If anyone down at Mar-a-Lago is listening, please, restrict Donald Trump’s internet access.
The twice-impeached former president — who’s currently under investigation by the DOJ for practically stealing classified documents before he left the White House for good — has recently discovered the 2002 film Poolhall Junkies and it caused him to post a bizarre video on his Truth Social platform. The clip is set to Christopher Walken’s monologue in the film about a lion (the king of the jungle) who gets fed up with all of the other animals bothering him and eventually “eats everything in his path.” The full speech featured in the video is below. Spoiler alert: Trump believes he’s the lion Walken is talking about here.
Via Mediaite, here’s the Walken-declared transcript:
You got this lion. He’s the king of the jungle, huge mane out to here. He’s laying under a tree, in the middle of Africa. He’s so big, it’s so hot. He doesn’t want to move.
Now the little lions come, they start messing with him. Biting his tail, biting his ears. He doesn’t do anything.
The lioness, she starts messing with him. Coming over, making trouble. Still nothing.
Now the other animals, they notice this. They start to move in. The jackals; hyenas. They’re barking at him, laughing at him. They nip his toes, and eat the food that’s in his domain. They do this, then they get closer and closer, bolder and bolder.
Till one day, that lion gets up and tears the shit out of everybody. Runs like the wind, eats everything in his path. Cause every once in a while, the lion has to show the jackals, who he is.
Now to set the scene.
The first half of the speech plays as Trump is sworn into office, with clips of his kids and his wife, Melania — so we guess he’s got a bit of beef with his own family as well if this nonsensical video is anything to go by. Once the talk of jackals and hyenas starts that’s when clips of the Jan. 6th House Committee members start rolling. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is identified as a jackal, as are Liz Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
For the final act, the one where Trump metaphorically “runs like the wind” and “tears the shit out of everybody,” the video shows a montage of clips, all featuring Trump who seems to be weirdly preoccupied with hats — either his own red MAGA accessories or those of the military guards standing outside various forms of air transport.
The video was created by a group called The United Spot which is apparently known for creating memes filled with stereotypes and poorly-made videos trolling Democratic D.C. leaders. Which, honestly, feels the most on-brand when it comes to Trump.
Marvel at a guy who once had access to our nuclear codes, above. And here’s the original Walken scene, below.
Lil Baby’s third studio album, It’s Only Me, is due this week, but one of his biggest fans — you might even say the biggest fan — apparently can’t wait that long. Young Thug, who somehow seemingly still has access to his Twitter account, logged in to tell his young beneficiary to push the album’s release up a day or face some stiff consequences.
“Wham if you don’t drop in 3 days we ain’t bruddas,” he wrote. Now, he’s probably joking; after all, he once paid Baby six figures to actually give rap a go and leave the streets alone, so he likely isn’t throwing that all away over a week’s wait. To be sure, he has nothing but time on his hands, given his current circumstances, but maybe that’s why he’s so impatient, to begin with. Incidentally, he’s actually on the album, along with Future, Nardo Wick, and Rylo Rodriguez.
Either way, it’s sort of funny — in a graveyard humor kind of way — to picture Thug turning into a regular stan on Twitter from the sheer boredom of being locked up awaiting his trial for racketeering in January. If he was out, he’d probably already have heard the album but now, he’s just like the rest of us, waiting on pins and needles for the project to drop. And who knows? Since it’s the wish of an incarcerated man, maybe someone at Universal can pull some strings.
If Lil Baby doesn’t push the album up, it’ll drop on 10/14 through Quality Control Music and UMG.
Jonathan Majors has come a long way since starring in Lovecraft Country.The actor is set to star in a series of blockbusters next year, beginning with Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Creed III, and then as a bodybuilder in Magazine Dreams. If there is one single thing we can learn from those three roles, it’s that Majors has spent the last year and a half getting absolutely jacked!!
Jonathan Majors has risen from indie standout to blockbuster villain in the Marvel and Rocky Cinematic Universes. None of it came easy, which is exactly how he likes it.
