The fifth season of Fargo so far, summarized briefly, via bullet point, with spoilers so we can get to the GIFs of goons getting walloped by booby traps
Juno Temple plays a Minnesota housewife named Dot Lyon who, we realize very quickly, has some sort of secret
The secret — surprise — is that she’s living under an alias because she fled her menacing husband, a militia-adjacent North Dakota sheriff named Roy, played by Jon Hamm, who enforces laws in his own sometimes extrajudicial manner and also has nipple rings
Roy finds out where she has been hiding and sends his loser failson Gator, played by Stranger Things star Joe Keery, to collect her and bring her home after a first attempt went sideways and got the state authorities involved
She’s known they’re coming for a while now and has been booby-trapping her house to prepare for their arrival
There’s more going on, too. Jennifer Jason Leigh is playing the CEO of a scummy debt collection agency who is Dot’s mother-in-law and has the kind of snobby New England accent where words like “what” and why” become “hhhhwhat” and “hhhhwhy.” There’s a mysterious madman out for revenge who is leaving demonic symbols on the walls and is either 500 years old or haunted by things from 500 years ago. Lamorne Morris from New Girl is a state trooper who got shot. Dave Foley from NewsRadio has a sparkly eyepatch. It’s a good time. Dark and violent and sometimes a little spooky but a good time.
Which brings us to last night’s episode. We’ve seen this all coming for a while. Hell, they teased it all in a little video before the season even started.
Last week set it all up, with Halloween night upon them and trick-or-treaters out in masks and Juno Temple swapping street signs to throw the goons off the scent. There were a slew of Nightmare Before Christmas references in that episode, because why not do that if you’re showing a Halloween episode around the holidays? But this week was straight Home Alone. Let’s investigate.
Here’s Juno Temple hiding in a closet and spraying mace in a home intruder’s eyeballs through his mask and then kicking him down the stairs.
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Here she is triggering a trap she set up a few episodes ago, where some sort of sledgehammer is tied up on the ceiling and set loose and swings down to mash a goon in the face…
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… which is like a bloodier version of the thing in Home Alone where the Wet Bandits get clobbered by swinging paint cans.
(It really is kind of wild in hindsight that Harry and Marv didn’t end up in the hospital or the grave after the events of the first movie. Go back and watch it sometime. They get kagonged with paint cans and shovels and irons. They fall down multiple flights of stairs. They step on rusty nails and tar and have encounters with tarantulas. In any reasonably realistic universe, they would have concussions and broken ribs and probably tetanus. It’s a silly thing to get stuck on in a movie that is basically a live-action version of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote set in an upper-class Chicago suburb, but it’s worth noting here because the depiction of these kinds of booby traps in this episode of Fargo is probably the more accurate take on it all.)
Here’s the guy who got sprayed with mace also getting damn near decapitated by tumbling attic stairs.
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It wasn’t just the bad guys who got bonked or otherwise injured by the series of traps. Even Dot’s own husband, a simple little goober named Wayne who really has no idea what is happening and basically just blows around like one of those inflatable stick figures you see outside car dealerships in the gusts of wind created by his domineering mother and jungle cat wife, gets caught up in the chaos by touching an electrified window, which both fries his entire body and starts a fire that turns the family home into a smoldering pile of ash.
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It was all really very fun. Again, dark and creepy and violent, but fun. There’s still a lot that needs to play out here. The state troopers aren’t buying Dot’s story. There’s a demon running around who is hellbent on destroying Sheriff Roy. The FBI is looking into Roy, too, and his ties to various militias he’s been arming with government weapons. Jennifer Jason Leigh still has a lot of lines to deliver with that delightful little accent she’s using. It’s all very exciting. I missed Fargo a lot.
But let’s just stop here and focus on what is important today: Juno Temple is basically Kevin McAllister now. Please make a note.
It’s all very strange and becomes the storyline every time Foster officiates one of Paul’s games. Naturally, that’s not a very tenable situation given Foster often gets top game assignments and Paul plays for one of the league’s most prominent franchises. On Wednesday, Adam Silver was asked about their feud and what the league has said to both of them about it on Sirius XM NBA Radio, and explained that the expectation is they both go out and do their jobs.
“[Chris Paul and NBA Referee Scott Foster] don’t have to be friends but you both have to go out and do your jobs”.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver explains to @TermineRadio & @JumpShot8 his expectations with Paul and Foster moving forward
The question, of course, is whether Silver thinks that’s happening right now. The stats on Chris Paul playing in Scott Foster officiated games are well known, as he’s 3-17 lifetime in playoff games called by Foster, and it’s clear from their most recent incident that they have trouble setting aside whatever their differences are during games. Many have wondered why the NBA keeps putting Foster on Paul’s games, but the league seems to not want to set a precedent of moving a ref off of a team’s game due to a problem with a player.
In fairness to Silver, it’s pretty wild that these two can’t move on from whatever started this whole thing, but we have a long sample showing neither is willing to drop this. The result is an odd tension for those games and no real resolution, with history seemingly doomed to repeat itself the next time Foster gets assigned to the Warriors.
Wonka has been racking up rave reviews as the musical prequel gets ready to burst into theaters later this month, but the film has only just now received the greatest seal of approval of them all: Timothée Chalamet‘s mom loves it.
