Nothing says “you’re old” quite like the foundations of your once hip and trendy music tastes being dubbed nostalgic.
But hey, Jon Fishman is making the best of it. The middle school teacher started a TikTok account dedicated to playing chart-topping 80s and 90s tunes for his sixth graders and getting their candid, hilarious and often brutal responses.
So far, the playlist has included hits like “Heart of Glass” by Blondie (which is “good” but “very old person music,” apparently), that “so-so” and “kinda disco but also western” Andy Gibb classic, “(Love is) Thicker Than Water” and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Soul to Squeeze,” aka “trash in a good way.”
But by far the song with the biggest response and the most views on TikTok goes to “1979″ by The Smashing Pumpkins.
ICYMI (i.e., in case you weren’t alive in the late 90s), “1979” is one of The Smashing Pumpkins’ most highly acclaimed songs, even earning the band a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year in 1997.
Does Fishman’s class care about the accolades? No, definitely not.
“It reminds me of depression,” one student wrote. Which, not gonna lie, isn’t inaccurate.
“Very cringe, sounds old,” wrote another. Ouch.
Another wrote that the song had “nothing to do with smashing pumpkins.” This complaint understandably drew a lot of laughs from TikTok viewers.
Still, not every comment was savage. A few students complimented the song for its “good beat” and being “very chill.”
One even went so far as to say, “It’s giving summer and cool kids.”
And perhaps the biggest, sweetest most adorable compliment of all:
“It is the bestest song in the whole wide world. My mommy and daddy listen to it.”
Fishman’s makeshift series is drawing a big fanbase, and viewers are already bidding for more “nostalgic” bands like Radiohead, Pearl Jam and The Ramones, just to name a few.
If you want to see what pops up next on the playlist, follow Mr. Fishman’s TikTok here.
When Disney’s quirky, irreverent and intergalactic animated film “Lilo & Stitch” premiered in 2002, it became a box office success (helping to bring Disney out of its notorious Dark Ages of the times), earned an Oscar nomination and brought the concept of “ohana” to the mainstream.
As is the way, Disney revealed earlier this year that it would be creating a live-action version of the film, and on April 2nd, announced that Maia Kealoha would be playing Lilo—one of the show’s titular characters and everyone’s favorite eccentric young Hawaiian girl who adopts an alien dog.
With Lilo coming back into the spotlight after a couple of decades, it feels apropos to explore how this loveable outsider became an unexpected hero to the neurodivergent community.
While there appears to be no evidence that creators Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois intentionally made Lilo autistic, it is a widely accepted theory among fans—especially for those who are on the spectrum or believe themselves to be—that her neurodivergence is at least implied, much in the same way that other Disney characters are believed to be queer-coded, or exhibiting LGBTQ+ traits without being explicitly described as queer.
Looking back, Lilo’s labeling kind of makes sense. She has an obsessive interest in Elvis Presley and taking photos of overweight tourists, whom she wholeheartedly calls “beautiful.” She gets almost feral when angry by biting. She relies on rituals and routines, like feeding her pet fish Pudge the same thing at the same time every day (because he “controls the weather”). She rarely smiles, unless Agent Bubbles from social services is paying them a visit and she needs to mask. These all fall in line with the CDC’s list of autism signs and symptoms.
Of course, one could argue that Lilo is simply a neurotypical kid who doesn’t fit in or that the trauma of losing both her parents has impacted her social skills. But through this specific lens, people in the autistic community have shared how seen they feel by the character. Entire essays and video blogs have been created about it, for crying out loud. Whether or not she was written that way, it’s pretty heartening to know what a huge impact Lilo’s story has made on people.
Even certain health professionals have argued that when Lilo is seen as autistic, viewers of the movies might find more understanding and compassion for neurodivergent folks in real life.
“Especially with neurodivergent children, there is often a real profound wisdom that people don’t see cause they’re not used to seeing it in someone so young. And neurodivergence [in Lilo’s] case means an ability to see and accept things as they are that others aren’t psychologically or emotionally ready for yet. Lilo, through the whole movie, sees and speaks the truth, which also means, because she lives in truth, she doesn’t have the clinginess of a lot of children. That is a level of maturity that a lot of neurodivergent people often don’t get credit for.”
It will certainly be interesting to see if Disney decides to lean into this aspect of Lilo’s character for the live-action remake, as the company has continuously evolved to be more and more inclusive in its representation. And judging by how much Lilo has meant to people as an unofficial neurodivergent mascot, making her definitely autistic could have a really positive impact.
