Gwyneth Paltrow may be an Oscar-winning thespian, but when was the last time she played Marvel’s Pepper Potts (or herself, as she did in last year’s She Said)? Fun fact: It’s the 2015 comedy Mortdecai. She’s mostly about Goop nowadays, where she peddles things like a “vagina candle” that once almost blew up and hurt someone. Speaking of, you may remember that time in 2016 when she was involved in a skiing incident that allegedly left a retired optometrist ailing. Now, some seven years later, the trial over it is set to kick off on Tuesday. And it is complicated.
As per The New York Post, Paltrow may or may not take the stand in a Park City, Utah courtroom, where she may defend herself from accusations of seriously injuring one Terry Sanderson. He’s claimed that Paltrow was skiing “out of control” on the Park City slopes and knocked right into him. Sanderson says he was left with a traumatic brain injury, broken ribs, and a loss in enjoyment of life.
But Paltrow and her lawyers are calling bull. For one thing, Paltrow claims it was Sanderson who ran into her with a “full-body blow.” What’s more, they’re calling into question Sanderson’s claims that he developed medical issues due to her. He had 15 other chronic issues, they say, and brain tests done afterwards didn’t show “any deficits in his cognitive functioning.”
She also says Sanderson simply doesn’t accurately recall what went down.
“Ms. Paltrow remembers what happened very clearly,” read Paltrow’s counter-claim. “She was enjoying skiing with her family on vacation in Utah, when Plaintiff — who was uphill from Ms. Paltrow — plowed into her back … Ms. Paltrow was angry with Plaintiff, and said so. Plaintiff apologized.”
The two will duke it out to convince a jury their side of the story is the correct one. Whatever happens, neither side will receive a huge pay day. Sanderson had asked for $3.1 million, but a judge ruled he cannot seek punitive damages, and therefore can only seek $300,000. Paltrow, meanwhile, is seeking a mere $1, which is $74 shy of what one needs to purchase a “vagina candle” on Goop, not including taxes and shipping.
The highly anticipated, Ticketmaster-bustingTaylor Swift Eras Tour has officially begun. And it’s looking like the pop star is pulling out all the stops to deliver a heap of spectacle.
Case in point—a video from the “Anti-Hero” pop star’s kick-off concert that’s making quite the splash online.
In a mesmerizing blend of live performance and hologram wizardry, audiences saw Swift, clad in a flowy red dress, dive into a pool built into the stage. She then swam across to emerge through waves in a shimmery jumpsuit, just before climbing a ladder and disappearing into a cloud.
Basically, it was like a romantic fairy tale brought to life.
Fans went absolutely wild after seeing the clip on Youtube. The Eras Tour promised an epic 44-song show, and people seemed to agree that Swift made good on her promise.
“This was not just a concert it’s a FAIRYLAND A DREAMLAND IT’S WONDERLAND,” one person gushed.
Another added, “When you combine IMAX screen, musical concert, and broadway level of storytelling, you got the greatest, most ambitious concert of all time.”
Even non-Swifties were impressed.
“I’m not gonna lie…I’ve never been the biggest Taylor Swift fan BHHHHUT, I have to say- this is one hell of a stage set up,” commented one person.
“Wow! I’ve never been to a Taylor Swift concert, never been interested.. but now I think I need to go! That was mind blowing!!” another seconded.
Watch below:
You don’t have to listen to Swift’s music to appreciate the amount of joy she brings to others. We all want to escape into the wonderful and whimsical from time to time. Bless the artists who give us that.
Rick Ross is the self-proclaimed biggest boss that music has seen thus far, but his over-the-top lifestyle is becoming a hindrance for some. The “God Did” rapper has racked up quite a few complaints from his Atlanta suburb neighbors but not for what you might expect. As one of the key figures in southern rap, maybe a few lavish parties or loud music complaints could be expected. However, none of his neighbors expected to wake up to fully-gown buffaloes rummaging through their yards.
Ross’ mansion has been the center of social media discussions, but this time, the properties adjacent to the megamansion are making headlines. According to TMZ, outside of Ross’ Promise Land ranch, two of his buffaloes (named Timbuktu weighing in at 2,000 pounds and Thor weighing in at 700 pounds) have become a pain in the neighborhood. In the list of grievances shared with the outlet, when the buffaloes escape beyond the designated ranch boundaries of Ross’ property, they have caused damage not only to their landscaping but the other common areas.
Last year, the musician was gifted the buffaloes from the clothing brand Ethika to commemorate their collaboration. He also has other animals on his ranch, including horse. Since the complaint was filed, the rapper hasn’t issued any statement.
