Taylor Swift is gearing up to release her next re-recording with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) arriving in just a few days. For those who aren’t already aware of its release dates, it will be out in the world on October 27 — 10 days away as of this writing.
“Surprise!!” Swift wrote in the original announcement. “1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you [soon]! The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27th. To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long!”
Compared to Swift’s other re-recordings, her new version of 1989 is the first to not include any collaborations. Swift added five new vault tracks of previously unheard songs: “Is It Over Now?,” “Now That We Don’t Talk,” “Say Don’t Go,” “Suburban Legends,” and “Slut!.”
As for the next possible re-recorded Swif album to come after 1989 (Taylor’s Version), there are only two left: her self-titled debut and Reputation. However, many fans have suspected from easter eggs that the latter will be the next in the release sequence.
1989 (Taylor’s Version) is out 10/27 via Republic Records. Find more information here.
A few days ago, Liam Gallagher announced that next year he would be honoring the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ debut album, Definitely Maybe, by embarking on a solo tour. Given that his brother, Noel, was obviously missing from the equation, fans on social media had some questions. And Liam answered.
“But are you going to give us the surprise that Noel is going to join the DM tour or not, Liam?” one person asked.
“He’s been asked and he’s refused,” Liam responded on Twitter.
Liam first unveiled the news on Instagram, with a list of dates around the UK and Europe.
“I’m bouncing around the house to announce the Definitely Maybe Tour,” he wrote in the caption. “The most important album of the ‘90s bar none. I wouldn’t be anywhere without it and neither would you, so let’s celebrate together LG x.”
View a complete list of the tour dates for Liam Gallagher’s Definitely Maybe anniversary tour below. Find more information on tickets here.
06/01/2024 — Sheffield, UK @ Utilita Arena
06/03/2024 — Cardiff, Wales @ Utilita Arena
06/06/2024 — London, UK @ The O2
06/07/2024 — London, UK @ The O2
06/10/2024 — London, UK @ The O2
06/15/2024 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
06/16/2024 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
06/19/2024 — Glasgow, Scotland @ OVO Hydro
06/20/2024 — Glasgow, Scotland @ OVO Hydro
06/23/2024 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
06/24/2024 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
06/27/2024 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
As the star of one of the most absurdly popular movie franchises in movie history, Daniel Radcliffe is used to being the subject of out-there internet speculation. (Unless he hates all of it. Maybe he does.) Here’s one: He got buff so he could take over the role of Wolverine from Hugh Jackman. Is it true? Well, judge for yourself.
The Harry Potter alum (who’s not interested in more of that, thank you very much) sat down for a lie detector test for Vanity Fair, during which he was grilled by his current Merrily We Roll Along castmates Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez. In a bit teased out by Entertainment Weekly, at one point Mendez asked him if he was the one who started said rumor. He denied it, which doubled as him denying he wanted to play the X-Men’s angriest mutant.
“So you just buff for no reason?” Mendez shot back.
“Yes,” Radcliffe replied, laughing. “I got buff because I am obsessive, and I want to… You’ve seen my parents, they’re like insane fitness people. So that’s just been passed on.” He added, “But no Wolverine. Flattered. But no.”
At no point does the test expert chime in to say Radcliffe is lying.
Where did this rumor come from? It began when he showed off some muscles during an underwear scene from Season 4 of his Steve Buscemi show Miracle Workers.
Elsewhere in the interrogation, Radcliffe is asked about the weirdest stories he’s encountered about himself. He has quite the list:
“That I had the [UK Special Air Service] walk my dogs. That I had special beer brewed for myself by monks in a monastery in Belgium. That I used to get my assistant to hold my scripts in the mirror so I could read it while I was having makeup done — even though that doesn’t make f*cking sense because I wouldn’t be able to read mirror writing. There’s a long list.”
You can watch Radcliffe trying not to get caught lying in the video below. The revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along is currently running on Broadway.
Post Malone appeared for a new interview on The Howard Stern Show, during which he reflected on his experience meeting Taylor Swift years ago. The two were backstage at a show, and the pop star revealed she loved his music.
“We were just passing by and she was like, ‘Oh my God! Nice to see you,’” Malone shared. “‘Better Now is f*cking amazing!’”
There was also a video of the supposed moment at the time. “I’m so jealous of that song, that hook,” Swift can be heard saying.
