After the six-game extravaganza of Wild Card weekend, the NFL settles into its more conventional form this week with a four-game Divisional Round setup. There are pros and cons to that but, if nothing else, the Divisional Round has long been a favorite of die-hards, with eight high-level teams on display and plenty of time to dive into each matchup. That is also true in this space and, after a strong close to the regular season and a 3-2 mark last week, the focus is on keeping the ball rolling.
Before we dive into the five selections for this week, let’s take stock of the 18-week progress.
Wild Card: 3-2
2020 Season: 46-42-2
Come get these winners.
Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers UNDER 45.5 points
I was preparing to have the Rams in this spot but, once the number crept under seven, that was a no-go. Either way, I do like Los Angeles to at least slow Aaron Rodgers down a little bit, as the Rams are truly an elite defensive team. From there, Sean McVay doesn’t seem to have overwhelming confidence in Jared Goff and this should be a steady diet of Cam Akers and company, which keeps the clock churning.
Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills UNDER 49.5 points
The side is right where it should be, but the total is a touch high. Baltimore’s defense was really impressive a week ago in stopping Tennessee and, last week aside, Buffalo has been improved defensively in the back half of the season. The Ravens should lean on their running game and, while an Under involving Josh Allen is scary, you have to play the number sometimes.
Cleveland Browns (+10) over Kansas City Chiefs
I don’t want to talk about it. It’s hard to make five picks on a four-game slate and this number should be 8-ish, not 10. The Chiefs will be the public side by kickoff. The Browns are healthier than they were a week ago. That’s all I have.
[Ed. Note: BRRROOOOOOOWWWWWWNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+3) over New Orleans Saints
The Saints dominated the two previous matchups and that isn’t fun to think about. I do think this line indicates a real disparity between the two teams that I don’t think is there, since the full three-point swing doesn’t really happen for home-field advantage right. Moreover, I don’t trust the Saints offense, as they were clunky at best against a Bears defense that isn’t as good as the Bucs defense. In fact…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints UNDER 52 points
We had to double-dip at least once this week, and the nightcap gets the call. The Saints averaged 36 points per game in the two previous meetings and, if that happens, we’re going down in flames on both. That New Orleans offense isn’t on the field right now in my view and, while I like the Bucs to cover as a dog, the Saints do have a defense that I trust. If it was 49, I’d lay off. At 52, let’s rock.
Earlier today Selena Gomez announced on Twitter that she had a brand new song coming tonight, as if she hadn’t been busy enough with multiple seasons of a cooking show in the works. “De Una Vez. Esta noche,” she wrote. “Presave ahora.” Then, translating for those who don’t know Spanish: “Tonight. Presave Now.” It’s not an unusual message from an artist announcing a new single, but the way she prioritized Spanish over English, and the Spanish title of the song, definitely set the tone for a new phase.
Though Gomez was born and raised in Texas, and is proudly Mexican-American, she rarely releases music in Spanish and all three of her solo albums — and the three prior with her band Selena Gomez And The Scene — focused predominantly on English songs. Based off a further series of tweets today promoting the new single, it sounds like that’s all about to change. Re-posting an old tweet of her own from 2011 that reads “Can’t wait for y’all to hear the Spanish record 😉 it’s sounding so cool,” she added “I think it will be worth the wait.”
She went on to write in Spanish: “De Una Vez disponible ya. Este es el comienzo de algo que durante mucho tiempo había querido explorar. Espero que te guste tanto como a mí. // De Una Vez is out now.” Another tweet below translates to: “This is the beginning of something I’ve wanted to explore for so long. I hope you love it as much as I do.” Since Selena became a star, there’s certainly been a shift in American receptivity to Spanish language pop music, with rising superstars like J. Balvin, Bad Bunny, and many more paving the way and establishing huge fan bases in their own right. Check out the video for “De Una Vez” above and get ready for a new phase of Selena.
