”
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We’re excited to announce this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award, Technical GRAMMY Award, and Best Song For Social Change Award Honorees! 
