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After months of reports that James Harden would make things “uncomfortable” if he was still on the Sixers roster when training camp started, things went fairly smoothly when that time arrived.

While he skipped media day, he arrived to camp in Colorado and worked out with the team, seemingly recognizing that his past antics had stopped his value around the league and, if he wanted someone to trade for him, he needed to play a little nicer this time. However, with that method not working to his liking, Harden has apparently decided to change his approach, with Shams Charania reporting the star guard has not been with the team since Sunday and no showed practice on Wednesday.

Harden, naturally, is in Houston.

This comes after reports indicated there was once again no real reaction on a deal with the Clippers and the expectation Harden will begin the season in Philly. That apparently doesn’t sit well with the star, who saw two weeks of attempted good behavior not lead to the intended results and has apparently decided that was enough of that.

Harden already was working out to the side and was not attending preseason games, but seems to be escalating his distance from the team by now completely skipping practice altogether. After saying he intended to “play basketball” this year, indicating he’d do so even if not traded, he may be changing his tune with the season approaching and there being no signs a resolution to his trade demand is coming.

Earlier this year, singer and instrumentalist Caroline Polachek released her fourth album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You. The album received much acclaim, and Polachek isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Today (October 18), Polachek dropped a new song, “Dang.”

On “Dang,” Polachek teams up with producers Cecile Believe and Danny L Harle, who help deliver nearly three minutes of hyperpop bliss.

Over the course of Polachek’s career, which spans nearly two decades, Polachek has experimented with a multitude of genres, while remaining a staple under the indie-pop umbrella.

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You doesn’t follow a cohesive narrative, nor does Polachek consider it a “concept” record, as she mentioned in an interview with Elle. In that same interview, she expressed gratitude by how well-received the record was, and how so many listeners and critics understood her vision.

“I feel really grateful that people, both critics and listeners, have been so down to go into all these different zones within one album and not see it as a conflict,” Polachek said. “I feel very emboldened by how understood the record was.”

You can listen to “Dang” above, and also see Polachek’s debut of the song in a special Ted Talk-themed performance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert below.

Taylor Sheridan decided that his mountain of TV shows isn’t enough. Nor are three Yellowstone shows enough. At some point, a 6666 series will splinter off from the Yellowstone tree trunk, and the series will follow the lives of the cowboys who reside at the 6666 Ranch. Is it a real place? Oh yes.

As well, bits and pieces of the franchise have already filmed at the real-life location. Those would apparently not include any part of 1923 (starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, who look so happy next to ^^^ Sheridan’s cowboy hat that I had to use a photo), but some 1883 episodes (the prequel starring Sam Elliott) were filmed at the 6666 Ranch (or the “Four Sixes”) near Guthrie, Texas. Despite the ominous-sounding name of the joint, this is not a haunted ranch (that we know of).

The 6666 Ranch is legendary and hails back to 1870 when Captain Samuel “Burk” Burkett founded the location and got things atarted right with 100 heads of cattle who were brandished with “6666.” Today, the ranch spans an area that’s said to be as big as two Chicagos. Sheridan sealed the deal on purchasing the land, reportedly for up to $320 million and partially funded by investors who were keen on Sheridan’s plans to film Yellowstone-related programming on the premises.

This also may or may not be the place where Sheridan films cowboy camps (at a very lucrative price point) for cast and crew of his shows ahead of filming, but the 6666 Ranch is still headed up by General Manager Jim Leathers, who recently admitted that he didn’t know much about Taylor Sheridan before the screenwriting powerhouse visited the ranch with intent to purchase.

The sprawling territory will be where much drama takes place in 6666, according to the Paramount+ show’s synopsis:

Founded when Comanches still ruled West Texas, no ranch in America is more steeped in the history of the West than the 6666. Still operating as it did two centuries before, and encompassing an entire county, the 6666 has inspired a new scripted series where the rule of law and the laws of nature merge in a place where the most dangerous thing one does is the next thing. The 6666 is synonymous with the merciless endeavor to raise the finest horses and livestock in the world, and ultimately where world-class cowboys are born and made.

6666 production is currently on hold like nearly everything else in Hollywood, but we’ll keep our eyes on further developments.

The recent trend of parents going out of their way to give their children unique names has brought up a lot of discussion on social media. Some of these names sound cute when a child is 5 years old. But will Caeleigh, Zoomer or Rhyedyr look like a serious adult on a job application in a few years?

A recent viral video on TikTok is a unique twist on the current discussion surrounding names. Samantha Hart has a name that doesn’t seem like it would draw any negative attention in professional circles. However, her parents didn’t consider email conventions when they named her back in the late ‘90s when email was new.

“My name is Samantha Hart,” the 27-year-old said. “Most companies use the email designation of first initial, last name, meaning my email would be shart.” For the uninitiated, a shart is an unintentional release when one thinks they only have gas.

