Below, you can read more about which companies have ended their business partnerships with Diddy, mainly through their membership in his recently launched marketplace, Empower Global — a sort of Amazon for Black-owned companies.
Fulaba
Fulaba’s Haby Barry said she believed Cassie as well as the other accusers, so her jewelry brand “will not associate with anything or anyone that is counter to our values,” which are “all about empowering women and girls.”
House of Takura
A luxury bag company employing artisans in Africa with prints inspired by the local cultures, House of Takura was launched in 2015 by Sierra Leonan immigrant Annette Njau. She told Rolling Stone, “This decision was made on the day that Casandra Ventura filed her lawsuit. We take the allegations against Mr. Combs very seriously and find such behavior abhorrent and intolerable. We believe in victims’ rights, and support victims in speaking their truth, even against the most powerful of people.”
Nuudii System
Nuudii System was founded in 2011 by Annette Azan to offer shapewear that actually embraces womens’ natural shapes rather than change them. Azan also said that she pulled her brand from Empower upon finding out about the initial allegations.
No One Clothiers
Based in Los Angeles, this brand sells high-end shirts, pants, and hats designed to invoke the durability of workwear with the fashion-forward elements of streetwear. Its co-founder Lenard Grier said of the decision to leave Empower Global: “While this decision was difficult due [to] the reverence we once held for Mr. Combs as a leader in business and entertainment, it was clearly the correct choice. Our brand is founded on the belief that every individual is important and worthy of respect, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, etc. The allegations against Mr. Combs are in direct conflict with these beliefs. In turn, we felt a moral imperative to end our relationship.”
Tsuri
Ashli Goudelock founded her skin-care line with the intention of creating “spa-like experiences from the comfort of your home.” She credits her decision to break from Diddy an obligation “as women-owned and -led company,” saying, “we do not and will not linger in a gray area about the mistreatment of women.”
If that’s piqued your interest, here’s what you need to know.
How To Buy Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 Ur Guts Smoothie”
The primary thing to note is that if you’re unfamiliar, Erewhon is an upscale supermarket chain with a handful of locations, all of which are in Los Angeles County, California. So, if you’re not from the area and want the Good 4 Ur Guts Smoothie, you’ll have to either take a road trip or accept the fact that you’re out of luck (or wait for somebody to inevitably put one on eBay).
As for how to get it: It’ll be available starting on December 15, but if you order through the app, you can actually buy it right now, a day early.
How Much Does The Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 Ur Guts Smoothie” Cost?
The smoothie costs $18 and the product page notes, “The good 4 your GUTS smoothie has surpassed all our expectations, delivering a blend packed with vibrant flavors and robust gut-healing support.”
What Ingredients Are In Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 Ur Guts” Smoothie?
The product page also offers a rundown of the lengthy ingredients list: “Minor Figures Oatmilk, Health-ade Pomegranate Kombucha, SIBU Sea Buckthorn, Ion Gut Support, Nate’s Pure Organic Honey, Sprout Living’s Epic Protein Chocolate Maca, organic strawberries, organic dates, organic blueberries, organic mango, organic coconut cream, and organic avocados.”
Well, that’s partially subjective and partially objective. A sense of objectivity comes from the overall quality of the spirit. The list of whiskeys below are unarguably amazingly well-made, important, and unique. You cannot argue that. It’s definitive and no critics will disagree. The subjectivity comes into play with my unique palate, what I’ve been lucky enough to taste this year, and what I personally think rises above the rest.
That’s before you even get into the dozens and dozens of distillery visits, barrel picks, and consulting I do for whiskey brands and charities.
Even still, I’m not the be-all and end-all of whiskey tasting. No one is. It’s an impossible task. Some whiskeys slip past my desk every year. So let me reiterate, these are the best of the best of what I had the pleasure of tasting in 2023. Those are our parameters.
Lastly, I did rank these whiskeys according to the depth of their flavor profiles (based on re-tasting them once more). Again, these are all A+ whiskeys when we’re talking about craft. So to rank them I had to split some serious hairs. All of these whiskeys are phenomenal, nuanced, deep, delightful, succinct, and delicious. Still, some go so deep as to take you on a transcendent journey — managing to shift the entire conversation around of what whiskey can be!
