Adam Sandler hasn’t really been in the stand-up game in ages. That’s not entirely true: Back in 2018 he did 100% Fresh for comedy special giant Netflix, marking his first special in two decades. It’s the one where he sang a song for his late pal Chris Farley. Apparently the Sandman enjoyed it enough that (six years later) he’s doing another, and this one will double as an Uncut Gems semi-reunion.
Per Deadline, Sandler will again hit the stage for a new, as yet-untitled special. 100% Fresh was directed by Steven Brill, who directed him in Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds, The Do-Over, Sandy Wexler, and Hubie Halloween. This one, though, will be handled by a slightly more esteemed auteur: Josh Safdie.
Josh Safdie, of course, is one-half of the recently broken up Safdie brothers. The other is Benny, who’s been doing just fine on his own — acting in Licorice Pizza and Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret and Oppenheimer, teaming up with Nathan Fielder to create The Curse. Uncut Gems isn’t the only project Sandler has done with the Safdies. He also appeared in the Times Square short Goldman v Silverman.
Sandler teamed up with Netflix in the mid-aughts, where he’s popped out one comedy after another, including comedies like The Ridiculous 6, Murder Mystery, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, and Leo. He’s even done more serious work for them with Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories and the basketball saga Hustle.
Carl’s Jr. is giving out a free burger today! We’re not sure what it is about the Super Bowl that makes food brands want to give out free food, but they’re doing it, and we’re here for it. If you plan your day out right, between Carl’s Jr and Buffalo Wild Wings you can eat multiple free meals today, which is great news whether you’re celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl win or mourning the loss of the San Francisco 49ers.
Free food is a wonderful consolation prize for either situation, so we’ll take it! For today, February 12th only, Carl’s Jr fans can pick up a free Western Bacon cheeseburger by downloading the Carl’s Jr. app and placing your order under the “My Rewards” section, or by showing a crew member in-restaurant the app installed on your phone.
If you’ve never had a Western Bacon Cheeseburger, you need to remedy that immediately. The cheeseburger combines the smokey and sweet tangy flavors of barbecue sauce with a charbroiled patty, melted cheese, and our favorite part of the burger, a layer of thick deep-fried onion rings.
It’s a damn good bacon cheeseburger, and it’ll taste even better today because it’s free.
Quick, get yourself to Buffalo Wild Wings! Yesterday’s Super Bowl game went into overtime which means you’re entitled to a free order of wings. For years, B-Dubs has promised us free wings if the game dipped into overtime, but it hadn’t happened — prior to last night the Super Bowl has only gone into overtime once — until last night when the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs entered a nail-biting overtime that saw the latter win the championship, making the Chief the first team in 20 years to win back-to-back Super Bowls. This means B-Dubs has to make good on its promise to give us all free wings, no purchase necessary.
To claim your reward, hit up any Buffalo Wild Wings today, February 26th, between 2-5 PM local time to redeem 6 free boneless or traditional wings in any of the 26 flavors of your choice. This deal only extends to dine-in and in-person takeout orders only, so if you’re hoping to get free wings delivered to you… keep hoping!
On the bright side, considering the big game was yesterday, you’ll probably only be fighting for seats against other people who know about the free wings offer. It’s a small window but if you feel like taking a late lunch, B-Dubs is the spot, no question.
As per usual, there were a ton of pricey ads during Sunday night’s Super Bowl telecast. Some were good! Some weren’t! One featured presidential candidate and Curb Your Enthusiasm cast member spouse Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being his weird self. And there was one Beyoncé did for Verizon, where she repeatedly tried to break the internet…only to do that for real by releasing new music. If one of the sets in the commercial seemed familiar, you’re not crazy.
Per Entertainment Weekly, early in the ad Beyoncé sends up her album and accompanying “visual album” Lemonade, taking her “Hold Up” dress and baseball bat to the suburbs, with her standing in front of an expensive McMansion by a lemonade stand (of course). That’s not just any home. It’s known as Colonial Street, and it can be found on the Universal Studios lot, where it’s played set to many a film and TV show.
One of those was Desperate Housewives. That’s right: Beyoncé relocated “Hold Up” to Wisteria Lane, where the titular ladies got into eight seasons of shenanigans.
