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Welcome to Style Watch, your one-stop shop for all the fits to elevate your wardrobe. Winter is on its last legs, and while the spring season is fast approaching we still have some cold days ahead of us. So to help gear you up, we’ve collected our favorite layer-able pieces out now that’ll help you get through the final days of winter (especially if you have a ski trip planned) along with a lot of transition gear as the weather changes.

Spring-centric collections are already dropping at Supreme, Palace, Aimé Leon Dore, KHY, Randolph, DGK, and more — so there is plenty for you to sort through, whether you’re chilling in the PNW or basking in the sunshine of Miami. Let’s dive into all the best fashion drops happening right now.

Supreme x The North Face — Spring 2024 Collection

Price: Varies

You can always count on Supreme and The North Face to produce gold when the two labels join forces. The latest collection features jackets, bags, tops, crewnecks, and other layer-able essentials that’ll have you all geared up for the late winter/ early spring season.

An obvious highlight from the collection is the two-toned split Taped Seam Shell Jacket, which features a 3-layer poly shell, full zip closure, and a camo-pattern design. It looks like what would happen if Supreme, TNF, and BAPE joined forces. BAPE wasn’t involved but think of how dope this piece would’ve looked if they were!

Something to consider Supreme, you’re welcome for the suggestion.

Shop the Supreme x The North Face Spring 2024 collection at Supreme on February 29th at 11 am EDT.

Arc’teryx — Focal LT Hoody

Price: $400

Vancouver high-end outdoor label Arc’teryx is back with a new collection of men’s and women’s wear dubbed “Veilance.” The concept behind the Veilance collection is a merging of mountain-wear tech-focused design with modern urban aesthetics for a collection that looks at home both on the mountain and in the city.

We love the Focal LT Hoody with its bright yellow colorway. The jacket sports a softshell build made of recycled nylon with an exposed front zipper, taped seams, an adjustable hood, and articulated patterning that allows for greater movement while still supplying you with warmth and comfort for those harsher cold conditions.

It’s a nice balance between tech-focused performance and style and a showcase for what the brand does best.

Pick up the Focal LY Hoody at Arc’Teryx.

Aimé Leon Dore — Mesh Moto Long Sleeve Tee

Price: $95

Teddy Santis’ Aimé Leon Dore just launched its latest collection for the spring season which consists of statement jackets, trousers, bowling shirts, loafers, jackets, and accessories, in the brand’s signature minimalist aesthetic. But one piece in particular, the Mesh Moto Long-Sleeve, jumped out to us because of how much of a departure it is for the label.

The moto-inspired t-shirt features a cotton mesh build with screen-printed logos and artwork across the body and arms. It captures the loud and busy look of the moto aesthetic, without all the leather, offering a casual interpretation of the style. The t-shirt drops in two colorways, a loud orange version, and a more subdued white and blue take.

Pick up the Aimé Leon Dore Mesh Moto Long Sleeve Tee at the ALD online store.

KHY — Drop 004

Price: Varies

Kylie Jenner’s KHY label dropped its fourth collection on Wednesday, February 28th. The highly anticipated collection continues the brand’s sleek body-hugging silky aesthetic with a collection of flexible and lightweight tops, bottoms, and dresses in three monochromatic colorways including black, white, and beige.

There is a certain minimalism to this brand that reminds us of Yeezy brand. That shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, but we wonder when the Kardashian/Jenner’s will move beyond the shadow of Ye’s signature aesthetic.

Drop 004 is broken up into three sub-categories including Sleek Stretch, a collection of body-contour pieces, Mesh Stretch, a collection of lightweight sheer pieces, and Suede Stretch, a collection of stretchy fabrics brushed in a soft suede-like texture. All three of the collections feature similar silhouettes and designs, allowing you a small level of customization based on personal preference.

The collection exudes luxury but none of the pieces hit the $100 mark, so we’re loving the cheaper price point here.

Shop KHY’s Drop 004 here.