While promoting his turn as a younger version of the famous and eccentric chocolatier, Chalamet revealed that his mom was very pleased to finally see him in a movie where he’s not a cannibal or a shell-shocked space prince who just watched his friends and family get slaughtered.
“This is maybe her favorite thing I’ve ever been in,” he says, joking about his R-rated 2022 cannibalism film: “I think she saw Bones and All and said, ‘You gotta be happier in your movies!’ ”
“But,” Chalamet adds of Wonka, “this is the tradition. I come from a musical theater family, and this is more in line of the kind of movie I would’ve thought I’d be doing 10 years ago, if I was lucky enough to work at all.”
Chalamet did admit that he also enjoyed filming Wonka thanks to its “old school” and “sincere” vibes, which he credited to director Paul King.
“[King] means his stories. Like Paddington and Paddington 2, these aren’t cynical Hollywood movies. They’re extremely heartfelt and sincere,” Chalamet told PEOPLE. “The main message of this movie is to never give up on your dreams. And that can feel like a tired, old Hollywood slogan, but it’s meant because it’s Paul King that means it. No matter how ridiculous it sounds.”
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‘Tis the season for gift giving. And if you have someone in your sphere — family or friend — who’s into cocktails, booze, or just alcohol culture, there are a lot of options out there. But with a lot of options also come a lot of metaphorical blind alleys and potholes. Gifts should never be about the mediocre! They should be wonder-filled and joy-inducing! Let us help you find those little slices of joy to give as gifts from the spirits world this year.
Below, we’re calling out a litany of great spirits-related gifts. These are all pretty spectacular. Though — to be fair — we’re starting simple and going deep and then “holy shit, really?!?!” extreme by the end. Translation: there’s something for every level of gift-giving on this list.
One quick note, while we are calling out very specific items, take this list more as a jumping-off point. If you can’t get the exact gift or it just doesn’t feel exactly right, use these gifts as inspiration to find something in the same vein. Sound good? Let’s dive in!
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This is the easiest gift you can get. It’s a gift card to your local liquor store. It’s kind of like a choose-your-own-adventure for booze. The best part is that you can go as small or big as you want with this one. $25? No problem — that’s a perfect “stocking stuffer.”
$500? Now, we’re talking real love this holiday season. The best part is that every good liquor store will have these available.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This really depends on who you’re buying for. If it’s an office Secret Santa, you’ll probably want to stick to whatever the budget limit is. If it’s for someone you know who loves high-end booze, then go nuts!
Big ol’ rocks make for great sipping. These ice cube trays make 1.75×1.75-inch blocks of ice. That’s a great size for pouring over a beautiful pour of whiskey or a measured and delicious cocktail. Moreover, the massive surface area of the ice cube means that dilution will happen at a much slower pace. Plus, it’ll look awesome.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is great for anyone who enjoys a good pour of any spirit or cocktail with a nice-looking rock in their glass.
It’s also a very affordable gift. It’s so affordable, in fact, that you can get two and still be at $20 all-in.
The New York Times Essential Book of Cocktails (Second Edition)
Amazon
Price: $20
The Gift:
The New York Times has been writing about cocktails for literal centuries — and they’re pretty damn good at it. This updated version (from the first edition released at the end of 2022) contains over 400 classic and new cocktail recipes curated from the pages of The New York Times over the years. It’s an essential collection of recipes that covers true classics all the way up to crafty masterpieces of the 21st century.
It’s truly comprehensive while remaining accessible to the average cocktail novice or hardcore aficionado.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is a great cocktail book for anyone looking to get into home mixing or into going out to find great cocktails in their local bar scene.
Glencairn Whisky Glass Deluxe Velvet Gift Box Plus 4 Glasses
Glencairn Whisky Glass
Price: $50
The Gift:
The Glencairn is the perfect alcohol-sipping glass. It’s designed to give you the best nosing and drinking/tasting experience while focusing on profile notes. There’s simply no better glass for experiencing any spirit.
A set of four glasses is a great place to start. But you can up the ante on this one by adding The Glencairn Whisky Glass Deluxe Velvet Gift Box to hold those glasses, giving the whole gift an elevated feel.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is the set of glasses you get for the spirits lover in your life who needs to up their game. These glasses are a must for anyone looking to truly expand their knowledge and palate.
Old Fashioned Cocktail Smoker Kit with Torch & Bar Stand
Amazon
Price: $59
The Gift:
Cocktail smokers are fun (even if they add little to the taste of the final cocktail). This kit includes a cocktail smoker with a display stand, a smoking torch, and four wood chip flavors for your smoking pleasure.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is all about fun and presentation. So get it for a home mixer who likes to put on a show.
The Glenfiddich x Thierry Atlan Grand Cru Scotch Whisky-Infused Macarons
The Glenfiddich x Thierry Atlan
Price: $68
The Gift:
This is a limited edition set of 12 macarons. Bear with me, it gets very boozy. The macarons are made by New York’s premiere confectioner Thierry Atlan. Atlan uses Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23-year-old Single Malt Scotch (finished in rare French Cuvée casks) for the creme in the macarons. They’re delicious and have the perfect hint of great whisky (and cognac) layered into the perfectly brittle and moist macarons.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is a great gift for the whisky-loving sweet tooth in your crew or family.
