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There are many traditional staples of fatherhood—love, support, protection, security, providing an example—but there is, of course, that other not-so-warm-and-fuzzy feeling that dads can provoke in their kids at any given moment … sheer, utter embarrassment.

Usually in a father’s humiliation tool belt is the infamous dad joke. These corny puns have been around since 2003, and let’s face it, they’ll never leave. Of course, no dad needs one to make your eyes roll. They can do that most of the time simply by being themselves.

For his well-known #Hashtags segment, Jimmy Fallon asked his “Tonight Show” audience to share “funny, weird, or embarrassing” stories about their dads. Fallon, a father himself, is no stranger to the cringeworthy power of a dad joke. In a 2020 interview with TODAY, Fallon admitted, “I’m starting to get the eye rolls now where Daddy’s not the funniest person in the world.”

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Don’t worry Fallon! Clearly you’re not alone, because people replied with some truly hilarious comments. Dads might be silly, but we’ll gladly put up with it for the love they give us.

Enjoy 20 of the very best #DadStories. As usual, Fallon went first:

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“Instead of buying a smoker my dad just grills in the garage with the door closed.” – @jimmyfallon

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“At my aunt’s wedding reception, my dad ran out from the bathroom when he heard You Should Be Dancing by the Bee Gees play, and proceeded to do John Travolta’s routine from Saturday Night Fever.” – @MJ_Rose88

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“My Dad will call me sometimes when he wants me to bring him food. He refers to me as ‘GrubDash.'” – @FalPalAMF828

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“My dad likes to play a very morbid game called ‘guess who died’, which consists of him gossiping about someone I probably haven’t seen in 20+ years and can’t remember at all, who died recently. Bonus points for guessing the cause of death.” – @jon_jonz

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“My dad used to drink his morning coffee with his dentures in his hand while reading the newspaper. When we asked him why, he said his teeth also wanted to read the newspaper.” – @FallonHolic_

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“When my dad took my sister to her first Jr. HS dance, she asked to be dropped off a block before the school. My dad proceeded to take her all the way up to the main entrance, got out of the car and loudly announced her arrival!” – @77BroncosFan

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“Asked my dad if he knew who Taylor Swift was…he said, I don’t care who he is!” – @JessyKrupa

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“My dad whistles really loud. He sticks his head out the window and whistles back to birds. But when the lady next door heard him, she called 911. The cops told her, ‘Lady, he didn’t whistle at you. He only flirts with birds.'” – @tostianascripts

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“When my dad would leave a message on my answering machine, he would end the message saying, ‘This is dad signing off.'” – @RealRobFindor

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“We were on vacation and the gift shops selling fudge called plain fudge ‘chocolate no nuts.’ A guy walked up to my dad with some samples and offered him some saying ‘chocolate no nuts?’ And my dad said ‘what did you just call me?'” – @lauraceciliaOT

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“My Dad laid a new floor in my brother’s house. It was all finished so we couldn’t understand why he was taking up the boards again. Turns out he had seen a spider run underneath and was worried it would be trapped.” – @Sohnzie

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“Whenever my dad would try to talk us into trying something new to eat he’d state, ‘It’s so good it’ll put hair on your chest.’ He had 3 daughters.” – @Bookelew

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“My mom once bought a 6 ft Santa statue at a yard sale without telling dad. When he got home and parked, we heard banging, crashing and swearing. We went to look and the Santa was laying face down on the curb. Dad thought someone was trying to jump him.” – @dknessfalls

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“My dad couldn’t decide if he wanted to be called ‘grandpa’ or ‘papa’ so he just told all of us to call him ‘Coach.’ He’s not a coach.” – @iPopEditor

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“My father went to the McDonalds drive thru and asked for a whopper. When they said ‘they didn’t have whoppers’, He just drove off without placing an order.” – @Marisa_Rosie22

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“One day we went out to eat at Pizza Hut and sat in front of an empty table with some pizza left on it. My dad, being the penny pincher he is, grabbed some and started eating it. A few minutes later the couple comes back from the bathroom asking ‘where’s our pizza?'” – @Alex_Erickson3

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“My dad let a bee land on his hand and watched it closely as it stung him because he ‘wanted to see the process up close.'” – @TrippyPsycholo1

