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The Kansas City Chiefs are no strangers to playing Ring Around the Rosie on the football field. The team did it against the Las Vegas Raiders earlier this year en route to a touchdown that got called back due to a holding, and while they did not score on this play, the Chiefs decided to get a little silly in their Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Kansas City ran this on second-and-goal while down by a point in the fourth quarter. It ended with Patrick Mahomes throwing the ball out of the end zone, which wasn’t that big of a deal, because Skyy Moore scored on the very next play. But still, it was a fascinating play, in part because a offensive lineman, Andrew Wylie, reported as an eligible receiver.

Jimmy Kimmel peppered Mahomes with questions about the game on his show on Monday night, and he couldn’t resist asking about this. As it turns out, this was supposed to be a throw to Wylie that just fell apart. And as an added bonus, the Super Bowl MVP gave a fun little detail about the play’s name.

“A play like that, is it more embarrassing when you don’t complete the pass after you do the whole thing?” Kimmel asked at the 6:51 mark of the above video.

“Oh yeah, we worked on that play for so long,” Mahomes said. “And then I knew, we tried to disguise it with all that different stuff happening before the snap, and then I saw 22 point directly at the guy I was gonna throw it to. I was like, I don’t know if I like my linemen matched up on a DB. Man, the worst.”

Kimmel then asked what the play is called, which led to Mahomes revealing that one of the big fellas on the Chiefs’ line is a Pokemon fan.

“So Wylie, who was the guy we were trying to get the ball to, is a big Pokemon collection,” Mahomes said. “And so, it was a Pikachu formation and it was called ‘Gotta Catch ‘Em All.’”

Between this and the play in their playbook called “Corn Dog,” I would like to learn the name of literally every other play that the Chiefs call.

The Kansas City Chiefs won their second Super Bowl title in four years on Sunday as they came back from down 10 at the half to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in a thriller.

The Chiefs kicked the game-winning field goal in the final ten seconds, after they were able to take another minute-plus off the clock thanks to a critical holding call on James Bradberry, who tugged on JuJu Smith-Schuster’s jersey on a third down pass. While Eagles fans (and others) were upset with the call in that spot, Bradberry said after the game it was a good call and the Eagles themselves wouldn’t place the loss at the feet of the officials.

Still, it was a defining moment in that it kept Philly from having a chance at a game-tying or winning drive with 90 seconds to go, and on Tuesday, JuJu decided to have some Valentine’s Day fun with drawing the biggest flag of the game.

The athlete Valentine’s Day card thing has become big on social media in recent years, but this may be the first time one player has trolled another with one. Smith-Schuster is still riding the high of his first Super Bowl win and clearly this idea popped into his head and he just couldn’t pass up the opportunity for an all-time post.

It’s a big day for Lana Del Rey today (February 14), as she decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a new song (“A&W“) and a new Interview interview. For that conversation, Del Rey was joined by Billie Eilish, who was clearly thrilled to be there and took the opportunity to tell Del Rey about how long she’s been a major fan on her.

The conversation started with Eilish declaring she’s “absolutely stoked out of [her] f*cking mind” to interview Del Rey. From there, Eilish spilled to a delighted Del Rey about how into her she was as a young girl:

“Eilish: You were my lock screen on the first phone I ever got.

Del Rey: Oh my god.

Eilish: I knew for months before I got my first iPhone that it was going to be that f*cking photo of you with the bee on your lip.

Del Rey: You know what’s funny? That bee picture was for Interview Germany.

Eilish: No way. I remember showing everybody. I grew up homeschooled, but we still had…

Del Rey: I’m so f*cking jealous of that.

Eilish: It was pretty tight, but we still had talent shows even though we didn’t have a school. I was all up in the talent show singing your stuff.

Del Rey: What?!

Eilish: Dude, come on.

Del Rey: Do we have any footage? [laughs]

Eilish: Oh yeah. I sang ‘Brooklyn Baby’ at the last one I did. I’d film myself covering your songs and pretend that I was gonna blow up on YouTube from them, and then they’d get two views.”

The rest of the interview is similarly fun, so check it out here.