The rapper then shared the rest of what he said to Swift: “I was like, ‘What? That’s f*cking crazy, you’re a great f*cking songwriter! Thank you so very much.’”
Malone also noted that the moment meant a ton to him. “There’s so many beautiful artists in the world and for another artist to acknowledge that is a really, really b*tching thing,” he said. “It’s a really special thing. That was a really cool moment and it was very inspiring.”
Since then, Malone and Swift have hung out again, as he described the pop star as “genuinely one of the most kind and considerate [people]” and “a f*cking hell of a songwriter,” according to Rolling Stone.
There’s a new film by legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki out in December. It’s called The Boy and the Heron, and it’s his once mysterious un-retirement movie. A decade ago he made what was supposed to be his swan song, The Wind Rises, but he eventually realized he was bored not making movies, so here we are. His films tend to be released in America with both its original audio and in star-studded English dubs. But the latter for his latest may be even more star-studded than usual. (Though you should of course seek out the Japanese-language version, but more on that in a bit.)
Per Variety, GKids, who have been distributing films by Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli in America for years, has tapped some big names. Robert Pattinson plays a mysterious grey heron who lures our 12-year-old hero (voice of You’s Luca Padovan), reeling from the death of his mother in the midst of the Second World War, into a fantastical and trippy alternate world. Christian Bale will play his kindly father, Florence Pugh one of the women he meets there, Mark Hamill his grand-uncle, who disappeared ages ago, and Gemma Chan as his aunt.
Oh, but there’s more. Dave Bautista will voice the “Parakeet King,” who leads a gang of deadly, knife-wielding (yet still cute) parakeets. And Willem Dafoe is typecast as “Noble Pelican.”
That’s a great voice cast and star power will surely lure lots of American moviegoers, and their kids, to see the latest classically hand-drawn, cel-animated Miyazaki wonder. That said, here’s why you should seek out the Japanese-language version: Miyazaki personally and laboriously oversees which Japanese actor voices which characters. He’s adamant about finding the best person to voice his very specific characters. The voice talent is as important to a Miyazaki film as all the mind-melting stuff he conjures onscreen. And that’s on top of seeing a Japanese movie about Japanese characters featuring Japanese vocal talents.
But hey, if you have to see The Boy and the Heron in a subtitle-less dub, you sure could do worse than doing so with Robert Pattinson and Christian Bale and Florence Pugh and freakin’ Willem Dafoe.
The Boy and the Heron will hit American theaters on December 8. You can watch the teaser trailer — with the original Japanese voice actors — in the video above.
Love Actually turns 20 this year, which means it’s spent two decades as a Yuletide staple, offering alternately sappy and self-deprecating British vibes. It’s also, like all films from the time, from a very different era. There’s even a reference to 9/11 in the first minute. And there’s one thing its writer-director wishes he could surgically remove: dumb weight jokes.
As per Today, Richard Curtis, who directed the film after a run writing witty Hugh Grant rom-coms like Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones’s Diary made an appearance at the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. He was interviewed by his daughter Scarlett, who asked him about those films. Curtis also recalled how five years ago she told him he could never use the word “fat” again.
She could have been referring to Bridget Jones’s Diary, in which its heroine’s weight is a relentless figure of fun. The same goes for Love Actually, in which Martine McCutcheon’s Natalie, a junior member of Hugh Grant’s Prime Minister’s cabinet, is ribbed for her “massive” “tree trunk thighs,” called “plumpy” by her dad, and told that she “weighs a lot” after she jumps into Grant’s arms. Those jokes don’t play now like they did in 2003.
“And wow, you were right,” Richard Curtis told his daughter in front of the crowd. “I think I was behind, you know, behind the curve, and those jokes aren’t any longer funny, so I don’t feel I was malicious at the time, but I think I was unobservant and not as, you know, as clever as I should have been.”
He also reflected on how, well, white the films are, with characters of color usually relegated to the sidelines or small supporting roles, if they’re present at all.
“I came from a very un-diverse school and a bunch of university friends,” Curtis admitted. “[With] Notting Hill, I think that I hung on to the diversity issue, to the feeling that I wouldn’t know how to write those parts. And I think I was just sort of stupid and wrong about that.”
Love Actually’s random weight jokes aren’t the only aspect that’s come under fire. On a far lighter note, Hugh Grant has admitted that he didn’t like shooting that dance scene one bit.
As for Curtis, he hasn’t made one of those Hugh Grant comedies in a while. In fact, his last screen credit was for the Beatles what-if? movie Yesterday, which is a whole other controversy unto itself.