This new release from Balcones down in Waco, Texas celebrates the distillery’s 15th anniversary. The whisky in the bottle is built from 100% Golden Promise malted barley. That whisky was then aged in a variety of old sherry puncheons that held Moscatel, Amontillado Dulce, Oloroso, and Palo Cortado sherries for decades. Once batched, the whisky was bottled as-is with a drop of proofing water.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Brandy-soaked dates, figs, and prunes pop on the nose with a hint of apricot jam, clove-studded oranges, cherry hand pies, and a note of soft pecan wood with this fleeting sense of … I swear … venison backstrap frying in butter in a cast iron skillet.
Palate: Those dates go hard on the palate as marzipan and salted cashews add a deep nuttiness with more of that clove-studded orange, a touch of lemon zest, and maybe some smoldering sandalwood next to eucalyptus and sage aromatic sticks.
Finish: A touch of smudging sage drives the finish toward grilled pineapple and peach with a touch of absinth herbs before a deeply creamy mocha latte leads to a scoop of black cherry ice cream.
Why It’s The Best:
Balcones Distilling has come into its own after 15 years of trailblazing in the Texas whiskey scene. They’ve dialed in their Texas Single Malt to such an extent that it’s now iconic and the example of the style.
This expression — which celebrates those 15 years of distilling, tinkering, learning, failing, refining, and excelling — is the American single malt whiskey of the year by a country mile. The quality of the spirit is refined and outstanding. But it’s that signature Texas vibe that helps this whiskey rise above and stand as a true testament to American single malt and all that it can be. This isn’t a single malt that’s chasing Scotland or Japan. This is a single malt that’s proudly its own thing that highlights the terroir of Texas (and America) so vividly and beautifully.
When folks look back on the bottles of American single malt whiskey that helped define the style, Balcones is going to be central to that conversation and this bottle will be a highlight.
5. Best International Whiskey — Hibiki Suntory Whisky 21 Years Old 100th Anniversary Suntory Whisky
This new version of Hibiki 21 will be on any collector’s wish list. The whisky in the bottle is a blend of malt and grain whiskies chosen and blended by Suntory’s legendary Chief Blender Shinji Fukuyo alongside his blending team. The team specifically chose Mizunara oak casks for the heart of the whisky out of respect for their shared Japanese heritage.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Jasmine blooms draw you in on the nose with a hint of savory fruits like dragonfruit and kumquat with a hint of star fruit next to burning incense coming from a distant sensor on the other side of the room.
Palate: Old potpourri with a hint of sandalwood drives the palate toward a super subtle sense of acacia bark next to a faint whisper of betel nut and maybe some floral honey with an almost crisp edge.
Finish: Spiced whisky wood staves arrive late on the finish with a sense of dried jasmine and lavender next to dried coriander and a fleeting sense of sweet incense in the far distance on a cold night.
Why It’s The Best:
This is a wildly unique whisky that delivers with such subtleness that it’s almost inexplicable. At first glance, it’s soft and almost minimalist. Then it blooms on your senses and takes you down these hidden paths and alleys that reveal intensely unique and varied flavor profiles that feel like walking through markets in Delhi, Tokyo, and Taipei before settling into this vibe of a lush hash lounge in a Tangier overlooking the sea. T
his is truly a journey in a glass and one of the most peerless whisky pours of the year.
4. Best Scotch Whisky — Talisker Single Malt Scotch Whisky Aged 30 Years
Talisker’s seaside vibes are on full display in this beautiful bottle. The 2023 limited release (the 30-year is on a random release schedule) was around 3,000 bottles, making this a very rare expression from the Isle of Skye distillery. Those bottles were pulled from both ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks and masterfully blended right next to the sea at cask strength.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is shockingly subtle and soft with velvety notes of smoldering dried nori next to matchsticks dipped in a buttery and rich dark chocolate with sea salt gently sprinkled all over.
Palate: The palate leans into the dialed-back peat by bringing about a smoked cream with fire-seared peaches next to a hint of wet cedar, very old tobacco leaves, and a touch of almond or oat milk flecked with salt.
Finish: That salt drives the mid-palate towards a finish that’s like getting kissed by merfolk on a beach next to a campfire that’s heating a cauldron full of spicy stewed peaches in more of that cream.
