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We’re less than two months away from the premiere of The Acolyte, the new live-action Star Wars series from Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland. It marks the first project to take place during the High Republic, a period of time that saw the Jedi at the height of their power before The Phantom Menace laid the groundwork for their downfall.

Speaking of The Phantom Menace, The Acolyte reportedly has an ambitious goal in mind regarding the classic film. Dafne Keen, who plays Jedi Jecki Lon, recently revealed to Entertainment Weekly that the martial arts-based series is hoping to top the iconic lightsaber duel between Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Darth Maul. It’s arguably one of the best lightsaber fights across the nine-film Skywalker Saga, so The Acolyte is writing one pretty huge check.

“That was a very frequent conversation we had,” Keene said. “It was very much: We want to top the Darth Maul fight — the most iconic fight, I think, in the Star Wars cinematic universe. It’s such an amazing fight and we were all so excited about the saber fights. There’s such a skill and a craft to it that it feels so OG Star Wars and feels so impressive when you see it as a viewer.”

According to Keene, she and the cast went through intensive fight training for The Acolyte, but she ran into a problem when it came time to actually wield a lightsaber on set.

“I kept smiling,” Keene told EW. “I was so excited and they kept having to come up to me and be like, ‘Dafne, you need to stop smiling. You’re fighting someone.’ And I’d be like, ‘Oh yeah, I’m sorry. This is just so fun. I love this.’”

Here’s the official synopsis:

In Star Wars: The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems….

The Acolyte premieres June 4 on Disney+.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

This week saw the release of a ton of great new pop music. Charli XCX ushered fans back out to the nightclub with her energetic new single. Conan Gray pulled inspiration from the ’80s to shine like a star on his new album. aespa and Tokimonsta teamed up for a powerful anthem, which is featured on the soundtrack of a new film.

Check out the rest of Uproxx’s Best New Pop Music roundup below.

Conan Gray — “Found Heaven”

Conan Gray returned this week to release his new album Found Heaven, after building fan anticipation for nearly a year. Outside of the early singles, the title track is one of the highlights from Gray’s ’80s-inspired record. As Gray has explained, he used the title as a double meaning, for both dying and finding peace within yourself.

Benson Boone — “Cry”

Benson Boone’s new album Fireworks & Rollerblades features “Cry,” a track where the singer painfully yet bluntly recognizes that he’s “tired of letting someone get the best of me.” He realizes that he’s better by not having the person who causes him harm in his life. Boone co-wrote it with his producer Malay, making it one not to miss from the full record.

Lizzy McAlpine — “Drunk, Running”

“Drunk, Running” was first introduced by Lizzy McAlpine as she performed it on her The End Of The Movie Tour. Now, fans get to hear it in full, ahead of her releasing her next album titled Older. Lyrically, McAlpine struggles with dealing with a loved one, who has their own struggles with alcoholism. “What if it was all my fault? / What if I drove you to it? / I was only honest sometimes / And I think you knew it,” she asks.

Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe”

After Chappell Roan joined Olivia Rodrigo as an opener on the Guts Tour, allowing new fans to discover her energetic personality and discography, she has now dropped a new single called “Good Luck, Babe.” The sassy track finds Roan pointing out that a situationship won’t do much better after leaving her behind. “When you wake up next to him in the middle of the night / With your head in your hands, you’re nothing more than his wife,” she points out on the bridge. “And when you think about me, all of those years ago / You’re standing face to face with ‘I told you so.’”

Charli XCX — “Club Classics”

Charli XCX is bringing fans even further into her Brat era, ahead of her album dropping in June and soundtracking the summer. “Club Classics” was part of a double song release alongside “B2B.” The former proves she’s here to get the party started early, dedicating the single to those who mean the most to her creatively. “I wanna dance to A.G. / I wanna dance with George / I wanna dance to SOPHIE / I wanna dance to HudMo,” Charli shares — propelled by the danceable beat.