In a new cover story with Men’s Health, Majors debuted his muscles on muscles on muscles, which he has been working on for years. For his roles in both the Marvel and Rocky Universes (that’s how we categorize movies now, right?) the actor put on nearly 20 pounds of muscle to prepare. “Training and working out are very important to me. I try to challenge myself to get to a place to express things in the gym the same way that I do in my line of work,” Majors told the mag. Majors will portray Anderson Dame in the upcoming Creed installment, where he will go against Miachel B. Jordan’s Creed.
Majors has been portraying Kang in the MCU since last year when he appeared in Disney+’s Loki. Next year, Kang will return as the villain in the upcoming Ant-Man and The Waspalongside Paul Rudd. In a few more years, he will reprise his role of Kang in The Avenger: Kang Dynasty as a part of Marvel’s phase five in 2025.
It might seem excessive to prepare now, but Majors said it was a goal he was working towards since so much of Kang’s look is his incredible strength. “I look at Kang and I go, Okay, cool. It’s a certain IP where people expect this at a bare minimum,” says Majors. “No one should put themselves or their families in a place where they’re hurting, but your own discomfort is not necessarily a bad thing. That’s growth. It’s not comfortable, but you’re here to save the world, aren’t you? Or take over the world.”
As for what made him want to play a more integral role in the MCU, Majors said that he was drawn to Kang. “It was the character and dimensions of Kang. And the potential that it had. I thought I’ll take a chance on that.” It seems like a lot of people are a fan of him taking a chance on that:
In the state of Pennsylvania, there are few crimes that are as egregious as being from New Jersey and loving the Dallas Cowboys. John Fetterman has fully capitalized on the former in his senate race against Dr. Oz, and now, he’s turning up the heat on the latter in possibly his most damaging assault yet.
Going into Sunday’s primetime matchup between the Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles, Fetterman’s campaign has erected two billboards on the highway leading to the Birds’ stadium. Both call out Oz for pretending to be an Eagles fan just like he’s pretending to be a resident of PA. Thanks to some diligent internet sleuthing the billboards pull from an old 2013 Dr. Oz tweet where he’s at the Cowboys training camp.
“Now that Dr. Oz is running for office, he *acts* like he’s a real Philly sports fan. But we all know he’s really a Cowboys fan,” Fetterman tweeted. “Our beautiful new billboard at the Linc won’t let you Iggles fans forget it.”
Now that Dr. Oz is running for office, he *acts* like he’s a real Philly sports fan. But we all know he’s really a Cowboys fan
It’s hard to put into words how brutal it is for Fetterman to out Oz as a Cowboys fan ahead of a game against the Eagles. The lieutenant governor could’ve put up a billboard about Oz murdering puppies, something he allegedly did, and it would make him less of a social pariah than loving the Cowboys.
With football season in high gear, this isn’t the first sports-themed burn that Fetterman has landed on Oz. The Democratic candidate’s job was made very easy when the TV doctor showed up to a Penn State tailgate party drinking red wine. Does Dr. Oz even have a campaign manager anymore? What’s going on over there?
Nothing says ‘I’m a regular Pennsylvanian’ like sipping a glass of red wine at a tailgate pic.twitter.com/ZgHBkYPWhV
Apple TV+’s delightful Mythic Quest pulled a Michael Scott Paper Company in season two, and concluded with — spoiler — Ian (played by Rob McElhenney) and Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao) leaving Mythic Quest Studios to start their own video game company. The formation of GrimPop, as it’s called, has not humbled Ian the slightest bit. “Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela, Henry Ford. These are leaders who trusted their inner voice,” he tells Poppy while walking down a hallway with pictures of these historical greats, ending with himself. “Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me,” she exclaims.
Not much has changed with Ian, but a lot has heading into season three. David (David Hornsby) is now in charge at Mythic Quest and he’s making movies with Magic Mike hunk Joe Manganiello; Brad (Danny Pudi) is out of prison and working as a custodian who’s definitely not up to anything nefarious; and F. Murray Abraham is no longer around. He’s too busy palling around Italy with Jennifer Coolidge and Aubrey Plaza.
Here’s what to expect in season three:
In season three, as Ian and Poppy navigate the gaming world and their partnership at the newly formed GrimPop Studios, Dana is forced to play mediator to her bosses’ incessant bickering. Back at Mythic Quest, David settles into his new role as the boss where he truly finds himself in charge for the first time with Jo returning as his assistant — more loyal and militant than ever; and Carol attempts to figure out where she fits in after a new promotion. At Berkeley, Rachel struggles to balance her morals with capitalism, while a post-prison Brad tries to return to society as a reformed man.
