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With the Madame Web trailer swinging around, Marvel fans are going nuts sifting through the first look at the Dakota Johnson-starring film. In addition to the title character, who’s played a pivotal role in the Spider-Man comics, the trailer also showcased Sydney Sweeney as Spider-Woman along with a sneak peek at Adam Scott’s character.

While the trailer offers very little info on Scott’s role, Marvel fans have already begun wildly speculating that the Parks and Recreation star is playing yet another Ben. In this case, Ben Parker, the ill-fated uncle to one Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man. As of this writing, IMDb has Scott listed as Ben Parker, but that casting has not been confirmed by Sony. Notably, IMDb has Emma Roberts‘ character listed as Mary Parker, who is Peter’s mother in the comics. That casting has also not been confirmed.

While it sure seems like Madame Web will have a strong connection to the Parker family, it may not be the same Parker family that includes Tom Holland‘s Peter and Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May. Madame Web is set in another reality, and the film may just be the biggest stab at bringing the Spider-Verse to live-action since fans got a glimpse of the possibilities in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Here’s the official synopsis:

“Meanwhile, in another universe…” In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures… if they can all survive a deadly present.

Madame Web opens in theaters on February 14.

Look, we know that commercials often take aim at our emotions. But certain commercials transcend clever marketing strategy and become something so much more human.

Apparently, a Kroger holiday ad, titled “Cuisine Exchange,” is one of those commercials.

“Cuisine Exchange” tells the story of a childless couple who choose to become hosts for foreign exchange students.

Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph” plays in the background as their first student arrives— a young girl from Mexico named Valentina. The couple cook Valentina pozole, a Mexican stew, which instantly makes her feel more at home.

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During Valentina’s stay, the household enjoys hot cocoa with marshmallows, chili peppers (with plenty of milk nearby in case of emergency) and tamales before she returns to Mexico.

More visits follow, and with them more comfort meals: a Japanese student with soba noodles, another from Denmark with aebleskiver, a classic Christmas treat, and a kid from Italy making panettone, just to name a few.

Photographs pile onto the fridge as the years go by. And now we see the wife, with a few more wrinkles and gray hairs, yearning to see those students once again.

This prompts the husband to surprise her with truly the most thoughtful gift. As they sit by the fire, a Christmas tree twinkling beside them, suddenly there’s a knock at the door. When the wife goes to open it, she is greeted by all the exchange students they’ve ever hosted, and they all share a feast of all their favorite meals.

The ad ends with an undeniably fitting tagline: “Food connects us all.”

Reactions to the ad have been emotional to say the least, but positive nonetheless.

“Not a Kroger ad making me SOB??? I’m going to bed. 😭,” one viewer wrote on X.

“cried over a Kroger ad it’s time to pack it up everybody,” another added.

cried over a Kroger ad it’s time to pack it up everybody

— Allison 🪩 (@captallison1) November 9, 2023

Y’all wanna cry? Go watch the new Kroger’s holiday commercial 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/72ktTc9d3M

— ClearlyI’mFantastic💚 (@itsmygreylife) November 11, 2023

Why the Kroger commercial got me crying

— Stoney Keeley (@StoneyKeeley) November 12, 2023

It’s 7 am and I’m hysterically crying at a Kroger commercial

— cait (@doubleedutchy) November 11, 2023

Meanwhile on Youtube, several folks who had been hosts to exchange students noted how spot on the commercial was.

“This hits home,” one person wrote. “We had seven exchange students between when I was 5 and 19. Two of them stayed for an extra year and one of them even went to a college two hours away. I learned so much about them and their cultures and we always tried to make food from their home.”

Of course, this isn’t the first time Korger unleashed a holiday ad tearjerker. Just last year, the grocery brand had viewers sobbing with its “Magical Cookbook” spot, which wove similar themes of food bringing us back to precious memories.

Sometimes, it doesn’t take much to get us into our feels. Even something as simple as a quick commercial can remind us of how beautiful life really is. And that’s fine—we could all use a good cry now and then.

When two people in a romantic relationship hold hands out in public, it symbolizes their connection to one another and shows the general public they are an item. “It feels good to hold hands with someone we know because it’s all about wanting to be close to them,” Toni Coleman, LCSW, a psychotherapist and relationship coach, told Women’s Health.

As with kissing and hugging, “research shows that touch, like holding hands, releases oxytocin, a neurotransmitter that gives you that feel-good buzz,” Coleman added.

However, according to writer and social media influencer Eli Rallo, hand-holding can mean many different things depending on how you do it. She used a recent photo of musician Taylor Swift and her new beau, football player Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, to demonstrate her point.

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The couple was recently spotted in public with a tight interlocking grip. “I just want to make something abundantly clear: [intertwined finger hand holding] is something very different to [paw hand holding],” Rallo said.

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“[Intertwined] is giving ‘last night we said I love you for the first time now we can’t stop saying it,’ ‘we can’t keep our hands off each other,’ ‘we have both mutually agreed this is the greatest lay of our lives,’” Rallo continued.

“[Paw] is we hate each other, but we are still together because it is convenient.”