Ava Max — “My Oh My”

“My Oh My” serves as Ava Max’s introduction to her third studio album — and it’s a fantastic first glimpse for fans at that. Even though she already released one last year, she has been hard at work in the studio. “I have been working on this record for the last six months and I couldn’t be more excited for it to finally be yours,” she shared on Instagram. Her production is as sleek as ever, proving that Max may just have another major hit on her hands.

Griff — “Pillow In My Arms”

“Pillow In My Arms” finds Griff playing pretend with the fact that a relationship still exists, even after they’ve already gone. The somber pop ballad pulls listeners into her mindset, with the haunting vocals hitting a peak in the chorus. “And it won’t bring you back, love / And it won’t make it stop,” she cries out. As the focus track from her new EP, there’s a reason this is meant to be the standout.

Omar Apollo — “Spite”

“‘Spite’ is a song about a long distance relationship and wanting to show the other person that you’re okay without them even though you feel like you need them,” Apollo revealed as the backstory behind his new track, which serves as the teaser to his upcoming sophomore album. Although not much has been revealed about it yet, the anger and emotions present in this song prove that he is putting his heart on the line — making fans excited to see what else is in store.

aespa — “Die Trying” Feat. Tokimonsta

Uproxx cover stars aespa teamed up with Tokimonsta for “Die Trying,” which is part of the tracklist of the new Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver. As each song ties to a character, aespa’s represents Nemesis, tapping into the “heroic strength, which arose from the depths of tragedy and darkness, fueled my creative process throughout the track,” according to a statement from Tokimonsta.

Tori Kelly — “Thing U Do”

“It’s me just digging into myself as an artist and thinking, How do I want to present myself?” Tori Kelly shared during a recent interview with Uproxx, tied to her new album, TORI. “What are some sounds that we’ve never heard from me? What are some things that maybe I’ve been holding back? It feels so authentically me. It’s exciting to be in this place where it’s take it or leave it. This is where I’m at right now.” On “Thing U Do” specifically, she samples Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” to craft a catchy track.

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

After years of trying, Draymond Green finally got Klay Thompson to join him on the Draymond Green Show, where the two longtime teammates and friends got to swap stories and talk about the Warriors playoff push. They also couldn’t have the conversation without discussing Green’s absences from the team this year, with suspensions for choking Rudy Gobert and hitting Jusuf Nurkic in the face and most recently an ejection four minutes into an important game in Orlando.

That most recent ejection saw the usually stoic Stephen Curry get extremely emotional on the court, and after the game Curry explained that came from frustration with how vital Green’s presence on the floor is to the Warriors having a chance to win. Thompson echoed that on the podcast to Green, giving a heartfelt explanation of why Green getting ejected or suspended hurts the Warriors so much — seemingly trying to get Green to internalize his importance to the team.

“When you’re not out there, it’s like a piece of us is gone,” Klay says. “And, me and Steph are really nice guys. Probably too nice, you know. And we could never be ourselves and have the freedom we have on the court without you. So when you’re not out there, it’s like a huge kink in our armor, and I know the other team is very happy you’re not out there. I just know that for a fact. They relax a little bit. They let their hair down. They pump their chest up a little bit more. Our muscle’s gone, our enforcer, the heartbeat of the team is not out there. It does hurt, but the end of the day, we’ve been through so many battles, reached the mountain top, been down the mountain, had to climb back up, got there again. And now we have another real shot at this, and it’s been like a couple tough years, we’re still fighting, we’re still in the mix. It does hurt, it can be disappointing in the moment. But it will never take away from what’s ahead of us and what we’ve done. So at the end of the day, we just need you. That disappointment and that feeling of shaking your head just comes from, like, dang man we can’t do this without you. We love you and we need you so badly. And these young guys need you too. Cause Steph and I, we’re leaders, but we don’t talk the game like you do. We don’t inspire these young guys like you do. Even when Kenny calls on you in film, there’s gonna be a void there always when you’re not out there. And we’re not the Warriors without Money Green, and that’s just a fact. And you can ask anybody in the Bay, around the world who’s followed this team, we’d not be the W’s without you.”