Mythic Quest season three premieres on Apple TV+ on November 11.
The “top five” conversation is one of the most enduring debates in hip-hop (so much so, Chris Rock even made a movie about it). Part of the reason for that is its adaptability; with just one or two tweaks, the question can open up infinite avenues of discussion. For instance, rather than applying the question to rappers, it can be applied to albums; it can also be given conditions that make it a more complex question than it seems on the surface.
That’s what Just Blaze and Katty Customs do in this week’s episode of Fresh Pair, prompting their guest T.I. to divulge his list of the top five most influential Atlanta rap albums. As one of the godfathers of trap rap, T.I. is one of the best folks to ask, and since he’s so fiercely loyal to his soil, it means his answers have the potential for a lot of depth.
Right off the bat, he names OutKast’s SouthernPlayalisticCadillacMusik, the group’s debut and the album most widely credited with putting Atlanta rap on the map, then OutKast’s Dungeon Family compatriots Goodie Mob’s first album, Soul Food. Both are easy picks, but not exactly obvious ones, especially since so much time has passed it’d be easy to forget their influence. Both groups have had bigger albums, as well; OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of only a handful of rap albums to ever earn Diamond status from the RIAA.
Tip gets into some more surprising picks, adding Young Thug‘s first Slime Season and Future‘s original Dirty Sprite. Both mixtapes could also be considered left-field picks, as both rappers have also had more successful tapes in those series (Slime Season 3 is largely credited as Thugger’s mainstream breakout, which he’d been working toward since appearing on a string of hits in 2014. He was recognizable already — SS3 made him the juggernaut he is today. Meanwhile, DS2 landed after Future’s legendary three-mixtape run in 2015 and delivered his first-ever No. 1 debut). Each tape, though, extends roots and themes that resonate throughout Atlanta rap today and even influence outsiders like Roddy Ricch and 03 Greedo.
T.I.’s last pick, interestingly enough, is much more recent: 21 Savage‘s I Am > I Was. Tip specifically name-checks Savage’s J. Cole-featuring single “A Lot,” which could absolutely be seen as a bit of a turning point for the trap genre (and for J. Cole). The song upended a lot of fans’ expectations for both rappers, showing that Cole could lighten up and dabble in more commercial fare without losing his flair for lyrical drama, while 21 showed that he could hang with one of the consensus best straight-up spitters around.
Watch a clip from the latest episode of Fresh Pair above and catch the full episode Wednesday 10/12 at 3 pm ET / 12 pm PT.
Blink-182 started this morning (October 11) with a blast from the past, but Lollapalooza is looking forward to 2023. Blink, Billie Eilish, Drake, Lil Nas X, Rosalía, and Tame Impala were announced as headliners for next year’s Lollapalooza festivals in Argentina (from March 17 to 19), Brazil (March 24 to 26), and Chile (March 17 to 19). Tickets are available now.
The concerts will bring Blink, Eilish, and Lil Nas X to South America for the first time, while Drake will stage his first-ever shows in Argentina and Chile, per release.
Drake made headlines last week by teasing his Apollo Theater debut in November. Eilish recently wrapped her Happier Than Ever World Tour, and Lil Nas X is fully immersed in his Long Live Montero Tour. Rosalía is riding the high of Motomami, and Tame Impala recently joined forces with Gorillaz. But all eyes are on Blink.
Earlier this morning, the pop-punk icons confirmed long-swirling rumors, and Tom DeLonge is officially reunited with Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker for a brand new album and world tour. It began with a (very Blink) tongue-in-cheek teaser video, and this era’s first single “Edging” is due Friday (October 14).
Other artists set to take the Lollapalooza stage across Argentina, Brazil, and Chile include Jane’s Addiction, The 1975, Armin Van Buuren, Jamie xx, Kali Uchis, Claptone, Fred Again.., Mora, Tove Lo, Alison Wonderland, Gorgon City, Rise Against, Aurora, Dominic Fike, Wallows, and recent Uproxx cover star Conan Gray.
