In what has never seemed like a shady move, Donald Trump has refused to make the last several years of his infamous tax returns public. Surely the famously honest former president has nothing to hide. But all good things come to an end, and after six long years of hiding his business dealings, the powers-that-be — including a few of his personal appointees — have declared the tax return-hording party is over.
As per The New York Times, the right-leaning Supreme Court has refused Trump’s most recent request to block access to his tax returns. That clears the path for the Democratic wing of the House, in the last month-and-a-half that they control it, to get their mitts on documents that may prove damning to the only Republican currently running for president in 2024.
There were no dissents from the bench, not even from the three justices he himself appointed. NYT described their order as “terse.”
The House committee has been seeking the big guy’s tax returns from the Treasury Department since 2019. Instead they’ve found Trump and his legal team using their usual drag-it-out methods. For instance, the case was assigned to a Trump-appointed judge, who didn’t make a ruling until December 2021. When the Trump judge ruled the committee did have the right to see his returns, but blocked the Treasury Department from releasing them until a D.C. Court of Appeals reviewed the decision — which they didn’t until this past August.
That court did allow the House to see the returns, only for Trump to reach out to the Supreme Court. That worked, at least for a bit: Justice John G. Roberts granted a temporary block in early November. Mere weeks later, that block has been overturned.
With the holidays in full swing, it’s officially warming, potent beer season. We can’t get enough bold, roasty stouts this time of year. But we also enjoy sweeter, richer porters — especially imperial porters. For those unaware, imperial (named for the imperial court of Catherine the Great in 1700s Russia) porters are higher in alcohol than their non-imperial counterparts. They’re also known for sweet, caramel, chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt flavors.
We love imperial porters in late November and December drinking. Keep scrolling to see eight of our favorites — some classic and no frills and others loaded with bold, sweet, indulgent flavor.
If you’re a coffee drinker, you can probably figure out where Saint Arnold French Press got its name. This imperial porter was brewed with Java Pura Coffee Roasters Espresso blend coffee. It’s known for its roasted malts, chocolate, and coffee.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all coffee and some chocolate and really not much else. The palate continues this trend with some caramel malts, and wintry spices making an appearance but it’s pretty much all coffee and chocolate. If that’s your thing you’ll like it. Otherwise, move along.
Bottom Line:
This is a beer for coffee fans and nobody else. If you prefer your imperial porters to taste like a freshly brewed cup of coffee in beer form, you’re in luck.
If you’re a porter fan, you’ve probably noticed that they are flavored with coffee, chocolate, peanut butter, and other flavors. Nobody will be confused about what flavors they’ll find in NoDa’s popular imperial porter. It’s called Captain Peanut Butter’s Chocolate Revenge and it’s brewed with cocoa nibs and toasted peanut butter.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all roasted peanuts, coffee, dark chocolate, and caramel malts. It seems promising, but the palate has other plans. It’s all peanut butter, dark chocolate, and coffee. There’s almost too much going on and it’s pretttttty sweet.
Bottom Line:
Another example of an imperial porter having over-the-top, dominant flavors. The peanut butter is the biggest flavor, but it’s all a little too sweet.
Named for the late Hunter S. Thompson, this bold, robust imperial porter is brewed with Caramel, Black, and Chocolate malts, as well as American ale and English ale yeast as Northern Brewer and Cascade, hops. It’s known for its flavors of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and bitter hops.
Tasting Notes:
Vanilla, chocolate, coffee, and lightly floral, herbal hops are prevalent on the nose. The palate is licorice, bitter chocolate, roasted malts, and slightly piney, bitter hops. It’s a decent imperial porter, but nothing to write home about.
Bottom Line:
Gonzo is a drinkable, flavorful imperial porter. It has everything porter fans enjoy. It just doesn’t knock your socks off in terms of flavor and the finish is a little bitter than expected.
This popular imperial porter comes from the folks at San Diego’s Ballast Point. While most known for its iconic Sculpin IPA, the brewery has many Victory at Sea fans as well. This bittersweet, memorable beer gets its flavor from an infusion of vanilla and locally-sourced Caffe Calabria coffee beans.
Tasting Notes:
It all starts with a nose of toasted vanilla beans, coffee beans, bitter chocolate, and roasted malts. The welcoming aroma continues on the palate with notes of licorice, dried fruits, vanilla beans, milk chocolate, and a ton of freshly brewed coffee. It’s complex and highly memorable.