If you haven’t checked your calendar, today (February 14) is the annual day of lovers all around the world (unless you are Lana Del Rey). Many musicians have made being a certified lover boy a part of their artistic shtick (hi, Drake), or at least the idea of this imaginary persona has flooded their discography. However, melodic rapper and producer Ye Ali has embodied it on and off the track.

Previously released songs, “Oceans” and “Ring,” were just a peek behind his sensual curtain. Now, the recording artist is ready to give those looking to master the art of romance a few pointers from his own personal player bag or, as he refers to them, the teachings, Rules Of The Private Lovers’ Suite, just before the holiday’s nightfall.

By following Ali’s four simple rules, your Valentine’s Day evening would be one for the record books. Some of the rules require a bit of financial planning in advance. However, the most important of Ali’s rules is the last one, “the private suite is a judge-free zone.”

You can watch Ye Ali’s Rules Of The Private Suite for Uproxx Music above.

Outside of Rules of The Private Suit, catch Ali performing his song “Autumn’s Here” for UPROXX Sessions.

Harrison Ford is looking to have some fun lately after a long career of playing famously unfun roles, like those notoriously serious dudes Indiana Jones and Han Solo. That’s why Ford joined the MCU for next year’s Captain America: New World Order as Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross. Just for fun!

“This has been a dream for years, ever since Jon Favreau cast Harrison Ford in Cowboys and Aliens,” Feige told Entertainment Weekly. Feige couldn’t ever shake the feeling that he was born to bring Harrison Ford into the MCU, so that’s what he did! “I was always very jealous of that, so to have him finally in the MCU is just incredible. It’s like, I can cross that off the wishlist,” the Marvel Boss said.

Ford will be replacing William Hurt who starred as President Ross in The Incredible Hulk and appeared in Avengers: Endgame before his death last March. Now, Ford’s portrayal will team up with Anthony Mackie’s Captain America. “There’s a dynamic between President Ross and Sam Wilson,” Feige told EW. “They have a history together, but in this film, we’ll be seeing the dynamic between Captain America and the president of the United States in a way that is just incredible.”

As for the veteran actor deciding to dip his toes in the MCU at age 80, Ford says that he felt like he was missing out. Ford told The Hollywood Reporter: “I thought, ‘Everybody else seems to be having a great time.’ I watch all these terrific actors having a good time. I like doing something different from what I’ve ever done and pleasing people with it. So I’ll try a piece of that.” Even though Ford has played a president before, there weren’t superheroes involved, so this is different enough.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

While we’re still in the midst of the winter months, there are sure signs that spring is on the way. We’re referencing days when the sun seems to shine a little brighter, the temperatures are a little higher, and you don’t even need a sweater or light jacket. With spring around the corner, the time is right to start planning that spring (and summer road trip). And while there’s nothing wrong with visiting a touristy beach destination or massive amusement park that may or may not have a cartoon mouse as its mascot, we prefer our road trips to at least include a pint or two of beer waiting for us at our final destination. That’s why we plan road trips to visit breweries.

Lucky for us (and you), there are more than 9,500 breweries currently operating in the United States. This means that (almost) anywhere you live there are at least a few decent breweries within a short drive.

But if you really want to get the most out of your warm-weather road trip, you’ll seek out some of the award-winning, more heralded, and just downright innovative breweries that litter this country. To find some of the best, we went to the source. We asked a few well-known craft beer experts and brewers and they were gracious enough to let us in on their favorite breweries that every beer fan should visit this year. Keep scrolling to see their ten picks.

Hogshead Brewery (Denver, Colorado)

Jim Bruckner, head brewer at Bootstrap Brewing in Longmont, Colorado

I’m going to go back to Hogshead. They brew so many traditional cask options and imperial pints. It also has a great atmosphere (it’s small but has a great pub feel to it). Summers are awesome on the patio and in winter you huddle inside with awesome beer. If you visit, try the Chin Wag ESB. It’s malt-forward and well-hopped. A truly special beer.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Milton, Delaware)

George Hummel, grain master of My Local Brew Works in Philadelphia

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is always a fun visit. The thing that separates Dogfish Head from the others is they don’t view it as just a beer and brewery but as a lifestyle. It’s a great tour and a great visit. When you’re there, visit the eccentric, exciting brewery, and the innovative distillery, and stop in at the Brewings & Eats restaurant in Rehoboth Beach.