Why It’s The Best:
Talisker released some true bangers this year, but nothing topped this masterpiece. Perhaps most importantly, this whisky exuded true approachability while never for a moment letting forget that it was 100% unparalleled as a softly peated single malt.
You feel the extraordinary vibrance and one-of-a-kind vibe of where this whisky is made from the very first whiff from the nose. Then the palate takes you on a journey through from the sea to the hills looming over the Isle of Skye before gently embracing you with a delicate warmth. All of that is to say that this is Talisker — and Scotch whisky as a whole — at its absolute zenith.
Eagle Rare Straight Bourbon is made from Mash Bill #1 at Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. That’s their low-rye mash bill, and that’s all that’s known about the juice. That whiskey was then left to rest for nearly two decades in a warehouse before being moved into Buffalo Trace’s new state-of-the-art Warehouse P facility. When the whiskey hit 25 years old, something magical happened to the barrel and it was ready for bottling.
The single barrel was proofed down to Eagle Rare’s 101-proof and otherwise bottled as-is, yielding only 200 bottles. The bottle is also a collectible with a hand-hammered sterling silver eagle wing wrapped around a hand-blown crystal decanter. That striking bottle comes in a custom display box that opens like an eagle’s wings.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose hints at old oak staves resting in a musty warehouse before veering toward stewed cherries with hints of clove and nutmeg next to salted dark chocolate shavings and rich powdered sugar icing cut with bourbon vanilla and light pipe tobacco essences with a whisper of fall leaves and orchard barks.
Palate: The rich vanilla gets buttery and creamy with an almost eggnog vibe thanks to the spice on the lush palate has dried cranberry, brandy-soaked cherry, and dried figs lead to rich toffee rolled in dark chocolate and anise before getting cut with a touch of earthy tobacco pulled from fresh black dirt.
Finish: The finish hugs you gently with warmth tied to winter spice barks soaked in apple cider cut with black cherry as the dirt takes on a warehouse must with gently sweet oak staves mingle with a whisper of whole black pepper and clove buds over creamy dark orange spice cake.
Why It’s The Best:
This is arguably the most important bourbon release of 2023. The science behind the final stages of aging — a controlled warehouse environment where atmospheric pressure, humidity, temperature, and even the f*cking breeze were dialed in — created a unicorn whiskey where something magical happened. This ultra-aged whiskey isn’t over-oaked or bitterly tannic like so many 20+-year-old bourbons. Instead, a moment of alchemy created a lush and almost fresh version of 25-year-old Kentucky bourbon that’s astoundingly soft and supple while still holding onto the insane depth that only aging that long can achieve.
When we look back on high-age-statement Kentucky bourbon years from now, this whiskey will be a hallmark of when someone figured out how to do it right.
2. Best American Whiskey — Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Foursquare Blend of Straight Whiskies Finished in Foursquare Rum Barrels
This is a much-sought-after blend from Kentucky darling Bardstown Bourbon Company. The blend in this case is a mix of seven-year-old Indiana straight rye with a mash bill of 51% rye, 45% corn, and 4% malted barley blended with a 17-year-old Tennessee straight bourbon with a mash bill of 84% corn, 8% rye, and 8% malted barley. Once those barrels are batched, the whiskey is re-barreled in Foursquare rum barrels for an additional 23-month rest.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Woody banana and rich marzipan pop on the nose with a deep and sharp clove, anise, and cinnamon vibe next to peanut butter clusters dusted with toasted coconut, burnt orange zest, and sea salt with this whisper of rum-soaked raisins and old oak in the background.
Palate: The rye funkiness drives the rummy oak tannins towards a soft sticky toffee pudding with rich toffee, mild vanilla oils, and a sense of spiced mincemeat pie.
Finish: The finish is lush and silken with a sense of fresh and warm vanilla pods over warm grog with a handful of dark and woody winter spices countered by luxurious and buttery salted caramel with a fleeting hint of smoldering marshmallow.
Why It’s The Best:
Blending Tennessee bourbon and Indiana rye is about as American whiskey as you can get. Layering in an almost 2-year finish in beloved Foursquare rum barrels from Barbados is just the icing on the cake. But this whiskey goes beyond all that and transcends as the tastiest sipper of the year.