See all three lineup posters below.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
When the fall winds begin to swirl, it’s tough to get away from the onslaught of pumpkin spice. Loved by many and hated by even more, when autumn arrives it feels like all other flavors are no longer acceptable. Everything from lattes to candles to Twinkies to bodywash gets pumpkin spiced.
Just like pumpkin spice being added to every other product on the market brings out squeals of delight and groans of annoyance, pumpkin (or pumpkin-spiced) beers are both beloved and hated by the beer-drinking community. If you enjoy them, this is your favorite time of year. If you don’t, you’ll avoid them like a pumpkin pie-flavored plague.
Regardless of the divisiveness of this beer style, brewers all over the country drop their own pumpkin-centric beers each fall. Not all of them are worth trying though. To find the ones actually worth your effort, we went to the professionals for help, asking a few of our favorite craft beer experts and brewers to tell us their go-to pumpkin beers for fall.
Though not readily available out in the Pacific Northwest where I currently reside, Southern Tier’s Pumking Imperial Ale reminds me of the autumn days back in my native Chicago where I got my start in the industry. At 8.6%, it’s strong enough to help that summer-to-fall transition become a bit more pleasant, while the light body keeps it drinkable for the duration of whatever autumnal sport suits your fancy. A great balance of pumpkin pie spices makes this brew stand out in a crowd of this uber-seasonal style.
Oliphant Blizzard of ’91
Oliphant
Garth E. Beyer, certified Cicerone® and owner and founder of Garth’s Brew Bar in Madison, Wisconsin
ABV: 5%
Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
Oliphant Brewing combines slices of pumpkin and pecan pie to make their annual Blizzard of ’91 beer. It’s spicy and sweet and just robust enough that it doesn’t kill your palate, but wow, do the sweetness and spicy notes dance well together. For the greatest flavor impact, let it warm up a touch.
Cigar City Good Gourd
Cigar City
James Bruner, director of production at The Bruery in Placentia, California
As much as a seasonal creep on pumpkin beers has become somewhat of a joke (read: breweries making pumpkin beer in July), I have always been a fan of Cigar City Brewing’s Good Gourd. The deep color and higher ABV sets the tone for intense flavor. The bready and toasted malts give you enough of the pie crust flavor as a base before all the cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, allspice, and vanilla goodness start to take over.
Pumpkin beers are definitely intended to be pumpkin pie beers, and this one hits all the notes I want, unapologetically. Plus, they make a rum barrel-aged version that is an even more decadent treat, if you can find it.
Wasatch Pumpkin. It’s not flashy or all that rare, but dammit, it gets the job done. The beer’s greatest feat is in its flavor transitions: Up-front spices—clove and cinnamon—fade into caramelized squash and baked bread, with lingering notes of cinnamon frosting and coffee ice cream. The sip finishes on the sweet side, melding smooth vanilla and coffee with hazelnut creamer and nutty cocoa nibs, all supported by just enough breadiness to keep things drinkable.
With clear squash character, skillfully integrated spices, supportive malts, and balance, this is everything I look for in a pumpkin beer.
Bier Brewery Pumpkin Ale
Bier Brewery
Broc Eichhorst, brewer at Sun King Brewery in Indianapolis, Indiana
ABV: 5.4%
Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
I’m not a big fan of pumpkin-spiced beer, however, Bier Brewery Pumpkin Ale is the best one I’ve ever had. Unlike many others, this local Indianapolis brew is not overly spiced, nor overly sweet. They really nail the pumpkin pie spice without blowing you away with cinnamon.
Cambridge The Great Pumpkin Ale
Cambridge
Matthew Steinberg, head brewer and co-founder of Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing in Framingham, Massachusetts
Cambridge Brewing Company The Great Pumpkin Ale is a great pumpkin beer. This beer has become a must-have every fall season for me. A balance of pumpkin flavor while staying true to style makes this smooth autumn ale a classic go-to cold weather seasonal for me.
My favorite pumpkin beer is Leaf Pile from Greenport Harbor Brewing. It’s an amber beer at its base with a hint of autumn spices – not just a ton of pumpkin hitting your face. It’s flavorful, complex, and surprisingly well-balanced for a pumpkin ale.