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The issue arose because Samantha has had two “professional” jobs in the past in which her name has been an issue. So, as she began a third job, she wondered how to approach the situation with a new employer.

@thesam_show

sorry if i talk about this problem too much but it is HAPPENING AGAIN!!

“At every single workplace, I have received an email from HR the week before I start letting me know that my name does not exactly fit the company email structure as they would intend and [asked] would I mind if they gave me a different structure for my email,” Hart said.

So she asked her 30,000 followers on TikTok if she should just “reach out, right off the bat” to her employer and ask for “something else” or wait for HR to react to her email situation. But most of the responses were from people who have been in the same embarrassing situation as Samantha and wished their parents had thought twice before naming them.

“Clittmann has entered the chat. Have been dealing with this since college,” Chris.Littmann responded.

“As Swallo, I feel your pain,” Samantha Wallo replied.

“My name is Sue Hartlove so my work emails are always shartlove,” Sue added.

“I went to college w Tiffany Estes,” Abby1233213 wrote.

“Rkelley has entered the chat,” Rach commented.

“Worked with a guy named Sam Adcock,” Lori added.

“My last name is Hartstein, and my mom’s personal email is ‘shartstein.’ People literally call her shart-stein,” Lyss wrote.

“I used to work with a BAllsman,” JenniferKerastas added.

“I worked with a Patrick Ecker at a previous job…” NoName wrote.

“Our high school used last name, first two letters of first name. My friend’s email ended up being ‘mountme,'” Averageldeal commented.

Andy Marks won the comment section with: “Always best to initiate the shart convo… wait too long and it tends to come out at the least opportune moment.”

While the comments were dominated by people sharing their unfortunate email addresses, a few people in the IT field shared their advice for how Samantha should approach her new employer with her email issue. Most agreed that she should address the issue before it becomes a larger problem.

“As someone in IT—please reach out. When we have to rename a bunch of logins after someone starts it can cause headaches for everyone (inc you!),” Kelsey Lane wrote.

“At every single workplace, I have received an email from HR the week before I start letting me know that my name does not exactly fit the company email structure as they would intend and [asked] would I mind if they gave me a different structure for my email,” Hart said.

So she asked her 30,000 followers on TikTok if she should just “reach out, right off the bat” to her employer and ask for “something else” or wait for HR to react to her email situation. But most of the responses were from people who have been in the same embarrassing situation as Samantha.

“Clittmann has entered the chat. Have been dealing with this since college,” Chris.Littmann responded.

“As Swallo, I feel your pain,” Samantha Wallo replied.

“My name is Sue Hartlove so my work emails are always shartlove,” Sue added.

“I went to college w Tiffany Estes,” Abby1233213 wrote.

“Rkelley has entered the chat,” Rach commented.

“Worked with a guy named Sam Adcock,” Lori added.

“My last name is Hartstein, and my mom’s personal email is ‘shartstein.’ People literally call her shart-stein,” Lyss wrote.

“I used to work with a BAllsman,” JenniferKerastas added.

“I worked with a Patrick Ecker at a previous job…” NoName wrote.

“Our high school used last name, first two letters of first name. My friend’s email ended up being ‘mountme,'” Averageldeal commented.

Andy Marks won the comment section with: “Always best to initiate the shart convo… wait too long and it tends to come out at the least opportune moment.”

While the comments were taken over by people sharing their unfortunate email addresses, a few people in the IT fields shared their advice for how Samantha should approach her new employer with her email issue. Most agreed that she should address the issue before it becomes a larger problem.

“As someone in IT—please reach out. When we have to rename a bunch of logins after someone starts it can cause headaches for everyone (inc you!),” Kelsey Lane wrote.

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Sabrina Carpenter has been opening for Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour — and is now paying tribute to one of her biggest hit songs, too. In a new cover for Spotify Singles, Carpenter covers Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble.”

Compared to the original, heightened pop version, Carpenter strips down the song for a sweet, acoustic performance — placing an emphasis on both her vocals and Swift’s lyrics.

She’s also been extremely influenced by the pop star, as most younger performers in the industry grew up on Swift’s music.

“It’s so funny, I’ve been growing up with her advice in her songs because it’s very much a how-to book on how to survive as a young woman, which is really special,” Carpenter shared during a previous interview with Billboard. “Watching her in and of itself is how you learn. I admire her work ethic and her talent and she’s just so amazing.”

Next month, Carpenter will be joining Swift back out on the road for three Eras Tour shows at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She will also be opening for Swift’s legs in Australia and Singapore next year.

Check out Carpenter’s take on “I Knew You Were Trouble” below.

Back in Summer 2021, NBC announced that Mike Schur was creating a Field of Dreams show for Peacock. This was exciting news because Schur is a huge baseball nerd who has been behind some of the best television series of the past two decades: The Office, Parks and Recreation, The Good Place, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Plus, Field of Dreams is a cinema classic, so there was all kinds of TV magic to be made here.

