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Eighteen year old Samantha Frye has traded college life for entrepreneurship, and she has no regrets.

Frye began working at Rosalie’s Restaurant in Strasburg, Ohio at 16 as a dishwasher, working up the ranks as a kitchen prep, server, then line cook. All while working a second job, sometimes third job.

After graduating high school, Frye started college at Ohio State with plans of studying business or environmental engineering. But when she came back to work a shift at Rosalie’s for winter break, an opportunity arose—the owners had planned to sell the restaurant.

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“I was thinking that maybe [buying] was something I wanted to do,” she told News 5 Cleveland. “I had savings because I was saving for college, so I had quite a bit of money saved away. And I was like, I could possibly do this.”

Frye acted on that gut feeling, and used her college funds to buy Rosalie’s. Now she spends every day at her new business, either in the kitchen, on the floor or in the office meeting with sales reps.

This Ohio diner is under new ownership: an 18-year-old who started out as a dishwasher and is carrying on a legacy of the past. https://t.co/7VShD0O6n0

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 13, 2023

Though Fyre’s mother, Brandi Beitzel, confessed to USA Today that she wasn’t initially “on board” with her daughter abandoning college plans, over time she became very “proud” of her for forging her own path, and applauded her “drive and ambition.”

That sentiment is echoed both by Rosalie’s regulars and staff, who are amazing at the young woman’s drive and confidence.

“I just really think she’s a great example of a young lady that is following her dreams and doing what she loves,” said Leanna Gardner, an employee.

It’s no secret that there are significantly less students attending college—down by about a million since the start of the pandemic. And while there are no doubt potential long term collective consequences to that, with exorbitantly high student loan rates, it’s easy to see why young adults would avoid massive debt for careers that don’t require a college degree.

Luckily, there are more efforts to make college an affordable option being made nationwide, like offering a free two years worth of college to graduating students.

And as Frye is proving by example—not going to college is certainly not a death sentence for one’s future. There are many ways to plant seeds for success. Honestly, college or no college, no matter which path is taken, there will likely be more uncertainty than there are guarantees. Perhaps the best bet then is trust those pings of intuition.

“You don’t need college to make a decent living, and I think that’s what a lot of people think nowadays,” Frye attests. “Follow your instinct, honestly. If it feels right, just do it.”

This article originally appeared on 5.22.23

As someone who has had cats as pets all my life, I can attest to the range of intelligence our feline friends possess. Some cats have pebbles for brains, while others can wow you with their abilities.

Then there are the spooky smart cats. The ones you can see calculating in real time. The ones who convince you they could plot your demise if you don’t bend to their whims and they’d probably leave no evidence.

Ones like the cat in a viral video (shared by @catshouldnt on X) who not only knew how to open a door but who figured out how to remove the door jam inserted at the top of the door first so it could successfully get out.

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Even knowing the outcome, it’s impressive to watch:

This cat has very clear logic. I m shocked

— place where cat shouldn’t be (@place where cat shouldn’t be)
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I’ve watched my cat calculate how to jump from the nightstand to the top cabinet of our closet, and that’s always fun. The understanding of geometry and physics cats seem to intuitively possess is wild to witness, and the fact that my cat almost always makes seemingly impossible jumps perfectly never fails to impress me.

But this cat? This cat is on a whole other level. When you think about the thought process here, how any steps it requires in a specific order to open the door, it’s pretty incredible that a cat could figure it out.

Commenters weighed in on Reddit with how their own cats handle doors:

“We had a cat like that when I was a kid. He would usually grab the knob and then swing his chonk ass back and forth to open it.”

“My cat either rams it open with her head, pulls it open from the bottom, or jumps for the handle. She WILL get in eventually.”

“Meanwhile one of my cats is completely defeated by a door that’s open a inch.”

“Meanwhile i have a cat door taped open because my cat is too dumb to push it.”

“I met a cat that tried to claw through the hinge side of a door that was half open, then meow for help.”

Seriously, cats’ brains range from boxes of rocks to Einstein. It’s incredible.

People like to compare cat and dog intelligence to human children and determine an age equivalent, but veterinarian Dr. Cathy Barnette shared on Cats.com that those comparisons aren’t really accurate. A 2016 study did show that cats have about twice as many neurons as dogs, which could indicate that cats are smarter than dogs at the very least, but studies are mixed and intelligence in animals is notoriously difficult to measure.

There’s no question about the smarts on this cat, though. If I were that owner, I think I’d be sleeping with one eye open.

