Month: January 2024

Reacher‘s third season is already filming, and even though Alan Ritchson’s attempt to speak with Tom Cruise didn’t go well, he’s still living the dream. At least, he’s feeling much better lately. Ritchson has opened up to GQ about how much he screwed up his body while prepping for the 2022 season debut.

There’s a good reason for Ritchson speaking out, too, because those who want to train like Jack Reacher can learn from his experience. The leading man definitely had some setbacks after pushing himself too hard, and he has to be careful from here on out, so that (most importantly) he can stay healthy and (also nice) so that there can be many more Reacher seasons. Here’s where it’s necessary to mention that Ritchson was previously upfront with Men’s Health on taking testosterone at a therapeutic dose. And with GQ, he reveals why that happened.

Long story short: his initial round of Reacher bodybuilding sessions were entirely powered by “hard work,” but “I f*cking wrecked my body, dude. It was too much.” He ignored muscle strains and landed himself in surgery in between seasons, and Ritchson further detailed his plight and how (for maintenence purposes) the testosterone subject arose:

“I needed surgery. I couldn’t breathe well. I got a blood panel done and found out I had no testosterone left [because of overtraining]. My doctor was like, ‘You need to be on testosterone’. [Testosterone therapy] was a real gift because now I’m able to easily maintain that size. My workouts are short and sweet – maybe 30 minutes a day.”

Ritchson is also quick to mention that “to me, the character is much more than” his size. That is to say, there’s Reacher’s dry humor and sardonic manner of responding to even the most stressful of situations. And don’t forget the junk food addiction — that’s a humor highlight for sure.

Reacher‘s first two seasons are available to stream on Amazon Prime.

(Via GQ)

Common and Jennifer Hudson have been unintentionally fueling dating rumors for months, and they will (very intentionally) finally confronted it on Monday’s (January 22) episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show. It also doesn’t feel like a coincidence that a playful four-minute clip has already been posted to YouTube.

In it, Hudson welcomes Common to the stage with a freestyle rap (“He got an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, y’all, he’s an EGO”). Common emerged with a bouquet of flowers, much to JHud’s delight. Eventually, Hudson got around to asking the question on everybody’s mind: “Are you dating anybody?”

After a few nervous giggles, Common coyly and romantically responded, “Yes, and I’m in a relationship that is with one of the most beautiful people I ever met — in life. She’s smart. She loves God. She has something real down to Earth about her. She’s talented.”

He continued, “But I set my standard kinda high because she had to have an EGOT. She had to win an Oscar on her first movie. I set my standard high. She had to get her own talk show. Wait, what about you, though? How’s your love life?”

Hudson played along, although they aren’t fooling anyone at this point — not that they care to keep it under wraps anymore, clearly. “I’m dating as well, and I am very happy,” she said, asking whether Common is also happy in his relationship, to which he confirmed “this relationship is a happy place” because “seeing her happy actually makes me really happy.”

For the painfully unaware, Hudson achieved EGOT status in June 2022 when she won a Tony as a producer of A Strange Loop. Her Oscar came in 2007, for Best Actress In A Supporting Role (Dreamgirls).

Watch the full clip above.

“Complicated.” “Sk8er Boi.” “I’m With You.” “Happy Ending.” “Girlfriend.” You want hits? Avril Lavigne’s got ’em. You want to hear them live? If you’re in North America, you’ll be able to this summer.

Today (January 22), Avril Lavigne announced The Greatest Hits Tour, a 27-show run that’s set to launch in May and run until September. On select dates, she’ll be joined by All Time Low, Simple Plan, Royal & The Serpent, and Girlfriends.

Tickets will be available beginning with an artist presale starting January 24 at 10 a.m. local time. The general on-sale begins on January 26 at 10 a.m. local time. Find more information on Lavigne’s website.

Find Lavigne’s tour dates below.

Avril Lavigne’s 2024 tour dates: The Greatest Hits Tour

05/22 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena ^
05/25 — Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre ^
05/26 — Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater ^
05/28 — Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre ^
05/30 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum ^
06/01 — Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena ^
06/02 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre ^
08/14 — Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre +
08/16 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage +
08/17 — Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC @ Festival International de Montgolfières ~
08/20 — Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater +
08/21 — Hartford, CT @ The XFINITY Theatre +
08/23 — Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center +
08/24 — Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center +
08/27 — Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater +
08/29 — Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion +
08/31 — Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live +
09/01 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion +
09/03 — Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre +
09/04 — Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater +
09/06 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center +
09/07 — Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre +
09/09 — Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater +
09/10 — Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island +
09/12 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory +
09/14 — Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre +
09/16 — Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place

^ with All Time Low and Royal & The Serpent
+ with Simple Plan and Girlfriends
~ festival date

Avril Lavigne’s The Greatest Hits Tour poster

Jamie Dornan had an experience with a caterpillar he won’t soon forget. While on a hiking trip in Portugal, the The Tourist actor and a friend started experiencing heart attack-like symptoms that landed both of them in the hospital.