That said, the vanilla is slightly overwhelming.
Bottom Line:
Victory at Sea is a highly complex imperial porter with a ton of mingling flavors. The only downfall is that the vanilla addition is a little overpowering and takes over the whole show.
This is a truly unique imperial porter. Not only is it a bold, robust, semisweet porter, but it was brewed with 80 pounds of graham crackers as well as vanilla beans sourced from Madagascar. The result is a sweet, rich porter that ends up just as warming as a winter sweater.
Tasting Notes:
Caramel, roasted malts, graham crackers, chocolate, and vanilla, and big on the nose. Drinking it reveals even more indulgent sweetness from graham crackers, dark chocolate, toasted vanilla beans, and coffee. It’s sweet, slightly bitter, and highly warming on a cold winter night.
Bottom Line:
This is a beer for the s’mores fans. It’s graham cracker, vanilla, and chocolate filled. The only thing it’s missing is marshmallows and it would be perfect.
The word “aphotic” means “without light” in Greek. That’s a very apt name for this sweet, rich, pitch-black imperial porter. It’s known for its caramel, roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, and dried fruit flavors. It’s a highly sought-after beer from the Lodi, California-based brewery.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of roasted malts, bitter chocolate, coffee beans, and lightly floral, herbal hops meet your nose before your first sip. The palate is all roasted malts, cocoa powder, coffee beans, and slightly sweet, toasted vanilla beans. It’s well-balanced and highly drinkable even with its high alcohol content.
Bottom Line:
This is a beer for true imperial porter fans. It doesn’t have any flavors it doesn’t need. It’s roasted malt forward and all of the other flavors are there to add to it. It’s a very complex, drinkable beer.
Beachwood Mocha Machine is brewed with German and British malts before being infused with roasted coffee beans from Portola Coffee Lab in nearby Costa Mesa, California. But that’s not all. It’s matured on Ecuadorian cocoa nibs.
Tasting Notes:
It starts with a nose of freshly brewed coffee, roasted malts, cocoa powder, and light floral hops start this beer off on a pleasant note. Sipping it brings forth notes of raisins, roasted coffee beans, toasted malts, vanilla beans, toffee, and rich dark chocolate. It’s filled with coffee flavor, but it melds well with the rest of the bold flavors.
Bottom Line:
While coffee is obviously the main event when it comes to this beer’s flavor profile, it doesn’t overpower all of the other flavors. In fact, it only heightens to overall flavor experience.
You might assume a brewery with such a hop-centric name wouldn’t have such proficiency in crafting superior imperial porters as well. But you’d be wrong. This imperial version of its popular porter begins as an imperial oatmeal porter that’s full of peanut butter and chocolate flavors.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of dark chocolate, roasted malts, vanilla beans, and roasted peanut butter give this beer a bold nose. Drinking it only adds to this with hints of peanut butter cups, milk chocolate, fresh-brewed coffee, and roasted malts. The finish is a nice mix of sweetness and bitterness.
Bottom Line:
This bold, rich beer is what a peanut butter cup would taste like in beer form. Luckily the flavors are balanced and complex with a nice combination of sweetness and bitterness so it’s not overly cloying.
The logistics of festival-going can be…”stressful.” What to wear? Where to crash? What to pack? Now add a few thousand miles in between home and ground zero and things can get hectic. One might feel marooned, or dare I say “shipwrecked.”
But that chaos is also part of the fun, as Destination Festivals can procure some of life’s most memorable experiences, especially the ever-growing, always-popping Holy Ship! Wrecked. From December 13-17, one of Bass music’s most highly sought-after parties on the planet will return to the Yucatan shores of Mexico for a four-day music frenzy at Riviera Maya. Notable juggernauts like Dom Dolla, Louis The Child, Jai Wolf, Lane 8 as well as dozens of incredible artists will be ready to spin for thousands of electric music pilgrims.
Next-level festival enthusiasts who make a long journey need not worry about travel stress: UPROXX has you covered with some of Holy Ship! Wrecked’s titanic DJs offering their “Best Travel Advice for Destination Festivals.”
