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Paul Rudd is aging as gracefully as anyone on the planet, which makes him perfect to play a… millennial? At least he has taken those reigns in a coronavirus PSA where the 51-year-old actor talked to his people about the importance of wearing a mask to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

“Yo, what up dudes, Paul Rudd here, actor and certified young person,” Rudd says, wearing a bright yellow hoodie and a flat brimmed NY hat while holding a skateboard. “A few days ago I was talking on the iPhone with my homie governor Cuomo, and he’s just going off about how us millennials need to wear masks. Because, get this, apparently a lot of COVID is transmitted by us millennials.”

There are some incredible facial expressions in this video, and I wish I could share all of them as screengrabs. But please settle for this one and pause the video several times to get the full enjoyment out of them all.

Anyway, Rudd said Cuomo asked him to do something about this, hence the video.

“So Cuoms asks, he says ‘Paul, you gotta help me. What are you, like, 26?’ And I didn’t correct him.”

Rudd then called masks “totally beast” and said to “slide that into your DMs and Twitch it.” He then pulled out a double-necked guitar and played a sick riff. No, really. Rudd also helped recreate one of his recently famous memes, wearing a wing sauce-stained mask with the guy from First We Feast to say “look at us” a few times. There are other meme references in there, but also just a lot of awkward Tim and Eric-style silliness from Rudd, who says deadpan that “we gotta yeet this virus” at the end of the video.

Whether it gets the point across to millennials is unclear right now, but, judging from the initial reaction, a lot of fans of Celery Man were certainly picking up what he was putting down. No cap.

Director and producer Brian McGinn first got attention while directing comedy shorts with Dave Franco. Then McGinn landed a gig producing and directing episodes of Netflix’s hit food series Chef’s Table and the documentary Amanda Knox. McGinn knows how to tell a good story, that’s what we’re getting at here.

We caught up with McGinn as he was doing press for the latest season of Chef’s Table: BBQ. It’s a series of episodes that’s triumphant, educational, and emotional all at once. A peek into the world of barbecue from the streets of Charleston to Texas’ Hill Country to Syndey Harbor to the jungles of the Yucatan.

As Chef’s Table: BBQ rolled out, McGinn was kind enough to give us a nice chunk of time to chat. It’s a fun conversation and a granular look into the making of Chef’s Table — one of the greatest food documentary shows ever.

What was the impetus for you focusing so clearly on one genre of food, barbecue, this time around?

Look, every time we make anything we’re excited to try to share some universal values and feelings, and we see barbecue as this amazing tradition that transcends. It’s all over the world. People barbecue in different ways, and it brings people together and it celebrates this shared bond between people. We thought, at this moment, it turned out to be interesting because now we’re all in this situation, but we thought it was really nice to try to bring people together and celebrate the way that barbecue can actually create community. We thought that was a really cool thing to focus on.

So for us, we see it as an extension of Chef’s Table — as it’s own thing because I think that there’s so much tradition in barbecue. There’s so much richness there. It doesn’t have to be just a season, it can have its own life.

What really comes through in the four episodes is that community is really what is at the root of barbecue. You see folks coming into these joints on Saturday and Sunday, and it’s been such a huge part of their lives for so long, even if the pits aren’t well-known outside of their hometowns.

How did you guys find these particular four subjects?

I think the other thing that we’ve really been trying to do is to find different kinds of stories to share and to put different types of people front-and-center on our series. So for each of our four episodes, we were trying to find stories and people that we could feature that maybe come from a different point of view than some of the traditional high-end chefs that we’ve featured on the show before.

So Tootsie, I mean, first of all, she is truly a legend in Texas barbecue. And for us, it was the thing that was so exciting was to be able to tell a story about someone for whom cooking is not even her full-time job, right?

Right. It’s technically a side gig.

Right! During the week she’s a janitor and then on Friday nights she goes home and sets her alarm for one in the morning. She gets up and she starts cooking barbecue. The idea of that tenacity and that dedication, we thought, was just amazing and a unique story that we really wanted to highlight.

With Rodney, it was so important for us to pay tribute to the history of whole hog BBQ, and the tradition of coming from an African American background of cooking the whole hog in the South, and especially in South Carolina. That was a type of barbecue that we were really excited to share. Then we also loved Rodney’s philosophy, “every day is a good day.” It’s such a great way of looking at life.