Palace — Spring 2024 Drop 5

Price: Varies

London skatewear brand Palace is well into its spring 2024 release schedule with this Friday bringing in the fifth drop in the series. For the latest drop, Palace is putting a special focus on outerwear and layer-ables with a collection of water-repellent jackets, hoodies, and velour sets.

The collection also has a handful of graphic t-shirts in various colors, hats, and vests. Highlights include the Cordura Nyco RS Jacket, which drops in three colorways, sports a water-repellent build with embroidered details, and the brand’s Triferg arm branding.

If you’re already a fan of Palace you’re going to love the new collection, if you were hoping the brand would change it up a bit, keep hoping. If it ain’t broke right?

Shop the fifth Palace Spring 2024 drop on the Palace webstore on March 1st.

Haven — Rove Packable Jacket GORE-TEX WINDSTOPPER

Price: $491

Looking for a jacket that’ll have you equipped for the final days of winter but still looks fashionable and flattering? Haven’s Rove Packable Jacket is your best bet.

The jacket features a polyester build and is equipped with everything you need to keep warm and dry including a durable three-layer GORE-TEX shell, protecting you from wind and water while still being lightweight, with a relaxed fit, dual front zip, multiple hidden pockets for you to lose your phone in, and an ergonomic adjustable hood.

But this jacket isn’t called the “packable jacket,” just because it’s lightweight, it’s also, as the name implies, packable. You could fold up the entire jacket into its own pocket, which makes it a staple for pretty much any trip you take ever. I’m not saying we need more clothes that can fold up into their own pockets, but it’s nice to have and we’ll certainly take them when they come if they look this good.

Pick up the Rove Packable Jacket GORE-TEX WINDSTOPPED at Haven.

Urban Outfitters — Kimchi Blue Ballet Mini Skirt

Price: $29.99

If you’re living in a warmer climate and are already feeling the spring vibes, UO has got you. The Kimchi Blue Ballet Mini Skirt is cute and spring-ready featuring a wrap silhouette, adjustable tie, layered hem, and an a-line silhouette.

The skirt is available in three colors including solid lilac and a black and neutral iteration with a graphic print of jewelry and heirlooms. With its bows, lace, and ruffles, this skirt edges gently into the coquette aesthetic.

Pick up the Kimchi Blue Ballet Mini Skirt at Urban Outfitters.

Out From Under Sweet Dreams Pointelle Baby Tee/Pant

Price: $29/$45

Loungewear is just as important as outerwear, so if you’re looking for something to wear around the house that still flatters, the Out From Under Sweet Dreams Pointelle set is for you. Both pieces from the set are constructed from 100% cotton, with rosette detailing with a slim-fit silhouette. The top sports a cropped cut and a scooped neckline, while the bottoms are mid-rise with a kick-flare and Capri length.

Be warned though, the set has a semi-sheer quality to it so if you’re going to step out of the house for a second in the set, you might want to throw on a big coat.

Pick up the Out From Under Sweet Dreams Pointelle set at Urban Outfitters.

EDITOR’S PICK: Every Other Thursday — Double Snap Hoodie

Price: $114

New. Favorite. Hoodie.

My god, I’ve been over-wearing this. The scripted logo is delicate and unobtrusive. The double snaps allow you to make it warmer on cold days or loosen it on warmer ones. The stitching, seams, and fabric are all sturdy.

Here’s a sorta weird compliment that is actually really important: A lot of heavier hoodies are so thick and stiff that they sort of… make the wearer look thiccc. This hoodie doesn’t have that problem. In fashion talk, it still has a nice drape to it.

I love this and I’ll be styling it with jeans or chinos all spring.

Pick up the Double Snap Hoodie from Every Other Tuesday here.

EDITOR’S PICK: DGK Breeze Puff Jacket

Price: $200

I bought this jacket late in the winter. Perhaps because I live in Southern California and we really don’t track the seasons here. Still, I’m telling you to buy it now because 1) you might go skiing, 2) I have no idea how cold it is where you are, and 3) I can’t imagine a jacket this cool coming along very often.

I mean… this thing has a fleece-lined detachable hood! It’s green outside and cream inside! And that almost shimmery finish? It’s because the jacket is actually made of very fine corduroy.