RIEDEL makes the best glassware out there, especially for bars. The Nick and Nora glass is a perfectly designed cocktail glass based on Nick and Nora Charles from the infamous The Third Man book and later film. Spirits specialist Zane Harris re-designed these glasses to give them the perfect balance for easy sipping without having to tip the glass all that much.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is for someone who’s getting into building a home bar with the best glassware.
Suntory Whisky Toki Japanese Whisky with Waterford Markham Hiball Set
ReserveBar.com
Price: $98
The Gift:
This is old-school mixing with a glass highball set that leans into the Japanese vibes of highball culture. The set includes a full bottle of Toki Suntory Japenese Whisky with two Waterford Highball Glasses. It’s simple but elegant.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is the set you get for the person who loves simple but good highballs. It’s very easygoing yet refined.
Starting on 12/1 this year, Blue Run is releasing a special full bottle of their incredible Blue Run High Rye Bourbon that’ll come with a box of 12 samples of Blue Run’s limited releases. The set will also arrive with a tasting glass, flask, ornament, and steak service for two (alone worth $200).
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is a great introduction to the good work Blue Run’s team is doing with their whiskey. Moreover, the price point is excellent for a single bottle of great bourbon, much less all the extras that you get with this set.
This trendy set incorporates Kendall Jenner’s uber-trendy 818 Blanco Tequila with a full cocktail shaker set for mixing up the perfect margarita.
The set includes:
818 Blanco Tequila (full bottle)
2 piece Boston shaker
Strainer
Jigger
Bar spoon
Muddler
Ice Tongs
Rolf Glass Mid-Century Modern Coupe set of 2
Who It’s Perfect For:
You don’t have to be a Kendall Jenner fan to enjoy this kit. It’s great for marg lovers as is, since the tequila is legit. Though, if there’s a huge Keeping Up With The Kardashians fan in your midst, well, this becomes a no-brainer.
No.3 Gin is a phenomenal gin for martinis — it’s the house gin at the famed Duke’s in London for their martini service. This set goes beyond just “great” gin though. You’ll get two coupe glasses with a light teal hue. The glasses have a larger base to keep them steady while the bowl is extra thin on the lip to help with sipping ease. Moreover, the bowl is designed to be the perfect thickness, allowing the martini in the glass to stay cold about “50 times” longer than a regular cocktail glass.
Basically, you’re getting the perfect martini glasses and the gin to put in them.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is what you get for a true-blue cocktail enthusiast. The amazing glassware is worth the price of entry alone.
There are a lot of serious items on this list so let’s lighten up the mood a bit. Yes, this is a Jägermeister tap that you can put on your countertop. Yes, that’s kind of awesome. The actual tap uses Peltier cooling technology to chill the Jäger to -18C/-0.4F as it flows from the pull tap and into your shot glass.
Who It’s Perfect For:
It’d be easy to say this is for the college-bound. But we’d argue that a true Jägermeister tap is a great addition to any home bar as a fun “let’s not take ourselves too seriously around the holidays” appliance. Plus, Jägermeister is delicious when it’s this cold.
The Craft of Holiday Entertaining Advent Calendar By Questlove and The Balvenie
William Grant & Sons
Price: $225
The Gift:
Questlove teamed up with The Balvenie to create the perfect holiday hosting box and advent calendar for 2023.
The box includes:
Limited-Edition “Quest for Craft” Playing Cards
Bespoke Holiday Chocolates
Glencairn Tasting Glasses
Premium Marble Coasters
QR Code to Redeem a Bottle of The Balvenie DoubleWood 12-Year-Old
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is a no-brainer buy for any music and whisky fan you may know. It’s very bespoke and elegant with a nice party vibe (even if it’s just a party of two).
Cask Cartel The Bourbon & American Whiskey Holiday Advent Calendar 2023
Cask Cartel
Price: $379
The Gift:
Okay, let’s up the ante even more. Cask Cartel offers a ton of great advent calendars for various styles of whisk(e)y and spirits. Each set is wholly unique and offers a great assortment of truly quality booze. The only real drawback here is that this kind of needs to be a buy-now gift so it can be enjoyed over the holidays. That said, we have friends who enjoy these in January too.
If you’re looking for a great entry into American whiskeys, grab The Bourbon & American Whiskey Holiday Advent Calendar 2023. It’ll contain the following 24 premium American whiskeys (some of which are true bangers):
This is the ultimate gift for the bourbon, rye, and American whiskey fan in your life. They’ll be eternally grateful for such a deep dive into American whiskey.
Okay, this is a big outlier. But if you know someone who travels with bottles, then this is a must-have. The hard-shell case holds 12 bottles very safely in slots on both sides of the bag. The bag is fully FAA and TSA-compliant with a TSA-compliant lock. There’s also a “homing PIN” in case your luggage gets lost by the airline (it happens!).
The best part is that you can remove one side of the bottle packing and use it as a regular suitcase for clothes and whatnot. This allows you to take six bottles very safely and only check one bag. That’s a win-win.
Who It’s Perfect For:
As someone who travels with whiskey bottles all the time, I can assure you that this is a godsend gift.
