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It’s been a few months since we’ve caught up with that fun group of ’90s kids as they attempt to survive the wilderness, which is a hard thing to do (even for bears!) but it’s especially hard when you are a teenager, as the only thing scarier than nature’s natural food chain is the girl’s high school soccer team, as is the case in Yellowjackets.

Season two of the Showtime series will premiere for subscribers on March 24th before airing two days later on March 26th. The second season is supposed to be “darker” than the first season of the show, which has its own cannibal subplot, by the way, so who knows how much darker it could really get? Pretty dark, as it turns out! Steven Krueger, who plays Coach Ben, told TV Insider that season two will cover the winter months when things turn dire, and not just because they missed the soccer tournament.

“We are going into the wintertime when the season ends with that first snowfall. This season will cover the winter months,” Kreuger told the outlet earlier this year. “It’s going to get dire out there with little food and the challenge of staying warm and alive. A good general overall birdseye view of the second season is it feels like producers loved we were the crazy show on TV and want to take that and double down. If you thought Season 1 was crazy, just buckle your seatbelts for Season 2. It doesn’t let up.”

As for the adult cast members, season two will introduce Lauren Ambrose as Adult Van, while Simone Kessell will portray Adult Lottie, who was revealed to be the Antler Queen toward the first season’s conclusion. Also joining the party will be Elijah Wood, who will portray Walter, a “citizen detective” who is curious about trying to get to the bottom of what really went down in those woods all those years ago.

Co-creator Bart Nickerson recently told Deadline what fans could expect for the second season of the series. “We are watching the emergence of a religiosity in ’96 and seeing the ramifications of that and the rebirth of that in the present day,” Nickerson said, adding that the series will naturally progress–both in flashbacks and current days. “I think that that kind of trajectory will continue to hopefully keep the show — you don’t have to completely start from scratch each season. Hopefully, this sort of tone and the feel of the show will continue to become fuller and more itself.”

As the show gets “fuller” keep in mind that the series was already renewed for a third season, so there are more cliffhangers to come! Whether you want them or not.

(Via IndieWire)

‘Tis the season for a big, boozy glass of egg nog. While the creamy and eggy custard drink isn’t for everyone, it is a classic sipper in this snowy season, brimming with winter spices, that aforementioned creaminess, and a nice kick of alcohol to take the edge off the whole season. That means it’s time for a blind taste test and ranking off all the boozy, ready-to-drink egg nogs you can find in the liquor store.

For this tasting, I grabbed six standard bottles from my local Total Wine in Kentucky. I’ll admit up front, not every region’s local brands are on this list. This is about the main brands that you see nationwide. Beyond that, I did grab a big bottle on a Costco run — I wanted to see how Costco’s version stood up to classics from the likes of Heaven Hill and Buffalo Trace. You know, the places that are known for making amazing booze. (Note: your booze-free grocery store egg nogs are not present below.)

Our lineup today is the following:

• Kirkland Signature Traditional Holiday Egg Nog Liqueur
• Misunderstood Oat Nog
• Winterhaven Farms Egg Nog
• Evan Williams Original Southern Egg Nog Bourbon
• Benchmark Old No. 8 Brand Egg Nog
• Two Stars Egg Nog

I ranked these according to taste, which means I was looking at how these stood up as egg nogs and not just as creamy liqueurs (which is what most of these are based off of). I was looking at creaminess, nutmeg focus, overall winter spiciness, depth of flavor, booziness (too much alcohol?), and sweetness (too much? too little?). All of these factors are what make or break a good nog. Get a bad batch (or bottle in this case) and you might be off the stuff for life.

Sound good? Let’s dive in!

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Part 1: The Tasting

Taste 1

Tasting Notes:

There’s a sense of sourness on the nose that’s a bit offputting from the jump. There is a sense of creamy cinnamon as well, but not much else smell-wise. The palate is light and not overly creamy with a hint of nutmeg and a splash of booze. The end gets super sweet and turns into pink bubblegum on the finish.

This is not good. I wouldn’t even make french toast with this shit.

Taste 2

Tasting Notes:

There’s some clear nutmeg on the nose with a hint of oatmeal cookie. The palate has a note of allspice with the nutmeg and a thin raw oatmeal cookie dough vibe next to wet cinnamon sticks and very light buttercream. Overall, this wasn’t very boozy at all.

This was fine. Clearly, it’s a grain-based drink as the creaminess was almost non-existent.

Taste 3

Tasting Notes:

This is boozy on the nose, in a good way, with a creamy sense of vanilla white cake and maybe a whisper of winter spice. The palate is so creamy with a burst of vanilla that has a middling spice vibe and more sweet vanilla to the point of being like frosting. The end is like taking a vanilla soft-serve ice cream to the face.

This is a sweet vanilla bomb.

Taste 4

Tasting Notes:

Rummy spice with a hint of raisin, nutmeg, and allspice leads the way on the nose with a hint of orange and clove. The palate leans into a rum and brandy with a hint of vanilla bourbon next to vanilla cream, burnt orange, a smidge of almond, and maybe some hazelnut with a nice dash of winter spice. The end stays pretty creamy with a sweet sense of nuttiness and spice.

This was classic from top to bottom.

Taste 5

Tasting Notes:

A medley of fresh nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, and allspice berries leads to an almost 5-Sprice vibe next to a creamy sense of buttercream on the nose. The palate is super creamy but not overly sweet with bourbon vanilla and a fresh gingerbread taste. The end is long and smooth and leans more towards the spices in a fruit cake than the sugars.

This is really nice and classic too. It’s also a tad more complex and not as boozy as the last one.