It’s puffy without being unwieldy and stylish without screaming “I try too hard.”

I know you’re not really in jacket-buying mode right now but I also can’t really imagine loving a jacket quite this much next year. It’s possible but… not likely. And I’m not the only one digging it. I wore it on a recent ski trip and was complimented left and right.

Trust me, it wasn’t because of my skill on the mountain.

Pick up the Breeze Puff Jacket from DGK here.

EDITOR’S PICK: Randolph x W’Menswear — C-9 Para-Parka

Price: $400

We’ve covered Randolph’s sunglasses a whole lot in the past — top to bottom, it’s my favorite brand — and if I lost my trusty pair of tan Sportsman today, I’d buck up and buy another tomorrow. Every time I wear them I feel like freaking Paul Newman.

So I was thrilled to see the brand venture into the style game with this lightweight “parka” that’s perfect for spring. Especially when I saw the cut and colors of this “parka.”

Randolph’s skill has always been found in the details. This featherweight jacket is no different. The look is simple but stands out and pairs easily, the zippers and fabric feel sturdy, and (according to my lady, who I bought this for) it’s deceptively warm. I didn’t spring for the matching hat, but I did get the glasses — which feel perfect for this spring as blend vintage and modern in a way I just love.

I’m not sure if Randolph is dropping more clothes but if they do, I’ll be ready.

Pick up the Randolph x W’Menswear C-9 Para-Parka here.

For years Joe Manchin has been the Senate’s second most annoying Democrat. Or is it a toss-up? Kyrsten Sinema may be a terrible dresser who’s voted against a minimum wage hike and a motion that would have codified abortion rights nationwide. Manchin, on the other hand, makes a show of being a thorn in Joe Biden’s side and supporting policies that harm his constituents. One of them involves an environmentally dodgy pipeline, which so angered protesters that they called him a nasty name — and got a nasty respose.

Per The Daily Beast, the environmental group Climate Defiance posted a video of them confronting the West Virginia senator at an event at Harvard University. They’re angry over the continuing construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which runs through his home state, cutting through the Apalachin Trail. One protester accused Manchin of having “sold our futures and got rich doing it.” Manchin nervously laughed through it, but when the young man called him a “sick f*ck,” the fake smile dropped and he got right up in his face.

What appeared to be one of Manchin’s security detail intervened, but instead of calming things down, he took it next level, throwing the protester to the ground.

Later in the video Manchin tries to get the protesters to “sit down” for a civil chat, but they refused, accusing him of having “received more funding from fossil fuels than any other senator.” Eventually they chanted “protect our futures, not your profits” as he tried unsuccessfully to ignore them.

The pipeline cleared regulatory obstacles and lawsuits last summer. Manchin celebrated the move, claiming it would create jobs. A number of environmental groups, including the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, have opposed it, saying it could lead to soil erosion, landslides, gas leaks, and weaker water quality.

Manchin is used to pissing off people in his own party, and he usually keeps things cool. If you want to see what it’s like when he loses it, check out the video above.

(Via The Daily Beast)

Nicki Minaj is one of the most visible rappers in the game. While you can often catch the “Big Foot” rapper posting online to her millions of followers, seeing Minaj live isn’t as simple. Ever so often, Minaj will sign on to headline a music festival (hi, Dreamville Fest and Rolling Loud California) but those are rare occurrences.

However, thanks to her Pink Friday 2 World Tour, the Barbs worldwide will have the opportunity to catch Minaj when it stops in a city near them. Yesterday (March 1), the 56-date run kicked off in Oakland, California. Although the opening acts are still pending, attendees have shared what has been hashed out, including the working setlist.

Continue below for the full setlist (according to Setlist.Fm), the remaining tour dates, and the official tour poster.

Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 World Tour setlist

1. “I’m The Best”
2. “Barbie Dangerous”
3. “FTCU”
4. “Beep Beep”
5. “Hard White”
6. “Press Play”
7. “Win Again”
8. “We Go Up”
9. “Big Difference”
10. “Pink Birthday”
11. “Feeling Myself”
12. “Favorite”
13. “Cowgirl”
14. “RNB”
15. “High School”
16. “Needle”
17. “Bahm Bahm”
18. “Chun Li”
19. “Red Ruby Da Sleeze”
20. “Barbie World”
21. “Roman’s Revenge”
22. “Monster”
23. “Fallin 4 U”
24. “Right Thru Me”
25. “Save Me”
26. “Here I Am”
27. “Let Me Calm Down”
28. “Nicki Hendrix”
29. “Super Freaky Girls”
30. “Anaconda”
31. “Pink Friday Girls”
32. “Super Bass”
33. “The Night is Still Young”
34. “Moment 4 Life”
35. “Starships”

Encore:

36. “Everybody”

Nicki Minaj 2024 Tour Dates: Pink Friday 2 World Tour

03/03 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
03/08 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
03/10 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
03/13 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
03/15 — Inglewood, CA @ Rolling Loud California*
03/18 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
03/20 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
03/22 — Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
03/26 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
03/28 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
03/29 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
03/30 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
04/01 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
04/02 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
04/04 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
04/05 — Hartford, CT @ XL Center
04/07 — Raleigh, NC @ Dreamville Festival*
04/08 — Boston. MA @ TD Garden
04/10 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
04/12 — Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
04/13 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
04/17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
04/18 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
04/20 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
04/24 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
04/25 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
04/27 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
05/02 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
05/09 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
05/11 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
05/12 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
05/23 — Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
05/25 — Manchester, UK @ Co-Op Live
05/26 — Birmingham, UK @ Resorts World Arena
05/28 — London, UK @ The O2
05/30 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
06/01 — Paris, France @ Accor Arena
06/02 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
06/05 — Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena
06/07 — Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes Benz Arena

Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 World Tour poster

Dune: Part Two is a very, very long movie. And yet there are still key things missing from the book. Alia, Paul’s sister, is never born (though she’s visible as a fetus and, briefly, as a very famous star). Paul never teaches the Fremen the Weirding Way. A major character we won’t reveal is offed in a different fashion. And where’s Thufir Hawat, the Mentat played in the first by Stephen McKinley Henderson? Thufir is one of the survivors of the Harkonen assault on House Atreides, and yet he’s nowhere to be seen in Part Two. There’s a reason for his absence, says director/co-writer Denis Villeneuve.

“One of the most painful choices for me on this one was Thufir Hawat,” Villeneuve told Entertainment Weekly. “He’s a character I absolutely love, but I decided right at the beginning that I was making a Bene Gesserit adaptation. That meant that Mentats are not as present as they should be, but it’s the nature of the adaptation.”

The Mentats, for those who forgot, are basically human computers, because computers are outlawed in the distant future of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Remember, the original novels take place long after a war between humans and computers, who had enslaved the former after they gave them too much power. But that’s certainly not relevant to anything happening today.

Anyway, we live in an age when fans bristle at when any adaptation changes anything from the source. So kudos to Villeneuve for making some changes, and for acknowledging that you can’t keep everything.

“When you adapt, there’s always some kind of violence toward the original material,” Villeneuve said. “You have to change things, you have to bend, you have to make painful choices.”

There’s another major change from the Herberts, involving Zendaya’s Fremen warrior Chani. But that’s for another article.

Fun fact: Dune: Part Two runs some two hours and 45 minutes, covering the second half of the novel. But in the far battier David Lynch version from 1984, the same events are plowed through in under an hour. And yet Lynch still found room for Thufir, Alia’s birth, a lot of Weirding Way action, and a silly but cool death for one of that major character we mentioned.

(Via EW)

You might see the term “cold IPA” and assume that this is simply a beer style created to be imbibed during the colder months. And while many brewers release their cold IPAs during the winter months and into the spring, some release them in the height of the summer. The name is simply a reference to the fermentation process. Cold IPAs are fermented at a lower temperature with lager yeast than other PAs.

The result is a malty, refreshing, crisp, crushable, very hoppy IPA. And this hybrid of a crisp pilsner and a West Coast IPA is perfect for any time of year. Especially spring.