The Billion Oyster Project is a huge initiative to restore New York’s oyster gardens to their former glory. The project is supported by Talisker Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
Okay, that’s the boozy connection. But the Billion Oyster Party is a massive event in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard where dozens of oyster producers from all over America (and parts of Canada) gather to shuck oysters for adoring seafood fans while Talikser pours bespoke cocktails and free pours of their amazingly well-suited for oyster pairing whisky.
The event is a wonderland of seafood delights with an oyster heart that’s all about the Talisker. There’s truly nothing quite like it on Earth (trust me, I’ve searched long and hard to find an event like this).
This gift is a ticket to the Willy Wonka Factory of your oyster and Talisker dreams. General admission tickets cost $175, but you can get a VIP ticket for $500 that’ll give you almost two hours of feasting and drinking before the gen pop is allowed in. It’s 100% worth it.
Who It’s Perfect For:
If you know someone who loves Talisker and oysters, then this is an easy win and will endear that person to you for a lifetime.
This is the biggest swing of this list. Bourbon Lore is launching exclusive whiskey trips and events in 2024 that are second to none. Depending on the experience level (we’re talking anywhere from $10,000 to a $50,000 gift), whiskey lovers can enjoy luxury weekends in Scottsdale, Arizona, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, New York City, or Kentucky for a small-group adventure with incredible fine dining, bespoke local experiences, and access to whiskey nights full of the most elite and rare whiskey pours known. That last part is no joke. Luxury weekends will see iconic and impossible-to-find bottles of American whiskey opened and enjoyed — think 100-year-old extinct bourbon distillery bottles, A.H. Hirsch masterpieces, and bottles that you may never see again.
This is achieved thanks to Mason Blue Walker and Clay Risen (famed bourbon author and critic) combining their vaults and making them available to Bourbon Lore attendees.
Experiences are going on sale in December for 2024 experiences and are very limited and pricey (see above). Seriously, this is a gift that’s going to be in the tens of thousands, but I can assure you that the person you give this to will have access to whiskeys that’ll make up for that price tag in one weekend. And that’s before you get to the truly deep luxury of the actual trip.
Who It’s Perfect For:
This is for the true whiskey connoisseur who understands and needs access to the rarest whiskeys in existence right now. You can check out the current bottle gallery here for proof of that. Maybe just make sure you get that plus one for any luxury whiskey weekend event.
Uproxx cover star Griff treated fans to her new song, “Astronaut,” today. Rounding out her Vert1go Vol. 1 chapter, the ballad features piano from none other than Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The two had discussed collaborating after she opened for the band on tour.
“He really got stuck in,” Griff shared. “We listened to maybe 30 of my songs together, but he kept stopping ‘Astronaut.’ Chris advised me to strip it all back and keep things simple, so I had the cheek to ask him to play on it himself and I am so honored he agreed.”
It found Griff lyrically struggling with feeling abandoned in love. “In young relationships, when someone needs time to figure out and find themselves without you, it hurts because you’re left wondering what about yourself wasn’t enough for them,” she added.
Along with the song’s release, Griff dropped a live video of her performance that was filmed at London’s Greenwich Maritime Museum.
She also has two forthcoming headline tour dates. Fans can catch her at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on February 6, before she heads to New York’s Le Poisson Rouge on February 9, 2024. From there, Griff is playing a European tour, with a complete list of dates and more information available here.
Check out the video for Griff’s “Astronaut” above.
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Two decades after Band Of Brothers transfixed the HBO audience, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are back with another (that is, after The Pacific) WWII-set drama series. Masters Of The Air will soon land on Apple TV+ after hailing from Spielberg’s Amblin Television in conjunction with Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone. The series’ directors include Cary Joji Fukunaga, Tim Van Patten, Dee Rees, and Anna Boden with Ryan Fleck. Here’s the latest information on this upcoming sensory overload:
Plot
Over the course of nine episodes (up from the originally envisioned eight) Masters Of The Air will tell the real story as relayed in Donald L. Miller’s book, Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany. A teaser trailer portrayed the stunning visuals and camaraderie from these real-life events, and a full trailer showed the sh*t hitting the fan, as is obviously going to be the case when fighting Nazi Germany is involved.
John Orloff (Band Of Brothers) and John Shiban (Breaking Bad, The X-Files) wrapped their arms around the book to carve out the film’s story and screenplay, and Apple TV+ promises “a true story of brotherhood and American airmen in WWII Europe.” The film will spend time with the Tuskegee Airmen (the first Black military airmen of America) along with the “Bloody Hundredth,” i.e. the 100th Bomb Group, which will be initially led in the series by Austin Butler’s Major Gale Clevin.
Butler recently detailed how Hanks recruited him for the project while they were finishing up Elvis filming in Australia. Via Variety:
According to Butler, Hanks told him: “You have immersed yourself so deeply in ‘Elvis’ that, for your mental health, it would be wise to go straight into something else. If you just jump off the train, you might have emotional whiplash… and, you know, I’ve got this thing I’m producing.’”
It’s not exactly a vacation of a role, but at least it kept Butler from crashing down to earth, so to speak, after winning an Oscar for portraying Presley’s voice. The film not only contains action-packed aerial bombardment sequences but also a German POW camp, English villages, and bucolic fields.
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Here’s more from Apple TV+’s description.