Last season the Utah Jazz underwent a minimalistic design overhaul with their uniforms that included a Statement edition jersey made by Jordan brand. As part of the overall Nike deal, teams in the league with a Jordan brand jersey will also sell Jordan specific team merchandise that includes the iconic Jumpman logo.
However, for Utah Jazz fans, who lost two heartbreaking Finals series to Michael Jordan in the 90s, that partnership comes with some painful memories attached. Recently, a Jazz fan discovered a Jordan brand t-shirt at the Jazz team store that featured a giant Jumpman logo over the Utah Jazz, making it appear like Jordan was dunking on the Jazz once again. The shirt caused so much commotion among the fanbase that the Jazz removed the shirt from the team store, per Andy Larsen of the Salt Lake Tribune.
This is the proper fan reaction to a man that stood between the Jazz and their two best shots at an NBA championship. It’s been 25 years since those Finals series, but they have some of the most iconic shots and games in NBA history. Jazz fans can’t go very long watching NBA programming without seeing a highlight of Jordan ending their title hopes. For the fans that watched those series, that grudge may never end and they aren’t trying to see merch with Jordan’s logo jumping over their favorite team team. Jazz fans still take it personal, and no one would understand that better than Jordan himself.
SNL may be back, but they’re in a tiny bit of a pickle. The WGA strike is over and done, but their twin picketers over at the SAG-AFTRA are still out in the streets, fighting for their piece of the pie. As such, the show can’t do what it normally does: enlist big stars to promote some big movie or show. So far SNL brass has thought outside the box. Season 49 kicked off with returning alum Pete Davidson. This weekend Bad Bunny is pulling double duty as both host and musical guest, which sounds exhausting.
As for the third and final episode of the month, they’re again plucking from the world of standup. Grammy nominee Nate Bargatze, whose latest tour, “Be Funny,” and Amazon special, Hello World, have been both breaking records, will take over hosting duties. Uproxx has been on his beat since all the way back in 2015, when he was just a baby and during which he confessed that one of his favorite movies is, appropriately, a Scorsese (The Departed).
Bargatze will be joined by The Foo Fighters, who were supposed to appear last season during an episode hosted by Jennifer Coolidge. But that never happened, for the same reason the one Pete Davidson was supposed to host around the same time never happened.
The Bargatze/Foo Fighters episode will also be SNL‘s cusp-of-Halloween episode. Perhaps Tom Hanks will swing by once more to do David S. Pumpkins, although perhaps he should just do his controversial take on Colonel Tom Parker from Elvis.
When the freezing winds of autumn start swirling around you, you’ll need some way to warm yourself inside and out. And while a nice flannel shirt or winter hat does the trick, a warming spirit is even better. Sure, whiskey seems to be the most popular choice on a chilly fall day but you definitely shouldn’t overlook tequila. Especially long-aged, nuanced añejo tequila.
Tsuru Goto, food and beverage manager at Society Cafe in New York City has noticed an uptick in guests ordering añejo tequila this season. “Tequila is obviously experiencing some real growth right now, with a lot of guests starting to turn toward aged tequilas in fall.” Añejo tequila is matured between one and three years in charred oak. This longer aging time makes for a more complex, flavorful tequila with notes of vanilla beans, roasted agave, oak, and baking spices (among other flavors). Because of these flavors, añejos are a great choice to sip neat to warm you on a cool fall night.
To find the best expressions of the season, we asked a handful of well-known bartenders to tell us the best warming añejo tequilas to drink this fall. Keep scrolling to see all of their agave-based choices.
Tequila Ocho Single Barrel
Tequila Ocho
Joe Vandal, owner of Coa Cantina in Breckenridge, Colorado
The Tequila Ocho Single Barrel Añejo is one of my favorites. Sitting over 100-proof, it packs a punch in a good way. Some people are going to bark at me for this, but this juice makes an incredible Cadillac-style margarita as well. It shines bright in the cocktail.
Tasting Notes:
I still get cooked agave, vanilla, oak, and some warming pepper. It’s a very flavorful tequila that’s well-suited for sipping or mixing.
Fortaleza Añejo
Fortaleza
Alex Barbatsis, bar director at The Whistler in Chicago
If you can find a bottle, Fortaleza Añejo Tequila is a wonderful añejo tequila for fall drinking. It’s aged 18 months in American Oak barrels and is sure to warm you up. Try to track a bottle down soon.