HoneyLuv
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In order to get the most out of your trip, always create a little itinerary to be able to maximize all your options. My top essential item that is a must for me to have, are Turmeric pills; only because going on a destination trip, I love to eat, and sometimes the food just don’t sit right with your tummy. Lastly, the most important travel tip, make sure you are always open to experiences and willing to try new things.
VNSSA
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My piece of festival advice is; hydrate hydrate hydrate! Drink more water than you think because you’ll need it from all the dancing! Pickle juice and liquid IV packs are life savers when it comes to staying hydrated longer, so don’t forget to pack some.
Also, don’t forget your earplugs. Whether your head’s in the speakers or you’re taking a disco nap, earplugs are a must-have at any festival.
Valentino Khan
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Having done Holy Shipwrecked too many times to count (even back when it was on a cruise ship) I think the best piece of advice I can give is to just walk around. It’s a great atmosphere and you’ll always stumble into something interesting, often with a drink in hand. You’ll be bouncing from set to set, meeting up with friends, and finding some activity to get into along the way.
Oh, and def make sure you plan ahead for room service at the end of the night— that’s a must.
KHIVA
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When it comes to prepping for a festival (and travel in general) the main thing for me is being ready for anything so you can think less about logistics and more about enjoying and feeling healthy and as rested as possible! Mostly means thinking ahead so that you’re not dependent on anything and can just go with the flow with less time spent waiting around or doing ‘errands’.
For me personally, this often involves wearing things that are easily adaptable to multiple situations, snacks on hand, transport details organized/screenshotted if you’re in a destination with no service, bathing suit in tow in case there’s somewhere to swim, and even, EVEN, coffee packets, items organized for ease of use etc etc.
The more you can plan ahead to make things easier for yourself the more smoothly and efficiently you can bop around and feel free and energized. This can come in extra handy when abroad, where something like a quick ‘pop to the shop’ or finding an ATM might entail more than anticipated!
Wax Motif
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Always check the weather ahead of traveling and pack accordingly while also keeping in mind that if traveling to a tropical destination, the weather can be unpredictable. A few essential items you should have for a destination festival would be; bug spray, a reusable water bottle (with a filter), and a small medicine pouch containing allergy, stomach relief, pain relief, and motion sickness medicine.
Also, additional toiletries such as handy wipes, lip balm, single-use toothbrushes are always great to have extra off.
Lisbona Sisters
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Don’t overpack. You’ll likely never wear or use half of the stuff you bring. Take it from us, we’re the worst over-packers; maybe one day we’ll listen to ourselves.
Two Feet
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When traveling to a destination festival make sure you start hydrating before you even get on the plane. Drink more water than you think you need in general! On that note – eat a good breakfast before the long day of sets, and on the way back home pay for the upgraded seat if you can, it’s worth it.
So Tuff So Cute (GG Magree & Mija)
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NEVER FORGET TO PACK YOUR SWIMMY. You never know what hour of the day/night you will find yourself either in the ocean or a cozy hot tub. Bonus points if you can get matching swimsuits with your best friend because vibes.
Singer Harry Styles was hit in the face with a Skittle thrown by an audience member at a concert in Los Angeles on Monday, November 14. As he thanked the crowd during his Love On Tour concert he can be seen wincing and holding his eye.
Luckily, the “Watermelon Sugar” singer recovered from the incident because getting hit with a flying object from a far distance could cause serious injury.
The incident inspired Skittles to speak out on Twitter. “Didn’t think I needed to say this: Please don’t throw Skittles,” the candy company tweeted.
“The entire fandom thanks you for this. I think the person that threw them should be banned from ever buying them again,” a Styles fan responded to the tweet.
u201cDidnu2019t think I needed to say this: Please donu2019t throw Skittles.u201d
u201cwhoever the fuck threw a solid object at his eye, u literally ruined kiwi bc he wouldnu2019t open his eye for the whole songu201d
— mandiud83cudfe0HARRY TALKED TO ME?? (@mandiud83cudfe0HARRY TALKED TO ME??) 1668494435
u201cYALLLLLL. This goes without saying. ud83dudc4fud83cudffb DO ud83dudc4fud83cudffb NOT ud83dudc4fud83cudffb THROW ud83dudc4fud83cudffb STUFF ud83dudc4fud83cudffb AT ud83dudc4fud83cudffb PEOPLE ud83dudc4fud83cudffb Harry Styles took a forcefully thrown skittles to the freaking eye last night. Come on, use some common sense!! ud83dude21u201d
Skittles took things a step further on Saturday, November 19, by posting a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times warning people not to hurl their candy at anyone. “Protect the rainbow. Taste the rainbow. But please, don’t throw the rainbow,” the ad read.