Masters of the Air” follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the “Bloody Hundredth”) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air. Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy the horror of Hitler’s Third Reich, is at the heart of “Masters of the Air.” Some were shot down and captured; some were wounded or killed. And some were lucky enough to make it home. Regardless of individual fate, a toll was exacted on them all.
Cast
Along with Butler, this series will star Barry Keoghan, fresh off freaking people out and dancing naked in Saltburn. The cast also includes Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Rafferty Law, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook, Ncuti Gatwa, and Nate Mann.
Release Date
The series premieres on Friday, January 26, 2024 with two episodes, followed by new episodes on Fridays through March 15, 2024.
Trailer
A two-minute teaser trailer went in on the visuals:
In a newer trailer, the peril truly begins:
Masters of the Air will take flight on January 26, 2024.
50 Cent and Rick Ross are at it again. Although we’re about a decade removed from the height of the two rappers’ rivalry, it looks like the feud is heating up again.
So, why do they dislike each other so much?
That answer could keep us here all day, so let’s just stick to the latest round of offenses.
50 Cent Trolls Rick Ross’ Sales
Most recently, 50 — who legitimately never lets go of anything — trolled Ross for the allegedly low sales of Too Good To Be True, his new joint album with Meek Mill. In a video on Instagram, 50 enjoys his tour as it heads to Australia, but makes sure to take a moment for spite: “If you sell 31,009 CDs,” he says. “I shouldn’t talk to you.”
Setting aside that 31,000 is pretty respectable in the streaming era (and that 50 hasn’t dropped an album since streaming became the main avenue for music consumption), as well as the fact that the album only had about two weeks of promotion, it doesn’t seem 50 wanted to pass up the chance to get at one of his rivals.
Rick Ross Claps Back At 50 Cent
Ross later posted his own video responding to 50’s low sales accusations. “Just got a DM saying, ‘Rozay, we believe 50 Cent just made a comment about you online,’” he said. “I seen it and I said, ‘Y’all don’t know 50 Cent like I do. He wouldn’t do that.’ For one, his b*tch Dreamchasers. She been a Dreamchasers b*tch for many years, still is. That’s when she told me I was her favorite.”
“For two, n****, we been rich,” he said. “We still getting money. Them n****s was laughing at my first-week sales. Them n***as was doing a million and I did 150, 180 and they was laughing but…You smell that saltwater, right? Don’t let them n****s trick you.”
Rick Ross speaks on 50 Cent after Charlamagne called him a ‘diabolical genius’ pic.twitter.com/uOYkY1ukdI
SXSW will return to Austin next March. Throughout the Texas city, SXSW attendees can look forward to attending a multitude of conferences, film screenings, and musical showcases and performances.
Today, performers from various cities and countries were announced to take the stages within Austin’s iconic and off-beat venues. These performers hail from within the US, as well as Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and Wales.
Among the performers are Afro-fusion singer Äyanna, Canadian R&B up-and-comer Chxrry22, Germany’s Malugi, and more.
What is the SXSW 2024 lineup?
You can see the full line-up of artists and the cities they’re representing below.
250 (Seoul, South Korea)
Afternoon Bike Ride (Montreal, Canada)
Akira Galaxy (Los Angeles, CA)
Ako（a子） (Himeji City, Japan)
Alexander Biggs (Melbourne, Australia)
Alex Nicol (Montreal, Canada)
Amis du Teche (Breaux Bridge, LA)
Angelo Moore and the Brand New Step (Austin, TX)
Anna Smyrk (Melbourne, Australia)
Anna Vaverková (Prague, Czechia)
Another Sky (London, UK-England)
Arches (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Askew (London, UK-England)
Axel Flóvent (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Äyanna (London, UK-England)
The Ayoub Sisters (London, UK-England)
Bad Bad Hats (Minneapolis, MN)
The Beatbox Collective (London, UK-England)
beccs (Warehan, MA)
Bee Bee Sea (Castel Goffredo, Italy)
Being Dead (Austin, TX)
Benjamin Walker (Chile, Mexico)
Bess Atwell (Brighton, UK-England)
Bleach Lab (London, UK-England)
BLK JKS (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Bloomsday (Brooklyn, NY)
Blue Lake (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Boy With Apple (Gothenburg Sweden)
BROTHER DEGE (Lafayette, LA)
Buffalo Nichols (Milwaukee, WI)
Caleb Landry Jones (Garland, TX)
Camidoh (Accra, Ghana)
Carla Geneve (Perth, Australia)
Certainly So (Nashville, TN)
Cha’keeta B (Austin, TX)
Chalk (Belfast, UK-N. Ireland)
Chartreuse (The Black Country, UK-England)
Chelsea Carmichael (London, UK-England)
Chiaki Mayumura (Setagya, Japan)
Chief Cleopatra (Austin, TX)
China Bears (Bridgwater, UK-England)
Chxrry22 (Toronto, Canada)
CLT DRP (Brighton, UK-England)
Conchur White (Portadown, UK-N. Ireland)
CURRLS (Brighton, UK-England)
Danny Bonilla (Dallas, TX)
Dasom Baek (Seoul, South Korea)
Daydream Twins (Austin, TX)
Dead Tooth (Brooklyn, NY)
Delights (Manchester UK-England)
DICE (Perth, Australia)
Dirt Buyer (Brooklyn, NY)
Discovery Zone (New York, NY)
Divorce (Nottingham, UK-England)
Dobrawa Czocher (Warsaw, Poland)
DOMICO (Tokyo, Japan)
Do Nothing (Nottingham UK-England)
