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Odell Beckham Jr. is getting set to make his long-awaited free agency decision, as he expects to be fully ready to return to football soon after suffering a torn ACL in the Rams’ Super Bowl win.

While Beckham is trying to narrow down his list of potential contenders to join on the field, he’s also making a big move off of it by filing a lawsuit against Nike for failing to honor its contract with him after matching an offer from Adidas in 2017. Beckham released a statement on Monday night confirming he was suing Nike, saying he was holding the company accountable for honoring its commitments.

According to TMZ, the suit stems from Beckham’s belief that Nike has been suppressing sneaker sales and finding ways to dock him pay for altering equipment he wears for games, with the star believing Nike has kept $20 million from him.

OBJ says the relationship with Nike began to sour around March 2022 when he was due a payment of around $2.6 million. But, he claims, without any warning, the company withheld more than $2 million of the payment. He later learned Nike withheld the money because the company said he committed footwear and glove violations when he altered his equipment towards the end of last season. Beckham insists he didn’t commit the violations — he said he was forced to personally customize his cleats because Nike failed to give him cleats that matched the colors of his new team. As for his gloves, Beckham Jr. says he always customizes the equipment to fit his “high fashion brand” and Nike never had a problem with it in the past.

Considering Beckham has long been one of Nike’s most prominent faces, with his crossover appeal from sportswear to streetwear, it’s a significant lawsuit as Nike seems set to lose one of its biggest football clients with allegations that they’ve manipulated his deal.

Yesterday, Dua Lipa clarified that she won’t be performing at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 opening ceremony. However, she will be performing with Elton John during his final North American performance at Dodger Stadium. Other artists paying homage to the legendary musician will be Kiki Dee and Brandi Carlile.

The show, called Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium, takes place on Sunday, November 20. It will be livestreamed for three hours, starting at 11 PM ET on Disney+.

About not performing at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 opening ceremony, Lipa explained her decision in an Instagram story, “There is currently a lot of speculation that I will be performing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Qatar,” she wrote. “I will not be performing and nor have I ever been involved in any negotiation to perform. I will be cheering England on from afar and I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host the World Cup. One love, Dua x.”

Watch the trailer for Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium above.

Dua Lipa is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

When we talk about “grocery store” beers, we tend to think of light beers, lagers, pilsners, and IPAs. But when it comes to the beer aisle (or cooler) at contemporary beer sellers, there are a lot more choices than there were even a few years ago. This means many other styles also fit the criteria of “grocery store beers” — including stouts.

Sure, there are the usual suspects like Guinness Stout and Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout, but there are myriad other stouts available at almost any grocer or beer store. And today I decided to blindly taste the best of them (or at least the most prominent). I picked eight widely available stouts (including the aforementioned Guinness and Smith Smith’s stouts) and blindly nosed, tasted, and ranked them. I specifically selected a mix of various stout styles. There are Irish dry stouts, oatmeal stouts, Nitro stouts, and even a few imperial stouts. Keep scrolling to see how everything turned out.

Here’s today’s lineup:

• Guinness Stout
• Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout
• Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout
• Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout
• Great Divide Yeti
• Deschutes Obsidian Stout
• Sierra Nevada Narwhal Stout
• Murphy’s Irish Stout

Part 1: The Taste

Taste 1

Tasting Notes:

The nose is roasted malts and dark chocolate, but really nothing else. The palate is more of the same with roasted malts, dark chocolate, cereal grains, and light hops.

Overall, not the most exciting palate and is a little too sweet for my liking.

Taste 2

Tasting Notes:

Cocoa powder, freshly brewed coffee, milk chocolate, vanilla, oak, vanilla, and roasted malts, the aromas on this beer’s nose seem to be never-ending. The palate continues this trend with more dark chocolate, coffee beans, fudge, roasted malts, and gentle, floral, herbal hops at the finish. The ending is a mix of sweetness and bitterness and leaves you craving more.

Taste 3

Tasting Notes:

Aromas of bready malts, roasted malts, coffee, and dark chocolate greeted me before my first sip. The palate keeps this trend going with sweet caramel malts, roasted barley, dark chocolate, and freshly brewed coffee. It’s smooth, creamy, and dry.

Not overly exciting, but definitely a decent beer.

Taste 4

Tasting Notes:

Before my first sip, I was met with aromas of roasted malts, caramel, chocolate, coffee, and lightly bitter pine. On the palate, I found notes of bitter chocolate, licorice, espresso, and roasted malts. The finish is a mix of sweetness and bitter hops.