u201cPSA: Protect your eyes from Skittles (by eating them, not throwing them)u201d
This isn’t the first time Styles has been hit with objects on stage. Earlier this year, he was hit in the crotch with a water bottle. He played the direct hit off with his trademark humor, “That’s unfortunate.”
u201cHarry talking to the crowd before the Unfortunate nEvent at United Center in Chicago, IL – October 14(via @glambygab)u201d
Let’s hope that all of the publicity surrounding the pegging doesn’t inspire copycat Skittle tossers to pelt Styles even further. Styles probably doesn’t want Skittle hurling to become a concert tradition like when people throw toilet paper and shoot off squirt guns while watching “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Styles isn’t the first rock star to be assaulted on stage with candy.
The Beatles had some real troubles in their early years after guitarist George Harrison admitted that he loves jelly beans. Fans reacted by pelting him with candy while the band played on stage.
“We don’t like Jelly Babies, or Fruit Gums for that matter, so think how we feel standing on stage trying to dodge the stuff, before you throw some more at us,” he wrote to a fan in 1963. “Couldn’t you eat them yourself, besides it is dangerous. I was hit in the eye once with a boiled sweet, and it’s not funny!”
The Foo Fighters had a similar problem after they made fun of Mentos commercials in the video for their 1996 hit, “Big Me.”
“Every time we played it, it would just start raining Mentos, and them mother fu**ers hurt,” Grohl said according to Gigwise. “We did a show in Canada and, in the middle of the song, someone threw a pack, and it hit me right in the face. I was so pissed, I picked it up and said, ‘It’s been 10 fu**ing years since that video.'”
Amy Schneider became a Jeopardy legend this year after having the second-longest winning streak in the show’s nearly 60-year run. Last night, Scheider dominated again by winning this year’s Tournament of Champions. But even though winning a ton of Jeopardy games and racking up a lot of money is fun, sometimes you need to go back to your roots and enter your friendly neighborhood bar for a trivia contest.
Schneider went to her first post-Jeopardy trivia night, ready to impress the crowd with her (almost) GOAT status. Maybe it was the same bar that Kor Skeete famously cheated at in season one of The Rehearsal. It was all fun and games… until Schneider’s team came in third. Listen, everyone has off days.
Tonight I went out to bar trivia for the first time since my first Jeopardy appearance!
Maybe if Schneider had teamed up with her fellow champions she could have won. But then again, would winning trivia at a local be as cool as winning over a million dollars on national TV? It depends. Is anyone cool at the bar? Was there free food? Is Ken Jennings there offering goofy commentary that you have to laugh along with anyway? Probably not, but Schneider is being a good sport about it.
After her Tournament of Champions win, Schneider took to Twitter to thank fans for following along on this journey. “I don’t feel lucky to have won; if there’s one area where my instinctive self-deprecation clearly shouldn’t apply, it’s my skill at Jeopardy! I’m damn good at this game, and I’m proud of it!” See! You can be good at Jeopardy! and still be bad at bar trivia. Next time you and your college buddies get together just remember: you’ve got this. And you can use your phone under the table for a quick Google search. I won’t tell anyone.
The Smile have just embarked on their first ever North America Tour in support of their debut album A Light For Attracting Attention. The Radiohead offshoot group of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner delivered one of the year’s most brilliant albums. So now on tour, they’ve obviously been playing the cuts off of the album, but also a couple of other songs sprinkled within. So what songs exactly is The Smile playing on tour?
The attendee-generated setlists on setlist.fm, are easily the best resource for this data. Taking a look at The Smile’s setlists from the first handful of concerts on the tour, which have included two nights at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre and a show at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom, they open their sets with “Pana-Vision”or on the occasion when they have two nights booked in one city (as in the Brooklyn case), album opener, “The Same.” They’ve been firing off two separate encores and closing with Thom Yorke’s “Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses.” Their newest song, “Bending Hectic,” has also been a fixture on this tour.
