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In a move nobody could have seen coming, Samuel L. Jackson stars in a delightfully random new commercial for the British bakery Warburton’s, and it’s quite possibly one of the greatest ads to ever exist.

In the clever commercial for Warburton’s Toastie loaf, Jackson assumes the rule of the bakery’s chairman Jonathan Warburton as the Pulp Fiction star proceeds to go off on a nasty tweet about the company’s bread. “What gives?!” a fiery Jackson responds. “What gives tweety pie is me – Jonathan Warburton. I GIVE! And hell hath no fury like a baker scorned, Steve.”

Jackson then launches into a highly entertaining romp through the company’s bread-making process that also includes paying a visit to Steve’s mom. You can watch the full Warburton’s commercial below:

When you randomly cut Samuel L. Jackson loose in a bread commercial, people are gonna notice. The Warburton’s ad is already blowing up social media where people can’t believe what they just saw. The spot is particularly melting the minds of UK residents who are familiar with Warburton’s Toastie loaf, which is probably the last product they’d associate with Jackson.

However, international audiences are absolutely loving the ad because, again, it’s Samuel L. Jackson being Samuel L. Jackson in a bread commercial. That’s not something you see every day, and kudos to the ad team who pulled it off. This isn’t their first rodeo.

You can see some of the reactions below:

(Via Warburtons on Twitter)

Author Michael Wolff has a new book coming out called The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty. It’s about, well, the end of Fox News and the Murdoch dynasty, including how much Rupert Murdoch hates Donald Trump. The real-life Logan Roy often wishes the former president was dead.

“Of all Trump’s implacable enemies, Murdoch had become a frothing-at-the-mouth one. His relatively calm demeanor from the early Trump presidency where, with a sigh, he could dismiss him merely as a ‘fucking idiot’ had now become a churning stew of rage and recrimination,” Wolff writes in an excerpt published in New York magazine, adding, “Trump’s death became a Murdoch theme: ‘We would all be better off…?’ ‘This would all be solved if…’ ‘How could he still be alive, how could he?’ ‘Have you seen him? Have you seen what he looks like? What he eats?’” We have, and honestly, it sounds good.

Fearing a repeat of 2016, Murdoch decided that the only man who could defeat Trump was Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who he called a “professional.” Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ then-biggest star, wasn’t as convinced. However, in spring 2023, “the DeSantises [were invited] to lunch at the Carlsons’ home in Boca Grande, an exclusive community on Florida’s Gasparilla Island. And certainly, for DeSantis, this was a significant moment — an opportunity to reach out, to break bread, to make nice, to suck up to a plausible kingmaker.” All Meatball Ron and his wife Casey had to do was win over Tucker’s wife, Susie. Let’s see how it went!

They failed it miserably. They had a total inability to read the room — one with a genteel, stay-at-home woman, here in her own house. For two hours, Ron DeSantis sat at her table talking in an outdoor voice indoors, failing to observe any basics of conversational ritual or propriety, reeling off an unself-conscious list of his programs and initiatives and political accomplishments. Impersonal, cold, uninterested in anything outside of himself. The Carlsons are dog people with four spaniels, the progeny of other spaniels they have had before, who sleep in their bed. DeSantis pushed the dog under the table. Had he kicked the dog? Susie Carlson’s judgment was clear: She did not ever want to be anywhere near anybody like that ever again. Her husband agreed. DeSantis, in Carlson’s view, was a “fascist.” Forget Ron DeSantis.

There’s a scene in the cult comedy Clifford where a fed-up Charles Grodin demands that Martin Short, playing a 10-year-old rascal, look at him “like a human boy.” This would be impossible for Ron DeSantis, who can’t do anything, not eat pizza or laugh or pet a dog, like a normal human.

(Via New York)

Lana Del Rey did an interview with The Hollywood Reporter for their new cover story, and she had a lot to say. For those who don’t know, over the past few months, Del Rey made waves online after she was spotted apparently working a shift at a Waffle House in Alabama.

In the conversation, she opened up about the backstory of her wearing the uniform and all. Del Rey had been at the chain restaurant for a few hours when the workers offered her a shirt.

“This guy, a regular, comes in every day and orders two things, so they were like, ‘Just go get it for him!’” Del Rey explained. “I brought him a Coke. No ice. And an empty cup.”

“I didn’t see anyone take a video of me,” she added.

But someone did, and Del Rey at the Waffle House has continued to be an internet joke (in a good way).