Overall, a very unique stout.

Taste 5

Tasting Notes:

Complex aromas of roasted malts, coffee beans, bready malts, toffee, and a gentle nutty sweetness greeted me before my first sip. Drinking it, I found notes of molasses cookies, dark chocolate, roasted malts, espresso beans, and a gentle, slightly bitter finish that tied everything together nicely.

From my notes: “This is a complex, multi-dimensional stout.”

Taste 6

Tasting Notes:

I noticed chocolate, dried fruits, caramel, and not much else on the nose. The palate was creamy and smooth but didn’t have much substance beyond chocolate, butterscotch, and light biscuit malts. Fairly one-dimensional and unexciting overall.

Taste 7

Tasting Notes:

The nose isn’t overly pungent with roasted malts, caramel, freshly brewed coffee, and dark chocolate making heavy appearances. Taking a sip reveals even more dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, vanilla beans, and licorice. The finish is creamy, sweet, and dry.

Very pleasing.

Taste 8

Tasting Notes:

The nose is all earthy grass, roasted malts, dark chocolate, and slight pine needles. On the palate, I found more dark chocolate, caramel malts, freshly brewed coffee, roasted barley, and some vanilla. The finish is creamy, sweet, and dry.

Part 2: The Ranking

8) Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout (Taste 6)

ABV: 5%

Average Price: $11.50 for a four-pack

The Beer:

This 5% ABV, vegan-friendly oatmeal stout is brewed with onsite well water as well as malted barley, cane sugar, roasted malts, yeast, hops, and oatmeal. It gets some of its velvety, creamy mouthfeel from the addition of carbon dioxide.

Bottom Line:

If you’re okay with a fairly one-dimensional stout with chocolate and not much else, this is a great beer for you. Otherwise, opt for something with a little more substance.

7) Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout (Taste 1)

ABV: 6%

Average Price: $11.50 for a six-pack

The Beer:

One of the most milk stouts in America, Left Hand Milk Stout is brewed with 2-row, Crystal, Chocolate, and Munich malts as well as lactose (hence the name) roasted barley, flaked barley, and rolled oats. It gets its hop presence from the addition of CTZ and US Goldings hops.

Bottom Line:

This is a velvety smooth milk stout. It’s just a little one-dimensional and sweet for my liking. It’s not a terrible beer, just not the best.

6) Murphy’s Irish Stout (Taste 3)

ABV: 4%

Average Price: $8.75 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

The Beer:

While Guinness Stout gets all the hype when it comes to Irish stouts (and readily available stouts in general), fellow Irish brand Murphy’s makes a widely popular stout as well. It’s brewed simply with water, malted barley, un-malted barley, hop extract, and gets its mouthfeel from the addition of nitrogen.

Bottom Line:

This isn’t Guinness and that’s more than okay. If you’re looking for a drinkable, reasonably well-balanced Irish stout that isn’t Guinness, give this one a try.

5) Sierra Nevada Narwhal (Taste 8)

ABV: 10.2%

Average Price: $13.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Sierra Nevada gets a lot of hype for its industry-changing pale ale and its myriad IPAs, but this imperial stout definitely shouldn’t be forgotten. It gets its bold, robust flavor from being brewed with caramelized malts, Chocolate, Carafa III, Estate Pale, Honey, smoked and two-row malts as well as roasted barley.

Bottom Line:

Sierra Nevada crafted a great imperial stout when they made Narwhal. It’s loaded with roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, and other expected stout flavors. Its only downfall is its high ABV (10.2%), making it less of an everyday drinker.

4) Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout (Taste 4)

ABV: 6%

Average Price: $11.99 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This popular stout is available year-round but is best suited for fall and winter drinking. Brewed simply with water, malt, hops, and house ale yeast, it gets its unique flavor from the addition of Brewer’s Licorice.

Bottom Line:

This isn’t your average stout. While it has the elements stout drinkers enjoy (roasted malts, coffee, and chocolate), it also has a nice hop presence.

3) Guinness Stout (Taste 7)

ABV: 4.2%

Average Price: $10.50 for a six-pack

The Beer:

In the world of stouts, there is none more famous than the classic, timeless Guinness Stout. This iconic 4.2% ABV dry Irish stout is made with simple ingredients like water, malted barley, un-malted barley, roasted barley, hops, and yeast. It gets its velvety mouthfeel from the use of nitrogen.

