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Scott Van Pelt And Stanford Steve’s Read Of Abilene Christian’s Bad Beat Is Legendary

When Scott Van Pelt was given his own midnight edition of SportsCenter he retooled the format to bring new segments, including embracing gambling content that had been taboo on television but that longtime listeners of his radio show had come to expect from him. There is Winners, his weekly college football picks segment complete with a Trombone Shorty intro, but the one that has become a phenomenon is Bad Beats.

Every Monday night, SVP and Stanford Steve deliver the absolute worst in backdoor covers and totals getting busted that saw money flip at sportsbooks. It is, for my money, the best segment on sports television right now and it’s not particularly close, as it’s appointment viewing every time just to see if one of your own bets made the list or to find some obscure beats you never would’ve otherwise known about.

This Monday brought an all-timer from a game few likely even were aware happened on Saturday, as Abilene Christian was a 39.5 point underdog at Virginia. After cutting the lead to 36 with a touchdown inside two minutes to play, Abilene was covering. What transpired from there is truly awe inspiring and produced one of the finest calls I dare say in SportsCenter history from SVP and Stanford Steve. Please, enjoy.

In case things weren’t ridiculous enough, the double pass play was an accidental call from Virginia’s offensive coordinator.

The absurd joy they take in watching that awful double pass play from Virginia to make it a 34-point game is delightful, as they giggle to each other about what the hell the plan was. But nothing tops the final play pick-six as Steve screams “67, GET ON YOUR HORSE” and SVP retorts “the horse is on him!” For anyone who bet on Abilene Christian, one, salute for being a real degenerate, and two, my goodness I’m so sorry, but I hope you at least got some joy from this recounting of your horrific bad beat.

P.S. Dear Emmys, give them all of the awards.

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Steven Adams And The Pelicans Reportedly Agreed On A Two-Year, $35 Million Contract Extension

The New Orleans Pelicans, Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets recently came together on a massive, four-team trade headlined by Jrue Holiday making his way to the Bucks. As part of that transaction, Steven Adams moved from Oklahoma City to New Orleans, fortifying the Pelicans’ frontcourt and leaving the only team he has ever played for in the NBA. On Monday evening, things got even more interesting, as Zach Lowe and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN report that Adams has agreed to a two-year contract extension that will guarantee him $35 million additional dollars through the 2022-23 season.

The Pelicans used a lottery-protected 2023 pick to acquire Adams, which was certainly a lofty price to land a player on a $27.5 million expiring contract. With that said, New Orleans desperately needed to fortify its interior defense from last season and, in Adams, the Pelicans are getting an established, experience center with size and defensive aptitude.

At this stage, Adams is likely overpaid for the 2021-22 season at $27.5 million but, with the extension, his salary slides back to a more manageable $17.5 million annually. Adams is an “old” 27-year-old given the amount of NBA experience he has, but his size and physicality should allow him to age with relative grace.

It will be interesting to see how Adams fits in with the Pelicans, as one of the chief criticisms of the trade is that he does not profile as the ideal frontcourt partner for Zion Williamson. Adams has many strengths, but he is not a floor-spacer on the offensive end, and while he is very potent near the rim defensively, he isn’t incredibly versatile on that end of the floor at this stage. Regardless, the Pelicans felt compelled to invest heavily in the center position for the 2020-21 season and, with this move, they can now plan to utilize Adams beyond the original timeline.

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Conway The Machine Honors The Life Of DJ Shay In His Powerful Video For ‘Forever Droppin’ Tears’

Conway The Machine dropped his highly anticipated record From King To A God back in September, but unfortunately the rapper’s longtime friend and producer DJ Shay passed away just weeks before its release. Conway included the powerful track “Forever Droppin’ Tears” on the record as a tribute to Shay and now, he’s shared a compelling video for the mournful track.

Running some eight minutes, the video honor swhat would have been Shay’s 49th birthday. Directed by Langston Sessoms, the video stitches together snapshots from the two’s long friendship. It opens with them as young men living in New York and follows Shay’s influence on Conway. (Shay served as a musical director, DJ, mentor, and father figure.)