An excerpt from John Stamos‘ upcoming memoir, If You Would Have Told Me, has been making headlines thanks to a scandalous slice of ’80s nostalgia. According to Stamos, the Full House star once caught his girlfriend cheating on him with Tony Danza. In the excerpt, Stamos was heartbroken to find Teri Copley, who he thought was the love of his life, in bed with the future Who’s The Boss? star. (Neither actor had catapulted to sitcom fame yet.)

However, Copley has since issued a denial of Stamos’ claims. While she admits hooking up with Danza, Copley told PEOPLE that she and Stamos were already over at the time of the incident.

“I wondered, ‘What was John doing there?’ because we had broken up,” Copley said. “He just looked at me and shook his head, and walked away.”

That little clarification makes Stamos’ side of the story a little more awkward. In the excerpt, the Full House star recalls letting himself into Copley’s guest house where he found her naked in Danza. If the two were already broken up, that’s not a great look for Stamos. Although, he’ll be the first to admit that he was not the best boyfriend.

“I mean, it wasn’t right to cheat on me, but I was too immature; I wasn’t a man,” Stamos told PEOPLE. “I didn’t become a man for a long time and I think she was… I don’t know. I was broken.”

(Via PEOPLE)

Lil Uzi Vert’s Pink Tape Tour is officially underway after kicking off on Saturday in Minneapolis at The Armory. It’ll continue tonight at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, with a setlist including both new songs like Pink Tape standouts “Just Wanna Rock” and “NFL” and fan favorites like “Money Longer,” “Neon Guts,” and of course, “XO TourLlif3.” You can find pictures of the tour merch here.

If you’re planning on checking out the show, you might want to get there earlier or extremely on time because the show reportedly starts promptly at 8 pm — although according to one Reddit user who apparently attended the show in Minneapolis, Uzi comes out at around 9 pm and aside from his DJ, does not have an opening act.

Check out the remaining tour dates below.

10/23/2023 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
10/24/2023 — Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center
10/25/2023 — Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
10/31/2023 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
11/02/2023 — Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
11/03/2023 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
11/05/2023 — Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company
11/06/2023 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca Cola Roxy
11/08/2023 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
11/09/2023 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
11/10/2023 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
11/13/2023 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
11/16/2023 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Kia Forum
11/18/2023 — San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
11/20/2023 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/22/2023 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

Lil Uzi Vert is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Netflix’s latest mind-bending thriller, Bodies, has become something of a sleeper hit for the streaming platform thanks to its timeline-hopping murder mystery and twist-ending. Over the course of the show’s eight episodes, the British crime caper tells the story of three London detectives discovering the same man murdered in three separate decades. It’s a wild, physics-defying ride that keeps viewers guessing until its end.

But, where did the inspiration for the series come from? Who is the Si Spencer the show’s first episode is dedicated to? And will we be treated to more of this sci-fi thriller? Here’s everything we know about Netflix’s Bodies.

Is Bodies Based On A Book?

The main storyline in Bodies is based on a mini graphic novel written nearly 10 years ago. In the books, the killing of an unidentified man happens at the same place, in the same manner, across multiple eras. In 1890, Detective Alfred Hillinghead (Kyle Soller) finds a man’s naked body in London’s Longharvest Lane with a bullet hole through his eye. Detective Charles Whiteman (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) finds the same man dead in 1941, while Detective Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor) finds the body in the present day. Each detective tries to solve the mystery of why John Doe was killed and by whom as an investigator from the future works to put the pieces together with the help of a time-traveling professor who may know more than he’s letting on.

It’s a trippy murder puzzle that showrunner Paul Tomalin said he was “scared sh*tless” to adapt. “At first I thought no one’s gonna commission this, it’s too wild, it’s just too mental to do it,” he told Yahoo. “There are big differences to the graphic novel, but the characters are the same, the themes are the same, and there’s enough psychedelic madness from the graphic novels. I’m pretty sure we did our best to nail it.”

Who Is Si Spencer?

As the show’s first episode fades to black, a dedication to a man named Si Spencer pops up on screen. Spencer was the author of the graphic novels on which the show is based. He wrote volumes for DC’s Judge Dredd and Hellblazer series while also working on British TV shows like EastEnders and the Doctor Who spinoff, Torchwood. Spencer passed away from heart failure in February 2022, just one year before his Bodies series would be picked up by Netflix.

Will There Be A Season 2 Of Bodies?

According to Tomalin, the show was always billed as a limited series meaning it’s unlikely fans will get another installment of this exact storyline with the same main characters. Tomalin said wrapping up the season-long mystery was his way of honoring fans of Spencer’s work.