Then there’s Lennox, who is probably the most traditionally chef-y of the subjects. We saw his episode as a bridge to the history of what we’ve been doing at Chef’s Table. But also, Lennox is coming from a place where acclaim is not really what he’s in search of. He’s really in love with this form of cooking: Cooking with fire and trying to take it to new places is what he’s fully dedicated to. We loved the idea of featuring someone who’s not actually dedicated to shining a light on themselves.

How did the last episode in the Yucatan fit into that?

For us, we’re always trying to find a way of saying, “Okay, if this is a barbecue season, what are some episodes that people might not expect to see in the season? And how can we explore new parts of the world and share, with our audience, things that we think are really awesome and important?”

So Rosalia’s story is as much about what happens to an Indigenous community and to Indigenous traditions over time as it is about barbecue itself. At the same time, Cochinita pibil has this place in the wider conversation of barbecue, and the pit barbecue of the Mayans became a thing that inspired so much of American barbecue as we know it today. It was a way of both paying tribute to the roots of American barbecue while also exploring this culture, this community, and celebrating the different ways in which barbecue brings us all together.

I think also in every single one of these episodes, the community plays this big role. I think making barbecue really brings Tootsie into her community. She’s found these different ways to be part of her community and she’s persevered through all sorts of tragedy. And Rodney Scott, obviously the idea that his whole community could come together over barbecue certainly comes through in the episode. And Rosalia, cooking Cochinita as a tradition is something where the whole community comes together to cook it and eats it on special occasions.

The communities around these barbecue traditions were really important to us this season.

It’s also fascinating how you’re able to capture the intergenerational aspects of barbecue. These traditions are passed down. They’re adapted and modernized. But, they’re also preserved. That’s something I think people forget about with barbecue is how deeply rooted it is in culture through generations of people cooking it.

Totally. And each of these episodes, the type of barbecue is really a source of pride for the community, right? Hill Country BBQ — as this kind of iconic form of barbecue in Texas — is something where there’s a lot of pride around that style. I would even say with Lennox, at Extebarri he learned this kind of elevated version of the Asador cuisine from the Basque Country and that style of cooking with fire and has continued to push that in the direction that he’s excited about. But as I say, he really emerges from one of those styles as well. Rodney Scott’s whole hog has this long tradition going back to the early days of the American South, particularly in the African American community. And certainly, Cochinita is the same thing. I don’t know the exact years, but, Cochinita goes back to pre-Hispanic times.

There’s something so exciting about being able to trace that history and then find the people who really embody the spirit of these longstanding traditions, and are carrying them forward to speak to the future. That’s always something that’s really exciting for us because that demonstrates the passion and the care that each of these people has for what they do. That’s something we just love and respect and want to celebrate with Chef’s Table.

The show has obviously evolved. So, where do you see this going next?

I think early on in the show, we were really coming from a place where Jiro Dreams of Sushi was a big inspiration for us. David Gelb [that film’s director] was the guiding light of the series. So when we started, we were exploring a lot of other three Michelin star restaurants or places that got acclaim in those traditional high-end, fine dining worlds.

The exciting thing has been that, as the show evolved, we’re discovering how universal food is and how important people are in every type of cuisine. The exciting thing is that there are so many other types of cuisine to explore that we haven’t had a chance to do yet.

How does that translate to the show?

So, I think there are two tracks that we can go on. I think it’s great to continue to explore these iconic six chefs from different backgrounds. Then, it’s also really interesting to explore somewhat more niche categories that reveal much larger themes. For us, the show has never been about purely the culinary world. It’s been about how can we learn and how can we show our audience these inspiring life stories with lessons that I think expand well beyond just the food world. I don’t think there’s no end result where we’re thinking, “Okay, because X, Y, or Z is happening, we don’t want to explore some subject matter.” It’s really about, “how can we find things that inspire us?”

It’s been really exciting to step outside of the fine-dining world and see how many incredible stories there are to share while trying to do a better job of representing and celebrating the broad swath of diversity that exists in the food world.

What’s your favorite barbecue? Are you a Memphis guy, a Carolina Hog, Hill Country, Cochinita?

I went to school in North Carolina, so I love some Carolina pulled pork.

