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Tom Hardy has made a lucrative career off of his voice (among other things). But his accent in his coveted role as Eddie Brock in the Venom series takes the cake for some fans (not so much in The Bikeriders).

So, now that Venom: The Last Dance is in theaters, the beloved twang has returned. During a sit down with MTV, Tom Hardy spoke about the inspiration behind the voice he uses for Venom.

“One of the big inclusions that Kelly [Marcel] and I put into the melting pot of our, sort of, creative process is throwbacks to when we were kids,” he said. “What do we enjoy? Rap music…it was hugely influential for me as an artist, the spoken word, and what you can create with just a voice & some words. Also, some of the tonal qualities of certain MCs are larger than life.”

Hardy then went on to name some of those recording artists. “If you look at Method Man, Redman, Busta Rhymes, [and] Biggie Smalls,” he said. “There’s something about them that’s larger, bigger, and epic in the soundscape that they have. So that underpinned immediately when being playful and using a soundscape.”

He closed by saying: “It was logical that Venom had to fall into the canon of Busta Rhymes, Method Man, Redman, James Brown, you know?”

Venom: The Last Dance is in theaters now. Find more information here.

Lizzo claims to have been “canceled for everything,’ this year. But losing public favor hasn’t stopped the “Special” singer from going all out for Halloween (as usual).

Yesterday (October 27), Lizzo decided to clapped back at critics of her recent weight loss and the writers of South Park. In her vibrant photoshoot to celebrate the ghoulish holiday, Lizzo is seen dressed in an Ozempic costume.

“Ok Halloween… you can start now ,” she wrote on Instagram.

To dial things up a notch, Lizzo and her photographer Bonnie Nichoalds decided to generate a mock advertisement for the drug which read: “Need self-love? Try Lizzo! Lose guilt. Gain confidence. Side effects include a smile on your face and a pep in your step.”

Behind Lizzo is a cutout of the show’s menacing character, Eric Cartman, a draw back to her being referenced back in May.

Last month, Lizzo denied user claims that she was using the drug, saying: “When you finally get Ozempic allegations after 5 months of weight training and calorie deficit.”

In another post shared to Lizzo’s Instagram page, she continued to troll South Park by twerking on a fight dressed in an inflatable Eric Cartman costume.

Well, that’s one way to turn the tables.

If at first you don’t succeed, dust yourself off and try again. Unfortunately, the late Aaliyah’s mantra does not apply to Saturday Night Live because of its live studio audience. But that hasn’t stop one beloved SNL comedian from fantasizing about a do-over.

During a recent episode of his Fly On The Wall podcast with co-host David Spade, Dana Carvey expressed how he would have reworked a SNL sketch that bombed.

“So I do the little Biden piece as part of the Bret Baier interrogating Maya-Kamala,” he said. “And he’s kind of confused. He starts talking about the ‘Joker’ movie, but they don’t know it. I went, who’s the lady gagaga? You know, whatever. I did that. Didn’t land.”

Despite starring fellow beloved SNL stars including Maya Rudolph (who played Vice President Kamala Harris) alongside Carvey’s portrayal of President Joe Biden viewers felt that humor was lost in translation.

Well, after taking notes following viewers’ response (or lack thereof) Carvey shared the changes he would’ve made, saying: “I thought later, I should have said, ‘And who’s Whackin Phoenix? Who the hell is he? Whackin Phoenix would have got a big laugh.’”

Well, the world will never know. Or maybe Carvey will find a way to insert that into a future appearance.

Tyler The Creator has been called many things throughout his career. But, a new accusation thrown onto the “St. Chroma” rapper’s jacket has fans hip-hop fans furious.

A line in Tyler The Creator’s latest Chromakopia single, “Thought I Was Dead,” didn’t sit well with famed producer Mike Dean. “White boys mockin’ this sh*t and y’all mad at me? Y’all can suck my d*ck / Pull up old tweets, pull up old t-shirts, all that, I moonwalk over that b*tch,” raps Tyler in the track’s opening verse.

Shortly after learning about the line, in an Instagram comment (viewable here) Mike Dean accused Tyler’s bars of being racist. “Racist sh*t,” he wrote.

Tyler hasn’t responded to Mike Dean’s call-out. However, users online have turned to script on Mike Dean. “Mike Dean is much of a troll as Tyler don’t take this serious,” penned one user.