Reuben’s Brews (Seattle)

Jeremy Marshall, brewmaster at Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California

I very much recommend visiting Reuben’s Brews in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. If you’ve ever seen those logos curiously resembling the symbol for pi, you’ve seen that unmistakable letter “r” that is for Reuben’s. Lurking behind this humble, unsuspecting name is a juggernaut of amazing beers. I’m blown away by how many beers, cover a huge breadth of styles, with every single one always being top-notch. I dare you to go to Reuben’s Brews and find a beer you don’t like, plus the folks there are very friendly, family-oriented, and helpful.

Highland Brewing (Asheville)

Kevin McGee, founder of Healdsburg Beer Company in Healdsburg, California

Highland Brewing in Asheville, North Carolina. Go there. Highland is leading the East Coast in providing a destination and experience at their brewery, putting the 40-acre “campus” (my word, not theirs) to great use. There’s a classic tap room but also hiking trails, beach volleyball courts, a meadow with an outdoor stage and bar to lounge at, and a disc golf course. More than this, Highland is also great people and is still family owned and operated after almost thirty years in business.

Pryse Brewing (Minneapolis)

Garth E. Beyer, certified Cicerone® and owner and founder of Garth’s Brew Bar in Madison, Wisconsin

Pryse Brewing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The space is incredible, the brick-oven pizza, too. Oh, and about that beer? They’re one of those rare breweries that can tackle a variety of styles extremely well. Another way to think about Pryse is its approachability. No matter where one is on their craft beer journey, they’re bound to find something to love at Pryse.

Very Nice Brewing (Nederland, Colorado)

Jeff Smith, co-founder and ringmaster at LUKI Brewery in Arvada, Colorado

Very Nice Brewing Company in Nederland, Colorado. They were a big inspiration for us to develop a taproom-only model with our brewery. It’s an incredibly chill place to visit, with a local’s vibe but very welcoming to those outside the community. Jeffrey Green crafts some amazing beers, many times sourced with hyper-local ingredients, and I always find something unexpected and delicious. The Royal We IPA and the Very Nice Pale Ale always find themselves in my growlers when I’m passing through.

Suarez Family Brewery (Hudson, New York)

Kyle Warren, lead brewer at Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing Company in Framingham. Massachusetts

Suarez Family Brewery. Much has been said about their beers in the past few years and do not be mistaken, they are fantastic and well worth the journey, but the warmth and welcoming nature of Dan and Tay, and the taproom they built are what will keep you coming back for another experience. It is a simple space with floor-to-ceiling windows, communal seating, and a window that gives you the slightest glimpse into the product space. Occasionally a local food vendor will be set up selling tasty offerings like pretzels, choucroute, or other beer-friendly nourishment. It’s a place to ponder a beer, be convivial, relax, and just enjoy. Despite their growing popularity, their kind staff managed to keep the space feeling calm, casual, and intimate. Unfortunately, Covid put an end to that space and it likely will not be coming back in the same form. In its stead, the Suarez’s opened up a small outdoor space behind the brewery last summer, dubbed the Tap, so that one could not only come to the brewery and take away its wares but also hang out in a safe space and have a pour of the one beer they tapped for that given day. One beer, a far cry from the full draft, bottle, and cellar list that was once available, and yet, still a fulfilling experience. With The Tap the Suarez’s succeeded again, by creating another lovely space for a beer and an opportunity to just enjoy.
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Allagash Brewing (Portland, Maine)

Joe Mashburn, head brewer of Night Shift Brewing in Boston

Everyone should visit Allagash in Portland, Maine this year. It’s a wonderful spot, with wonderful people, and wonderful beer. Portland is a great beer city on its own with various other great breweries worth stopping in to as well. But make Allagash your first stop and grab an Allagash White or one of its many Coolship beers and limited releases.

Urban Roots Brewing (Sacramento)

Bryan Donaldson, brewing innovation manager at Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California

While you might not think of Sacramento, California as a beer destination, you would be wrong. And one brewery that stands out as a must-visit is Urban Roots Brewing. The space is nicely done and the food is spectacular, but of course, you go to a brewery for the beer and Peter is making great beer. You can find something for any palate there, from light lagers to barrel-aged stouts and all kinds of hop-forward brews.