A little bit of mustard?

Yeah. I love that. Obviously, I’m a big Texas brisket fan. Everyone that I know is. Cochinita, in Yaxunah, where Rosalia and a number of the other members of her community cook, is absolutely stunning. I feel like Lennox’s food and the Asador food at Extebarri in the Basque Country is equally delicious. So I think one of the great things is that all these styles are so different that they all stand out on their own merit. So, I guess, I’m giving you a cop-out answer by saying I like all of them.

We can spread the love around. It’s okay.

The first one that I really fell in love with was definitely that pulled pork in Carolina.
You’re in an interesting position in the food industry where you’re very deep in it. You know a lot of people there. But you’re also on the outside looking in as a filmmaker. What have you seen change in the last six months that has actually been positive or something that might be good for the future of food?

The thing that’s inspiring to me every day is how creative members of the culinary world are in finding ways to adapt. The number one goal, I think, that people often lose track of when we’re talking about chefs as superstars and all those things, is that it really comes down to this fundamental relationship between cooks and diners, right? No matter what, it’s creating an experience of dining that’s like inviting some into the kitchen but making it feel like home. It’s been really exciting and awesome seeing how much adaptation everyone is capable of, and how creative people are being in trying to help other members of the community.

Another thing that’s really stood out to me is that it’s not a situation where each restaurant and each chef is on their own. It’s a community banding together and saying, “Hey, restaurants are really vital. What we do is really important for our culture and to the community.” I think that’s been a really lovely thing to see.

You can watch all of the new season of ‘Chef’s Table: BBQ‘ on Netflix.

My car was covered in ash this morning and the sky up and down California looks like the first act of Interstellar right now, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t slightly cheered by this morning’s Twitter development. In case you missed it, that was when the sitting president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, challenged Democratic nominee Joe Biden to a debate on the Joe Rogan podcast. Which he did by quote-tweeting ex-UFC middleweight contender Tim Kennedy (who totally got hosed against Yoel Romero, but that’s for another article).

If anything, Idiocracy just wasn’t weird enough. 2020 has been depressing and apocalyptic, but at least now it’s finally becoming art. I can’t think of a better way to ride out the fires and floods and locusts than listening to two increasingly senile used car salesmen trade insults mediated by your over-earnest gym partner microdosing on DMT. This is America, 2020.

Joe Rogan gets a lot of criticism for normalizing all the rightwing wackos he has on his show, and justifiably so, but he’s also one of the few representations of what a genuine swing voter looks like. And he’s not some mythical centrist composite cooked up by cable news who likes social programs but is concerned about the national debt, he’s your mostly apolitical cousin who’s really into custom metalwork and might one day get drawn into a multi-level marketing scheme via Twitch. As “liberal” media increasingly moves towards up-to-the-minute fact-checking as a solution to this age of schizophrenic misinformation, Joe Rogan gets 200 million monthly listeners by earnestly “yes-and”-ing virtually any idea in the universe for three barely-edited hours on end.

Maybe there’s a lesson in that? I honestly don’t know. But as a legitimately credulous, genuinely persuadable swing voter, Joe Rogan actually seems like the perfect debate moderator. He’s the presidential debate moderator we deserve.

All of which got us to thinking: what would some of the topics be at a Joe Rogan-moderated presidential debate? Here are some of our predictions:

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Should the US government try to negotiate better prices on nootropics?

Are you in favor of increasing the number of paleo options for underprivileged school children?
Should microdosing be taught in schools?

Would you be willing to support discounted sensory deprivation tanks for first responders?

Are you capable of moving the Israeli embassy to Area 51?

Should the Oscars institute new rules to facilitate more Dagestani representation in film?

Should police departments outlaw the use of the rubber guard?

Would your administration push to rename or remove statues and monuments of historical figures found to have been inspired by aliens?

Is our national infrastructure as prepared as it could be for an inevitable chimpanzee uprising?

Would you consider mandatory kettlebell programs for potential school shooters?

(*Passes CBD pen*) You hear about these coordinated killer whale attacks? F*ckin’ crazy, right?

Has Doctor Fauci looked into the effects of ketosis on the novel coronavirus?

Should the US military move to contain China’s growing influence in the Pacific region or is what we think of as reality actually just a simulation?