Rick Ross is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Ron DeSantis hasn’t even formally thrown his hat in the ring yet. Why would he? He just got re-elected governor of Florida. But his beef with probably 2024 rival Donald Trump has kicked up a notch, with both sides now trading pissy barbs. Things have escalated to the point where it’s Don Jr.’s time to start making unhinged videos where he can’t control the tenor of his voice.
Junior ABSOLUTELY UNLOADS on Ron Desantis tonight. Enjoy! “I’ve spent a lot of time with Desantis personally. The image created online by the paid influencers? Guys, unfortunately, one-on-one, it doesn’t exist.” pic.twitter.com/eGHYNVcRVs
In one of those rants he swears aren’t fueled by Bolivian marching powder, the former president’s eldest son slammed the one not called “Meatball Ron” for, he said, being “owned by the billionaire donors” and being “100%-controlled opposition.” He also called DeSantis’ return fire on his father a “milquetoast response,” allegedly dictated by the GOP gate-keepers who have turned on the still popular Trump.
Moreover, he echoed charges, usually made by those on the other side of the political spectrum, that DeSantis simply “isn’t ready for the big league” and that it’s “not your time.” And he should know.
“I’ve spent a lot of time with Desantis personally,” Jr. said. “The image created online by the paid influencers? Guys, unfortunately, one-on-one, it doesn’t exist.”
Thoughout his rant, Jr.’s already wackadoodle voice weaved drunkenly about. Sometimes it turned nasal, as though he was accidentally channeling a Muppet. The fury continued as he moved onto Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who it’s suspected is close to indicting the 45th president.
In his first podcast after the indictment news, Junior was pretty worked up: “This prosecution is pure, Bolshevik-style, witchuntery!” pic.twitter.com/ZVVVTRwpTA
“This prosecution isn’t based on facts or the law or anything that even resembles that,” Jr. charged. Instead it’s “pure Bolshevik-style witch-huntery,” trying to make the Democrats sound
Jr. also tore apart the theory that his Democratic enemies want him indicted so he’ll be the nominee. “This was the hot, stupid take on Twitter over the weekend, like the dumbest take ever,” he said. “Like they weren’t trying to put him in jail for the last eight years. Like they didn’t accuse me and the rest of my family of treason and other things.”
As usual, rather than refer to his father as “my father” or “my dad,” he called him simply “Trump.” Because that’s how close they are.
Killer Mike had a big 2020 with the release of the new Run The Jewels album RTJ4. Now, it looks like he’s stepping out on his own for a new solo record titled Michael.
“Yesterday I got the chance to sit and listen to @killermike new solo project ‘Michael,’” DJ Kenny Perez, a Milwaukee radio host, wrote in an Instagram post on March 16, during SXSW. “Without a doubt, RUN and embrace it when it drops. The project is a journey through his life, and he doesn’t hold back. Collabs with Andre 3000, Lil Wayne, Dave Chappelle, and more.”
Meanwhile, Killer Mike unveiled the song “Talk’n That Sh!t” in October of last year. “The song is self-explanatory,” he said in a statement. “With the video, I wanted to show the freedom and beauty in being able to turn up in spite of all the f*ck-sh*t. That upsets the bourgeoisie even more — in spite of all your criticisms, we’re gonna live free and stay lit.”
He also revealed nearly a year ago that a new Run The Jewels album was in the works. “I say this with a smile, and a wink — me and El-P were in the studio together,” he said. “We may have messed around and started Run the Jewels 5. So we’ll see what happens.”
This week, Affleck spoke to another prominent basketball personality when he sat down with ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins. This time, Perkins teed up Affleck to dive into his beloved Celtics by asking for his top-10 Celtics of all-time — with Perk joking this list would be excluding himself. Affleck turned the tables by then insisting without Perk there is no list, as it’s just 10 Kendrick Perkins from the 2009-10 season.
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Kendrick Perkins: “Outside of me, who is your favorite Celtic of all-time?”
Ben Affleck: “There’s nobody outside of you. You in my top 10. The 10 of my top 10 is you. 09-10 Kendrick Perkins, I’d put up against anybody in 2K.” pic.twitter.com/5wVL8OdbfW
Of course, Affleck handled this like the pro that he is, praising Perkins in a delightful way and showing off his Celtics bonafides by even referencing a specific season in which his fandom of Perkins seemed to grow. It also makes for perfect internet fodder in that Affleck gave a completely unserious answer and also avoided anything more specific. In short, it’s great stuff, and Perkins got to be praised by a movie star on the air, which clearly delighted the big fella.
