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A fun and educational video posted on YouTube by chess streamer Anna Cramling, 21, shows how someone can be sitting in the presence of greatness and have no idea. It’s also an excellent explanation of chess from a passionate street player.

In the video, Anna sits down in Washington Square Park in New York City with a street player named Johnny, who thinks she and her mother, Pia, are beginners. In reality, Anna is the daughter of Juan Manuel Bellón López, a five-time Spanish champion, and her mother is Pia Cramling, the fifth-ever female grandmaster.

“You want me to show you some basic stuff?” Johnny asks the mom and daughter, who happily sit at his board. The street player then goes into a passionate speech about how chess is a warlike game and that there are two “fundamental things” grandmasters teach.

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He had no idea that he was sitting in front of one.

Johnny then challenges Pia to a game, and in just a few moves, she has him in double-check, winning the game. Johnny can’t believe that he was beaten so quickly by a beginner. “Do you want to know something, Johnny?” Anna asks. “I’m going to tell you a little secret.”

Pia then reveals that she’s been playing for 50 years. “My mom is a grandmaster,” Anna says excitedly.

The great thing about the big reveal is that Johnny doesn’t get mad when he learns that he was fooled. Instead, he’s excited to keep playing. “I want to play you one more!” Johnny says. What a great sport.

Empathy is often viewed as a miraculous cure-all against humanity’s suffering. If only we were better able to tap into another living being’s feelings, then perhaps we would treat each other kinder. There would be a better sense of social justice. Maybe there would be less violence and hatred. All in all, the world would be a better place.

Author and psychologist Paul Bloom thinks that notion couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, he believes empathy often makes things worse.

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In 2016, Bloom came out with a book titled “Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion,” where he uses personal anecdotes, moments from history, scientific evidence and philosophy to make the argument that empathy, while certainly important, is a poor moral guide. Furthermore, he noted that judgments made from empathy often reflect a bias, as we naturally feel the most empathy for the people who look, speak or behave similarly to us. It’s easy to see how that can quickly become a problem.

Instead, Bloom advocates for something he calls rational compassion. In his opinion, our fairest, most equitable decisions happen when there’s a healthy combination of both logic and caring for another. This way, we can be motivated by someone’s feelings to do the right thing, without being stuck (and aimless) in their suffering.

Bloom’s book was ultimately met with mixed reviews, with some calling his work “brilliant and humane” while others deemed it an argument of semantics rather than an unconventional take. Regardless, his work shines a light on the necessity of action for creating positive change, and he makes a compelling case for examining the motivation behind even our best intentions.

You can learn more about his case against empathy in the video created by Big Think below

The Boys‘ baddest supe, Homelander is a role that any actor would relish, although it’s hard to imagine anyone pulling off the role like Antony Starr does. Or really going for it like Starr does, either.

Homelander has gone increasingly off the rails and more sadistic with each passing season, and Starr is no spring chicken to acting (his performance in Banshee is great, too), but he actually “never wanted to be an actor.” That’s the revelation that surfaced above (in a clip from Amazon Prime Video) while Starr and Karl Urban enjoyed a meeting of the Kiwi minds in conversation.

Starr continued: “I didn’t know about the film industry. I’m still trying to figure out what I’m gonna do when I grow up.”

This led to a chuckle from Urban, who reflected upon why this actually makes sense. “I think that’s what makes your character so vibrant and so scary,” he observed. “You just have no idea of what you’re gonna do at any particular juncture.”

To that, Starr agreed wholeheartedly, and Urban further reflected, “And that translates to the audience.”

Well said, and to be perfectly clear, Starr is incredibly talented, but he does have a knack for making it seem like Homelander has no idea what he’s doing and, as a result, is frequently covering his own ass. This vibe probably also translated to poor Timothy the Octopus. RIP.

Ideally, Antony Starr will see an Emmy nomination this year for his performance. Voting will begin for those nods on June 15.