This is a whiskey that you immediately say “Holy Shit!” to when you get that first sense of the nose and profile on your palate. The team at Bardstown Bourbon Company did something magical in that this whiskey is so distinct while just plain delicious. It’s the sort of whiskey where you feel the build — the Tennessee bourbon, the Indiana rye, the Barbados rum — but you never see/feel the seams. It’s flawless.
And then it explodes with fun and refreshing flavor notes on your senses, which draw you back again and again to find more and more depth.
1. Best American Rye Whiskey & UPROXX’s Whiskey of the Year — Pride of Anderson County Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
This elite whiskey is a collaboration between Rare Character’s Pablo Moix, Rare Bird 101’s David Jennings, and Wild Turkey’s Bruce Russell. The whiskey in the bottle is a single barrel of Wild Turkey rye that was distilled back in June of 2014 and left to age in the famed Tyrone rickhouse at Wild Turkey (on floor four if you want to get granular). That barrel was pulled in October of 2023 and bottled 100% as-is, making this highest-proof and only barrel-proof single-barrel Wild Turkey ever released.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Dark candied orange and brandied cherry jump out of the glass toward the nose as rich toffee rolled in almond and dusted with dark chocolate and a pinch of salt leads toward this sense of Earl Grey tea leaves soaked in dry champagne with this faint whisper of chinotto sneak in with a light effervescence.
Palate: The taste opens with a light fresh sourdough rye bread with hints of fennel and poppy seed before soft black peppercorns gently lead the palate toward candied lime and orange peels, vanilla buttercream, nutmeg and clove-spiked walnut bread, salted butter, and more of that champagne-soaked Earl Grey layered into a rich pipe tobacco leaf with a hint of worn saddle soap.
Finish: The spice leans into woody cinnamon barks, clove buds, allspice berries, and star anise with a moment of sarsaparilla wood before brandied cherries, pear compote with saffron, and apple fritters with powdered sugar icing meld into a lush vanilla-forward creamy eggnog with a whisper of peppermint and tobacco.
Why It’s The Best of 2023:
The first ever single barrel rye at cask strength from Wild Turkey via Rare Character and Rare Bird 101 is not only important, it’s a masterpiece. This whiskey is so good that it might change the way Wild Turkey releases its rye whiskey, which is one of the best ryes on the scene in general. That makes this bottle of whiskey very important as this could be the first meeting of a very long and fruitful shift in Wild Turkey’s rye whiskey releases.
What makes this a true masterpiece is that this whiskey transcends being an American rye and becomes a spectacular whiskey full stop. I know this is a cliché — but if you don’t fall in love with this whiskey, you might not like whiskey at all. Moreover, this goes so far beyond the “classic” rye notes of grassy rye bread or woody spice. This layers soft dark fruits, deep creamy nuttiness, succinct woody spice notes, sharp and exacting botanicals, and this luxurious soft lushness that’s unparalleled in any whiskey this year.
This is a true testament to how great, varied, and delicious rye whiskey can be and a once-in-a-lifetime standard bearer of the beauty of whiskey in general. This is a bottle of whiskey that makes you fall in love with whiskey as a spirit — and that’s what makes this Uproxx’s #1 pick for best whiskey of 2023.
Pat Sajak has hosted Wheel of Fortune since 1981. That’s thousands and thousands of episodes. It takes a lot for him to be surprised by an answer, but that happened this week with a contestant’s endearingly terrible solve.
During a Triple Toss-Up in Tuesday’s episode, the category was Show Biz and the board read “TH_ _RITI_S _GR_E.” Contestant Gishma Tabari, who according to TV Insider “revealed she had a Disney-themed bridal shower earlier in the episode,” attempted to solve the puzzle. “THE BRITISH OGRE,” she said. Her guess caught Sajak by surprise. “Say it again,” he said, as if to give her time to reconsider things. Nope: “THE BRITISH OGRE.” That was not the answer, because that’s not a thing (a Scottish ogre, on the other hand…).
Eventually, fellow contestant Lora Stamps, a nurse from Magnolia, Arkansas, jumped in and gave the correct answer, “The Critics Agree,” leaving Tabari embarrassed.