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“My dad once tried to tell a lady she had a Big Bug on her, but accidentally told her she had a Really Big Butt. She was not amused.” – @Sallyjo25

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“My dad thinks it’s funny to introduce my mom as his ‘first wife’….my parents have been married for 58 years and are in their late 80’s.” – @annMcD87

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“My dad entered Canada by swimming across the Niagara from the US under the cover of night.” – @albertduic

This story originally appeared on 06.17.22

Donald Trump may have wanted a fourth indictment to lock down the GOP nomination, but now that he has one, he may have wisher’s remorse. After all, if Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis gets her wish, the trial into whether he and 18 other defendants committed election interference could start at the most inopportune time possible for the big guy’s third campaign.

As per The Daily Beast, Willis — who has already had to endure the reckless nonsense of the case’s primary target — is reportedly seeking a relatively early date for her trial. The district attorney is said to be eyeing March 4 of next year. Perhaps that date doesn’t sound so special. But to Trump it sure is: March 5 is the day before Super Tuesday, aka the day when the greatest number of states all hold their primary elections.

Will Trump find himself dealing with the start of a momentous trial when he should be doing some Hail Mary boostering for his campaign? Probably not. Ty Cobb, a former White House lawyer who happens to share a name with a feisty historical baseballer, told CNN this week that there’s “no chance” a trial with this many moving parts gets underway for a good long while.

“Everybody will have motions galore,” Cobb explained. “This case will take a long time for people to prepare. There will be motions for severance, motions to dismiss, and if it takes her two years, I mean heaven forbid that Trump wins the presidency, then there will be a fight to the Supreme Court over whether she can proceed against the sitting president during his term.”

In fact, whether a sitting president can be prosecuted is “an issue that’s never been resolved.”

Another possibility is that Trump will make like Mark Meadows and try to get the trial moved to federal court. By doing so, The Daily Beast explains, he “could buy more time, get a more favorable jury pool, and even land a judge whom he appointed.” What’s more federal convictions, unlike local ones, can be pardoned by U.S. presidents.

That doesn’t mean Trump can’t still face the music before the 2024 election. Indeed, the big guy has a jam-packed legal schedule, with four criminal trials possibly crammed into five busy months.

In the meantime, he has to prepare for his fourth arraignment in only a handful of months.

(Via The Daily Beast)

In April, Uproxx identified Bakar among “The Small-Font 2023 Coachella Artists You Can’t Miss.” The British artist released “Right Here, For Now” alongside a captivating live video on Wednesday, August 16, and it’s yet another example of his growing magnetism.

The video finds Bakar with his band in an abandoned warehouse. He’s casually sprawled on the ground until it’s go time. From the first kick snare and taste of Bakar’s unique tone, it’s impossible to sit still. Bakar seamlessly melds the past (“We tried everything, ain’t got much more”), present (“I’m your muse at heart / Peddle me like I’m your drug”), and future (“I can’t wait ’til you’re right here”), all while dissecting a relationship.

Bakar is fresh off performing at Lollapalooza 2023 in Chicago on August 6. “Right Here, For Now” comes nearly two months after “Alive!” Per a press release, both singles are on the tracklist for his upcoming sophomore album, Halo.

Watch “Right Here, For Now (Live Session)” above, and check out Bakar’s upcoming headlining The Halo Tour dates across European and UK below.

11/09 — Milan, Italy @ Magnolia
11/12 — Berlin, Germany @ Kesselhaus
11/14 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
11/15 — Cologne, Germany @ CBE
11/16 — Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
11/18 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ DR Koncerthuset
11/21 — Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
11/22 —Dublin, Ireland @ Academy
11/23 — Belfast, Ireland @ Limelight
11/25 — Paris, France @ Le Bataclan
11/28 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
11/29 — Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
11/30 — Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall

Halo is out 9/22 via Black Butter. Find more information here.

The summer movie season has seen its share of flops and underperformers, but not all has been gloomy. Indeed, at the rate of money it’s Hoovering up, the season will belong to a movie that triggered he hell out of far right pundit Ben Shapiro. Barbie’s run isn’t even a month old and it’s still made a fortune, so much so that it’s already breaking a record once held by Batman.