France’s National Assembly has passed a new law that could seriously impact parents’ ability to share photos of their children online. If passed by the Senate and signed by the president, it would give courts the power to ban parents from posting pictures of their children online.
The bill is controversial because it takes away parents’ rights and puts them in the hands of the government. But supporters believe there are more than a few good reasons for the potential ban.
First, it keeps the child’s image out of the hands of unsavory characters. Member of Parliament Bruno Studer, who proposed the bill, told Le Monde, “’A 13-year-old child has an average of 1,300 images of themselves circulating on the internet. These are photos that can be misused for child pornography or that can lead to bullying in the school environment.”
According to Le Monde, 50% of all imagery of children shared on child pornography forums was first posted online by the child’s parents. The bill would also give both parents the right to the child’s image, so if one parent thinks the other is posting inappropriate images, they have the right to stop it.
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“The first two articles aim to establish the protection of privacy as one of the responsibilities of parents as holders of parental authority, for which they must obviously involve the child,” Struder continued. “In the most extreme cases, it is provided that the family judge may, if necessary, make a forced partial delegation of parental authority for the specific case of an exercise of image rights.”
Opponents of the bill believe that the legislation would strike a blow to parents’ rights. But doesn’t a child have a right to choose how their image is used, especially in a world where the photos could remain visible for the foreseeable future? As the old saying goes, online is forever and photos taken of someone as a child could follow them around well into adulthood.
Further, as the first generation of children who grew up in influencer families are becoming adults, we’re starting to realize the damage the lifestyle can have on young people. Aren’t these kids entitled to some protection from being exploited by their parents?
“We talk a lot about image rights, but not about children’s dignity,” Thomas Rohmer, Director and founder of l’Observatoire de la Parentalité et de l’Education Numérique, told Le Monde.
The bill has struck up a much-needed debate online and some parents are adamant that it’s their business what they do with photos of their children and no one else’s.
Don’t think it’s necessarily a bad move, but it should be left at the behest of the parent and not the State.
Once you put your child on social media facial recognition follows them for life . There is no escape no privacy . It is not fair to your child to make such an important decision for them.
— A Conservative Environmentalist (@SUITE911) March 20, 2023
The debate is interesting because it involves three rightfully interested parties—parents, their children, and a state entrusted to protect children’s rights. Whether or not the law is passed, the debate should serve as a way for people to confront this serious idea and to give parents a reason to think twice before posting photos of their children online.
“When you get signed, the label wants a hit,” she explained in a February 2022 interview. “They want a return on their investment, which I understand. But it’s important for artists to understand themselves before they start seeking for hits.” She offered an estimated release date of the summer of that year, which obviously didn’t happen.
In a new interview with E! News, the rapper shared another update on the LP. “I feel like a debut album is not something you just put out,” she said. “It’s not something you play with. I’m a Cancer, so I like to overthink sometimes, but I think you have to be really careful with that, and I take my art really serious.”
“I’ve been through a lot of interesting experiences,” she added. “So, I wanna put that all into my album in the most artistic and organic way.”
In June of last year, she shared more on her Instagram Story about the process. “These past couple of years have been a growing experience for me as an artist, human, but most importantly, a woman,” she wrote. “I have realized my purpose with the platform God has given me, which is why I have taken my time with releasing music this time around. Through hours of self-reflection, I have realized that Pretty B.*.T.C.H. music is not an album — it’s a movement. It’s a culture. It’s a language. It’s a lifestyle. We not rushing art. We taking our time! This ain’t no microwave sh*t! It’s baking & it will definitely be worth the taste.”
Saweetie is a Warner Music Artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Today, real estate feels like the separator between the haves and the have-nots. Someone saving up for a down payment could easily be disheartened to hear their degree, buddy Otto is now a professional landlord influencer who leverages debt to buy twelve townhouses for passive, cash flow positive, uber-wünder-wealth. Because everyone wants one, houses are expensive (even s**** ones), and this can be attributed to simple supply and demand economics — much demand, little supply.
ICON has developed the best 3D printing machine to date, “The Vulcan.” Using concrete material known as “Lavacrete” the Vulcan basically operates like a carnival crane, except instead of futilely snatching build-a-bears, it’s meticulously shooting Lavacrete like cake frosting, constructing the walls of a home layer by layer. And instead of an angry guy failing to impress his dream date, this machine’s being piloted by advanced, error-proof software.
Check it out:
Feed the machine any sort of architectural design and it will build it; twice as fast, for half the cost, and double the quality. In a 2022 SXSW Talk, titled “It’s Time to Build,” ICON CEO Jason Ballard stated, “If you want a house in the shape of a Fibonacci spiral, we can print you one, and if you want a house in the shape of a square, you’re boring, but we can still build it for you.”