It’s great candor from Klay, who explains that the disappointment comes from knowing they can’t be at their best without Green, and then proceeds to try and explain exactly why that is to Draymond. He points out that Green is the one that frees him and Steph up to be their best selves on the court, and also notes that Green’s form of leadership is vital to getting the most out of their youngsters as well. As Thompson notes, he and Steph are nice, maybe to a fault, and Green balances that out. It also feels as thought Klay is trying to point out that they’re maybe a bit too nice when it comes to brushing aside Green’s antics when he crosses the line, and this is Thompson’s attempt at making clear they can’t have that if they’re going to ever get back to the mountain top one more time.

While most across America were using yesterday to look up at the solar eclipse, Taylor Swift used the rare astronomical event to provide the first glimpse of a lyric from her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department. What better time to drop a clue about an album that fans have been wondering so much about?

The video, which was posted to Swift’s Instagram story, finds a typewriter spelling the phrase: “Crowd goes wild at her fingertips, half moonshine, full eclipse,” along with an album pre-order link. As of right now, it’s still unclear which specific song this is from, but Swifties loved the connection about the eclipse — which is why she seemingly timed it up.

After the post, the fan theories also went wild. Some suspected it could be a line from “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” or “Clara Bow,” while others threw out “Florida!!!” and “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.” With nine days to go until the record drops, Swifties will soon get to hear it in full — and see if their guesses were correct.

Check out Taylor Swift’s lyric reveal above. Continue scrolling to view some more fan reactions.

The Tortured Poets Department is out 4/19 via Republic Records. Find more information here.

Do you hear the faint rustling underneath the ground? It’s not an earthquake (that was last week) or an Eclipse (that was in 2010), but it’s our good friend Paul and his little worm pals heading to your local online retailer!

You can own your own piece of sand history when Dune: Part Two becomes available to purchase on 4/16 through Amazon, YouTube, and other digital platforms. The flick is currently still in theaters and is expected to hit Max sometime in the spring. The popcorn buckets are probably sold out by now, but it never hurts to check.

As for Dune Part Three: Return of the Worm Unit (working title) director Denis Villeneuve spoke to Uproxx about potentially turning Dune into a trilogy.

“For now, I’ve had my share of sand and I would love to take a little break from Arrakis before going back, if ever I go back,” he said. “I will go back if there’s a strong screenplay on the table. It’s a work in progress right now. So, I have nothing to say about Dune Messiah, other than it could be interesting to finish. Totally finalize the poetry, this arc. But I will say that, for me, I tried to complete the story in the two first movies. And to see that, if it stopped there, there was a part of me that I knew I will have spent enough time in Arrakis.”

As for Timmy, he’s a little too busy taking singing lessons right now to worry about a third installment.

Tulsa King is one of creator Taylor Sheridan‘s biggest shows, but much like his other, even-more-popular series, there are reports of behind the scenes drama. According to Deadline, the casting director for the Paramount Plus series left the project after star Sylvester Stallone and an unnamed director made disparaging remarks about background actors.

“Rose Locke Casting of Atlanta was hired to find actors ages 18 and over for the second season of the Taylor Sheridan series. But apparently the working conditions on Tulsa King soon became fodder on a private Facebook page for Atlanta-based background actors,” Deadline reports. Stallone and the director are accused of calling extras “ugly,” “tub of lard,” and a “fat guy with cane.”

On Monday, Star Trek: Prodigy writer Julie Benson posted two screenshots on Twitter and wrote, “Got this disturbing news from my Atlanta friend who’s background on Tulsa King this wk. Casting agent quit because she was so disgusted. My friend is feeling anxious about working now. @TheSlyStallone what do you have to say for yourself, sir? Beyond disappointed, I’m livid.” One of the images shows what appears to be an email from Locke, who messaged, “At the end of the day I resigned because it was a clear toxic environment that I was not comfortable putting myself or background artists in.”

Tulsa King executive producer Craig Zisk denied the claims to TMZ.