As per Variety, as of Wednesday, Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to her prized adaptation of Little Women had made $537.5 million domestically. That makes it the biggest money-maker in the history of Warner Bros. (not adjusted for inflation). What film did it usurp? No less than The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s beloved second Caped Crusader picture, which once held the honor with $536 million, made back in 2008.

And yes, that means Gerwig has surpassed her fellow “Barbenheimer” filmmaker Chris Nolan.

For the record, if one does adjust for inflation, it’s a very different story. The Dark Knight‘s $536 million from 2008 translates to a staggering $761 million today. So Barbie still has a ways to go if you compute it like that.

Mind you, Barbie isn’t yet the highest grossing film of summer 2023. That title still goes to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, whose domestic earnings stand at $574.2 million and global at $1.3 billion. Barbie’s international take is currently $1.19 billion, but given that it’s still gobbling up cash, it’s likely that it will soar past that total imminently.

(Via Variety)

In June, The Jonas Brothers served as Uproxx cover stars. Joe, Kevin, and Nick reflected on their formative years and looked forward to The Tour, which kicked off with back-to-back sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium last weekend.

“We learned to laugh at some of the moments when we were taking ourselves too seriously or at comedians making fun of us. Now, we love it,” Joe Jonas said, around the release of The Album.

The Jonas Brothers have likely already giggled at Nick stumbling backward into a gaping hole in the stage during their The Tour stop at TD Garden in Boston on Tuesday, August 15. Nick was busy singing “Sail Away” while a small section of the stage was opening up behind him. When he started walking backward to rejoin Joe and Kevin in the middle of the stage, he fell into the hole but immediately popped up without missing a beat.

The show doubled as a birthday party for Joe, who turned 34 on Tuesday.

“Can’t thank all of you enough for all the love you showed me last night for my birthday,” Joe wrote in the caption of an Instagram carousel. “From the signs, to bday hats, a cake from my brothers, and DJ CRAZY TIMES?? Wow. Can’t wait to get back out there for round 2 tonight!!!”

Nick also posted an Instagram carousel, choosing to focus on Joe’s birthday rather than his brief stumble.

The Tour will return to Boston’s TD Garden on Wednesday, August 16. Last month, the brothers announced 54 additional dates across their North American, European, Australian, and New Zealand legs. The Tour will stretch into June 2024. See all of the dates here.

After becoming the first artist to signed to Phoebe Bridgers’ label imprint Saddest Factory Records, Claud’s music has taken them to some pretty cool places. They’ve shared the stage with the likes of Paramore, Bleachers, and boygenius, and with their latest album Supermodels, they even got the chance to film a video with Paul Rudd.

While unexpected, Rudd’s cameo didn’t come from nowhere. Supermodels, which dropped in July as Claud’s second full-length release, features a song named after the actor. As a self-described shy person, Claud sings of attempting to emulate the kind of suave confidence his on-screen characters tend to project.

Like “Paul Rudd,” many of the songs on Supermodels seem torn straight from a page in Claud’s diary. The album tackles breakups, makeups, and relatable mid-20s identity crises. It pulls you in with lyrics about arguing at a bar about Regina Spektor or comparing yourself to photos of supermodels. Sweet, tender moments like the acoustic-driven ballad “Crumbs” or the earnest number “Every F*cking Time” add contrast to some of the album’s more blown-out indie pop numbers like “A Good Thing” and “Wet.”

To celebrate the release of Supermodels, Claud sits down with Uproxx to talk gender affirming health care, Justin Bieber, and burping the ABC’s in our latest Q&A.

What are four words you would use to describe your music?

Yearning, mushy, gay, pointless.

It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?

I hope people remember my music as something that helped them come a little closer to figuring themselves out.

Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?

It’s hard to pick just one person.

Where did you eat the best meal of your life and what was it?

My grandma’s holiday dinners are the greatest.

Tell us about the best concert you’ve ever attended.

Big Thief at a tiny venue in Ithaca, NY.

What song never fails to make you emotional?

“Basically” by STRFKR.

What’s the last thing you Googled?

“Paris to London train.”

Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever crashed while on tour?

One time I slept underneath the desk in a hotel room because there were six or seven people in one room.