What makes one a snob of salsas? Well, for one, I make my own (and think you should too). I’m also Mexican, so I have a cultural connection and a high bar for authenticity. In fact, until very recently, I’ve never eaten salsa from a jar. Why would I? Even if I couldn’t make my own, I live in Los Angeles. Great salsa is always just a taco joint away.
But I do recognize that not everyone is so lucky. Many people get their salsa from grocery stores. And not even the fresh-ish stuff in the refrigerated aisle. I’m talking about the jars living in the shadows of an “ethnic foods” sign.
If that’s your situation, I feel for you. So I set out to find out which jars belong in your pantry, and which should remain on shelves forever to collect dust. In my search, I discovered a few things:
There are some seriously delicious jarred salsas out there.
Good as they are, jarred salsas beat fresh salsas on absolutely zero occasions, flavor-wise.
In terms of convenience, jarred salsa trumps fresh stuff, handily. If that’s a priority to you, well, I’m here to help.
A quick note on the brands selected:
I came to these twelve jars by reaching out to fellow food writers, friends, and salsa lovers in online communities like Twitter and Reddit. I’ve vetted each jar and, from what I can tell, the selections I’ve come to are available nationally. While I couldn’t always try each brand’s full roster of offerings, I tried to keep this list packed with a variety of different blends and opted for what seemed to be the best jar for each brand. (I also didn’t allow repeats — because the whole range of flavors from the top five are all better than any flavors from the bottom five.)
Whoever suggested — I know who, I’m being nice — this brand of salsa to me was trying to do me dirty. Seriously, this is probably the most disappointing salsa I’ve ever tasted and I think that calling it salsa at all is being too generous. I had the “mild” variety and the tomato-forward flavor was so strong that it practically pushes this into soup territory. Like a minestrone.
Visually, the sauce looks great, you can see chunks of green peppers, onions, and garlic, but that makes the lack of complexity all the more disorientating. Just a sad, sad sauce.
What To Eat It On
Spaghetti. We’re kidding, that would be gross too. Just don’t eat this. If you go to a party and they put out some Pace and chips, leave. You’re at the wrong joint.
I don’t have a problem with Speedy Gonzalez or the Taco Bell chihuahua, and I even think Trader Joe’s calling their Mexican themed products “Trader Jose” is/was funny, but for some reason Paul Newman wearing a sombrero with a bandit mustache talking about how his salsa is so good it “oughta be outlawed” just doesn’t sit right with me.
To be fair, that might come down to the fact that Newman’s Own salsa sucks.
I wasn’t expecting heat with this jar, but I also wasn’t expecting the overwhelming amount of sweetness I’d encounter. It’s off-putting and, like Pace, calling it salsa feels generous. Looking online, Newman’s seems to have ditched the label (I need to switch grocers, obviously). Regardless, it hasn’t improved the salsa.
What To Eat It On
Put it on a bed of lettuce like one of Newman’s Own salad dressings.
La Costeña may have at one time been the best grocery store jarred salsa you could find. Either that, or it was the only brand. Older millennials may recognize the bottle and, as a Mexican kid growing up in Southern California in the ‘90s, I have to say I’m pretty familiar with this one. Not because it was in my home, but because it’s the bottle found at every SoCal burger shack that also tries its hand at tacos or “bomb burritos.” (Which describes just about every mom and pop burger place below the Grapevine.)
While I definitely have nostalgic feelings towards La Costeña, my fondness for the brand only seems to exist in my memory. It’s not that La Costeña is explicitly bad, it’s just that it’s such a boring representation of salsa. The ingredients list is low, consisting of mostly tomatoes, jalapeños, and onions, giving the jar a fresh quality that easily places it above brands like Pace and Tostitos as more “authentic,” but it doesn’t feel essential to me.
What To Eat It On
La Costeña makes for a decent chip dip or any time you’re trying to liven up a non-Mexican dish like a cheeseburger or omelet.