Speaking about the video in a statement posted to Instagram, Conway reflected on Shay’s influence:

“I was thinking about the beginning of this journey. I remember when I came from jail in 2005 and big loveboat and kutter(free kutter) brought me to Shay lab to start this buff city records sh*t. I was the first, then I started bringin Benny and west, chinegunn and thugz and everybody around the lab and we built something monumental for the city. Fast forward 15 years and we all got record deals and some people would even consider us to be some of the best rappers in the game right now, and it’s wild because Shay seen this shit from the beginning way back then, he seen us being something that we probably didn’t even see ourselves being, and that’s hip hop legends. That’s why it’s f*ckin me up so much that this man is no longer here with us to bask in these moments and celebrate these incredible accomplishments with us, I think about unk everyday and I hold back tears, but I find comfort in knowing that GOD don’t make mistakes, and I know my n**** watchin over me and smiling down like ‘yeah machine fuck them n****s up’” Lol so just know we gone hold u down forever Shay! Happy gday almighty!!”

Watch Conway The Machine’s “Forever Droppin’ Tears” video above.

From King To A God (Deluxe) is out 12/11 via Griselda. Pre-order it here.

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Serious Whiskey Pros Name Their Favorite Bottles To Pair With A Feast

Pairing whiskey with food presents a delicate proposition. First, wine tends to dominate that conversation, with beer coming in second. Bourbons, ryes, gins, and even vodkas are mostly afterthoughts. Second, it’s not quite the same as a lower-alcohol pairing, where you’d course things out. If you course out a whiskey pairing, you’ll be on the floor before dessert.

Nevertheless, whiskey happens to feature flavor notes that place nicely with a hearty autumn-winter meal. Especially those big, carb-heavy, umami-rich, butter-laden holiday feasts.

To help us better understand food and whiskey pairings, we reached out to some serious whiskey experts. We asked distillers, critics, consultants, awards jurors, writers, and drinkers for the one bottle of whiskey they’d bring to a big seasonal meal to pair with the food. The prices for the nine bottles vary, but they’re all squarely in the “affordable” range, with a few pushing the limits just a tad.

You should be able to find most of these nationwide with a little sleuthing, or click on the prices if you want them delivered straight to your door.

Nikka Pure Malt — Charles Nelson, co-founder Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery

Nikka Whisky

ABV: 43%
Distillery: Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (Asahi Group)
Average Price: $80

The Whisky:

Impressively balanced, each sip contains a subtle, mouth-watering sweetness that makes an amazing pairing for any Thanksgiving dessert dish but also works like a charm in a highball. I often believe that the simpler something is, the better. That’s exactly why I love this whisky so much. There’s no pretension or overcomplicating things. It just is, and it’s magical.

While it sits on my top shelf at home, this one is accessible enough and approachable enough that I reach for it regularly.

Tasting Notes:

Brilliant fruitiness and a perfect touch of honey compliment the delicate creaminess from front to back. A perfectly wonderful maltiness balances the sweeter notes to round out the structure without trying too hard. This one epitomizes an effortless elegance to me.

Starward Two Fold Double Grain Australian Whisky — Becky Paskin, Whisky expert and co-founder of OurWhisky

Starward Whisky

ABV: 40%
Distillery: Starward, Melbourne, Australia
Average Price: $34

The Whiskey:

When showing up to any gathering where food is served, the whisky you bring should be a crowd-pleaser. It should be something bold enough to pair with any strong flavor the host’s cooking can throw at it. But, it should also be versatile and appealing to everyone in the room.

Pairing neat whisky with food can be tricky, particularly when most of us prefer our meals accompanied by a long, refreshing drink. That’s why I recommend Starward Two Fold. A blend of malt and wheat whiskies matured in Australian red wine barrels, it’s delicious neat or with ice, makes a superb highball served with tonic or soda, or works well mixed into a cocktail.