The tour will continue through 2022 as the band make their way to the west coast. Find The Smile’s average setlist for their current tour below. Also find the group’s upcoming tour dates here.
1. “Pana-Vision”
2. “Thin Thing”
3. “The Opposite”
4. “Speech Bubbles”
5. “Free in the Knowledge”
6. “A Hairdryer”
7. “Waving a White Flag”
8. “Colours Fly”
9. “We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings”
10. “Read the Room”
11. “Skrting on the Surface”
12. “Just Eyes and Mouth”
13. “People on Balconies”
14. “The Smoke”
15. “You Will Never Work in Television Again”
16. “Open the Floodgates” (Encore 1)
17. “The Same” (Encore 1)
18. “Bending Hectic” (Encore 1)
19. “Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses” (Thom Yorke Song) (Encore 2)
Right in time for Thanksgiving weekend to arrive, Netflix is revealing their full December slate, which might motivate us all to clear out our November queues and make room for the return of several successful franchises. At the top of that list: Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig bringing us more Knives Out with Glass Onion, which sadly does not have any Chris Evans sweater action but still rules on its own accord.
In addition, The Witcher will receive a prequel series to show us the time when elves were regarded very differently (than how Jasper’s most infamous song previously detailed) on the Continent. And Emily Cooper will continue her tear through the City of Lights while not understanding the language and still winning everyone over. This will also be your last shot at streaming Casino Royale along with the Men In Black and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films on Netflix, so get those in while you can.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) Netflix in December.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix series streaming 12/23)
Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc is back with a new gathering of oddball characters, and everyone’s a suspect after a Greek-private island “pretend” murder party turned into the real deal. Another incredible cast — including Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, and Ethan Hawke — is here to stir the intrigue. Oh, and don’t forget about Dave Bautista in a speedo. Rian Johnson will also bring us a third part of this series, so let’s hope that Blanc doesn’t freaking die in this installment.
Emily In Paris: Season 3 (Netflix series streaming 12/21)
Primetime soap-opera king Darren Star’s latest success returns with a character who’s somehow less sophisticated in France than Carrie Bradshaw was in the final Sex and the City season. Emily Cooper’s having a lot more fun than her predecessor, though, even though she cannot speak French. This season, she’ll continue to nurse the mutual attraction with Hot Chef Gabrielle while he and she are dating other people (Camille and Alfie, respectively). Sylvie’s Savoir fallout should continue as well, but I’d really like to see more dirty-skillet controversy, please.
The Witcher: Blood Origin (Netflix limited series streaming 12/25)
Henry Cavill will depart the franchise’s building after the flagship series’ Season 3, but this limited prequel series takes things back to where it all began. We’ll likely see the inception of the first Witcher prototype, over 1200 years before Geralt of Rivia grunted his way across the continent. Michelle Yeoh portrays Scian, an elven swordmaster whose ferocious reputation may precede her, and expect plenty of swordplay and axe swinging. No Jaskier, though!
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix film streaming 12/2)
Emma Corrin (The Crown‘s first Princess Diana) portrays the title aristocratic character in this steamy adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel. Lady Chatterly’s husband falls prey to a war injury, and she subsequently starts getting randy with one of their gamekeepers. If you’re not familiar with the story, you can tell from million miles away that this does not happen without conflict.
“Sr.” (Netflix documentary streaming 12/2)
Robert Downey Jr. leads this tribute to his late dad (Robert Downey Sr., obviously) while detailing his maverick career. It’s a meditation on generational dysfunction and how to heal said rifts while also digging into the links between art and mortality.
White Noise (Netflix film streaming 12/30)
Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig are onboard as a “frequently married couple” in Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of the best-selling Don DeLillo book. Expect this to grow hipster-like while the story tackles mundane everyday matters and also the wide-ranging issues that matter most, including death and love and finding unhappiness despite, well, everything.
Avail. TBA The Glory
God’s Crooked Lines
The Interest of Love
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Avail. 12/1 Dead End
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean: Season 1 Episodes 25-38 The Final Episodes The Masked Scammer
Qala
Troll
21 Jump Street
Basketball Wives: Season 1 Basketball Wives: Season 2 Coach Carter
Forged in Fire: Knife or Death: Season 1 Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
The Happytime Murders
LEGO Friends: Holiday Special
Love Island USA: Season 3 Meekah: Season 1 My Girl
Peppermint
Troy
Avail. 12/2 Big Brother: Season 10 Big Brother: Season 14 Firefly Lane: Season 2 Part 1 Hot Skull
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
My Unorthodox Life: Season 2 Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
“Sr.”