According to Dornan’s hiking partner, Gordon Smart, the incident occurred last year in Portugal. While recording an episode of The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected podcast for the BBC, Smart said the two men thought they drank too much the night before until they started having very concerning symptoms.

Via Page Six:

Just one day into their vacation, Smart revealed that he felt a “tingling in his left hand and tickling in his left arm” that made him think it was “the sign of the start of a heart attack.”

“Now, I’m a fairly healthy guy but once you start thinking, you’re having a heart attack, you’re pretty sure that you’re convincing yourself that you are having one,” he said.

After Smart was taken away in an ambulance, Dornan started having the same symptoms.

“Jamie said, ‘Dear me. Gordon, about 20 minutes after you left, my left arm went numb, my left leg went numb, my right leg went numb, and I found myself in the back of an ambulance,’” Smart said.

At the hospital, doctors were able to determine that they had been exposed to processionary caterpillars, which have been plaguing golf courses in the area by “killing people’s dogs and giving men in their 40s heart attacks,” as relayed by Dornan.

Once the scare was over, the staff immediately jumped into celebrity fawning over Dornan.

“As he left the hospital, the paramedics asked them for a selfie,” Smart revealed. “Which is really what you want when you’re being wheeled out of a hospital room.”

(Via Page Six)

dDuring a recent fired-up appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, legendary comedian Katt Williams called out Cedric the Entertainer for joke theft (“My very best joke”) and accused Kevin Hart of being an industry plant. He also criticized Steve Harvey and Tiffany Haddish. Dave Chappelle responded to Williams’ comments by wondering why he’s mainly going after other Black comedians.

“What part of the game is this? He only ethered n*ggas. He didn’t say anything about any of these white boys. None of these white boys function like that,” he said at the Hollywood Improv, according to Variety. “Katt is one of the best painters in the game. So why are you drawing ugly pictures of us? Stop.”

“Hurt people hurt people, but I am a hurt person that never hurt people, and he does it all the time: ‘F*ck this one, and f*ck that one, and f*ck this one,’” Chappelle said, impersonating Williams. “But, n*gga, I didn’t hear anything that you did wrong. He didn’t do nothin’ wrong? Katt didn’t do nothin’ wrong?… Katt was talking about sh*t that n*ggas did to other n*ggas, but not about anything that n*ggas did to him.”

Chappelle admitted that he does “f*ck with Katt hard,” but wished Williams would find new targets when “all of us are trying to be in a better situation.”

You can listen to the podcast below.

(Via Variety)

Music and football have long gone hand in hand, ever since the annual Super Bowl Halftime Show became a cultural phenomenon. The relationship between the two entertainment pillars entered a different level this year, though, when Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce started their relationship. This got Swifties tuning into Kelce’s NFL games, introducing a whole new audience to the sport.

Well, Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills yesterday (January 21) to advance to the AFC championship (the final round before the Super Bowl). For Swifties, perhaps the biggest moment of the game happened in the stands, courtesy of Travis’ brother, fellow NFL favorite Jason Kelce.

Jason, whose Philadelphia Eagles aren’t in playoff contention, was at the game and he had himself a hell of a time, going shirtless after Travis scored a touchdown. He was in the same viewing box as Swift, at at one point during the game, he spotted a sign a young fan had made for Swift. So, he climbed out of the box’s window and told the girl he was going to help her show the sign to Swift. So, he picked her up and brought her to the box so Swift could see the sign.

Ultimately, it was yet another moment that shows why it was so easy for Swifties to fall in love with the Kelce brothers.

Check out the clip below.

There needs to be a movie about Pauly Shore‘s Richard Simmons movie.

Last week, Simmons distanced himself from The Court Jester, a short film starring The Weasel as the Sweatin’ to the Oldies fitness guru. “We’re told Pauly and Richard’s team spoke last year about PS portraying him in a film,” TMZ reported, “but Richard’s people told the comedian the timing wasn’t right for Richard to get on board.” Well, The Court Jester screened at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, and Shore claims Simmons came around.

He began by telling the crowd Richard texted him earlier in the day, wishing him “good luck” with the screening. The audience gave its rousing approval. It’s a total about-face… just a few days ago, Richard wrote on Facebook, “You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore. I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read.”

Shore told Variety that The Court Jester isn’t making fun of Simmons, it comes from “love. It’s never been vindictive. I’m not Borat. I’m not ‘let’s make fun of someone.’ It’s the opposite. At this point, it’s an unauthorized biopic and they’re made every day. Yes, I want him to put his pixie dust on this and say, ‘Go for it, Pauly.’ It’s Richard being Richard. It’s sensitive. We don’t want to bug him. We want him to be left alone and we don’t want to bug him.” He added, “Who’s going to play Richard Simmons? Leonardo DiCaprio is not going to play Richard Simmons. I look like him.”

