2024 will mark 20 years since the release of Green Day‘s American Idiot album. Often hailed as one of the band’s most significant projects, the album was a controversial release at the time, notably with its title track.
On “American Idiot,” vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong sings “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda,” alluding to American conservatism. 20 years later, some viewers were shocked when Armstrong replaced the line with “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda” during a performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. The apparent controversy comes as a surprise to a lot of fans, as Green Day has always been vocal in their criticisms toward American politics, as well as the concept behind American Idiot.
This is Green Day singing their iconic hit ‘American Idiot’ on New Year’s Eve and adding “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda” to their lyrics. Love it. pic.twitter.com/J3VxCcIvSC
American Idiot arrived years after 9/11, in the wake of the Bush era and the Iraq war. While much of the songs contain allusions to Bush and American politics, songs like “American Idiot,” “Holiday,” and “Jesus Of Suburbia” were overtly political, criticizing Bush and the Bush administration.
Songs like “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends” were less political in tone, but the latter was used in a PSA following Hurricane Katrina.
You can see the aforementioned performance of “American Idiot” above.
Selena Gomez fans are anxiously waiting for her fourth solo studio album, which has been nicknamed SG3 (as it marks her third on Interscope). Her most recent album, Rare dropped four years ago, and featured hits like “Lose You To Love Me” and “Look At Her Now.”
Last year, Gomez dropped the catchy ladies anthem “Single Soon,” celebrating a break-up on the horizon. Since then, fans have been dying to hear more.
However, today (January 2), Gomez revealed that her upcoming album may be her last. She explained on the Smartless podcast that because she’s always balanced acting and music, she’s beginning to feel worn out.
“I started having a lot of fun with music and then touring was really fun,” she said. “But I was doing my TV show at the same time [2007’s Wizards Of Waverly Place] and I just found it really fun so I just kept going but the older I get, the more I’m kind of like, I would like to find something to just settle on.”
Elsewhere in the episode, she shared she’d rather shift her focus to her acting projects, like Hulu’s Only Murders In The Building.
“I do feel like I have one more album in me but I would probably choose acting.”
At the time of writing, Gomez has not yet announced an official title or release date for her upcoming album.
The Carolina Panthers have had an awful season, going 2-14 through 16 weeks, ensuring they have the worst record in the NFL. Making matters worse, the Panthers don’t even get to enjoy the fruits of that labor, as they traded their first round pick to the Bears back in April to move up and take quarterback Bryce Young first overall.
That pick, to this point, has not yielded the expected results and there’s a lot of work to be done for the Panthers to build an offensive roster that can compete, even in a woeful division like the NFC South. The Panthers will also look to hire yet another new head coach, as owner David Tepper will look to make his third full-time hire in six years after firing Frank Reich less than a year into his tenure in Carolina. Tepper has come under fire from many for being impetuous and meddling, and his public image took yet another hit in Week 17.
The National Football League today fined Carolina Panthers’ chairman David Tepper $300,000 for his unacceptable conduct in Jacksonville during Sunday’s game, the league announced.
“All NFL personnel are expected to conduct themselves at all times in ways that respect our fans… pic.twitter.com/qmjcas7Hus
That’s not a huge amount of money for Tepper, but it does make that a very expensive beverage and the Panthers owner is going to need to keep his emotions in check while watching his team going forward, no matter what noise is coming his way from outside the luxury box.
What if — and hear us out — conservatives aren’t as righteous as they claim to be? The prospective nominee for the party’s presidential ticket in 2024 is an alleged cheater and disgusting boaster with 91 criminal indictments against him. Even those low on the totem pole aren’t so hot either. Per The Daily Beast, a failed candidate for Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor is now facing multiple charges of buying booze for teens, one of whom she allegedly punched in the face.
That person is Clarice Schillinger, a “parental rights” activist, Donald Trump cheerleader, and prominent anti-lockdown voice who has been accused of inviting 20 minors, ranging from 15 to 18, to an “underage drinking party” at her rented home back in September. The party featured a bar “stocked with alcoholic beverages to include New Amsterdam vodka and Malibu Bay Breeze rum.”
“Schillinger not only provided the alcoholic beverages, but poured shots and drank along with the minors, even participating in drinking games,” reads the affidavit.
Around midnight, though, things went south, after a “disturbance broke out between the intoxicated adults which caused the minors to wanted [sic] to leave.” Around 3 a.m. police were called to Schillinger’s residence, after a call from the mother of a 16-year-old boy who claimed he’d been assaulted by adults.
