Month: March 2024

Self proclaimed feminist killjoy Rebecca Cohen is a cartoonist based in Berkeley, California.

Here’s what she has to say about her role as an artist taken from her Patreon page.

She says:

“In these trying times, the world needs a hero to resist the forces of tyranny.

That hero is definitely not me.

I just draw funny pictures and like to share my opinions. I’m Rebecca, also known as @gynostar.”

Enjoy one of her comics below.

This article originally appeared on 10.19.16

As the nation helplessly watches our highest halls of government toss justice to the wind, a 2nd grader has given us someplace to channel our frustrations. In a hilarious video rant, a youngster named Taylor shared a story that has folks ready to go to the mat for her and her beloved, pink, perfect attendance pencil.

Instagrammer @tabgeezy shared a video of her daughter telling the story of how she put her perfect attendance pencil—the pink one that she had legitimately earned—in the classroom box of pencils to be sharpened. But when she went to retrieve it from the sharpened pencils box, all she found were plain yellow pencils. That’s because Lizzie—who, by the way, had not earned a perfect attendance pencil because she had gone to CANADA—was using it. And not only that, but Canada Lizzie then lost Taylor’s pencil in her desk, and her teacher was no help.

You have to hear Taylor tell it to understand why this travesty of justice has gone viral.

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If you think this pencil battle is of no consequence whatsoever, think again. People on Twitter got hold of the video, and folks are rallying behind Taylor as if that pink pencil is our democracy and Taylor and Lizzie are the House and Senate.

If somebody ever takes my childu2019s perfect attendance pencil which SHE earned cuz she didnu2019t even go to Canada, the entire school getting shut down.

— riley wuz here (@riley wuz here)
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IS THERE NO JUSTICE IN THE WORLD

— Charlotte Clymer ud83cudff3ufe0fu200du26a7ufe0fud83cuddfaud83cudde6 (@Charlotte Clymer ud83cudff3ufe0fu200du26a7ufe0fud83cuddfaud83cudde6)
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“Lizzie” was trending on Twitter as people called out the little girl who went to CANADA and then dared to take Taylor’s perfect attendance pencil.

Me and the crew showing up to school the next day looking for Lizzie and getting to ride out for Tayloru2019s Perfect Attendance Pencil https://twitter.com/_FemGod/status/1223105472393121793u00a0u2026pic.twitter.com/3Hw7ASVmpX

— Matthew A. Cherry (@Matthew A. Cherry)
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All I am saying is that if Lizzy wanted a pink Perfect Attendance pencil then she shouldn’t have gone to CANADA.nn#JusticeForThePencil

— Gail Simone ud83dudc99ud83dudc9b (@Gail Simone ud83dudc99ud83dudc9b)
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There were some shout-outs to Taylor’s classmate who understood what that pencil meant to her.

shout out to reece who was the only one who understood the gravity of the situation. don’t let me see lizzie in the streets! https://twitter.com/_FemGod/status/1223105472393121793u00a0u2026

— in charge of the girls (@in charge of the girls)
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But Taylor’s teacher certainly wasn’t getting any love.

Me writing an email to my babyu2019s teacher saying that messy ass Lizzie better come up with a perfect attendance pencil or sheu2019s going to be going back to Canadapic.twitter.com/ZbcjpwBvUr

— u2728La Bruja Buenau2728 (@u2728La Bruja Buenau2728)
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Twitter’s collective reaction even started getting its own GIFs.

All of Twitter getting ready to go ask Lizzie, who was in Canada, about a certain pink perfect attendance pencilpic.twitter.com/xwIBRzYFF5

— Lana Del Gay (@Lana Del Gay)
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Twitter uniting to get her perfect attendance pencil back from Lizzie because she went to Canada and DID NOT earn it:pic.twitter.com/4U9qFgB6Jm

— Sarah Guy (@Sarah Guy)
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People had so. many. feelings. about baby girl getting back her pencil, about the way her mom and teacher dismissed it as “just a pencil,” and about poor little Lizzie who probably still doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about.