Tasting Notes:

Melbourne’s Starward Distillery is known for its signature maturation in Australian Shiraz, Cabernet, and Pinot Noir barrels. So expect plenty of apple and berry flavors with tropical fruits, cereal, and creamy vanilla with a touch of baking spice.

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof — Chris Perugini, Scotch and bourbon reviewer and founder of Single Malt Savvy

Heaven Hill

ABV: 66.4%
Distillery: Heaven Hill Bernheim Distillery, Louisville, KY
Average Price: $75

The Whiskey:

This was an easy choice for me — since this whiskey has been a Thanksgiving tradition in my house for a few years now. Elijah Craig Barrel Proof has an incredibly dynamic range that allows it to pair nicely with anything your holiday feast can throw at you. This unfiltered, high-strength bourbon has a rich and oily body that won’t get overpowered by a variety of competing flavors (think savory gravy, sweet cranberry sauce, and salty turkey or ham). If you can hold off until dessert, give this pour a try with a slice of pumpkin pie.

Tasting Notes:

At 12 years old, ECBP is a well-aged bourbon in a world where age statements have decreased or vanished with so many bottles. The result is an oak-driven profile with enough age to keep those young, spirit-forward notes at bay. This release varies slightly by batch, but expect to find toffee, brown sugar, and sweet maltiness.

With time, that profile develops into a sugary layer of ginger snap cookies and dried berries. There are undertones of leather and tobacco and plenty of vanilla as well, but the sweetness, spice, and oak are all nicely balanced and it always drinks well under its bottling proof (though you may prefer high-strength whiskey after spending enough quality time with your eccentric great-uncle). Happy Sipsgiving!

GlenDronach Allardice Aged 18 Years– Jared Himstedt, Head Distiller and co-founder Balcones Distilling

GlenDronach

ABV: 46%
Distillery: GlenDronach Distillery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Brown-Forman)
Average Price: $180

The Whiskey:

Pairing whisky with food can be tricky. Do you pair in a way that the whisky and food complement each other, or are you hoping for contrast so that each brings out and emphasizes aspects of the other in an interesting way?

In my experience, desserts are the easiest to pair whisky with, but what about a big family meal? A holiday meal is going to be filling, with diverse dishes, and rich foods, with a good amount of starches — meat, fat, holiday spices, and maybe even some berries. I would want something with enough acid, body, and density to stand up to all of that without taking the center stage, which is, of course, reserved for the meal and the company.

I’m going with Glendronach 18 Allardice.

Tasting Notes:

There’s no smoke to complement the proteins, but the sulfur and funk of a good sherry maturation fill that role nicely. It’s sweet enough to go with honeyed ham and a cobbler, but with enough acid and tannin to cut through the richest of dishes. Loaded with fruit notes, hints of custard, clove/allspice, and a subtle nuttiness, it is a perfect pour to accompany a traditional holiday meal.

Sazerac Rye — Bobby Childs, founder of Adventures in Whiskey

Buffalo Trace

ABV: 45%
Distillery: Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, KY (Sazerac Company)
Average Price: $32

The Whiskey:

When it comes to a big meal, the flavors, aromas, and textures can fill the entire spectrum. The challenge of choosing only one bottle to pair with an entire meal is daunting, but I think I have it: rye whiskey.

Why rye? A nicely balanced rye whiskey can offer sweet, spicy, herbal, and earthy flavors that can cut through any meal and cleanse the palate in-between courses. It’s also required for my favorite cocktail — the Sazerac. And we all know that you’ll certainly need a pre-dinner cocktail or two.

So with that in mind, I’d bring a bottle of Sazerac Rye. It’s tasty and won’t break the bank.

Tasting Notes:

Buffalo Trace Distillery’s popular rye whiskey has a fair amount of corn, which gives the whiskey some body. The nose is classic rye whiskey with caramel, toasted rye bread, vanilla, and cloves. You’ll find some toffee and vanilla alongside spicy rye grain and some baking spice on the palate. The finish is warming and has a slightly lingering spearmint note.

The whiskey itself is around six or so years old, so it doesn’t lend itself to a lot of heavy oak notes and retains its grain-forward freshness. It’s just what you’d need for that big Thanksgiving meal.