Zisk says the extras were supposed to be in a hip, young bar, and the plan was to get actors in the 25 to 35-year-old range, but the actors who were cast were considerably older. Zisk, who ended up using the actors for the scene, said, “They were “polite and did their jobs.” According to Zisk, he then told Rose Locke she needed to submit photos — headshots — of the extras so they would vibe with the premise of the film, but he says she responded, “I don’t work that way.” He shot back, “That’s the way I work and everyone I know works that way in extras casting.” Zisk says Locke responded, “Ok,” but then quit an hour later.

Stallone has not responded to the allegations, but we’ll update if so.

(Via Deadline and TMZ)

Masters week has officially arrived, as the golf (and sports) world shifts its attention to Augusta, Georgia where the best players in the world have converged to battle each other and Augusta National for the coveted green jacket.

For Sahith Theegala, it will be his second trip down Magnolia Lane, as the 26-year-old finished T-9 in his Masters debut a year ago. That performance was a confidence booster for Theegala, who enters this year’s Masters in the best form of his professional career. The Pepperdine product is ranked 15th in the world, and while he hasn’t held a trophy in 2024, he has finished in the top-10 four times already this season and is returning to a course he’s long been obsessed with (like so many golfers).

Theegala spoke with Uproxx Sports last week on behalf of IBM, which has helped the Masters build out one of the best and most beloved apps in all of sports. We discussed his season thus far, improvement off the tee, lessons from his first Masters, favorite holes at Augusta, the magic of a great short par-3, and much more.

How are you feeling form-wise coming into Masters week having had some good starts here recently?

I’m feeling great, honestly. I know it’s only my third year [on Tour], but I feel better, my body feels better than it did last year from my first Masters because I played a lot more, my form feels better, and now I feel like I have a little bit of experience. So I definitely feel more confident going into the week, but I know you can never take it for granted. You could play the Masters 20 times and there’s always some new stuff that jumps and gets you. But I’m feeling really good and a lot of things that me and my coach and team have been working on have kinda come into fruition, most specifically the driving part. So feeling great, honestly.

Yeah, I was gonna ask about that. It seemed like last year, the big jump you made was with your putter. Just like, in the stats, it was strokes gained putting was where you took a big leap. And then this year, it’s been with the driver and off the tee. What are the things you’ve been working on? And what do you think has worked best for you in terms of getting that consistency and being able to be better off the tee?

Yeah, so I think a large part of that is kind of what I went with my putting. Objectively and subjectively putting has always been the best part of my game, and all of a sudden, I got thrown on Tour the first year with these lightning fast and firm greens, and it just kind of threw my gyroscope off and my speed was really bad. So that’s what hurt my potting. And once I got the speed part down for the second year, I realized, hey, we’re putting the best greens in the world. Like, let’s just get the speed down, and that helped my putting a ton. And I’ve taken a similar approach with driving in terms of, for me, a lot of it is sightlines. I know I can step up there and hit my cut and work the ball and get creative, but a lot of holes just seem more intimidating to me with more hazards and thicker rough, so I put unnecessary pressure on myself. And I’ve never been a great driver with a ball, but I’m like, “Dude, it’s just it’s as simple as the putting approach.” Like, now that I have better ideas with the sightlines and I know I don’t have to be perfect off the tee that’s really freed me up. So it’s been just as much mental as it has been physical. And my body’s gotten a little bit better in the gym and knock on wood I’ve been very healthy. So I feel like I’m kind of able to hit shots that maybe I wasn’t able to hit the last few years because my body just wouldn’t let me do it. So just a combination of all that it’s awesome to see it pay dividends.

I mean, that’s golf, right? Like I think we we so often we get so focused on the mechanics and the physical aspect. And so often it’s can you clear your mind and get that confident thought. Like that can be as big or bigger than a swing tweak, right?

Exactly, exactly. And I really didn’t change much with my swing because me and my coach, we knew like, it’s there. Like the DNA of my iron swing, which has always been decent, is there. It’s just a matter of getting a little more confidence and maybe one or two tweaks that honestly for me has been resulting from the gym, just getting stronger with my core and my legs I can get in positions I couldn’t before. So I 100 percent agree it’s just as much mental as it is physical.

