On January 19, after teasing fans with billboards plastered around Memphis, Timberlake took the stage the city’s Orpheum Theatre. During the free show, concertgoers gleefully supported the hometown native as he performed past NSYNC songs as well as solo hits. While chatting with the packed theater, Timberlake confirmed that his next album, Everything I Thought I Was, would be out soon. As a treat, the audience was given a preview a song slated to appear on the project, which is entitled “Selfish.”
Based on the videos captured by attendees, the song’s creative direction seems to be a blend of Timberlake’s debut album, Justified, and his third outing, The 20/20 Experience. Both albums were hits and earned him high critical praise.
Is Donald Trump okay? The former president may be the frontunner for the Republican ticket, but his hands aren’t looking so hot these days. Does he have syphilis? And what about his brain? He’s been talking total nonsense for a while now; if Joe Biden ever rambled about how corn is “non-liquid gold,” the far right would have a field day. Sometimes he doesn’t know who’s president right now. Now he’s confusing two very different people whose first names begin with N.
Wow while rambling about January 6th, a confused Trump blames Nikki Haley for January 6th and says she was in charge of security for the Capitol pic.twitter.com/uw6FzJsqD9
Per Mediaite, Trump did one of his rallies in Concord, New Hampshire Friday, during which he rambled about that whole Capitol riot he helped incite. He got so worked up that rather than falsely blame the day’s security failures on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he put the onus on former employee-turned-rival Nikki Haley.
“You know, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley, you know they– do you know they destroyed all of the information and all of the evidence?” Trump declared. “Everything. Deleted and destroyed all of it. All of it because of, lots of things. Like, Nikki Haley is in charge of security. We offered her 10,000 people.”
Quite apart from mixing people up, Trump was also again repeating the lie about how Pelosi (not Haley) rejecting an offer for 10,000 National Guard soldiers on Jan. 6. Pelosi was never in charge of the National Guard. But his supporters have no problem being fed nonsense from the magnets understander, whose brain is absolutely not mush.
Emily In Paris took producer Darren Star from being primetime TV soap opera king (Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, Sex and the City) to bubbly streaming TV royalty. This Lily Collins-starring show also arguably paved the way for TV’s current Hot Chef trend, and dammit, this series is addictive despite, well, everything. Emily would be considered obnoxious if she wasn’t also somehow charming, and various subplots are infuriatingly predictable while also being an irresistible confection.
In other words, Netflix viewers have either launched headfirst into this show from the beginning or begrudgingly admitted that they can’t resist Emily In Paris, and the streamer continues to answer the call with renewed seasons. What can we expect from Season 4?
Plot
Prepare for more “enchanté” as show’s namesake returns to her solidified Parisian life after initially only intending to be abroad for a year. Ahead of the fourth season, Emily determined to help the French leg of Savior find success as a new agency. This, of course, is much preferable to Emily In Chicago, where her increasingly ridiculous fashion sense would not go over well. Additionally, we can always use much more of French ad-exec colleagues Sylvie, Julian, and Luc (even though viewers were shook to recognize actor Bruno Gouery as an Evil Gay on The White Lotus).
On a personal note, Emily’s life is far more unsettled following that cliffhanger season finale. Gabriel cannot seem to decide who he wants to be with, so he’s been f*cking with Camille’s heart, and she appeared to finally have enough when they reached the altar, and she fled the scene. For a few moments, it appeared as though Emily and Gabriel would end the season by deciding to finally be a couple, but then he revealed that he had gotten Camille pregnant. Dude, Emily needs to tell Gabriel to shove off, but that’s not her style, and she seems to really love that dirty skillet of his. Ugh.
Also, poor Alfie! He also appears to be done with being part of a four-sided love triangle, but of course, everyone seems to have tied themselves to Gabriel’s business ventures, so we’ll see whether Alfie returns for that. Also, Mindy’s musical career was taking off, although it remains to be seen how much we will see Ashley Park in the coming season (more on that below).