Dream Nails (London, UK-England)
Dumb Buoys Fishing Club (London, UK-England)
dust (Newcastle, Australian)
Earth Tongue (Wellington, New Zealand)
Eleni Drake (London, UK-England)
Elisapie (Salluit, Canada)
Elle Shimada (Melbourne Australia)
Ellie Bleach (London, UK-England)
Emily Barker (Perth, Australia)
Emily Frembgen (Brooklyn, NY)
Emma Aibara (Yokohama, Japan)
Enola Gay (Belfast UK-N. Ireland)
Etta Bond (London, UK-England)
Fantasy Of A Broken Heart (Brooklyn, NY)
Fat Dog (London, UK-Englan)
FAZI 法兹 (Xi’an, China)
Field Guide (Winnipeg, Canada)
Folk Bitch Trio (Melbourne, Australia)
FONTINE (Winnipeg, Canada)
Forest Claudette (Melbourne, Australia)
Friedberg (Berlin, Germany)
Fust (Durham, NC)
Gavin James (Dublin, Ireland)
Glasser (New York, NY)
Glixen (Phoenix, AZ)
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The NBA schedule has slowed down this week to allow the In-Season Tournament to take center stage. Monday and Tuesday night saw the Pacers, Bucks, Pelicans, and Lakers all punch their tickets to Las Vegas with wins in standalone national TV spots, with Pacers-Celtics and Lakers-Suns delivering high-intensity thrillers.
While the semis and finals are still to come on Thursday and Saturday in Vegas, the tournament has already proven to be a success. Sure, there are some tweaks that could make it even better, but given how many fans and players weren’t high on the idea when it was announced, it’s been pretty incredible to see the difference in energy of the tournament games so far. That has turned many of the In-Season Tournament’s skeptics into believers, with Kevin Durant being among the most prominent, as the Suns star noted he wasn’t a huge fan of the idea but is now very excited about the tournament — and “pissed off” the Suns won’t be in Vegas with a chance to win the first NBA Cup.
Giving players a little something extra to play for in November and December has given the Tournament games an added focus and intensity. For some players, it’s all about making a little extra cash, while others see a chance to win a trophy (and maybe more importantly, lose out on one) and lock in a bit more. This year’s semifinals are also a perfect mix for the league of two young, up-and-coming teams in the Pacers and Pelicans and a pair of recent champions in the Bucks and Lakers. Everyone expected the young teams to see this as an opportunity to grab the spotlight, with Tyrese Haliburton making no mistake he was very excited for his first ever game playing on TNT on Monday night. He took advantage of that and without question raised his star profile with a dominant performance to close out the Celtics in the fourth quarter.
The question was whether the grizzled veterans of the league would care enough to add a sprint to the middle of their regular season marathon pace. That has been answered pretty emphatically by LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Damian Lillard, who have stepped their games up to punch a ticket to Las Vegas for a chance at the Cup. All told, the NBA would be hard pressed to come up with a better first year for the Tournament, with a mix of young and old, showing every team around the league what the possibilities are.
Beyond giving those eight teams a standalone primetime game, slowing the schedule down has provided the opportunity for teams to take a brief break from the regular season grind, get some rare real practice time in, and evaluate what they’ve done over the first quarter of the season. Here, we get to do the same in our Week 6 version of DIME Power Rankings, headlined by the same (somewhat surprising) team that’s been in the top spot for weeks…
1. Minnesota Timberwolves (15-4, Last week: 1)
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The Wolves just keep winning and now hold the NBA’s best record. The defense is still the best in the league, Karl-Anthony Towns is playing some of the best ball of his career, and they’re about to get Jaden McDaniels back.
2. Boston Celtics (15-5, Last week: 3)
The Celtics got knocked out of the In-Season Tournament by the Pacers in the quarterfinals, largely due to their offense stalling out down the stretch. While they’ve managed to keep above water with Kristaps Porzingis out with a calf injury, it was pretty clear how much they missed the big fella against the Pacers. His return is expected soon, but I do wish we’d gotten to see the playoff simulation dry run of the IST with a fully healthy Celtics team to see if those problems from last year would persist or not with Kristaps playing.
3. Orlando Magic (14-6, Last week: 2)
The Magic got popped by the Nets to end their winning streak, but on the whole they continue to impress. Paolo Banchero has figured out how to score efficiently, Franz Wagner has been great in crunch time, and their guard play has been better than expected. This next month will tell us a lot about this Orlando team, as they face a lot of the expected contenders in the East with the Cavs (x2), Celtics (x2), Heat, Bucks, Pacers, Sixers, and Knicks all on the December schedule.
4. Milwaukee Bucks (15-6, Last week: 4)
The Bucks had a dominant offensive outing on Tuesday night against the Knicks and have now scored 130+ points in four of their last six games. The defense is still a major question mark in Milwaukee, but the offense has the ceiling of being the best in the league and when they have it going from three, they’re basically unstoppable.
