There’s probably at least some subset of Drake fans who are also passionate about fly fishing. For those select few, today is a massive day, as it has finally happened: Drake is on the cover of the Fall 2024 issue of The Drake, a long-running quarterly fly fishing magazine.
It appears this isn’t just Drake having fun with his and the magazine’s names, though, as the cover serves as some clever marketing.
On the cover, Drake is standing in the middle of a stream, fly fishing away. Notably, he’s wearing multiple pieces from his company Nocta’s new line with Nike, the “Opal” collection. It’s not available to buy yet, but the caption of a new promo video shared on Instagram today (October 9) explains, “The Opal Collection is a return to NOCTA’s core DNA- premium outerwear, vests and apparel inspired by sport and culture. Engineered for performance and crafted with intention, each piece is designed for seamless adaptability across diverse environments. Stay tuned for details and release info.”
For those who like looking for hidden meanings where there likely aren’t any: In August, ASAP Rocky said of his beef with Drake, “I got bigger fish to fry.” Do with that information what you will.
Speaking of Drake-related merch, OVO recently announced the “Hometown Heroes Collection,” which includes hoodies, t-shirts, and basketball and hockey jerseys featuring OVO branding, in partnership with the NBA’s Toronto Raptors and the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs.
Netflix’s ‘Starting 5’ series debuted on Wednesday, as fans were given a behind the scenes look at the lives and seasons of LeBron James, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Domantas Sabonis, and Jimmy Butler. The series offers a unique look at how they all navigate the 2023-24 season both on the court and off of it.
For Anthony Edwards, that means becoming a father and figuring out what that means, but for Jimmy Butler, we learned it meant dealing with a tremendous loss. In episode 4 of the series, Butler reveals that his father died in early February, just before the All-Star break, and the series shows him trying to deal with the grief of that loss while still playing. In episode 5, which looks at All-Star and the start of the stretch run, Butler opens up about his struggles finding his typical mental edge as he works out, knowing the Heat need him to turn it on for the playoff push.
“Right after All-Star break, my teammates, they really need me to be a lot better. I want to always answer to that call,” Butler says. “But I could care less about basketball right now. I don’t care. Yeah I work out. Yes, I train. Because I love to do it and it takes my mind off of my dad. For that moment, I’m lost in the game and the art in getting better. But as soon as that ball’s done bouncing and I’m back home, it all settles in. Man, it sucks to hurt. It sucks to lose people. They expect you to be superhuman, which is it’s a thing in itself. But I’m very much human, and I’m hurting right now as we speak. And I hate talking about it. I hate it, but here we are.”
In the first game back from the break, Butler led the Heat to a win in New Orleans, scoring 23 points in 27 minutes, but was ejected after an altercation with Naji Marshall. The episode shows all of that, with Butler talking about all the emotions he was dealing with at the time, and how rarely athletes get looked at on the human side of things.
“I don’t think you understand until you understand, but athletes are human, too. We hurt and we cry and we grieve and we’re angry when something is going on in our life,” Butler said. “And you can’t see it, just like we can’t see what’s going on in your life either. But that doesn’t make us a bad person for being human.”
That is, more than anything else, the benefit of a series like ‘Starting 5’, as it offers a chance to see players living their lives off the court and presenting a reminder that, like all of us, they are navigating the ups and downs of life while also playing professional basketball. Butler kept his father’s passing quiet publicly prior to the series, but being open about his grief and struggles with finding the same joy and purpose on the basketball court gives some perspective on his season and everything he was dealing with.
2025 has been a major year for K-pop favorites aespa. The group released their debut album, Armageddon, in May, they just finished performing across Asia on the SYNK: Parallel Line Tour, and they have an EP, Whiplash, on the way later this month.
On tour, aespa’s members — Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning — have been performing some new solo songs, and now they’ve officially released them on a new EP, SYNK: Parallel Line – Special Digital Single. Includded are Karina’s “Up,” Giselle’s “Dopamine,” Ningning’s “Bored!,” and Winter’s “Spark.” It’s a pretty diverse set of tunes, too, from the hip-hop-leaning “Up” to the house-pop “Spark.”
Check out the new songs above and find the group’s upcoming tour dates below.
aespa’s 2025 Tour Dates: SYNK: Parallel Line
01/28/2025 — Seattle, WA @ ShoWare Center
01/30/2025 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
02/01/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Kia Forum
02/04/2025 — Mexico City, MX @ Sports Palace
02/06/2025 — Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
02/08/2025 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
02/11/2025 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
02/13/2025 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
02/15/2025 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
03/02/2025 — London, UK @ OVO Arena, Wembley
03/04/2025 — Paris, FR @ Zenith
03/06/2025 — Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live
03/09/2025 — Frankfurt, DE @ myticket Jahrhunderthalle
03/12/2025 — Madrid, ES @ WiZink Center
Alien: Romulus, during pandemic times, was planned as a straight-to-Hulu film (much like Prey was to the Predator franchise) because as noted by director Fede Álvarez, theaters were not healthy when that call was made. However, the movie gods smiled upon the most recent Xenomorph to grace screens and decided to gamble on theatrical, which paid off to the tune of $350 million globally. Horror revival king Fede Álvarez isn’t (publicly) tied for a sequel to this interquel yet, but do not be surprised if that happens.