If in the future you find yourself at a house party — remember those? — and the host has put out a serving of chips with On The Border salsa, you’ll at least know they actually like salsa and didn’t just go to the market thinking “What goes with chips?”
This one is solid, if not a little boring. On the Border’s salsa is slightly sweet, thanks to the addition of yellow onions rather than the usual white, but not in that off-putting Newman’s Own way. The tomatoes here are livened up by the inclusion of tomato paste which gives a noticeable brightness to this blend, but the heat, even in its spiciest offering, leaves something to be desired.
What To Eat It On
As I mentioned, this is a great chip dip salsa. You’re not going to ever feel like your meal is incomplete without it, but it has enough flavor to liven up a frozen burrito or two.
Every Mexican grandma living in LA has a jar of Herdez in her fridge and that’s probably because your local Mexican market has it on sale. That gives this brand a certain allure and authenticity, and flavor-wise it’s pretty authentic — though a little too watery to my liking.
When I say “watery” I’m not so much talking about the consistency as I am the flavor, you need a lot to taste this stuff and while the flavor is decent, I’m always left feeling like there is just something missing here. I have to overload a chip to really even notice it.
A decent choice, but I’d suggest chopping up some roasted Serrano chilis and mixing them in the jar to give it more of a kick. (All the salsas on this list would probably benefit from that.)
What To Eat It With
Put a healthy tablespoon or two in your omelet and instantly elevate your breakfast.
I didn’t want this one to be good because “I got this salsa at Whole Foods” is a bad look for any salsa snob. But compared to Herdez, this is a clear step up. Now a caveat, I’ve only ever had the Roasted Chipotle blend, so I can’t speak to the other salsas made by Whole Foods’ 365 Everyday Value brand. All I know is this and it’s pretty solid.
While the heat level is tame, you get a robust roasted tomato flavor here that pairs fantastically with fried tortilla and packs enough heat to kick in that addictive quality that good salsa has to it.
What To Eat It On
As I said, this is a great choice for fried tortillas, whether you’re dipping chips or serving extra globs on your chilaquiles.
I feel like no salsa list would be complete without a Mango Habanero blend and my choice for that is Frontera. Mango Habanero is a popular flavor combination, but most blends don’t include passionfruit, pineapple, and habanero into that mix, Frontera does. That adds a nice tropical fruit-forward character to this one, making it feel unique.
Don’t let “habanero” scare you off, the heat is really tamed down by the fruit. In fact, we wish this one packed just a little more heat.
What To Eat It On
Fish tacos or anything that feels like it wants some tropical warmth.
Trader Joe’s has four different varieties of salsa, of which I’ve tried three: the Organic, Habanero Ghost Pepper, and my favorite, the Pepita salsa. All three are pretty good, with the organic being the most boring, and the Habanero easily the hottest, but the Pepita gets a spot on our list for being the most interesting.
The Pepita salsa is incredibly chunky, with a delicious mix of zesty tomatoes and bright red bell peppers that are tamed by roasted pumpkin seeds (where the sauce gets its name), which add a rich and complex earthiness to the recipe that keeps it grounded.
This one might be seasonal at some TJ locations, so heads up.
What To Eat It On
This salsa is all about the chunkiness, so it makes a great choice for dipping. Chips, French fries, anything that can be scooped is the best way to enjoy it.
Now we’re talking, baby. While many of the previous salsas could be described as “good,” Xochitl delivers something that is truly worthy of the space it’ll take up in your fridge. This is better than a lot of taqueria salsas and blows anything Taco Bell, Del Taco, and even El Pollo Loco could ever hope to come up with.
From what I can tell, the Habanero used here is roasted, which tames some of the brighter citrus characteristics of the pepper and brings out the deep complexity. Best of all, this stuff is legitimately hot. A simply tablespoon of this stuff mixed into your refried beans or splattered across a taco is going to pack enough heat to linger through your whole meal.
Tame some of that heat with a side of fresh-cut cucumbers if it’s too much to handle.