And if Disney doesn’t go in that direction, clearly fans will find a way.
In 1997, Oprah Winfrey spoke with Maya Angelou for an “Oprah’s Lifeclass” episode, and she revealed one of the most important lessons the “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” author had taught her: “When people show you who they are, believe them.”
“When a person says to you, ‘I’m selfish,’ or ‘I’m mean,’ or ‘I am unkind,’ believe them,” Oprah says in the clip. “They know themselves much better than you do.”
Oprah recounted the life advice while discussing a relationship with a man she felt had let her down. “[Dr. Angelou] was saying to me, ‘Why are you blaming the other person? He showed you who he was,'” Oprah recalled.
Angelou’s simple advice is a great way to detect potential red flags, whether someone has a new romantic partner, coworker or friend. It’s especially helpful when we’re unsure of how to judge someone or in denial about their questionable behavior.
A Reddit user with the username Potatoe_stealer asked the online forum, “What is a telltale sign that someone is a selfish person?” and the question received over 7,000 responses. Many of them explained how selfish people often disregard others in conversations or downplay the seriousness of their problems.
This is a great way to determine if someone will be selfish when a conversation turns into action. According to this group of Reddit users, if someone is cutting you off when you speak, they may not be there for you when things get rough.
Here are 19 of the best responses to the question: “What is a telltale sign that someone is a selfish person?”
1.
“They feel no remorse for how they’ve hurt others.” — avidhiker96150
2.
“Doesn’t think they’re wrong in the slightest bit. They can’t shoulder any bit of responsibility.” — No_Key_6276
3.
“They don’t remember the times people helped them, but remember clearly all the times they have helped others.” — GoodMerlinpeen
4.
“They respond how worse their situation is when you’re sharing your problems with them. No try for help or listening, just trying to draw attention on their side.” — seyfgs
5.
“They gladly take any favours you do for them, but when asked if they could reciprocate once, they get defensive and or aggressive and act like you’re the selfish one for daring to expect something in return.It doesn’t make you a bad person to expect reciprocation in a relationship with someone else, romantic or platonic. Relationships are give and take and that makes them healthy. It’s not entitlement to expect kindness if you give kindness. If you’re the only one giving, you’re being taken advantage of.” — random-sh**-writing
6.
“Every bad thing you do to them is drama-worthy. Every bad thing they do to you are details and should be moved on from, and why can’t you just do that? You’re so dramatic!” — Pasdusername
7.
“If you are in a group and there is one person that is constantly interrupting the middle of what you or anyone else is saying generally to brag about themselves with a ‘one-upper’ story, is generally a precursor to stop associating with them. I’ve met too many of them in my days and they are more often than not happy to throw you under the bus whenever the opportunity arises.” —Philay_shio
8.
“If they always talk about themselves.” —Effective-Craft-1173
9.
“They have that superpower to lead everything back to themselves. Even when you’re actually talking about your own life or a specific problem of yours, they somehow make it that you start talking about them instead without even changing the topic.” — Anskin12
10.
“They have that superpower to lead everything back to themselves. Even when you’re actually talking about your own life or a specific problem of yours, they somehow make it that you start talking about them instead without even changing the topic.” — AnnaVonKleve
11.
“Cliche answer but I have found the ‘return the shopping cart’ test to be pretty accurate. It is such a small thing, but it does tell you if a person thinks small things like that matter.” — LeeroyTC
12.
“They’re rude to waitstaff or just staff and employees in general. Or if their situational awareness is severely lacking and they don’t seem to have a problem with it.” — SpeedBlitzX
13.
“Trauma dumping and then not reciprocating if someone else had a bad day/felt comfortable enough to open up to them.” — PessimistThePillager
14.
“People who have kids on purpose, and then act like their kids owe them (well above and beyond basic kindness and human respect) for the rest of their lives.” — femmetastic
15.
“Poor listener.” — Pristine-Practice-51
16.
“When they monologue at you. Every conversation is just them performing and everyone else is just part of the audience.” — blocky_jabberwocky
17.
“People who always talk about money or the grind. Usually, they will sell you out in a heartbeat or take advantage of others for money which is pretty selfish.” — stonebutts
It seems like each week of “American Idol” brings all of the emotions. Watching the show from week to week means being prepared for laughs, tears, shock and sometimes frustration, and the most recent episode of the long-running hit show was no different.