Wicked Weed Brewing (Asheville)

Josh Bartlett, founder of Learning to Homebrew in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Asheville, North Carolina is absolutely bursting with fantastic breweries, but I can’t recommend Wicked Weed Brewing’s trio of spots around town enough, especially the original Brewpub and the Funkatorium. At both locations, you’ll find a delicious variety of beers (including some harder-to-find styles), full food menus with excellent bang for your buck, and well a well-stocked bottle and souvenir shop. Oh, and the brewpub also has a free tour.

Steven Spielberg was downright emphatic over the success of Top Gun: Maverick during this year’s Oscars luncheon. More specifically, the iconic director had nothing but praise for Tom Cruise who he personally credited with saving Hollywood.

The moment was captured in an elusive online video that’s been making the rounds on Twitter and being just as quickly pulled. In the candid moment, Spielberg can be seen gushing over his Minority Report and War of the Worlds star. Via Variety:

“You saved Hollywood’s ass and you might have saved theatrical distribution,” Spielberg said to Cruise in a video originally shared on Instagram by director Kartiki Gonsalves, whose film “Who Can Say No to Baby Elephants!” is nominated for best documentary short film. Cruise was left blushing.

Spielberg added, “Seriously, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ might have saved the entire theatrical industry.”

Did Top Gun: Maverick save theatrical distribution? Arguably, yes. Cruise adamantly refused to release the film on streaming during the pandemic, and that gambit paid off as it became the highest grossing domestic release of 2022. However, Top Gun: Maverick wasn’t the only Hollywood success. Marvel delivered a number of hits starting with Spider-Man: No Way Home, which arguably reinvigorated the box office in late 2021, and proceeded to drop huge box office wins with Doctor Strange 2, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. There was also a small little film called Avatar: The Way of Water that may have put up some numbers. Just a few.

That said, after the pandemic put a serious hurt on the theatrical model, every box office win counts. Cruise leveraging his massive star power to stave off a streaming release for Maverick was a much-needed jolt for the industry.

(Via Variety)

Of the live-action Star Wars shows on Disney+, one is great (Andor), one is super fun (The Mandalorian), one made Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen happy and that makes me happy (Obi-Wan Kenobi), and one is a basically a prequel to season three of The Mandalorian (The Book of Boba Fett). The three episodes of the bounty hunter-focused series with Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin and Baby Yoda were the best episodes of the show and worth watching before The Mandalorian returns in March. Otherwise, you might be lost (or you can save time and read our explainer on what happened).

In an interview with Empire, The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau was asked about reuniting Mando and Baby Yoda in The Book of Boba Fett when the season two finale of The Mandalorian made it seem like they would be apart in season three. “We couldn’t just hit a hard reset,” he explained. “It’s going to be interesting to see how this unfolds for people who may not have seen The Book of Boba Fett.” Favreau continued:

“You saw what Mando was like without Baby Yoda and we saw what Grogu was like without the Mandalorian and neither of them was doing too good. So them coming back together was a really good plot point that allows us to jump back into season three while maintaining the central relationship.”

I wasn’t doing too good with Baby Yoda and his floating saucer, either, so makes sense.

The Mandalorian season three premieres on Disney+ on March 1.

(Via Empire)

Lorde has been teasing her fourth album a lot more recently. It might be hard to believe, but it’s already been nearly two years since her Solar Power record dropped. While she’s traditionally had longer gaps of time in between her era cycles, it seems she’s been working on something coming a lot sooner.

“I mean, I do just take a long time… I do a lot of research, I write a lot down,” she told Ensemble. “Sort of a big chunk of work before I actually start writing music. So yeah, that’s been a really big part of it. It’s been super exciting and I feel excited about what’s coming.”

“You know, it’s my intention, it’s always my intention, to move as quickly as I f*cking can and then that ends up taking different forms,” Lorde added. “But this one, I really am trying to. I don’t want to wait, you know, so take from that what you will.”

This isn’t the first time Lorde’s hinted at a faster album drop either. Last September at LA’s Primavera Sound festival, she shared, “Who knows what will come next? Well, I know. And you’ll know sometime soon.”

