Martin Scorsese has been on a such roll lately, it’s almost as if he has a big project on the horizon or something. On today’s Scorsese Recap, his daughter once again gave him full reign over her TikTok, and he decided to interview his next movie muse for a brand new project. It seems like Martin likes TikTok now that you can make longer videos, something he is famously a fan of doing, so he made a new post.
The video features Marty looking like his best self, speaking to an unknown listener. “I have been working a long time making pictures, almost 50 years, and one muse [for] many, many years, 10 pictures, is Robert De Niro, another muse, Leo DiCaprio is extraordinary, six films with him so far. Over the years I’ve worked with great actors, from Ellen Burstyn to Paul Newman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Margot Robbie, and…I need a change,” the director confessed before the camera panned to his listener, the family dog, Oscar. He’s talking to a dog, who seems very uninterested, by the way.
“I need to find something that I could take further. To another level. What that is? I’m not quite sure. But I’ve heard some extraordinary things about you. I don’t wanna embarrass you, I heard some extraordinary things. And I think we might be able to work something out.” You suddenly begin to wonder….is he talking to..me? Am I the next great actor? And then it pans to the dog again and you remember what you’re watching.
Now maybe you’ve never seen the family dog Oscar before, but this isn’t some Clifford The Big Red Dog situation. Oscar is a professional, and he looks hesitant to really commit to working in the family business. In theory, Scorsese is good at making people act, but he just doesn’t have a lot of experience with animals, besides that one time, so why should Oscar accept Scorsese’s offer? Oscar knows he could get a role on Disney Channel in minutes if he really wanted to.
Scorsese, on the other hand, doesn’t even know how to use the internet. He recently confessed, “I don’t use a computer because I tried a couple times and I got very distracted. I get distracted as it is,” Scorsese said in a recent interview with AP. “I’ve got films, I’ve got books, I’ve got people. I’ve only begun this year to read emails. Emails, they scare me. It says ‘CC’ and there are a thousand names. Who are these people?” This doesn’t seem like a man who is up to Oscar’s standards, but maybe he’ll decide to audition anyway, as a favor. Or he’ll turn it down and Leo will just step in. Just take your dog for a walk, Marty!!!!!!!!
Walton Goggins became a beloved television actor thanks to bowling over audiences with his performance as the always impeccably dressed Boyd Crowder on Justified before teaming up with Danny McBride for back-to-back roles in Vice Principals and The Righteous Gemstones. (If you’ve been missing out on Goggins as the incredible “Baby Billy” Freeman, remedy that quickly.)
However, Goggins is more than just an actor, he’s also the co-founder of Mulholland Distilling, but that doesn’t mean he can’t brilliantly combine his two passions. The gin brand recently launched a new campaign called “Inspirations with Walton Goggins” that would love to sell you liquor or just make you laugh. Either one.
“Making spirits is one of the best jobs in the world, but you’ve got to keep inspired or pretty much anything you do gets old,” the official campaign site reads. “So we decided to film some things to make ourselves laugh and keep things interesting. Hopefully, some of these will inspire you as well.”
So far, the campaign has put out two spots, and the latest features Goggins naked while riding a motorbike. Turns out, that’s just one of the many activities that inspires him, and clearly the most because it takes up the majority of the video. You’re welcome!
Below is the spot for September where Goggins declares he’s an expert on gin because it’s his name. But then again, it’s also in other’s people’s names, too. He may not have thought this through.
The next “Inspirations” video will drop in November, and according to the site, it will somehow involve animals.
SAG-AFTRA has requested striking actors and actresses, who are seeking a fair deal from greedy executives, to avoid dressing up as characters from “struck content,” like Barbie, Bluey, and anything Marvel. Instead, members are being asked to “choose costumes inspired by generalized characters and figures,” like ghosts or spiders (but no Shelob). “Let’s use our collective power to send a loud and clear message to our struck employers that we will not promote their content without a fair contract,” the guidelines read.
