If David Koepp retired after writing the screenplay for cult favorite Death Becomes Her, he would still be notable. But he went on to write or co-write The Paper, Mission: Impossible, Panic Room, Spider-Man, and, well, he also directed Johnny Depp in the dreadful Mortdecai. But don’t hold that against the guy who wrote Jurassic Park. He also penned the inferior-but-fun sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and now he’s reportedly returning to — dramatic pause — Jurassic Park [thunderous John Williams score begins playing].
Universal Studios is “deep into the development of an all-new Jurassic World movie and has David Koepp back at the keyboard,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The script is far enough along that a 2025 release date is possible. That would be three years since Jurassic World Dominion, the underwhelming conclusion to the trilogy that peaked with Jimmy Buffett’s cameo. No casting information is available, so we’ll just have to wait and see if they got Blue back.
Back in 2020, Koepp told Uproxx about what it’s like having written some of the most successful movies of all time. “Whenever something worked and people like it and go see it and say decent things about it,” he said, “I always think, ‘Well, that gives me another 18 months in Hollywood. So I better make the most of it.’ Because there are tons of people who have stories to tell, and you better keep telling good or interesting or daring ones or get out of the way so they can tell theirs.”
Want to head out on a last-minute winter escape but unsure where to go? No need to stress. We’ve scouted all the major booking sites and aggregators to secure the cheapest nonstop flights out of nine major cities in the United States.
Scroll down to see Uproxx’s top picks of cheap nonstop flights — international and domestic — today through Sunday, January 28th. You might even secure these flight deals for an even better price using some of these strategies for earning and redeeming credit card and flight points. See you on the road!
Departing New York City, NY
EMILIANO BAR
Knoxville, TN
January 26th-29th
Allegiant Air
Price: $173 Book Here
Indianapolis, IN
January 25th-29th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $177 Book Here
Asheville, NC
January 25th-28th
Allegiant Air
Price: $179 Book Here
Philadelphia, PA
January 25th-29th
United Airlines
Price: $209 Book Here
Detroit, MI
January 27th-29th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $144 Book Here
Nassau, Bahamas
January 26th-February 2nd
Delta Airlines
Price: $236 Book Here
San Salvador, El Salvador
January 22nd-29th
United Airlines
Price: $269 Book Here
San Jose, Costa Rica
January 22nd-29th
JetBlue Airlines
Price: $372 Book Here
Departing Chicago, IL
PEDRO LASTRA
Owensboro, KY
January 25th-29th
Contour Airlines
Price: $111 Book Here
Denver, CO
January 27th-31st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $138 Book Here
Marion, IL
January 26th-29th
Contour Airlines
Price: $211 Book Here
Charlotte, NC
January 26th-28th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $274 Book Here
Knoxville, TN
January 24th-30th
United Airlines
Price: $254 Book Here
Cozumel, Mexico
January 27th-February 3rd
Frontier Airlines
Price: $173 Book Here
San Juan, Puerto Rico
January 23rd-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $198 Book Here
Mexico City, Mexico
January 24th-February 1st
VivaAerobus Airlines
Price: $263 Book Here
Departing Miami, FL
ANTONIO CUELLAR
Atlanta, GA
January 27th-31st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $58 Book Here
Washington, D.C.