Rallo then went on to show some photos of Swift holding hands with different men, noting that she had an interlocking grip with her former boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal. “This leads me to believe two things, and this is a working thesis,” she continued. “Number one, hot men are always going to hold hands [with interlocked fingers]. Number two, men who are good in bed are always going to hold hands [with interlocked fingers].”

“You should never settle for one of these paw things,” she concluded.

Commenters on the video weren’t entirely on the same page with Rallo. Many say they choose the paw grip with their partners, not because of the lack of passion in their relationship but because it’s more comfortable.

“Intertwined fingers is awkward,” Keetinamobina wrote. “Sometimes the intertwined fingers thing is painful for some of us,” JSainte17 added.

While Tay noted that whether she “waffles” or pancakes” has to do with her relationship status. “I called interlocked hands waffle and the other one pancake—I must be waffled at all times—but if I’m mad, I pancake,” she wrote.

Even though Rallo got mixed reviews in the comments, body language experts agree with her.

Celebrity body language expert Karen Donaldson told Women’s Health that the interlocking grip symbolizes a heightened desire to be and stay connected. “This is a display of a strong and deep bond in the relationship,” Donaldson said.

Those who enjoy the firm “but not interlaced” palm-to-palm action may have feelings for one another that are less intense or unequal. “Depending on where you are in your relationship, this handhold style could be a protective grip. But most likely, the person doing the tighter hold is the dominant one in the relationship and is aiming to take charge,” says Donaldson.

“Or, if it’s a newer relationship, the couple may be finding a way to stay connected because they aren’t yet ready to interlace fingers,” movement pattern analyst Alison Henderson added.

YouTube is taking steps to introduce labels on videos, especially as Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prevalent in visual media. In a new blog update, the video platform confirmed that while they won’t be banning AI usage, users will have to disclose when they do use it in videos within the “coming months.”

This would include music videos and songs, as well as “especially important” cases like election coverage or “content showing someone saying or doing something they didn’t actually do.”

“To address this concern, over the coming months, we’ll introduce updates that inform viewers when the content they’re seeing is synthetic,” YouTube’s statement read. “Specifically, we’ll require creators to disclose when they’ve created altered or synthetic content that is realistic, including using A.I. tools.”

They added, “When creators upload content, we will have new options for them to select to indicate that it contains realistic altered or synthetic material. For example, this could be an A.I.-generated video that realistically depicts an event that never happened, or content showing someone saying or doing something they didn’t actually do.”

A test example of the AI label is shown on the site, with an example noting something is “Altered or synthetic content,” even on YouTube Shorts.

Read YouTube’s complete statement about AI here.

The Clippers latest loss to the Nuggets in Denver on Tuesday night highlighted one of the weak points of L.A.’s current roster construction, which is that with Mason Plumlee injured, they have just one big man in Ivica Zubac and have to play small an awful lot of the time.

Against Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets, that proved to be a bit of a catastrophe, as Denver scored on every single possession (aside from one late turnover) in the final six minutes of the game, as Jokic dominated smaller opponents and picked apart double teams when the Clippers sent help. While L.A. has plenty of other issues with making their star quartet work together, they also have to figure out how to best balance their roster and adding another big man would help do that.

That help will likely be arriving fairly soon, as Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski report the Pacers and Daniel Theis finalized a contract buyout that paves the way for the German big man to sign as the Clippers new backup center.

Theis has mostly been out of the rotation in Indiana, as he doesn’t exactly fit their up-tempo style and has appeared in one game for eight minutes of action. In L.A., he figures to be a backup for Zubac while Plumlee is out, and with James Harden already lobbying for more pick-and-roll actions, he figures to find himself paired with Harden some to try and give the former MVP more of the action he wants when on the floor.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife proved to be a hit with fans of the classic ghost-hunting team, and now, Sony Pictures is bringing back both the new and old team for the sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Alongside the original Ghostbusters, Mckenna Grace and Stranger Things Finn Wolfhard reprise their roles as the next generation of Spenglers, who aren’t afraid of no ghosts.

Here’s everything we know about the supernatural sequel:

Plot

Picking up after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Frozen Empire drops Phoebe, Trevor and their mom Callie Spengler in New York City where both generations of Ghostbusters are in for the fight of their life.

Here’s the official synopsis:

In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Cast

Reprising their roles from Ghostbusters: Afterlife are Mckenna Grace as Phoebe, Finn Wolfhard as Trevor, Carrie Coons as Callie, and Paul Rudd as Gary Grooberson. Frozen Empire will also bring back the original Ghostbusters cast of Ernie Hudson, Dan Akroyd, Annie Potts, and Bill Murray. Patton Oswalt and Kumail Nanjiani are also along for the ride.

Release Date

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire will scare its way into theaters on March 29, 2024.

Trailer

You can watch the official teaser trailer below:

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire opens March 29, 2024.

If you were unable to attend the 2023 edition of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, and for some reason also missed the Amazon Music live stream of Tyler The Creator’s epic set, have no fear. The full set is now available to watch on YouTube, from its claw crane opening to watching T charge around onstage firing a handheld flamethrower with a maniacal gleam in his eye. Clocking it at around an hour and three minutes long, the set encompasses tracks from across his catalog, from “Yonkers” to “Wusyaname,” including his “Lumberjack” call out to fans for booing Drake at the last Flog Gnaw festival.