Members can dress up as characters from non-struck content, however, like an animated TV show. Marvel superheroes, however, are not allowed despite having comic book roots, because they’re owned by Disney… The SAG-AFTRA strike is nearing its 100th day without a day after talks broke off on Saturday without a deal.
Members can technically wear whatever they want on Halloween, but SAG-AFTRA would prefer they not “post photos of costumes inspired by struck content to social media.” So as much as I want to see Kurt Russell in a Godzilla costume, it’s not worth it until a fair deal is reached.
Forget zombies. There’s something way scarier: a scab.
A Reddit user asked an innocent question about the future and it exposed a lot of the issues that people worry about today. It also highlighted the things we should appreciate while they are still around.
Klausbrusselssprouts asked the AskReddit forum, “In 50 years, what will people be nostalgic for?” and the responses went two ways. Some people mentioned the things they fear will get a lot worse in the future such as the role that technology plays in our lives and climate change.
Others saw the question as a way of appreciating the things we have now that may not survive over the next few decades.
As the old saying goes, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, so it’s hard to predict the things that we have today that people will feel nostalgic for in the future. Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, nobody would have ever guessed that people would feel nostalgic for everyday experiences such as going to Blockbuster video or the sound of an old dial-up modem. But a lot of people get a warm, fuzzy feeling when they think about them today.
It’s safe to say that in 50 years, a lot of the real experiences we enjoy today will be replaced by digital technology. So take time to appreciate face-to-face interactions with other people, technology that isn’t implanted into your brain and attending events in person.
Here are 17 of the best responses to the question, “In 50 years, what will people be nostalgic for?”
1.
“Owning something you don’t pay a subscription for.” — JohnnyNumbskull
Switchplayerclassic added:
“THIS is exactly what I hate rn about everything.”
2.
“Drinking water from the tap.” — Credible cactus
3.
“Grandparents will say to their grandkids, ‘When I was your age, I had to get off the screen and actually GO to school.'” — Truck_Stop_Sushi
4.
“Privacy. Even babies are overexposed today.” — birdiewings
5.
”Being able to do basic maintenance on your car without needing a shop manual and a years salary worth of special tools.” — kilroy-was-here-2543
6.
“Keys. Even more specific vehicle keys.” — UpMan
7.
“Social media. Not because it’s good, but because whatever comes next will probably suck more.” — RockoTDF
8.
“The number of wild animals that exist and can be seen. They are already on the decline.” — SpikedBubbles
9.
“Wired earbuds with an actual headphone jack. Not USB version 93 delta.” — Rodeo6a
10.
“The abundance and availability of power, water, and food.” — wrath__
11.
“Retail shopping. There will be these cutesy, extremely expensive retro shops selling things you’d find at the convenience store.” — shay1990plus
12.
“I’d say people will miss being uncontactable. Like back in the day, you could just go to your bedroom, and block the rest of the world away for a couple of hours. Now we’ve got video calls, phone calls, texts, emails. Urgh.” — mr_wernderful
13.
“Having sex with someone who isn’t a robot.” — Clarenceworley480
14.
“Probably movie theaters.” — rsvredditacct
15.
”Life before covid.” — ButterflyGirlie
16.
“Human made art and music without the use of AI. Or even just knowing it was made without the use of AI tools like DALL-E 2 or similar. Kind of like how before autotune you knew for certain a singer could sing that way.” — ConfidentlyNuerotic
Implementing simple energy- and water-efficiency upgrades in US households would save nearly $200B per year in residential utility bills.
Unfortunately, these upgrades are often unaffordable or inaccessible for the average US home.
Growing up in West Virginia, my community was largely part of the 1/3 of Americans who can’t afford their energy bills, let alone the efficient home tech upgrades that would make these bills affordable.