The style was invented by Wayfinder Beer in Portland, Oregon in the fall of 2018. It was originally called Wayfinder Relapse IPA and it was created to pay tribute to Relapse Records. The goal was to create a ramped-up version of the classic West Coast IPA with classic bitter, piney hops but drier, crisper, and with a clean, memorable finish like a lager. That’s exactly what they did and it became so popular that other brewers tried their hand at making it.

Keep scrolling to see eight of our favorite cold IPAs to try this spring. We ranked them based on overall hoppiness and crisp, drinkable flavor.

8.) Karl Strauss Brisky Business

ABV: 6.5%

Average Price: $14 for a four-pack of 16-ounce cans

The Beer:

This collaboration with Harland Brewing is made with HBC 586, HBC-638, Strata, and Chinook hops. It gets added flavor from the addition of 2-row malt, puffed jasmine rice, white wheat, and toasted rice. The result is a memorable, flavorful IPA with a ton of citrus, tropical fruit, and pine notes.

Tasting Notes:

The nose is a mixture of tangerine, lime peel, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, and floral, piney hopes. There’s more of the same on the palate and we couldn’t be happier. There’s a lot of peaches, pineapple, sweet wheat, orange zest, lemon, and dank, resinous pine. It’s surprisingly smooth, creamy, and sweet with more pine than actual bitterness.

Bottom Line:

This is a very well-rounded, sweet, easy-drinking, crisp, complex IPA you’ll go back to again and again.

7.) Ellicottville Chilly Willy

ABV: 5.8%

Average Price: $12 for a six-pack from Totalwine

The Beer:

This popular winter IPA is fermented at a lower temperature to add to the hop character. It’s brewed with Mosaic and El Dorado hops. The result is an amber-hued, light, refreshing, crisp IPA with notable citrus, fruit, and dank pine flavors. It might be light and thirst-quenching, but it’s flavorful enough to be sipped any time of year.

Tasting Notes:

This beer smells like a tropical oasis. There’s a ton of ripe pineapple, peach, passionfruit, tangerine, grapefruit, and lemon. There are also grassy, floral, and piney hops to hold it all together. Drinking it reveals more tropical fruits like mango, pineapple, orange peel, peach, and grapefruit, but also some sweet malt flavor, and a dank, resinous pine finish.

Bottom Line:

Every sip of Ellicottville Chilly Willy is like taking a vacation to a tropical island where there’s also somehow an abundance of pine trees.

6.) Sierra Nevada Cold Torpedo

ABV: 7%

Average Price: Available in mixed packs

The Beer:

Sierra Torpedo is already an outstanding imperial IPA. So, it shouldn’t surprise you that its cold IPA version Cold Torpedo is pretty great as well. Brewed with 2-row pale, Carapils, and Vienna malts, it gets its hop presence from the addition of Chinook, CTZ, El Dorado, and Motueka hops.

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, you’ll find aromas of cracked black pepper, grapefruit, orange peel, lemon, and floral, earthy piney hops. On the palate, you’ll be treated to flavors of candied orange peels, freshly baked bread, toffee sweetness, grapefruit, pineapple, and dank, floral, pine needles.

Bottom Line:

If you prefer your dank, piney cold IPAs to have a nice sweet malt backbone, this is the beer for you.

5.) Big Top R-22 Cold IPA

ABV: 5.4%

Average Price: $14 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Big Top’s R-22 Cold IPA wasn’t crafted to be your classic bitter, piney IPA. It was brewed to have the crisp, easy-drinking, refreshing nature of a classic, light lager and the piney, hoppy, lightly bitter flavors of an IPA. Add in all the tropical fruit flavors and you have an exceptional, unique beer.

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, you’ll find a symphony of tropical fruit aromas including guava, mango, passionfruit, papaya, and pineapple. There’s also a nice caramel malt presence and memorable pine needle scents. The palate follows suit with juicy peach, mango, guava, pineapple, tangerine, grapefruit, and dank, pine. But unlike most IPAs, the finish is clean, and crisp, and has much less bitterness than you’d expect from the heavy pine aroma and flavor.