One of the set’s other highlights is Tyler telling his fans that he won’t be playing any new music. “Y’all wanted new music?” he teased. “Aw aw, and I wanted a father, but you don’t get everything. So, I’m gonna go through my catalog instead, and you pieces of sh*t are gonna sing along.” Later in the set, though, he addressed one of the elephants in the room, saying, “COVID f*cked us!” and thanking fans for returning to Camp Flog Gnaw despite the time away. Although it isn’t captured in the video above, it seems like no one had more fun at Flog Gnaw than Tyler himself, as he joined Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar onstage and jumped around in the photo pit at Clipse’s set, proving himself as much a fan as anyone else.

You can watch Tyler The Creator’s full set above.

Taylor Swift had Swifties in Argentina shook this past weekend. During the Latin leg of her Eras Tour, Swift gave a Midnights fan favorite a slight update. During a performance of “Karma,” a song whose lyrics contain “Karma is the guy on the screen / coming straight home to me,” Swift changed a single word, which made all the difference.

Swift sang “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs / Coming straight home to me,” which was met with cheers from the audience. The lyric change comes as a nod to her beau, Travis Kelce, who is the Kansas City Chiefs tight end. A clip that was later uploaded to social media sees Kelce hearing the change in real-time, and appearing equally as surprised.

On his New Heights podcast, which he co-hosts with his brother Jason, Kelce admitted that he didn’t know this would transpire.

“I might have had a little bit of a clue,” Kelce said, “but definitely when I heard it come out of her mouth, it still shocked me… I was like, ‘Oh, she really just said that.’”

This particular moment was well-received among the Swifties and Kelce himself, as was evidenced by the passionate kiss the two shared after the concert.

Tuesday night’s In-Season Tournament action saw the intensity get ratcheted up a few notches as a few games saw some scuffles with T’s handed out, with the biggest coming in the first two minutes of Wolves-Warriors when Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels got latched onto each other and refused to let go in a jersey tug-of-war.

That led to Rudy Gobert trying to pull Thompson off of McDaniels and then Draymond Green jumped in to throw Gobert in a chokehold, which he refused to let go of for some time. Luckily for the NBA, the chain of guys grabbing opponents from behind to drag them away ended with Draymond, who was ejected, alongside Thompson and McDaniels. After the game, Gobert called it “clown behavior” and said he wasn’t surprised, noting Green has a propensity to get tossed in games where Steph Curry isn’t playing.

Others weren’t as thrilled that Draymond was able to throw Rudy in a sleeper without having something happen to him, with former Wolves point guard Patrick Beverley laying out how he was disappointed in Karl-Anthony Towns, saying “I taught you better than that” and believing KAT should’ve thrown Draymond in a chokehold himself.

KAT is the perfect lightning rod for this exact kind of thing, as he’s never really shaken the “soft” label, but I can’t really blame him for not trying to earn his own ejection and suspension for escalating things. For one, that’s just not him, and beyond that, it would’ve been real bad for the Wolves if he got himself tossed from that game. I’m not surprised this is PatBev’s takeaway, but that’s also his role on a team. The star shouldn’t be the one risking suspensions and ejections, because they’re critical to the team’s ability to win. Neither KAT or Ant should be tasked with the goon role as well, and beyond that, it’s an NBA fight. It’s almost all performative, there weren’t actual fists flying, and we all know how the league adjudicates these things, handing down bigger punishments for those that escalate them further.

Yes, Draymond had Rudy locked in pretty good to that sleeper and he’ll unquestionably get a suspension for it, but you can let that go and go get the win, as they did. Beyond that, I doubt Rudy’s opinion on Towns has changed at all after this because KAT wouldn’t be the one you’d expect to jump in and throw hands for any reason in the first place.

2021 was a great year for music. This particular year reintroduced us to Billie Eilish, as she released her sophomore album, Happier Than Ever. This particular album turned the promising newcomer into a budding great — someone who will be remembered in the years to come. 2021 also introduced Olivia Rodrigo, a child actor turned singer, to a new audience, as her hit singles “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U” dominated the pop charts.

Having become very familiar with the ways of the music industry, Eilish felt a sense of urgency to protect her younger counterpart.

Is Billie Eilish’s ‘Goldwing’ about Olivia Rodrigo?

In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Eilish revealed that a Happier Than Ever deep cut was partially inspired by Rodrigo.

“Nobody has had anybody else’s life, you know? But I do feel a protectiveness over Olivia,” said Eilish. “I have a song called ‘Goldwing’ from my last album that’s kind of about her. I’ve never said that to anyone. It’s not only about her. I was just thinking about her when I was writing it. She was coming up, and she was younger than me, and nobody had ever been younger than me.”

On the song, Eilish sings:

They’re gonna tell you what you want to hear
Then they’re gonna disappear
Gonna claim you like a souvenir
Just to sell you in a year

This portion of the song may reflect the harsh realities of entering the spotlight at a young age. But thankfully, we know these young ladies are looking out for each other.