Darren Star spoke with Deadline about the Emily/Gabriel mess representing “star-crossed lovers” whose situation is a “more complicated place” (obviously, due to Camille being with child) going into the fourth season. Hmm:
“That’s a big question for us to think about in Season 4. I certainly have ideas, but I think they will. They are all involved in each other’s lives, they are friends, they work together. They’re all very much tied together. But I just think there were some big unforeseen complications here, especially for Emily. And perhaps Emily-Gabriel is not meant to be, at least in the immediate future.”
On a more speculative note, Glamour asked Star whether Kim Cattrall, who showed up at the Season 3 premiere, would ever cameo on the show, perhaps even as the newly European Samantha Jones. Star didn’t promise anything, but he also didn’t shut the possibility down:
“Under the right circumstances, definitely. But I’m not a big believer in just stunt casting for the purpose of stunt casting. And for Kim as well, a role that feels like it’s the right thing for her to do. But I definitely feel like she would bring some great energy into the series.”
Fingers crossed.
Cast
In addition to Collins, returning cast members include Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Sylvie), Lucas Bravo (Chef Gabriel), Bruno Gouery (Luc), Samuel Arnold (Julian), Camille Razat (Camille), and William Abadie (Antoine). There’s been no word on whether Lucien Laviscount will return to make Alfie walk around all sad-faced following his wedding walkout.
Then there’s Ashley Park as the beloved, musical Mindy Chen, who might not be able to make this round of episodes. Park recently revealed how a recent infection (tied to tonsillitis) spiraled into septic shock, which sent her to intensive care for weeks. The actress-singer is frankly lucky to be on the mend (“safely on the other side”), although recovery can be expected to be slow. Below, she opened up on the experience via Instagram.
Release Date
This show tends to love December release dates, and even though filming recently began afresh (see Lily Collins teasing a table read below), it’s entirely possible that this same pattern is achievable (there shall be no CGI to slow down the process, after all) in 2024.
Trailer
No trailer has materialized yet, but here’s a new NBC Olympics spot starring Emily, who ruins a sprinting competition with her uniform design for U.S. champ Noah Lyles.
In today’s franchise-driven film industry, Christopher Nolan is that rarest of birds: a popular filmmaker who mostly (with some major exceptions) avoids franchises. The Peloton enthusiast can do whatever he wants, and that doesn’t only mean making blockbusters about the father of the atomic bomb. He can also run unusual sets. A few years back a rumor spread that Nolan bans chairs. (He allegedly doesn’t, but he does ban cellphones and smoking.) Now we’re learning that while he doesn’t prohibit bathroom breaks, he does look upon them with disdain.
In a new group chat with Vanity Fair,Oppenheimer actors Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, and Robert Downey Jr. opened up about some of the more atypical aspects of working with the beloved filmmaker. They all agreed that he runs an efficient set.
“Human resources are scarce,” Downey seemed to joke (or not?). “And the idea is that this is a Spartan endeavor. And also, I think that Chris, from all the films that he’s done, he deplores waste. He is a conservationist of the highest order.”
“Everything is happening in front of the camera,” he added. “There is no budget for anything that’s not happening in front of the camera.”
Nolan is so efficient he doesn’t have time for when nature calls.
“He doesn’t even really like it when you go to the bathroom, but he understands you have to,” Downey said. “And I asked him, ‘Dude, when do you go?’ And he goes, ’11 a.m. and 6 p.m.’ And I was like, ‘Are you f*cking with me?’”
“And he drinks so much tea, how does he not go right through it?” Blunt pointed out.
“I know, but it’s not a diuretic tea,” Downey said. “He won’t ask anyone to do anything that he’s not 1000% willing to do himself, twice as hard.”
So if you’re lucky enough to work with Christopher Nolan, remember to go easy on food and liquids.
You can watch the Vanity Fair sit-down in the video below.
Netflix is continuing to do its part to pick up damn fine shows abandoned elsewhere (Lucifer, You, etc.) and give them new life. In this case, an adrenaline-fueled Australian series, The Tourist, will continue to maintain its U.K. home on BBC One and its Aussie home base on Stan, but in the U.S. the show’s streaming home is changing from HBO Max to Netflix.
In preparation for the second season, which arrives near the end of February on Netflix, the first season will land on the streamer on February 1. If you don’t want to know what has happened thus far (as well as some hints on what’s to come next), consider this a SPOILER WARNING.