This is why Kaitlin Highstreet and I founded Scope Zero, where we created the Carbon Savings Account™, or CSA. The CSA is similar to a health savings account, where employers and employees both contribute funds to the account. With the CSA, the employees use the money for home technology and personal transportation upgrades that reduce their utility bills, fuel spend, and carbon footprint.
CSA-eligible upgrades include everything from Energy Star refrigerators, low-flow showerheads, smart thermostats, and LEDs, to home solar and EVs.
For employees, the CSA is a financial wellness benefit because of how significantly it reduces their costs of living. The average US home can save over $5,000 per year from CSA-eligible home and transportation upgrades. Every 30 purchases made by employees removes an entire average US home from the grid.
For employers, the CSA is a corporate sustainability strategy. Home technology and personal transportation upgrades reduce work-from-home and commute emissions, both of which are often a substantial piece of a company’s overall environmental footprint.
Employers have been motivated by the results of implementing the CSA as a customer shares, “employees are so excited we’re offering the CSA, and employee enrollment and participation has exceeded our expectations.”
We aim to create a new standard for companies to offer sustainability benefits through the Carbon Savings Account™ on top of healthcare and retirement benefits. Disastrous impacts from climate change are happening now, and we need everyone on board to mitigate societal and environmental devastation.
What started out as a lighthearted class presentation quickly turned into a fabulous humanities lesson for all.
A teacher under the pseudonym Larry Lexicon has 1.8 million followers on TikTok, where they tune in to catch the funny-yet-inspirational interactions Lexicon has with his students.
Recently, Lexicon had his class rolling with his meticulously crafted PowerPoint explaining what certain Gen Z words mean.
“All year long I’ve been listening to you and making a list, which I’ve compiled here for you — the Gen Z Term Dictionary,” he told the class, saying that they should speak up if anything was inaccurate.
Here’s what he came up with.
He took “bruh,” (aka the “staple of their generation”) to simply be the alternative for “bro,” except that “bruh!” can also be used as an exclamation. That was correct.
Although the word “Rizz,” was fairly new to him, he also correctly guessed that this was short for “charisma,” and thus refers to someone who has the ability to charm.
“You can use it in all kinds of ways. Like I’m the Rizzard of Oz!” he joked.
“Bussin” he took to mean that something was good, particularly food. Also correct. He even knew that “bussin’ bussin’” meant that something was really good. Clearly, Lexicon had done his homework.
However, a few people pointed out in the comments that many terms have roots in African-American Vernacular English (AAVE). So in his third TikTok, Lexicon chose to make some revisions, and explained to the class why those revisions were important.
“I know you think you came up with a lot of these words, but you didn’t, and they’ve been around for a long time,” Lexicon said, noting how parts of AAVE language are at first “looked down upon by society as uneducated or thuggish” yet nonetheless sneak into daily vocabulary through pop culture.
“What happens is it makes its way into like, white suburbia, and you get a middle-aged dorky white dude mislabeling it just for a whole generation as a term dictionary,” he said. “And it ends up erasing the importance of it.”
Lexicon then admitted that it was a mistake made by his own ignorance, which was okay, because he was able to take feedback, learn and act on it to grow.
“Being ignorant’s OK, but being willfully ignorant and not doing anything about it — not so OK.”
Viewers who have been following Lexicon’s series applauded him for taking the time to make even a silly little powerpoint into an important conversation for everyone involved.
“I love how you’re learning it and then teaching it! This is education!” one person wrote.
“The fact that you came back and showed HOW TO LEARN and that it’s OK NOT TO KNOW but not ok to be willfully ignorant,” added another.
“This is a hell of an example for your students,” read the top comment.
In case you’re curious, here are all the words gathered so far for the newly re-titled “AAVE-inspired Gen Z term dictionary.”
“Delulu”— delusional.
“Eepy”— really sleepy.
“Be so for real”— “Are you serious?”
“Witerawy”— “Literally,” but with emphasis.
“Baddie” — “A pretty girl, typically very curvy and independent.” But can also be a guy.