“I wish my album had gone as viral,” Del Rey laughed. “I woke up to, like, 10,000 texts the next morning — some from folks I had not heard from for 10 years. ‘Saw your picture at the Waffle House!’ I was like, ‘Did you hear the new album?’”

Check out the original video of Lana Del Rey at the Waffle House below.

Rootin’ Tootin’ Lauren Boebert seemed pretty irked that people were making a big deal about her Beetlejuice vaping and groping incident. She had insisted that she was acting as a “private citizen” that night while ignoring the fact that she willingly ran for public office, which means that certain behavior is bound to attract attention. Boebert may or may not be able to overcome this unsavory incident before her 2024 reelection date. Yet one thing is becoming clear: her date cannot be having a great time with the fallout.

MAGA Boebert’s companion at the time, a Democrat Bar Guy revealed by the Daily Mail to be Quinn Gallagher, is a co-owner of Aspen’s Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar. The establishment regularly participates in Aspen Gay Week festivities and even hosted a drag show. And as one can imagine, the clientele cannot be thrilled to see him date someone who has tweeted: “Take your children to CHURCH, not drag bars.” The PR fallout is now growing intense.

Boebert recently laughed off Quinn’s Democrat label and revealed (to TMZ) that she would be checking political affiliations from here on out. She and Quinn are no longer dating, but now, he’s stuck with a big mess. As TMZ now relays, Hooch is being review bombed by people who surely haven’t even frequented the establishment. TMZ reports that it got so bad that the bar’s Yelp reviews were disabled after this mess went down:

One Yelper said Quinn is “disruptive & disrespectful in public places,” an obvious reference to last week’s caught-on-camera moment while he and Boebert were enjoying “Beetlejuice” the musical … and each other.

Another wrote, “This place sucks unless you admire an owner that dates Boobert [sic] and causes a ruckus at a theater play” — while someone else added, “The owner is doinking 36 year old Grandma Boebert, who supported an insurrection against America!”

The chatter on Yelp has gotten so bad, the platform had to temporarily disable reviews — something the site often does when it sees a rapid uptick in folks review-bombing a business.

The same fate has been met by Hooch’s Facebook page, and their Instagram page has been scrubbed of comments, which began immediately after Quinn was identified as Boebert’s Beetlejuice date, who also tends bar.

The drinks do look tasty. The situation is not fantastic though, and you gotta feel for Quinn’s colleagues if Hooch’s business is being affected by his unfortunate decision to grope Boebert in a theater. Hopefully, this will all blow over by Aspen’s next Gay Week in January 2024.

(Via TMZ)

For the past couple of months now, there’s been something going on between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce. Exactly what that is, though, hasn’t been clear. However, Travis’ brother, fellow NFL player Jason Kelce, has provided some clarity, confirming that Swift and Travis have in fact been seeing each other.

In an interview on SportsRadio 94WIP, Jason was asked about the Swift rumors and he prefaced his answer by saying, “It’s hard to answer because I don’t really know a lot about what’s happening with Travis’ love life, and I try to keep a, you know… his business kind of his business, and stay out of that world.”

He then continued, “But having said that, man, I think he’s doing great and I think it’s all 100-percent true.”

This whole thing started back in July, when Travis told the story of trying to give Swift his phone number via friendship bracelet: ““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.”

Lionsgate just dropped a brand trailer for the highly anticipated The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.

Set 64 years before Katniss Everdeen would volunteer as a tribute and rock Panem, the prequel story based on the bestselling book of the same name follows the rise of Coriolanus Snow as he has his first encounter with District 12. This time in the form of Rachel Zegler‘s Lucy Gray Baird, and like Katniss, she proves to be much more than her humble surroundings.

Also look for Viola Davis, Jonathan Schwartzman, and Peter Dinklage to add their actorly gravitas to the dystopian battle royale.

Here’s the official synopsis:

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes premieres November 17, 2023.

Ed Sheeran is dropping his new album, Autumn Variations, later this month. While he’s already been promoting it in some unique ways, including working at a Starbucks, it seems he had more tricks up his sleeve.

In a new Instagram post, Sheeran revealed that he’s recorded a live version of the album — with surprise performances in different fans’ living rooms. The video finds Sheeran at one fan’s house, where she had a piano. Because of this, he treated her to a special take of an older song, too.

