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Andrew Lincoln Namedropped The (Very Untrue) Romantic Inspiration For ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’

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Rick Grimes will soon return to TV screens, long after he blew up a bridge to save his community and got swept away on a helicopter. AMC’s The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live will premiere on February 25 to reunite Michonne with her long-lost husband, who isn’t even aware that his youngest son, RJ, exists. That should be an interesting bit of news to deliver.

Before that happens, Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira sat down with The Daily Beast, and of course they couldn’t reveal too much, so Lincoln cracked a joke about bingewatching Bridgerton to gear up for the husband-wife reunion:

How did they approach tapping into that romance? “We watched a lot of Bridgerton,” Lincoln joked. “This has been a long time coming, this story. I love this character, and this is a love story. The original episode had very much the DNA in it that’s in this,” he added, connecting Rick’s search for his family at the start of The Walking Dead with his journey back to Michonne in this series. “We wanted to make it a bit operatic, and shade in what the grown ups in the universe have been doing while we’ve been scrambling around in the dirt”

That’s exactly what this universe needs: Rick Grimes “jizzing in blankets.” (That quote from John Oliver will never die.)

Meanwhile, my boo, Daryl Dixon, is still hanging out in France, but at least platonic soulmate Carol has joined him, so they can fight the undead together once more. It’s a good time to be ridiculously devoted to The Walking Dead.

(Via The Daily Beast)

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Caroline Polachek Pulls Weyes Blood Into Her Dreamy Universe With A ‘Butterfly Net’ From Her Deluxe Album

After fans had spotted Caroline Polachek and Weyes Blood posting some mysterious social media teasers, we now know what they were planning. Polachek announced the deluxe “Everasking Edition” of her album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, which will drop on Valentine’s Day (February 14). This marks the first anniversary since the original version was released.

As the first glimpse of the added tracks, she dropped a new, reworked version of “Butterfly Net” featuring Weyes Blood. Polachek’s vocals open the track, creating a dreamlike energy through the echoes. Weyes Blood then joins in starting in the second verse, pulling listeners in even more with the layered harmonies.

While the original was just Polachek performing solo, she had been teasing the Weyes version for a while. The two had performed it together at the Fuji Rock Festival last July, which built excitement for the official release.

Right now, the tracklist for the deluxe version is still yet to be revealed. However, according to Stereogum, it will include “Dang,” which was previously released as a single a few months back.

Check out “Butterfly Net” above.

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (Everasking Edition) is out 2/14 via The Orchard. Find more information here.

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A ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant Is Being Called An ‘Instant Legend’ For Her Accidental Dirty Gesture

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Look, if there’s two things I know about being on television, it’s this: the camera adds 10 pounds, and don’t make your hands into little circles and move them side to side. You will be turned into a meme.

Jeopardy! kicked off the first quarterfinal of its Winter 2024 Champions Wildcard Competition this week with three contestants: Jesse Chin, an accounting director from Bayside, New York; Kate Campolieta, a corporate communications specialist from Simsbury, Connecticut; and Mira Hayward, a podcast host from Portland, Oregon. After a slow start, Mira had a total of $16,400 heading into Final Jeopardy.

The category was “World Flags” and the clue read, “The flag of this Asian nation features part of a World Heritage Site built in the 12th century.” Jesse, Kate, and Mira all got it wrong (the correct response: “What is Cambodia?”) because, as noted by The Jeopardy Fan, “In what is believed to be a first-ever occurrence in the history of the show, all three players bet $0 in Final Jeopardy.” Mira technically won and advanced to the semi-finals, and she also won the hearts of dirty-minded viewers with her celebration dance.

“jeopardy’s winner last night made a “0” sign with her hands to her competitors after winning, as they both bet $0 during final jeopardy and uhhhhhh,” one viewer wrote on X, while another shared, “I’d really like to know what gesture she thought she was doing… because I’m sure it’s not what it looks like to all of us.” There were Daily Double jokes.

The minds of Jeopardy! fans are in this shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater. What is the gutter?

(Via The Jeopardy Fan)

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Kanye West Claims He Is Being Blackballed By Major Concert Venues For Obvious Reasons

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After several delays, it looks like Kanye West is finally dropping his Ty Dolla Sign collaboration album, Vultures this Friday (February 8) — maybe. But either way, it appears that Ye is having trouble booking venues. In a clip shared to social media, Ye expressed frustration after having supposedly been blackballed by the live music industry.

“We just sold out the United Center in seven minutes and I just wanted to express to everybody out there to see if anybody can help with this,” Ye said in his Instagram Story. “It’s the only arena I had access to in the past year. And when I call, people say there’s no availables for me and you know why that is. If there’s anybody out there that can help with this, please do.”

As for “you know why that is,” Ye is likely referring to his various antisemitism controversies (or his various non-antisemitism controversies).

In following Stories, Ye shared that he reached out to rapper Freddie Gibbs for help. Shortly after, Gibbs informed Ye that several venues across the world are supposedly interested in booking him.

Gibbs shared a spreadsheet of venues that supposedly expressed interest in booking him. Venues in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City are evidently wanting to add him to their lineup. Internationally, it looks like venues in Cairo, Dubai, and London may book him soon as well. It appears that if Ye is to tour soon, the tour will kick off this June, and go until 2025.

You can see details of Ye’s and Gibbs’ chat above.

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Will Ludacris And Lil Jon Perform With Usher At The Super Bowl Halftime Show?

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Usher is just a few days away from performing the Super Bowl Halftime Show at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium. Given he has had several hits throughout the years, and a ton of collaborators, it has raised the question if he’ll be bringing any surprise guests — or just tackling the show solo.

Will Ludacris And Lil Jon Perform With Usher At The Super Bowl Halftime Show?

Earlier this morning, a teaser for Usher’s performance dropped, and it takes an interesting premise. Ludacris, Lil Jon, and Taraji P. Henson are working on finding Usher, as apparently, he is missing. Considering he is set to have his new album, Coming Home, drop on Friday, maybe that is when they’ll be able to find him.

Yet, it also possibly teases Usher performing “Yeah” at the Super Bowl, with hopefully his original collaborators (Ludacris and Lil Jon) joining him on stage. Considering they appeared in the Apple Music video, and Apple sponsors the Halftime Show, the three playing the hit together feels like a safe bet.

As for some other potential collaborators that could join Usher, anyone from his new album could be fair game, including maybe even Jung Kook from BTS.

Other key options include “My Boo” with Alicia Keys, “Best Thing” with Jay-Z, and “Somebody To Love” with Justin Bieber — although the last one is a reach, as it’s Bieber’s track. Never say never.

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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Unlikely’ Friendship With The Late Toby Keith Taught Him Big Life Lessons, He Emotionally Explained

On February 5, Toby Keith — a country music favorite known for hit songs like “As Good As I Once Was” and “Red Solo Cup” — died after a years-long battle with stomach cancer. Tributes poured in after the news was revealed yesterday (February 6), mostly from fellow country music artists, it seemed. On The Late Show last night, though, Stephen Colbert delivered a thoughtful tribute to Keith.

Colbert started, “I was shocked and saddened when I saw the news this morning. I knew Toby was ill — he’d been fighting stomach cancer for some time — but I still had hope that we would see each other again and that we would hear him on this stage. Because I was lucky enough to become friends with Toby over the years, as improbable as that seems.”

He then told a story about a 2006 interview he had with Keith on The Colbert Report, explaining just how memorable and formative the experience ended up being for him:

“Back then, there was a not-so-helpful legend that I had knives out for some of my guests, and it didn’t help that at the beginning, I sometimes did. And I remember having some kind of plan for Toby, I think related to his ‘boot in your ass’ song. But right before I went on stage, I remember vividly looking down at my shoes and saying, ‘What are you doing? You’re a host. He’s your guest. Make him feel welcome. See who he is.’ And what do you know? And we hit it off like a house afire. I couldn’t believe how much I enjoyed talking to Toby Keith.”

(The “‘boot in your ass’ song” refers to Keith’s post-9/11 single “Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue (The Angry American),” which sparked a feud with Natalie Maines of The Chicks.)

Colbert noted he and Keith ran into each other in a studio hallway after the taping. Keith told him, “Hey man: You do a great job, whatever the f*ck it is you do.” Colbert “took that as the greatest compliment,” and to this day, a prized possession he keeps in his office is a small pillow gifted to him from his then-head writer, which has that quote stitched onto it.

Colbert added, “That day, Toby taught me to not pre-judge a guest, and to have my intention, but to keep my eyes open to the reality of who they are. And for that lesson, and for a lot of other things, I’m always gonna be grateful.”

The host noted he and Keith enjoyed a professional relationship for years, including when Colbert inducted Keith into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2015. He also said it wasn’t just him who acknowledged their friendship might seem unusual: “I think he enjoyed how unlikely a pair we seemed. I sure did. You know, like, when people are excited when a duck and a horse are friends? Well for the record, I was the duck.”

Colbert also pointed out that things may not have always been as they seemed with Keith, saying, “Toby was always surprising people. You would think you know who Toby Keith was, and then you’re watching [Barack] Obama’s Nobel acceptance speech and there’s Toby Keith giving him a standing ovation! Toby, what are you doing this time?”

The host wrapped up by saying, “Toby taught me not to judge people too quickly, and with his passing, I will try to remember that again. It’s something we all need to remember. ‘Cause I’m sure Toby and I disagreed about many things, as so many Americans do these days. More and more of us are angrier angrier with each other.”

Colbert then got emotional, continuing, “But tonight, I will issue this invitation to anybody: I do not care who you are. I will meet you at this place. I will meet you at being broken-hearted that Toby Keith is gone. Thank you, big dog.”

Check out the touching video above.

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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Shows Us How The World Went Silent In A Terrifying Trailer With Lupita Nyong’o

The first trailer for A Quiet Place: Day One is finally here confirming reports that the prequel will have a presence at this year’s Super Bowl.

Starring Lupita Nyong’o, A Quiet Place: Day One will further reveal the alien invasion that led to the world going quiet. Based on the heart-pumping trailer, fans of the horror/sci-fi series will get a front row seat to the devastating arrival of the alien creatures that hunt by noise. As Nyong’o character navigates the fiery carnage, she’ll be helped along the way by Djimon Honsou as he reprises his role from A Quiet Place: Place II.

Outside of what we’ve seen in the trailer, not much else is known about the plot of A Quiet Place: Day One. But from the looks of things, it will start out significantly less quiet than the other films as the prequel leans heavily into a full-on alien invasion and all the chaos and explosions that come with.

However, the trailer promises that the film will reveal “why our world went quiet,” so expect the noise level to drop the as characters learn the only way to survive is to not make a sound.

A Quiet Place: Day One opens in theaters on June 28.

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A24’s ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Trailer With Kristen Stewart Is Full Of Sex, Violence, And Buff Bodies

Before Love Lies Bleeding premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival to strong reviews, star Kristen Stewart teased that the sex scenes in the A24 movie will “shock” people. She added, “It was really sexy. And I don’t mean from an outsider’s perspective: I felt turned on by it, and it was cool to have people witness that.” You can now see the sex scenes — and the romance and violence and Ed Harris looking super creepy — for yourself in the trailer above.

Director Rose Glass told Indiewire that she asked the cast, including Stewart and Katy O’Brian (who bonded over cat pee), to watch films like Crash (the good one) and Showgirls to prepare for Love Lies Bleeding. “That was a weird list of films I put together,” she said. “I don’t think many of them I was conscious of while we were writing, we were really just focusing on these characters and this story and the tone. So it was really more in hindsight, as we’re in prep, trying to sort of give [the cast] of the world this story takes place in.”

Here’s the official plot synopsis:

From Director Rose Glass comes an electric new love story; reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

Love Lies Bleeding, which also stars Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, and Dave Franco, opens in theaters on March 8th.

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Nobody Knows Where Usher Is Right Now (In The Fictional Universe Of A New Super Bowl Halftime Show Teaser, At Least)

Usher has a full schedule over the next few days: He’s dropping a new album, Coming Home, on Friday, and a couple days later, he’s performing the Super Bowl Halftime Show. So, it would be an awful time for the entertainer to go missing, but that is just what has happened… not in real life, but in a new teaser video from Apple Music.

The video starts with Ludacris, Lil Jon, and Taraji P. Henson hanging around outdoors (outside of a fancy Las Vegas hotel, perhaps?). The trio then FaceTimes Apple CEO Tim Cook (who’s wearing an Usher graphic tee), and he asks how a dinner they had last night went. They then break the news that they lost Usher and don’t know where he is, which prompts a disappointed Cook to hang up. He then texts the group, “You will find him!”

This presumably sets up a series that will continued to be shared in the days leading up to the big performance. Perhaps most notably, though, this ad might serve as a teaser of Ludacris and Lil Jon joining Usher to perform their hit collaboration “Yeah!” during the halftime show. We’ll know for sure this weekend.

Check out the video above.

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What Is Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ Setlist For 2024?

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After taking a break for the holidays and to win Album Of The Year at the Grammys for a record fourth time, Taylor Swift resumed The Eras Tour in Japan on Tuesday night (Wednesday local time). “I always love coming to Tokyo, you know I love you,” she said during the concert at the Tokyo Dome. “I have been looking forward to this show.” Swifties were looking forward to seeing if Taylor changed the setlist, or if she would wait until her old Hollywood-referencing new album, The Tortured Poets Department, comes out in April.

We have our answer: the first Eras Tour setlist of 2024 remains the same from the 2023 shows, although Swift did debut “Dear Readers” from Midnights during the acoustic set (along with the previously-performed “Holy Ground”).

Continue below to find the full setlist.

Lover

“Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince”
“Cruel Summer”
“The Man”
“You Need to Calm Down”
“Lover”
“The Archer”

Fearless

“Fearless”
“You Belong With Me”
“Love Story”

Evermore

“‘Tis The Damn Season”
“Willow”
“Marjorie”
“Champagne Problems”
“Tolerate It”

Reputation

“…Ready for It?”
“Delicate”
“Don’t Blame Me”
“Look What You Made Me Do”

Speak Now

“Enchanted”
“Long Live”

Red

“22”
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
“I Knew You Were Trouble”
“All Too Well (10-Minute Version)”

Folklore

“The 1”
“Betty”
“The Last Great American Dynasty”
“August”
“Illicit Affairs”
“My Tears Ricochet”
“Cardigan”

1989

“Style”
“Blank Space”
“Shake It Off”
“Wildest Dreams”
“Bad Blood”

Surprise Songs

“Dear Reader”
“Holy Ground”

Midnights

“Lavender Haze”
“Anti‐Hero”
“Midnight Rain”
“Vigilante Sh*t”
“Bejeweled”
“Mastermind”
“Karma”