“We went to Netflix like, ‘This is one series, this is a one and done, we wanna close this off’, because I think when you have such an amazing concept up front, you [expletive] your audience off if you don’t solve it,” he told Hello! “As the viewer, I hate it when you get this amazing thing. And at the end it’s like, ‘Duh, duh, duh’, and you’re like ‘Right so I’ve got to wait a year and a half’.”

While there are no plans to continue Spencer’s story as of now, the show still teased a futuristic plot point that might open things up for a spin-off of sorts later down the line.

“We really wanted you to feel that you’d seen the red curtain at the end,” he explained. “That being said, when you see the back end, there’s certainly a dot dot dot. But the premise that the show sets comes to an end.”

(Via Yahoo!)

The raunchy and weird animated series Big Mouth might be coming to an end soon (ish), but the Netflix show still has a few surprises on deck. For the jam-packed seventh season, they added a whole slew of new voices into the game, including some high-profile favorites who now get to pretend to be 12. Hopefully being a teenager is more fun this time around.

In addition to the normal players (Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, and Jason Mantzoukas) season seven included Zazie Beetz as new student Danni, Megan Thee Stallion as her own Hormone Monster, Chloe Fineman as Timon, and Mark Duplass as Val, Jay’s brother. Another new character is Lulu, an older mean girl who bullies Jessi for existing. Don’t you miss those days?

Lulu is voiced by Stephanie Beatriz, who also portrays a detective (and sometimes bully) Rosa on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Beatriz is no stranger to voice acting as she starred in 2022’s Encanto as the main protagonist Mirabel. Beatriz has also appeared in Bob’s Burgers and Krapopolis, Dan Harmon’s long-awaited animated series which debuted earlier this year.

Season seven of Big Mouth is now streaming on Netflix, and the eighth and final season will hit debut sometime next year.

(Via The Direct)

When the Lakers lost to the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals a year ago, LeBron James hinted that he was considering retirement. That came as a surprise to many, not because a 38-year-old considering retirement is shocking, but because James has made very clear in recent years that one of his last remaining goals (beyond trying to win more rings) is to play with his son, Bronny.

The question is when, and where, that would be a possibility. Bronny will be eligible for the NBA Draft next June, but is rehabbing after going into cardiac arrest while working out at USC this summer with the goal of joining the Trojans lineup this season. That would mean James needs to make it at least two more years to have that chance (with the added difficulty of getting Bronny to his team in the Draft), but after another offseason to get his body and mind back in tune for another season, LeBron seems to have his sights set on more than just making it to when Bronny comes into the league.

In a new Beats ad featuring James and Manchester City star Erling Haaland, the two listen to messages from very important people in their lives. For Haaland, it’s his father, while James listens to a message from his wife Savannah hyping him up for another season in the NBA. In it, there’s a line that piqued the interest of plenty of NBA fans, as she said: “Tell them you’re not done until you play with your son,” with a cut to Bronny, “and then do that again,” with a cut to Bryce James.

Bryce is a rising junior in high school this season, currently a 3-star on the 247 Composite, but has steadily seen his prospects rise as he’s grown into a 6’4 frame. To have a chance to play with both of his sons, LeBron would need to make it to at least the 2026-27 season when Bryce could be eligible after one year of college, which would make LeBron 41 (going on 42 during the season). That’s a long time to play in the NBA, but if anyone is going to do it and still play at a high enough level to make it work, you’d bet on it being LeBron.

Netflix just started streaming its latest comedy series, Neon, and if you’re curious about what the new series from reggaeton legend Daddy Yankee is all about, we got you covered.

Starring Tyler Dean Flores, Emma Ferreira, and Jordan Mendoza, Neon follows three friends as they try to break into the cutthroat music industry. Think Entourage, but instead of becoming a movie star, these three want to be the next big names in reggaeton.

Here’s what Uproxx‘s Aaron Williams said about the first season of Neon.

“What struck me most throughout my binge — all eight episodes are out this week, October 19 — was how authentic and true to the music and culture of reggaeton Neon strives to be,” Williams wrote. “Much of that can be credited to the original music created for the series by executive music producers Tainy & One Six (Lex Borrero and Ivan Rodriguez), who made efforts to make songs that not only enhanced the story of the show but could also live in the real world as legitimate reggaeton hits.”

Here’s the official synopsis:

From small-town Florida to the bustling beaches and bright lights of Miami, Neon follows three friends as they hustle their way to making it big in the world of reggaeton. The comedy captures not only the three besties’ larger-than-life dreams but also the harsh realities and funny mishaps of surviving the music industry. Together, they hope to make the biggest star in reggaeton — or at least pay their rent.