5. Oklahoma City Thunder (13-6, Last week: 6)
OKC keeps rolling right along with some of the best balance in the NBA. They’re top-6 in ORtg and DRtg and are first in three-point percentage as a team (40.2 percent). Their role players are thriving around their budding core of Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the latter of whom is a legit MVP candidate.
6. Denver Nuggets (14-7, Last week: 8)
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Speaking of MVP candidates, Nikola Jokic continues to be the NBA’s most consistent dominant force, as he’s averaging a hysterical 29.0 points, 12.8 rebounds, and 9.8 assists per game, even with a career-worst 30.1 three-point percentage. If the threes start to fall, good luck, and he’s been able to keep this team afloat while Jamal Murray takes his time getting healthy. Maybe most importantly is that the Denver role players have popped the last couple weeks, headlined by Reggie Jackson who has been tremendous filling in for Murray. Given their bench concerns, if he can carry that quality play over to the second unit once Murray is back, that’d be huge for the Nuggets.
7. New York Knicks (12-8, Last week: 14)
The Knicks didn’t have their best in Milwaukee on Tuesday and had their three-game winning streak snapped to get knocked out of the In-Season Tournament. The biggest issue was on the defensive end, where they had been playing as one of the NBA’s best but simply didn’t have answers for Giannis and Dame. The good news is, Julius Randle continues to play well and Jalen Brunson looks like a star, but they’ll have to bounce back quickly to regain their defensive form before playing the Celtics on Friday.
8. Philadelphia 76ers (12-7, Last week: 5)
Philly dropped both of their games this week to the Pelicans and Celtics, playing without Joel Embiid in both of those contests due to illness. In shocking news, the reigning MVP is important to this team. He’ll be back this week and that should help Philly get back on track (also helping is they get to play the Wizards on Wednesday).
9. Los Angeles Lakers (13-9, Last week: 11)
The Lakers continued their undefeated In-Season Tournament run with a thrilling win over the Suns, and LeBron James seems fully locked in as he chases the NBA Cup. I am fascinated to see how they matchup with the Pelicans in the semis because teams that can get out and push the pace have been the teams that have given L.A. the most issues recently — and the same will be said if they make the Cup Finals against either the Pacers or Bucks.
10. Phoenix Suns (12-9, Last week: 7)
The Suns have come back to earth a bit after their 7-game winning streak. Kevin Durant is still playing at an outrageous level, but the three-point shooting has cooled off a touch as a team and the defense still is a work in progress, leading to a three-loss week.
11. Sacramento Kings (11-8, Last week: 9)
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The Kings are both wildly exciting and wildly frustrating at the same time. The offense still has an incredibly high ceiling, but they haven’t been as consistent this year, particularly shooting the ball. Some nights they just won’t make the adjustment when shots aren’t falling and will shoot themselves out of a competitive game by forcing it up in hopes the lid on the basket will remove itself.
12. Cleveland Cavaliers (11-9, Last week: 13)
The Cavs look to be improving but still are capable of head-scratching performances, like losing to the Blazers at home. The next two weeks figure to be telling of how much they’ve actually improved, as they have the Magic, Heat, Magic, Celtics, Celtics on the schedule.
13. Indiana Pacers (11-8, Last week: 16)
The Pacers feel like the team of destiny in the In-Season Tournament, as Tyrese Haliburton is embracing the opportunity to make himself more of a household name for NBA fans outside of Indiana. They played a tremendous second half against Boston, and while the Celtics were without Kristaps Porzingis, the Pacers still have to be pleased that they closed a game out with some defensive stops and not just simply out-scoring their opponent. That task gets much trickier in Vegas when they face a red-hot Bucks offense, but they’ll be ready for a shootout against Dame and Giannis.
14. New Orleans Pelicans (12-10, Last week: 17)
Brandon Ingram had an unbelievable showing in Sacramento, willing the Pelicans to Vegas and a date with the Lakers in the IST semis. New Orleans is, statistically, the definition of “fine” as they are 14th in both offensive and defensive rating. I am a bit more bullish on their potential going forward now that Trey Murphy III is back, as he gives them a dynamic they otherwise don’t have, and Willie Green suddenly has a lot of options at his disposal and showed in Sacramento he’s willing to simply ride with the hot hand, no matter who they are — Zion Williamson was a spectator for most of the fourth quarter of that win.
15. Miami Heat (11-9, Last week: 10)
The Heat have been scuffling of late, suddenly finding themselves in high-scoring shootouts every night, which is not typically the kinds of games they want to be in — granted, the Bucks and Pacers will force just about anyone into those games right now. The biggest concern in Miami right now is that Bam Adebayo, who was off to a tremendous start, is dealing with a hip injury and isn’t sure when he’ll be back on the court.
16. Dallas Mavericks (11-8, Last week: 15)
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Dallas has also cooled off substantially from their red-hot start and now look a lot like the rest of the middle class of the NBA, where there’s just not a lot of consistency night to night (even half to half) aside from Luka Doncic putting up huge numbers. This week brought an incredible example of that as they went on a 30-0 run in a game they still lost, which is very hard to do. This upcoming week should be a chance to stack wins against the Jazz, Grizzlies, and Blazers, but they also just dropped one to Memphis (without Luka, it must be noted).
