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The New York Jets have spent most of the last few decades finding new ways to torture their fanbase, and their latest effort was starting Tim Boyle in a standalone game on Black Friday against the Miami Dolphins.

Boyle went 7-of-11 passing for 35 yards and one interception in the first half, continuing his streak of throwing a pick in every game he’s appeared in where he’s thrown the ball at least five times in his NFL career. However, this was not just any ordinary interception, as Boyle threw a pick-six on a Hail Mary to end the first half, which seems like an impossible thing to do but the Jets managed to figure out how to allow it to happen.

It’s rare you get a Hail Mary that isn’t thrown into a massive crowd where, even if someone picks it off, he’s going to end up being brought to the ground quickly. In this case, Jevon Holland was able to catch the ball on the goal line with no one really all that close to him, which allowed him to break upfield and outrun the angles of the Jets offensive line. From there, it was Holland 1-on-1 in the open field with Boyle who suffered the indignity of getting dropped on a couple of cutbacks as Holland strolled into the end zone to give Miami a 17-6 lead at the half.

The Jets defense had done an incredible job in the first half, forcing a pair of Tua Tagovailoa interceptions and had it so the Jets should’ve been down less than a touchdown at the half. Instead, the Jets offense continued its quest to break the will of everyone on the defense by giving up a truly awful pick-six on a play that should never have that as a possible outcome.

Something funny happened while Bradley Cooper was in the midst of the Hangover trilogy: He became an award-gobbling movie star. In between editions two and three, Cooper starred in Silver Linings Playbook, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He didn’t seem all that stoked to be in Part III, and when it was over he earned even more Oscar noms and even became an acclaimed director. Does that mean he’s too good to return to the franchise? Absolutely not.

Per The Daily Beast, Cooper chatted with David Remnick for Friday’s installment of The New Yorker Radio Hour. They talked Maestro, Cooper’s directorial follow-up to A Star is Born in which he plays legendary composer Leonard Bernstein (with a controversial fake nose). It’s a serious film (with some jokes), and it prompted Remnick to ask the guy who broke through with films like Wedding Crashers and Failure to Launch if he was “done with fun.” He then mentioned him doing a potential “Hangover 5.”

“Well, I would do Hangover 5,” Cooper quickly interjected, before correcting Remnick’s mistake: “It would be Hangover 4 first, but yeah.”

“You would do that in a flash? Not just to pay the bills,” Remnick asked him.

“I would do probably Hangover 4 in an instant, yeah,” Cooper replied, “just because I love [director] Todd [Phillips], I love Zach [Galifianakis], I love Ed [Helms] so much. I probably would, yeah.”

That said, Cooper added, “I don’t think Todd’s ever going to do that.” (Perhaps Cooper was intimating that Phillips, like him, has moved on to very different fare, in his case the far darker Joker films, the next of which adds Cooper’s Star is Born costar Lady Gaga.)

Cooper then took umbrage with Remnick’s language: “You said the word, ‘fun.’ There’s nothing more fun that I’ve ever experienced than Maestro and A Star Is Born. This is me having fun.”

It’s not uncommon these days for franchises to get dusted off after a decade or so, or even decades. Perhaps it will take another 20 years for a fourth Hangover that’s about one of the gang’s kids getting married and having a bachelor party gone creatively wrong. We’re just spit-balling here.

In the meantime, Maestro is now in select theaters and will stream on Netflix starting December 20.

(Via The Daily Beast)

Something funny happened while Bradley Cooper was in the midst of the Hangover trilogy: He became an award-gobbling movie star. In between editions two and three, Cooper starred in Silver Linings Playbook, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He didn’t seem all that stoked to be in Part III, and when it was over he earned even more Oscar noms and even became an acclaimed director. Does that mean he’s too good to return to the franchise? Absolutely not.

Per The Daily Beast, Cooper chatted with David Remnick for Friday’s installment of The New Yorker Radio Hour. They talked Maestro, Cooper’s directorial follow-up to A Star is Born in which he plays legendary composer Leonard Bernstein (with a controversial fake nose). It’s a serious film (with some jokes), and it prompted Remnick to ask the guy who broke through with films like Wedding Crashers and Failure to Launch if he was “done with fun.” He then mentioned him doing a potential “Hangover 5.”

“Well, I would do Hangover 5,” Cooper quickly interjected, before correcting Remnick’s mistake: “It would be Hangover 4 first, but yeah.”

“You would do that in a flash? Not just to pay the bills,” Remnick asked him.

“I would do probably Hangover 4 in an instant, yeah,” Cooper replied, “just because I love [director] Todd [Phillips], I love Zach [Galifianakis], I love Ed [Helms] so much. I probably would, yeah.”

That said, Cooper added, “I don’t think Todd’s ever going to do that.” (Perhaps Cooper was intimating that Phillips, like him, has moved on to very different fare, in his case the far darker Joker films, the next of which adds Cooper’s Star is Born costar Lady Gaga.)