Are you in favor of legalizing the 12-to-6 elbow?

How detailed is your plan for confronting the sasquatch?

Would you appoint Dan Carlin to run the Department Of Education in order to advance our children’s understanding of historical weaponry?
Which candidate, if elected, is willing to commit to bringing back Pride rules?

Are you in favor of a voucher program to increase parental choice in elk hunting?

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These are just some of the issues facing America today and we deserve to know where each candidate stands.

(Thanks to Joey Devine from the Roundball Rock podcast for his input on some of these topics).

If nothing below suits your sensibilities, check out our guide to What You Should Watch On Streaming Right Now.

We Are Who We Are (HBO, 10:00pm EST) — Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria) takes a first stab at a TV series, and it’s an immersive experience with (of course) a sun-drenched, often picturesque Italian setting. Jack Dylan Grazer and Jordan Kristine Seamón star as two leads who recognize something crucial in one another and forge an unshakable bond, and this should tide Euphoria fans who don’t mind more literally euphoric vibes and less nihilism than the Zendaya-starring series.

The Third Day (HBO, 9:00pm EST) — Jude Law and Naomie Harris star in this limited drama series about a mysterious island filled with unwelcoming natives. It’s a strange new world, and the leading duo must confront their own prejudices and fears… and hopefully survive.

Dancing With The Stars (ABC, 8:00pm EST) — Joe Exotic rival Carole Baskins makes her debut, so expect some Tiger King references. Baskins will be joined by Jesse Metcalfe, Nelly, Nev Schulman (Catfish), Johnny Weir (he’s got the moves, so he’s my prediction for winner), Anne Heche, Vernon Davis, Skai Jackson, AJ McLean, Jeannie Mai (Holey Moley), and more.

In case you missed these offerings last week:

Unpregnant (HBO Max film) — A 17-year-old Type A student, Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson), deals with a never-taken-lightly decision by taking a 1000-mile road trip with her former BFF, Bailey (Barbie Ferreira), and it’s a wild ride that neither of them suspected was afoot. The value of renewed friendships with a dash of both Thelma And Louise and Fast And Furious make this an unexpectedly funny film with costars including Alex MacNicoll, Breckin Meyer, and Giancarlo Esposito, and Betty Who.

Woke (Hulu series) — This show is the comedy series that Lamorne Morris (and the rest of us) deserves with a little bit of everything. It’s surreal, it’s funny, it’s serious, it’s got talking toast and trashcans, and it’s in good hands with director Maurice “Mo” Marable. The quest to “keep it light” never felt so real as Keef (based upon the life and work of artist Keith Knight) experiences a rude awakening and transformation to follow.

The Boys: Season 2 (Amazon Prime series) — This season’s gone weekly from here on out while diving deeper, and Episode 4 takes the vigilantes on a road trip to track down a mysterious Supe called Liberty. There’s candy-bar and serial-killer lore afoot as well.

The Killing of Breonna Taylor (Hulu series) — The New York Times investigates the life of Bronna Taylor and her police killing (following a no-knock warrant) on March 13 while the case still unfolds.

Keeping up with the best new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of new music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.

This week saw Chance The Rapper link up with a legend and Demi Lovato share an important message. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the rest of the best new music this week below.

Ludacris — “Found You” Feat. Chance The Rapper

During a Verzuz session in May, Ludacris teased some new music, including a collaboration with Chance The Rapper. Now, months later, the pair have dropped the track, “Found You.” On the smooth cut, the duo have loving words for the objects of their affections.

Gorillaz — “Strange Timez” Feat. Robert Smith

Damon Albarn has become a collaboration king in recent months thanks to Gorillaz’s Song Machine series, which has paired the group up with a bevy of diverse and talented artists. The latest meeting of the musical minds had them joining forces with The Cure leader Robert Smith for the appropriately alternative “Strange Timez.” There’s a lot more to come, too, as the tracklist for their first Song Machine collection reveals collaborations with Elton John, 6lack, St. Vincent, Beck, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Jpegmafia, and Earthgang.