Contestant Kaya Stewart, who is the daughter of Eurythmics singer Dave Stewart, was supposed to sing a duet with Fire, a single mom who was given a second chance at the show. Every chance to sing in front of the judges is a big deal to contestants because it’s another chance to become a fan favorite and win over the judges to make it to another round. It’s safe to say that the singers’ nerves are often in a heightened state, and Stewart was feeling ill-prepared to sing her duet with Fire after getting sick.
Stewart’s illness kept her from being able to learn her part in the duet, and when the time came to perform for the judges, she bowed out, leaving Fire standing on stage and holding back tears.
After being asked by judge Katy Perry what she wanted to do, Fire replied, “I’m going to start crying, sorry. It’s been really stressful. It’s been a lot of stress on me to learn a different arrangement and then come out here.”
Stewart’s exit left the judges shocked, but with some quick thinking and a willing volunteer, Fire had a new duet partner on stage within seconds.
“Listen Fire, you’re not going to be abandoned anymore,” Perry assured the singer.
Fire held back tears as long as she could as she sang Adam Lambert’s “Whataya Want From Me,” but when she reached the final lyrics, she broke down, evoking an emotional reaction from the judges. Lionel Richie and Perry’s eyes filled with tears before Perry left the singer with some encouraging words.
Following the reveal of Bud Light’s recent commercial, which features transgender model and activist Dylan Mulvaney, Rock took to Twitter to share a video of himself shooting cases of Bud Light with a semi-automatic AR-15-style rifle. He is heard saying “f*ck Bud Light and f*ck Anheuser-Busch.”
Isbell caught wind of the clip, and had a perfect response for Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie.
Isbell quote-replied to the video, saying to Rock, “is this one of those three words you wish you could say to your teenage self things.”
is this one of those three words you wish you could say to your teenage self things https://t.co/QDylbvV8BB
But it looks like Rock is going to have a hard time finding a replacement beer. A Twitter user responded to Isbell saying “Well, Bob’s drink of choice is guilty too!” The response contained a Coors Light infographic, with facts about the beer, noting that Coors Brewing has had an anti-discrimination policy, which includes sexual orientation, in place since 1978, and was one of first American corporations to have such a policy. Today, Coors Brewing is the only US brewery to offer same-sex domestic partner benefits, according to the infographic.
It’s a Barbie world, and we’re just living in it. The highly-anticipated Hollywood film directed by Greta Gerwig about the world-famous plastic doll is almost here. Although photos of led actors Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling on the set of the film leaked months ago, there hasn’t stopped fans from gushing over its promotional flyers.
A huge part of the excitement behind the film is due in part to the all-star lineup. Pop superstar Dua Lipa is one of those cast members. Lipa’s character is still relatively unknown, but based on the promotional poster, she’s going to be channeling her on-stage glamour.
But is that the only part of the musician’s professional experience that will be injected into the film? Most fans want to know if Dua Lipa making a song for the Barbie movie. In the past, it was rumored that she would lend her voice to the project. However, now according to DailyMail, it seems that this is no longer a rumor.
The outlet is reporting that the singer will make her musical return by writing and recording the theme song for the film. Lupa’s last studio album Future Nostalgia was released in 2020.
Dua Lipa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
While promoting his role as Donkey Kong in the The Super Mario Bros. Movie hitting theaters this week, Seth Rogen shared his thoughts on the original 1993 film that featured an odd, live-action interpretation of the beloved video game series. Like most Nintendo fans, a young Rogen had no idea what he just watched, and he wasn’t shy about trashing the movie on the red carpet.
“When I was 11, I saw the original ‘Mario Bros.’ movie and I was so excited,” Rogen told Variety at the Hollywood premiere of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. “But it’s one of the worst films ever made. I was so disappointed. I think it made me realize that movies, like, could be bad. That never occurred to me until that moment.”
With Illumination Studios’ animated approach to Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom, Rogen is confident the new film won’t crush young fans like what happened to him in 1993.
“It really bummed me out,” Rogen said. “It’s nice to vindicate that moment. It’s nice to know that 11-year-olds out there that they won’t be disappointed in the same way that I was.”
The 1993 film isn’t the first piece of Nintendo nostalgia that Rogen has been brutally honest about. The prolific actor/writer also isn’t a fan of the “DK Rap,” first featured in 1999’s Donkey Kong 64. In a Twitter video on the official Super Mario Bros. Movie account, Rogen called it “objectively one of the worst rap songs of all-time,” but he did give props to Diddy Kong’s dance moves.