Others stood in full support of Tyler’s bar, alleging that it was a necessary did at Lil Yachty’s artist Ian.

“Racist for stating FACTS? This gaslighting ass sh*t outta here,” chimed another.

“Tyler’s comments were thought-provoking and deserve thoughtful discussion. As an artist, he often uses provocative language to challenge perspectives,” added another.

This isn’t the first time Tyler has supposedly addressed Ian’s entry into the culture. Back in August, during an appearance on SpringHill’s Mavericks With Mav Carter podcast seemingly called out those propping Ian up, saying: “[There’s] this white kid, regular Caucasian man, and he’s like mocking Future and Gucci Mane… like rap music. People are like, ‘this sh*t hard.’ It’s not even like satire… I hold rap music so close to my heart. This sh*t changed my life and everyone’s life around me.”

Watch Tyler The Creator’s official music video for “Thought I Was Dead” above.

Chromakopia is out on 10/28 via Columbia. Find more information here.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are off to a tremendous start to the 2024-25 season, as they improved to 3-0 on Saturday night with a 131-127 win over the Sacramento Kings. James and Anthony Davis have led the way, with Davis looking the part of an early MVP candidate, and the Lakers supporting cast is doing its job around them…for the most part.

I say for the most part because on Saturday night, Rui Hachimura had LeBron fuming in the fourth quarter after Rui chose to look off the Hall of Famer and take a pull-up jumper while James was red-hot. On the bench in a timeout a few seconds later, a hot mic caught James letting Hachimura know what the protocol is when he’s got the hot hand, and, spoiler alert, it is not for Hachimura or anyone else to take a contested jumper — even from 4 feet.

“Swing that motherf**ker to me,” LeBron says. “I just made 10 in a row and you gonna take a pull-up, contested two? Swing, swing motherf**ker.”

Look, the man is right. He’d just scored 15 of the Lakers last 17 points (and assisted on the other two) to lead a charge from L.A. to go from seven down to open the fourth to 11 up when this timeout happened. Sometimes you gotta just keep feeding the hot hand, especially when the hot hand is also one of the best players in NBA history. I think next time James has it rolling and Hachimura has the ball he will indeed “swing that motherf**ker.”

Back in August, Adele announced her intention to take “a long break” in other words an indefinite hiatus. But before the “Chasing Pavements” singer can disappear from the spotlight, she has a few contractual obligation to handle, including making up a few rescheduled Weekends With Adele residency dates.

Yesterday (October 26), during Adele’s latest show she was greeted with a sweet surprise. As Adele made her way through The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace crowd was shocked by one face in the audience—Celine Dion. In a video captured by a concertgoer (viewable here), Adele burst into tears after coming face-to-face with Celine Dion, which Celine matched wiping tears from her eyes.

Although Adele has adorable been dubbed a cry baby by fan, due to her emotional responses to tender moments, this encounter carried significant weight. Back in January 2022, Celine Dion revealed that she had been diagnosed with Stiff-Person Syndrome.

In the years following, Celine stepped away from performing and public life to seek treatment for the rare condition. As one of the vocalist Adele has expressed a great level of admiration for, seeing Celine Dion in good spirits in the audience, in a venue she once dominated (and rumored to return to) must have struck a nerve.

Either way, onlooker eyes also welled up at the heartfelt embrace.

It seems like Sabrina Carpenter’s time as one of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour openers was so long ago. With both pop stars now making their way around the world on their own separate shows (for Sabrina that’s the Short ‘N Sweet Tour), fans wondered when their paths would cross again.

Well, yesterday (October 26) Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter finally reunited (viewable here) during the second night of The Eras Tour‘s run in New Orleans, Louisiana. On the Caesars Superdome stage, the pair cranked out a melody performance of Carpenter’s breakout hits “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.” But that wasn’t all, Taylor and Sabrina also performed “Is It Over Now?,” a 1989 (Taylor’s Version) goodie.

Prior to Sabrina appearing to the sold out crowd, Swift first performed a cover of “Espresso” on her own before praising her friend’s monumental success over the year. “I love my friend,” she said. “And I am so proud of Sabrina and of the year that she’s had. She was opening up on ‘The Eras Tour’ earlier this year and since then her year has absolutely taken off. Her tour…you can’t get tickets to it. The album is No. 1 constantly.”