It worked out fine for Tabari, who “managed to rake in $15,853 and even won a cruise trip,” according to Page Six. Plus, now she’s a fan favorite. “This girl guessed ‘The British Ogre’ on wheel of fortune and the second hand embarrassment was overwhelming. She wouldn’t even look at the camera for a sec. I feel bad but man that sh*t was funny,” one viewer wrote on X, while another added, “OK, the puzzle was clearly THE CRITICS AGREE but to be honest I prefer THE BRITISH OGRE because the puzzles could use some more wacky originality sometimes..”
Andre Braugher‘s cause of death has been revealed after the beloved actor passed away on Monday, leaving behind a sea of tributes as colleagues and fans hailed his career-defining performances. The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star was only 61 years of age.
When his death was announced, Braugher’s publicist only disclosed that the actor suffered from a “brief illness.” Further details have now been revealed, according to The New York Times:
Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who died this week at 61, was diagnosed with lung cancer a few months ago before succumbing to the disease on Monday, his longtime publicist, Jennifer Allen, said on Thursday.
When Ms. Allen confirmed his death this week, she said he had died after a brief illness. A 2014 profile by The New York Times Magazine said that Mr. Braugher was intensely private and “stopped drinking alcohol and smoking years ago.”
Braugher became an actor to watch following his performance in 1989’s Glory, where he went toe-to-toe with acting legends like Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. He later landed a career-defining role in Homicide: Life on the Streets where his portrayal of Detective Frank Pemberton is still raved about to this day.
Following the news of his death, Braugher’s work as Pemberton was mentioned just as frequently, if not more, than his more recent and beloved portrayal of Captain Raymond Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Recently, Olivia Rodrigo has been spotted spending time with Louis Partridge, the 20-year-old English actor known for playing Lord Tewkesbury in the Enola Holmes movies and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious in FX’s Pistol. This has naturally led to some dating speculation.
Are Olivia Rodrigo and Louis Partridge dating?
It certainly looks like it, especially after yesterday (December 13): TMZ shared photos of the two outside of a New York City gas station, and they were holding each other (with Partridge putting a hand in a spot usually reserved for somebody you’re really familiar with) and kissing.
This is the culmination of a series of sightings over the past handful of weeks. In late October, the two were seen in London, which got the dating rumors rolling. Fast-forward to earlier this month: Partridge was seen supporting Rodrigo at her NYC Jingle Ball performance on December 8. The next day, he was also spotted at the December 9 Saturday Night Live afterparty on December 9, for the episode on which Rodrigo performed as musical guest.
All that said, neither Rodrigo nor Partridge have publicly confirmed that they’re officially an item, so despite how it may seem, we do not yet know for certain that they have labeled it and are in fact dating.
Porn-monitoring app enthusiast and Random House Speaker Mike Johnson has his pet causes. That includes targeting strip clubs for potential/failed shut downs and protecting Jan. 6 rioters at all costs, but climate change does not appear on that list of Johnson’s concerns.
Granted, Johnson’s father (Patrick) wishes that his son cared about environmental causes, but that wouldn’t work out with his far-right GOP leanings, so he actually (and allegedly) declined to help him with a desperate request. This had to do with a toxic dump that had experienced an explosion, spreading dangerous fallout for miles and posing detrimental health effects for surrounding residents in Louisiana. Those residents included Johnson’s family, and according to Patrick’s stepmother, Janis Gabriel, the pair went to Mike’s office to appeal to him about authorities potentially green lighting this “open burn.” According to The Guardian, that led to disappointment:
“His father and I went to him and said: ‘Mike you need to get involved in this, this is really important. Your family really lives at ground zero.’ We basically begged him to say something, to someone, somewhere … He just wasn’t interested. He had other things to do. He was never interested in environmental things.”
Gabriel continued to express amazement at how “[h]e basically shut us down” and “wouldn’t give five minutes of his time to the effort.” This alleged incident occurred only a few weeks before Johnson ascended from mere constitutional lawyer to member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and it goes hand in hand with how Johnson has denied climate change’s existence due to his strict adherence to “creationism.” Also conveniently, this stance is very pro-fossil fuel consumption, which surely wins him favor with the House GOP.
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs, however, has been enormously vocal about the hazards posed to human health and the environment by toxic burn pits. It’s a cause that Jon Stewart has championed while condemning congressional inaction on the subject. It’s also an example of a curious contradiction by members of the GOP, which is otherwise pro-military in almost every other way.