Tasting Notes:
When you sip it, you’ll get big caramel and butterscotch notes along with a thick, cooked agave mouthfeel. A spicy finish adds to the warming feeling.
Casa Noble Añejo
Casa Noble
Tsuru Goto, food and beverage manager at Society Cafe in New York City
While there are some more commonly known brands out there, for our splurge sipper we’ve been going with Casa Noble. The quality of the wood they select for the aging process comes through in the balance of flavors.
Tasting Notes:
It’s an off-dry añejo with these nice flavors of orange marmalade, caramelized agave, dried red fruit, dark chocolate, and a hint of black pepper.
My pick is Calirosa Añejo. Aged for a minimum of eighteen months in barrels that formerly held red wine, it’s a warming, complex tequila well-suited for cold fall weather.
Tasting Notes:
Calirosa Añejo tequila has notes of toffee, cinnamon, and dried fruit. These amazing qualities would make this gem a fantastic companion to your book-by-the-fire experience, especially on a rainy fall evening with its soothing bouquet of warming spices of cinnamon and nutmeg.
Siete Leguas Añejo
Siete Leguas
Benjamin Brinton, general manager of Merriman’s in Waimea, Hawaii
I love Siete Leguas Añejo. Their entire line, across the board, is fantastic. Always agave forward with no additives (using additives is a total deal breaker for any serious tequila lover).
Tasting Notes:
It has a very clean flavor with balanced notes of vanilla and caramel, a little cinnamon and baking spice find their way in as well. The oak is very well-integrated and never overpowering for me.
Dulce Vida Extra Añejo
Dulce Vida
Wyn Vida, beverage director at Toshokan in Austin, Texas
When it comes to tequila, I will always be ready for an extra añejo. This fall, you’ll find me sipping Dulce Vida Extra Añejo, which I love because it is 100-proof and completely organic. I prefer it neat or on a large format ice cube so that you can note the flavors and characteristics that are unique to it.
Tasting Notes:
The flavor profile has strong vanilla and tobacco notes that are perfect for a cozy night, with warm cinnamon and butter topping it off. Gentle spices throughout are sure to keep you warm if a roaring fire doesn’t do the trick.
My new obsession is Tequila Komos Añejo Reserva. It is soft and smooth but doesn’t taste like a vanilla cupcake like a lot of popular tequilas do these days.
Tasting Notes:
It starts with black pepper and quickly goes to baking spices. All are warming and perfect for fall. For an añejo, it doesn’t hide the true agave flavor that many do.
Patron Sherry Cask Aged Añejo is my favorite because you can still taste the agave in the tequila, but you have the sweetness coming from the sherry cask which picks up many of those fall flavors that are recognizable.
Tasting Notes:
What flavors make it great? Pecans, vanilla, and clove all bring you into the fall season. The latter wraps you up like a blanket and adds an extra warming feel.
The Corralejo Añejo. It’s the slow-sipping tequila you’ve been waiting for in the fall. Freshly squeezed tangerine and lemon can lift these characters to their peak.
Tasting Notes:
This Tequila is very smooth in the mouth and has a combination of light butterscotch, vanilla, and fine wood spices making it slightly sweet. That being said, it has enough spice to warm you while you sip it slowly on a chilly night.
Teremana Añejo
Teremana
Resa Mueller, bartender at R&D Philly in Philadelphia
With the weather slowly getting colder and the gravitation towards comforting baking spice flavor notes across food and beverage, I look for an añejo tequila that still has some lightness to it with just enough from the barrel to make it feel cozy and inviting. Teremana Añejo hits the mark here.
Tasting Notes:
The vanilla, caramel, and toasted wood layer in on top of cooked agave to keep it light enough for one of those warmer days but still has enough body and flavor to stand out and warm you on a colder night. This tequila punches well above its weight, coming in at a relatively affordable price point so you don’t have to feel too guilty about having an extra pour to get you through the effects of the Daylight Savings Time change.
ArteNOM Seleccion de 1146 Añejo
ArteNOM
Vincent Bolognini, head bartender at Due West in New York City
With the weather cooling and the nights getting longer, I lean towards the ArteNOM Seleccion de 1146 Añejo. First matured for fourteen months in former Cabernet Franc wine barrels, it then spends another fourteen months in American white oak that originally held either Tennessee rye whiskey or Canadian whiskey depending on the batch.