What To Eat It On
A simple serving over an asada, carnitas, or al pastor soft taco with fresh chopped onions and cilantro is all you need to instantly elevate your at-home Mexican food.
Ahh, the famed Green Mountain Gringo. This brand tops many a “best salsa” list on the internet and was the brand that kept cropping up in suggestions from fellow salsa-heads. Overly high expectations might be affecting my opinion, but to my tastebuds, this one isn’t the best.
It is very good, though. I can definitely see the appeal.
Green Mountain just packs so much flavor, probably courtesy of the recipe’s use of ripe whole tomatoes, rather than a blend of whole tomatoes and tomato puree. That’s a difference you can taste, resulting in a fresher end product. The mix of Serrano, jalapeño, and tomato puts this in line with a traditional Mexican restaurant table salsa, but the added dose of Tomatillos adds a vegetal brightness that really pushes this one above the competition.
What To Eat It On
I like to take a scoop, throw it in a pan with some whole beans and bacon fat, and smash it all together into a thick soup of refried beans. Beans go in the burrito with chopped carne asada, a helping of cilantro, and Oaxaca cheese, another serving of Green Mountain Gringo on top, fold, roll, wrap in foil and I’m transported back to the corner taqueria, before the pandemic.
All of Mateo’s salsas, from the jar of mild to habanero hot, are delicious and worthy of your time. But if we had to choose just one, we’re going with the Hatch Chili blend. Hatch chilis, if you aren’t familiar, originate from New Mexico and are less spicy than then they are earthy and peppery, putting them more in the Anaheim chili camp than your hotter jalapeños.
For what the hatch chili lacks in heat, it more than makes up for in flavor — with a distinct smoky and savory characteristic, making it one of the best tasting peppers you’ll ever have the chance to eat. Mateo’s sensibly adds jalapeños to this blend, giving it more heat than you’d expect from a Hatch, delivering one of the best non-homemade salsas I’ve ever had, period.
What To Have It On
Any of your Tex-Mex favorites, but for me, this is a go-to for enchiladas.
Texas-based Mrs. Renfro’s has 20 different varieties of salsa, some of which are pretty wild — peach salsa, tequila salsa, and pumpkin salsa among them. But my number one was always going to be a green salsa, and to these tastebuds, Mrs. Renfro’s makes the best on the market.
One of the things that jumps out at me after having a few jars of Renfro’s is that the heat level is wildly inconsistent from batch to batch. That sounds like a bad thing, but to me, it indicates the legitimacy of this salsa. There are tricks to figuring out which jalapeño pepper will be hotter than another, but sometimes you just don’t know how much heat a pepper will pack until you bite into it.
Anyway, Renfro’s inconsistency leads me to believe they are making their jars in smaller batches and using jalapeños as the main ingredient. Looking at the ingredients list confirms this, Renfro’s Green Salsa lists jalapeños as its first ingredient, followed by water, distilled vinegar, corn starch, salt, dried onion, spices, and dried garlic. The vinegar acts as a preservative, the corn starch as a thickener, but aside from that this has just about everything you’d want in a fresh, mildly hot green salsa.
If you’re looking for heat with this one, you’ll be wildly disappointed. Calling it “hot” as the jar does, shows little respect towards the spice level of the eater. What you will find, however, is a well-balanced salsa that seems to go with everything and adds a bit of brightness to meat-based dishes and a dark and savory complexity to meatless meals (with a nice, subtle heat that crops up as an aftertaste).
It smells great, with an earthy roasted pepper aroma that is rounded out nicely by the onion and garlic. The fact that I can’t find anything it tastes bad on makes it a great kitchen workhorse that you’re guaranteed to get a lot of mileage out of.
What To Eat It On
Nacho Fries — which are exactly what they sound like. Mrs. Renfro’s will pair perfectly with your meat of choice, bring out the vegetal qualities of your fresh chopped cilantro, and soak into the potatoes to really pull the whole dish together.