Monkey Shoulder — Gillian Murphy, Tullamore DEW Ambassador

William Grant and Sons

ABV: 40%
Distillery: Kininvie Distillery, Dufftown, Scotland (William Grant & Sons)
Average Price: $35

The Whiskey:

One of my go-to scotches is Monkey Shoulder. This 100 percent malt whiskey, is made from a blend of three unique single malts and is a deliciously tasty sipper. From cocktail classics to modern mixes; richness and vibrancy combine with mellow vanilla notes to make it perfect for mixing. And for me, that makes it the best candidate for bringing to a big holiday meal. You can go any way with this whisky — sip it neat, on the rocks, in a highball, or in a cocktail.

Everyone’s happy around the table!

Tasting Notes:

Balanced, rich, sweet, and smooth. This whisky leans into creamy puddings with plenty of vanilla, Christmas spices, and fruit. The malts come through and join cloves, red berries, dried apricots, and a note of honey.

Method & Madness Single Pot Still Finished in French Chestnut Casks — Greg Dillon, founder of Great Drams and Drinks Producer of the Year 2019

Irish Distillers

ABV: 46%
Distillery: Irish Distillers, Midleton, County Cork, Ireland (Pernod Ricard)
Average Price: $85

The Whiskey:

Firstly, I love the name and the idea behind Method & Madness from the great team at the Midleton Distillery and wider Irish Distillers group. And the products are, frankly, superb. So what is Method & Madness Irish whiskey all about then?

Having been designed by a husband and wife team of designers who have never designed a whiskey bottle before, I must say the result is great. There’s lovely faceting on the bottle. The corks (especially the 31-Year-Old Single Grain) are nicely engineered and the copper foiling is fantastic. Each product has had a unique artwork created using screen printing to represent the flavor profile and to add good shelf standout in-store, and presumably in bars.

The MM logo marque, for Method & Madness Irish whiskey, is neat, tidy, and very grown-up. There’s a sophistication that is an interesting take on what a new Irish whiskey brand means when you compare it to other startups and expressions from existing brands looking to introduce new ranges.

The Irish Whiskey Act allows distillers to push boundaries in wood programs much more than the scotch producers are allowed to. Irish distillers don’t just have to use oak, for example. For this release explore they used sweet chestnut wood to finish the single pot still whiskey. And boy, does it deliver.

Tasting Notes:

This started off as a pot still spirit being matured in American oak with a little bit of sherry influence, but not much. Then it was put into French chestnut casks and checked every three months to ensure the wood was working and the flavors were maturing how they wanted them to.

The nose is sweet and very oaky. I would have to say, it has the perfect palate with a nice medium toasted note there too with lots of juicy exotic fruits. It’s my favorite of their releases to date, for sure.

Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon — Adam Levy, Alcohol Professor, and founder International Spirit Competitions

Heaven Hill

ABV: 47%
Distillery: Heaven Hill Bernheim Distillery, Louisville, KY
Average Price: $32

The Whiskey:

There are certain expectations when your friends know you are in the liquor industry and they invite you over for a big meal. Showing up empty-handed is not an option. You want your drink to be your comfortable companion and not a whiskey that will be a challenge all night. You want a whiskey that you can drink from when you arrive through dessert.

One of my top picks to bring with me is Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon. It’s one of the stars from the great value whiskey portfolio from Heaven Hill Distillery.

Tasting Notes:

When you raise your glass and your nose first interacts with the whiskey, you will find the presence of vanilla along with hints of caramel and oak. Once in the mouth, the taste continues to match with vanilla and continued traces of oak. As it swirls around your mouth hints of spice and nutmeg are on the edges of your tongue. The experience of the finish isn’t syrupy but more balanced with a sweet soft low-fire end.

This is a whiskey for all night long with friends and good food.