“Gyatt” — A substitute for “gosh darn!” typically used in response to seeing a baddie.
“Getting sturdy” — A dance usually used when winning, kind of like a touchdown dance.
“Bet” — Another way of saying “OK” or “alright.” Likely a shortened version of “you bet.”
“Slaps” — a verb for when a song is really good. Or food. Maybe? Debate’s still out on that one
“Cap” — A lie.
“No cap” — The truth.
“On god”— undeniable truth.
Lexicon plans to add new words each week throughout the remaining weeks of school. If you’d like to follow along, he can be found on TikTok.
Uproxx Bar Stories is back with another rising artist explaining the lyrics behind one of her breakout hits. Monaleo, fresh from throwing a one-woman party on UPROXX Sessions with “Crying On Your Birthday,” breaks down one of her favorite bars from the hard-hitting new anthem. She tells Uproxx’s resident Texan Cherise Johnson that while the line in question makes a slick play on the word “wigs,” she hasn’t actually “wigged out” on anyone over not paying for hers.
However, as she puts it, “If he wants me to look good and send him pictures, and he wants to pull on my wig, all types of crazy sh*t, he at least gotta pay for the install. I don’t feel like I’m wrong for that.”
Fair enough. Check out Monaleo’s Bar Story below.
Funnily enough, wigs are apparently a recurring theme in the Houston rapper’s music. One song on her debut album, Where The Flowers Don’t Die, is called “Wig Splitter,” with a video she shot at home while pregnant with her first child. Now that both the baby and the album are out, it looks like Monaleo is on a mission to ensure that she doesn’t need anyone to pay for those wigs at all — or do the splitting, which she can also do herself.
When Kristen Stewart phoned the production team behind Netflix’s uber-successful Queer Eye, she had a dream and an industry reputation propped up by alt-YA franchises that have been memed to hell and back. Her personal experiences with the paranormal – the spirit of Princess Di gave her final approval on that Spencer biopic — prompted her to dream up a truly absurd premise: a ghost-hunting road trip across America navigated by gay mediums, spiritualists, and a deep-fried daddy in Diane Keaton’s favorite Bowler hat.
The result? Hulu’s eight-episode horror docuseries, Living for the Dead. Deliciously addictive and over-the-top, the reality series is a surprisingly cozy Fall watch, a filling gumbo of gay empowerment spooned over spooky tropes for a marginalized audience that doesn’t see itself enough in these found-footage paranormal investigations. That doesn’t mean the show takes itself too seriously though. Every ghost-hunting term that can be Queer-ified will be over the course of its eight episodes — get ready for “gay-eances” and “spook-kikis” to become part of the pop culture lexicon — a “huntie” will most definitely flirt with an in-limbo entity, and more than once a member of the team will question, out-loud, why the f*ck they chose this line of work. But, even in its most-scripted moments, there’s an emotional thread that runs through this reality adventure, one that will likely be familiar to Queer Eye fans. Whether they’re cleansing haunted strip clubs of chauvinistic spirits or confronting their clown phobias in a run-down motel filled with painted visages that would terrify even Bill Skarsgard, there’s a real sense of joy in watching these outcasts forge these strange connections. Joy, and unintentional situational comedy that will leave you howling … with laughter.
So, if you’re ready to suspend your logic, here are six reasons why Living for the Dead should be your next go-to Halloween binge-watch.