The boy, listed in the affidavit as “A.M.,” said that Schillinger’s then-boyfriend became “intoxicated” and punched a 15-year-old boy in the face. He then lured A.M. to the second floor, where he punched him in the face. Schillinger then took her turn, punching him in the area of his left eye. That prompted the minors to start leaving.
“Schillinger’s mother then chased A.M. around the kitchen area before assaulting a 17-year-old female (identified as G.H.),” reads the affidavit. “This portion of the evening was recorded from [sic] two separate phones.” Schillinger is also accused of punching another minor “three times on the left side of his face/chin area.”
Schillinger was charged the following month. She’s scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on January 29. Schillinger blames all of this on an “angry ex-boyfriend.”
It wasn’t the first time the cops had been called to Schillinger’s residence last fall. Mere days beforehand, on September 24, officers who were summoned to her property found “[m]ultiple beer cans” and “approximately 20 minors that fled into the house upon police arrival.”
The annual dance music festival Beyond Wonderland is returning to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California on Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23. The festival will include six stages, art installations, interactive experiences, costumed performers, and more. The Chainsmokers, Benny Benassi, and Alesso are among the performers listed on the lineup, while tickets go on sale this Friday, January 5 at noon PT. You can find more information here. See below for the full lineup, in alphabetical order.
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A-Trak b2b Derrick Carter
Afrojack b2b R3hab
Alesso
Alignment
Aluna b2b Kaleena Zanders
A.M.C
Andrew Lux
Andrew Rayel
Andy C
Anfisa Letyago
Angerfist
Atmozfears & Sound Rush: 2/1
Bart Skils b2b Joyhauser
Basscon
Bassrush Experience
Benny Benassi
Biscits
Black Tiger Sex Machine
Black V Neck
Blossom
BOU
Bryan Kearney
Calussa
Chris Lorenzo
Clawz
Coone
Crankdat
Creeds
Crystal Skies
Dabin
Diesel
Dillon Francis b2b Valentino Khan
Discovery Project
Dreamstate
Dustin Husain
DZMA
Eli Brown b2b Lilly Palmer
Factory 93 Experience
Fatima Hajji
Flava D
Frosttop
Funtcase
Gareth Emery Presents: Decade
Ghastly
GRLSKOUT
Hamdi
Hartshorn
Haylee Wood
Highlnd
HOL!
HVDES
I Hate Models
Infected Mushroom
Insomniac Records
ION
J.Worra
Jason Ross
Jawns
Jia
Jorza
JoyRyde
Julian Jeweil
Justin Credible
Kanine
Keltek
Kill The Noise b2b Trivecta
Kyle Walker b2b Sosa
Kyle Watson
Kyruh
Last Heroes
Level Up
Lost In Dreams
Madeon (DJ Set)
Madgrrl
Marauda
Max Styler
Mefjus with Daxta MC
Metta & Glyde
MISS DRE
Muerte
Night Trip Presents
Nightfunk
No Redemption (Tchami x Malaa)
Nurko
OddKidOut
Odd Mob
Omnom
One True God
Paul Oakenfold
Pickle
RaeCola
Ravell
Rezz
RNBW Presents
Sara Landry
SAYMYNITTI
Shay De Castro
SIDEPIECE
Skepsis
Slander
Spartaque b2b Brennen Grey
Subtronics
Sullivan King
Taylor Torrence
Techno Tupac
The Chainsmokers
TNT
Tony Romera
TRYM
Tsu Nami
Vini Vici
Walker & Royce b2b VNSSA
Wax Motif
Whethan
Will Sparks
Zeds Dead
Why does Warner Bros. Discovery honcho David Zaslav hate Looney Tunes so much? At the top of last year his company deep-sixed hundreds of their classic shorts from what was then called HBO Max. This fall they shelved the fully completed Coyote vs. Acme, which would have given cartoondom’s most doomed canine critter his very first movie. After much uproar, they announced they would sell it to a studio that actually wanted to make money off it. Now, for further proof that it’s real, here’s the first image from the film.
On the last day of 2023, Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza shared said picture, which shows an animated Wile E. Coyote sitting in a courtroom next to his lawyer, played by an all-too-live-action Will Forte. “See ya in 2024!!” Bauza wrote alongside a bunch of relevant emojis.