Dame D.O.L.L.A. — “Kobe” Feat. Snoop Dogg

The soundtrack for the NBA 2K is usually filled with hits, and in an uncommon move, one of the players got himself on the playlist. Damian Lillard (as Dame D.O.L.L.A.) is a more accomplished and skilled rapper than most pro athletes, and his contribution to this year’s soundtrack is “Kobe!.” The track features Snoop Dogg and Derrick Milano, and it’s a fitting tribute to the late basketball great.

Marshmello and Demi Lovato — “OK Not To Be OK”

Demi Lovato has been more open than many about her struggles with mental health, and she showed up in a big way on World Suicide Prevention Day last week. She and Marshmello teamed up for “OK Not To Be OK,” an empowering anthem with lyrics like, “When you’re high on emotion / And you’re losing your focus / And you feel too exhausted to pray / Don’t get lost in the moment / Or give up when you’re closest / All you need is somebody to say / It’s okay not to be okay.”

Conway The Machine — From King To A God

Conway recently explained his new album to Uproxx, “I elevated, you know what I’m saying? My pen, man… it’s like I went from: You thought I was good before, I’m great now. It’s like going from good to great — from king to a god. I just felt I’m at a level with my pen that’s like I’m even surprising myself sometimes with some of the sh*t I’m writing.”

T.I. — “Ring” Feat. Young Thug

T.I. and Young Thug are far from strangers, and the two have reunited yet again on “Ring.” Uproxx’s Aaron Williams called the track a “return to form” for both T.I. and Thug and noted that on it, “the Atlantan rappers trade bars with a back-and-forth flow that highlights their yin-and-yang chemistry and clever lyricism.”

Major Lazer — “Oh My Gawd” Feat. Nicki Minaj

2020 has been huge for Nicki Minaj, as she secured her first No. 1 single ever this year thanks to her appearance on Doja Cat’s “Say So.” Now she’s back working with big-time collaborators, this time giving Major Lazer an assist on the dance-ready “Oh My Gawd.”

Mxmtoon — “OK On Your Own” Feat. Carly Rae Jepsen

Mxmtoon is a rising force in indie-pop, and she’s getting noticed, but not just by fans. Her peers are seeing what she’s up to and want in. Carly Rae Jepsen hopped on Mxmtoon’s latest, “OK On Your Own,” about which Mxmtoon was amped, saying, “I was beyond excited to work on this track and have it be graced by Carly Rae Jepsen, someone who stands for empowerment and knows the themes of love and loneliness all too well.”

Beabadoobee — “Worth It”

After building up clout with a pair of EPs, Beabadoobee is gearing up to drop her debut album, Fake It Flowers, on the world. Before that, though, she has some more teasing to get in, which she did last week with “Worth It,” a nostalgic indie-rock tune that follows in the guitar-driven footsteps of “Care” and “Sorry.”

Trippie Redd — “I Got You” Feat. Busta Rhymes

Trippie samples Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey’s “I Know What You Want” on his own “I Got You,” so who better to feature on the track than Busta himself? The legend hops on the song (and in its video), providing a slick verse that helps to refresh his classic song for 2020.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Pride Month events were cancelled in Minot, North Dakota last June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So, the city decided to temporarily fly a Pride flag in support of the LGBTQ community at city hall earlier this month.

The flag ceremony was accompanied by the town’s mayor, Shaun Sipma, proclaiming June as Pride Month in the city. This gesture ruffled a lot of feathers in Minot, a city of around 41,000 residents.

Spima said his decision to support the flag-raising stemmed from seeing “a population within our community that does need to have that issue addressed – the issue of hate. When they came to me, they had stated that they wanted a call for kindness, not necessarily acceptance but a call for kindness. And that I can appreciate.”

Last Tuesday, angry residents spoke out against the flag at a city council meeting. This prompted councilwoman Carrie Evans to deliver a beautiful defense of the flag.

Evans began her defense by letting meeting attendees know that she is a lesbian.

“So Mr. Walker, if you’re not aware,” Evans told a resident who was against the flag, “and I think a lot of people in this room are not aware and have come here just because this is a gay issue, I am proudly the first openly elected lesbian in North Dakota. So that is why I am not paying any heed to your crap.”

Evans told Walker that the flag was a way to show LGBTQ people that they are just as valuable as anyone else to their community.

“We, the people. I’m the people. I live in Minot. I am a taxpayer. I am a person,” she said. “I get to see myself represented on that flagpole just as much as the people who got the Juneteenth flag last month, as much as the POW/MIA will get later this month.”

