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Unless you’re going on a trip, New Year’s Day is one of those holidays that you somehow don’t see coming. All the attention goes to NYE — what party you are going to show up to, what you are going to wear, and which of your friends and family you want to be around as you usher in the new year. You’re probably not thinking about what you’ll do the day after — aside from curing a hangover — and more importantly, what you’re going to eat.

Let me warn you though, figure this out asap because nothing sucks like going hungry on New Year’s Day.

This happened to me last year. I spent the morning of New Year’s Day with friends, eating leftover tamales from Christmas. When dinner crept around and hunger set in, I realized I didn’t have any food left for dinner. So I jumped in a car and hit up a nearby McDonald’s. The line was long but after about 20 minutes with me in the same spot, I started to get this sneaking suspicion that we were all waiting for nothing.

I left the line, wheeled parallel to the food window, and realized no one was there.

Why was the car at the drive-thru speaker just waiting for 20 minutes without realizing no one was there? This is a question that still haunts me to this day.

Anyway, my point is, that you don’t want to end up like me, hungry and waiting at a drive-thru speaker that doesn’t have an employee on the other side of it. So we’re listing out all the restaurants and fast food spots that will be open this New Year’s Day. If your favorite establishment isn’t on this list, it’s probably safe to assume they’re closed. Let’s dive in!

Applebee’s — If you’re rolling up to Applebee’s on New Year’s Eve, make it early as ours are reduced. But regular hours resume on New Year’s Day.

Benihana — Hours will vary by location but most Benihana’s will be open on New Year’s Day.

Bonefish Grill — Bonefish Grill will be operating with normal hours on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Boston Market — Most Boston Market locations will be open on New Year’s Day. Call ahead to make sure your local B-Mart is open.

Buca Di Beppo— Buca Di Beppo will be open during normal hours on New Year’s Day. Nothing says “new year,” like eating an entire family-size pasta yourself.

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Burger King — Most Burger King’s will be open on New Year’s Day. “Yay,” said no one. Just kidding BK fans, we love you.

Buffalo Wild Wings — Most locations will be open on New Year’s Day, but you should call ahead to make sure your favorite local B-Dubs is open.

Cheesecake Factory — Open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, some will be offering extended hours on NYE

Chick-fil-A — Chick-fil-A will be open on New Year’s Day under normal hours but will be closed on New Year’s Eve. Not because Chick-fil-A cares about your NYE plans, but because NYE lands on a Sunday this year.

Chili’s — Chilis will be open and operating under normal business hours.

Chipotle — Chipotle will be open during regular business hours on New Year’s Day.

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Cracker Barrel — Cracker Barrel is open under normal hours on New Year’s Day.

Dave and Busters — Dave and Busters is open! What better way to usher in the new year than with games and beers?

Denny’s — Denny’s will be open during New Year’s Day.

Domino’s — Most locations will be open both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, but be warned, it’s going to be a busy day, so pick up carry-out if you like eating hot pizza.

Dunkin — Most Dunkin restaurants will be open on New Year’s Day.

Fogo de Chão — Fogo de Chão will be open on New Year’s Day. Is there ever a day this restaurant isn’t open?

Golden Corral — All Golden Corral locations will be open during regular business hours.

IHOP — IHOP is open on New Year’s Day. Be warned if you feel like eating pancakes on New Year’s Eve, hours may be reduced.

Jimmy John’s — Most Jimmy John’s locations will be open on New Year’s Day. Call ahead to make sure your local JJ’s is open.

KFC — KFC will be open on New Year’s day.

McDonald’s — Some McDonald’s locations will be open on New Year’s Day, but because this is a franchise restaurant, a lot of locations will be closed. Like my local McDonald’s last year. Don’t be like me, call ahead of time to make sure your local McDonald’s is open.

Morton’s The Steakhouse — Most Morton’s locations will be open on New Year’s Day.

Olive Garden — Olive Garden will be open on New Year’s Day. Usher in the new year with endless breadsticks.

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Outback Steakhouse — Outback Steakhouse will be open and operating under normal business hours.

Panda Express — Panda Express is open under normal business hours on New Year’s Day.

Panera Bread — Most Panera locations will be open on New Year’s Day. Call ahead to make sure your local Panera is open.

PF Changs — Most PF Changs locations will be open during normal business hours, but call ahead of time to make a reservation if you can. Expect a wait.