Halsey and Moses Sumney are two musicians who are among the newly-announced cast for Ti West’s Maxxxine — which will star Mia Goth as the title character, as a continuation of the X and Pearl realm.
Goth, who will be reprising her Maxine character from X, will now be trying “to make it as an actress in 1980s Los Angeles,” according to Deadline. (Pearl had been a prequel from the perspective of the old murderous lady in X, which Goth also played.)
A24 dropped the first teaser announcement for the film today on social media. “Hollywood, here she comes,” the caption reads. It is set to start filming later this month.
Both Sumney and Halsey have dabbled in the acting realm previously. Sumney is set to appear in HBO’s upcoming series, The Idol, and was included in Creed. Meanwhile, Halsey starred in Americana, a film that recently had its premiere at SXSW.
While their exact roles in Maxxxine are currently still under wraps, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon are also in the cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Esposito is playing an adult film agent, Debicki is a director, and Monaghan and Cannavale work for the LAPD. Bacon is playing a private detective.
Halsey had also been hinting at their casting for a few months now, after captioning an Instagram post from February, “viXXXen for Valentine’s” — seemingly referencing the style of Maxxxine.
The Ted Lasso Power Rankings are a weekly analysis of who and/or what had the strongest performance in each episode. Most of the list will feature individual characters, although the committee does reserve the right to honor anything from animals to inanimate objects to laws of nature to general concepts. There are very few rules here.
Season 3, Episode 4 — “Big Week”
HONORABLE MENTION: Dani Rojas (I did not like seeing Dani get angry and play dirty); Shandy (she remains a firecracker but the thing about firecrackers is that sometimes they can go off in your hand); Jade from the restaurant (she’s so mean and I want her and Nate — I’m sorry, “Jason Jelly” — to have 10 babies); Higgins (sometimes I wonder what he’s up to when he’s not at work); Mae (runs a tight ship); changing your name to whatever you want (all fun and games until one of your friends changes their name to your name and then chaos descends upon your personal life); Michelle Lasso (get it together, lady); Dr. Jacob (still hate him); Rupert (I appreciate that he usually wears black to remind us that he’s evil); Trent Crimm (the thing we need to remember about this Nate business is that the thing with the sign will almost definitely end up in his book and be a public relations nightmare for a lot of people); Keeley (the Shandy thing is going to be a problem); Sassy (straight shooter)
10. (tie) Barbara the CFO (LAST WEEK: Unranked)
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Barbara fascinates me. Such a strange woman. Jumps straight to “sperm donor” when Higgins told the little “my son was in a car accident”riddle. She’s kind of obsessed with Rebecca. She was maybe too into the violence of the second half when Richmond got mad and started playing dirty. I bet she would be frothing at the mouth at a UFC event. I bet she’s seen Wrestlemania in person. I feel like she might have an exotic/dangerous pet at home. A snake, a scorpion, maybe a couple of piranhas.
Again, fascinating.
10. (tie) Will Kitman (LAST WEEK: Unranked)
APPLE
He’s a sweet boy.
9. Roy (LAST WEEK: 5)
APPLE
Tough week for Roy, what with his on-field tactical strategy failing against Nate and his motivational tactic of showing the team the video of Nate ripping the sign… also failing. Tremendously. Just a massive miscalculation on all levels. And Keeley was kind of making googly eyes at Jamie during the Bantr videos, which is also not great given the thing where Roy clearly has feeling for her and is probably regretting the breakup on some deep dark level of his soul where he buries his feelings.
That said:
I did enjoy watching him punch the whiteboard
I love how seriously he is taking his role of trainer with Jamie
This last one has very little to do with Roy, admittedly, but I’ve been thinking about it since the middle of the first paragraph of this section and needed to tell someone.
8. Jack Danvers (LAST WEEK: Unranked)
APPLE
Probably not the most important aspect of the whole “Keeley’s new boss showed up for a game in which the sweethearts she’s trying to build a dating app around played like a bunch of rowdy hooligans” thing but I do think I should mention that I noticed and appreciated the Apple TV+ synergy of bringing in Jodi Balfour from For All Mankind for the role, if only because it allows me to once again tell you what a good show that is.
Also, Rowdy Hooligan would be a good name for like a professional wrestler or British rapper. Something to file away.
7. Zava (LAST WEEK: 3)
APPLE
Unless I misheard, and I do not think I did, Zava — who continues to just mangle inspirational quotes, as seen above — has at least four children that he let name themselves at age 7, and the names those four children chose are: Angry, Dirty, Ugly, and Smingus Dingus. He is basically raising the seven dwarves. I love him and them very much.
6. Jamie (LAST WEEK: 2)
APPLE
Jamie is:
Starting to take his training seriously after a lil puke mishap
Possibly on the verge of being in two separate love triangles (Keeley/Roy and Keeley/Shandy)
Not passing to Zava in games, which is something he’s going to have to get over at some point
Still dressing kind of like a secondary member of a C-list Orlando boy band from like 1997
Please imagine how weird it would be to be strolling through a park and see one world-famous athlete puking from exercise while another world-famous athlete sits in front of him on a bench eating breakfast. You would text everyone you know.
5. Nate (LAST WEEK: Unranked)
APPLE
Here’s the thing with Nate…
ON ONE HAND: Everyone saw the video of him ripping the sign in a rage a while ago, and Rupert is playing to his worst impulses, and he continues to wear black and never smile like the villain in a Disney movie, and he did that weird thing where everyone got off the elevator and it was just him and Ted left in there and he stayed in the back facing the corner like a little boy who had just gotten in trouble at school, which probably says more about his mental state right now than any line of dialogue he’s said all season.
ON THE OTHER HAND: His team did win, thanks in part to Richmond melting down but mostly to his tactical skill. He appears to be inching toward fixing his relationship with Ted, even if his boss and the world are conspiring against him a little bit. He didn’t spit at anything in a blind rage this week. This represents progress.
Good for Nate.
4. Helping out a stranger in need (LAST WEEK: Unranked)
APPLE
The specific example here — Jack handing Keeley a tampon under the divider of the bathroom stall — might not apply to about 50 percent of the population, but the sentiment is the same. You can do stuff like this so easily, too. Let’s say the person in front of you in line at the coffee shop is fumbling with their wallet and looking flustered, or maybe their card got declined or isn’t swiping right. Pay for their order. Even if they get some fancy drink and a snack, the total comes to like $8. You can handle that. And it feels great. It doesn’t have to be money, either. Hold the door for someone carrying a million bags. Make a silly face at a crying kid whose mom and/or dad looks like they might heave their cell phone through a window.
Little things. It’s a good start. Do it for selfish reasons, if you want, just to feel superior to all the other jerks who don’t do it. No one else needs to know that part.
3. Rebecca (LAST WEEK: 10)
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Rebecca lost to Rupert’s team and didn’t seem to be having a blast at halftime when she was shouting “HAVE FUN” at Ted with a fire in her eyes that could have set off the smoke alarms in the stadium if she hadn’t walked away in time. That… wasn’t great. In a more normal week where more people on this show have little triumphs and successes, she might not have even cracked the top ten.
But.
Everyone else was doing very bad this week and she did get the satisfaction of telling Rupert to stop screwing around with his assistant and that probably helped to drive home once and for all that she’s better off without him. I don’t know. Weird week for everyone, I guess.
2. Ted (LAST WEEK: 9)
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Ted:
Lost the big grudge match again Nate
Watched his team flail and maim for an entire half of soccer without really doing anything about it
Still doesn’t seem to understand the basics of the sport he is being paid handsomely to coach
Which is… bad. Like, objectively. And Sassy correctly identified, to his face, that he’s a mess right now, in a few ways. Which is… true, but also bad. So, with all of that working against him, why is he ranked all the way up here at number two? Two reasons:
It was kind of a big step for him to confront Michelle — in the most gentle way you can possibly imagine — about the thing where she’s now dating their marriage counselor and bringing him around Henry
He was right about not wanting to show the team the video of Nate, as we discovered shortly after Roy and Beard did
It would be funny if this is all leading up to a series finale where everything Ted has been bottling up finally explodes out of him and he becomes a supervillain who tries to blow up the moon. Let’s keep an eye on this
1. Coach Beard (LAST WEEK: 1)
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I mean…
Like…
I don’t know. I can’t really defend leaving Beard at number one this week. He made zero good coaching decisions and Ted is falling to pieces and he’s not doing a great job of monitoring that. I feel like he’ll tighten it up, though. He did give Nate a good hard stare, too. That’s something, I guess. I don’t know.
I don’t know.
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