Plot
The Tourist initially followed the fallout of Jamie Dornan’s character, Elliot (or “The Man”), waking up to find himself in the Australian Outback and not knowing what the hell is going on. He has lost his memory, so he’s obviously also clueless as to why a giant tank truck moves to push him into oblivion while driving. Throughout a cat-and-mouse plot, he attempts to piece together the increasingly cryptic puzzle of his identity before the bad dudes (or a crooked cop portrayed by Damon Herriman, a.k.a. Dewey Crowe from Justified) take him out. Eventually, Elliot’s previous life begins to come together, and he is revealed to have formerly worked for a drug lord and to have played an active role in the deaths of drug mules.
The season ended with Elliot attempting to kill himself in a few ways, but he is unsuccessful in doing so, and so, where does this show go for Season 2? Quite a long way away from Australia, actually.
The second season picks up in Ireland, where Helen (Danielle Macdonald) hasn’t given up on Elliot yet and helps him continue to dig into his past. This won’t be straightforward affair, of course, and the pair will find themselves embroiled in the McDonnell family’s feud, and Elliot’s past horrific ways will figure into this new set of dynamics, too. Somehow, the overriding mystery of the show will grow even larger as Elliot gazes across the chasm of his misdeeds. (The drugging life is bad, kids!)
Cast
The first season starred Dornan as well as Shalom Brune-Franklin, Damon Herriman, Danielle Macdonald, Alex Dimitriades, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, and Kamil Ellis. With the change in scenery, the second season will bring many new actors aboard, including, Conor MacNeill, Olwen Fouéré, Diarmaid Murtagh, Nessa Matthews, Mark McKenna, and Francis Magee.
Release Date
Across the pond, BBC has already premiered the second season as of January 1, which was the launching date for Australia’s Stan. Meanwhile, the binge-minded Netflix will stream the second season on February 29. As previously mentioned, Netflix will stream the first season beginning on February 1.
Trailer
Yes, a trailer exists and shows Ireland isn’t any welcoming than that Australia for Dornan’s character. Crikey.
In case you were wondering, don’t mess with comedian Steve Hofstetter. The stand-up comic posted a video of himself recently shutting down a heckler who didn’t like Hofstetter taking a break from his routine to praise Jessica Mendoza, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Stanford graduate, who last year became the first female to call a professional baseball game.
“Next!” the heckler shouts. At first, Hofstetter is caught off guard but then he tries to give the guy a chance to explain what he found “offensive” about celebrating this historic moment in sports. “You and I can talk later,” the anonymous guy says, directly challenging an earlier warning from Hofstetter to not approach comedians after shows.
Once the guy refuses to explain why he’s offended, Hofstetter asks him to leave, saying not only is he being a jerk but he’s not at least willing to stand up for his own beliefs. Then things get weird. It turns out the heckler is at the show with his family, including his daughters. “You have daughters and I was standing up for women’s rights and you were offended by that,” Hofstetter says. “I hope the rest of you are going to be okay later.”
Unlike some heckler videos that drag on and on, this one is maybe most amazing in the way he gets shut down before he can even really get started. The whole video is funny, inspiring and just a classic example of a comedian taking down a heckler. Like near the end, when Hofstetter addresses a common trope of someone questioning why a male comedian needs to stand up for women’s equality.
“As it turns out, I actually have a genetic history of women in my family,” he says. “If you want to be a real man then respect the women in your life.”
Any time you travel with a small child it ups the ante a bit. Did you bring enough stuff to entertain them? Did you pack the right snacks? Should you have brought an extra change of clothes just in case? Is it now customary to hand out small bags full of ear plugs and treats for all of the passengers for daring to leave your house to use a public form of transportation?
It’s enough to stress you out before you even get down the street. But one of the trickiest parts of traveling with small children of the opposite gender is figuring out public bathrooms. It’s usually fairly simple for moms, bathrooms for women have changing tables installed for babies and disabled individuals. They’re also usually kept fairly clean and women visiting the facilities think twice about a little boy going into the women’s bathroom with his mom.
Dads on the other hand aren’t always comfortable bringing their daughters into the men’s room with them. Plus rumor has it that men’s rooms aren’t always the cleanest for girls to go potty.