Bottom Line:

There’s a reason Guinness stout is such a popular beer. And while much of it is advertising, it’s also a great beer. It’s creamy, sweet, and filled with all the flavors stout lovers enjoy.

2) Great Divide Yeti (Taste 2)

ABV: 9.5%

Average Price: $13.50 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This award-winning year-round beer from the folks at Great Divide is known for its roasted malts, sweet caramel, coffee, and dark chocolate flavors. The addition of hops brings an added dimension to this robust, potent imperial stout

Bottom Line:

Great Divide Yeti is a great stout. This imperial stout has everything stout fans crave and, while it’s a little higher than most stouts at 9.5%, the alcohol content doesn’t overpower the rich flavor profile.

1) Deschutes Obsidian Stout (Taste 5)

ABV: 6.4%

Average Price: $9.50 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This bold, complex, beloved stout gets its roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee flavors from the addition of 2-row, Munich, Crystal, Carapils, and Chocolate malts as well as roasted barley and Delta and Northern Brewer hops.

Bottom Line:

You’d have a tough time finding a more complex, well-balanced stout that you can find at most grocery or beer stores than Deschutes Obsidian. One sip and it will become your fall and winter go-to.

Part 3: Final Thoughts

As is often the case with my blind taste tests, it’s clear balance is key when it comes to stouts. I’m not interested in overly sweet, cloying stouts without much substance. I’m also not interested in bitter stouts either. There’s a certain sweet spot where they have a mix of malt sweetness, some bitter chocolate and coffee, and a smattering of hops. This is what I’m looking for and the number one pick here nails those parameters!

This time last year, Emily Ratajkowski made a bold proclamation: She didn’t think it was weird at all that women are attracted to Pete Davidson. Perhaps she was really telling on herself, because a year later, word got out that the two might be an item. But is the rumor true? According to Us Weekly, it sure is.

“Pete and Emily have been talking for a couple months now,” an insider told the publication, adding that they are “in the very early stages, but both really like each other.”

Over the summer, both parties split with their respected partners. Ratajkowski separated from her spouse Sebastian Bear-McClard after four years of marriage. Meanwhile, Davidson ended his 10-month relationship with Kim Kardashian, during which he had to put up with the unhinged antics of her ex, Kanye West (who was still a ways off from imploding his career).

Last November, Ratajkowski spoke about Davidson during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. “Pete’s, he’s got the height. Obviously women find him very attractive,” she said. She also hatched a theory that only men don’t see why women are into him. “Guys are like, ‘Wow. What’s that guy got?’ And I’m like, I mean, he seems super charming. He’s vulnerable. He’s lovely. His fingernail polish is awesome. He looks good!” Now look at them.

(Via Us Weekly)

This article originally appeared on 08.03.21

Parenting is the most important job that most people will ever have in life. Your decisions as a parent will be some of the most important determining factors in whether your child becomes a happy and productive adult or not. It’s a huge responsibility.

Parenting is a difficult and important undertaking, but many parents simply repeat the same strategies used by their parents. How often do we hear people rationalize their decisions by saying, “That’s what my parents did and I came out ok.”

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This approach to raising children negates the fact that with every generation there are countless studies done on child development, many of which run counter to popular parenting wisdom from the past.

Dr. Kristyn Sommer, who has a PhD in child development, has received a lot of attention on social media because of her dedication to teaching “evidence-based parenting.” This expertise has made her an advocate for strategies that run counter to conventional parenting wisdom and have stirred up a bit of controversy.

Here are five TikTok videos where Sommer shares some of her evidence-based parenting strategies.

@drkristynsommer

Play > rote learning for toddlers 🙌 #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #playmatters #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool #toddler

Three Things I Do Differently as a Mum with a PhD in Child Development

In Dr. Sommer’s first video where she references her degree she admits she refuses to sleep train, co-sleeps with her daughter, and never calls her “naughty” or “bad.” She delves deeper into her thoughts on discipline in the next video.

How To Discipline Your Child So They Actually Learn

Dr. Sommer uses positive reinforcement to discipline her child and as she said in the previous video, avoids the use of terms such as “naughty” or “bad.” If her daughter is doing something wrong she asks her to contemplate whether she’s making a good or a bad decision.

How to Handle Tantrums

Most people tend to think of a tantrum as naughty behavior. However, they are actually a combination of a bunch of little stresses that the child has experienced throughout the day that eventually overwhelm them. Once they hit the tipping point, all of their big feelings bubble up to the surface, resulting in a healthy expression of emotion.

