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( And Just Like That… spoilers will be found below.)

The Sex And The City revival series continues to push Miranda Hobbes to new lows while people wait for Samantha Jones to make her cameo. The Miranda path is odd, too, considering that it’s been framed as her self-discovery phase, but it truly seems as though Miranda has lost her former, ass-kicking self. She used to take garbage from no one, and she’s been reduced to fawning over Che Diaz and their “process” of making it in Hollywood. Granted, I thought Che was a fun character in the first season, but man, there’s just too much Miranda and Che on the screen.

The other characters almost seem like afterthoughts this season, and one guy who’s been shafted for awhile has finally had it up to here. Yep, Steve Brady and his revenge physique duly unloaded.

Miranda’s estranged husband has been through a pretty awful dumping process while she abandoned the building, and even though Miranda did come home when Brady needed her, Steve let all of his frustration fly this week when Miranda broached the subject of what to do about their marital home. And Steve was not having any talk of him leaving simply because he hasn’t been the breadwinner. He built what made this house work, dang it.

Let’s just say that people were here for Steve. He’s been treated pretty horribly by Miranda at various times during their relationship, and he deserves to pursue happiness. Also, yeah, Miranda never really wanted to be in Brooklyn, and Steve’s the one who made the house a home. I, too, hope he gets to keep it, but I doubt that Harry would step into this pile of conflicts of interest to represent Steve. Maybe he can give a referral though? #JusticeForSteve.

And Just Like That…‘s second season is currently unraveling on Max.

The Oreo Milkshake was once the ultimate milkshake flavor. When fast food brands were keeping it simple and playing it safe with vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry, Oreo emerged as an interesting alternative. Part chocolate, part vanilla, and featuring lots of textural elements, Oreo milkshakes represented something innovative in the fast food space.

Today, milkshake mix-ins are prevalent across the fast food landscape. At Five Guys you can mix anything from Oreos to bacon into your milkshake, Shake Shack has an ever-evolving roster of flavors that change with the seasons, Chick-fil-A has got the peach milkshake, and who could forget the Grimace Shake? It’s been the defining fast food event of the summer?

But just because milkshakes menus are more inventive than they’ve ever been, doesn’t mean you should sleep on the delicious power of the Oreo milkshake. So we decided to put our favorite Oreo milkshakes to the blind taste test to see which fast food brand makes the best. This summer we’ve done chocolate and vanilla, and now we’re doing Oreo! Why? Because it’s hot AF out and I’ll take any excuse to drink multiple milkshakes in one sitting for work. Even if it hurts my stomach!

Methodology

Blind fast food taste tests are tougher than they seem — in order for these tests to be fair we need to pick restaurants that are located close to one another so that we can pick up all the food while it’s still hot or, in this case, cold.

When I blind taste tested chocolate and vanilla milkshakes I had a strong system going and I could reliably pick up three to four milkshakes in a short amount of time, place them in a cooler, and find a shaded parking lot to taste test them all. But now we’re in July, the hottest month of the year in Los Angeles, which means even with the power of a cooler these milkshakes melt fast.

It took me two tries to make this Oreo milkshake taste test work, the first attempt was made around 2:00 pm, when drive-thru lines are their longest and the temperature is at its highest. This resulted in every single milkshake melting on me to the point of being undrinkable. In one case a Chick-fil-A employee handed me a milkshake that for some reason it exploded in my hand — with the lid popping the lid off and the shake running down my arm. To which the Chick-fil-A employee said “did you want some napkins?” not, “would you like another milkshake,” or “I’m so sorry we gave you a melted milkshake that exploded in your hand!”

It was at that point that I decided, this taste test wasn’t going to happen. So I went home and formulated a plan to pick up milkshakes at 11:00 am the next day when the weather is a bit cooler and there’s less traffic. Luckily, it was a success, I picked up Oreo milkshakes from Chick-fil-A, Five Guys, Jack in the Box, and Shake Shack, hit up a nearby shaded parking lot, put on a blindfold, and had my girlfriend pass me milkshakes at random.

Then we argued for about 10 minutes about which of the milkshakes was actually the best. Here are my tasting notes, and my ranking, which I still say is perfect (despite what my girlfriend says!). You may be asking why I didn’t include Dairy Queen’s Oreo Blizzard or McDonald’s Oreo McFlurry in this taste test. It’s for two reasons: 1) It’s too hot to round them all up without melting, and 2) Both are served with a spoon. They aren’t really milkshakes, so they’ve been disqualified.

Sound fair? Let’s dive in!

The Milkshake Taste Test

Taste 1

We’re starting right with this one, folks — this milkshake is luxuriously thick with a vanilla cream-forward flavor and a nice tasty Oreo cooking finish. The cookie crumbles blended into this milkshake are plentiful and surprisingly crispy, despite being soaked in a milkshake.

A lot of great texture here and a delicious flavor.

Taste 2

Not a fan of this one, it’s a bit too milky, it tastes like slightly spoiled soft serve ice cream, or at least what I imagine that to taste like. The texture is incredibly smooth and airy and the cookies are too thin and soft, offering no texture, no crunch, and a soggy mouthfeel.

Taste 3

Very smooth and loose in texture, it takes no effort to suck this one up through the straw. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing, but it makes this shake come across as a little less satisfying and refreshing than something colder and thicker.

The flavor here is fantastic — it’s creamy and slightly chocolatey, with a perfectly balanced ratio of cookie to vanilla. The cookies provide a bit of texture, but are not as crunchy as Taste 1, instead, the cookies melt against the tongue, which helps the flavor to soak into the palate even better.

This just may be the winner.

Taste 4

Turns out I spoke too soon. I like a lot of what Taste 3 offers, but this milkshake straight-up tastes exactly like an Oreo. Exactly. I don’t want an Oreo milkshake to taste like a milkshake with Oreos blended into it, I want it to essentially be a liquified version of an actual Oreo.

This milkshake is perfect, it’s thick, cold, and supremely creamy which a strong chocolate cookie finish. It’s a bit like eating an Oreo inside out — it begins creamy and vanilla forward and ends with that strong cocoa finish. Without a doubt, this one is our winner.

The Milkshake Ranking

4. Chick-fil-A — Cookies & Cream Milkshake (Taste 2)

I used to be a big fan of Chick-fil-A’s Cookies & Cream Milkshake, at one point I even declared it the best fast food milkshake in the fast food universe. Boy was I wrong.. Once I put this one to the blind taste test all the flaws came to the forefront. It’s too indebted to that soft-serve flavor, I’m just not tasting enough of the cookies here.

What is there is way too soggy and soft, so not only does this milkshake suffer in terms of flavor, but texture wise it’s soggy, and cookies in a milkshake shouldn’t be soggy.

The Bottom Line:

Not enough cookie flavor and the texture is too soggy to be enjoyable. It’s almost as if cookies stain the flavor, not enhance it.

Find your nearest Chick-fil-A here.

3. Jack in the Box — Oreo Cookie Shake (Taste 1)

There was a time when Jack in the Box’s Oreo Cookie Shake was the only Oreo Cookie Shake in the fast food landscape. It’s the milkshake that started the trend and as it stands, it’s still a pretty good milkshake.

But it’s far from the best. It has a great texture thanks to all the cookies that are blended into this milkshake, but the base flavor is where it suffers.

The Bottom Line:

On any day this is a great Oreo cookie milkshake, but if you’re looking for the best, you will have to look elsewhere.

Find your nearest Jack in the Box here.

2. Shake Shack — Cookies and Cream Milkshake (Taste 3)

This is the decision that is tearing apart my relationship! Look, I love Shake Shack! On average, I think this is the fast food restaurant that is consistently making the best milkshakes and bringing the most inventive flavors to the table. But this Cookies and Cream Milkshake just ain’t it!

It’s not thick and creamy enough, and the flavors are great but it just doesn’t satisfy the way something thicker and richer can.

The Bottom Line:

A great milkshake, but with all the flavors that Shake Shack offers, this one feels like it’s missing something.

Find your nearest Shake Shack here.

1. Five Guys — Milkshake With Oreos and Oreo Creme (Taste 4)

You could argue that Five Guys having both Oreo cookies and Oreo Creme as mix-ins is some kind of cheat, that this fact gives Five Guys an edge over the competition, but I’d argue — why are the other brands only giving us half of the experience? Throw a whole damn Oreo into the milkshake and blend it!

That’s what Five Guys seems to do apparently, and the result is fantastic. This milkshake tastes exactly like an Oreo, with the thickest and creamiest milkshake base out of all of the brands we tasted today.

I know my girlfriend doesn’t agree, but this is as perfect an Oreo Milkshake as I’ve ever tasted, and the only iteration of the flavor truly worth your time and money.

The Bottom Line:

Amazing, as close as you’re going to get to an actual Oreo cookie in milkshake form.

Find your nearest Five Guys here.

The Chicago Bulls took care of perhaps their biggest priority before the NBA’s free agency period even began, as the team came to terms on a contract extension with starting center Nikola Vucevic. With that out of the way and all indications being that the Bulls want to run it back with Vucevic, DeMar DeRozan, and Zach Lavine, the front office could move on to other matters, like the restricted free agency of Ayo Dosunmu.

The No. 38 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft out of the University of Illinois, Dosunmu made his way into the team’s rotation — and occasionally its starting lineup — during his first year in the league and had a very similar role during his sophomore campaign. Now, Dosunmu is a restricted free agent, and Chicago needs to make a decision about whether or not he’ll continue to be in its long-term plans.

While it took a few weeks to get something done, Dosunmu is indeed headed back to Chicago. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Dosunmu will rejoin the Bulls on a three-year contract worth $21 million.

Dosunmu appeared in 80 games for the Bulls during his second season in the NBA, with 51 of them coming as a member of the team’s starting lineup. The 2021-22 All Rookie Second-Team selection averaged 8.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 26.2 minutes per game last year while shooting 49.3 percent from the field and 31.2 percent from behind the three-point line.

Projexx and Uproxx — a perfect combination. The Jamaican genrebender dropped by Uproxx Studios to perform his new song “Top Speed.” On the original song, the slinky Caribbean beat blends with Giggs‘ grime-grounded flow for a distinctive distillation of diasporic sounds. Here, although Giggs and Marksman don’t appear during Projexx’s performance, the Kingston native’s natural charisma carries the track anyway, breaking it down to its most essential elements.

“Top Speed” appears on Projexx’s newest project, Grim Tape, Vol. II, which dropped July 7 through R&R Digital, Big Wave, and Warner. In an interview with Broadway World, Projexx said, “I wanted to produce something different and unusual, so I was in the studio experimenting with Nate and Tyree when they came up with the beat. I was freestyling until I found the first line ‘Bimma inna top speed.’”

The song’s perfectly timed to take advantage of a burgeoning wave within British music scenes like drill and grime that has begun to tap back into African and Jamaican roots for a unique blend of rapping over more tropical production. Examples include J Hus’ Beautiful And Brutal Yard and Burna Boy’s new music.

Watch Projexx perform ‘Top Speed’ for UPROXX Sessions above.

UPROXX Sessions is Uproxx’s performance show featuring the hottest up-and-coming acts you should keep an eye on. Featuring creative direction from LA promotion collective, Ham On Everything, and taking place on our “bathroom” set designed and painted by Julian Gross, UPROXX Sessions is a showcase of some of our favorite performers, who just might soon be yours, too.

Due to the historic “double strike” (and because studio executives are balking at paying performers and writers more), actors and actresses aren’t allowed to promote their upcoming projects. That means a lot of movies are going to be pushed back, potentially including two starring Zendaya.

Warner Bros. Film Group is “strongly considering” pushing Dune: Part Two from its November 3, 2023, release date to “next year,” according to Variety. “The film is a co-production with Legendary Entertainment and both parties must agree on a new release date, said one insider. Legendary has yet to be approached by WB about a move, they added.” It’s not a done deal, however (the strike could be over by then), unlike Challengers.

MGM is pushing Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers out of 2023. The R-rated tennis drama starring Zendaya was slated to have a buzzy premiere at the Venice Film Festival followed by a theatrical release on Sept. 15. It will now open in theaters on April 26, 2024 and will bow out as the opening night feature at Venice, which is set to run from Aug. 30 – Sept. 9.

Dune: Part Two is a massive movie based on a known property. Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, meanwhile, is an R-rated drama without special effects; it needs Zendaya posting about it on Instagram (she’s one of the 25 most-followed people on the platform) to have a chance at box office success.

The Zendaya stans are in solidarity with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.

(Via Variety and the Hollywood Reporter)

Earlier today (July 21), The 1975 performed at Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The performance, it turns out, may have gotten the group banned from the city.

During the set, Matty Healy addressed the audience in regards to Malaysia’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights, saying, “I’m f*cking furious. And that’s not fair on you because you’re not representative of your government. Because you are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progressive and cool. So I pulled the show yesterday, I pulled the show yesterday, and we had a conversation, and we said, ‘You know what, we can’t let the kids down because they’re not the government.’ But, I’ve done this before: I’ve gone to a country where it’s f*cking… I don’t know what it f*cking is. Ridiculous. F*cking ridulous… to tell people what they can do with that and that. And if you want to invite me here to do a show, you can f*ck off. I’ll take your money, you can ban me, but I’ve done this before, and it doesn’t feel good, and I’m f*cked off.”

Later during the performance, Healy and bandmate Ross MacDonald shared a good 20-second kiss as the crowd cheered. After that, the set ended prematurely, with Healy explaining before he left the stage, “Alright, we just got banned from Kuala Lumpur, see you later.”

setlist.fm indicates the band only performed seven songs, while an additional nine were on a printed setlist.

Bulleit Frontier Bourbon and Bulleit 95 Rye are two bottles of American whiskey that truly helped herald the modern whiskey boom. Back in 1999, Tom Bulleit created the brand and proceeded to make it an international hit by 2000. Today, Bulleit is ubiquitous. It’s in every liquor store, bar, restaurant, and Costco. It’s a truly international brand. It’s also a very versatile whiskey shingle with several expressions that go well beyond the initial Frontier Bourbon and 95 Rye in quality and craft.

That’s why it’s time for a full-line ranking by me, your friendly neighborhood whiskey critic.

Let’s get a little footing before we dive in. A big part of Bulleit’s overnight success was focusing the marketing on the fact that the bourbon is a high-rye whiskey (28% rye in the mash bill/recipe) and the rye as high-rye whiskey (at 95% Indiana rye — the eponymous “95” in the name). This prompted many a PR team to say that Bulleit had a “spicier” and thereby deeper profile than your average whiskey. 23 years later, Bulleit’s marketing is so ingrained that most people now automatically think “rye=spicy.” It doesn’t always mean that* but here we all are.

Still… none of that takes away from the fact that this brand, now owned by global spirits behemoth Diageo, is a cornerstone of the 21st-century whiskey movement.

Today, Bulleit whiskey is being brewed, distilled, and aged in Kentucky at a state-of-the-art sustainable facility. There are still a lot of sourced barrels in the mix though, since the distilling started in earnest in 2017 — only six years ago. As of 2023, we’re still dealing with whiskeys made from some of the best barrels of Kentucky whiskey from huge (unnamed) distilleries blended with a scant few Bulleit-made barrels that are ready and that sweet and much-beloved 95% MGP Indiana rye.

And that’s what I’m ranking below — the full line of 2023’s Bulleit whiskey expressions.

* Rye whiskey was marketed as “spicy” for much of the aughts and teens. Today, that definition is finally losing its stranglehold on the style. While rye grains (a wheat varietal) can impart mild spicy notes like nutmeg, it’s not necessarily a “spicy” grain any more than wheat or barley. In fact, what rye does impart is nutty, very herbal (dill, caraway, mint, sage), and earthy malted grain (think rye bread) flavors with mild creamy tropical fruitiness.

The spiciness in all whiskey is mostly derived from yeast strains and wood aging. That’s why whiskeys with exactly zero rye grain in the mash bill/recipe can be spice bombs, and always have been. Why did this happen? Long story short, it was an easy way for PR and marketing departments to shorthand why rye whiskey was special or different from bourbon in an era when consumer knowledge was at an all-time low.

Basically, it all came from a marketing meeting in moment that must have felt both revelatory and nonsensical. Much like “It’s toasted!”

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6. Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 45%

Average Price: $24

The Whiskey:

This whiskey embraces a high-rye mash bill that’s comprised of 68% corn, 28% rye, and 4% malted barley. The hot juice is then rested for six years before blending, cutting down to proof, and barreling. As far as we know, this is still mostly sourced juice but will likely start including Bulleit’s own whiskey in the next year or two.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose is classic Kentucky bourbon with clear dark cherry tobacco, apple cider doughnuts, plenty of cinnamon, eggnog creaminess, and a little rye grassiness (think dry sweetgrass).

Palate: The spice on the palate is squarely in the cinnamon category with creamy vanilla, more warm fruity tobacco, and a hint of orchard bark lurking in the background.

Finish: The end is warm but fades pretty quickly, leaving you with soft oak, dark spice, brown sugar, and a whisper of sweet and creamy grits.

Bottom Line:

This is a solid standard bourbon. I’d use it for mixing highballs, taking shots (if you keep it in the freezer), or mixing a basic cocktail like a punch, smash, julep, or sour. This is a good table bourbon.

5. Bulleit 95 Rye Frontier Whiskey Straight American Rye Whiskey

ABV: 45%

Average Price: $28

The Whiskey:

Bulleit’s rye has a mash bill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley from MGP of Indiana. The rye is aged for four to seven years before blending, proofing, and bottling.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: This nose opens up with a mix of resinous cedar, sharp rye grassiness, creamy vanilla eggnog, and a hint of fresh mint that’s just kissed with fresh and dank pipe tobacco.

Palate: The taste delivers on those notes while folding in hints of dark chocolate, savory fruits (think melon or overripe banana), and a crumbly buttermilk biscuit with a hint of maple syrup, salted butter, and sage.

Finish: The end is pretty short and thin but circles back around to that cedar and maple syrup with a tobacco edge and a touch of winter spice.

Bottom Line:

This is a nice rye but very pedestrian in 2023. I’d lean toward using this for citrus-forward cocktails and maybe shots more than anything else. I’d also use this for baking and cooking. There are some nice notes here that’d play well with doughnut icing, cake batter, or pancake mixes.

4. Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 60.1%

Average Price: $45

The Whiskey:

This is Bulleit letting that high-rye bourbon whiskey shine at full force. The bourbon is small-batched from hand-selected barrels and bottled at the new Bulleit distillery in Kentucky with old sourced barrels that they’ve been stewarding for years now.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Sweet woody cedar notes pop next to oily vanilla on the nose with a rush of black peppercorns, dried red chili pepper, and a hint of dark caramel just kissed with salt.

Palate: The taste delivers ripe peaches next to more peppery spice and a hint of Christmas spice barks and burnt orange with the vanilla taking a backseat and the oak really stepping in with hints of dill and mint (both dried).

Finish: The end leans into the spice barks and burnt orange with a touch more of that creamy vanilla that mellows into a nutmeg-heavy eggnog lusciousness.

Bottom Line:

This is a nice pour of whiskey. I like this over a few rocks or mixed into a nice whiskey-forward cocktail.

3. Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey Blender’s Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 50%

Average Price: $67

The Whiskey:

This limited expression was crafted by Bulleit’s master blenders. The release is a series that celebrates the women who make Bulleit bourbon. The whiskey is a hand-selected blend of three out of the 10 bourbons (hint, hint) Bulleit sources. The bourbons were aged six to eight years before blending, proofing, and bottling.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose is brimming with salted peanut shells, old braids of cedar bark and sweetgrass, oily vanilla pods, and moist sticky toffee pudding with plenty of wintry spices and dark dried fruits.

Palate: Those dried fruits are soaked in rum on the palate as Black Forest cake drives the taste toward buttery salted toffee before black pepper and dried ancho chili leads to old tobacco rolled with cedar, smudging sage, and a whisper of old barrel oak with a musty edge.

Finish: The end has a great balance of creamy eggnog and choco-cherry cake next to brick rickhouses, old tobacco humidors, and singed marshmallow smushed between mincemeat pies.

Bottom Line:

This is another really good pour of whiskey. I would save this for more of a fall/winter pour with all of that rum, cake, and winter spice. Then I would mix this into a wintry old fashioned or Manhattan.

2. Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 52%

Average Price: $66

The Whiskey:

These releases are the picks that you’ll find at your favorite whiskey bars, restaurants with a great whiskey list, and liquor stores. That means that the profile will vary slightly depending on who’s doing the picking. That aside, this is still Bulleit Bourbon but in single-barrel form. That means you’re getting the best barrel experience.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Dark spiced cherry leans into pecan waffles covered in salted butter and rich maple syrup with a hint of marzipan cut with orange liqueur and dipped in salted dark chocolate on the nose.

Palate: That rich and sweet dessert vibe drives the palate toward chewy pipe tobacco laced with apple cider, mulled wine, and brandy-soaked figs next to more marzipan and chocolate.

Finish: The end leans into the barkier aspects of the spices as braids of dry tobacco, cedar bark, and smudging sage are countered by a soft vanilla cream over stewed peaches, berries, and cherries with a buttery crumble.

Bottom Line:

This tends to be a pretty delicious whiskey that really shines as a holiday sipper. Pour one into a big glass after a big holiday meal and let the rest of the evening melt away.

1. Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey 10 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 45.6%

Average Price: $39

The Whiskey:

This is classic (sourced) Bulleit Bourbon that’s aged up to 10 years before it’s blended and bottled. The barrels are hand-selected to really amplify those essential “Bulleit” flavors that make this brand so damn accessible (and beloved) in the first place.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose opens with buttery and spicy stewed apples, cedar kindling, holiday cakes full of nuts and dried fruit, and a hint of savory herbs that feel like they were roasted with sweet potatoes, marshmallows, and funky country ham.

Palate: The palate leans into a creamy vanilla cake with a hint of toffee rolled in roasted almond before veering into sourdough bread crust territory with a counterpoint of apple-cider-soaked winter spice barks, dried orange rinds, and cedar bark that’s been dotted with dried rose oils.

Finish: The dried orange mingles with salted dark chocolate, dried cranberry, and brandy-stewed cherry on the finish as the spice barks intensify toward old oak cellars, fall leaves, and smoldering apple and cherry wood next to a lush sense of eggnog, s’mores, and sticky toffee pudding.

Bottom Line:

This is the most accessible and overall enjoyable Bulleit pour. It’s so easygoing while offering a truly deep profile that feels nostalgic and comforting. It’s really solid as a neat sipper. It works over a big rock. It also makes a killer Manhattan, Sazerac, or old fashioned, especially during the holiday season. This is a winner and a great price point too.

You can’t lose grabbing this one.

With the release of his new single, “KPop,” Travis Scott fans’ anticipation for the rapper’s upcoming album, Utopia, has just ballooned. Although the musician’s previously announced concert at Egypt’s Great Pyramids of Giza in Eygpt seems to be in trouble, that isn’t the only way to see Scott’s high-energy stage show. So when will Travis Scott go on a stadium tour run for the album Utopia?

According to an Easter egg in the “KPop” music video, you won’t have to wait much longer. The visual — filmed at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France — revealed signage suggesting that Scott was in the midst of rehearsals for the Utopia Stadium Tour. No date appears on the banners plastered around the venue. Still, these graphics were strategically placed for a reason, it would seem, just as with the mystery billboards that appeared around different cities, suggesting that July 21 would mark a huge date for Scott.

That wasn’t the only Easter egg hidden within the video for the track. Shortly after the 30-second mark, the entertainer strikes a pose while the motorcyclist performs a daring stunt. While most would draw their attention to the cyclist, Scott’s wardrobe that you should be taking notes on. On his feet is a pair of “Cut The Check” sneakers, his latest footwear collaboration with the Jordan brand.

Although Scott hasn’t confirmed when his album, tour, or sneaker will be released, fans speculate that his headlining set at Rolling Loud Miami 2023 tomorrow (June 22) will reveal more details.

Earlier this month, a new creature joined orcas in protecting the oceans from pesky humans. That creature? A rogue sea otter with an adorable habit for stealing surfboards right out from underneath people. The otter has been spotted off the coast of California, and apparently, she’s not easy to capture.

Since making her viral debut, marine experts from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have been doing their damndest to catch “Otter 841.” While her antics are so hysterical that she’s already built up a dedicated fanbase, Otter 841 reportedly poses a public safety risk due to her “highly unusual” and “aggressive behavior.”

That said, good luck catching her. Via New York Post:

The team of experts have been trying to use Otter 481’s love of surfboards against her. A swimmer has been towing a baited surfboard in their attempts to capture her. The otter has hopped on the board multiple times in the past few days, but as soon as a wildlife official tries to get near her, she dives off, Woodward told the Associated Press.

“They can’t throw a net over her in the water. They can’t tranquilize her because of fear of her drowning. So they really need to get hands on her,” he said.

Despite the warnings from marine experts, fans continue to flock to the Santa Cruz beach hoping for a chance to spot Otter 841.

“Just leave ‘em alone,” a local resident said about the capture efforts. “Just let ’em have fun. Hasn’t bitten anybody. Roughs up the board. It’s like a dog with a chew, you know?”

(Via New York Post)

Donald Trump woke up in a helpful mood on Friday morning, which saw the former president lay out a plan for Fox News to recover from an alleged dip in ratings. Citing a Breitbart report that claimed Fox has suffered a 58% drop in ratings, Trump proposed that the network stop focusing on Ron DeSantis and turn its attention back to, you guessed it, Donald Trump.

“Fox is down 58%, at least, all because they don’t treat ‘TRUMP’ and ‘MAGA’ well,” the former president raged on Truth Social in a two-part post. “They are focused on someone who can’t win, Ron DeSanctimonious, who will never be able to bring it home.”

From there, Trump’s rant alternated between complaining that DeSantis owes him and blasting Fox News for turning its back on the MAGA world even though Trump is still a constant presence on the network:

The only reason DeSanctus won in Florida is because I Endorsed him, and Campaigned for him—He would have lost by 40 points. The sadder part is, he TOTALLY forgot! He also forgot he wanted to close down Social Security, Ethanol, and obliterate Medicare… Fox is gone, just like in 2016, and the only way they come back is if they go “ALL TRUMP ALL THE TIME.” Our people have had it!

“We want and deserve support like the Radical Left Democrat Fascists get from so many sources, including the Fake News Media and Law Enforcement,” Trump wrote in conclusion. “Bring back Fox, before it’s too late!”

(Via Donald Trump on Truth Social)