While the walling (the most labor-intensive part of construction) is automated, the flooring, finishing, windows, and roofing are all manually crafted.
CAN YOU LIVE IN ONE?
Sadly, because the technology is quite new, 3D-printed homes are not widely available (yet!). But it’s possible. ICON is in the process of proving that they can scale this sort of home construction by building the first 3D-printed neighborhood in history, The Genesis Collection at Wolf Ranch, Texas. This 100-home community could be a sneak peek at what’s to come. The neighborhood is a mixture of eight distinct floor plans classified as The Genesis Collection.
Here are just a few of the models so you can get a feel for what it would be like to live in a 3D-printed house:
Some might be skeptical about buying a house made by robots, thinking they’re settling for an inhuman, dystopian, concrete cell. But oddly enough, visitors of Icon’s earlier projects have confessed that they actually feel very human. According to CNBC, prices for one of these homes start in the mid $400,000 range.
THE PATH TO QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Ultimately, before prices go down, supply must go up, and the efforts to rapidly raise supply by conventional home building are causing problems. Ballard says, “[In America] we presently have 5 million fewer homes than we need, and we’re building 2 million fewer than we need every year.” He goes on to state, “As we try to dig out of this hole, we resort to less skilled sources of labor, and lesser quality of materials. We try to cut corners.”
And even when corners are cut, conventional housing construction is still more expensive, labor-intensive, and inefficient. It’s also a large contributor to landfill waste, water consumption and carbon emissions. If there was a way to build more houses and leave a smaller carbon footprint, most would prefer that method. But it’s not just a matter of preference. It’s a matter of necessity.
Ballard puts the mission of housing 1.6 billion people in perspective, “Lennar, the largest home builder in America, builds 70,000 homes a year. If they could build a million a year, it would still take 1000 years. Only robots can do this. There are not enough humans who know how to build things to get us out of the problem that we’re in.”
BOTTOM LINE:
3D printed homes are coming: the money and the expertise don’t lie. Valued at just $1.9 million in 2019, the 3D printing market is now projected to be worth $76 billion by 2030. And if you thought “The Vulcan” sounded very scientific and Star Trek-y, you’re not wrong, because ICON recently partnered with NASA. NASA doesn’t just believe 3D Printing will be the best way to build houses in the world, they think it will be the future of interplanetary construction. Ideally, if 3D-printed homes scale to the capacity that experts hope, houses will become more affordable, and the chances of sticking it to Otto the landlord will be promising.
Regardless of the time of year (but especially in the early spring), we love to partake in a wheat beer or two. These top-fermented, heavily wheat-filled beers are widely available from US craft brewers as well as traditional European beer makers. Traditionally, they come in two main versions (along with a few offshoots like the Berliner Weisse, Gose, lambic, and others): the Belgian Witbier and the German Weizenbier. While we could spend all day writing about both styles, today we’re sticking to the German version exclusively.
German wheat beers are well-known for their heavy wheat, yeast, fruity, and sometimes lightly spiced flavor profile. Specifically, the popular hefeweizen is known for its yeasty, clove, almost banana flavor. While these flavors (and others) vary by brewery and beer, it’s safe to say that cracking open a wheat beer on a late winter or early spring night is a good idea. They’re refreshing, flavorful, and complex enough for the remaining cooler weather.
Now that we’ve gotten you good and thirsty, it’s time to actually find some of these European gems. Below, you’ll find eight of our favorite classic German wheat beers. We ranked them based on flavor and balance.
This top-fermented beer is known for its natural, yeasty, tangy flavor profile. A classic since its first release in March of 1993, its flavor profile of bananas, cloves, fruit, honey, and funky yeast is just as great thirty years later.
Tasting Notes:
The nose of bubblegum, banana, cloves, and yeasty bread draws you in. The palate is more of the same with flavors like ripe bananas, wintry spices, citrus zest, and bready malts. It’s yeasty, simple, and memorable.
Bottom Line:
While it’s difficult to find any fault with this beer, it’s a little yeasty and hazy for some novice wheat beer fans.
This 5.1% ABV top-fermented, hazy, unfiltered, yeast-filled wheat beer is known for its mix of funky, tangy, floral flavors, and refreshing, effervescent mouthfeel. This award-winning beer is light and refreshing, yet complex enough to excite the biggest wheat beer fans.
Tasting Notes:
This beer starts off with a surprisingly yeasty, funky nose along with ripe bananas and wintry spices. The palate follows suit with tangier, barnyard, funky yeast, bananas, bubblegum, and cloves. It’s crisp, refreshing, and loaded with wheat-centric flavors.