Why do we care so much? Adorableness aside, we’re all a little burned out on politics and the methodical dismantling of our country’s checks and balances, so maybe getting charged up over an adorable little girl’s pencil injustice somehow feels cathartic.

John Delaney dropped out of the race… Meh!nnThereu2019s a Presidential impeachment… Yawn. nnSomeone stole a little girlu2019s perfect attendance pencil. nnMe:pic.twitter.com/aXBot4y58G

— AL (@AL)
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Hope you get your pencil back soon, Taylor. We all need a little glimmer of hope that justice can, indeed, prevail.

This article originally appeared on 01.31.20

Whether you’re a horror aficionado or your scary threshold is at a level 2, you’re bound to be familiar with at least a couple of iconic horror movies. The horror genre is a huge part of our culture, allowing us to explore the darkest depths of the human psyche within the safety and comfort of home—or a theater, if you dare.

As counterintuitive as it might sound, watching horror movies can be more than stimulating entertainment for some people. It can act as a form of exposure therapy, helping reduce anxiety levels. Of course, this is not the case for everyone, but it certainly helps explain why the genre is so well loved and continues gaining popularity. Even in 2020—arguably an anxiety-inducing year for everyone—horror movies were the only ones to actually see a surge in ticket sales. Sometimes it’s just more cathartic to see an actual monster wreaking havoc in a fictional world than it is to think about all real-world worries that haunt our imaginations.

Still, not everyone can shake off that scary feeling that a horror movie elicits, and therefore might not partake in watching. Nonetheless, they might enjoy seeing the edge taken off with a bit of lighthearted humor. After all, it’s often recommended to watch a little comedy after a horror flick to clean out the heebie jeebies.

Jimmy Fallon asked folks to “take a horror movie and add one word to change the plot and tag it with #AddAWordRuinAHorrorMovie for his ever-popular Hashtags segment on “The Tonight Show.” Granted, some people took liberties with the rules—occasionally replacing a word in the title, for example—but nonetheless, grammatical fun was had. And well-known horror movie plots did undergo hilariously drastic changes.

Below are 23 of the best ones. Enjoy, because even those who can’t handle anything too scary deserve a little spooky entertainment.

1. “The Blair Witch Project Manager” – @ ite_mumma

2. “House of Brazilian Wax” – @omg_is_oscar

3. “Awkward Smile” – @jimmyfallon

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4. “Zoom Interview With A Vampire” – @Sohnzie

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5. “The Snore Ring (you’ll never sleep again)” – @Janasvox

6. “The Hills Have Googly Eyes” – @DunLahfAtMae

7. “Freddy vs Jason Bateman” – @richg6

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8. “The Craft Room” – @EvelynRobinson

9. “See SAW” – @BruceCountyGal

10. “Silence of the Lamb Chops” – @EfrainRSosa

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— Stephen Poplar (@spoppy74) October 6, 2022

11. “Children of the Candy Corn” – @DjDubay

12. “Man-childs Play” – @DantheDad87

13. “The Amityville Hoarder” – @PamelaMelnick

The Amityville Hoarder pic.twitter.com/nNEwyGCnZ9

— Pamela Melnick (@PamelaMelnick) October 5, 2022

14. “Carrie Groceries” – @mitchbytes

15. “Hellraiser Burn” – @blumspew

16. “Invasion of the Body Shapers” – @LaughOutLander

Invasion Of The Body Shapers #AddAWordRuinAHorrorMovie pic.twitter.com/7M5IeIOOwA

— LaughOutLander (@LaughOutLander) October 6, 2022

17. “Final Destination Wedding” – @EmWilsonMartin

18. “The Invisible Man Bun” – @ryanBartholomee

19. “The Babadook Ellington” – @taradublinrocks

The Babadook Ellington #AddAWordRuinAHorrorMovie pic.twitter.com/7nUrGnHpLN

— 🧛‍♀️☠️ The Terror Of Dublin 🎃👻 (@taradublinrocks) October 5, 2022

20. “Beetlejuice Cleanse” – @Sohnzie

21. “Rosemary’s Baby Shark…doo,doo,doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.” – @seamirac

22. “Nightmare on Elmo Street.” – @elise_milsssss

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@Cantabrana_ added:

“Somehow, this is much scarier.”