What’s your favorite city in the world to perform and what’s the city you hope to perform in for the first time?

My favorite city to perform in is Chicago because I grew up there, and the place I hope to perform in for the first time is Tokyo.

What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?

Ask people more questions.

What’s one of your hidden talents?

I can burp the ABCs.

If you had a million dollars to donate to charity, what cause would you support and why?

Accessible gender affirming health care because it is crucial and can save a lot of lives.

What are your thoughts about AI and the future of music?

I don’t really know anything about AI, I’m a little afraid of it so I haven’t looked too much into it. Like all technology, I’m sure it will take away jobs from musicians but hopefully people will understand the value of artists and musicianship.

You are throwing a music festival. Give us the dream lineup of 5 artists that will perform with you and the location it would be held.

The dream location of my hypothetical music festival is on a beach off of Lake Michigan in or near Chicago. Five artists playing would be a Jack Antonoff solo set.

Who’s your favorite person to follow on Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok?

Grace Kuhlenschmidt is my favorite person to follow on the internet.

What’s the story behind your first or favorite tattoo?

My first tattoo is an outline of a piece of toast that I have matching with my friend Josh Mehling. We got it when we created our duo “Toast” in 2018.

What is your pre-show ritual?

Before every show, my band and I put our hands together and on the count of three yell “gay!”

Who was your first celebrity crush?

My first celebrity crush was Justin Bieber, obviously.

You have a month off and the resources to take a dream vacation. Where are you going and who is coming with you?

All of my friends are flying first class to Porto, Portugal and staying on the beach.

What is your biggest fear?

My biggest fear is missing an important family event.

Supermodels is out now via Saddest Factory Records. Find more information here.

Donald Trump may seem mad that he nabbed himself a fourth indictment, but is he really? After all, the former president has said criminal charges have done wonders for his polls. Speaking of, he might have a specific date when he could turn himself into Fulton County jail in Georgia, just to really put the screws to his already flailing opponents.

As per Raw Story, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Greg Bluestein went on MSNBC, where he speculated about how Trump will handle his fourth arraignment in only the last handful of months. Like his other 18 indictees in the Georgia election interference case, Trump has till next Friday to turn himself in. But, Bluestein ssaid, “My hunch is he’s not going to go under the cover of night.”

Bluestein said the talk of the town is that Trump is going to choose next Wednesday, the 23rd — which just so happens to be the day of the GOP primary debate he’s sworn up and down he’d be skipping. It’s possible, the reporter said, that Trump could see it as “counter-programming to the debate.”

Trump has always been theatrical and he’s always been petty, so it’s not beneath him to steal the thunder from the many Republicans looking to unseat him as head of the party. No doubt he’d love to stick it to Chris Christie, the most vocal anti-Trumpist running for the GOP ticket, who he’s reportedly terrified of debating anyway. If so, he’ll get to have his cake and eat it, too: avoid getting humiliated by Christie while robbing him and his other rivals of much-needed attention.

You can watch Bluestein’s MSNBC appearance in the video below.

(Via Raw Story)

Philippe Morgese is a single dad with a daughter named Emma. She, like many children, happens to have hair.

Like most parents, Morgese is really hoping to do his part to make sure Emma becomes a fully-functioning and responsible member of society. He wants to make sure she grows up confident and well-adjusted. He also wants her to have a good male role model in her life. Ya know, like most of us dads do.

And he wants to make sure her hair looks nice. He didn’t have any people in his life who knew how to braid hair, so he taught himself.

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SCIENCE FACT: Actively involved fathers can have a huge impact on their kids’ school performance.

Morgese got so good at hair braiding that he decided to start a class to help other dads.

SCIENCE FACT: The more a dad is involved in their kid’s life, the more the dad’s self-esteem increases.

The class got pretty popular over time. So much so that he ended up starting a Facebook page called the Daddy Daughter Hair Factory to help dads everywhere learn how to braid hair. He got a kid’s haircare company, SoCozy, to sponsor the class. He even built an incredibly handy website where dads like me, who get horrifically dirty looks from their daughters every time they try to do hair, can learn how to do it correctly.

The class is about more than braiding hair though.

The classes are really about dads and daughters bonding and connecting.