Should You Spank Your Child?

Dr. Sommer is passionately against “spanking, corporal punishment, physical punishment, what ever you want to call it.” She says it needs to stop because it has little effect on behavior and can lead to antisocial tendencies in the future.

She Doesn’t Teach ABCs and 1,2,3s

Dr. Sommer isn’t worried about teaching her child her toddler alphabet or how to count. She says that it “doesn’t really help them with anything” but they should spend that time playing because that’s where they learn best.

@drkristynsommer

Play > rote learning for toddlers 🙌 #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #playmatters #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool #toddler

Play > rote learning for toddlers 🙌 #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #playmatters #earlylearning #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool #toddler

This article originally appeared on 07.18.19

When Lily Evans set out to walk her dog, she had no idea the story of that walk would later go viral on the internet.

When she took to Twitter to recount her experience, she opened with a simple question, one that many men have probably wondered for a long time — though women already know the answer.

(Before you click through to the thread itself, note that Lily’s Twitter account is expressly for adults and may be NSFW.)

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The walk started off normal enough. Until she ran into a seemingly friendly stranger.

A man eating on a nearby bench offered her dog, Echo, a treat.

He eventually asked her if she lived in the area — which could be considered slightly intrusive — but all in all, it was just small talk.

But then she ran into him again shortly after.

Evans says his friendly banter — maybe innocent, but more likely not — was making her incredibly uncomfortable.

And yet he continued to linger.

Then he invaded her physical space with an out-of-nowhere hug.

“I was terrified,” she wrote.

Evans hurried home, petrified the man would follow her.

He didn’t. But the experience left her shaken and upset. Worst of all, she says, she has been through this many, many times before.

Her story went viral in a hurry, with over 44,000 retweets, 68,000 likes, and thousands of comments.

“The response from other women has been pretty heartbreaking,” Evans writes in a Twitter exchange with Upworthy. “Many, many women have used this as an opportunity to share their stories of harassment, assault, or even just being very frightened.”

The replies to Evans’ tweet thread is littered with similar stories — seemingly “nice” guys on the street or public transportation who push small talk far past its acceptable boundaries.

Though she’s glad her story made other women feel more comfortable coming forward with their own experiences, Evans hopes it also leaves an impression on men who read it.

“I had several guys ask me how they can be more non-threatening, and that’s exactly what I was aiming for.”

“I got a lot of replies from men saying, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry that happened, but we aren’t all like that! Some of us are nice guys,'” she says. “And while that’s true, my point was that strangers cannot know what your intentions are until it’s too late.

She hits on an important point: It’s not inherently wrong or creepy to strike up a conversation with a stranger, but women truly never know when a simple “hi” is going to turn into them being followed and harassed.

“I had several guys ask me how they can be more non-threatening, and that’s exactly what I was aiming for,” she says. “I just want men to be more self-aware and understand that when a woman they don’t know is skittish, it’s nothing personal. We’re just trying to be safe.”

Have you heard of this show Yellowstone? It’s got Kevin Costner as the owner of a really big and very profitable ranch in Montana. It’s pretty popular. How popular is it? It’s inspired multiple spinoffs, including a forthcoming one with no less than Harrison Ford and Dame Helen Mirren. It’s also so popular that its latest premiere broke viewership records for a show that is already watched by just about every boomer.

As per Entertainment Weekly, Season 5 kicked off not with a whimper but with a bang. During its live airing on the Paramount Network, the neo-Western pulled in 8.8 million viewers. But this is the future, so that was only the start. When you throw in simulcast airings on stations like CMT, TV, and Pop, the number balloons to 10.3 million. Add encore telecasts, and it goes up to 12.1 million, encompassing all live-plus-same-day viewers.

For context, the show’s Season 4 finale “only” scored 9.3 million live-plus-same-day viewers, and 11 million when you add simulcast airings. Indeed, it’s the biggest viewership Yellowstone has ever gotten.

Creator Taylor Sheridan is doing pretty well for himself. He even has another Paramount show, Tulsa King, which unleashes Sylvester Stallone upon the south. Sheridan recently addressed one minor controversy, if you can even call it that, laughing off claims that it’s the “Red State Game of Thrones.” Anyway, good news for an already popular program. Maybe you should check it out.