January 27th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $74 Book Here
Baltimore, MD
January 27th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $74 Book Here
Philadelphia, PA
January 27th-28th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $79 Book Here
New Orleans, LA
January 26th-28th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $197 Book Here
Nassau, Bahamas
January 22nd-30th
American Airlines
Price: $264 Book Here
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
January 23rd-31st
American Airlines
Price: $263 Book Here
Cancun, Mexico
January 23rd-31st
American Airlines
Price: $221 Book Here
Departing Denver, CO
ACTON CRAWFORD
Minneapolis, MN
January 27th-30th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $75 Book Here
Salt Lake City, UT
January 26th-30th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $96 Book Here
Portland, OR
January 24th-30th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $72 Book Here
Seattle, WA
January 27th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $105 Book Here
Chicago, IL
January 26th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $158 Book Here
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
January 25th-30th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $249 Book Here
Cancun, Mexico
January 25th-February 1st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $228 Book Here
Departing San Francisco, CA
JOSHUA SORTINO
Las Vegas, NV
January 25th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $93 Book Here
San Bernardino, CA
January 25th-29th
Breeze Airways
Price: $125 Book Here
Denver, CO
January 27th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $147 Book Here
Phoenix, AZ
January 25th-26th
American Airlines
Price: $210 Book Here
Ontario, Canada
January 26th-28th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $250 Book Here
Kahului, Hawaii
January 24th-30th
Hawaiian Airlines
Price: $273 Book Here
Departing Los Angeles, CA
JAKE BLUCKER
San Francisco, CA
January 25th-30th
Alaska Airlines
Price: $91 Book Here
Oakland, CA
January 25th-29th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $135 Book Here
Fort Lauderdale, FL
January 28th-31st
Spirit Airlines
Price: $145 Book Here
San Antonio, TX
January 26th-29th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $170 Book Here
San Diego, CA
January 26th-28th
United Airlines
Price: $239 Book Here
Tokyo, Japan
January 24th-February 1st
ZIPAIR Tokyo Airlines
Price: $433 Book Here
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
January 22nd-30th
Delta Airlines + Aeromexico Airlines
Price: $251 Book Here
Departing Houston, TX
KEVIN HERNANDEZ
Phoenix, AZ
January 27th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $83 Book Here
Las Vegas, NV
January 28th-31st
Spirit Airlines
Price: $127 Book Here
Denver, CO
January 27th-31st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $138 Book Here
Philadelphia, PA
January 25th-29th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $156 Book Here
Newark, NJ
January 27th-30th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $174 Book Here
Guatemala City, Guatemala
January 23rd-31st
United Airlines + Spirit Airlines
Price: $129 Book Here
Cancun, Mexico
January 23rd-30th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $183 Book Here
Mexico City, Mexico
January 24th-31st
VivaAerobus Airlines
Price: $209 Book Here
Departing Phoenix, AZ
CHRIS TINGOM
Houston, TX
January 27th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $81 Book Here
San Diego, CA
January 27th-28th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $86 Book Here
Dallas, TX
January 27th-29th
Spirit Airlines + Frontier Airlines
Price: $104 Book Here
Denver, CO
January 27th-29th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $127 Book Here
San Jose, CA
January 25th-28th
American Airlines
Price: $139 Book Here
Kauai, Hawaii
January 24th-31st
American Airlines
Price: $491 Book Here
Departing Philadelphia, PA
ACTION VANCE
Fort Myers, FL
January 25th-31st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $69 Book Here
Fort Lauderdale, FL
January 28th-31st
Frontier Airlines + Spirit Airlines
Price: $79 Book Here
Nashville, TN
January 25th-26th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $187 Book Here
Houston, TX
January 28th-29th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $193 Book Here
Cancun, Mexico
January 26th-31st
American Airlines
Price: $221 Book Here
San Juan, Puerto Rico
January 24th-31st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $169 Book Here
Every week, Billboard unveils the top 10 songs on the latest Hot 100 chart. The most recent rankings, for the chart dated January 27, are out now, so let’s run down who had this week’s biggest hits.
10. 21 Savage, Travis Scott, and Metro Boomin — “Née-nah”
21 Savage’s new album American Dream made a splash on the Hot 100 in its opening week, as the rapper has two songs in this week’s top 10: This Travis Scott and Metro Boomin collab, and another song coming up on this list.
9. SZA — “Snooze”
While SZA’s No.-2-peaking “Snooze” appears to be on its way out of the top 10, it remains at No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart for a 25th week.
8. Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
Last week was a major career milestone for Teddy Swims, as “Lose Control” became his first top-10 single. It debuted at No. 8 and hangs onto that same spot this week.
7. Doja Cat — “Paint The Town Red”
A former No. 1 for three total weeks, “Paint The Town Red” had a slight slide this week, down from No. 5 to No. 7.
Another former No. 1 (but for just one week), Bryan and Musgraves’ collab is hanging around the top 10 still, at No. 6.
5. 21 Savage — “Redrum”
And here’s the other new Savage song in the top 10. Notably, “Redrum” is Savage’s first top-10 single that features no other artist beside himself.
4. Tate McRae — “Greedy”
The current all-time high for McRae sits at No. 3, a spot it held last week, so it had a slight demotion in the latest frame.
3. Taylor Swift — “Cruel Summer”
The staying power of Swift’s 2019 single “Cruel Summer” has been phenomenal, as it’s been in the top 3 of that chart for what feels like forever at this point.
2. Jack Harlow — “Lovin On Me”
“Lovin On Me” previously spent three weeks at No. 1, but this week, it made way for a new champion.
1. Ariana Grande — “Yes, And?”
Grande has the first song released in 2024 to hit No. 1 on the Hot 100. “Yes, And?” is Grande’s eighth chart-topper of her career, and if you want to get super granular with the trivia, it’s the first No. 1 song with the word “yes” in its title.
This week’s #Hot100 top 10 (chart dated Jan. 27, 2024)
Donald Trump has been getting raked over the coals after he confused Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi during a campaign rally on Friday. Trump blamed Haley for turning down security ahead of the January 6 attack, which is pretty incredible given Haley wasn’t even in the Capitol that day or even a member of Congress.
The gaffe marked a significant change in the Republican primary by finally spurring Haley to call out the questionable working of Trump’s mind, which has been pretty dicey since his first run for office.
“He mentioned me multiple times in that scenario,” Haley told a campaign crowd in New Hampshire on Saturday. “The concern I have is — I’m not saying anything derogatory — but when you’re dealing with the pressures of the presidency, we can’t have someone else that we question whether they’re mentally fit to do this. We can’t.”
Naturally, Trump is already firing back, and of course, with an assist from Fox News. During a recent interview with Brett Baier, Trump was asked to respond to Haley’s criticism. The former president shot back by bragging about passing his most recent cognitive test.
“I aced it,” Trump boasted before arguing that, actually, he meant to “interchange” Haley with Pelosi. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
When I refer like, for instance, oftentimes I’ll say purposely about Obama and I interchange it with Biden because I believe Obama has a lot to do with what’s happening in destroying our country. And I’ll interchange and they’ll say, oh, he said, or I’ll imitate Biden walking into a wall or not being able to find his way, and the fake news will go out and they’ll say, oh, he actually had a hard time when I’m doing an imitation and everybody understands it.
Trump then went down a weird road by saying Haley couldn’t pass his “childhood test,” whatever that is.
“No, I don’t think she could pass the test that I passed. I passed my childhood test,” Trump said before mocking Haley for losing to Ron DeSantis in Iowa. “She’s just trying to get a little nasty because she came in third place. She wanted to come in second, and she wasn’t even that close, actually, to second. You know, I have to give that to Ron Desanctimonious.”
The year is 2024: Green Day and Godzilla are in the news.
Last week, the Bay Area punks (not Godzilla) released a new album, Saviors, that’s getting generally positive reviews. It’s not as good as Dookie (or either of their two best albums, Insomniac and Warning), but it’s much better than Father of All Motherfuckers, the most memory-holed album of the 2020s.
As for the King of the Monsters, Godzilla Minus One is an unexpected hit — it was only supposed to be in U.S. theaters for a week, maybe two, but that was nearly two months ago. The Takashi Yamazaki film has made over $100 million at the worldwide box office, including a $51 million domestic gross.