OK, but if Leo wanted to recreate the time Simmons was on Whose Line Is It Anyway, it would somehow win an Oscar and an Emmy.

You can watch The Court Jester short film below.

(Via TMZ)

Dolly Parton celebrated her 78th birthday on January 19, so to celebrate, the Grand Ole Opry hosted a tribute concert, dubbed “Opry Goes Dolly,” at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for that night. When it came time for Elle King to take the stage, though, trouble ensued.

As Consequence notes, things when wrong with King attempted to cover Parton’s “Marry Me.” She told the audience, “I don’t know the lyrics to these things in this f*cking town, Don’t tell Dolly ‘cause it’s her birthday.” She also said, “I’m not even gonna f*cking lie… y’all bought tickets for this sh*t, you ain’t getting your money back. And I’m gonna tell you one thing more: Hi, my name is Elle King, I’m f*cking hammered.”

Some attendees took to social media to complain. In response to an Opry tweet about Lauren Alaina being unable to perform as scheduled, a user named Judas wrote, “I wish she would’ve been there because Elle King ruined the night with her horrible, drunk, and profane performance. Dolly Parton would’ve been mortified. For our first time at The Opry, it was a shame we all had to witness that.” The Opry responded, “Hi Judas, we deeply regret and apologize for the language that was used during last night’s second Opry performance.”

King has yet to publicly address the situation.

WWE 2K24 is returning with some firepower for this year’s cover athletes. On Monday, 2K announced that “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes will continue his story on the cover of the latest edition of the game, while the Deluxe Edition will make history, featuring the first female duo with Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair gracing the cover. Additionally, Belair is the first woman of color to appear on the cover.

“It’s hard to really put into words how special this is, how unprecedented this is to make history once again as the first woman of color to be on the cover of 2K,” Belair told Uproxx Sports. “It’s an amazing accomplishment. And to be doing it alongside Rhea Ripley is even more special.

“Rhea Ripley and I came in together around the same time at NXT, and I feel like we’re both doing amazing things on the opposite side of the mountain in WWE right now. We’re the forefront of a new generation of women’s wrestling, so to do it alongside Rhea makes it even more special. It’s hard to put into words, like you’re one of the faces of the women’s division, and I remember seeing Becky Lynch on the cover and thinking, ‘Wow, that’s a huge accomplishment.’ Just having my name in the same conversation as hers as being one of the women that have been able to grace this cover is amazing.”

This year’s version celebrates the 40th anniversary of its most prominent premium live event with the Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition, featuring original artwork celebrating iconic Superstars and Legends, including The Rock, The Undertaker, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, and more. Showcase mode will also feature a WrestleMania tilt, putting players in control and playing the iconic moments throughout WrestleMania history.

“I’ve been known to keep a checklist of key milestones I want to experience on the path to finishing my story,” Rhodes said in a statement. “As an avid gamer, being named WWE 2K cover Superstar is very, very close to the top of that list and I’m very happy to work with the teams at 2K and Visual Concepts to bring that dream to life.”

All editions of WWE 2K24 are expected to be released in March.

The Kansas City Chiefs will continue their title defense in Baltimore next Sunday afternoon after handing the Bills their latest playoff heartbreak on Sunday night in Buffalo.

It was an instant classic that saw the two teams hit big plays, trade blows, and make some critical mistakes that left the outcome in doubt all the way into the final two minutes. The fourth quarter began with a wild sequence that saw a failed fake punt by Buffalo hand the Chiefs a golden opportunity to go up two scores, but Kansas City turned around and gave the ball right back on a Mecole Hardman fumble through the end zone at the goal line.

The two teams would trade punts after that and Buffalo came out with just under nine minutes on the clock looking to march down the field for a go-ahead or game-tying score. The first play of that drive saw Stefon Diggs drop an absolutely outrageous deep ball from Josh Allen that would’ve put them in scoring territory immediately.

After failing to hit the big play, Buffalo had to embark on a long, methodical march that included a third down Josh Allen fumble that somehow ended up back with the Bills and a fourth down conversion to keep their hopes of an AFC title game appearance alive.

They would work the ball inside the 30, but couldn’t connect any further, forcing them to trot Tyler Bass out for a field goal that was much more than a chip shot in windy conditions. Sure enough, Bass sliced the kick wide right, with the wind shoving it well wide of the upright to offer another gut punch to the Buffalo faithful.

On the other side of the despair of Bills fans was a very excited Patrick Mahomes, who didn’t need to do anything but get one first down to end the game.

A pair of Isiah Pacheco runs got them that first down, exhausting Buffalo’s timeouts and allowed Kansas City to kneel out a win in Patrick Mahomes’ first ever true road playoff game, setting up his second in Baltimore next week.