17. Brooklyn Nets (10-9, Last week: 19)
The Nets have been jarringly good offensively this year, getting great contributions from their role guys like Lonnie Walker IV, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Royce O’Neale, all of whom are shooting north of 40 percent from three. The problem, as it is for so many teams in this tier, is on the defensive end where they just lack much in the way of size inside beyond Nic Claxton. Still, they’ve won four of their last five and seem to be in a pretty good groove of late on the offensive end, and will look to keep that going to pull away from the group hovering around .500 in the East.
18. Los Angeles Clippers (9-10, Last week: 22)
The Clippers thumped the Kings and split their mid-off with the Warriors to climb a bit in this week’s rankings. It’d still be nice to see this team string together like a five-game stretch of really good ball to provide any confidence they’ll be a real threat come playoff time, but for now a 2-1 week will suffice as a success.
19. Atlanta Hawks (9-10, Last week: 18)
I really thought Quin Snyder would be able to coax something decent out of this team on defense, but they’re just atrocious on that end. This is the fourth best offense in the NBA and the fifth worst defense, which will keep Atlanta right around .500 once again. They’re not that far off from being the Pacers or the Kings, but they’re just worse at winning close games right now.
20. Houston Rockets (8-9, Last week: 12)
Houston was on the road for three games this week, so you know what that means: three more losses. Houston still has not won a game on the road (0-8) this season, but are back home for three of their next four, so you can expect at least a 2-2 stretch coming up.
21. Toronto Raptors (9-11, Last week: 20)
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We have reached the point where the Raptors head coach has offered to take the whole team out to dinner if they win three games in a row. That kind of promise is usually reserved for little league teams, where a trip to Golden Corral will get the boys fired up, but maybe it’ll work for the Raptors too.
22. Golden State Warriors (9-11, Last week: 21)
Steph Curry: Very, extremely good at basketball. The rest of the Warriors team: Not so much. Golden State’s two losses this week came by a combined two points, but unfortunately for them, only the In-Season Tournament cares about point differential.
23. Chicago Bulls (7-14, Last week: 26)
The Bulls won two games against good teams this week. Coby White had 54 points combined in those wins over Milwaukee and New Orleans in Zach LaVine’s absence, and maybe they’ll find a little spark. At minimum, it appears they haven’t completely quit just yet, which is good.
24. Utah Jazz (7-13, Last week: 23)
Lauri Markkanen is still sidelined with a hamstring injury, but the Jazz have stayed at least a bit frisky in his absence to not completely bottom out. This week gets tough, though, as the Mavs, Clippers, and Thunder loom on the schedule.
25. Portland Blazers (6-13, Last week: 24)
Speaking of teams that are frisky, the Blazers jumped up and nipped the Pacers and Cavs on their recent road trip. Anfernee Simons is nearing his return to the court which will only make Portland even more dangerous, and while this isn’t a particularly good team, it’s also not one you can just pencil in as a W on the schedule.
26. Memphis Grizzlies (5-14, Last week: 27)
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There are some signs of life in Memphis, as they picked up wins over Dallas and Utah this week. Desmond Bane has been very good and they’re close enough now to see Ja Morant’s return on the horizon. They might have fallen too far for that to matter in the playoff race, but they might be able to salvage something if they can just find a few more wins in these next six games.
27. Charlotte Hornets (6-12, Last week: 25)
LaMelo Ball is dealing with ankle issues again, which is just a bummer given he was having another very good start to the season after missing so much time a year ago. They have what should be some winnable games against teams in the East’s Play-In race coming up, but without Ball optimism is low in Charlotte right now.
28. Washington Wizards (3-16, Last week: 28)
There’s a real separation at this point for the bottom three in the NBA standings, starting with the Wizards who lost their two games this week against Orlando. Their schedule is brutal for the next two weeks, so I wouldn’t expect much to change with their spot in these rankings.
29. San Antonio Spurs (3-16, Last week: 29)
The Spurs are probably glad the Pistons exist, or else we’d probably talk more about their 14-game losing streak. They almost ended it against Atlanta, but came up two points short in a shootout. They’re at least supposed to be really bad this year, but at some point it’d be nice for the Spurs and Victor Wembanyama to remember what a win feels like.
30. Detroit Pistons (2-18, Last week: 30)
We may be witnessing a truly special season from Detroit, as they are wading into Process Sixers and Charlotte Bobcats territory right now. They play Memphis on Wednesday in a critical game for them, because that is the most winnable game on their schedule for a few weeks and if they don’t win against the Grizz, it’s possible they go back-to-back months without a win.
These days, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are the “couple” (Swift’s word) rocking the worlds of both music and sports. It all started, though, with Kelce shooting his shot, which Swift thought was “adorable.”
“This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell. We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other. By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date. […]
As for what Swift’s referring to: Back in July, on an episode of his and brother Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast, Travis told the story of his first time trying to meet Swift, at a Kansas City stop of The Eras Tour. He said, “I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings, so I was a little butthurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her,” Kelce said, noting the bracelets had his phone number on them.
Jokingly, he added, “She doesn’t meet anybody — or at least she didn’t want to meet me, so I took it personal,”
Meanwhile, Swift noted that she’s really coming to like football, saying in her Time interview, “Football is awesome, it turns out. I’ve been missing out my whole life.”
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