Desperate Housewives is far from the only show that used Colonial Street. You can see it on The Munsters, Providence, Malcolm in the Middle, even Housewives alum Eva Longoria’s show Telenova. It’s also been used in movies like Deep Impact and the 1989 Tom Hanks satire The ‘Burbs.
So welcome, Beyoncé, to Colonial Street. You’re amongst august company indeed. Everyone else can visit the street at the Universal Studios Tour ride.
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Never doubt the longevity of TV series that not only appeal to Dads but also take viewers behind the scenes of former or current men (and women) in U.S. government uniform. Sure, Reacher is the series that receives the most rightfully exaggerated fanfare these days on that note, and the Jack Ryan franchise took an espionage angle on the same meat-and-potatoes appeal, but if you love those shows, hopefully you haven’t been sleeping on SEAL Team from Paramount.
The show has been kicking around on CBS since 2017 and is now gearing up for its seventh and final season after moving to Paramount+ following the fourth round. Let’s not waste any more time before hopping into what viewers can expect from the elite NAVY Seal team before the show is black on ammo.
Plot
Ahead of production on the seventh season, Paramount announced that SEAL Team would receive one last mission. The military-focused drama began filming on this final season (which will complete the character’s stories in lieu of a planned movie) as of early January. David Boreanaz (Bones and Buffy) posted an acknowledgement on Instagram, both for his turn as executive producer and as Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Jason Hayes: “The beginning of the end. Jason Hayes, Bravo 1.”
Previously, Boreanaz told The Hollywood Reporter, “For six seasons I have been fortunate and blessed to be a part of an outstanding cast and crew. Every day spent was a note of thanks to our men and women in the military and Special Ops. I thank our fans, and I’m proud we were able to make this show to shine light in the darkness toward so many suffering today. I look forward to season seven and the opportunity to end this series with love and gratitude.”
As viewers are well aware, Hayes’ journey on this series began with him grieving the demise of a teammate. The military drama did not abandon the intensity, and the sixth season ended with Special Warfare Operator First Class Clay Spenser losing his life, so Hayes will continue to grapple in the same way that his character entered this story. That full-circle type of sentiment could very well carry through the final season, but otherwise, Paramount+ has stayed largely mum about the upcoming plot.
Some intrigue, however, has surfaced through the announcement of a new character portrayed by Beau Knapp, as reported by Deadline:
“Knapp will play Drew Franklin, a Chief Petty Officer with a checkered history at Command whose placement on Bravo Team is a sign of their problem-child status in the eyes of the DEVGRU powers that be. A smooth talker who exploits every angle to his own advantage, Drew revels in the mystery and rumors that surround him.”
Cast
Expect to see not only David Boreanaz return but also Toni Trucks, Neil Brown Jr., A.J. Buckley, Raffi Barsoumian, and Jessica Paré. Sadly and obviously, Max Thieriot will not return as Clay. Beau Knapp will, as mentioned, join as a series regular this season.
Release Date
The series is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2024 on Paramount+, although the exact date remains a secret mission for the time being.
Trailer
No trailer exists yet in the public eye, so here’s a BTS clip of David Boreanaz directing a choreographed action scene. Enjoy!
PSA: It’s Valentine’s Day week! Love is in the air — especially on all the cheap nonstop flights that have popped up this week.
If you’re fiending for a last-minute winter escape or a warm and sultry desert destination, let us help you. 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, February 18th. You might even secure these flight deals for an even better price by using these strategies for earning and redeeming credit card and flight points. See you in the air!