Usually, Taylor’s surprise songs each night are one of her b-side favorite. But last night she wanted to use the performance slot to show her friend some much deserved admiration.

Ilia Topuria became the first man to knock out Max Holloway, retaining the UFC Featherweight title in the third round of UFC 308 from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Coming into UFC 308, Max Holloway appeared destined to claim his first Featherweight championship since 2019. The belt was finally off Alexander Volkanovski, who had beaten Holloway to end his title reign and then beaten him in two following championship bouts.

Holloway has been resilient in recent years despite his setbacks and won every fight against an opponent not named Volkanovski, including a fifth-round knockout of Justin Gaethje that set the MMA landscape ablaze.

Saturday night, Holloway appeared confident coming into the fight that his striking could do the talking, taking control early and appearing on his way to another strong outing. But Topuria was relentless as the fight grew on, hurting the 32-year-old former champ in the third round with a right hand, a left hook, and then finishing him on the ground.

After the fight, Holloway gave no impression that he’s slowing down despite his struggles to regain the title in a division he once dominated. Despite Diego Lopes serving as the backup for the championship bout, it doesn’t appear he’s next in line for a title fight. At the post-event press conference, UFC president Dana White appeared interested in Topuria-Volkanovski II as the next Featherweight championship bout.

Back when Cobra Kai launched in 2018, The Karate Kid spin off emerged as a rare successful revival in a sea of reboots and remakes. Six years later (and following a remarkably annual cadence amid both the pandemic and Hollywood strikes), the show is preparing for the final battles of this televised version of Miyagi-do. The supersized sixth season will soon launch its second of three legs with the fight for karate dominance now going international.

That’s what happens with the baddies get pushed out of the Valley after four decades, but as the audience learned at the end of the first part of this season, Kreese has resurrected new Cobra Kai dojo members, which he trained alongside Sensei Kim Da-Eun (Alicia Hannah-Kim), and Tory defected from Miyagi-do to join the only father figure she’s ever known. An ominous face off ended that chapter of the season, so let’s talk about what to expect next.

Plot

Netflix’s description of Part 2 (episodes 6-10) takes the show into “the Sekai Taikai, where Miyagi-Do will face new challenges and old enemies as they fight to become world champions – can they stay united as internal rivalries bubble back to the surface?”

Those internal rivalries remain unresolved, and of course, it does not take a leap of logic to realize that Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence will still occasionally be at each other’s throats amid a new environment. According to co-creator Hayden Schlossberg in a Tudum interview, the intense new level of competition might mean Miyagi-do is in over its head:

“[T]he first thing that you’re going to notice is we’re not in the Valley anymore. It’s a totally different environment. The competitive space is different from previous All Valley tournaments. There’s no crowd watching. This is a karate temple that they’re going to, where the only people in attendance are black belts or karate masters.”

Since this is a heightened universe, it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that Sekai Taikai is a fictional competition and one designed to help showcase the soap-opera aspects of this series. And part of these theatrics will be televised.

This will roll out through these five new episodes and could continue into the final five next year, although Schlossberg and his fellow co-creators, Jon Hurwitz and Josh Heald, will need to wrap up the series while pointing toward the upcoming Ralph Macchio/Jackie Chan film, Karate Kid: Legends. The co-creators have also suggested that a Miyagi spin off could be greenlit.

Speaking of Mr. Miyagi, expect Daniel to be fixated by the box of personal history that suddenly surfaced out of a hidden floor compartment. Ralph Macchio admitted that Daniel-san feels “hurt and pain” about being kept in the dark, which will cause will cause turmoil with those who surround him:

“For Daniel, when we discover and introduce this box of Miyagi’s secrets, clues of a life that may have not added up to him … that’s a big part of the arc. Daniel winds up wondering and not understanding why he wasn’t told of things, and the hurt and pain of that. But also, the deeper he tries to unearth it, the more tangents he goes off on and potentially loses his focus on his students and his family … He needs to fight some real kicks in the gut, and find a place within his heart and soul to get through it.”

Macchio did promise, “Things will eventually make sense as to why [Mr. Miyagi] motivates Daniel in this specific story, and I’m looking forward to that.” And a reminder: “The legacy of [Cobra Kai] is blurring the lines of good over evil — overcoming the obstacles and finding your inner self.”