Popeyes — Popeyes is a toss up, some locations will be open, some will be closed. Call your local Popeyes or consult the app to see if Popeyes is open.

Red Lobster — Red Lobster will be open on New Year’s Day but hours will vary by location.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House — Ruth’s Chris will close early on New Year’s Eve and all day on New Year’s Day.

Sonic — Sonic restaurants are independently owned, so it’s a toss up whether it’ll be open.

Starbucks — Most Starbucks locations will be open on New Year’s Day.

Subway — Subway is another independently owned restaurant. Some restaurants will be open, a lot will be closed. On the bright side, we’re sure you can make a better sandwich at home with some random leftovers.

Taco Bell — Taco Bell is open on New Year’s Day. Where are you going to find a meal as cheap and delicious as this?

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Texas Roadhouse — Most locations will be open on New Year’s Day but hours will vary by location.

TGI Fridays — Most TGI Fridays will be open, but expect a long wait. Might be better to get this one to-go.

Waffle House — Waffle House is always open, that’s the chain’s whole brand!

Wendy’s — Wendy’s will be open on New Year’s Day. It’s the best fast food restaurant to get a cheeseburger, so stopping here is a no-brainer.

Next week is the third anniversary of the time an outgoing president helped inspire his supporters to attempt a coup. It’s not an occasion one celebrates. But then most people aren’t Donald Trump, who’s apparently decided to troll all those who like democracy by holding a rally on its third anniversary.

Per The Daily Beast, the failed blogger announced he will visit Newton, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6. When the rally date was revealed, Thad Nearmyer, the state’s Republican party chairman, said he “didn’t even think anything of it,” only later realizing it “has some significance.” (For what it’s worth, Nearmyer thinks the deadliest attack on the Capitol building since the war of 1812 “wasn’t nearly as big of a deal as it was made out to be.”)

Trump has been upping his antics of late, saying and doing things that seem to confirm his detractors’ worst assumptions of what he has planned if re-elected. Earlier this month, Trump buddy Sean Hannity tried to get him to swear he wouldn’t go full autocrat if he wound up back in the White House…only for Trump to admit he’d be a “dictator,” but only on “Day One.” That understandably didn’t put many at ease.

(Via The Daily Beast)

Jeremy Renner’s 2023 got off to an inauspicious start. This time last year, the Marvel actor was the victim of a freak accident involving a snow plow that ran over him, breaking more than 30 bones. He fought through it, though, and has been on the road to recover ever since. He’s doing so well that, on the near-anniversary of the incident, he paid a visit to the hospital where his life was saved.

“Rollin through Reno, NV with joy, blessings, and [pizza]!!!!” Renner wrote in an Instagram post. “Stopped by to see kids/superheroes, first responders, and doctors, nurses and staff at Renown hospital. Paying my respects and celebrating love, life and the blessings it brings to us all.”

Renner also thanked “this community” for “keeping me here,” saying he is “forever in your debt with gratitude.”

Last New Year’s Day, Renner attempted to move a snow plow that was stuck in the snow. Instead it got loose, rolling over him with the full force of its near seven tons. He was quickly transported to a hospital in nearby Reno, where he documented hi rehabilitation. Nearly a year later, he’s returning to work, ready for a new season of his Taylor Sheridan show Mayor of Kingstown.

(Via HuffPost)

Samoa Joe choked out MJF to win the AEW World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of AEW Worlds End at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Joe controlled the match early on, beating down the champ and eventually dropping him with a Muscle Buster on the apron. Joe and MJF exchanged arm bar attempts before a ref bump led to the champion hitting Joe with a low blow on the top rope. MJF carried Joe on his shoulders across the ring and laid him out with an F-5.

MJF demanded the Dynamite diamond ring from Adam Cole at ringside when Joe caught him in the Coquina Clutch and the referee called for the bell as he put the champ to sleep.

The loss comes after Wednesday night Dynamite, where MJF dropped the tag titles after his replacement partner, Joe, was unable to make his way to the ring. Instead, the Devil’s Masked Men hit the Heat Seeker to pin him. Joe eventually limped to the ring, but turned on MJF with a chair shot before closing the show and setting up his main event tilt with the champ.