Kier Gaines has gone viral for praising a Philadelphia Amtrak employee for understanding this struggle resulting in a meaningful act of kindness. Gaines was traveling with his young daughter who looks to be around 5-years-old when she needed to use the bathroom. She’s too young to go into the women’s bathroom alone and Gaines wasn’t comfortable taking her into the bathroom possibly startling women.
He was left with the only choice being to take her into the men’s bathroom which had not been left sanitary. That’s when the Amtrak Porter steps in.
“One of the porters that cleans here saw me and he was like, ‘hey bro, you want me to hit the bathroom and clean it for you?’ I said, ‘yeah, thank you, man.'” Gaines reflects. “He said, ‘yeah I got a daughter who’s five.’ he says, ‘I understand how hard it is to be a dad and try to get them in a clean bathroom where they feel comfortable and safe.'”
Gaines admitted that a fellow dad recognizing the struggle and doing something to help got him a little choked up.
“It validated so many things that I felt frustrated with because they were hard but don’t nobody want to hear a man complaining about what’s difficult for him. Nobody wants to hear dad complaining about what’s hard but for that man to see me struggling and understand deeply what that meant and clean that stall for my baby, man that meant the world.”
The dad didn’t let his appreciation go without being voiced, not only online to his 600k followers but to the worker’s supervisor. He revealed the Amtrak worker’s name is George, is dark skinned with two braids and encouraged people to tell him that he’s doing an amazing job if they see him.
George definitely deserves recognition for going above and beyond. Sometimes a parent’s village is simply other parents in the wild willing to see you and give you a helping hand. If dad’s don’t speak up about their parenting struggles then the world will never know to be inclusive of things specific to dads solo parenting for a few hours, days or forever. Gaines speaking up can have a positive impact for dads in the future.
Saweetie and P-Lo are getting into the sporty spirit, as the two dropped a new anthem for the San Francisco 49ers. The collab, titled “Do It For The Bay,” finds the two pumping up the team to make it to the Super Bowl in February.
The two appear in an equally energetic music video that incorporates both footage of the team and Saweetie performing with P-Lo. It also was a special full-circle moment, considering Saweetie is from Santa Clara and P-Lo’s from the Bay Area.
“I’m excited to share our new 49ers single designed to hype up the team and The Faithful for this playoffs run,” Saweetie said in a statement, according to Rolling Stone. “I want to thank the 49ers organization for this opportunity. Shout out to P-Lo for doing what he does.”
“I love that we were able to collaborate and make something that’s so Bay-triotic, as P-Lo would say,” Saweetie added.
“We’re lucky to be based in a region that is thriving with talent, diversity, and innovation, and excited that Saweetie and P-Lo were able to capture those values in this new anthem for The Bay,” Allie Dicken, a representative from the 49ers marketing team, shared also.
Check out Saweetie and P-Lo’s new “Do It For The Bay” song above.
Saweetie is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
There aren’t many things that are universally considered “the best.” It’s awfully rare to get everyone on the same page like that, so while it happens, it takes something really special to reach a consensus. In the world of college football highlight videos, for example, there’s one that sticks out above the rest: The nearly 10-minute video of former West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin. If you know, you know. If you don’t, watch:
More than 23 million people have watched the decade-old video, which shows Austin — who stood 5’8 but was impossible to bring down and an all-time nightmare in the open field — embarrassing defenses during his time in Morgantown. If you say “the Tavon Austin video” to the right person, they will know exactly what you are talking about. And in a wonderful clip that made its way around social media this week, Austin got the chance to show this to someone who never saw him during his college days, his daughter, Ayva.
Tavon Austin showing his daughter his college mixtape for the first time is so wholesome (via anakar1a_/TT) pic.twitter.com/o3NBK1JsIq
The moment that she realizes that her dad was on the screen is just wonderful, and the amazed look on her face is pretty par for the course when someone watches this video for the first time. Now, dear reader, we would like to challenge you to let someone else feel this sense of wonder and show the Tavon Austin highlight video to a football fan who has never seen it before.
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Privacy Overview
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
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.
(via anakar1a_/TT)