Bottom Line:
Another banger of an unfiltered beer. The only downfall, similar to the prior beer is the funky, almost barnyard yeasty aroma and flavor.
If you’ve been to Munich or you’re a big German beer drinker, you’ve likely heard about Hofbräuhaus. The restaurants serve Hofbraus beers, but if you’re not near one, you can grab a sixer of Hofbräu Hefe Weizen at your local beer or grocery store. One of the historic brewery’s most popular beers, it’s known for its well-balanced, citrus, and banana-filled flavor profile.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find honey, wheat, yeasty bread, bananas, and baking spices. The palate is exactly like the nose with a heavy dose of ripe banana, cloves, funky yeasty, what, and light citrus peels taking center stage. The finish is crisp and lightly bitter.
Bottom Line:
Another well-balanced, complex wheat beer that deserves a spot in your fridge. It might be a bit heavy on banana flavor for some new German beer drinks.
Brewed with malted barley, malted wheat, yeast, and Hallertauer Herkules and Hallertauer Taurus hops, this 5.5% ABV Weissbier is known for its naturally cloudy, unfiltered, yeasty, fruity, lightly spicy flavor profile.
Tasting Notes:
This beer smells like freshly-baked banana bread with a little clove and floral, Noble hops mixed in. The pleasant aroma makes way for a palate of ripe bananas, candied orange peels, clover honey, wheat, and spicy cloves. It’s a great mix of yeast, sweet flavors, and spice.
Bottom Line:
This beer is a great example of how to make a well-balanced wheat beer. It has every aroma and flavor wheat beer fans crave and they are all working in unison.
Another popular German hefeweizen, Franziskaner Hefe Weissbier is known for its unfiltered, natural cloudy appearance as well as its mixture of fruity and spicy flavors. It’s a very complex, balanced wheat beer that has fans all over the world.
Tasting Notes:
Dry hay, yeast, sweet wheat, banana, honey, dried fruits, and wintry spices start everything off right with this beer’s nose. Drinking it reveals yeasty bread, wheat, earthy funk, bananas, sweet malts, citrus peels, and light spices. The finish is crisp, sweet, and memorable.
Bottom Line:
Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier leans heavily into the yeasty, bready, banana flavors, but it’s all very well balanced and drinkable.
The number one wheat beer in Germany, Paulaner Hefeweizen is brewed with Herkules hops as well as light wheat malt, dark wheat malt, Pilsner malt, and Munich malt. The result is spicy, floral, sweet wheat beer you’ll come back to again and again.
Tasting Notes:
Yeasty bread, lemongrass, bubblegum, bananas, and cloves make a major appearance on the nose. The palate is very fruity with bananas, brown bread, funky yeast, citrus peels, fruit esters, pepper, and cloves. There are little to no hop flavors and aromas, but somehow it still works.
Bottom Line:
This is one for the fruity wheat beer fans. While it’s yeasty, funky, and has some other well-known wheat beer flavors, it’s the fruity flavor that propels this one to a different level.
Not only is Weihenstephaner the kind of brewery that seems to make nothing but bangers, but it’s also the oldest continuously operating brewery in the world with its inception in 1040. Its Hefe Weissbier is known for its unfiltered cloudy appearance and fruity, banana, and clove flavor.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of funky yeast, sweet wheat, bananas, freshly-baked bread, orange peels, wintry spices, and caramel malts make this a very welcoming nose. After that start, the palate doesn’t disappoint with flavors like banana bread, candied orange peels, dried fruits, cloves, and yeasty bread.
Bottom Line:
Weihenstephaner crafted one of the most flavorful, fruity, well-balanced wheat beers not only in Germany but in the whole beer world.
Schneider Weisse traces its history back to 1872 when George Schneider purchased the rights to brew wheat beer from King Ludwig and took over the formerly abandoned brewery Zum Maderbräu in Munich. Its most well-known offering is its Schneider Weisse Original Hefeweizen, an unfiltered, well-balanced traditional wheat beer.
Tasting Notes:
It all starts with a nose of ripe bananas, bubblegum, grassy, floral hops, sweet wheat, yeasty bread, and cloves. The palate is filled with flavors like candied nuts, fruit esters, bananas, freshly baked bread, and more wintry spices. It’s fruity, spicy, and sublimely balanced.
Bottom Line:
If you only drink one German wheat beer this spring, make it Schneider Weisse Original Hefeweizen. Its unfiltered, banana, fruity, yeasty flavor is one you’ll crave long after you finish drinking it.
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