23. “The Shoe Shining” – @LauraLizVids

This article originally appeared on 10.25.22

Dance is a unique art form in that the medium it utilizes is the human body itself. Simply through purposeful and graceful control of movement, dancers can express and evoke joy, sadness, fear, confusion—the whole range of human emotion. And when dancing is done well, it’s utterly mesmerizing.

Such is the case with Mariandrea, a 14-year-old from Mexico who auditioned for America’s Got Talent in July of 2023 and wowed both the judges and the audience with her dance performance. She has been dancing since she was 5, and as Simon Cowell pointed out, it’s clear that she was born to do this.

After showing off her sparkling personality during the pre-performance interview, Mariandrea danced to a cover of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World,” personifying the song in her performance. But it wasn’t just her intentional movement that reflected the emotional complexity of the ever-popular hit. Her facial expressions, ranging from subtle fear to a clown-like smile to genuine sorrow to angry defiance, change on a dime, adding an acting element to her routine that takes it to the next level.

Add in the incredible control she has of her body as it twists and turns and seems to defy gravity, both gracefully flowing and disturbingly contorting, and it’s easy to see why she earned a standing ovation and enthusiastic praise from all four judges.

Watch:

For someone so young to have such a strong grasp of her craft is quite extraordinary, and people were wowed by her talent as well as her showmanship.

“I had to watch this more than once. Her smile, energy, and face reminds me of a young Natalie Portman. You can tell she is more than a dancer also, very intelligent, expressive, talented, yes acting too. Wow! Congratulations!” shared one commenter.

“This young lady has a very bright future ahead of her! The passion that she emanated while dancing was above and beyond what we have seen in half the dancers that are older than her… Can’t wait to see what she does next!!!” wrote another.

“Stunned. I would have given her a golden buzzer. The sharpness, flexibility, timing, theatrics, and costume use. 10/10,” shared another.

One commenter pointed out that her dance felt like a monologue, and another person called it “absolute art.” Many people expressed disappointment that she didn’t receive the Golden Buzzer, which would propel her immediately to the final round. But if her other performances are anything like this one, she’s got a pretty decent chance of making it to the finals without it.

This article originally appeared on 9.18.23

Think back to all those centuries ago (kidding), when you were but a wee teen in high school. Suddenly identity exploration and finding a sense of belonging become paramount. In those pivotal years, you meet other like-minded individuals with similar tastes and interests, and those people become your exclusive group of friends, otherwise known as a clique.

High school might look very different now than how it once did, but this rite of passage is still very much alive and well. Just ask Ms. C, who goes by the handle @stillateacher on TikTok.

Ms. C recently went viral for sharing a look at high school cliques from her perspective as a teacher, honing in on what she liked about teaching each clique. Her observations illuminate not only that yes, cliques persist (and with them their inherent problems) but that there’s something genuine, sweet and loveable about each one.

First on deck—the goth kids, primarily because Ms. C admits to being scared of them when she was a kid. But now, after actually connecting with a few, she insists that underneath those dark and gloomy exteriors lies genuine kindness.

“A common interaction between me and a goth kid is throughout class, they’re just kind of like giving me a death glare…And then after class, they just like linger around by my desk and I’m like, ‘Hey, what’s up?’ And they’ll just like lightly knock over something on my desk and be like, ‘You’re a really good teacher. This is my favorite class.’ and then just walk out,” she says in the clip.

So yeah, goth kids are just like cats. Misunderstood in the way they show love.