Writer’s Pick: Woodinville Straight Bourbon Finished In Port Casks — Zach Johnston, Deputy Editor UPROXX Life and host of Expression Session

Woodinville Whiskey Company

ABV: 45%
Distillery: Woodinville Whiskey Company, Woodinville, WA
Average Price: $50

The Whiskey:

I like to bring things from my home to big meals. It’s a conversation starter and a chance to highlight something cool from my neck of the woods. I’ve really been into Woodinville’s whiskeys this year and their Port Casks finish has been a standout. The whiskey has a heritage reaching back into Maker’s Mark history. The grains are all sourced locally from a single Washington farm. Their straight bourbon won “best bourbon of 2020” at San Francisco while the distillery has been named the best distiller of 2020 throughout whiskey media.

The Pork Cask is one of the most sought after bourbons in the line. The bourbon is aged for five years, as per bourbon rules. It’s then transferred to Ruby Port barrels for a final six months of mellowing before bottling. The only downside is that it’s a very limited edition and might be harder to find outside of the Pacific Northwest.

Tasting Notes:

This is a wonder in a glass. Out of a Glencairn, you get a nose full of candied fruit, roasted nuts, plum, vanilla, Christmas spices, and a touch of smoke and oak. The sip has a velvety body that really leans into the buttery and molasses-laden Christmas cake while adding a layer of bourbon corn next to more oak, vanilla, spice, and a note of stone fruit in the background.

After some water, a whisper of worn leather and dark cacao arrives.

This is stuffing loaded with dried fruits, nuts, and butter next to all the pies you could want that leads right into all the crackling fireside Christmas vibes in a glass. It’s big, bold, and will stand up to any meal while accenting it nicely.

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Nick Offerman’s Woodshop Is Crafting Sustainable Solutions To Homelessness In LA

Actors are not their characters. It’s a fairly simple fact that can be hard for some to remember, especially when real people seem to adopt specific traits of fictional icons.

Nick Offerman is not Ron Swanson, the mustachioed, meat-eating Libertarian of Parks & Rec fame – but that doesn’t mean the two men are utterly dissimilar. They both value independence, they both enjoy a good glass of scotch, and they’re both craftsmen. But unlike his on-screen identity, Offerman’s using his artisanal talents to give back in unique ways.

It’s part of the actor’s lore by now, his love of woodworking. He was wielding miter saws and crafting canoes long before he rose to fame on NBC’s beloved comedy about the inner workings of local government. Between jobs he’d take commissions on gazebos and kazoos to pass the time, eventually opening his own workshop in L.A. where he invited other craftsmen (and craftswomen) to indulge in their shared hobby. The Offerman Woodshop, as the place is known, sits in East L.A. and houses a small collective of woodworkers who create one-of-a-kind items to sell on the shop’s website. Lined with antique machinery, cutting-edge saws, personalized workbenches, and memorabilia from Offerman’s day job, it’s practically the physical embodiment of Offerman’s public persona, but it’s the charity work the shop does that better defines the likable comedian.

The shop partners with other small businesses and nonprofits in the LA area in the hopes of finding inventive ways to meet a real need while also spreading a message about the importance of having a craft.

“Making anything with one’s hands is a very healthy pursuit,” Offerman once told Men’s Health. “Anytime you’re using your craft for good is a wonderful thing.”

Offerman, a proud outdoorsman, sources lumber for the shop’s many projects from suppliers on the West Coast who are committed to sustainable practices. These are places like Angel City Lumber, an organization that recycles felled trees around the city to sell to local woodshops. By salvaging these trees – ones that have died because of natural causes or been uprooted because of construction projects – Offerman Woodshop minimizes its ecological footprint, turning material that might serve as chippings or fire-starters into bespoke pieces for collectors to show off.

And while the “what” of what the shop’s working with is important, the “who” it’s giving back to and “how” are almost more so.

Offerman Woodshop has made a habit of partnering with worthwhile foundations across LA, combining a niche hobby with a broader mission. The actor serves on the board of a local nonprofit called Would Works that aims to help the city’s growing homeless community find work and purpose. Created by Connor Johnson in 2012, Would Works invites members of the community to free woodworking workshops where they learn basic craftsman skills – think smoothing a white oak charcuterie board or engraving a cedar soap dish – while getting paid for their labor. They walk away with money and/or necessities, sure, but also with real work experience and job references from the nonprofit and the shop which are meant to make finding employment easier. Offerman Woodshop hosts many of these classes and advertises the nonprofit’s store, where some of the finished products of its participants are sold. The money goes back into funding more workshops for the homeless and into employment programs with partner organizations.