They turn off their screens. They focus on being together. And they just hang out.

SCIENCE FACT: Dads who play with their kids can have a positive impact in their kids ability to have stable relationships later in life.

It’s a win for everyone. Dads and daughters get to spend time with each other and they both get something out of it: new skills for dad and awesome hairstyles for their daughters.

I seriously can’t wait to learn how to do the three-strand braid and the braided elastic coverup.

NON-SCIENCE FACT: I’m looking forward to the day I can make my daughter’s hair look this good while not getting a raging death stare from her.

Watch Morgese and Emma show other dads how to braid hair in this Upworthy Original Video:

And feel free to share this with a dad in need.

This article originally appeared on 04.18.16

There was a time when bringing movies back into theaters was always marked by some occasion: the Harry Potter movies would return to theaters to celebrate another installment, ET rides his little bike back into theaters every decade or so, and Titanic returns every so often just so James Cameron can buy a new house. But for a beloved and innovative stop-motion film like Coraline, we don’t need an occasion. We just want to see a creepy little doll with button eyes learn about the perils of adulthood. And that’s enough reason!

The Oscar-nominated film Coraline returned to theaters for a limited release earlier this week and managed to rack up $4.91 million at the daily box office, putting it on the map with Barbenheimer. It was so popular, Fathom Events announced that the film will be screened again at the end of the month.

“We’re thrilled to see throngs of Laika fans come out in record numbers for the third straight year to revel in this Coraline theatrical experience, this year in stunning 4K,” Laika Studios’ chief marketing and operations officer David Burke said in a press release, via Gizmodo. “Our partnership with Fathom has solidified Laika’s modern cinematic classic as a must-see annual summer tradition.”

Released in 2009, Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman‘s novel of the same name, tells the story of a young girl and her famished cat who venture into a peculiar world found in her creepy new home. There, she finds was seems to be a better version of her life, but things are not as they seem. Also, the mom has buttons for eyes, and it will haunt your dreams for years. The voice cast includes Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, and Jennifer Saunders.

The film will return to theaters again on August 28th and 29th. You can check out theater locations here.

(Via Collider)

Is the story behind The Blind Side — both Michael Lewis’ best seller and the hit 2009 movie — a bunch of bull? It’s hard to say, but…maybe? Earlier this week, Michael Oher, the former Baltimore Ravens tackle portrayed in both, claimed that he was duped into thinking he was adopted by the wealthy Tuohy family. Oher has even alleged that they screwed him out of royalties from the movie. The Tuohys have denied this, but that hasn’t quelled the online furor, which has even spread to the film’s main star Sandra Bullock. Still, at least she has someone defending her honor.

In a new interview with The New York Post (in a bit caught by People), Quinton Aaron, who portrayed Oher in the film, called the news a “sad, unfortunate turn of events,” also saying that his dealings with both Oher and the Tuohys was always warm and cordial. What he really didn’t like, though, were people online attacking Bullock, who played matriarch Leigh Anne Tuohy. Some have even said the Oscar she won for her performance should be returned. Not so, said Aaron.

“We are living in a day and age where people are hell-bent on pointing the blame on people and are just throwing things out there that’s wrong,” Aaron said. “It’s like saying, ‘Let’s throw this person to the wolves.’”

He added, “Sandra did nothing wrong. That’s my girl and she is going through a really tough time right now,” alluding to her longtime partner, who died last week. “I really feel like they should leave her alone and stop trying to come at her.”

Oher’s allegations about the Tuohys have revealed a back story more convoluted than portrayed in either the Blind Side book or movie. While Oher has claimed he’s never seen a penny from the film, the Tuohys have said they’ve always shared money they received. In an interview with The Washington Post, Lewis alleged that Oher had denied his royalty checks, prompting the Tuohys to set up a trust fund for his son.

As for the adoption claim, that’s complicated. Oher said he only this year discovered that instead of being adopted, he was placed under a conservatorship. But the Tuohys said they chose a conservatorship so that Oher could play ball at the University of Mississippi, for which Leigh Anne is a booster, thus setting up a potential conflict of interest.

Oher has gone so far as to sue the Tuohys, so the truth, whatever it is, may one day emerge.

(Via NY Post, People, and The Washington Post)