If making nacho fries sounds like a chore, this is a great choice for a mild breakfast burrito.
Many kids who grew up in the 90’s remember the phenomenon that was the first Pokemon games. The original Red and Blue versions caused an explosion of merchandise, TV shows, trading cards, and of course spin off games. Pokemon was more than just an RPG. It had many other genres of the game attached under its belt, but did you know it had a first-person shooter? Except instead of a gun you used a camera. Of course, that game was arguably the most popular of all the Pokemon spin off games, Pokemon Snap on Nintendo 64.
Pokemon Snap allowed players to ride around realistic 3D environments and simply observe Pokemon interacting in their natural habitat. You could witness Lapras in the ocean, a Charizard burst out of a Volcano, and a spooky Zubat flying around an old cave or mining shaft. It was mind blowing for children at the time and it is still a fan favorite to this day. So much so that fans have spent decades asking for a new one.
Finally, back in June, players were informed that a NewPokemon Snap game was in development for the Nintendo Switch. Of course, fan excitement was immediately met with more questions. When’s the release date? On Wednesday they got their answer.
April 30! Fans only have to wait a few more months to get back to capturing pictures of their favorite Pokemon in the wild, but now there are quite a few hundred more to look at. There’s no way they can stick that many into the game, but it’s going to be really interesting to see which ones do make the cut and what kinds of environments they give us to look around in.
From the trailer, it looks like players will be exploring in a similar fashion as the original. A protected hovercar that leads you down an on rails path. Personally, that’s a little disappointing, because it would have been fun to explore entire areas at your own free will as opposed to the on rails experience, but there’s definitely a sense of nostalgia in seeing that hold hovercar again.
In one sense, it would be perfectly fine if NewPokemon Snap is just a modern version of the original with as few changes as possible. Many fans would be content with just that, but it would also feel like a missed opportunity. The Nintendo 64 version came out over 20 years ago. Time has changed and so has technology. Let’s hope they use this opportunity to live up to the “New” in its name and create something unique.
While many of us know Captain America from the current Marvel Cinematic Universe movies starring Chris Evans, the superhero character has been an iconic comic book character for 79 years.
A superhero with the name “Captain America” who wears a red, white, and blue uniform and fights for freedom naturally invokes a sense of patriotism. However, not everyone who considers themselves a “patriot” can truly claim the title.
The son of one of Captain America’s co-creators has some harsh words for those who have co-opted Captain America symbolism in their support of Donald Trump and the storming of the Capitol by his followers. Neal Kirby, the son of Jack Kirby, who created the character with Joe Simon in 1941, aimed his message directly at the rioters.
#CaptainAmerica co-creator Jack Kirby’s son says he was “appalled and mortified” to see Trump supporters dressed as… https://t.co/9tkMd9sBya
— The Hollywood Reporter (@The Hollywood Reporter)1610639526.0
In his “Statement to Insurrectionists,” shared on Twitter by Jake Tapper, Kirby wrote:
“My father, Jack Kirby, along with this partner Joe Simon, created Captain America in 1941. Perhaps the most iconic symbol of patriotism since the ‘Spirit of 1776’, Captain America has stood as a symbol and protector of our democracy and the rule of law for the past 79 years. He was created by two Jewish guys from New York who hated Nazis and hated bullies. Captain America stood up for the underdog, and, as the story was written, even before he gained his strength and prowess from Army scientists, always stood for what was righteous, and never backed down.
At 72, I have a fairly vivid personal memory of every political and cultural upheaval since Castro’s revolution in the mid-1950s. Add to that my father’s stories, and I could probably paint a picture of the battlefields of northern France surrounding the city of Metz in WWII as well. However, the events that transpired at our nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, an insurrection inspired and fomented by our own president, will be the event that haunts me forever.