Godzilla Minus One rules (as does 2016’s even better Shin Godzilla) but you know what it could use? A tie-in soundtrack, like 1998’s Godzilla had. Roland Emmerich’s monster movie is a stinker (to quote Roger Ebert, “If you never get a clear look at the monster, you can’t see how shoddy it is” — Emmerich had it out for him), but it’s not at all bad. I believe it’s the only time The Simpsons legends Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer appeared in the same live-action film. So, uh, that’s something. Also, Godzilla: The Album features the Wallflowers covering David Bowie’s “Heroes,” for some reason; a new Rage Against the Machine track; Puff Daddy rapping for six minutes over Led Zeppelin’s towering “Kashmir”; and the crown jewel of the mishmash collection of alt rock, post-grunge, and Jamiroquai songs, “Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix).”
What a beautiful collection of words: “Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix)” (which is unfortunately not on Spotify). You’ve got “Brain Stew” by pop-punk titans Green Day, one of the first songs every wannabe rocker learns to play on guitar, plus actual titan Godzilla. Put them together, and you have Godzilla screeching over one of Green Day’s crunchiest riffs. It’s dumb, but it rules.
How did the collaboration come together? I wish I had an answer, but after doing some research, I’m stumped. Godzilla: The Album (Epic Records) and Green Day (Reprise Records) didn’t share a label, and I can’t find any interviews where singer Billie Joe Armstrong talks about his love of the big lizard. Maybe Tré Cool was the real fan? The most obvious answer is probably the correct one: Green Day were asked (or forced) to put one of their songs on a tie-album for a hit movie, which was the style at the time, and they said yes. The Godzilla bellows — and rap-rock production flourishes — are a bonus.
Went .$95 closeout CD hunting at Rasputin Records in the Bay Area and found some total gems.
Like Godzilla: The Album, inarguably THE best of many compilation albums to feature an era-defining Puff Daddy/Led Zeppelin crossover mashup as its lead single. pic.twitter.com/0InTGSbMgA
Whatever the case, it worked: the week Godzilla: The Album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, it was one of four soundtracks in the top 10, along with City of Angels (thanks largely to the Goo Goo Dolls towering ballad “Iris”), Songs from Ally McBeal, and Titanic. “Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix)” wasn’t the big hit on the album (Puff Daddy’s “Come with Me” went to #4), but it’s arguably the track that’s most fondly remembered today. To quote a rare good YouTube comment: “This was the first Green Day song that got me hooked. Green Day will always have a special place in my heart. They helped me out when my depression/anxiety got worse, and their sings held on to me.”
Another person wrote, “I’m so glad I looked this up, I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why my brain kept inserting dinosaur roars into the song. It kept slipping my mind but today the original played on the radio and I asked my mother if they ever did a release for Jurassic park. She was like no you dummy its Godzilla. Makes sense because I was just young enough to remember the song but not the movie apparently.”
Honestly, the mother was right to call her daughter a dummy.
They don’t make soundtracks like Godzilla: The Album anymore. To be clear, I’m not waxing nostalgic for clunky-worded tie-in albums like Batman & Robin: Music from and Inspired by the “Batman & Robin” Motion Picture (OK, I am a little). They literally don’t make supremely stupid (complimentary) albums like Godzilla: The Album, or songs like “Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix),” in 2024. It’s a time capsule from a long-ago era (the 1990s, which were — checks notes — 80 years ago). But maybe it’s time to bring them back.
When Does Taylor Swift Go Back On Tour For The Eras Tour?
Swift wrapped her first US leg last August, and then hit Brazil for a few dates in November. Somehow, her The Eras Tour schedule figures to be more grueling in 2024. It all begins on Wednesday, February 7, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Swift will perform there for four nights (February 7 to 10) before jetting to Melbourne, Australia, where opener Sabrina Carpenter will join her for dates across Melbourne, Sydney, Australia, and Singapore from February 16 to March 9.