We will, of course, also soon see Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth TV series that will stream on Hulu, but for the moment, let’s get back to where we can watch Romulus at home. The movie will hit VOD on Tuesday, October 15, but it will not stream on Hulu at that time, even if you did manage to score a themed bucket for your couch-bound viewing of Cailee Spaeny and friends dodging The Offspring. When can we expect this to happen?
Is Alien: Romulus Streaming On Hulu Soon?
Maybe. Surely, 20th Century Studios will want to pull in some more dollars on VOD before making Romulus part of the Hulu streaming package. Generally, that would happen anywhere between 90-120 days after theatrical release, but the VOD release will coincide with the 60 day mark, so the wait for Hulu could be as early as November or as long as January. Hopefully, that won’t be the case because who doesn’t want to cuddle up and watch some facehugging with the fam on Christmas Eve? This would be a fine tradition.
However, every other movie in the Alien franchise is on Hulu right now, so have at it. Remember, no one can hear you [EEK].
The video starts with an establishing shot of a building before cutting to Grande, saying to people off-camera, “Guys, I’m so excited to be hosting this week, but before we start, I just want to say, I would really prefer to not to anything Wicked– or Wizard Of Oz-related. The video then cuts to a shot of four SNL cast members, dressed as the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man. After an awkward pause, Andrew Dismukes (in Tin Man garb) asks, “May we come back in one hour?” Grande approves and the four cast members awkwardly shuffle out of the room.
Grande has a rich history with SNL. She made her first appearance almost exactly ten years ago, as a musical guest on the September 27, 2014 episode. She was then both host and musical guest on March 12, 2016. Grande returned as a musical guest earlier this year, on March 9.
Six months after sharing his Nasarati 2 mixtape on SoundCloud, Lil Nas X appears ready to begin his next era of new music. While he’s made appearances on other artists’ songs throughout the year, such as Camila Cabello’s “He Knows” and Kevin Abstract’s “Tennessee,” his only new solo music has come in the form of his Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F soundtrack contribution, “Here We Go!”
But, thanks to an exuberant, topless dance video Nas posted on Twitter, we now know when he’s dropping some new music: sometime in November. In the video, Nas employs what sounds very much like a beat from Pharrell Williams (and what sounds like a Pharrell hook too!) to rap coquettishly about — what else? — stealing your man. The caption reads: “GUESS WHOS FINALLY DROPPING NEW MUSIC NEXT MONTH ?!!”
The throwback vibe of the instrumental is matched by what little wardrobe he rocks in the video — extremely baggy jean shorts and a fitted cap cocked to the side, very 106 & Park, very Rap City, very 2006 — while even the dances he does give hilariously tongue-in-cheek millennial vibes (the Harlem Shake?!? the REAL Harlem Shake?? Yaaasss). Judging from the snippet, it seems as though Lil Nas X might just be leaning more hip-hop than pop for his next project, despite the success of songs like “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and “Old Town Road.” However, he appears to have sharpened those rap skills, so that could be a very good thing. You can check out the video here.
The 2024 WNBA Finals will feature the two best teams in the league during the regular season, as the 1-seed New York Liberty will face the 2-seed Minnesota Lynx in what figures to be a fantastic series. The Liberty are in the Finals for the second straight season, and avenged last year’s Finals loss to the Aces in the semis to get here. The Lynx, meanwhile, took down the Sun in the semis behind a phenomenal series from Napheesa Collier, as the MVP runner-up and DPOY continues her career-year with designs on winning a championship.
Both teams excel on both ends of the floor, led by their star bigs in Collier and Breanna Stewart, and mirror each other in some fascinating ways. They are first and second in opposing field goal percentage allowed this season, indicating their tremendous ability to force opponents into tough shots and their ability to contest all over the floor. On offense, the Lynx were the best three-point shooting team in the league, while the Liberty took the most threes in the W this season. This series will come down to which team can most consistently create good offense against the best defenses in the league, and watching the cat and mouse game on both sides will be exceptionally fun to watch.
The best-of-5 Finals will begin on Thursday night (10/10) in New York, and run through October 20 if it goes the distance, with all five games being played on ESPN or ABC.
2024 WNBA Finals TV Schedule
Game 1: Thursday, 10/10 (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2: Sunday, 10/13 (3:00 p.m. ET, ABC)
Game 3: Wednesday, 10/16 (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 4: Friday, 10/18 (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 5: Sunday, 10/20 (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Earlier this year, Deadline reported that the untitled Top Gun 3 is “in development,” and that it will reunite Cruise with producers Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison and Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski. The script is being written by Ehren Kruger, who was nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay for Maverick with Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie.
Here’s everything we know about Top Gun 3, including plot details, the returning cast, and whether there’s a release date.
Plot
One of the best things about Top Gun: Maverick is that it had a definitive ending. There’s a cool mission, Maverick rides off into the sunset with the girl of his dreams, and Lady Gaga sings an Oscar-nominated power ballad over the credits. A plus! So, where does Top Gun go from here?