That kind of takes me into Augusta. It’s one of those places that I feel like so much of the grind of Augusta is the mental toll it takes on you because you have to be on the right side of every hole. You can’t miss on the wrong side in the wrong spot. You look at the greens at Augusta and they’re so big, but the target areas are so small. And what was the adjustment period for you — obviously, you played really well there last year — but what was it like getting there and seeing it kind of in person and playing it for the first time last year?

It is such a trip seeing it for the first time especially in a tournament condition because the slopes are just — everyone tells you right? Like the scopes are crazy, just expect more than you think. And then I get there and they’re even crazier than I think. Even Hole 1, like it was cold the first day and I’m like I can’t even get it up on top of this hill. Then I’m hitting a second shot from 180 yards on like a 12 percent upslope up into this green that just falls away in every direction and it just makes it more impressive watching all these guys for my whole life, you know, just, boom, blasting the middle of the green and having 15 feet for birdie on one. It’s like whoa, that’s a great shot. But yeah, it’s crazy actually being there and seeing how penalizing it is to be on the wrong side of the holes and how penalizing it is if you — I mean you’d rather have a 25 foot putt you know up the gutter where you’re supposed to leave rather than a six foot downhiller. And it seems crazy to say that but this is maybe the only course where that really, really holds true. And it’s just, yeah, again, it’s it’s like the prep work has to be there, you got to make sure you’re in the right spots, and Augusta just puts that to a whole new level.

You’re partnered with with IBM who created the Hole Insights on the Masters app, and how much does stuff like that — all the data that the Masters keeps, where you can go back and watch shots, you can go back and see how things react. It’s the rare major where we go back to the same place every year. How helpful is all of that and what they’ve been able to build with the app as a player to do that prep work, especially going into your first last year?

I mean, I’ll be honest, IBM and the Masters have probably the best app in sports. I’ve used it the last, I don’t even know how many years, but I literally have my laptop, I’ll be watching Augusta, I have my laptop, I’d have my phone or on the app, I would have Masters leaderboard on my laptop. And it’s just the best. And honestly, like you said, going back and being able to look at all the shots that the guys that have played well and the guys that haven’t played well to see, like the places that they were that cost them, either make them a bogey or double, or make a birdie or an eagle. I’m guilty, I watched my own rounds like 10 or 15 times from last year just to see like, what did I do here? What did I do there? Because, you know, I won’t remember it. But it’s so nice to be able to go back in the app and just see every shot of every round.

And I know they have some new tech with their hole insights, which is really, really cool, and I’m gonna mess around with that, because they have 20,000 different locations where they use the coordinates to map exactly where the ball is. And I think it’s eight years of data that they have now that Watson X is building on to show certain really cool stats such as, you know, like Hole 1, if you miss left versus right, I bet missing left is a lot worse than missing right into that second shot. So just seeing kind of clicking through and seeing some spots where I have this perception of this might be this might be a good miss. And then going into the app and seeing like, “Hey, what the what does the AI and the stats and objectively what does the show” and I bet there’ll be a few surprises where a spot on the course might look really tough, but it’s actually you know, historically, a lot of guys get up and down from there. So it’s gonna be really cool to click around and mess around. I love this kind of stuff. I mean, I don’t know how much — every Masters I probably spent 100 hours on the app in the in the four or five days. So that just shows how into it I am, and yeah, it’s just the best app and see them add more stuff with the whole generative AI thing is really cool.

You mentioned the patience required at Augusta. And when you go in there for the first time, how do you strike that balance of you want to be aggressive — as a golfer, you want to feel like you’re going after the course — but it’s a place where you have to be so smart in picking your spots. And what did you learn last year about that in your first Masters?