This past weekend, The Eras Tour brought Taylor Swift to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a three-night run. Keith Urban and wife Nicole Kidman turned up to yesterday’s (May 14) show, where Urban (who featured on Fearless (Taylor’s Version)) accidentally let a celebrity romance cat out of the bag.

This afternoon, Urban shared a TikTok video of himself and Kidman singing and dancing along to Swift’s performance of “Style,” before panning the camera around to reveal the rest of the audience. People quickly noticed, though, that in the first half of the video, Bo Burnham and Phoebe Bridgers appear to be behind them. Both are pretty easy to identify, even just in the background of a dark, strobe-lit video: Bridgers has her distinctive silvery blonde hair and Burnham stands at about 6’5″ tall. Most notable, though, is in the final seconds before Urban pans the camera around, as it sure looks like Burnham and Bridgers share a kiss.

The top comments on the post are all about Bridgers and Burnham, including ones like, “Everyone say thank you to Keith Urban,” and, “Keith having the time of his life with Nicole not knowing the chaos he just put out on the internet.”

As People notes, Bridgers and Burnham have been linked since January, when they were spotted at LAX together. So, for some fans, this clip has been a long time coming.

This whole thing has made Urban a trending topic on Twitter today, so check out some reactions below.

[WARNING: potential spoilers for Fast X]

Have Vin Diesel and The Rock set aside their “candy ass” feud for the sake of da family? The Wrap reports that Dwayne Johnson, who has a, let’s say, complicated history with his Fast and Furious co-star, will make be “making an appearance in the post-credits sequence” of Fast X.

It’s a bald boys reunion (Jason Statham is invited, too).

The Rock was supposedly done playing Luke Hobbs after starring in franchise highlight Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious, and the Fast and Furious-presented spinoff Hobbs and Shaw, “for all the evident reasons.” He even went so far as to tell CNN that “when Vin and I actually connected not over social media, I told him directly – and privately – that I would not be returning to the franchise. I was firm yet cordial with my words and said that I would always be supportive of the cast and always root for the franchise to be successful, but that there was no chance I would return.”

It’s nice that they made up (or Universal Pictures drove a dump truck full of money to their mansions… one of the two). It’s not official, however, until The Rock shares an Instagram post where Diesel is giving a thumbs up while the two of them share a bottle of Teremana tequila. Then I’ll believe it.

Fast X opens on May 19th.

(Via The Wrap)

Iyla Pozin brought free TV to the streaming world with Pluto, and now, he wants to up the ante by bringing free TVs to the masses. On Monday, Pozin unveiled Telly, a free 55-inch TV set loaded with a sound bar and a second screen that represents a massive gamble for the new startup.

According to the specs for the free Telly TV, the set will include a 4K-HDR screen for normal television viewing. Below that will rest a second LED smart screen that will feature everything from sports scores to stock prices, options for interactive games, and most importantly, a constantly cycling assortment of ads, which is where the free part comes in.

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

“For too long, consumers have not been an equal part of the advertising value exchange,” Pozin says. “Companies are making billions of dollars from ads served on televisions, yet consumers have historically had to pay for both the TV and the content they watch. All of that changes today. When I co-founded Pluto TV, we created an entirely new model that offered amazing TV content to viewers for free. Now, with Telly, we are providing the actual television for free as well.”

Naturally, the big question is how crappy is the TV. Well, according to Pozin, the Telly TV is comparable to most 55-inch TV sets that are on the market for around $1,000. The goal is to “future-proof” the sets so they’re not outdated in a few years, which requires investing in the tech.

“Don’t be fooled by the price point. It’s not a budget TV by any means whatsoever,” Pozin said. “It’s by far the smartest TV on the market. There’s nothing even that comes close to it.”

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

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It’s not easy to predict what Doja Cat is going to say or do next, largely because she’s often delivering straight-faced jokes and it can be hard to believe what she really means. That’s sort of situation is exactly what appears to have been happening over on Doja’s Twitter account in recent days.

It started with a May 11 tweet that read, “My stage name is no longer doja cat its Emcee Flapchunks the 3rd and youll address me as such.” The next day, she added, “i just got jumped by emcee flap chunks the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. im changing my name back to doja cat.”