Hulu
The Ghost Hunties
“A tarot card reader, a techie, a psychic, a researcher, and a witch …”
It sounds like a twisted reboot of The Breakfast Club but somehow, the cast — comprised of Ken Boggle, Juju Bae, Alex LeMay, Logan Taylor, and Hernandez — just works. Each brings a special set of skills and a colorful perspective on life as a Queer paranormal investigator. Boggle reads clients for filth, exposing some of their deepest insecurities and darkest fears with every flip of the deck. (He’s a brutally insightful Karamo who harbors a deep-seated fear of clowns and an affinity for dressing like a Victorian-era Goth dandy.) LeMay is the soft-spoken tech expert who slightly resembles a Tim Burton character and is so genuine in her ghostly geek-outs, she almost makes sleeping in a coffin to commune with the dead seem fun. Taylor, the psychic, is a grown-up Haley Joel Osment — sweet, tortured, and constantly battling a spirit-induced stomach ache. Bae is the nurturing, level-headed witch, happy to shake her puka shells, cleanse her hands in holy Florida water, and ward against any pissed-off spirits conjured when her friends get up to their white people nonsense. And Roz is, well, there — to break the tension, to do some “research,” and to argue with ghosts that get a bit too grabby. They’re the occult Avengers, the Divining Fab Five, the … you get it.
Hulu
The Camp
The best horror isn’t afraid to make jokes at its own expense, to lean into its camp, to poke holes in tired tropes, and to hold the mirror that reflects its own buffoonery. This show does that, lingering a bit too long on decorative doll arms swinging from the ceiling of the group’s Scooby-Doo-like camper or injecting a joke about the cold caress of a handy ghost being a welcome come-on when the tension gets too thick. Hernandez, understandably, gets most of the laughs. In one episode, she dons a bomber jacket covered in cartoon ghosts with earrings to match, ultimately questioning whether the fit is insensitive to the horde of spirits haunting a would-be community center. In another, she becomes offended when a sexist specter stalks everyone but her, questioning if the ghost isn’t attracted to her because of her haircut. (Thankfully, she decides against losing her bangs.) But each of the investigators finds their moments of brevity — by sliding into a man’s DMs via a tarot card reading or having a sleepover with a new ghostly bestie or telling a bigoted poltergeist they aren’t afraid to “F*ck a ghost up,” and the show is at its best when it ditches the serious for the silly in their ghost hunting routine.
Hulu
The Haunted Hot Spots
Abandoned sanitoriums, condemned psych wards, death-plagued mansions — these are the familiar haunts of the most popular ghost-hunting shows, and while they do feature on Hulu’s genre interpretation, the idea that spooky-happening are solely contained in the weirdest, most obscure places is, as Stacy Ann Ferguson would say, “so 2000 and late.” These ghost hunties go in search of the rare, preternaturally-preyed-upon gems you won’t find middle-aged white dudes with their camcorders and infrared flashlights plodding around, like strip clubs, dream mansions built on Indigenous burial grounds (allegedly), wild west saloons, and a Free Masons-built funeral home-turned-NCAAP-headquarters-turned-Hungarian-refugee-center. The stories that come with these fascinating places are often just as compelling as the supernatural activity that makes them so feared. From mass graveyards and mining accidents to spirited saloon-era sex workers toying with bed-and-breakfast patrons, gentlemen’s clubs built next to LDS communes and historic theaters harboring local legends, there’s enough variety in where these hauntings are taking place to hold your interest — and make you grateful you live newly-constructed suburban home with an astronomical interest rate and absolutely no otherworldly ties.
Hulu
Roz’s Donut Addiction
Mark our words: Dunkin Donuts will be begging Roz Hernandez on their knees to become their new spokesperson after fans binge her Hulu reality series. No, really, Ben Affleck should be shaking in his damn boots because no one has made shoving oddly-shaped sugary confections into their mouth look as appealing as the comedic researcher. Powdered, jellied, chocolate glazed, Roz does not discriminate but she does subscribe to the motto that ghost hunting is more tolerable with processed sweets, and that’s a political stance we can get behind.
Hulu
The Ghost-holes
Did you know, that most ghosts, like most people, are total a**holes? It seems fairly obvious in retrospect, but if you’re new to the ghost-hunting game, Living for the Dead will relieve you of the notion that spirits are somehow wiser, omniscient beings with a wealth of knowledge gleaned from the other side that they’re just dying to communicate. In reality, dead people are just dicks, trapped in places their spirit recognizes as familiar and willing to make life hell for the living to ease their boredom. That’s true for Dutch — a movie-theater projectionist who tragically passed away on the job and has started attacking people for leaving his space looking like a fraternity bro’s bedroom during finals week. It’s true for the former strip club manager whose sole spiritual purpose is to make sure a gay man knows he doesn’t like his black nail polish. And it’s certainly true for the egregore inhabiting a historic home and cursing visitors because it needs a new paint job. Most ghosts are just mean girls who haven’t moved on from the metaphorical high school that is life, which makes the notion that they can scratch, push, and pull your hair slightly less terrifying. Very slightly.
Hulu
The Underwhelming Paranormal Makeovers
If we had to ding this gloriously gay ghost fest on something it would be its lackluster paranormal makeovers. Sure, the group is great at finding interesting stories, uncovering buried truths, and channeling otherworldly entities. They can slay-eance with the best of em, kiki more spookily than those other girls, and provoke homophobic spirits with ingenious games of truth or dare like none other but it’s difficult to say whether they leave these haunted hotspots less spirit-infested than when they came. Besides Bae, who does her best to equip clients with intense bundles and protective charms to ward off malevolent wraiths, the most the group can do is bargain and barter with these ethereal b*tches, empowering the people being haunted with knowledge and rituals to ground them in reality when supernatural happenings ramp up. But that disheartening prescription is also what gives the show its darkly comedic edge. Every episode follows the same format: “Yes, there are ghosts here. Yes, they’re purposefully harming you. Look, we riled them up with our EMPs, our silly questions, and our free-journaling psychic. Ok, bye.” What these people really need is a Bobby Berk, but, even though it might be a bit mean-spirited of us, it feels unintentionally hilarious that they won’t be getting one.
Bad Bunny announced his Most Wanted Tour today, which will kick off with a North American leg starting next February. The news comes on the heels of the star dropping his new album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana.
Given his popularity, fans are probably ready to chase tickets down for a city closest to them. Here’s what to know.
Tickets for the Most Wanted Tour will be sold through Ticketmaster. However, they are attempting to do everything they can to fight scalpers charging wild prices for resale. One way is that Ticketmaster has now opened a Verified Fan Registration that allows fans to sign up for the chance to receive a code to purchase tickets. The sign-up for this will close this Sunday, October 22 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
From there, those who receive a randomized code on Tuesday, October 24 will have the chance to purchase tickets. This onsale will take place on Wednesday, October 25. For more information on getting tickets to the Most Wanted Tour, visit the official website here.
In a teaser poster for the tour, it also has the phrase “and more…,” so there’s both the possibility that Bad Bunny will add more North American dates — or make it a global run throughout the remainder of 2024.
For now, view a complete list of announced dates here.
A24’s highly-anticipated biopic The Iron Clawwill center around the chaotic wrestling family The Von Erichs and their infamous reign in the 1980s. Patriarch Fritz Von Erich became an AWA Heavyweight Champion in the ’60s before having six boys — five of whom became (or attempted to become) professional wrestlers throughout the ’80s. While the bunch became successful inside the ring, the family suffered a series of tragic losses and accidents, and were often dubbed as “cursed.”
The cast consists of your favorite jacked actors including Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White as older brothers Kevin and Kerry, while Harris Dickinson will portray David Von Erich. You can see Dickinson demonstrating the “Iron Claw” move in the upcoming trailer for the movie.
In addition to his upcoming stint as a Von Erich brother, Dickinson stars in the upcoming FX miniseriesA Murder at the End of the World alongside Emma Corrin and Clive Owen. The spooky whodunnit series is set to premiere on November 14th.
The English actor previously starred in 2022’s Where The Crawdads Sing and Triangle of Sadness. As for upcoming projects, The actor will also star alongside Soarse Ronan in next year’s Blitz, so we’ll probably be seeing his face quite a ton. And his giant arms.
A24’s The Iron Claw arrives in theaters on December 22.
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