Bottom Line:

If you’re a fan of bold, tropical, dank aromas and flavors, but you prefer less bitterness at the finish, this is your jam.

4.) August Schell Fresh Prints

ABV: 6.5%

Average Price: $10 for a six-pack

The Beer:

The folks at August Schell took the blueprint for its West Coast IPA and turned it on its head. Like other cold IPAs, it was cold-fermented to give it a crisp, clean flavor. It’s known for its fresh, thirst-quenching flavor and bright citrus and tropical fruit aromas and flavors.

Tasting Notes:

The nose is centered on freshly baked bread, lemongrass, mango, guava, ripe pineapple, and dank pine. Sipping it brings forth notes of honeydew melons, tangerine, lemon, yeasty bread, mango, lime zest, and floral, earthy, spicy piney hops. The finish is lightly bitter and leaves you craving more.

Bottom Line:

This is a beer for fans of dank pine and citrus zest. It has both in absolute abundance.

3.) Wayfinder Original Cold IPA

ABV: 7%

Average Price: $8 for a 16-ounce can

The Beer:

Wayfinder calls this beer Original Cold IPA for a reason. This is the OG cold IPA. Wayfinder invented the style back in October of 2018. It’s brewed with an adjunct lager malt bill (that includes rice or corn and 2-row pilsner malt) and lager yeast. It’s dry-hopped and loaded with tropical fruit, citrus, sweet malt, and pine notes.

Tasting Notes:

Breathing in the nose, you’ll be met with ripe berries, peaches, tangerines, lemon, pineapples, sweet malts, and floral, piney hops. The complexity remains on the palate as you’re met with flavors like raspberry, ripe peach, tangerine, mango, pineapples, sweet, bready malts, and spicy, floral, piney, bitter hops. The finish is crisp and almost lager-like.

Bottom Line:

Wayfinder manages to bridge the gap between IPA and lager perfectly this beer has all the aroma and flavor characteristics of a classic IPA, but finishes like a sweet, refreshing, crisp pilsner.

2.) Highland Wishing Star

ABV: 6.8%

Average Price: $3 for a 19-ounce can

The Beer:

This year-round cold IPA is brewed with Apollo, Centennial, Strata, and Mosaic hops. It gets its sweet malt backbone from the liberal use of pilsner malt and flaked rice. This results in a fruity, piney, malty, sweet, well-balanced, crushable cold IPA.

Tasting Notes:

Aromas of bright berries, honey, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, grass, crack-like malts, and bright pine start everything off on the right foot. The palate is filled with yeasty, bready, cracker malts, candied orange peels, caramel, grapefruit, lemon, tangerine, and resinous pine. The finish is crisp, lightly bitter, and highly memorable.

Bottom Line:

This is another beer that feels like someone created a beer that was half crisp, refreshing pilsner, and half citrus and pine bomb IPA.

1.) Fremont Legend

ABV: 7%

Average Price: $12 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This year-round triumph of a cold IPA is brewed with a base of 2-row pale malt and also has pilsner malts and flaked corn. It’s hopped Citra, Centennial, Citra Cryo, and Strata hops. All of this combines to make an award-winning cold IPA loaded with cereal, berries, stone fruit, and pine aromas and flavors.

Tasting Notes:

A lot is going on with this beer’s nose. There are bold, memorable scents of ripe raspberries, strawberries, apricots, cereal grains, grapefruit, lemongrass, and resinous pine. On the palate, you’ll find notes of honeydew melon, grapefruit zest, mandarin orange, strawberry, caramel malts, and gently bitter floral, piney hops. The pine tree bitterness lingers in a very pleasant way.

Bottom Line:

If you only drink one cold IPA on this list, make it Fremont Legend. The best part? It’s available all year long so you can easily add this banger to your rotation.

Did you see Damien Chazelle’s Babylon in theaters? There’s a good chance you didn’t. A star-studded, pricey extravaganza about Hollywood’s chaotic transition to synch sound — it’s basically a hard-R, epic, downer version of Singin’ in the Rain, which makes a surprise cameo — it hit the nation’s theaters like a thud, grossing a measly $15 million. Some of us saw it in an otherwise empty theater! Chazelle’s CV includes the almost Best Picture winner La La Land — to say nothing of Whiplash — so surely his career isn’t toast. And yet he’s still unsure about his future.

Per Variety, Chazelle recently appeared on the podcast Talking Pictures, where he was blunt about how he’s doing post-Babylon’s failure, a year and change off.

“I’ve been head in the sand. I’ve been sort of busy writing. So I’ll get a real taste of how it’s changed or not [since Babylon] once I get to finish this script and try to actually get it made,” Chazelle said. “I’m in a sort of trepidatious state of mind, but I have no illusions. I won’t get a budget of Babylon size any time soon, or at least not on this next one.”

Babylon — which stars Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt as silent-era movie stars who do not make the transition to synch sound, to put it mildly — wasn’t a hit with critics either, and it was ignored by the Oscars to boot. Maybe one day it will be redeemed; swing-for-the-fences doozies like Babylon often are. But for now Chazelle can’t ignore its stink.

“Certainly, in financial terms, Babylon didn’t work at all,” he admitted. “You try to not have that effect what you’re doing creatively, but, at some level, it can’t help but affect it. But maybe that’s okay? I have very mixed mind about it. Who knows. Maybe I won’t be able to get this one made. I have no idea. We’ll have to wait and see.”

Before Babylon, Chazelle reunited with La La Land co-star Ryan Gosling for the Neil Armstrong docudrama First Man, which didn’t bomb but did underperform. Perhaps he’ll return to smaller films like Whiplash and get back on top. Or perhaps viewers will eventually reclaim Babylon after streaming it on Paramount+, where it currently lives. After all, it’s got Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt.

You can listen to Chazelle’s Talking Pictures appearance below.

(Via Variety)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day recently surfaced in many people’s memories due to a current (and sobering) event, which might bring to mind how Arnold Schwarzenegger will always be back. That also includes returning to his first leading TV role, Netflix’s FUBAR, which turned into a top dad-show for the masses in 2023. The streamer didn’t waste any time in renewing the show, so it’s worth discussing what will come next for the former CIA agent who supposedly returned for “one last job.”

Silly rabbit, it’s never only a solitary final job, but fortunately, this show brings plenty of action and levity to keep the entertainment factor high with this show. Arnold will never go out of style (Netflix even dubbed him as their “Chief Action Officer” when this series proved to be a hit), so let’s talk out what the second season will bring.

Plot

As acronym lovers already know, FUBAR generally refers to the abbreviation for “F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition.” The show revolves around a True Lies-squared type of story where Arnold portrays a secret CIA operative, Luke Brunner, who would really like to retire but gets hauled back into the field. He also discovers that his daughter, Emma (Monica Barbaro from Top Gun: Maverick), is also a hush-hush CIA operative. This allows for father and daughter to save each other’s asses and work in some bonding time in the process, along with giving the audience what they really want: enough trademark Arnold one liners to light a cigar.

The first season finale ended with (as suggested by cast member Fortune Feamster) Arnold uttering “FUBAR,” which subsequently became the title of the series. Diego Luna’s arms dealer, Born, attempted to make Luke and Emma kill each other during a wedding standoff, but that did not end well for Boro. Once the day is saved, the team of undercover operatives realizes that their compromised identities prevent them from returning to their current at-home lives, which opens the door for them to either be on the run or adopting newfound aliases when the show returns.

For the second season, creator Nick Santoro told Tudum to expect something “bananas.” There will be “a million things” for the Brunners to work out, and “we’re going to go in knowing there might be a rat in the kitchen. And what are they going to do about that?”

Cast

Arnold and Monica Barbara shall return with new additions to the extended Brunner family remaining under wraps for the time being. The first season co-starred Fortune Feamster, Milan Carter, and Travis Van Winkle as fellow undercover agents along with Gabriel Luna as a baddie.

Release Date

The first season arrived close to Father’s Day 2023, and since this is a clear-cut case of dad TV, it’s entirely possible that Netflix will choose the same window in 2025 to release the second season. Then again, the first season took five months to shoot, so nothing is preventing the streamer from finishing this show up and delivering a surprise “early” release.