And then, Swift will return to the US for an abbreviated second North American leg. Gracie Abrams will rejoin as a The Eras Tour opener for those dates from October 18 to December 8. See all of Swift’s remaining The Eras Tour dates here.
Tom Thibodeau’s ideal team doesn’t just defend. It locks teams’ offense in a straightjacket and throws away the key.
That’s why the OG Anunoby trade made perfect sense for the New York Knicks. Especially after Mitchell Robinson’s career-year ended early due to ankle surgery (although the door isn’t shut on a return for the playoffs), they needed a defensive terror on the wing who could guard anybody and make their lives miserable.
They also needed someone the city could get behind. The rugged, no nonsense defender who could take on the best players in the game and shut them down. This team has evoked so many memories of the 90s Knicks that New York fell in love with and Anunoby epitomizes that all-toughness, no BS mentality.
Well, they got what they wanted. In the 10 games prior to Anunoby’s debut, the Knicks went 4-6 with a 122.1 defensive rating, 23rd in the NBA. Since the deal, they’re 9-2 with the league’s second ranked defense, and Anunoby is a league-best +190 in those 11 games. The change has been so dramatic and so sudden that Anunoby’s teammates are still trying to understand just how good he is at that end.
“I don’t know, the dude’s just a freak of nature,” Jalen Brunson told reporters after the trade. “I’m watching the same thing you guys are watching. Just like, “Oh, wow! Mmm. OK.’”
“Mmm, ok” is the perfect way to describe this deal. They cut bait early on the promising backcourt spark plug Immanuel Quickley before he hits free agency this summer. They finally gave up on turning RJ Barrett into an All-Star after his promising start to this season tanked in December. But they wanted to bring in a player that feels complete, someone who the Knicks and the city knows is ready to push this franchise to the next level.
The team has tried bringing in players in the past that could score and do all sorts of exciting things, but they didn’t fit or they didn’t have the temperament to thrive under the bright lights at MSG. Anunoby is the kind of guy that doesn’t care about celebrity row. Unless it’s an opposing star trying to drop 40 on him, he doesn’t have the time of day to care.
The Knicks will have to lock up Anunoby when he hits free agency this summer, but it won’t be hard to pay the man his money if he’s locking up stars on the court every night. Then offensively, his shooting and cutting fits well around Brunson and Julius Randle. Ever since he came on board, they’ve been winning and the Knicks look like they’re taking the next step.
The Knicks needed someone who could fit with their best players (and maybe as importantly, their coach) and they’ve got their guy, plus plenty of draft picks left to make another move. Anunoby won’t get them over the top alone, but it looks like he’s a great starting point for the next step.
The way we see it, there’s no wrong time to drink a refreshing, crisp lager. Spring, summer, fall, even winter(!), we enjoy a easy-drinking, refreshing pilsner or pale lager all year long. And while there are a ton of great American made lagers, we prefer to sip on a no-frills, thirst-quenching Mexican lager whenever possible.
No, we aren’t talking about Mexican-style lagers. Although we’ve put back our fair share of 21st Amendment El Sully and Ska Mexican Logger over the years. We’re talking about the likes of classics like Tecate, Corona, Modelo, Pacifico, and Dos Equis. Crushable, no-frills Mexican lagers.
Keep scrolling to see where your favorite Mexican lager landed on our list.
4.5% ABV and only 138 calories, this beer is named for the sun because you probably spend a lot of time drinking it during the summer months. Who is to say you can enjoy this crisp, lightly sweet, thirst-quenching lager the rest of the year as well, right?
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all citrus peels, sweet corn, cereal grains, and honey starts everything on a unique note. The palate is surprisingly sweet and has a ton of corn, cereal grains, orange peel, honey, and sweet malt flavor. It’s not overly exciting, but crisp and refreshing.