@stillateacher Something loveable about every clique #teacher #teachersoftiktok #teachertok #highschool #clique ♬ original sound – Ms. C

On the opposite side of the spectrum, Ms. C tackles theater kids next. Sure, this group has a big personality (perhaps too big for some), but Ms. C appreciates their brazen self-assurance.

“They reeeeealllly don’t care what anyone thinks,” she says, explaining that while other students add well-known pop singers to her class playlist, theater kids will shamelessly put in their favorite show tunes. Why? Because it’s “the best musical of all time!” Duh.

Plus, Ms. C commends their “really strong literacy skills from reading and memorizing all of these plays.”

For jocks, there are actually sub-cliques within the group “depending on which sport you play.” But despite each sport team having different personalities, Ms. C notes that a supportive coach makes all the difference.

“I’ve literally before picked up my phone and called the coach and then like be like, ‘So and so is having a tough day,’ and they come and talk to them in the hallway and the student is like immediately changed, inspired, transformed,” she says.

And while she admits that the teacher/jock relationship is often portrayed as contentious, she can’t help but commend jocks for their passion and commitment.

“A lot of the kids are just like die-hard for whatever sport they play. That keeps them coming to school consistently. It keeps them having something to do,” she says.

After her initial post received over 800,000 views, Ms. C began reviewing even more cliques. Like band kids, who are “clever,” “sarcastic,” fond of outdated memes and generally “lead a fun, joyful existence.”

@stillateacher Replying to @juan pablo Suarez band kids get a 5 star review #teacher #teachersoftiktok #teachertok #highschool #clique ♬ original sound – Ms. C

Or art kids, who are “self-deprecating” but “brilliant” and “generous” and “unproblematic royalty” overall.

@stillateacher Replying to @Escape_My_Reality ♬ original sound – Ms. C

Ms. C has even advocated for the AP overachievers, who are often labeled as insufferable in their eagerness.

@stillateacher Replying to @520momo_mama I will defend overachievers to the death #teacher #teachersoftiktok #teachertok #highschool #clique ♬ original sound – Ms. C

“You all have an edge and an intensity that you can leverage to lead truly extraordinary lives,” says, before joking that they’ll “also need a lot of therapy, so many blessings to you on that journey, and the earlier you start the better.”

Requests for more clique reviews are still rolling in, asking Ms. C to cover the skater punks, the nerds, the speech and debate team, cheerleaders and dancers, …and a lot of folks have suggested choir kids. So be sure to follow Ms. C for more wholesome entertainment.

High school cliques might evolve with the different generations, but one thing that will never change is that they each have something unique to offer.

This article originally appeared on 9.18.23

The Los Angeles Lakers needed overtime on Thursday night, but by the time the dust settled, the team picked up a 134-131 win over the Washington Wizards at Crypto.com Arena. Like most Lakers home games, there were celebrities in attendance, with one of them taking to Twitter after the game to voice his frustrations about how he was treated.

Lil Wayne tweeted that he “got treated like sh*t at the Laker game just now,” although as he tells it, he isn’t surprised this happened. In his eyes, some remarks about Anthony Davis from earlier in the 2023-24 season are likely behind all of this.

For context, back in November, Lil Wayne appeared on the FS1 show Undisputed and expressed his belief that Los Angeles couldn’t win a championship with Davis on the team. As he explained, this is “because he’s AD … he shows us them spurts every other other night — it used to be every night, then every other.”

He ended up going on Undisputed on Friday and dove into this even further.

At the time of these comments, the Lakers were 3-5 on the year and Davis had just missed his first game of the season, a 34-point road loss to the Houston Rockets. The good news for L.A. is that Davis has mixed durability with production as well as ever this year, as he’s played in 57 of a potential 61 games while averaging 25.1 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.4 blocks, and 1.1 steals in 35.8 minutes per game.