After the bell, Cole hopped in to the ring to console MJF before the Devil’s Masked Men jumped into the ring and attacked the former champion. After the lights went out, Cole revealed himself to be the Devil, with the Kingdom, Wardlow, and Rodrick Strong as his henchmen. They beat down MJF as the new group celebrated in the ring as the show went off the air.

The Detroit Pistons have finally ended the longest losing streak in NBA history. Saturday night in Toronto had been circled by many as their best opportunity to snap the streak, given the Raptors would be on a back-to-back following a game against the Sixers on Friday.

Then, on Saturday afternoon, things shifted even more into the Pistons favor when the Raptors agreed to a blockbuster trade sending OG Anunoby, Malachi Flynn, and Precious Achiuwa to the Knicks for Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett. With the trade happening earlier in the day, Toronto was not going to have any of those players available, meaning they were not only on short rest but also shorthanded.

Even so, the Pistons have found increasingly painful ways to lose, most recently blowing a 21-point lead to the Celtics on Thursday night before losing in overtime, so nothing was assured. However, after some terrific individual performances without the team getting the intended result, Cade Cunningham’s latest big outing finally resulted in a Pistons W. Cunningham scored 30 points to go along with 12 assists and no turnovers in one of his best all-around performances of the season, with the entire Detroit starting lineup reaching double figures around him (and getting 16 from Alec Burks off the bench) as the Pistons were able to put together a complete team effort on offense.

The game was firmly in the balance in the second half, with Toronto pulling to within one on multiple occasions but never prying the lead from the Pistons hands. That was thanks to some timely shotmaking from the likes of Bojan Bogdanovic (19 points) and Cunningham, as they were able to find buckets when needed to keep the Raptors at a distance.

Things got a little dicey late despite Detroit leading by nine with under two minutes to go, as the Raptors simply would not go away, led by a 35-point night from Pascal Siakam and 30 points from Dennis Schroder, but ultimately the Pistons were able to hit their free throws and hang on for a 129-127 win, snapping the losing streak at home and getting their first win since October.

Along with Cunningham and Bogdanovic having strong scoring nights, Jalen Duren had a big double-double with 18 points and 17 rebounds, Kevin Knox chipped in 17 points, and the Pistons finally got to celebrate a W with their fans. Given how many times they had early leads during the losing streak only to let them slip away, it’ll be interesting to see if getting the proverbial monkey off their back will allow them to add a few more wins instead of ripping off another double-digit losing skid. If nothing else, it ends a two-month long saga of the longest losing streak in NBA history.

When a cocky young man started showing off his muscles for the “Flex Cam” at a Philadelphia Soul arena football game, he got more than he bargained for after showing off his physique to a couple of women sitting behind him.

When the camera made its way back around, he was instantly upstaged by the superior muscles of one of the ladies he had tried to impress.

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He had no choice but to sink sadly into his seat while the stronger woman flexed over his head.

PHILADELPHIA SOUL FLEX CAM SURPISE

This article originally appeared on 05.30.19

When a cocky young man started showing off his muscles for the “Flex Cam” at a Philadelphia Soul arena football game, he got more than he bargained for after showing off his physique to a couple of women sitting behind him.

When the camera made its way back around, he was instantly upstaged by the superior muscles of one of the ladies he had tried to impress.

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He had no choice but to sink sadly into his seat while the stronger woman flexed over his head.

PHILADELPHIA SOUL FLEX CAM SURPISE

This article originally appeared on 05.30.19

LaTasha Kebe, the controversial YouTuber known as Tasha K, has already incurred the wrath of Cardi B. Recently she added Kevin Hart to her list. The comic and performer recently filed a lawsuit against Kebe. But what did she do to so upset him?

Per Page Six, Hart is suing Kebe for extortion. In November, Kebe, whose popular YouTube channel is devoted to spilling gossip, sat down with an interview with one Miesha Shakes, Hart’s former assistant. During their chat, Shakes made what the lawsuit claims are “false and defamatory statements regarding Hart” involving his marriage and business dealings.

That would be bad enough, but there’s a reason Hart is going after Kebe (as well as Shakes): One of her alleged affiliates, he claims, contacted his team, threatening to “publish the interview unless Hart paid a ransom of $250,000.”

What’s more, Kebe then published “teaser” for the interview that “touted the supposedly salacious and damaging nature,” which were seen as a “threat to Hart” if he didn’t pay the “ransom.” According to the lawsuit, “The teaser included a statement from Kebe at the 2:06 mark of the video specifically warning that ‘when you don’t pay, we have to get money by any means necessary.’”

After that happened, Hart’s team contacted the authorities as well as sent a cease and desist. They also noted that Shakes had signed both a Non-Disclosure Agreement and a Confidentiality Agreement during her tenure as his assistant.

Despite this, the interview went live on December 22. During the chat, Shakes alleged that Hart is a habitual cheater and a gambling addict.

In the lawsuit, Hart’s team cites Kebe’s history of “defamatory and otherwise improper content regarding celebrities and other high-profile individuals.” One of those cited is Cardi B, whom Kebe claimed was a prostitute who was addicted to hard drugs, had cheated on her husband, Offset, had contracted herpes, and had even once “f*cked herself with beer bottles.”

Kebe filed for bankruptcy after losing that case.

(Via Page Six)

This year, hip-hop culture celebrated its 50th anniversary. Each month has been filled with notable concerts, televised specials, and, most importantly, flower-giving to pioneers in the space. So, when an interview clip from HipHopDX (a fellow subsidiary of Warner Music Group) surfaced of Trina dubbing Beyoncé, the queen of rap, lovers of the genre were sent into a tailspin.

As a twenty-year veteran, fans wondered why she didn’t name herself, longtime friend Missy Elliott, or even former collaborators like Nicki Minaj during the chat. Users online began to speculate that there was a deeper reasoning behind her answer, specifically her not mentioning the latter. So, do Nicki Minaj and Trina have beef? According to Trina, the answer is no, but the Barbz beg to differ.

In a 2019 Instagram Live promoting their joint song “BAPS (Bad Ass Pretty Sagittarius),” Trina shut down the reports of friction between the two. “There is no beef between me and Nicki Minaj. There will be no disrespect for Nicki Minaj or nobody else that’s on my album,” said Trina.

However, during a Queen Radio episode following the song hit streaming platforms, Nicki Minaj revealed that members of Trina’s team did express frustration with her for not promoting the record to their standards and not working with them to film an official visual for the track given that she had for Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hot Girl Summer.”

“I always show the same love to everybody anytime I do a song with somebody. I show love just because I appreciate being a part of their record. But, for [Trina’s] team or anybody’s team to feel like I owe you anything or to go out and disrespect me because I’m showing love to another female and you’re not gonna check them, that’s not cool,” said Nicki.

So, in the eyes of the Barbz, there could still be lingering animosity between the rappers, hence the inferred dig in the HipHopDX interview.

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

Poor Rudy Giuliani. For the last three years, the former “America’s Mayor” has been Sideshow Bob stepping on endless rakes, having destroyed his life for a guy who won’t even bail him out. In the final stretch of 2023 his life somehow got even worse: After being ordered to pay a comically large sum to the election workers he defamed — and mysteriously continues to defame — he did the unthinkable: He filed for bankruptcy. Now he’s regretting he didn’t do something that could have made his situation a touch better.

Per The New York Post, when he was mayor of New York City, Giuliani failed to do something other mayors have done: applying for pensions to see them through the autumn years. Had he done so, Giuliani would have been able to pocket an annual sum of $26,000 after turning 62. He’s 79, which means that over the last 17 years he would have amassed a whopping $442,000.

That would only put a tiny dent in the $148 million he owes the election workers, but it would have at least been something.

When asked why on earth he didn’t apply for something all other NYC mayors receive, Giuliani told the NY Post, “Giving back to the city I love.” In case that made him sound selfless, he added, “Although I would like to take it now.”

Giuliani then admitted, “I don’t know how to go about it.”

One unnamed top official told NY Post that even though he was raking in the cash at his peak — long before he came out of near-retirement to torch his career and wealth for a failed blogger — he really should have planned better for his future.

“This might have seemed like chump change to someone like him who left City Hall with multi-million-dollar book deals, but I bet he wishes he had [pension payments] now,” the official said. “In his situation, every penny helps.”

Giuilani isn’t only missing out on his mayoral pension. He also doesn’t receive a federal pension for his six years as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney as well as other governmental work.

Alas, the guy who might help him out is a little busy these days, which is to say he’s furiously claiming he didn’t bully his way into a cameo in Home Alone 2.

(Via NY Post)