I love what Two Roads is doing with Roadsmary’s Baby. They get some automatic credit for horror movie references and deliver even more with the beer. It’s made with real pumpkins and aged in rum barrels with vanilla beans. That helps it stand out among the crop for sure.
A couple of years ago, Atlanta was hosting the Super Bowl, and the Patriots were playing. We AirBnB’d our house to two ladies. They walked up in jean shorts, Belichick hoodies, two big gulps of Dunkin iced coffee, carrying a 12-pack of Harpoon, arguing about something I’m sure had to do with Matt Damon. It was the most on-brand thing I had ever seen.
So, to answer your question, there aren’t many great pumpkin beers in my opinion. But if I had to pick one to drink this fall, I’d give Harpoon’s Dunkin’ Pumpkin a rip just because of those women. Pumpkins, coffee — what’s not to love?
Dogfish Head Punkin Ale
Dogfish Head
Chris Spinelli, co-founder and brewer at Roc Brewing Co in Rochester, New York
Pumkin Southern Tier Brewing is one of my favorite pumpkin beers. My wife and I have been buying two bottles every year since we started dating. This big bold beer holds up very well and builds in flavor over time. We have done a couple of vertical tastings with a few years’ worth of bottles and great friends. If that’s not available, you can’t go wrong with Dogfish Head’s Punkin Ale.
This brown ale, named for Delaware’s “Punkin Chunkin” contest is well-known for its brown sugar, cinnamon, and ripe pumpkin flavors.
Even though his body was essentially decaying throughout the first seven episodes of House of the Dragon, Paddy Considine’s portrayal of King Viserys was spot-on. And even though his character was miserable from the get-go, Considine showed off the bizarre family dynamics that have only gotten weirder for the Targaryens.
In the most recent episode of House of the Dragon, the Targaryen family tragically lost their severely ill patriarch, and fans said goodbye to Considine’s portrayal of the king. Even though he’s left quite a mess among his family, Considine is really happy with how Viserys’ journey went… and so is George R.R. Martin!
Considine recently opened up to GQ about his role as Viserys which he described as a “joy” to play. “He was the only person in this kingdom who had any f*cking morals whatsoever,” Considine says. “He holds everything together as long as he absolutely can,” He really did hold out until the last minute there. But his character was praised by the one person who really matters: the guy who wrote the thing.
“I got a text message that simply said: ‘Your Viserys is better than my Viserys’. It was from George RR Martin,” Considine explained. “And I thought: that’ll do it. Thanks for trusting me.” Coming from someone who is genuinely opposed to hearing any type of feedback about his characters, this is a very good sign!
We will miss Viserys gracing our screens with his silly little facial expressions, but who’s to say he can’t show up at some point later on? Maybe in a flashback where he’s healthy and not picking maggots out of his flesh?
Russia launched several deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities in retaliation for the destruction of a Crimean bridge used to transport military supplies. However, Vladimir Putin‘s ability to follow-up with repeat attacks is becoming less of an option. Why? He’s running out of missiles. Making matters worse, Putin’s allies are demanding even more deadly strikes to stave off Ukrainian forces. Anything to make the invasion not like a total disaster, so they can stave off a revolt back in Russia.
They probably shouldn’t hold their breath. Via Forbes:
Former Russian President and close Putin-ally Dmitry Medvedev called Monday’s strikes on major Ukrainian cities only the “first episode” of Russia’s broader effort to “dismantle” Ukraine, while other lawmakers in the country also demanded “cruel” reprisals. But Russia’s ability to continue with such attacks is being questioned, with the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noting that Monday’s attacks “wasted some of Russia’s dwindling precision weapons against civilian targets, as opposed to militarily significant targets.” In its daily assessment Tuesday, the ISW said Russia’s reliance on precision weapons to attack Ukrainian cities may weaken its ability to halt Ukrainian counter-offensive operations in Kherson and Luhansk.
Here’s the thing: Russia isn’t running out of firepower because they’re using it so much. It’s mostly being snatched up by Ukrainian forces who have been overwhelming Russian troops. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ukraine has been significantly boosting its weapons capacity thanks to its quick capture and recovery of Russian tanks and aircrafts. Adding even more insult to injury, a large portion of the military goods have been acquired thanks to Russian troops abandoning them. They practically gift-wrapped the missiles that Putin so desperately needs right now.
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