Cooper then took umbrage with Remnick’s language: “You said the word, ‘fun.’ There’s nothing more fun that I’ve ever experienced than Maestro and A Star Is Born. This is me having fun.”

It’s not uncommon these days for franchises to get dusted off after a decade or so, or even decades. Perhaps it will take another 20 years for a fourth Hangover that’s about one of the gang’s kids getting married and having a bachelor party gone creatively wrong. We’re just spit-balling here.

In the meantime, Maestro is now in select theaters and will stream on Netflix starting December 20.

(Via The Daily Beast)

For years, we’ve seen players who retire and enter the sports media often criticize the current generation for not playing the way they did, or saying the game is too soft or not as good as it once was. That’s why it’s always so refreshing when a former great goes the other direction and celebrates the game’s evolution and the talent in the league today.

Kevin Garnett is among the most prominent who does this in the NBA, as he marvels at what guys now are able to do, building on some of the things he helped bring into the league as one of the early hybrid big men. Garnett has been particularly effervescent in his praise of Victor Wembanyama, struggling to understand how someone 7’5 is able to move the way he does, handle the ball, and shoot. On a recent episode of Real Talk with Stephen A. Smith, Garnett told the ESPN talking head that he thinks the conversation around the NBA on TV shows and podcasts focuses far too much on the past and debating where people rank in NBA history, believing “we’re missing out on greatness right in front of us.”

Garnett highlights what LeBron James is doing at 38, Wembanyama is doing as a rookie, Nikola Jokic is doing “making Wilt Chamberlain roll over in his grave,” and Stephen Curry’s ability to “shoot from Mars” all being things we’ve never seen. I love hearing a Hall of Famer like Garnett say this, and while that doesn’t mean we should ignore or forget the past, but we should focus our conversation more on what is happening now and the incredible things we are seeing as opposed to constantly trying to find comparisons in the past.

For years, we’ve seen players who retire and enter the sports media often criticize the current generation for not playing the way they did, or saying the game is too soft or not as good as it once was. That’s why it’s always so refreshing when a former great goes the other direction and celebrates the game’s evolution and the talent in the league today.

Kevin Garnett is among the most prominent who does this in the NBA, as he marvels at what guys now are able to do, building on some of the things he helped bring into the league as one of the early hybrid big men. Garnett has been particularly effervescent in his praise of Victor Wembanyama, struggling to understand how someone 7’5 is able to move the way he does, handle the ball, and shoot. On a recent episode of Real Talk with Stephen A. Smith, Garnett told the ESPN talking head that he thinks the conversation around the NBA on TV shows and podcasts focuses far too much on the past and debating where people rank in NBA history, believing “we’re missing out on greatness right in front of us.”

Garnett highlights what LeBron James is doing at 38, Wembanyama is doing as a rookie, Nikola Jokic is doing “making Wilt Chamberlain roll over in his grave,” and Stephen Curry’s ability to “shoot from Mars” all being things we’ve never seen. I love hearing a Hall of Famer like Garnett say this, and while that doesn’t mean we should ignore or forget the past, but we should focus our conversation more on what is happening now and the incredible things we are seeing as opposed to constantly trying to find comparisons in the past.

Luh Tyler has gotten into the Thanksgiving holiday spirit. While most looked forward to the culinary spreads laid out for others to enjoy, the Tallahassee, Florida rapper is locked in on the plates of money he’s counted throughout the year. The XXL Freshman star follows his “Brand New Blues” and “Weeks” singles with a new reflective record. On “Change My Wayz,” Luh Tyler thinks about the progress he’s made in his career in less than one year.

“Damn, I gotta change my ways / Now it’s sixty on my neck, remember my chains was fake / ‘Member back whеn times were hard, we prayed for better days / But now I’m gettin’ paid / Now I’m bringin’ home them racks, I’m fillin’ up the safe / Now I make like thirty bands, that’s just to rock the stage,” raps Luh Tyler.

For the official video, he tapped directors George Buford and Cotto Over Did It to drive home the point that all of his hard work and high-life living is bigger than him. He does it to secure a legacy for all of his loved ones.

Watch Luh Tyler’s new video for “Change My Wayz” above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Luh Tyler has gotten into the Thanksgiving holiday spirit. While most looked forward to the culinary spreads laid out for others to enjoy, the Tallahassee, Florida rapper is locked in on the plates of money he’s counted throughout the year. The XXL Freshman star follows his “Brand New Blues” and “Weeks” singles with a new reflective record. On “Change My Wayz,” Luh Tyler thinks about the progress he’s made in his career in less than one year.

“Damn, I gotta change my ways / Now it’s sixty on my neck, remember my chains was fake / ‘Member back whеn times were hard, we prayed for better days / But now I’m gettin’ paid / Now I’m bringin’ home them racks, I’m fillin’ up the safe / Now I make like thirty bands, that’s just to rock the stage,” raps Luh Tyler.