Additionally, South Korean Sensei Kim Da-Eun (Alicia Hannah-Kim) receives more screen time, which was frankly overdue.

Cast

A trio of new cast members include Lewis Tan (as Sensei Wolf), Patrick Luwis (as Axel Kovacevic), and Rayna Vallandingham (as Zara Malik), who will surface at the global tournament, presumably as foes. Likewise, Peyton List (as Tory) will be on the side where Martin Kove (as Sensei Kreese), Alicia Hannah-Kim (as Sensei Kim Da-Eun) and Brandon H. Lee (as Kwon) stand against Miyagi-do.

As for Miyagi-do itself, those actors still include Ralph Macchio (as Sensei Daniel-san LaRusso), William Zabka (as Sensei Johnny Lawrence), Jacob Bertrand (as Eli/Hawk), Mary Mouser (as Samantha), Xolo Maridueña (as Miguel), Tanner Buchanan (as Robby), Gianni DeCenzo (as Demetri), Dallas Dupree Young (as Kenny), and Griffin Santopietro (as Anthony).

Meanwhile, Vanessa Rubio (as Carmen) and Courtney Henggeler (as Amanda) will still be putting up with too much of this karate seriousness, and we probably won’t see Paul Walter Hauser again as Stingray this season because Hauser already made a cameo and is currently juggling other projects.

Release Date

Nov. 15 (send it to the internet). Then final five episodes of the series will surface in 2025 before the next The Karate Kid movie, which is pencilled in for May 30, 2025.

Trailer

After heaps of buildup, let the larger-than-life fighting begin.

Saturday Night Live. The Comeback. The Office. Parks and Recreation. Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The Good Place. Rutherford Falls. What do all these shows (and the best baseball blog of all-time) have in common? Michael Schur.

Regis Philbin’s son-in-law (it’s true) has either written for and/or created all of them. He’s one of the most important names in comedy this century, and soon, his new show will premiere on Netflix.

Here’s everything to know about A Man on the Inside, including the plot, cast (featuring reunions with The Good Place and B99 stars), and release date.

Plot

A Man on the Inside follows retired widower Charles, played by Cheers and The Good Place legend Ted Danson, who “answers an ad from a private detective to solve a mysterious theft. Posing as a new resident, he goes deep undercover at a senior living community, building heartwarming new friendships and a stronger bond with his daughter along the way,” according to Netflix’s logline. If the premise doesn’t immediately grab you, well, you probably thought that about The Good Place (ethical dilemmas), Parks and Recreation (politics), and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (cops), too, and those turned out pretty good.

The eight-episode series is based on the 2020 documentary The Mole Agent, which was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the Oscars; it lost to My Octopus Teacher. Schur called the doc “one of the most brilliant things I’d ever seen. It’s a very special piece of art, and I did not immediately think about adapting it at all. I just was like, goddamn, that was so good.”

One of the biggest differences between A Man on the Inside and The Mole Agent is that “I just wanted to make a bigger deal out of the case,” Schur told Entertainment Weekly. “I wanted the P.I. to be more involved. I wanted there to be more clues and more cliffhangers and more of a sense that this is a real crime that’s being committed and a real thing that demands investigation. And I wanted to show Charles going from a person who was kind of bad at it and was playing dress up with the Sherlock Holmes cap, to all the way to being a person who was potentially capable of actually putting the puzzle pieces together and solving a case.”

He also called it “very different from everything else I’ve done.”

Cast

Now this is a good cast. A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson (you know who Ted Danson is), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (The Waitress from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Stephanie Beatriz (Rosa from Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Stephen McKinley Henderson (too many awesome credits), Sally Struthers (Gloria from All in the Family), as well as Eugene Cordero, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, Margaret Avery, John Getz, Susan Ruttan, Lori Tan Chinn, Clyde Kusatsu, Jama Williamson, Wyatt Yang, Deuce Basco, Lincoln Lambert, and Kerry O’Malley. Also, because this is a Michael Schur show, Marc Evan Jackson.

Release Date

A Man on the Inside debuts on Netflix in November (no exact date has been given yet).

Trailer

Netflix hasn’t released a A Man on the Inside trailer yet. Fortunately, there’s always the scene from The Good Place with Chidi’s hit song “You Put the Peeps in the Chili.” (I miss that guy… and that show… and most of all, Jason.)