“Every single person is entitled to see themselves represented,” she continued. “We are not some group of people who live in San Francisco or Seattle.”

“We are here. We are your elected officials. We are your brothers. we are your sisters, and don’t tell me you’re not hatred or anger. That’s all I feel. I’ve had to listen to it for days now, as has the mayor and many of my colleagues. It is unacceptable,” Evans said.

The councilwoman made the compelling point that the flag does absolutely nothing to hurt Walker but has an incredibly positive effect on how the LGBT community is perceived and protected.

“This city is big enough for all of us. Me having a flag flying does not take away anything from your rights. But you know what it does for me? It shows me I live in a city that appreciates and embraces me, and my community,” Evans said.

“And I can live here and feel safe,” she continued. “That’s what it does. I’m sorry that it doesn’t make you feel comfortable, but we’re here, we’re queer, and we’re not going away!”

Over time, symbols like the Pride flag may become so ubiquitous that we forget their true meaning and why it’s important for them to be flown.

Evans’ defense of the Pride flag serves as a perfect explanation for why people choose to fly it in the first place and why they should continue to do so.

When I opened Twitter Saturday morning, I saw “Chris Evans” and “Captain America” trending. Evans is my favorite of the Marvel Chrises, so naturally I clicked to see what was happening with him—then quickly became confused. I saw people talking about “nude leaks,” some remarks about (ahem) “size,” and something about how he’d accidentally leaked naked photos of himself. But as I scrolled through the feed (not looking for the pics, just trying to figure out what happened) the only photos I saw were of him and his dog, occasionally sprinkled with handsome photos of him fully clothed.

Here’s what had happened. Evans apparently had shared a video in his Instagram stories that somehow ended with an image of his camera roll. Among the tiled photos was a picture of a penis. No idea if it was his and really don’t care. Clearly, it wasn’t intentional and it appears the IG story was quickly taken down.

Of course, people screenshotted it before it was taken down. Then Twitter blew up. And the internet being what it is, one might expect that the photo would have dominated the Twitter feed—but it didn’t. Fans are so protective of his Evans’ wholesome goodness and right to privacy that thousands flooded the feed with sweet public photos of him, largely with his rescue dog, Dodger. It was a clear, purposeful effort to drown out any shares of the private photos, and from what I saw—or rather, didn’t see—it worked.

Fans also pointed out that Evans has talked openly about having anxiety, so people were particularly sensitive to how the actor might feel about having such an embarrassing thing happen.

Post after post of Chris-being-his-awesome-self photos.

It was a heartwarming response, honestly. In a world where the more salacious something is the more people click, it was lovely to see masses of Twitter users immediately mobilize to protect someone’s privacy.

If only that were the way such leaks always went down.

Some people praised the move while simultaneously pointing out that women who have nudes leaked are not usually given the same courtesy. When Jennifer Lawrence’s phone was hacked and nude photos were leaked on the internet, much of the buzz over it included people shaming her for having the photos on her phone in the first place.

Lawrence responded with a solid defense, in which she laid out the fact that she didn’t need to defend herself for what she did privately in her own relationship. But people still acted as if she had no right to that privacy as a celebrity, which is, of course, dead wrong.

There’s also the fact that Lawrence’s photos were illegally stolen and leaked, which adds an extra layer of offense that should enrage any decent person. Evans leaked his photos himself, which is super unfortunate, but for some reason kicked in a more compassionate response than Lawrence received. Maybe we’ve matured since 2014, maybe we’ve just become more accustomed to seeing such leaks, or maybe women are held to different standards of decency and respect.

Chris Evans has yet to comment on the leak and the protective response of his fans, as far as I’m aware. But his brother Scott did manage to pull off a bit of humor from the incident.

Ah, brothers.

Let’s all make a pact that when leaked nude photos of anyone start circulating, we flood the space with images they’ve given the public permission to see. Chris Evans got this treatment because he is beloved, well respected, and a genuinely good guy. But everyone has a basic right to privacy no matter who they are—male or female, famous or not.

Ahead of Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Series S fighting for our precious dollars later this year comes a new documentary about the most famous rivalry in video game history: Sonic vs. Mario.