A Twitter user shared the latter tweet and wrote, “everyday she constantly reminds us that she isn’t funny.” Doja responded, “im one of the funniest people on this planet and its sad to know that youll never recognize that.” She added in another tweet, “I’m extremely funny and I will remind you all every day that I am if I have to.”

A few minutes later, Doja started a Twitter poll, which read, “yall mad cuz.” The possible answers were “im rich,” “u eatin c*m rn,” and “both.” One user replied to the poll, “Everyone is mad because you are calling your fans dumb.” Doja answered, “………are they not?” Somebody else tweeted, “What are you then ? If we are dumb,” and Doja replied, “pretty???”

Given Doja’s sarcastic nature, it’s super possible that she’s not upset about anything, and neither are some of her fans participating in the dialogue, and that this whole situation is just some people not getting the joke.

The 2023 Hangout Music Festival will be headlined by Paramore, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and SZA this weekend “on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama,” as billed by the fest. Calvin Harris, Lil Nas X, Flume, Skrillex, and The Kid Laroi will also perform between this Friday, May 19, and Sunday, May 21.

The full schedule with everyone’s set times was shared by Hangout Fest on March 31, but here’s a refresher course now that it’s finally nearly time.

Gates will open at 11 a.m. local time for all three days. The festival boasts six stages: Hangout, Shein Surf Stage, Boom, Mermaid, Monster Beach Club, and Malibu Beach House. Each day will spread 26 artists’ sets across them.

May 19 will be headlined by Red Hot Chili Peppers, beginning at 9:30 p.m., on the Hangout stage. Ahead of that set, Lil Nas X can be seen on the Shein Surf Stage from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Thundercat will handle the Mermaid stage from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. The Boom stage will host GloRilla from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m., and Russ will perform at Hangout from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

On Saturday, May 20, SZA’s headlining set is slotted for 9:45 p.m. on the Hangout stage. Paramore will perform on the Shein Surf Stage from 8:45 to 9:45 p.m. Flume is slated for a 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. set on Hangout, just as Sabrina Carpenter (6:45 to 7:45 p.m.) finishes on the Shein Surf Stage. Saturday’s other artists include AJR (5:30 to 6:45 p.m.), Kidd G (1:30 to 2:30 p.m.), Ferg (8:15 to 9:15 p.m.), and more.

The party will wrap on Sunday, May 21, with Calvin Harris (9:30 p.m.) and The Kid Laroi (7:30 to 8:30 p.m.) on the Hangout stage, while Shein Surf Stage hosts Skrillex (8:30 to 9:30 p.m.), Ashnikko (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.), and Noah Kahan (4:30 to 5:30 p.m.). Kevin Gates is slated for the Boom stage from 8 to 9 p.m..

See the full schedule and other information below. Tickets are still available here.

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

Fast X will be doing donuts in the parking lot before heading into theaters faster than you can say Dominic Toretto. Don’t say it three times though, because then he’ll crash into your living room unannounced.

The tenth installment in the franchise (if you don’t count Hobbs & Shaw, which most people don’t) may not be the final ride, but the stakes are high and the car jumps are even higher. Before you head to theaters, be sure that you are caught up on the previous films and go in prepared, or else you might look silly rooting for the wrong car. Here’s what else you have to know:

Plot

Here is the official plot synopsis for the automotive thriller:

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything — and everyone — that Dom loves, forever.

Hate when that happens.

Release Date

The latest installment will hit theaters on May 19th.

Cast

Fast X brings back most of the crew, led by Vin Diesel, including Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris. Also starring in the latest flick will be John Cena, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, Alan Ritchson, Daniela Melchior, Scott Eastwood, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron.

Of course, there are some new names being added into the mix, including car aficionado Brie Larson, Rita Moreno, and Jason Momoa, who will portray Dante, the big bad villain.

Trailer

Here is the final trailer for the film, in all of its pedal-to-the-metal glory, which conveniently recaps the whole series for you: