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In today’s franchise-driven film industry, Christopher Nolan is that rarest of birds: a popular filmmaker who mostly (with some major exceptions) avoids franchises. The Peloton enthusiast can do whatever he wants, and that doesn’t only mean making blockbusters about the father of the atomic bomb. He can also run unusual sets. A few years back a rumor spread that Nolan bans chairs. (He allegedly doesn’t, but he does ban cellphones and smoking.) Now we’re learning that while he doesn’t prohibit bathroom breaks, he does look upon them with disdain.

In a new group chat with Vanity Fair, Oppenheimer actors Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, and Robert Downey Jr. opened up about some of the more atypical aspects of working with the beloved filmmaker. They all agreed that he runs an efficient set.

“Human resources are scarce,” Downey seemed to joke (or not?). “And the idea is that this is a Spartan endeavor. And also, I think that Chris, from all the films that he’s done, he deplores waste. He is a conservationist of the highest order.”

“Everything is happening in front of the camera,” he added. “There is no budget for anything that’s not happening in front of the camera.”

Nolan is so efficient he doesn’t have time for when nature calls.

“He doesn’t even really like it when you go to the bathroom, but he understands you have to,” Downey said. “And I asked him, ‘Dude, when do you go?’ And he goes, ’11 a.m. and 6 p.m.’ And I was like, ‘Are you f*cking with me?’”

“And he drinks so much tea, how does he not go right through it?” Blunt pointed out.
“I know, but it’s not a diuretic tea,” Downey said. “He won’t ask anyone to do anything that he’s not 1000% willing to do himself, twice as hard.”

So if you’re lucky enough to work with Christopher Nolan, remember to go easy on food and liquids.

You can watch the Vanity Fair sit-down in the video below.

Netflix is continuing to do its part to pick up damn fine shows abandoned elsewhere (Lucifer, You, etc.) and give them new life. In this case, an adrenaline-fueled Australian series, The Tourist, will continue to maintain its U.K. home on BBC One and its Aussie home base on Stan, but in the U.S. the show’s streaming home is changing from HBO Max to Netflix.

In preparation for the second season, which arrives near the end of February on Netflix, the first season will land on the streamer on February 1. If you don’t want to know what has happened thus far (as well as some hints on what’s to come next), consider this a SPOILER WARNING.

Plot

The Tourist initially followed the fallout of Jamie Dornan’s character, Elliot (or “The Man”), waking up to find himself in the Australian Outback and not knowing what the hell is going on. He has lost his memory, so he’s obviously also clueless as to why a giant tank truck moves to push him into oblivion while driving. Throughout a cat-and-mouse plot, he attempts to piece together the increasingly cryptic puzzle of his identity before the bad dudes (or a crooked cop portrayed by Damon Herriman, a.k.a. Dewey Crowe from Justified) take him out. Eventually, Elliot’s previous life begins to come together, and he is revealed to have formerly worked for a drug lord and to have played an active role in the deaths of drug mules.

The season ended with Elliot attempting to kill himself in a few ways, but he is unsuccessful in doing so, and so, where does this show go for Season 2? Quite a long way away from Australia, actually.

The second season picks up in Ireland, where Helen (Danielle Macdonald) hasn’t given up on Elliot yet and helps him continue to dig into his past. This won’t be straightforward affair, of course, and the pair will find themselves embroiled in the McDonnell family’s feud, and Elliot’s past horrific ways will figure into this new set of dynamics, too. Somehow, the overriding mystery of the show will grow even larger as Elliot gazes across the chasm of his misdeeds. (The drugging life is bad, kids!)

Cast

The first season starred Dornan as well as Shalom Brune-Franklin, Damon Herriman, Danielle Macdonald, Alex Dimitriades, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, and Kamil Ellis. With the change in scenery, the second season will bring many new actors aboard, including, Conor MacNeill, Olwen Fouéré, Diarmaid Murtagh, Nessa Matthews, Mark McKenna, and Francis Magee.

Release Date

Across the pond, BBC has already premiered the second season as of January 1, which was the launching date for Australia’s Stan. Meanwhile, the binge-minded Netflix will stream the second season on February 29. As previously mentioned, Netflix will stream the first season beginning on February 1.

Trailer

Yes, a trailer exists and shows Ireland isn’t any welcoming than that Australia for Dornan’s character. Crikey.

In case you were wondering, don’t mess with comedian Steve Hofstetter. The stand-up comic posted a video of himself recently shutting down a heckler who didn’t like Hofstetter taking a break from his routine to praise Jessica Mendoza, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Stanford graduate, who last year became the first female to call a professional baseball game.

“Next!” the heckler shouts. At first, Hofstetter is caught off guard but then he tries to give the guy a chance to explain what he found “offensive” about celebrating this historic moment in sports. “You and I can talk later,” the anonymous guy says, directly challenging an earlier warning from Hofstetter to not approach comedians after shows.

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Once the guy refuses to explain why he’s offended, Hofstetter asks him to leave, saying not only is he being a jerk but he’s not at least willing to stand up for his own beliefs. Then things get weird. It turns out the heckler is at the show with his family, including his daughters. “You have daughters and I was standing up for women’s rights and you were offended by that,” Hofstetter says. “I hope the rest of you are going to be okay later.”

Unlike some heckler videos that drag on and on, this one is maybe most amazing in the way he gets shut down before he can even really get started. The whole video is funny, inspiring and just a classic example of a comedian taking down a heckler. Like near the end, when Hofstetter addresses a common trope of someone questioning why a male comedian needs to stand up for women’s equality.

“As it turns out, I actually have a genetic history of women in my family,” he says. “If you want to be a real man then respect the women in your life.”

This article originally appeared on 04.26.19

PawsLikeMe might know you better than you know yourself.

Hello from the other siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!!! I’m a dog and I love youuuuuuuu!!!

Because PawsLikeMe knows about your dreams.

Your DOG dreams, that is.

How? A dog-human personality quiz!

A sophisticated one, too! From their website:

“The personality assessment is based on 4 core personality traits that influence the human-canine bond; energy, focus, confidence, and independence.”

It also takes into account environmental factors and other special circumstances as well.

It’s not uncommon for dogs that are adopted to be returned because they just aren’t compatible with their owner’s life.

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PawsLikeMe aims to stop dog-owner mismatch by playing dog matchmaker! Its goal is to help people find the right dog for them.

Need a dog that’s friendly with kids but loves learning tricks and is also house-trained? DONE. Have other specific requirements? DONE!

Ya got options.

When you go on the website, you can opt to just answer the four most important questions in a dog owner’s life:

1. What’s your energy level?

2. What kind of parties do you like?

3. What kind of dog personality do you want?

4. What is your personality like?

After those four questions, you can begin searching for a doggie match.

Or you can opt for the full questionnaire (you should) … and basically feel very, VERY understood.

I took the full PawsLikeMe quiz, and when I saw the results I was kindof taken aback:

PawsLikeMe GETS ME!

Then I was the whisked away to dogs who are just ready to love me.

Listen. My apartment in NYC doesn’t allow dogs. But if it did? I’d be 91% ready to adopt Carli. She’s perfect, and I love her. CUE ADELE and her songs of lost opportunities to love!

With all the 80 gajillion personality quizzes out there in the world, this one is hands down THE BEST.

Take it for yourself! You won’t regret it.

This article originally appeared on 11.06.15

Any time you travel with a small child it ups the ante a bit. Did you bring enough stuff to entertain them? Did you pack the right snacks? Should you have brought an extra change of clothes just in case? Is it now customary to hand out small bags full of ear plugs and treats for all of the passengers for daring to leave your house to use a public form of transportation?

It’s enough to stress you out before you even get down the street. But one of the trickiest parts of traveling with small children of the opposite gender is figuring out public bathrooms. It’s usually fairly simple for moms, bathrooms for women have changing tables installed for babies and disabled individuals. They’re also usually kept fairly clean and women visiting the facilities think twice about a little boy going into the women’s bathroom with his mom.

Dads on the other hand aren’t always comfortable bringing their daughters into the men’s room with them. Plus rumor has it that men’s rooms aren’t always the cleanest for girls to go potty.

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Kier Gaines has gone viral for praising a Philadelphia Amtrak employee for understanding this struggle resulting in a meaningful act of kindness. Gaines was traveling with his young daughter who looks to be around 5-years-old when she needed to use the bathroom. She’s too young to go into the women’s bathroom alone and Gaines wasn’t comfortable taking her into the bathroom possibly startling women.

He was left with the only choice being to take her into the men’s bathroom which had not been left sanitary. That’s when the Amtrak Porter steps in.

“One of the porters that cleans here saw me and he was like, ‘hey bro, you want me to hit the bathroom and clean it for you?’ I said, ‘yeah, thank you, man.'” Gaines reflects. “He said, ‘yeah I got a daughter who’s five.’ he says, ‘I understand how hard it is to be a dad and try to get them in a clean bathroom where they feel comfortable and safe.'”

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Gaines admitted that a fellow dad recognizing the struggle and doing something to help got him a little choked up.

“It validated so many things that I felt frustrated with because they were hard but don’t nobody want to hear a man complaining about what’s difficult for him. Nobody wants to hear dad complaining about what’s hard but for that man to see me struggling and understand deeply what that meant and clean that stall for my baby, man that meant the world.”

The dad didn’t let his appreciation go without being voiced, not only online to his 600k followers but to the worker’s supervisor. He revealed the Amtrak worker’s name is George, is dark skinned with two braids and encouraged people to tell him that he’s doing an amazing job if they see him.

George definitely deserves recognition for going above and beyond. Sometimes a parent’s village is simply other parents in the wild willing to see you and give you a helping hand. If dad’s don’t speak up about their parenting struggles then the world will never know to be inclusive of things specific to dads solo parenting for a few hours, days or forever. Gaines speaking up can have a positive impact for dads in the future.

Saweetie and P-Lo are getting into the sporty spirit, as the two dropped a new anthem for the San Francisco 49ers. The collab, titled “Do It For The Bay,” finds the two pumping up the team to make it to the Super Bowl in February.

The two appear in an equally energetic music video that incorporates both footage of the team and Saweetie performing with P-Lo. It also was a special full-circle moment, considering Saweetie is from Santa Clara and P-Lo’s from the Bay Area.

“I’m excited to share our new 49ers single designed to hype up the team and The Faithful for this playoffs run,” Saweetie said in a statement, according to Rolling Stone. “I want to thank the 49ers organization for this opportunity. Shout out to P-Lo for doing what he does.”

“I love that we were able to collaborate and make something that’s so Bay-triotic, as P-Lo would say,” Saweetie added.

“We’re lucky to be based in a region that is thriving with talent, diversity, and innovation, and excited that Saweetie and P-Lo were able to capture those values in this new anthem for The Bay,” Allie Dicken, a representative from the 49ers marketing team, shared also.

Check out Saweetie and P-Lo’s new “Do It For The Bay” song above.

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

There aren’t many things that are universally considered “the best.” It’s awfully rare to get everyone on the same page like that, so while it happens, it takes something really special to reach a consensus. In the world of college football highlight videos, for example, there’s one that sticks out above the rest: The nearly 10-minute video of former West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin. If you know, you know. If you don’t, watch:

More than 23 million people have watched the decade-old video, which shows Austin — who stood 5’8 but was impossible to bring down and an all-time nightmare in the open field — embarrassing defenses during his time in Morgantown. If you say “the Tavon Austin video” to the right person, they will know exactly what you are talking about. And in a wonderful clip that made its way around social media this week, Austin got the chance to show this to someone who never saw him during his college days, his daughter, Ayva.

The moment that she realizes that her dad was on the screen is just wonderful, and the amazed look on her face is pretty par for the course when someone watches this video for the first time. Now, dear reader, we would like to challenge you to let someone else feel this sense of wonder and show the Tavon Austin highlight video to a football fan who has never seen it before.

Michael Jackson fans had something fun happen today. The first image from the forthcoming biopic, Michael, was released, giving a glimpse of the late icon’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, playing him. It is set to hit theaters on April 18, 2025, as of right now, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Jaafar posted the B&W photo to Instagram, where he recreated Michael’s signature fedora pose, as he does the dance move as well. “The journey starts Monday,” he captioned, seemingly referring to the production start date.

The Michael biopic will be directed by Antoine Fuqua (known for The Equalizer franchise) and written by John Logan (Gladiator), per the outlet. Graham King, who worked on the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, is also part of this film’s production team.

“The film presents his triumphs and tragedies on an epic, cinematic scale — from his human side and personal struggles to his undeniable creative genius, exemplified by his most iconic performances,” the movie’s description stated. “As never before, audiences will experience an inside look into one of the most influential, trailblazing artists the world has ever known.”

According to THR, the studio behind Michael has said this portrayal will include all the aspects of the pop star’s life.

Check out the first look of Jaafar Jackson playing his uncle, Michael Jackson, in the new biopic, below.

The world of sports media has seen a number of institutions get kneecapped in recent years, and on Friday, the longtime gold standard for many in the profession saw its staff get pummeled. Sports Illustrated staffers were informed via the following email that mass layoffs are coming to the publication in the aftermath of the Arena Group, which operates and publishes SI, missing a payment to Authentic Brands Group, which owns it.

The missed payment meant that Authentic Brands Group terminated its licensing agreement with Arena Group, the latest in what has been a tumultuous period since Authentic Brands Group purchased SI in 2017 for $110 million. Now, there are numerous questions about what the future holds for the publication, but amid those questions are a seemingly endless cascade of well-wishes for the writers whose livelihoods are negatively impacted by corporate greed and near-universal criticism for the individuals that played a role in things getting to this point.

This included Pablo Torre, who used 30 seconds on Around the Horn to address the situation. After winning Friday’s episode, Torre devoted Face Time to discuss the situation at “my former employer, a childhood artifact, an icon to so many of us.”

In a statement released on Friday, the Sports Illustrated Union said “This is another difficult day in what has been a difficult four years for Sports Illustrated under Arena Group (previously The Maven) stewardship. We are calling on ABG to ensure the continued publication of SI and allow it to serve our audience in the way it has for nearly 70 years.”

Hozier, Vampire Weekend, and Noah Kahan have been unveiled as the headliners for Iowa’s Hinterland Festival, which is set to take place at the Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater in St. Charles on August 2-4.

Some other acts not to miss on this year’s lineup include Orville Peck, Chappell Roan, Lizzy McAlpine, Blondshell, The Last Dinner Party, The Japanese House, Palehound, Katy Kirby, Mt. Joy, Hippo Campus, Charley Crockett, Ethel Cain, Madison Cunningham, Flipturn, and many more.

Those interested in attending can purchase tickets to Hinterland right now, as the festival recently opened up presale tickets. They are also offering several different types of passes.

The 3-Day General Admission, GA+, VIP, and SAINTS tickets are all currently sold out. However, there are still other types available. One-day General Admission passes are $145, and could be a possible option for someone still looking to go, except for Sunday which is sold out.

Tickets in the higher tiers also have single-day options available. Although GA+ single-day passes are sold out, VIP ones are still available for Saturday, August 3.

The SAINTS tier still has all the single-day tickets, as of right now. These would start at $750 per day.

For more information about Hinterland Festival 2024, visit their official website.

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