For the official video, he tapped directors George Buford and Cotto Over Did It to drive home the point that all of his hard work and high-life living is bigger than him. He does it to secure a legacy for all of his loved ones.

Watch Luh Tyler’s new video for “Change My Wayz” above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to an 11-4 start to the 2023-24 season and look like a young team making the leap into being a real contender in the Western Conference.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams take the starring roles for the young Thunder, but Josh Giddey has also developed into an important piece in the starting lineup with his ability to be a secondary creator next to Gilgeous-Alexander. However, Giddey is now facing serious allegations of an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl after a photo that went viral this week on Twitter and TikTok.

On Friday, Giddey was asked about the situation twice after practice, saying he had “no further comment” and understood people asking the question but that he would not be speaking on it.

Thunder coach Mark Daigneault was also asked about the situation and likewise said he’d have no comment, calling it a “personal matter.”

It’s not surprising neither Giddey nor Daigneault would want to make an official statement on the matter right now, but at some point there will need to be an investigation to confirm details of the alleged relationship and determine what comes next in terms of potential legal problems Giddey could face, beyond whatever happens with the league.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to an 11-4 start to the 2023-24 season and look like a young team making the leap into being a real contender in the Western Conference.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams take the starring roles for the young Thunder, but Josh Giddey has also developed into an important piece in the starting lineup with his ability to be a secondary creator next to Gilgeous-Alexander. However, Giddey is now facing serious allegations of an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl after a photo that went viral this week on Twitter and TikTok.

On Friday, Giddey was asked about the situation twice after practice, saying he had “no further comment” and understood people asking the question but that he would not be speaking on it.

Thunder coach Mark Daigneault was also asked about the situation and likewise said he’d have no comment, calling it a “personal matter.”

It’s not surprising neither Giddey nor Daigneault would want to make an official statement on the matter right now, but at some point there will need to be an investigation to confirm details of the alleged relationship and determine what comes next in terms of potential legal problems Giddey could face, beyond whatever happens with the league.

Streaming services have become the way the majority of fans consume the music they love these days, and Spotify is the clear leader in the streaming space. That makes their tracking data significant, and fortunately, the company maintains the terrific Spotify Charts website. Their Weekly Top Songs charts can serve as a useful complement to the Billboard Hot 100 and offer further insight into what music is currently making music fans move.

Take a look at the the top 10 songs on the latest Weekly Top Songs USA chart (for the tracking week ending November 23) below. Check out the full top 200 list here, and if you’re curious about what the entire world is listening to, find the Weekly Top Songs Global chart here.

10. Drake — “First Person Shooter” Feat. J. Cole

Drake has certainly put his stamp on the end of the year with both For All The Dogs and the Scary Hours edition, and the former is still doing well with two songs in this week’s top 10.

9. Brenda Lee — “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

While recently holiday seasons have been all about Mariah Carey, it’s Brenda Lee who’s leading the way this time around: Her 1958 hit “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” climbed a whopping 26 spots from last week’s chart and finds itself a few spots ahead of this week’s No. 13, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

8. Doja Cat — “Agora Hills”

Doja is riding some long-running momentum right now: She dropped the “Agora Hills” video back in September, and two months later, the song still sits at No. 8 on the latest Spotify chart.

7. Noah Kahan — “Stick Season”

Kahan is having himself a great moment: In addition to his hit song “Stick Season,” it was just announced he’s headlining the 2024 Osheaga Festival.

6. Drake — “IDGAF” Feat. Yeat

Drake it used to chart accolades, but this is a major moment for Yeat, as “IDGAF” became his first top-10 single in October.

5. Mitski — “My Love Mine All Mine”

It was a pretty close race for spots No. 5 to 2: Mitski’s song had a hair under 8.1 million streams in the US, while the song in the No. 2 slot had just over 8.4 million plays.

4. Tate McRae — “Greedy”

While McRae’s hit hasn’t completely taken over the US yet, it has been No. 1 on the daily global Spotify chart for 17 days now and is currently on top of the global Weekly Top Songs chart.

3. Taylor Swift — “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”

As the year comes to a close and the buzz around Swift’s recent releases starts to die down, the pop icon is starting to lose her grip on the Spotify charts, with just one song in this week’s top 10 (although No. 3 is certainly better than most artists could even dream on).

2. Zach Bryan — “I Remember Everything” Feat. Kacey Musgraves

Bryan and Musgraves’ collaboration has nearly reclaimed its peak at No. 1 after rising two spots from last week.

1. Jack Harlow — “Lovin On Me”

Harlow couldn’t quite grab No. 1 last week, but he did this week. This comes at a time when Harlow could use a win, after his widely criticized NFL Thanksgiving halftime performance.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.