And then it didn’t happen. Schur has previously revealed that Peacock abruptly pulled the plug, but now, he’s talking in depth about the canceled project, which would’ve have starred actors from his beloved series. This list of names is gonna hurt, so be warned.

“Andre Braugher was going to play James Earl Jones’ role, Kristen Bell was going to be in it,” Schur told Pablo Torre Finds Out. “Nick Offerman was going to be in it. William Jackson Harper who played Chidi in The Good Place was going to be in it.”

As for Schur, the worst part of the experience is that NBC literally abandoned a baseball field constructed for the show in an Iowa cornfield thanks to making the cancellation decision while the series was deep into pre-production.

Via Awful Announcing:

“That’s the saddest part of this,” Schur said. “We went as far as you can possibly go without actually doing the thing that we set out to do.”

While emphasizing TV shows get axed all the time, Schur explained how the physical presence of the field and the symbolism of abandoning makes this story unique.

“We built it and they didn’t get the chance to show up,” Schur joked.

According to Schur, the series would’ve explored themes like “nostalgia, memory, and passion,” and let’s be real. The whole thing would’ve been freaking delightful.

(Via Awful Announcing)

To quote Charli XCX: vroom vroom. Neon has released the first full-length trailer for Ferrari, dudes rock director Michael Mann’s biopic of car manufacturer Enzo Ferrari starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz. Unlike the mostly dialogue-free teaser, Driver’s Italian accent — his finest voice work since House of Gucci — is front and center in the trailer. “If you get into one of my cars,” he says, “you get in to win.” You can watch it above.

“There were numerous times when I thought this was an impossible film to make,” Mann told Deadline about Ferarri. “And then I would go back and reread the screenplay and what was magical and riveting about it would present itself all over again and I constantly stayed completely committed to it.” It has to be good. I can’t accept living in a world where a movie about fast cars starring Adam DRIVER isn’t quality entertainment.

Here’s the official synopsis:

It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory he and his wife, Laura built from nothing ten years earlier. Their volatile marriage has been battered by the loss of their son, Dino a year earlier. Ferrari struggles to acknowledge his son Piero with Lina Lardi. Meanwhile, his drivers’ passion to win pushes them to the edge as they launch into the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.

Ferrari, which also stars Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gordon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell, and Patrick Dempsey, opens in theaters this Christmas.

Idles has announced their fifth album, TANGK, set to arrive early next year. Ahead of the album, the band has shared a new song, “Dancer,” which features James Murphy and Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem.

On “Dancer,” Idles’ lead vocalist Joe Talbot takes command, leading a new revolution of dance as he reigns over the dance floor. The video features the band and others dancing throughout the city.

TANGK features production by Nigel Godrich, Kenny Beats, and the band’s guitarist Mark Bowen.

When speaking of the album to NME, Talbot said he wanted the project to evoke a creative, eclectic energy.

“When I started this album, I said to Bowen: ‘I want to make people dance, I want people to feel the love that I need in my life, I want to make people move, I want our music to be infectious again – and I want it to be infectious in a way that makes people feel, not think. I want to feel part of something electric again’,” Talbot said.

You can see the video for “Dancer” above, and the TANGK artwork and tracklist below.

1. “IDEA 01”
2. “Gift Horse”
3. “POP POP POP”
4. “Roy”
5. “A Gospel”
6. “Dancer”
7. “Grace”
8. “Hall & Oates”
9. “Jungle”
10. “Gratitude”
11. “Monolith”

TANGK is out 2/16/2024 via Partisan Records. Find more information here.

The Daily Show wasted no time tearing into Jim Jordan‘s humiliating Speaker of the House vote, which saw 20 members of his own party voting against him after he confidently told reporters that he had the necessary votes.

Comedian Michael Kosta is filling in this week as guest host, and he had the honor of lambasting not just Jordan, but the Republican dysfunction in Congress. He also worked in a clever dig at a GOP Senator Mitch McConnell for good measure.

“A big loss for Jim Jordan today, Ohio representative and what you get when you photocopy your grandfather’s toe too many times,” Kosta quipped after playing clips of news anchors highlighting the embarrassing defeat. “As of now, it’s been two weeks of Republicans arguing with each other and they still haven’t been able to agree on a new Speaker. Which is a big deal. The Speaker of the House is the person responsible for… speaking in the House. So if they don’t have one, then nobody is speaking, and it’s just so quiet in there.”

“Congress can’t do anything until they figure this out,” Kosta continued before teeing up a brutal burn on Mitch and House GOP members. “They can’t pass laws, they can’t send foreign aid to Ukraine, they can’t impeach Hunter Biden’s penis. Right now, Congress is basically Mitch McConnell, totally frozen and no one knows how to fix it.”

(Via The Daily Show)