No plot details have been revealed about the third film, but mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer did tell Screen Rant that “we have a story. [Director] Joe Kosinski had a wonderful story idea for it, and he [Tom Cruise] said I really like that, so we’re developing it. But you never know when it’s going to get made because Tom is so busy. He’s doing Mission: Impossible right now, he’s got a picture after it. Hopefully, we’ll get a screenplay that he loves, and we’ll be back in the air again.” (Mission: Impossible 8 is scheduled for May 23, 2025.)
Glen Powell was equally cryptic about Top Gun 3. “There is going to be some fun stuff being announced soon… but it was confidential to me,” he told Variety while promoting Twisters. “I talk to Kosinski, Cruise, and Jerry all the time. There is stuff happening and it sounds very exciting. I don’t know when I’ll be going back… I’m sure there is a jet waiting for me sometime in the future.”
Well, Tom Cruise will be back, that’s for sure. Other Top Gun stars who are expected to return include Glen Powell as “Hangman,” Miles Teller as “Rooster,” Jennifer Connelly as Penny, Jon Hamm as “Cyclone,” Charles Parnell as “Warlock,” and Lewis Pullman as my favorite callsign, “Bob.”
“I wish I knew more. I’m not blowing smoke. I wish I knew more. All I know is the Glen Powell narrative,” the Thunderbolts* star (he’s playing another Bob in the MCU) told the Just for Variety podcast. “He’s claiming there is a script. And this has been said since day one, is as long as it’s earned and as long as Tom feels like it continues the story of Maverick in a way that part of the story that needs to be told, then I think it could happen.”
Val Kilmer’s Iceman had the perfect send-off in Top Gun: Maverick, so his arc is complete.
Release Date
It took 36 years for Top Gun to get a sequel. The wait between Top Gun: Maverick and Top Gun 3 (probably?) won’t be that long, but it’s still many years away. Good thing Tom Cruise is ageless.
Trailer
It should be obvious by now that there’s no trailer for Top Gun 3. That’s the bad news. Here’s the good news: a three-hour loop of the very shirtless beach football scene from Top Gun: Maverick exists. Enjoy!
Green Day‘s Dookie, the highest-selling album named after another word for “poop,” turned 30 years old this year. To celebrate the milestone, the punk band is re-releasing the album on… Big Mouth Billy Bass.
Green Day collaborated with art studio Brain on Dookie Demastered, which puts the songs from the original album on “15 obscure, obsolete, and otherwise inconvenient limited-edition formats,” according to a press release. Finally, you can listen to Dookie on a floppy disk, an answering machine, annoying talking bear Teddy Ruxpin, and the equally irritating singing fish. But that’s the point: “It’s Dookie, the way it was never meant to be heard.”
All 15 formats can be played at Dookie Demastered, where you can also enter a drawing for a chance to buy the album.
Green Day recently wrapped up the North American dates for The Saviors Tour, where they played American Idiot and Dookie front to back, but they’ll return to the road for the international leg soon.
Below, you can find the tracklist and the format each song is available on.
Green Day’s Dookie Demastered Tracklist
1. “Burnout” (Player Piano Roll)
2. “Having A Blast” (Floppy Disk)
3. “Chump” (Teddy Ruxpin)
4. “Longview” (Doorbell)
5. “Welcome To Paradise” (Game Boy Cartridge)
6. “Pulling Teeth” (Toothbrush)
7. “Basket Case” (Big Mouth Billy Bass)
8. “She” (HitClip)
9. “Sassafras Roots” (8-Track)
10. “When I Come Around” (Wax Cylinder)
11. “Coming Clean” (X-Ray Record)
12. “Emenius Sleepus” (Answering Machine)
13. “In The End” (MiniDisc)
14. “F.O.D.” (Fisher Price Record)
15. “All By Myself” (Music Box)
As unprecedented flooding sweeps through the Southeastern United States, a slew of music’s biggest artists have come together to contribute their talents to aid those folks affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Three NC natives have organized 135-track album, Cardinals At The Window, featuring Angel Olsen, Fleet Foxes, Jason Isbell, Little Brother, MJ Lenderman, R.E.M., The War On Drugs, and more, with proceeds from the download-only project going directly to three organizations benefitting the impacted communities. They are BeLoved Asheville, Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, and Rural Organizing and Resilience.
The project’s organizers are musician and community organizer Libby Rodenbough, New Commute founder David Walker, and music journalist Grayson Haver Currin, while Shirlette Ammons, Martin Anderson, Anna Morris, Cory Rayborn, and Rusty Sutton provided “critical support,” according to a press release. Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn and Clay Blair engineered the project for free, while Hunter Savoy and Ryan Gustafson launched the Cardinals at the Window direct funding campaign. Rodenbough who was on tour in Massachusetts with The Dead Tongues when the hurricane hit, said, “There were just so many folks who, like us, had witnessed the destruction of these holy places from the outside and felt their hearts trying to break out of their chests. It was instant, the way people signed on. They also feel what I feel, that these mountains are the cradle of some deep and ineffable magic.”
You can find more info about Cardinals At The Window on the campaign website, and download the album on BandCamp.
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