Olivia Rodrigo was spotted today seemingly confirming her relationship with Louis Partridge, as the two were photographed making out during a public outing.
However, they’ve apparently been together for a while. Here’s everything to know about Rodrigo’s new boyfriend.
Who Is Olivia Rodrigo’s New Rumored Boyfriend? Get To Know Louis Partridge
Partridge is an actor, known for his work in Netflix’s Enola Holmes franchise alongside Millie Bobby Brown. He also played Sid Vicious in FX’s Pistol series. Before dating Rodrigo, his last relationship was seemingly with his Pistol co-star, Sydney Chandler, back in 2022. He attended the premiere of Don’t Worry Darling with her, as she was in the movie.
He and Rodrigo were also born in the same year: 2003. He is just a few months younger, being born in June and as a Gemini. According to People Magazine, Partridge was born in Wandsworth, London, and attended both Dulwich Preparatory School and Alleyn’s School. Finally, he’s a middle child, with two sisters.
In George Clooney‘s The Boys in the Boat – based on the true story of the University of Washington’s junior varsity rowing crew competing in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany – Hadley Robinson plays Joyce, a student who falls for Joe (Callum Turner), a blue collar guy who has just learned he’s a natural at rowing after trying out on a lark, basically to earn meal money. As Robinson says, at its heart there’s a old Hollywood, 1930s romantic aspect to The Boys on the Boat that Clooney taps into.
You might know Robinson from playing Sallie in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. Or as Vivian in Amy Poehler’s Moxie. But sports fans might know her for her acclaimed role as Jeanie Buss on Winning Time, which was kind of unceremoniously canceled after two seasons. Which, as Robinson tells us ahead, yeah, she was kind of shocked that happened, too.
Before this movie, I did not know anything about rowing. If someone asked me now I think I could say, “I know a little bit about rowing now.”
Oh, good. That’s a good thing. It’s a good takeaway. I knew nothing either.
It would be funny if you were the world’s leading rowing expert before you made this movie.
Oh, man. I feel like somehow that would interfere with the character because Joyce doesn’t really know anything about it.
So if you walk in and you say, “Hey, I’m the world’s foremost rowing expert,” you might not get the role.
Possibly. I mean, there’s a scene where, I don’t want to give anything away, but I’m intentionally not supposed to be that into rowing, I believe – or good at it.
Is that really a spoiler? I don’t think that’s a spoiler.
Depends.
A spoiler would be like, “Who wins?” But I don’t even think that’s a spoiler. If the Nazis had won the race, I don’t think this movie exists.
We wouldn’t have a movie, it would be just part of a movie.
We wouldn’t.
So I’m really glad, for many reasons, that they did not.
So we did spoil the movie. The Nazis do not win in the end.
Yeah, just so everybody knows, the Nazis lose. Oh, man.
Did you audition? Did someone call you? How does this work?
Yeah, I auditioned. I did a tape, and then, pretty soon after, I think it was a week in, I didn’t even do a callback. I got a call a few days later. And it was like, “Hey, you got the offer?” And I was like, “Wow, that happened very quickly.” But yeah, I did the tape. I felt okay about it. So it was a huge surprise.
Is that unusual? When you say you felt just okay about it and then you get it? Or is that how it sometimes works? Where there are times you feel like, “Hey, I think I nailed it,” and then, you don’t get it.
Any time I nail it, I do not get the part. “That’s okay,” then I get the part. So I’m starting to think maybe I should just lean into being a mediocre actor.
Wait, I can’t imagine your tape was mediocre, but what do you think happened there?
You know, I’m my worst critic. I think it was good. I mean, who knows? Who’s to say? I’m sure it was fine. But I was miming rowing in the tape, so it was me doing this [rowing motion], and faking it, and I just was like, “Hadley, you’re not selling it. You’re not selling it, honey. You got to sell the rowing thing.” And I think that was the issue I had.
That will be my headline: “I don’t know why they hired me, to tell you the truth.”
But it ended up being the perfect fit. And everybody got along so well and everybody’s incredible in this movie. I just think everybody’s so talented, and was perfect for the part. All the boys look exactly like the real-life person they’re playing, and they capture their energy and essence perfectly.
It is weird watching this, because everyone does have a kind of ’30s look to them. I mean, I’m sure that has to do with the makeup and the dress, but there is a world-weary look on a lot of faces.