It’s still unknown when exactly anyone will see Coyote vs. Acme, though presumably it will get released in the next 12 months. Whoever nabs it from WBD, who wanted to shelve it for tax purposes, as they did the Batgirl and Scoob! sequel earlier this year, will likely reap some serious riches. The $70 million production wasn’t only completed, it had already been tested, and audiences have been eating it up. Phil Lord, of such projects as The Lego Movie, the 21 Jump Street diptych, and the Spider-verse pictures, was among the superfans.
Coyote Vs Acme is wonderful. @dgreenmachine nails it. Hilarious smart existential and moving and makes this all-time character more relevant than ever. pic.twitter.com/c5YlHdflUP
To make this story all the more delicious, the plot to Coyote vs. Acme sure seems apt, with long-suffering Wile E. finally taking on the heartless corporation that has made his life amusingly miserable. Surely one day the many who helped make the film will get to laugh at Warner Bros. Discovery for leaving all that money on the table.
On New Year’s Day, it’s common to see people posting their resolutions and intentions for the year ahead, but doing so backfired for one celebrity. Jada Pinkett-Smith, who’s been in the headlines a bunch lately as she promotes her memoir with a collection of eyebrow-raising pull quotes, posted a selfie showing off her latest style innovation, but got a slightly different than perhaps she had hoped.
“I think jean leg warmers is where it’s at for me in 2024,” she wrote. However, the combination of Pinkett-Smith’s doe fur-patterned puffer jacket with her signature bald look and aviator shades brought to mind another popular social media personality: Fat Joe. Many of the commenters wondered whether the Bronx rapper had more weight, while others imagined Jada’s husband Will Smith’s reaction.
The comparisons were enough to raise “Fat Joe” to the top of Twitter’s trending topics, along with “Pitbull” and “Jada.” And down near the bottom of the top 30, another reference to the photo appeared as of press time: “Skinny Joe,” fans’ apparent new nickname for Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Jada Pinkett-Smith has been the butt of jokes all year as a result of her press tour, but at least this time, they aren’t ALL about her and Will’s unconventional marriage.
In its upcoming season, La Breawill be taking a page from the Lost playbook by throwing even more sci-fi elements into the ever-growing sinkhole. But instead of polar bears and smoke monsters, the fine folks of La Brea will encounter something even scarier: a series finale. And dinosaurs! And more time travel! It’s the final season they are just giving it their all.
Eoin Macken, who plays Gavin Harris in the NBC drama, says that the main event of season three will be the gang trying to survive amongst the dinosaurs. “So many dinosaurs,” Macken told TVLine. At the end of season two, a giant T-Rex appears thanks to some portals. Season three will bring on a whole new slew of challenges as a whole crew of dinosaurs destroys the survivor’s home base.
Macken added, “Think of all the dinosaurs you ever thought of in your life, and they’re all in there.” Allegedly this is some sort of exaggeration, though there are lots of dinos on the way for the final season, in addition to some other stuff, “We’ve got time travel, dinosaurs, romance, death…. All sorts of stuff,” Macken added.
So why bring dinosaurs into the mix? Because they can! Showrunner David Appelbaum said, “One of the fun conceits of the show is these auroras can bring things from any time period, and for us the coolest thing we could think of was to bring dinosaurs [laughs],” Appelbaum told NBC last year. “So that’s definitely a tease of dinosaurs for Season 3, but really anything could be down here from any time period as we saw all these auroras open up at the end of Season 2. Anything could be around the corner.” Even a smoke monster, perhaps.
The final season of La Brea, which will consist of six episodes, premieres Tuesday, January 9th on NBC.
If you had the misfortune to watch Saltburn with your folks this holiday season, there are two scarring moments: 1) the bathtub scene, and 2) Barry Keoghan’s nude dance to “Murder on the Dancefloor.”
Following a resurgence in popularity for the 2001 song, singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor recreated the film’s climax on TikTok. “Heading into 2024 like… Happy Saltburn New Year! Xx,” she wrote. Ellis-Bextor is clothed in the video, unlike Keoghan’s Oliver Quick, but she wore Saltburn appropriate antlers.
“It totally felt right,” Keoghan told Entertainment Weekly about the dance scene. “It’s ownership. This is my place. It’s full confidence in, ‘I can do what I want in this manor. I can strip to my barest and waltz around because this is mine.’ Yeah… it was fun.” The Masters of the Air actor added, “The initial thing was about me having no clothes on. I’m a bit, ehhh. But after take one, I was ready to go. I was like, ‘Let’s go again. Let’s go again.’ You kind of forget, because there’s such a comfortable environment created.”