“What I really liked about this program is it not only gives assistance, it also allows those who can’t find work to be able to build up solid work references,” Offerman told Men’s Journal about the program. “They are earning these credits through labor like finishing wood products. So down the road, they can apply for jobs, and hopefully, eventually, get back on their own two feet. Our economy leaves a lot of people out in the cold, and all they want is the opportunity to get out there doing work to earn their own bread.”

Offerman’s found a way to use his woodworking hobby to help others before, and since, his partnership with Would Works. He raffled off a giant wood emoji for Conan, starring in a satirical commercial for the piece before Conan decided to sell 100 of them to benefit the Children’s Defense Fund. Recently, the shop hosted a raffle to fund scholarships for prospective BIPOC students to The Krenov School of Fine Woodworking and donated a percentage of proceeds from early sales to the California Coalition for Women Prisoners with Offerman promising to match any donation.

Plenty of celebrities launch charities or put their names behind worthy causes, but Offerman’s approach feels refreshingly simple and authentic. Take something you love and find a way to use it for good. That’s a blueprint anyone can use.

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Pharrell Shares His Skincare Routine In An Uplifting ‘Beauty Secrets’ Video With ‘Vogue’

For many years, people have been pressing Pharrell about the secrets behind his perpetually ageless skin. Other than saying that he exfoliates “like a f*cking madman,” the musician hasn’t given much insight into his routine. But as he prepares to share his first line of skincare products, he’s finally ready to share his step-by-step process to achieve age-defying skin.

Pharrell appeared on a recent segment of Vogue‘s Beauty Secrets where he discussed his Humanrace skincare line and gave viewers a much-needed pep talk.

Talking about how he got his start in taking care of his skin, Pharrell said:

“I started taking care of my skin a little over 20 years ago. It’s when I met Elena Jones through a good friend and I wanted to understand more about skin health. Taking a shower is for your body. But your face, that’s what people communicate with and your face is only as good as the energy that comes behind it. […] Your face is the conduit of your expression and how you feel. How my day is going to go is usually based on what I want out of it. What do I want out of it? I always say to people, ‘Be blessed. But most importantly, be a blessing.’”

Elsewhere in the segment, Pharrell detailed his eating habits, saying that cupcakes are his one true vice: “I eat pretty clean. I don’t eat fast food but I eat a lot of sweets, man. I eat enough sweets to where me eating clean don’t mean sh*t. It just don’t. I love cupcakes, you don’t even understand.”

Watch Pharrell share his skincare routine on Vogue above.

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Noted Christmas Hater Melania Trump Welcomed The White House Holiday Trees, And People Had Jokes

It’s a tradition that goes back to 1966: The sitting First Lady handles the White House Christmas decorations, putting her own indelible spin on the holidays. But Melania Trump’s Yuletide get-ups have been…interesting. From her ominous 2017 display to the blood red trees of 2018, the decorations have been as weird as everything else during her husband’s presidency. But this year’s annual holiday Melania mockery began even before she’d had a chance to set up a single tree.

On Monday — mere hours before her husband made as close to a concession speech as may ever do — the outgoing FLOTUS posed for photographers as she welcomed the annual White House Christmas trees to her soon-to-be-former home. There’s just one thing: Less than two months ago, audio leaked of a super-candid Melania trashing, among other things, her duties as decorator of all things White House Christmas.

“I’m working … my a*s off on the Christmas stuff,” she was heard saying, adding “Who gives a f*ck about the Christmas stuff and decorations? But I need to do it, right?”

Cut to late November, and here’s a beaming Melania acting as though she loves to look at evergreens.

But this time people knew how she really felt.

Some even took the infamous audio and jokily manipulated it.