So I saw something about when the update to the new 2024 app was going to happen, so I went and I made sure before that happened, I went back to John Rahm’s entire 2023. It took me like almost an hour to watch the whole thing. I just I was just so curious to see where he was and where he left all the shots. And I think historically, looking back, a lot of the guys have played aggressive to conservative spots. I mean, two of the best players of all time at Augusta are Tiger and Phil and I can’t remember how many shots they just hit right in the middle of the green and let the slopes take care of it. They’re not trying to force any issues or anything, other than like Phil’s shot out of the straw, but a lot of the times they’re just playing to the smart side. And that’s easier said than done. But yeah, a lot of it is just is not forcing it and hitting in spots where you give yourself the best chance. And sometimes at Augusta it’s counterintuitive and one hole I think of is Hole 2 to that front pin. A lot of the times that up and down from short is tough because you get caught in between trying to use the backstop or trying to go straight at it and you’re better off just just bouncing it into the middle of the green or even over the green. Even though it seems crazy to mess with all those slopes, but like that tilt of Hole 2 green is actually way more left right than it is back to front. So just stuff like that, watching shots over the years and realizing it’s actually true is cool.

What are your favorite holes at Augusta? Like as far as playing them, the ones that give you the most options, the most thoughts, and are just kind of the most fun ones to try and challenge?

Yeah, I’d say my favorite hole is probably 16. I’m a par-3 snob, and I love a good short par-3. And 16 is sneaky not that short. To a back pin, it’s still like almost 190 yards. And when it’s cold, I remember that back right pin — it was wet and windy, a little into, the tee was moved up — and I hit six iron and didn’t get up on top. But I think that’s such a great hole because obviously you see the hole in ones to the back left. You see so many people hit it to a foot to the front left pin. And then to counter that if you don’t hit it in that section, if you leave it up right or hit it in the water or whatever it might be, it’s like almost an auto-bogey. And then you have those two right pins where it’s like, well, if I don’t hit it in that section I’m gonna have a really hard up and down or a really hard two-putt. So I just love holes like that.

15, again, is maybe one of the best par fives in the world. It’s an incredible risk-reward hole. And I really like the new back tee box, which might be a little bit of a hot take. Just because when you have a 7- or 6-iron, it’s kind of a no brainer from a statistical perspective to go for the green. But when you give guys a 4-iron or hybrid or 3-wood even, it really is a 50-50. I think from a subjective perspective of do I feel good about the shot and objective perspective of what’s my stroke average if I go for the green 100 times here versus weighing up 100 times. So I’d say 15-16 are my favorite. I mean Amen Corner. 11, 12, 13 is insane. 9 and 10 sneaky might be two or two of the hardest holes, I don’t know what they play stroke average wise, but nine especially is so, so sneaky. That second shot is brutal. You’re hitting off a downhill to an uphill green.

The super tiered green and you got the control spin off a downslope. It’s nuts.

It is nuts.

I love what you said about about the par-3s. You see so many courses now where the idea with a par-3 is like, we’re gonna make it harder by making it 230 yards. And it’s like, I especially hate it at, like courses that somebody like me is gonna go play. Like I hate when I go play like my local course and all the par fours are 380 yards, but all the par-3s are 220. And it’s like, don’t add the yardage there! So I appreciate what you said about the value of short par-3s. But it’s the way that they protect the holes, right? It’s not the distance, it’s the way it’s built up.

Yes, 100 percent. And, again, Hole 4 at Augusta is a great example of a long par-3 that has so many different factors and like there’s slopes that you can use to hit the ball close. It doesn’t feel like it’s an impossible hole, it doesn’t feel like you have to hit a 4-iron in a thimble. But I agree, I think short par-3s that are protected by a number of obstacles is the best. Because you want to feel like you have this opportunity to make a two. But you also want to feel the pressure and the nerves to be like, alright, if I don’t hit the shot that I need to I might look really silly here. And I think 6 is another great example of a shorter par-3, or a lot of guys have, you know, 9-, 8-, 7-iron in, and then you get that back right pin and it’s just so nobular. I mean, you look like an idiot sometimes. You hit a good shot with an 8-iron and landed right on the nob and it rolls 50 feet short right, and you’re bringing double into play. So there’s just something exciting about par-3s and the fact that it’s right in front of, you see the entire hole, it’s just up to you to hit this one iron shot right where you’re looking.