A Willy Wonka-inspired (definitely not officially affiliated!) “immersive” exhibit hosted in a warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland last weekend went horribly wrong, left children in tears, and ended with cops called in to quell a riot of angry parents demanding a refund. By now you must’ve seen some of the photos floating around online, and you’re dying for context.

We feel that. The execution of this exhibit was so thoroughly botched that, naturally, it has fascinated the internet.

I’m not sure what’s more intriguing, the poor set design and abandoned warehouse setting, that lady who played the world’s most depressed Oompa Loompa, the terrifying made-up villain who goes by the name “The Unknown,” or the insane obviously-AI designed website that advertised the event and created the world’s largest chasm between expectations and reality. Forget the f*ckable Dune popcorn bucket, this is the feel-good story of 2024!

So what happened exactly? We’re here to make sense of all the madness.

The Event That Was Promised

So no judgment to the parents who thought this event sounded like a good idea, but right off the bat, the website advertising Willy’s Chocolate Experience is full of red flags. I was originally just going to provide one screenshot, but honestly, they’re all too good (and by “good” I mean bad) not to include, so I invite you to embark on this brief visual journey.

Willy’s Chocolate Experience promises a “chocolate fantasy like never before” and a whimsical world where “chocolate dreams become reality.” According to the website, your journey will begin in “an enchanted garden, with giant sweets, vibrant blooms, mysterious looking sculptures and magical surprises.”

From there you’ll enter the Imagination Lab, complete with “mind-expanding projections, optical marvels, and exhibits that transport you into a realm of creativity.”

And who could forget the Twilight Tunnel? A “dimly lit passage adorned with captivating projectors, enigmatic sounds, and surprising turns… It’s a heart-pounding experience you’ve never experienced before!”

But folks, that’s not all, Willy’s Chocolate Experience also promises to have “charming characters singing original catchy tunes.” There will be “extraordinary props, oversized lollipops, and a paradise of sweet treats.”

Sounds pretty cool right? Only, none of that happened. The actual Willy’s Chocolate Experience failed to deliver anything that it promised. Like I said before, no judgment towards the parents, but if you spend more than a second looking at the photos advertising the event, you’ll see that this thing is an absolute mess.

The promotional pictures have that disturbing ultra-clean surrealism typical of AI imagery (complete with an inability to reproduce human hands), and it’s littered with misspellings, weird distortions, and made-up words. I’m sorry but if you’re a parent and you saw even one of these pictures, and you didn’t see anything wrong here, you’re just not paying attention.

ENCHERING? CATAGATING? CARTCHY? WHAT WORD IS THAT???

As you can see, this photo features “catgacating – live performances – carthy tuns, exarserdray lollipops, a pasadise of sweet teats.”

It’s so nonsensical that reading it over and over again is enough to drive you insane. I started to think there was something wrong with my brain the more I looked over these images and tried to make sense of the words. But, let’s give the parents the benefit of the doubt here. We get it, parents are tired, they’re just looking for a way to entertain their kids for a few hours.

An immersive experience themed after a beloved literary character — how bad can it be right? Worse than anyone ever imagined.

The Event They Got

We don’t even know where to begin here. Instead of an immersive experience in a fantastical candy-themed wonderland, Willy’s Chocolate Experience delivered a sparsely decorated warehouse, a cast of hired actors who were trying their best to make the best out of a bad situation, and a half a cup of lemonade and two jelly beans per guest.

Ironically, there wasn’t any chocolate to be found.

According to NBC News, the exhibit, which was organized by the House of Illuminati, cost about $44.40 per ticket and was shut down by the afternoon of the first day of its two-day run after local police were called to the scene after several visitors of the exhibit demanded refunds.

Two performers at the event told NBC News they knew something was wrong as soon as they were given the script which was full of gibberish wording. The performers were also given little time to rehearse and were eventually told to just improvise.

One performer, Michael Archibald, told NBC News that when he arrived to rehearse on the Friday night before the event, the warehouse looked even more barebones than the day of the event.