This is also how I felt dancing to “Mambo No. 5” at my cousin’s bat mitzvah.
Scotch whisky can feel expensive. That’s because a lot of it is. There’s no getting around the fact that it comes from further away and that makes Scotch whisky simply cost more — even at entry-point levels. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t good Scotch whiskies out there that won’t break the bank. There are. Let’s shine a light on those.
Below, we’re calling out 10 Scotch whiskies that all cost less than $30 and actually taste pretty damn good. Now look, these whiskies aren’t going to change your life. These are whiskies where you take a sip and think “Hum, that’s actually pretty good whisky…” Let’s make it clear though. You’re not going to take a sip of these whiskies and think “Oh my god, where’s this whisky been all my life?!?!?!” This is mixing whisky (for the most part). And that’s okay.
As far as pricing goes, these prices are based on Total Wine in Louisville, Kentucky. Prices are going to vary ever so slightly depending on your region (local taxes can vary pretty dramatically). So some of these whiskies may slip above the $30 mark in some markets. That’s just the way it is. Still, the throughline is that all of these whiskies are very drinkable. Let’s dive in!
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This blended scotch from Loch Lomond is as bottom shelf as you can get in the U.S. That said, this blend takes barrels of grain and malt whiskies from the famed Loch Lomond distillery and aims them towards a fruity and sweet nature before proofing and blending.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: A slight note of bourbon vanilla shines through on the nose with hints of citrus, almonds, and watered-down honey — kind of like stirring honey into a tepid glass of tap water.
Palate: The palate has a mix of dried fruits — raisins, prunes, and maybe dates — with more watered-down honey syrup, a touch of Almond Joy, and a hint of mulled wine.
Finish: The end leans into the dried fruit and mulled wine spices with a final note of what feels like smoked honey.
Bottom Line:
This whisky won Double Gold at the famed San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2022. Does that make it the best whisky from Scotland, of course not. It simply means that it is an exceptional example of the category. It does however make it a decent blended scotch worth using as a base mixer for bolder flavors like Coke, ginger ale, or fruity lemonades.
Willam Grant & Sons have a deep bench of whisky distilleries to draw their malt and grain whiskies from for this expression, which includes The Balvenie, Glenfiddich, and Girvan (Scotland’s largest producer of grain whisky). The ripple with this blend is the triple barreling with new oak, American oak, and re-fill American oak, the latter two both being ex-bourbon casks.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The sip opens with clear butterscotch next to an almost tin can vibe with a hint of spicy and honeyed malts.
Palate: The palate is slightly fruity with apple core and stem notes next to more of that spiced malt and butterscotch with a soft mineral water note.
Finish: The end is malty but only just barely as the apple core, honey, and butterscotch fade away pretty quickly.
Bottom Line:
This is another great mixer. Mix this with a citrus-forward soda or a ginger beer and a squeeze of lime and you’ll be all set.
Johnnie Walker’s entry point expression is also the best-selling scotch expression on the planet. The whisky is a blend of single grain and single malt whiskies from Diageo’s deep stable of distilleries around Scotland that’s specifically designed to be mixed and not taken straight.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose reminds you more of a sweet and citrusy Speyside or Highland whisky.
Palate: The palate holds onto those notes while adding a peppery spice and a hint of orchard fruits.
Finish: The end shifts towards Islay with a wisp of smoke as the sip fades quickly away while warming you with alcohol heat.
Bottom Line:
This is the quintessential highball whisky. It’s made to be mixed with Coke, ginger ale, lemon-lime soda, and fizzy mineral water. Use it accordingly and you’ll be in for an easy-drinking and lightly smoked whisky treat.
The Famous Grouse is an old-school blend that got its start in a Scottish grocery store where grocers often blended their own whiskies to sell. The whisky is now a mix of single malts and single grains with a focus on parent company partners Highland Park and The Macallan.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a Christmas cake nose that’s spicy, fruity, and malty and supported by a note of citrus.
Palate: The palate keeps those nose notes rolling with an additional whisper of oak and a hint of malted cookies dipped in lightly smoked honey.
Finish: The end is short and creamy with a distant wisp of campfire smoke far off in the distance.
Bottom Line:
This is another great option for mixing highballs. It really shines with a dash of Coke, which works with that hint of smoke quite well.
This is a release from Diageo that utilizes a lot of Speyside whiskies. Eight single malts are chosen for this blend to highlight the small region within the Scottish Highlands specifically.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This is classic Speyside from nose to finish with apple and honey dominating the whole way through.