Last thing, you mentioned 15. How small does that target look when you’re on top of that hill? Because like it’s one of the things whereon TV, I don’t think it comes through fully, but like the first time I went and walked out there, I was like, how does anyone hit this thing with a long iron?

Yeah. By the way, I can’t wait to look at the hole insights on 15 just through the app, because I’m so curious to see what the actual numbers are for laying up, over the green, right greenside bunker, whatever it might be, and then just like the different areas that you can lay up to. So I’m going to be curious about that. And it’s a small target. I’ll tell you it is — laying up scares me because you have 100 yards into that green and you’re still not sure you can hit the green. So I’m like, “Alright, might as well just take my chances from 240-250 yards.” But it’s just a great designed hole, because you need to hit that second shot flush because if you miss it a little bit short right, it takes the slope and comes back into the water. And then if you pull it and you’re like “I’m gonna bail, I’m just gonna go long.” If you pull it, it lands on the downslope behind the green and it could go in the water over the green, or you’re left with a really, really hard pitch shot. So it’s just a brilliant hole. And again, I’m curious to see what IBM in the Masters app is going to have to say about what I do on that hole. Hopefully, it’s a lot of good things. I think I played the hole well last year. I think I made three birdies and no boo-boos, so, hopefully can keep that going.

Zack Snyder has a new movie coming out next week, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, which means it’s time for him to talk about “fixing” his old movies.” This time around, Snyder is teasing an official director’s cut for Sucker Punch, which he hinted at last year while promoting, you guessed it, Rebel Moon – Part One. (Not sure if you know this, but Zack Snyder loves director’s cuts. They’re his favorite.)

In a new interview with Empire, Snyder revealed that he already has the footage needed to “fix” Sucker Punch, which technically has an Extended Edition. However, Snyder says that version isn’t a true director’s cut, so here we are.

“The only movie I would change is Sucker Punch, because it never really got finished correctly. Even the director’s cut is not really the correct cut. It’s really just an extended version. If I had the chance, I would fix that movie.”

“I have the footage already shot: they just have to let me put it together,” Snyder added. “We ask every now and then. We have to ask again. I think there has to be a window when no-one’s got the movie.”

By “they,” Snyder is referring to Warner Bros. who now has an icy relationship with the director. While starved for content during the pandemic, the studio surprisingly gave Snyder $70 million to finally release his fabled “Snyder Cut” of Justice League for HBO Max. But since then, Warner Bros. has been in the process of paving over Snyder’s DC Extended Universe and pretending the whole thing never happened.

More concernedly, Snyder is not against his fans firing up another #ReleaseTheSnyderCut-style campaign for Sucker Punch.

“If they want to start a campaign, that’s alright,” Snyder told Empire. May God have mercy on us all.

(Via Empire)

If you were making a list of the most stylish celebrity couples, Rihanna and ASAP Rocky would absolutely be on it. They may even be No. 1, but either way, they’re undoubtedly in the conversation. If you ask Rihanna, though, it’s Rocky who’s pulling most of the weight there, as she reckons his style game is far above her own, as she said in a new Interview conversation with her stylist (and Interview editor in chief) Mel Ottenberg.

Ottenberg made note of Rihanna’s earring and she revealed it was a gift from Rocky. Ottenberg then complimented Rocky’s taste and Rihanna responded, “Isn’t he the best? I be feeling bummy as sh*t next to this man. I feel like, g*ddamn, I look like his assistant. I’m getting on a plane. We should be in sweats. He wants to be in a full Bottega suit. I’m like, ‘Why you got to do that to me?’”

Ottenberg then wondered if there’s “a little competition for the looks” between the two and Rihanna replied, “No. It’s more like I spend my time getting the kids dressed to death, and then I’m like, ‘What’s the most comfortable outfit to wear around them? What’s not going to feel uncomfortable on their face or on their body or make me feel like I can’t hold them properly?’ Moms are lazy dressers in real life.”

Check out the full interview here.