Departing New York City, NY
EMILIANO BAR
Asheville, NC
February 15th-22nd
Allegiant Airlines
Price: $165 Book Here
Miami, FL
February 13th-17th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $187 Book Here
Montego Bay, Jamaica
February 14th-20th
Delta Airlines + JetBlue Airlines
Price: $343 Book Here
Madrid, Spain
February 12th-20th
United Airlines + Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines
Price: $609 Book Here
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
February 13th-17th
United Airlines
Price: $961 Book Here
Departing Chicago, IL
PEDRO LASTRA
Atlanta, GA
February 16th-19th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $150 Book Here
New York, NY
February 17th-21st
Spirit Airlines
Price: $192 Book Here
Miami, FL
February 17th-21st
Spirit Airlines
Price: $207 Book Here
Denver, CO
February 14th-18th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $217 Book Here
Boston, MA
February 17th-21st
United Airlines + American Airlines
Price: $268 Book Here
Cancún, Mexico
February 17th-22nd
Spirit Airlines
Price: $186 Book Here
Departing Miami, FL
ANTONIO CUELLAR
Atlanta, GA
February 15th-18th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $59 Book Here
New York, NY
February 17th-20th
Spirit Airlines + American Airlines
Price: $87 Book Here
New Orleans, LA
February 14th-18th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $177 Book Here
Los Angeles, CA
February 17th-24th
JetBlue Airlines
Price: $256 Book Here
Nassau, Bahamas
February 16th-23rd
American Airlines
Price: $256 Book Here
London, England
February 15th-22nd
Norse Atlantic UK Airlines
Price: $312 Book Here
Departing Denver, CO
ACTON CRAWFORD
Salt Lake City, UT
February 17th-20th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $75 Book Here
Portland, OR
February 16th-18th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $97 Book Here
Atlanta, GA
February 17th-21st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $180 Book Here
Phoenix, AZ
February 17th-20th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $210 Book Here
San Diego, CA
February 16th-20th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $331 Book Here
Departing San Francisco, CA
JOSHUA SORTINO
Phoenix, AZ
February 13th-18th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $113 Book Here
Las Vegas, NV
February 17th-21st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $138 Book Here
Miami, FL
February 14th-21st
United Airlines
Price: $286 Book Here
Kauai, HI
February 13th-20th
United Airlines
Price: $365 Book Here
Taipei City, Taiwan
February 15th-22nd
United Airlines
Price: $848 Book Here
Departing Los Angeles, CA
JAKE BLUCKER
Las Vegas, NV
February 17th-19th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $101 Book Here
Fort Lauderdale, FL
February 17th-21st
Spirit Airlines
Price: $167 Book Here
San José del Cabo, Mexico
February 13th-17th
United Airlines
Price: $261 Book Here
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
February 15th-21st
JetBlue Airlines
Price: $266 Book Here
San José, Costa Rica
February 13th-18th
Delta Airlines
Price: $368 Book Here
Departing Houston, TX
KEVIN HERNANDEZ
New Orleans, LA
February 15th-19th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $134 Book Here
Denver, CO
February 18th-21st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $180 Book Here
Fort Lauderdale, FL
February 17th-21st
Spirit Airlines
Price: $204 Book Here
Mexico City, Mexico
February 13th-17th
Volaris Airlines
Price: $237 Book Here
Cancún, Mexico
February 17th-21st
United Airlines
Price: $252 Book Here
Departing Phoenix, AZ
CHRIS TINGOM
San Francisco, CA
February 17th-21st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $61 Book Here
Las Vegas, NV
February 16th-19th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $109 Book Here
Denver, CO
February 18th-21st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $141 Book Here
San Diego, CA
February 16th-20th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $183 Book Here
Vancouver, Canada
February 16th-20th
Air Canada Airlines + Delta Airlines
Price: $290 Book Here
Departing Philadelphia, PA
ACTION VANCE
Boston, MA
February 17th-21st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $63 Book Here
Atlanta, GA
February 17th-21st
Frontier Airlines
Price: $97 Book Here
Fort Lauderdale, FL
February 13th-17th
Frontier Airlines
Price: $105 Book Here
Miami, FL
February 13th-17th
Frontier Airlines + Spirit Airlines
Price: $129 Book Here
Cancún, Mexico
February 13th-18th
Spirit Airlines
Price: $187 Book Here
Okay, so it’s pretty common for beauty and skincare companies to have celebrities endorse their products. And when it’s not in the form of a social media post, you can bet it’s a highly stylized commercial, where said celebrity—dressed to the nines, hair impossibly shiny, skin flawless—puts on that dreamy voice to tell you all the ways in which this product is the fountain of youth, as they are caressed ever so gently by billowing fabrics draping around them. Maybe, just maybe if you use this product held preciously in their freshly manicured hands, you can get a fraction of their greatness. It’s the epitome of aspirational.