There were also plenty of non-“Melania hates Christmas” jokes.

Frankly, it’s amazing Melania and her trees were able to crack the public consciousness on a really, really busy day, which, again, included Trump giving his reluctant blessing to starting the presidential transition process.

People also took the time to reflect on past Melania Christmases.

Then again, maybe she’s smiling for a different reason.

And for the rest of us, there’s always next year.

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Mark Ruffalo Is Going To Play Dad To Ryan Reynolds In A Netflix Time Travel Movie

Mark Ruffalo and Ryan Reynolds work in different parts of the comic book movie-verse, though perhaps not for long: Marvel, who owns Bruce Banner/Hulk, and Fox, who owns Deadpool, do now live under the same tent, thanks to that huge (and worrying) Disney merger. But thanks to Netflix, they’ll finally get to share the same space, albeit for a non-superhero movie. In fact, as per The Hollywood Reporter, they’re going to play father and son.

The movie in question is The Adam Project, and it’s been in the works for a while. In fact, it just started shooting in Vancouver last week. The movie stars Reynolds as a man who goes back in time, seeking help from his 13-year-old self. He also rubs shoulders with his physicist dad, which we now know will be played by no less than Ruffalo. (Catherine Keener is also on hand as the villain, who has stolen some powerful tech from Reynolds’ dad.)

Ruffalo and Reynolds aren’t exactly the same age; the former is 53 while the latter is nine years his junior. But they’re still peers, and they both tend to lean towards the more comedic side of comic book cinema. You could even argue that this Hulk moment from the first Avengers movie is funnier than anything in either Deadpool outing.

(Via THR)

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Playboi Carti Teased A Clip Of His New Music And One Lyric Already Has Fans Excited

It’s only on rare occasions that Playboi Carti updates his social media, and when he does it usually means he’s about to drop some new music. So far this year, the rapper has only shared one song, the Lil Uzi Vert collaboration “@ Meh.” But he returned on Monday to share that the news that his recently announced album Whole Lotta Red has been submitted to its parent company for release.

Returning to Instagram Monday, the rapper shared a handful of photos with the caption: “Album.TuRneD iN.” But that wasn’t all. Carti also hopped on an Instagram Live session to tease a snippet of his new music.

While he was on Live, fans blew up Twitter, particularly after one lyric caught their attention.

Though Carti said his album has been handed to the powers-that-be, he has yet to offer much in the form of a concrete release date. But given Lil Uzi’s reputation for dropping entire projects out of the blue, fans are keeping a close eye on Carti’s social media for any updates.

Check out a snippet of Playboi Carti’s upcoming music above.

Lil Uzi Vert is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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Alex Trebek’s Final ‘Jeopardy!’ Episodes Will Air In January Following Some Of His Best Moments As Host

On Monday, word broke that legendary contestant Ken Jennings will be one of the guest hosts on upcoming episodes of Jeopardy! following the passing of iconic host Alex Trebek. Trebek, who passed away recently from pancreatic cancer, will still be on the air with never-seen episodes, however, and Jeopardy! announced further details on when his last shows will air.

First, the show will air ten of Trebek’s best episodes during the weeks of Dec. 21 and Dec. 28, referring to “anticipated preemptions around Christmas and New Year’s.” From there, however, Trebek’s last week of episodes will hit the air during the week of Jan. 4, 2021, before the guest-hosted shows begin on Jan. 11.

“Alex believed in the importance of Jeopardy! and always said that he wanted the show to go on after him,” said Jeopardy! Executive Producer Mike Richards. “We will honor Alex’s legacy by continuing to produce the game he loved with smart contestants and challenging clues. By bringing in familiar guest hosts for the foreseeable future, our goal is to create a sense of community and continuity for our viewers.”

It is important to note that the show indicates a long-term replacement “will not be named at this time,” and the announcement refers to a “series of interim guests hosts” that will begin with Jennings. While the choice of Jennings to be the first will undoubtedly spark speculation, fans can now plan around the airings of Trebek’s last episodes, which will be must-see television for fans of the beloved trivia program.