Based on author Blake J. Harris’ book of the same name, Console Wars looks at the ’90s feud between Nintendo and Sega, when Mario, Luigi, and Peach faced competition from Sega, Tails, and Knuckles. It’s Marvel (Nintendo) vs. DC (Sega). Or better yet, Coke vs. Pepsi, because Coke is superior to Pepsi and Nintendo rules and Sega drools.

I’m sorry, but it’s true. Here’s more.

In 1990, Sega, a fledgling arcade company assembled a team of misfits to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pit brother against brother, kids against grownups, Sonic against Mario, and uniquely American capitalism against centuries-old Japanese tradition. For the first time ever, the men and women who fought on the front lines for Sega and Nintendo discuss this battle that defined a generation.

Directed by Harris and Jonah Tulis and produced by Seth Rogen (a Sega kid if there ever was one) and Evan Goldberg, Console Wars is set to premiere on CBS All Access on September 23.

Drew Barrymore has a talk show now, and she’s playing the hits to get things started. The Drew Barrymore Show started with a bang this week, as the movie star reunited with her Charlie’s Angels crew and had Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz on the show for an interview.

But for fans of her work with Adam Sandler, the bigger news coming from talk show land was a scripted segment where Barrymore and Sandler did an updated version their 2004 romantic comedy 50 First Dates, one of a few rom-coms Barrymore and Sandler made together, in which he and Barrymore fall in love again and again due to a brain condition that causes her to start each day with a freshly wiped memory. At the end of the movie (SPOILER ALERT, I GUESS) Sandler’s character creates a series of videotapes her character can watch each morning to get caught up on all the relevant events in her life. She’s married, she has a child, etc. It’s sweet.

The world is a very different place in 2020, though, and so the tapes from the movie now play out a very different story for Barrymore as she wakes up, sees the “good morning Lucy” tape, and puts it into the television.

“Hi Lucy, good morning. It’s me, Henry,” Sandler says, holding a ukulele. “We are on, I think, about our 5,000th date together. And it’s been great. I’m gonna catch you up.”

He then reminds her she has amnesia, they’re now married, and that they have a daughter.

“She’s about 40 now, something like that,” Sandler says to a clearly confused Barrymore, as Lucy. But then Sandler gets to the bad stuff.

“It’s 2020, and we’re also in the middle of a pandemic, which is a terrible thing,” he says. “Baseball games are now being played in front of cardboard people.”

Barrymore says it sounds like he’s making this up, and there’s a bit of fart humor and a brief fourth-wall-breaking ad for Netflix. And then things get very earnest from Sandler, who addresses Drew the newly-minted TV host rather than her character, Lucy.

“I could honestly not be more excited for you. You have your own show now,” Sandler said, though he was interrupted by Allen Covert showing up as Ten Second Tom from the movie, who would have an even worse time with this whole pandemic thing if he really existed in 2020.

“You are going to make people so happy every day, every time they see you. You are magic,” Sandler said. “The whole world feels it and I’m lucky that I know you so well. I love you.”

Barrymore seemed genuinely touched by his words, and it was a really nice sendoff for her on the show’s first week.

On the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated August 22, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” knocked Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” from the top spot. The song remained on top the next week, but the week after that, BTS’ “Dynamite” took over the No. 1 position. Now, the K-pop group has enjoyed a couple weeks on top, but their reign comes to an end today: On the Hot 100 chart dated September 19, Cardi and Meg are once again on top, as “WAP” has reclaimed its No. 1 spot for a third total week.

The return of “WAP” has the song tied for Cardi’s longest reign on top of the Hot 100, as “Bodak Yellow” was previously No. 1 for three weeks in 2017. As a featured artist, Maroon 5’s Cardi-featuring “Girls Like You” was No. 1 for seven weeks in 2018.

It was also revealed earlier today that “WAP” is the first No. 1 song on the new Billboard Global 200 chart.

Meanwhile, The Weeknd is closing in on an impressive Hot 100 record. “Blinding Lights” sits at No. 5 on this week’s chart, and it’s been in the top 5 for 27 total weeks so far. That’s tied for the biggest total of all time, alongside Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” and The Chainsmokers’ Halsey-featuring “Closer.” So, If “Blinding Lights” remains at No. 5 or climbs higher next week, it will be the new record-holder in that category.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.