And then there’s the Michael Cera CeraVe ad that premiered during the Super Bowl this Sunday.
You might have seen the bizarre social media campaign in the previous weeks where Michael Cera was spotted mysteriously signing Cera Va bottles. This was followed by Cera insisting the “Cera” in CeraVe is a reference to him during a podcast interview. Followed by CeraVe “setting the record straight” that Cera had nothing to do with the brand. More and more strange occurrences followed after that, including popular dermatologist Dr. Shah even “testing” Cera’s skin-care expertise.
Turns out, this was all an elaborate lead-up to a CeraVe commercial starring Cera. One that’s being hailed “perfect,” “”genius.”,” and “best Super Bowl commercial in years.”
Nailing those fantastical, overtly sensual qualities of a standard beauty product commercial, Cera indulges himself with a massage, claiming, “I am CeraVe,” all while New Age music plays softly in the background.
Cue more over-the-top images like scaling and mountain and chatting with a narwhal (yes, really) and Cera masterfully delivering lines like “Let my cream hydrate you” and “Human skin is my passion” in his signature deadpan.
The camera then zooms out to reveal this is actually a commercial Cera is pitching to a boardroom, saying, “I think it would be really nice if people think I made this,” he said.
The ad ends with CeraVe confirming the brand “has been developed with dermatologists,”not Michael Cera.
Watch:
Not only did the ad win hearts online, it took home the Super Clio from the Clio Awards, which recognizes the Big Game’s most “entertaining or emotional” commercial.
“It gets harder and harder to capture consumers’ attention each year, but viewership for live sports, especially NFL football, continues to grow,” says Clio Awards CDO Purcell, according to Muse. “An audience as large as the Super Bowl is rare, so brands and advertisers are under a lot of pressure to deliver a spot that has a cultural impact and generates buzz.”
CeraVe certainly seemed to succeed in that arena. It goes to show that it’s not just beauty that sells. People enjoy weirdness just as much.The ad ends with CeraVe confirming the brand “has been developed with dermatologists,”not Michael Cera.
If you’re ever trying to clear the air about anything, and you happen to be a former child star and/or celebrity, you can take a quick stop to “Pod Meets World,” the Boy Meets World podcast that frequently invited 90s icons to debunk headlines about themselves. They also talk about Boy Meets World, if that isn’t clear.
Actor Andrew Keegan recently appeared on the podcast, which is hosted by Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle, where he was able to finally put some rumors to bed. The actor made headlines in 2014 when Vice claimed Keegan was starting his “own religion,” sparking backlash. It happens! He explained that in his early 20s, he moved to Venice Beach and “got immersed in the culture and the community” with a group of “hippie types,” when things took a turn. Much like the episode of Boys Meets World where Shawn accidentally joins a cult.
He continued, “There was this interesting group of hippie types, if you will, in Venice. I’m sure if you went on the west side, there’s definitely a lot of spirituality,” he explained. “I was connected with some folks and we had this opportunity. This old Hare Krishna Temple, it was sitting there empty and we were like, ‘Why don’t we get some people together and let’s open this place up?’” The “opportunity” was to fix up a little temple and “do some positive things for the community.” But we’re not talking basement bingo nights, here.
Keegan admitted he put in a lot of money to keep the elaborate events running. “Looking back, it was insane. I was putting down 10s of thousands of dollars, but we opened it up and spent three years and really did build an amazing friend group,” Keegan said. “We went through something really significant from 2014 to 2017.”
On “Pod Meets World” Keegan claimed that the group, which was called Full Circle, was “the opposite of what you would imagine” after reading the headlines. “There was no doctrine. We were just getting people together. ‘The Co-Creator’s Handbook’ was the handbook we used… For all intents and purposes, it was a really cool community center for a bunch of people in Venice for a few years.” Still, the Vice article claimed Keegan was considered “the leader” of the group, which described their movement as “advanced spiritualism” or “the highest spiritualism founded on universal knowledge.” The article also detailed several religious ceremonies that involved various crystals.