“We got to @kariconaway’s house at the end of the day, and I instantly knew it was gonna be a fun one,” Sheeran captioned. “They had cats, friendship bracelets and some fruit drinks to start, but once I’d played the Autumn song I said take me on a tour, and when I went into her room I saw a piano.”

“She asked if I could play and I said ‘not really but I kinda play on wake me up’, so here I am playing ‘Wake Me Up,’ for all the Plus fans out there,” he added.

The fan posted one of Sheeran’s TikToks to her Instagram page, too. In the video, he can be seen entering with a guitar, pouring drinks, checking out her CD collection, and more.

Check out the video of Sheeran performing in a fan’s house below.

Autumn Variations is out 9/29 via Gingerbread Man/Atlantic Records. Find more information here.

Ed Sheeran is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Swifties have been hard at work for the past 24 hours. Yesterday (September 19), Taylor Swift sent fans on a special scavenger hunt. Over the course of the past day, a vault would appear onscreen any time a fan searched “Taylor Swift” on Google. Scrambled letters would emerge from the vault, with fans encouraged to spell out words with the digital tiles. Swift promised fans she would reveal the titles of the vault tracks for 1989 (Taylor’s Version).

As a reward for the Swifties’ hard work, Swift made good on her promise. She took to social media to reveal the four vault tracks. These songs include: “Is It Over Now?,” “Now That We Don’t Talk,” “Say Don’t Go,” and “Suburban Legends.”

At the time of writing, it’s not clear if this is the actual order of the vault tracks on the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) tracklist, nor if these are all solo songs. Some fans have theorized that 1989 (Taylor’s Version) may contain a collaboration with Nicki Minaj. Additionally, Swift’s team has previously confirmed that neither The 1975 nor the band’s lead vocalist Matty Healy will appear on the album.

You can see a clip of the vault track unveiling below.

1989 (Taylor’s Version) is out 10/27 via Republic Records. Find more information here.

Rupert Murdoch’s wish almost came true. This morning, Donald Trump Jr. wrote on X, “I’m sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away. I will be running for president in 2024.” His account had been hacked; if the elder Trump had actually died, his sons, whether Don Jr. or Eric, would have waited at least 24 hours until they announced their candidacy.

The hacker or hackers who briefly took over Trump Jr.’s account also wrote, “Some interesting messages with Jeffrey Epstein…” and “Richard Heart is innocent, when I become president I am going to burn the SEC,” referring to the “crypto influencer” who is in big trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More tweets (or whatever) read: “I also fucked your girl btw @LoganPaul” and “Fuck @JoeBiden Stupid Ass N*gga.”

A series of obviously hacked messages quickly followed, including an inflammatory one saying that “North Korea is about to get smoked,” and another pretending to show Don Jr saying he had “some interesting messages with Jeffrey Epstein,” more than four years after the pedophile died in his Manhattan lockup. Proving he was still alive, the former president sent an unrelated message on his own X rival, Truth Social at 8:46 a.m. — more than 30 minutes after the fake death announcement.

Honestly, some of the fake tweets aren’t that different than Trump Jr’s. normal nonsense. That’s good satire.

According to a bombshell new report, Donald Trump allegedly used the back of classified documents to scribble down random to-do lists, which he handed to his top aide Molly Michael on more than one occasion. Michael conveyed this information to special counsel Jack Smith, and now, legal experts are convinced that Michael will prove to be a “killer witness” for the government’s case against Trump.

According to former federal prosecutor Harry Litman, Michael revealed some damaging information about Trump that won’t lead to new charges, but will shore up the ones presented by the special counsel.

“This playing around with notecards shows he’s cavalier, shows he’s very Trumpian,” Litman told MSNBC via Raw Story. “But what you read, Chris, is the real punch line. Knowing that the FBI wants to interview her, [Trump] said ‘you don’t know anything about the boxes.’ And by the way, we know that is clearly a lie. It sounds like it anyway because she takes a picture and gives it to him. So, he knows, and the picture is in the indictment.”

Litman argued that Michael will look especially good as a witness because she resigned immediately after learning of Trump’s actions.

“She’s going to be a killer witness here,” Litman said. “No deal, no ax to grind. In fact, was loyal to Trump. Goes to Mar-a-Lago with him after, and then finally leaves when she knows he’s basically breaking the law and obstructing justice. She gives absolute killer evidence about his trying to keep more than the boxes he had given up already to the FBI, and that’s why the search ensued. Very, very powerful witness, she’s going to be.”

(Via Raw Story)