Supermodel Me: Revolution: Season 1 Warriors of Future
Avail. 12/3 The Best of Me
Bullet Train
Avail. 12/4 The Amazing Race: Season 17 The Amazing Race: Season 31
Avail. 12/5 Mighty Express: Mighty Trains Race
Avail. 12/6 The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus
Delivery by Christmas
Sebastian Maniscalco: Is It Me?
Avail. 12/7 Burning Patience
Emily the Criminal
I Hate Christmas
The Marriage App
The Most Beautiful Flower
Smiley
Too Hot to Handle: Season 4
Avail. 12/8 The Elephant Whisperers
In Broad Daylight: The Narvarte Case
Lookism
Avail. 12/9 CAT
Dragon Age: Absolution
Dream Home Makeover: Season 4 How to Ruin Christmas: The Baby Shower
Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area Part 2
Avail. 12/10 Alchemy of Souls: Season 1 Part 2 Prisoners
Avail. 12/13 Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure
Last Chance U: Basketball: Season 2 Single’s Inferno: Season 2 Tom Papa: What A Day!
Avail. 12/14 Don’t Pick Up The Phone
Glitter
I Believe in Santa
Kangaroo Valley
Avail. 12/15 The Big 4
The Hills: Season 1 The Hills: Season 2 Sonic Prime
Violet Evergarden: Recollections
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
Avail. 12/16 A Storm for Christmas
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Cook at all Costs
Dance Monsters
Far From Home
Paradise PD: Part 4 Private Lesson
The Recruit
Summer Job
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Avail. 12/18 Side Effects
Avail. 12/19 Trolley
Trolls
Avail. 12/20 A Not So Merry Christmas
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1
Avail. 12/21 Disconnect: The Wedding Planner
Emily in Paris: Season 3 I AM A KILLER: Season 4
Avail. 12/22 Alice in Borderland: Season 2 Mathieu Dufour at Bell Centre
Avail. 12/23 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Piñata Masters!
Avail. 12/25 After Ever Happy
Daughter From Another Mother: Season 3 Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
Time Hustler
The Witcher: Blood Origin
Vir Das: Landing
Avail. 12/26 No Escape
Treason
Avail. 12/27 Chelsea Handler: Revolution
Avail. 12/28 7 Women and a Murder
A Night at the Kindergarten
The Circle: Season 5 Stuck with You
Avail. 12/29 Brown and Friends
Rise of Empires: Ottoman: Season 2
Avail. 12/30 Alpha Males
Chicago Party Aunt: Part 2 Secrets of Summer: Season 2 White Noise
Avail. 12/31 Best of Stand Up 2022
Lady Voyeur
And it’s your last chance to stream these titles:
Leaving 12/9 The Shack
Leaving 12/10 Fast Color
Leaving 12/11 Manhunt: Unabomber
Leaving 12/14 Black Ink Crew New York: Seasons 3-4 The Challenge: Season 12 The Challenge: Season 25 Merlin: Seasons 1-5 Teen Mom 2: Seasons 3-4
Leaving 12/15 The Danish Girl
Leaving 12/27 Instant Hotel: Season 1
Leaving 12/28 Shrek the Musical
Leaving 12/31 1BR
A Cinderella Story
A Clockwork Orange
A Little Princess
Blood Diamond
Blow
Blue Jasmine
Casino Royale
Chocolat
Eyes Wide Shut
I Love You, Man
Life as We Know It
Men in Black
Men in Black II
Men in Black 3
National Lampoon’s European Vacation
National Lampoon’s Vacation
New York Minute
Point Break
Police Academy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
Bob Dylan’s latest book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, came out earlier this month. The book is a collection of Dylan’s commentary and notes on 66 songs by other artists — from Willie Nelson to Nina Simone. The audiobook version features an illustrious cast of celebrity voices reading chapters like Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Renée Zellweger, Alfre Woodard, and Jeffrey Wright. Pretty cool right? You know what’s not cool though? Marketing a $600 limited edition copy of the book autographed by Bob Dylan, but including only replica autographs and not the real thing.