Keegan now admits that it looked a little suspicious. “I probably should have had a little bit more media training at the time,” Keegan said on the podcast. “They just really created a very interesting, colorful story and put it together… we really just got together and did a Sunday thing. We did almost 1,000 events in three years and it was actually really hard. It was really beneficial to a lot of people, I still hear about it now, where people are like, ‘That was such a great time.’”
It’s still unclear what they really did, but Keegan sure is proud of it, even if he lost a couple grand.
Now, he teamed up with Dr. Dre to deliver another commercial take on the West Coast duo’s long and storied careers: a canned ready-to-drink cocktail inspired by their 1994 hit “Gin And Juice.” The alcoholic beverage will be available in four flavors — Apricot, Citrus, Melon, and Passionfruit — and begin rolling out in the US from now through early spring. The dynamic duo announced the new product with a Quentin Tarantino-inspired short film on social media in which they apparently play the roles of Jules and Vincent-esque hitmen burying a recent victim in the woods while wearing suits and enjoying their new drinks (and Snoop’s favorite vegetable).
In a press release about the new product, Snoop said, “Look at our age and look at what we’ve done, and we still love each other, so why not do something together? A lot of times people have been in a relationship for thirty years and can’t talk to each other, can’t hang out, so it’s just fun to be in a partnership with people that you actually love.” Dre echoed the sentiment, saying, “Together, we always try to create magic, we’re having fun being creative, and everything about this product is really us. There’s passion behind it, and friendship and love and a culture. We’re shooting to make everything we do magnificent, and fortunately, most of the time we hit the target.”
They’ll have another opportunity to do so with their long-awaited follow-up to Doggystyle, called Missionary, which they’re apparently close to releasing.
After working six years as a labor and delivery nurse Holly, 30, has heard a lot of inappropriate remarks made by men while their partners are in labor. “Sometimes the moms think it’s funny—and if they think it’s funny, then I’ll laugh with them,” Holly told TODAY Parents. “But if they get upset, I’ll try to be the buffer. I’ll change the subject.”
Some of the comments are so wrong that she did something creative with them by turning them into “inspirational” quotes and setting them to “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton on TikTok.
“Some partners are hard to live up to!” she jokingly captioned the video.
The first video featured the following facepalm-inducing quotes:
“I think you should just get a C-section. This is taking too long.”
“How long is this gonna take? I have plans this weekend.”
“Are you sure you want an epidural? My mom didn’t have one. Before you make a decision, we should talk about it.”
“Sew an extra stitch down there for me, doc. We want everything just the way it was before all of this.”
Part 1: Some partners are hard to live up to! Get you a good one #laboranddelivery #labor
It’s unbelievable that anyone would make such selfish comments while their partner is in the throes of giving birth. Anyone who would ask, “How long is this gonna take?” definitely isn’t prepared to raise a child.
Some TikTok users thought that these women should have left their partners right there in the delivery room.
“LOL immediate divorce, I’m not joking,” Rig wrote. Little_n_often agreed saying, “I’d be getting the divorce papers ready.”
“I would sign the divorce papers while in labor and pushing,” another commenter wrote.
Part 2: some partners are hard to live up to! Get you a good one! #laboranddelivery #babydaddy #labor
“Wake me up when the baby gets here I’m tired.” (Rolls over, puts cover over head and slept thru the birth of his baby.)
“Can you move to the birthing ball so I can sleep in the bed?”
(As the patient is pushing) “Do you guys do DNA tests here? My mom wants me to get one before we leave.”
“Call me when you’re about to have the baby. I’m gonna go with [name redacted] to the bar and watch the game.”
Holly also told TODAY Parents that men should also keep their thoughts on pain medication to themselves and to stop looking at the contraction monitor and making comments.
“She can feel it!” Holly said. “You don’t need to ask her if she felt it. Trust me, she did.”
Holly’s public airing of men’s bad behavior had to be therapeutic, because, as a nurse, she can’t tell them off in the delivery room. But it’s also a warning to men out there on how not to behave when their partners are giving birth. If there was ever a time in the world to stop thinking about yourself, it’s while your partner is giving birth.
Remember guys, think before you say anything in the delivery room, the nurses are listening.
This article first appeared on 09.23.22
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