Neal Kirby, the son of Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby, was distressed to see some of the January 6 terrorist… https://t.co/nwrplRJIk1
While watching one of the horrific videos of the storming of the Capitol, I thought I noticed someone in a Trump/Capt. America t-shirt! I was appalled and mortified. I believe I even caught a quick glance of someone with a Captain America shield. A quick Google search turned up Trump as Captain America on T-shirts, posters, even a flag! These images are disgusting and disgraceful. Captain America is the absolute antithesis of Donald Trump. Where Captain America is selfless, Trump is self-serving. Where Captain America fights for our country and democracy, Trump fights for personal power and autocracy. Where Captain America stands with the common man, Trump stands with the powerful and privileged. Where Captain America is courageous, Trump is a coward. Captain America and Trump couldn’t be more different.
My father, Jack Kirby, and Joe Simon, the creators of Captain America and WWII veterans, would be absolutely sickened by these images. These images are an insult to both their memories.
If Donald Trump had the qualities and character of Captain America, the White House would be a shining symbol of truth and integrity, not a festering cesspool of lies and hypocrisy.
Several of our presidents held the same values as Captain America. Donald Trump is not one of them.”
@CanteringClark Is this person holding a Captain America shield? wtf? https://t.co/PN10Ubz5Af
There you have it. It should be pretty obvious that if you’re marching alongside actual Nazis you don’t get to use Captain America as a symbol for your movement, but it’s helpful to hear it straight from the source anyway.
Following a Deadline report that he’s in negotiations to return as Captain America, Chris Evans quickly became a trending topic on Thursday as fans started wildly speculating about what the actors’ return could mean for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, later that afternoon, Evans responded to the rumor with an odd tweet that appears to be a denial. According to the actor, his return as Cap is “news to me.”
Clearly, this wasn’t the reaction that Marvel fans were looking for, and they took to the replies to voice their frustrations and plead for Evans to reprise his role as Cap:
However, shortly after issuing his “denial,” Evans tipped his hat that he’s been soaking in the fan reactions and gave everyone a shout-out for bring their A-game. “Some of the gif responses are priceless,” Evans tweeted. “Good work, everyone.”
Some of the gif responses are priceless good work, everyone
As for how to read Evans’ denial, it’s hard to take it entirely seriously, considering Marvel’s history of keeping actors on a very tight leash when it comes to casting news. Fans recently saw a similar situation play out when Tatiana Maslany flat-out denied being cast as She-Hulk, only to have her role confirmed a few weeks later during Disney’s Investors Day. Marvel actors also know not to comment publicly until a deal is officially signed, which Deadline reports is not the case with Evans yet. The actor had previously stated that he’s done with Marvel, but according to sources, he became more open to the idea of returning in December when talks began.
James Harden is headed to the Brooklyn Nets following a gigantic, four-team deal involving the Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Indiana Pacers. In terms of both the number of picks/players in the move and the centerpiece of the whole thing, this was one of the biggest trades in recent NBA history, with Brooklyn acquiring an MVP candidate to put alongside Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
One major question that popped up in all of this is why the Nets deal won out over the deal from the Philadelphia 76ers, which apparently put forth a deal centered around Ben Simmons. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports on the Posted Up podcast, it was easy: pettiness won out.
“I was told that Tilman Fertitta, the Houston Rockets owner, he was just adamant that they not make a deal with Philly, obviously with Daryl Morey being the GM over there now,” Haynes said around the 6:45 mark of the podcast.
Morey, of course, was the wildly successful executive in Houston for years who left the organization after last season and cited a desire to be away from basketball for some time. However, shortly after that happened, he took a job leading the front office in Philadelphia, and while a Harden-for-Simmons swap would have been interesting no matter who was negotiating it, things got taken to another level, apparently, with who was at the helm of negotiations.
Jaren Jackson Jr., when he’s been on the court, has been one of the league’s most exciting young players, as he was a key cog in Memphis’ tremendous 2019-20 campaign, partnering with Ja Morant to form quite the dynamic duo.