That’s exactly what Dylan’s publisher, Simon & Schuster did, and now they got caught (duh) and are apologizing. “To those who purchased the ‘Philosophy of Modern Song’ limited edition, we want to apologize,” the publisher tweeted. “As it turns out, the limited edition books do contain Bob’s original signature, but in a penned replica form. We are addressing this information by providing each purchaser with an immediate refund.”
As Variety reports, when the books started arriving to customers last week, the signatures looked fishy. Of course Bob Dylan fans have robust online forums and plain old social media with which to compare photos. They found 17 different variations of the signature that were made using an “autopen,” a widely-used device that replicates real signatures using a machine pen. At first, Simon & Schuster were declining refunds, but now they’ve finally caved under the pressure because, come on!
Previous mentions of the “personally signed” limited editions copies appear to have been removed from Bob Dylan’s Twitter account.
After making some rather unusual commentary about AirTags and BBLs, the internet quickly went to work on Lucky Daye, unearthing some unsavory information about the singer’s past. In a tweet yesterday (November 20), the New Orleans singer offered his opinion about how purchasing a BBL should get him unlimited access to the booty, complete with an AirTag.
“If I get you a BBL, I’m putting an AirTag in it,” he tweeted.
Immediately, the “Over” singer found himself in hot water. Suddenly, the topic of conversation began to shift toward Daye’s alleged issues with paying his child support.
“Lucky Daye got a kid?? & he don’t take care it???” one person tweeted.
Another person noted that singer’s age, implying he was too old for his recent Twitter shenanigans, asking, “what is the reason?’
“Not only did I find out today that Lucky Daye is 37 years old, but he’s also a deadbeat dad?” they tweeted. “C’mon man, what is the reason? What do you mean you gotta do nothing, so your kid doesn’t end up spoiled? That’s wack AF. I wish his 12 y/o daughter STRENGTH because wth is wrong w him?”
Many folks agree with how the singer is being dragged across social media. One fan noted, despite his attempts to beat the “deadbeat dad claims,” that nothing lasts forever. “Lucky Daye has been getting the business since sunrise. He’s done a fair job keeping his real age, and deadbeat dad claims separate from his career. Nothing lasts forever.”
Lucky Daye has been getting the business since sunrise. He’s done a fair job keeping his real age and deadbeat dad claims separate from his career. Nothing lasts forever.
When it comes to music, this past March, the Grammy-nominated artist released his second studio album, Candydrip, with features from Smino, Lil Durk, And Chiiild.
Do you enjoy the classic 1985 film Back to the Future? Sure, we all do. Then you’re probably going to love this wild anecdote about the time Michael J. Fox made Woody Harrelson drink, we kid you not, snake blood. Apparently, Alex P. Keaton could throw down with the best of them when it came to partying during the 80s, and Harrelson made sure everyone knew about their snake guzzling adventure while presenting his dear friend Fox with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award over the weekend.
According to Harrelson, the two were cruising through a jungle in Thailand, as best buds do, when Fox paid a local guide to take them to a mongoose versus cobra fight. When they got there, Fox sat down with kid who was “toying” with loose cobras right next to them. Marty McFly has no fear, folks, and that was only the start of the evening.
“He taunted a bunch of these cobras and then he found the orneriest cobra, grabbed it by the neck, threw it in a cage with mongoose, where I saw the craziest fight I’ve ever seen between any animals other than studio executives,” adding, “You guys know I’m kidding.”
Well, the mongoose won the fight, and as tradition dictated, it was time to become “brother to the snake” by drinking its blood.
“They took the snake, yep, tied it by its tail, run the blood out, half-filled four glasses with cobra blood and half with Thai whiskey,” Harrelson explained.
Turns out, downing snake blood pushed the limits of Doc Hollywood‘s partying skills. “Mike and I drink lots of things together, and he can hold his own — [what] can I say, he’s Canadian,” Harrelson said. “But Mike promptly vomited his snake cocktail. Never could hold his cobra blood.”
As Fox took the stage, he leaned right into the epic tale.
“I love you. We did some damage,” Fox said to Harrelson while accepting the award. “We did some damage in the ’80s.”
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