“I thought, this is where dreams go to die… I already could feel the embarrassment… I knew the script was AI-generated as well. I was like, ‘This isn’t normal human writing.’”

Another performer at the event, Paul Connell who was cast as Willy Wonka, posted an extensive multi-part TikTok breaking down the fiasco,

“The first red flag for me was when I was cast as Willy Wonka. Anyone who looks at me and thinks ‘Willy Wonka’ and not ‘Oompa Loompa’ is out of their mind.”

Speaking of Oompa Loompas, we can’t talk about Willy’s Chocolate Experience without talking about Kirsty Paterson, the woman cast to play an Oompa Loompa who is undoubtedly the breakout character of this whole story. If you don’t know anything about this event, you’ve at least seen her photo floating around the internet in the last few days. She looks understandably disheveled and exhausted, and her expression and look have birthed fan art tributes and made her an instant meme.

Speaking to Vulture about the event and the now-viral image of her sitting at a makeshift candy lab, Paterson says,

“This has been quite a lot for me. I find it funny and I can make a humorous joke about it, but the flip side of this is that this is embarrassing for what I do, and I hope this doesn’t tarnish that… people were commenting on it and saying I look ugly or like a meth head. I found the negative comments really hard, but I do see the funny side of it.”

It’s a bummer that Paterson will likely be tied to this event for the foreseeable future, especially because it’s not her fault this event didn’t turn out the way it was supposed to. The good news is most of what we see now regarding Paterson’s portrayal is largely positive. She’s kind of become the folk hero of this whole situation.

“I’m laughing about it now, but I was so angry for the kids and the parents. I know people spent a lot of money coming here.”

We commend Paterson for sticking it out and trying to entertain the kids during a truly disastrous event, we can’t even imagine the pressure. Expect to see a whole lot of Paterson’s Oompa Loompa costumes come Halloween 2024.

On the bright side, it looks like the situation is being remedied. Financially, at least. The horrifying images will probably stick with these kids forever. In a statement posted to the House Of Illuminati Facebook page — now deleted — House of Illuminati writes:

Today has been a very stressful and frustrating day for many and for that we are truly sorry. Unfortunately last minute we were let down in many areas of our event and tried our best to continue on and push through and now realize we probably should have cancelled first thing this morning instead… we fully apologize for what has happened and will be giving full refunds to each and every person that purchased tickets.

The event organizer, Billy Coull, also issued an apology, telling STV News. “I’m really shocked that the event had fallen short of the expectations of people on paper… My vision of the artistic rendition of a well-known book didn’t come to fruition. For that, I am absolutely truly and utterly sorry.”

Meanwhile, Wonka himself is doing interviews, as the public fascination has not died down.

House of Illuminati may not have been able to capture the magic of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but they certainly captured the disturbing imagery of the 1971 movie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Enjoy some more photos from the event below.

E. Jean Carroll is making it clear that Donald Trump needs to pay up, and he needs to pay up soon. Carroll won a massive $83.3 million judgment against the former president after he was found liable for sexually assaulting Carroll and repeatedly defaming her.

“Trump has one week to pay,” Carroll tweeted on Friday morning amid reports that Trump is struggling to come up with the cash to cover the judgement, which is becoming a recurring theme lately.

Along with her ominous warning, Carroll shared an article on Trump’s attempts to delay payment by essentially asking the court to “trust me, bro.” In a legal filing arguing against the delay, Carroll’s lawyers also took aim at Trump’s public persona as a wealthy billionaire. For a guy who’s supposedly super rich, how does he not have any money?

Via Forbes:

Carroll’s attorneys argued in a court filing Thursday that Trump is asking the court to “simply trust that he’s very rich” and therefore doesn’t need to post a bond guaranteeing he’ll pay the money, while they have “very serious concerns about Trump’s cash position” and the “feasibility” of him paying what he owes.