You can watch the trailer below:

Neon is available for streaming on Netflix.

There’s an affinity out there for Chuck E. Cheese that’s a little … weird? Though, there’s a world where animatronic animals singing while people eat mediocre pizza seems somewhat appealing. (Though my parents lived near a ShowBiz Pizza, which was sort of like Chuck E. Cheese, only if I remember correctly it focused on a cartoon bear instead of a cartoon rat, which if nothing else seemed more sanitary. ShowBiz would later merge with Chuck E. Cheese.) Anyway, this is our setting for Emma Tammi’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, an abandoned Chuck E. Cheese-type place called Freddy’s Fazbear’s Pizza, only the animatronic animals are possessed and kill people.

Set in 2000, Josh Hutcherson plays Mike, a down-on-his-luck guy who is raising his younger sister while still haunted by the kidnapping and presumed murder of his younger brother when they were kids. With no job prospects, his career counselor (Matthew Lillard) offers Mike an overnight security gig at the abandoned Freddy’s Fazbear’s Pizza where past security guards either seem to quit or be murdered. But Mike has no problems and the movie ends with him successfully guarding the former restaurant without any issues whatsoever. That last sentence is a lie, a lot of weird things happen to Mike.

Ahead, we spoke to director Emma Tammi about striking the balance between a movie about the grief over a kidnapped sibling and possessed animatronic singing animals who murder people. Also, despite all the murder, Freddy’s Fazbear’s Pizza still looks kinda fun. I mean, it does have a working Centipede arcade game.

I know there are a lot of bad things happening at Freddy’s. I think would still hang out there.

I think I would, too.

There’s Centipede. There’s Asteroids.

Right? It’s worth it. The arcade alone.

The benefits outweigh the risks. That was my takeaway from this movie.

I love that.

Okay, so this is based on a video game. I don’t really know this game. Did you know this game?

I did once I started hearing about the project from Jason Blum. So I started playing it and doing my homework. But it was super fun. I played a lot of video games as a kid, but actually never, now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t think I had ever played a horror video game before Five Nights. And, man, it’s such a cool premise and I immediately felt like what a brilliant idea for a film adaptation. And then once I became familiar with how big the fan base was, I was so excited about potentially being a part of this.

That’s a good point. I don’t think I played a lot of horror video games either. Castlevania, I guess that counts?

I don’t think it was much of a thing. I mean, for me, I was playing in the 90’s – late 80’s and early 90’s. And, yeah, I was paying Tetris and Bubble Bobble and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

Tetris isn’t very scary.

Yeah, it wasn’t scary.

Hey, but they made a movie about that too, somehow.

Yeah, true. But there is such incredible world-building now with games and the idea of getting scared while you’re playing them is such a no-brainer.

I won’t say what happens, but I do feel like the fans of the first Scream movie are going to like this.

Excellent. I hope so, too. And look, I think some of the fans, like you and I, of Scream are going to really, really get some references. And feel some things specifically with Matthew Lillard’s performance. And for some of the younger audiences less familiar with Scream, I think they’re going to equally just respond to Matthew Lillard’s performance, and this will be the new thing for them. This will be their introduction.

Chris Columbus was originally attached to direct this? Is that right?

Yeah, he was attached for a while.

I can’t even imagine his version. Does that make sense? I can’t imagine what his horror movie would look like.

I mean…

And I like his movies, don’t get me wrong, but…

Totally. I mean, I’m a huge fan of Chris Columbus and, obviously, his work speaks for itself and I don’t even need to say more good things about him. But I think the key to getting this movie on its feet was collaborating with Scott Cawthon on what the story was going to be. And I think different directors prior to me had maybe different takes on what that story should be. And Scott and I, for whatever reasons, were completely aligned on what the vision of this film was going to be. So I loved the story elements that he thought were important to include. And he really liked my take on how we were going to bring it to the screen and make the tone exactly right for the FNAF fan base and really hopefully make an excellent movie. We were just really in partnership on that, and I think that was important.

Were you a Chuck E. Cheese person or were you a ShowBiz Pizza person? I guess Chuck E. Cheese bought ShowBiz? Do I have this right?

Yeah, they’re connected. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a ShowBiz.

That’s what we had. We had ShowBiz.

Oh yeah, I grew up in New York City and my access to Chuck E. Cheese as a kid was Jersey. So yeah, there was something super nostalgic about it. I mean, it in and of itself is a completely unique world, very specific to it, but it evokes an era and the film is a period piece. So it evokes an era that I felt a very personal connection to.