It’s like, dusty, cheek bone-y, kind of thing going on. I know what you mean. I don’t know how that all happened, but everybody does look very 1930s-edque.
Did you like living in the ’30s for awhile? I don’t think I would. I don’t think I’d want to live in that era.
Right, Depression-era…
I’d say no on that.
But this was the Hollywood version.
That’s true.
So we were kind of leaning into the romance. What little romance there was from that time, we definitely leaned into it. And it’s so beautifully done. I think I learned a lot through living through that time, to be honest.
What did you learn?
I think the themes behind this story are all about scrappiness, and guts, and resilience. And you had to be, to exist in this time. It wasn’t about competition for the sake of winning, for the sake of money, for the sake of glory. It was competition out of a need to survive, because you didn’t know how you were going to eat at the end of the day. And I think having that mindset for a little while isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
When you’re in a George Clooney movie he’s directing, is that weird at first. Like, hey, that’s George Clooney.
Yeah, that was pretty wild. He’s George Clooney. He’s the household name. He’s a star, in every sense of the word. So, to sort of see him every day, I would be double-taking. I had whiplash at the end of the shoot day. I mean, he’s just the most gracious, in general, and humble guy though. So that kind of balanced it out.
So when you get this part, how many times do you just drop in conversation, “Well, I’m the co-lead in the new George Clooney movie?” I’d be saying that nonstop.
Well, I actually tried to avoid saying it, because I think people would have full-on meltdowns. I’d be like, okay, you’re freaking me out here. You’re making me nervous. If you could have less of a reaction, please?
I’m sad Winning Time is not coming back. I really enjoyed you in that show. What happened there?
I think it was multiple reasons why it didn’t come back. And I think it had a lot to do with… I think it was really difficult for a lot of actors to be performing at that level, physically, for that long. I think it was a lot of different reasons, which I wasn’t completely sure of, but I know that there was a fan base there and people really enjoyed it, which made me happy.
Were you surprised? I was surprised.
Yeah. I was a little surprised. I think for a little bit there had been talks, or at least, the question, yeah. And then it was surprising, for sure.
Well, you have more time to do movies like this now.
Exactly.
I’m trying to look at the bright side.
Exactly. And I want to continue doing movies like this, so it all works out.
On Friday, January 12, the Chicago Bulls will introduce its Ring of Honor, something almost every franchise has in some form but, somehow, the Bulls haven’t until now. The inaugural class features 13 individuals, with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Phil Jackson, Jerry Krause, Artis Gilmore, Jerry Sloan, Toni Kukoc, Bob Love, Chet Walker, Johnny “Red” Kerr, Tex Winter, and Dick Klein all being inducted.
The ceremony will take place at halftime of the game against the Warriors that night, and it’s not entirely clear exactly who all will be on hand for the celebration in person.
Introducing the Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor!
We are excited to announce our Ring of Honor, celebrating past players, coaches, and front office staff who have made outstanding contributions.
There is the chance that it could be an incredibly awkward reunion if Jordan and Pippen both decide to show up, as those two are at odds over Pippen’s anger at his portrayal in Jordan’s The Last Dance documentary. He’s called Jordan a “horrible player” before he showed up in Chicago, and has made clear that he is not on friendly terms with his longtime teammate. The prospects of Jordan and Pippen being in the same building is fascinating not just to fans, but to another former Jordan friend who has been shut out by the legend, as Charles Barkley was informed of the Ring of Honor night by Dan Patrick and is now determined to go just to watch the trainwreck in person.
Barkley couldn’t believe that the #Bulls are inducting Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Phil Jackson, and others into the ring of honor all on the same night.
“You talk about weirdest, uncomfortable… uncomfortable won’t do it justice. I can’t wait to go to this” pic.twitter.com/qmuPC8Fvs0
As Barkley notes, “uncomfortable won’t do it justice” if all those guys are all on hand for the celebration, and he just wants to go sit in the corner and stare. Chuck was excited to learn this will be on one of his off nights and he can go, and it would be incredibly funny if he’s just sitting there courtside grinning ear-to-ear while the most awkward induction ceremony of all-time is happening. That said, I would personally be shocked if both Jordan and Pippen are on hand for this, but if they do, I too will be locked in on watching the awkwardness from afar.
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