Trailer

No trailer exists yet, but seriously, if you haven’t yet watched this declaration from Arnold as starring in every Netflix show — including Cobra Kai, The Queen’s Gambit, Emily In Paris, and You — via “FUBAR mode,” then you have really been missing out on some sheer joy.

Scottie Barnes is not the only player to suffer a fractured left hand during Friday night’s slate of NBA games. During the matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Washington Wizards at Crypto.com Arena, Clippers guard Russell Westbrook left the game and got ruled out for suffering the same injury that ended Barnes’ night.

Unlike Barnes, who pretty clearly hurt his hand against the Golden State Warriors, it was much harder to see when Westbrook got hurt. But thanks to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints, we saw that Westbrook appeared to get banged up early in the second quarter while trying to poke the ball away from Jordan Poole. He managed to stay in the game for another two minutes or so before exiting.

While Westbrook is no longer the all-encompassing force he was earlier in his career, Ty Lue has trusted him to serve as the team’s backup point guard this year. With his injury, it is easy to assume that a path will open up for young guard Bones Hyland — who was put on leave prior to the All-Star break but has returned to the Clippers — to get more minutes.

On the year, Westbrook is averaging 11.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.5 assists in 22.8 minutes per game.

Gesaffelstein is scheduled to perform at Coachella 2024 next month, and the French DJ and electronic producer will have plenty of new material. On February 15, Gesaffelstein announced Gamma, his third studio album and first since 2019, will be released on March 29. On Friday, March 1, he wet fans’ appetite by dropping “Hard Dreams,” written and sung by Yan Wagner.

The Jordan Hemingway-directed video finds a masked Gesaffelstein alone in an ominous room. He stares at himself in the mirror, and the mirror explodes. He falls backward as shards of glass spray into the air — and pieces of the glass slowly reveal a beautiful woman. The disjointed elements in the video match perfectly with Wagner’s lyrics about a confusing love with verses like, “I trick myself with gasoline / The fire grows inside my skin / No fantasy, no in-betweens / Don’t tell me no lies.”

“The new album showcases Gesaffelstein’s raw, industrial sound and finds Gesaffelstein finally giving the mask a voice,” a press release explained upon Gesaffelstein’s Gamma announcement, adding, “The visuals and imagery for the album have been spearheaded by Jordan Hemingway (FKA Twigs, Post Malone, Gucci, Acne Studios) in close collaboration with Mike Lévy.”

Watch the “Hard Dreams” video above, and check out the album’s trailer and tracklist below.

1. “Digital Slaves”
2. “Hard Dreams”
3. “Your Share Of The Night”
4. “Hysteria”
5. “The Urge”
6. “Mania”
7. “Lost Love”
8. “The Perfect”
9. “Psycho”
10. “Tyranny”
11. “Emet”

Gamma is out 3/29 via Columbia Records. Find more information here.

The Toronto Raptors won’t have the services of Scottie Barnes for the foreseeable future. In the aftermath of the team’s 120-105 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, the team announced that the former Rookie of the Year and the up-and-coming face of their franchise is out indefinitely after suffering a fracture in his left hand.

The injury occurred late in the second quarter of the game. Barnes attempted to contest a layup by Jonathan Kuminga, but as he was getting ready to jump, his left hand caught the leg of his teammate, Immanuel Quickley. He was in clear pain after the play, and following a Gary Trent make on the next possession, Barnes took a personal foul and made his way into the back.

While Toronto sits in 12th place in the Eastern Conference and are 4.5 games back of a berth in a Play-In Tournament, losing Barnes is absolutely brutal, as the team entered Friday night’s game with three wins in its previous four games. Getting to use the final month and a half as a chance for Barnes and his teammates to continue to build up chemistry would have been incredibly valuable, and while we’ll have to see if he’s able to return this year, those efforts took a hit on Friday night.

Entering Friday night’s game, Barnes — who made his first All-Star team this season — averaged 20 points, 8.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.5 blocks, and 1.3 steals in 35.2 minutes per game.