Does it actually say in the movie when it’s set? I have a guess…

It does, but it’s not in your face and it’s easy to miss. Our present-day timeline is 2000.

Yeah, that was exactly my guess. When both DVDs and VHS tapes were both used.

Totally. And I think Abby and Mike, whose home we’re spending some time in, and nothing in their place is new. They’re probably getting everything secondhand. And so some of their technology is not the most up-to-date anyway. And certainly in the pizzeria, nothing is up to date. So we’re pulling from the ’90’s and ’80’s in terms of these heyday eras of the pizzeria.

Why 2000? Because that is an interesting year to set something in. Everyone still loves setting stuff in the ’80s…

We were hovering around the year 2000. Obviously, there was a lot going on with Y2K then, and so we didn’t want to be right on the cusp of that because that felt like such a big moment and that wasn’t the focus of our story in any way. But just over the hurdle of that and doing the math backwards from when generally the pizzeria would’ve opened and when it would’ve closed and when Mike’s brother would’ve been abducted. So, really, just piecing together a rough timeline landed us around the year 2000.

There are some grim themes in this movie, considering it’s about animatronic animals. Did anything seem too grim?

Sooooo grim. And I think what made it all really palatable, if you will, was how it was already incorporated into the lore of FNAF. Through not only the games, but the books and all of these other elements in the franchise. And the fan base has already digested so much of that…

But then there are people like me who aren’t in that fan base who are like, “Wow, this is grim. All right.”

Right. And I think for a lot of it, we were like, this is just part of the fabric of this and we are going to incorporate it in a way that still feels germane to our story and in a PG-13 tone. But we’re not going to shy away from any of it either because it is the DNA of this franchise. So it’s why Blumhouse was the perfect fit to produce this film. The deepest, darkest things are what they’re all about.

The way this movie ends I have a feeling in five years we’re going to be talking about Five Nights at Freddie Part V because this seems so set up for multiple movies.

Thank you for saying that. We sure hope so!

You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter.

Every Monday, Billboard unveils the top 10 songs on the latest Hot 100 chart. The most recent rankings, for the chart dated October 28, are out now, so let’s run down who had this week’s biggest hits.

10. Morgan Wallen — “Thinkin’ Bout Me”

“Thinkin’ Bout Me” had a huge week, climbing all the way from No. 25 and making its way back into the top 10. Actually, a lot of songs are returning to the top 10 this week, after Drake dominated last week’s Hot 100 with songs from his new album For All The Dogs.

9. Morgan Wallen — “Last Night”

Former No. 1 “Last Night” had a similar journey, rebounding from No. 19 to No. 9 this week.

8. Drake — “First Person Shooter” Feat. J. Cole

Drake didn’t depart the top 10 entirely, as he still has two songs in the region, including “First Person Shooter,” which was J. Cole’s first-ever No. 1 song.

7. Luke Combs — “Fast Car”

Combs never quite reached No. 1, but “Fast Car” has had some impressive longevity, hanging around the top 10 after spending eight weeks at its No. 2 peak.

6. Zach Bryan — “I Remember Everything” Feat. Kacey Musgraves

“I Remember Everything” is all over the charts, as it’s currently No. 1 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts (for an eighth week) and the Hot Country Songs chart (for a fourth week).

5. Bad Bunny — “Monaco”

The biggest debut of the week goes to Bad Bunny, whose new Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana single “Monaco” enters the chart at No. 5 after its release and Saturday Night Live performance.

4. Drake — “IDGAF” Feat. Yeat

“IDGAF” debuted at No. 2 last week and the Yeat-featuring Drake hit had only a modest slide down to No. 4 this week.

3. SZA — “Snooze”

Another song that hasn’t quite hit No. 1 yet, “Snooze” is No. 3 on the Hot 100 but No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart for a third week.

2. Doja Cat — “Paint The Town Red”

“Paint The Town Red” has so far spent three non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, but it won’t add onto that tally this week, as it was kept out of the top spot by…

1. Taylor Swift — “Cruel Summer”

Swift recently decided to release the 2019 song “Cruel Summer” as a single here in 2023, and because she’s Taylor Swift, it was worked tremendously. “Cruel Summer” is now Swift’s milestone tenth No. 1 single. That’s puts her in historic company, as the only other artists with double-digit No. 1’s are Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson (10 each), Whitney Houston (11), The Supremes, Madonna (12 each), Michael Jackson, Drake (13 each), Rihanna (14), Mariah Carey (19), and The Beatles (20).

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