Tasting Notes:
The nose has a beautiful aroma of baking spices and the first sip has a subtle sweetness with underlying tones of dark chocolate and orange zest; the finish is long, enticing, and very warming.
Olmeca Altos Añejo
Olmeca Altos
Dana Lachenmayer, head bartender at The Wesley in New York City
The recipient of many awards and for good reason, Olmeca Altos is my favorite añejo tequila to sip on this fall. Aging in smaller 200-liter bourbon barrels ensures a more complex flavor profile and a nice smooth landing.
Tasting Notes:
Notes of dried fruit, almond, caramel, and vanilla are balanced with subtle notes of black pepper, herbs, and a toasty quality. This is my go-to tequila to sip neat to warm me on an unseasonably cool evening.
For decades, the Indiana Pacers were the NBA’s model franchise in terms of projecting a steady and constant level of competence. In 1989, the team drafted George McLeod with the seventh overall pick. That was the last time, prior to the team’s selection of Bennedict Mathurin in 2022, that Indiana’s first-round draft slot was in the single digits. They’d win a lot of regular season games, make the playoffs a lot, and occasionally go on some sort of run.
All of this is to say that it’s a little odd that the Pacers haven’t made the postseason since 2020. If you’re going back to when they took McLeod, this is the second-longest playoff drought the team has experienced — they missed out four years in a row, from 2006-09. But the good news for the Pacers is that they have legitimate, and reasonable, playoff aspirations this year. Whether or not they reach those lofty goals in the ultra-competitive Eastern Confernece, though, remains to be seen.
Biggest Question: Can They Get Enough Stops?
The Pacers are going to be fun. Any team with Tyrese Haliburton is going to be a joy to watch on offense, as he’s high on the list of the most instinctive and creative playmakers in the world. He missed 26 games last season and had the fourth-most assists in all of basketball. He led the NBA, by some margin, in potential assists per game in 2022-23. Only Nikola Jokic made more passes per game than him. And on top of all that, Haliburton averaged a team and career-best 20.7 points per game. If you give the keys to him and let him go, Haliburton is going to give you a potent offense.
Add in that he is surrounded by plenty of talent on that end of the floor and the Pacers are going to be a nightmare to guard. Myles Turner had his best season as a pro alongside him, and while Buddy Hield requested a trade, Haliburton knows how to get him good looks from deep. Bennedict Mathurin has plenty of room to grow, but his eagerness to attack is, quite frankly, a little jarring. Obi Toppin and Bruce Brown are a pair of interesting offseason acquisitions who fit well — Toppin’s energy and relentlessness are a great fit, as is Brown’s basketball IQ and willingness to be a connecting piece.
The questions are going to come on the defensive end of the floor. Turner’s a good rim protector and Brown’s malleability are both major assets, Haliburton is great at reading passing lanes, and you can see Mathurin’s length and athleticism leading to him being a good defender as he becomes a more seasoned pro. Guys like Aaron Nesmith and Jordan Nwora are younger, athletic wings, while heady veterans like Daniel Theis and the extremely annoying (this is a compliment) T.J. McConnell are here.
They’re not going to be a good defensive team in all likelihood, but with how good Indiana’s offense is going to be, just getting to a point where they’re ok is enough.
X-Factor: Obi Toppin
Toppin was such a weird player in New York because he always seemed to provide a major spark, and despite that, Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau just never fully trusted him. He’s not exactly the most defensively stout player in the league — see the Biggest Question section! — but Toppin is an impactful offensive player whose athleticism and willingness to hustle should make him a wonderful fit on this Indiana team.
Carlisle threw a ton of bodies at the 4 spot last year. Nesmith generally started alongside Turner in the frontcourt, Oshae Brissett was a frequent option in that spot off the bench, and Carlisle just pieced things together from there. Toppin, one would assume, is here to take the starting gig and inject a little more size into that group, while Nesmith can come off the bench as a 3-and-D wing option or small-ball 4. Plus having someone with NBA experience in that role who simultaneously fits on the team’s timeline lets them be patient with rookie forward Jarace Walker, the No. 8 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.
Ultimately, the big question with Toppin is whether he’s able to scale up the good stuff he did in New York (hustle, athleticism, shooting) in a role where he’s asked to play significant minutes. If he can, it stands to reason that Indiana is going to give him a nice payday next summer, and the team’s already exciting offense will be able to climb yet another level.
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