However, it won’t likely be that soon, as she’s still finishing up the Solar Power tour with a New Zealand and Australia run starting later this month.

This is sorcery, really. You shouldn’t be able to do all these things at once. You shouldn’t be able to take valuable intellectual property and stuff it into a silly cartoon that is equal parts fun and stupid and sweet and raunchy. You shouldn’t be able to make me giggle and say “Awww” when I think about a character whose most famous previous iteration tried to poison a city and kill Batman. And yet, somehow, piled up against all of that, we have the Harley Quinn cartoon series still out here thriving. Again, sorcery.

And it gets better. The show just released a 45-minute Valentine’s Day special. Think about that one. Really ponder it for a bit. The show about a slew of supervillains went ahead and made a little one-off treat about the most romantic day of the year. And it’s delightful. Bane takes some hormones because he’s sensitive about the size of his manhood and ends up 100 feet tall and so uncontrollably horny that he starts trying to have intercourse with skyscrapers and also a 100-foot-tall version of Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein. Clayface — a sentient blob of mud, basically — gets sliced in half and his top and bottom parts fall in love. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are a couple and they are out for revenge because someone destroyed their favorite Italian restaurant. Do you get it now?

Do you see what I mean?

Maybe the trailer will help.

I’m realizing now that I spoiled some things in that second paragraph. Whatever. I stand by it. The episode has been out for a few days now and the show has been so good for three seasons that you had plenty of chances. Even if you didn’t watch it yet, I promise you that the actual depiction of the things I mentioned is much better than my descriptions of them. Get in there.

And when you do, be prepared to be charmed. The episode is kind of structured like a Love, Actually-style romantic comedy, with a bunch of storylines about a bunch of couples all smashing together — literally — at the end. Harley spends the whole episode trying to give Ivy the best Valentine’s Day ever (Harley has some… issues from her time with Joker), going bigger and bigger and bigger as the runtime ticks on, with things exploding and goons dying and really just a shocking amount of violence and destruction in the name of love, only for the reveal at the end to be the damn cutest little twist you’ve ever seen. This happens shortly after a duet between a man and his own butt. I feel like that’s important to note.

But more importantly, Bane. I gave you the basic gist of his arc here, but there’s so much more going on. There are dominatrix shenanigans and magic potions and really just a lot, all tied to the thing where he’s a little sensitive about the size of his junk in relation to his massive body. As co-showrunner Justin Halpern explained to Variety in a breakdown of the whole thing…

The first three seasons, I felt like we got to say a lot of the things that we wanted to say. So it was like, every dumb joke that we had hadn’t figured out a way to fit into the first three seasons. If you’ve seen the first three seasons, there’s a lot of dumb jokes in there, so you might be thinking, what was left? Specifically, the scene where Bane is working with a dominatrix. We just threw in everything we could — if you’re gonna do a special, you gotta make it special!

I think that that storyline was — I’m gonna try to speak carefully about this, because my kids are in the car with me right now — but we just thought it would be really funny if the dominatrix was insulting the size of the guy’s penis.

Which, again, delightful, especially, again, when you think about the thing where most people think of Bane as the humorless hulk played by Tom Hardy in Christopher Nolan’s bleak take on the Batman story. That is not this Bane. This Bane is kind of a goof. He has poor self-esteem and is always getting railroaded into things and kind of just shuffled around the Legion of Doom headquarters a lot. And his whole arc loops into the others in a way that made me gasp a little and then laugh a lot. This is where I post the GIF of him humping Gotham highrises. Yes, I posted it in a column on Friday. Yes, I’ve tweeted it a few times, too. But still, I think… Actually, no. I don’t need to justify sharing something this beautiful and pure. Look at my sweet massive boy.

This is where a conclusion would usually go. Something like “for this and many other reasons, the Harley Quinn Valentine’s episode is a worthwhile watch, even for people who don’t love comic book movies, especially on a romantic Tuesday night in February.” But I’m not going to do that. It would just be a waste of energy, of my time and yours. If I hadn’t already sold you with “a sweet and crass and funny cartoon where Bane crumbles the Gotham skyline with hip thrusts,” I mean… I don’t know, man. Maybe you and I just aren’t on the same page here. Because, to me, that’s just a lovely episode of television.