Trump has separately been ordered to pay $454 million—and counting—in the civil fraud case against him and his company, and Carroll’s attorneys pointed to that judgment, the criminal cases against Trump and the ex-president’s lack of transparency around his finances as suggesting there “is absolutely no reason to believe that Trump has so much readily collectible cash on hand.”

According to Forbes, the court could force Trump to pay up as early as next week. As for whether that will require the former president to sell off assets remains to be seen.

(Via E. Jean Carroll on Twitter, Forbes)

Aside from the existing Yellowstone shows, Tulsa King qualifies as the most popular Taylor Sheridan series to date. Granted, Billy Bob Thornton’s Land Man could change that, but for the moment and heading into his second season, Sly Stallone is king. The Tulsa King, rather.

Unfortunately for viewers of the series, some reported upheaval surfaced in early 2023 with news that Boardwalk Empire‘s Terence Winter would not be returning as showrunner amid what appeared to be creative differences, possibly with Sheridan himself. Well, it’s a year later, and something happened to bring Winter back on board. Granted, he will not be showrunner but working exclusively on writing and shaping the story, and furthermore, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Tulsa King will no longer have a “traditional showrunner” at all. There will be a new executive producer who focuses upon production, and curiously, this excerpt makes mention of how Winter will be “isolate[d] a bit more” from the show’s creator. Hmm:

Sources say Winter’s new position (he’s also an executive producer, same as season one) allows him to just focus on the show’s writing amid his busy schedule and work closely with Stallone, with whom he has a strong relationship. (It also isolates him a bit more from Sheridan compared to serving as showrunner.) “He loves these characters and loved working with Sly and was glad his post-strike schedule allowed him to return to write but not run the show,” explained one source close to the production.

Well, let’s step back a moment. Sheridan has been subject to multiple reports that he can be a little prickly and clash with those who are also used to calling the shots, which appears to also be why Kevin Costner is tossing his hat into another Horizon. As Sheridan previously told The Hollywood Reporter when quizzed about showrunner departures, he declared, “My stories have a very simple plot that is driven by the characters as opposed to characters driven by a plot — the antithesis of the way television is normally modeled.” He also added of writers’ rooms, “[If] I give this directive and they’re not feeling it, then they’re going to come up with their own qualities.” How that will roll into Winter in the writers’ room is anyone’s guess, so stay tuned.

Additionally, word recently surfaced that the show’s production has shifted from Oklahoma to Atlanta, Georgia. Stallone previously made no secret of not digging the sweltering heat and humidity of the Sooner State in the summer. However, Atlanta is not exactly Antarctica, so it remains to be seen how that transition goes. Sly will be fine, though, because unlike Dwight Manfredi, he hasn’t been banished in Tulsa.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

If you’ve ever had trouble deciding whether to call Cleveland rapper-turned-rocker Colson Baker “Machine Gun Kelly” or its abbreviated version “MGK,” there might be some good news on the horizon. He’s gone ahead and helped us all to decide, opting to update his artist name on DSPs and other online directories.

However, the question of whether he has a “new” name is … well … you’ll see. Since Machine Gun Kelly is certainly more evocative of activities that might prevent Mr. Baker from all the sponsorship opportunities it takes to run an entertainment enterprise these days, he’s shortened it to its abbreviation.

But, rather than simply going with the acronym “MGK,” he also decided to miniaturize it in addition to truncating it, instructing directories to display it in all lower-case letters, “mgk.” He’s also updated his social media handles, although he’s kept the @ name “@machinegunkelly” for the moment, presumably because it’s practically impossible to update those things thanks to Zuck and Musk’s bromance/rivalry (they wanna be best friends so bad, truly the Cardi/Nicki of tech).

In any case, “mgk” probably won’t be much harder to search for than “Machine Gun Kelly” (it’s faster to type, at least), so as far as name changes go, it’s not the most dramatic. Maybe that’s why he insisted on the all lower-case; if there’s one thing we do know about Mr. mgk, it’s that he’s all about the drama.