However, the big man has battled various injuries since entering the league, currently working his way back from a torn meniscus suffered last year. Jackson Jr. hopes to be back on the court soon, but his latest rehab from injury has not dampened his tremendous sense of humor. The 21-year-old has recently had a bit of a growth spurt that has taken him across the 7-foot threshold. When asked about it in a recent interview with Marc Spears of The Undefeated, Jackson confirmed his spurt and when Spears followed up with how that can effect his game, Jackson chose to focus on the excitement he has for doing “7-foot stuff” off the court.
How tall are you now?
Seven feet.
Is that going to affect your game in any way?
I just got to be a 7-footer now, man, do 7-foot stuff, duck under doors and try to touch the rim without jumping. There’s a bunch of 7-foot bucket list of things I got to check off, like being in Walmart and getting paper towels for ladies.
I really enjoy the idea of Jackson wandering the local supermarkets of Memphis offering his assistance to little old ladies to grab things off the top shelf, but also find it very funny that this is somehow reserved only for true 7-footers, and that his 6’10/6’11 former self was unqualified for such activities.
The bigger news from the interview is Jackson saying he thinks he’ll be back on the court this season and, while not by MLK Day, he says it won’t be “too long.” Still, it’s good to know that he’s enjoying his new status in the 7-foot club and is embracing all of the responsibilities that come with it off the court, and once he gets back on it he can really start exploring the space.
After the huge successes of Travis Scott’s collaboration with McDonald’s, future co-branding opportunities seemed like a no-brainer. As reported by Business Insider, though, just because something is simple doesn’t make it easy. While every piece of Travis Scott merchandise sold out, no matter how bizarre, the corresponding line of products from the Golden Arches’ partnership with reggaeton star J Balvin has been canceled due to what a spokesperson called “production challenges.”
The line included such fun, cheeky products as a pair of Big Mac slippers, a pair of Golden Arches glasses, a McFlurry bucket hat, a smiley-faced logo watch, and even a temporary tattoo of a receipt for a J Balvin meal (a Big Mac, fries with ketchup, and an Oreo McFlurry). However, an email was sent to customers by the merch producers Vibras Lab told them they’d be receiving a refund instead of the expected merch, citing an “issue with our supplies” that “did not meet our expectations with the products.”
Meanwhile, a rep for J Balvin told BI that “production challenges” were responsible for the cancelation, although fans won’t walk away completely empty-handed. The refund will come with a note from J Balvin as well as a co-branded beanie.
On the bright side for the reggaeton superstar, his co-branded Jordan 1 shoe with Nike was a smashing success.
Jay and Mark Duplass have brought a number of docuseries to streaming services in recent years, but Sasquatch certainly seems poised to be the weirdest one yet. Hulu announced on Thursday it’s picked up a three-part documentary series about the mysterious cryptid and an investigation into a triple homicide that some feel Bigfoot committed.
The latest Duplass Bros true crime series follows a familiar pattern with those they’ve produced in the past. Docuseries like Wild Wild Country and Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist are streaming on Netflix, but it’s now Hulu that will get an extended look at an investigative journalist’s research into Bigfoot, and whether the mythical creature is a brutal murderer. Of humans.
Here’s the synopsis that Hulu shared on Thursday:
While visiting a pot farm in Northern California in 1993, investigative journalist David Holthouse heard a story that still haunts him: On a nearby farm three men were torn limb from limb in a savage Bigfoot attack. Sasquatch follows David as he revisits the Redwoods twenty-five years later, in search of any evidence that might lead to the truth of what happened that night. As he pulls at the threads of this story, he’ll be taken down a path that’s far more terrifying than anyone would have imagined.
It certainly sounds wild, and that’s what we’ve come to expect from Duplass Brothers documentaries. Hulu announced Thursday that Joshua Rofé will direct the project, which will premiere later this spring. Meanwhile, their next project will hit HBO at the end of January, Lady and the Dale, a four-part series about Elizabeth Carmichael and Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation.
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