Bottom Line:
This is a well-made Mexican lager. It has a unique sweetness that sets it apart from some of its counterparts.
Meaning “Two X’s” in Spanish, Dos Equis is one of those brands that you’re likely to find at almost any beer store you walk into. Its Lager Especial is a 4.2% ABV pilsner-style lager known for its crisp, lightly hoppy flavor.
Tasting Notes:
Sweet corn, cereal grains, floral hops, and lightly fruity aromas are prevalent on this beer’s nose. Drinking it brings forth notes of corny sweetness, honey, floral hops, citrus peels, and light fruity flavors. The finish is sweet, fruity, crisp, and lingering.
Bottom Line:
This is the definition of a no-frills Mexican lager. It’s a simple, easy-to-drink lager and that’s all there is to it.
There are no Mexican lagers (or any Mexican beer for that matter) more well-known than Corona Extra. Made with simple ingredients like water, barley malt, non-malted cereals, and hops, this well-balanced lager is known for its simple, crushable flavor.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is defined by the cereal grain, corn, yeasty bread, honey, and floral aromas Corona fans love. There’s more corn on the very sweet palate along with freshly baked bread, lemon peels, and more lightly floral hops. There’s not much to it, but it does the job.
Bottom Line:
Drink it on its own, as cold as possible, and it’s a crisp, lightly sweet, refreshing beer. Add a lime wedge and it’s something else entirely — transporting you to the tropics no matter the weather outside.
Carta Blanca might not have the name recognition of some of the more well-known beer brands, but this Mexican pale lager is no less memorable. This 4.5% ABV surprisingly complex, highly refreshing lager has been brewed since 1890.
Tasting Notes:
A nose of cereal grains, wet grass, bready malts, caramel, honey, citrus peels, and floral hops greet you before your first sip. The palate is loaded with sweet corn, hay, wet grass, honey, light fruit, citrus, and floral hops. The finish is crisp and bittersweet.
Bottom Line:
If you’ve never tried Carta Blanca, the time is right to add this sweet, grainy, lightly floral crusher to your refrigerator rotation.
Tecate was first launched in 1944 as a post-shift beverage for tired miners in Baja California, Mexico. It’s known for its malt backbone and crisp, refreshing, balanced flavor profile. If it’s good enough for hard-working miners, it’s good enough for us.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is filled with aromas of sweet corn, cereal grains, biscuit-like malts, honey, citrus peels, and bright floral hops. There’s more of the same on the palate as this balanced brew has a ton of caramel, bready malts up front, followed by grassy, floral hops and citrus zest.
Bottom Line:
Another beer that’s not overly exciting in the flavor department. But it doesn’t need to be. It’s balanced, flavorful, and perfect any time of year.
You might know Jalisco as the state where the town of Tequila is located. But Estrella Jalisco is a crisp, thirst-quenching pilsner that has over 100 years of history in Mexico. It’s another lesser-known Mexican lager that deserves your attention.
Tasting Notes:
Sweet malts, corn, grass, hay, orange peels, and floral hops are noticeable on the nose. The palate continues this trend. There’s a ton of cereal grain, sweet corn, caramel malts, citrus, honey, fresh-cut grass, and floral, earthy hops. It’s lighter than some of the other beers on this list and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Bottom Line:
Light, sweet, and balanced, Estrella Jalisco is one of the most crushable, crisp lagers on this list.
Pacifico is a crushable, 4.5% ABV pilsner-style beer brewed with 2-row and 6-row barley as well as roasted malts and specially selected hops. The result is a sublimely crisp, surprisingly flavorful light, easy-drinking beer.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all bready hops, cereal grains, light corn, lemon, and floral hops. Sipping it brings you flavors like sweet corn, cereal grains, freshly baked bread, citrus, and floral, herbal hops. The finish is a nice crisp mix of sweetness and gentle bitterness.
Bottom Line:
Pacifico is a great choice for fans of classic, European pilsner flavors. It has a nice mix of malt sweetness and hop bitterness.