Palate: The palate adds a warm oaty malt and spice next to a very slight nuttiness and maybe a touch of orange marmalade. Imagine an oatmeal-walnut scone with a dollop of that jam on top and you’ll be there.
Finish: The end is short, spicy warm, and slightly honeyed.
Bottom Line:
This has a nice sweetness that helps it work in classic highballs with good mineral water and a citrus or floral garnish.
This single malt from the famed Highland distillery, Glenmorangie, is built to be the ultimate single malt mixing whisky. They don’t release much else about the blend besides being a mix of their iconic single malts “made for mixers.”
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is full of grapefruit pith next to ripe pears and vanilla pods, all in equal measure, next to a hint of orange oils and maybe a little wildflower.
Palate: The palate builds on that orange towards a bright orange sherbert, a vanilla pudding creaminess, burnt sugars, light and sweet marzipan, and a touch of dark chocolate infused with red chili flakes.
Finish: The finish really leans into the spicy chocolate and gets slightly bitter as the spice mellows towards mulled wine spices and a touch more sweetness.
Bottom Line:
This is built to be mixed. If you have good mineral water on hand, use it with this for a killer highball (garnish with a dried floral or woody botanical). You can also mix up a good citrus-forward cocktail with this one.
Dewar’s blends malt and grain whiskies from over 40 distilleries with the famed Aberfeldy at its core. The whisky is blended and then aged for an additional six months in oak to marry all the flavors before proofing and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a matrix of vanilla, oak, and caramel up top that leads towards malts and Christmas spices with an emphasis on nutmeg.
Palate: That vanilla gets very creamy and a sweet, almost peanut brittle edge arrives with a little dried fruit.
Finish: The mid-palate holds onto that sweetness as the maltiness and warmth come back for a fairly quick fade toward the finish.
Bottom Line:
This whisky is a great table whisky to have on hand for everyday sipping over some rocks. It also works wonders in citrus-forward cocktails or classic highballs with a twist of lime.
The whisky in the bottle is a blend of sherry-cask-finished whiskies from The Macallan and Highland Park. The whisky is then cut down to a very accessible 80-proof and then bottled in a nicely understated bottle.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a sweet malt buried under a buttery scone dripping with raspberry jam with a touch of light spice lurking in the background.
Palate: The sherry really kicks in on the palate with big notes of dates soaked in black tea next to creamy caramel, vanilla cake, and a touch of dry raisins.
Finish: The end doesn’t overstay its welcome and leaves you with a lovely note of chocolate-covered cherries with a sweet/dry vibe.
Bottom Line:
This works best in a classic highball with a 50/50 scotch/mineral water ratio. Add a bold garnish and you’ll be set!
This Speyside blend is crafted as a workhorse whisky. The juice is drawn from the William Grant & Sons stable of distilleries. The juice is then rested for up to six months after blending to let it mellow even more before proofing and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a nice welcoming note of creamy vanilla that almost becomes cream soda, next to hints of zesty orange marmalade, malts, and dark spices.
Palate: The taste delivers on those notes by amping the spices up to Christmas cake territory with a slight tart berry edge next to that cream soda sweetness.
Finish: The end is short and sweet with a nice lightness that really makes this very drinkable.
Bottom Line:
This is another whisky that’s specifically made for mixing. Cirtus-forward cocktails are the backbone of this whisky’s vibe. We’d also argue that you can pour this over some rocks and add a dash of bitters for a nice and very easy sipper too.
This blended whisky is a throwback to a blend created in 1923. The whisky in the bottle is made from mostly Speyside single malt and single grain whiskies that highlight brightness and light flavor notes reminiscent of the seaside.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is strikingly deep with a sense of orchard fruits and wild summer flowers next to a sense of honeycomb and a whisper of sea-soaked driftwood.
Palate: Soft vanilla sneaks in early on the palate thanks to old oak before bright orange oils and fresh lemon rinds lead to a rush of fresh tart apples and a hint of wisteria blooms.
Finish: The finish is soft and vibrant with a deep sense of orange oils, lemon-lime pie, and soft buttery vanilla with a light sense of fresh florals on a summer day.
Bottom Line:
This is one of those whiskies that’s light but delivers vibrance. It’s best over some rocks or in a classic 50/50 highball with a muddling of lime in the bottom. Protip, add a pinch of sea salt to the highball to really let it pop on the palate.
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