(Via EW)

Back in September, John Oliver made a joke about the recently departed Queen Elizabeth II. It wasn’t mean-spirited or even particularly edgy. All he did was point out that it’s not shocking that a 96-year-old woman passed away. Still, it was too much for Sky, the British broadcaster, who cut the bit when they aired that episode of Last Week Tonight. Oliver was scared that they’d go even further with his most recent episode, whose main segment was dedicated to the monarchy. He needn’t have worried.

As per Deadline, the episode aired on Sky in full, despite Oliver taking a predictably critical view of the British monarchy. Oliver was so sure they’d axe it that he and his team provided an alternative: a 25-minute loop of a brief video featuring Winston Churchill going down a wasterslide backwards, set to the theme from The Benny Hill Show. As such, viewers abroad were spared — and educated about some of the darker aspects of a tradition some (but by no means all) find outdated.

The episode did not hold back. Oliver even made another joke about Elizabeth II’s passing, saying he felt the same way about her death as he did about Mr. Big eating it while on a Peloton on And Just Like That… “It’s like I care, but I don’t,” Oliver cracked, adding that “she ain’t done nothing for us” before moving onto the nation’s poisonous history of colonialism.

(Via Deadline)

The Los Angeles Lakers are 3-10 to start the season after notching a much-needed win over the Nets on Sunday night despite the absence of LeBron James, who sat out for a second straight game with a groin injury.

James’ health jumped to the top of the Lakers’ list of concerns, but even when he does return to the lineup there are plenty of things to fix. After another offseason where the Lakers refused to sign shooters, the team ranks dead last in three-point shooting in the league and while there could be some positive regression on its way, the roster is what it is (as James has said many times) and they’re never going to light it up until changes are made.

However, as has been reported a number of times, the Lakers aren’t willing to make moves too quickly, even as they’ve slipped into the basement of the West standings. As the front office continues to drag its feet on making a trade involving their 2027 and 2029 first round picks, despite LeBron making clear that’s what he wants to have happen, they have found a new reason to put off making any drastic maneuvers. Per Marc Stein, L.A. has decided they won’t make roster changes until Dennis Schröder and Thomas Bryant are healthy and in the lineup, after both had thumb surgery during camp.

The Lakers have indeed looked at free agents for a potential in-season roster boost — first Moe Harkless and more recently Joe Wieskamp and Tony Snell — but the sense I got after spending the past week in L.A. is that their preference is to wait for the returns of Dennis Schröder and Thomas Bryant before making judgments that could lead to changes. The Lakers have high hopes that Schröder in particular can give the offense a boost after both he and Bryant sustained thumb injuries during the preseason that required surgery.

Look, I get wanting to see the roster as it could be, but color me skeptical that Schröder and Bryant are going to turn the fortunes of these Lakers. This isn’t a team in need of just a little more competent depth, which those two very well could provide, they need something rather dramatic in terms of an influx of talent.

However, for a front office that put themselves in this position, being able to point to any absences allows them to kick the can down the road a bit more and make it seem like they’re trying. The problem comes when they’ve waited so long that the playoffs become out of reach — unless, of course, that’s their preference to feeling pressured into making a chase for a mid-seed by dealing away the last of their assets.

Who is the nicest person in Hollywood? Many say it’s Keanu Reeves, and with good reason: Not only is he kind and generous but is also helping save lives. Who can beat that? Still, we might have a runner-up in Colin Farrell, a very good actor having a very good year with four very different good movies. What could make Farrell’s 2022 even better? Having people share stories about what a nice guy he is in real life.

“Colin Farrell’s the nicest celebrity I ever served at 3am at Fred 62,” one person, an employee at the Los Angeles diner, randomly tweeted. “He sat at the counter and ordered a tuna melt, then later called me over and said, very thoughtfully, ‘these fries are really f*cking good.’”

First off, a late night tuna melt and fries sound amazing. Second, those have to be really good fries to inspire a customer to wave over the waitstaff and “thoughtfully” expound on their excellence. Or maybe Farrell’s just an unusually sweet person. Based on all the replies the person’s original tweet received, a good chunk of them sharing similar stories of Farrell being a stand-up dude, it sure sounds that way.

You hear that, fellow celebrities? Go out of your way to be pleasant to people and your legend may grow in stature. Maybe Farrell and Reeves should do a buddy comedy together where they simply roam the planet saying nice things to strangers. Maybe they could run into John Cena as he’s fulfilling yet another Make-a-Wish wish.