Brewed the same way since 1925, Modelo Especial is well-known for its refreshing, no-frills flavor profile featuring a perfect balance between malt sweetness, light citrus, and floral hops. It’s brewed with simple ingredients like water, barley malt, unmalted grain, and hops.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of sweet malts, cereal grains, orange peels, honey, and floral, herbal hops greet you before your first taste. Drinking it reveals notes of candied orange peels, hay, sweet corn, caramel malts, and a nice kick of herbal, earthy, floral, lightly bitter hops. All in all, a very well-rounded, crushable beer.
Bottom Line:
If you only try one beer on this list, make it Modelo Especial. It’s balanced, flavorful, and has a nice hops fragrance and flavor.
Sometimes SNL just knocks it out of the park, hitting on a subject that resonates so strongly that we can’t help but talk about it days — sometimes years — later. The most recent viral sketch happened last Saturday when SNL aired a fake commercial for Alaska Airlines addressing the airline’s recent troubles. And by recent troubles we’re talking about that time when the door plug flew off the plane mid-flight — sucking out shirts, phones, and a tray table while passengers sat in the plane unsure of whether or not they’d live to tell about it.
Normal airline stuff!
If you weren’t following that story, don’t worry, laughing about it isn’t bad because luckily no one was hurt. We can’t say the same for Alaska’s reputation. In a sketch that includes host Jacob Elordi, we’re treated to a message from Alaska Airlines employees that refers to the incident in that weird uncannily optimistic way that is typical of all airline ads. Only, you know, honest.
“On other airlines, you can watch movies, but on Alaska, you’re in the movie,” says Elordi, before cutting to a scene with screaming passengers amidst whipping winds.
We don’t want to give away too many of the jokes because the sketch is pretty short, so we’ll just link it above for your viewing pleasure. But we can’t go without making special note of this particularly funny line delivered by SNL GOAT Kenan Thompson:
“We’re the same airline where a pilot tried to turn off the engine mid-flight while on mushrooms, and now we’re proud to say, that’s our second-worst flight!”
We’re not sure if Alaska Airlines is ever going to live this one down. Especially not after that Spirit Air dart at the end.
Emma Stone has been open about her desire to get on Jeopardy! but not for any silly little Celebrity Tournament, for the real deal game. After all, the celebrity games are too thirsty and the celebrities have too much enthusiasm, whereas the regular Jeopardy games feature cutthroat normies who are just trying to prove their childhood bullies wrong. And Emma Stone could be a great addition to that.
Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings stopped by Live With Kelly and Markwhere he gave Stone a little shout-out for still applying after all these years. “I really admire the celebrities for putting themselves out there, because I think people think it’s going to be like the SNL sketch, and it’s gonna be remedial-level Jeopardy! No, this is legit Jeopardy! that we make these stars play, and they are really good sports,” he said, before being asked if Stone would appear on the show.
Jennings was impressed that Stone was holding out for the big leagues. “She doesn’t want to be on Celebrity, she wants to be on real, original recipe Jeopardy! And that’s a hard show. We would take her in a heartbeat,” Jennings added. But the whole point is that she doesn’t want to be taken, she wants to earn it, Ken. Pay attention!
Stone recently revealed that she applies to the competition every year, but she has yet to get in. Probably because she’s busy bing critically acclaimed or something. “I apply every June,” Stone told Variety. “I don’t want to go on Celebrity Jeopardy. I want to earn my stripes. You can only take the test once a year with your email address, and I’ve never gotten on the show. I watch it every single night and I mark down how many answers I get right. I swear, I could go on Jeopardy.”
Even though Stone has to go through the same application process as everyone else, Jennings thinks she “might have a leg up” over any ordinary applicant, because “she’s probably pretty good on camera,” he joked. Now let’s see Jennings try to earn an Oscar, huh???
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Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