Taste 6

Tasting Notes:

This smells like a fresh cinnamon cookie on the nose with a touch of vanilla buttercream and solid levels of rumminess. The palate has a nice sense of gingerbread and freshly cooked pancakes with butter, pancake syrup (the high-fructose corn syrup kind), and a whiff of nuttiness counter by nutmeg and clove. The end is sweet and easy with a deep creaminess and clear nutmeg spice.

This was pretty good but a little thick.

Part 2: The Ranking

6. Kirkland Signature Traditional Holiday Egg Nog Liqueur — Taste 1

ABV: 14.75%

Average Price: $10 (1.75l bottle)

The Nog:

Costco’s Kirkland Signature Egg Nog “Liqueur” is made out in California. The nog is a mix of “real dairy cream” with whiskey, spiced rum, and brandy.

Bottom Line:

Don’t buy this.

5. Misunderstood Oat Nog — Taste 2

ABV: 14%

Average Price: $30

The Nog:

Misunderstood Whiskey is probably best known for its Ginger Spiced Whiskey, which admittedly sounds very “holiday season” too. Basically, they take that whiskey and combine it with dairy-free oat “milk” made from sustainably sourced oats.

Bottom Line:

This was fine. If you’re in need of a vegan option at your holiday bash this year, definitely stock up on this. But in my experience, people who are vegan aren’t like desperately pining for the chance to drink egg nog again.

4. Winterhaven Farms Egg Nog — Taste 3

ABV: 14.75%

Average Price: $9

The Nog:

This Pennsylvania mainstay is made with 100% double cream, fresh eggs, and a dash of winter spice. That’s mixed with rum, brandy, and whiskey according to, get this, “an old family recipe.”

Bottom Line:

This was a vanilla bomb. That’s not necessarily a bad thing but it’s not really that egg-nog-y either — it really tastes more like bourbon cream liqueur that’s been rebranded for the holidays. Still, this was far tastier than the last two.

3. Two Stars Egg Nog — Taste 6

ABV: 12.5%

Average Price: $12

The Nog:

This ready-to-drink egg nog is made according to “the old Southern recipe” that Two Stars has on file. The nog is made with a creamy custard base that’s enriched with “Kentucky bourbon, fine brandy, and Caribbean rum.”

Bottom Line:

This was pretty good. It was very much a boozy egg nog with a decent spiciness. The only reason it’s a little lower is that it was a tad sweet (comparatively).

2. Evan Williams Original Southern Egg Nog Bourbon — Taste 4

ABV: 15%

Average Price: $10

The Nog:

This is a spiced cream liqueur that’s cut with sweet Kentucky bourbon, blended bourbon, brandy, and rum from Heaven Hill (which makes several labels for each category). If you drink whiskey cream liqueurs (Bailey’s, Carolan’s, etc.), you’ll have a general idea of where this bottle fits.

Bottom Line:

This was a nice and boozy nog with a real nutmeg-forward egg nog vibe. Overall, this hits the spot.

1. McAfee’s Benchmark Old No. 8 Brand Egg Nog — Taste 5

ABV: 15%

Average Price: $8

The Nog:

This egg nog from Buffalo Trace’s budget brand, McAfee’s Benchmark, is all about the creaminess. The creamy custard is cut with Buffalo Trace’s Benchmark Old #8 Bourbon and that’s it.

Bottom Line:

This had the best balance of alcohol kick, nutmeg (and winter spice), and creaminess that was, most importantly, not overly sweet. There’s sweetness, sure, but it felt tied to the natural creaminess of the nog and not from added high-fructose syrup.

Part 3: Final Thoughts

There was a big difference between the top three and the bottom three. I’d say, you can easily count on the top three on this list. The bottom three? Just skip those.

And if you want the nitty-gritty breakdown of the top three, you really want to go with Benchmark or Evan Williams. They’re classically tuned boozy ready-to-drink egg nogs. If you’re looking for more kick in your nog, go with Evan Williams. If you’re looking for a little more spice balance, then go with Benchmark. Either way, you’ll be in for a boozy holiday treat.

As 2022 comes to a close, perhaps the things we’ll remember most about the year in movies are that Tom Cruise is still a movie star (and a maniac) and James Cameron is still an incredible filmmaker (and also a bit of maniac). Looking back at it, while it doesn’t seem like it was a great year for movies, 2022 doesn’t necessarily seem like a bad one either. Television certainly felt like it had a better year. But only time will tell. These things have a tendency to morph over time.

Looking at the bright side, we got back to going to theaters to see movies again (many of the movies released in 2021 did not play in theaters due to COVID concerns) and we got more of Daniel Craig’s absurd Southern accent as Benoit Blanc (Benoit Blanc > James Bond, don’t @ us), and we also got Aubrey Plaza starring in a great movie (in addition to getting her fun performance in White Lotus), and The Menu gave us a lot to think about modern food culture, and hey Jordan Peele gave us another thought-provoking horror movie.

Anyway, enough babbling. That’s not what you came here for. Without further adieu, here are our ten favorite movies of 2022. Getting honorable mentions are Babylon, Jackass Forever, Fresh, Bones and All, and Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe. We’re sure our top selections will be greeted warmly and without controversy.

10. Avatar: The Way of Water

Hey, remember James Cameron? The director who made two Terminator movies? He also made Titanic, which became the biggest movie of all time, at least until 12 years later when he made Avatar and then that became the biggest movie of all time. Ever since Titanic people have been predicting disaster for James Cameron with his inflated budgets and seemingly impossible demands. But he delivers … every single time. This time, the conventional wisdom became, oh, well, no one cares about Avatar anymore. It’s been 13 years and people have moved on. It’s not part of the cultural zeitgeist anymore. And now here’s Avatar: The Way of Water, with its absolutely dazzling presentation (it’s hard to call them just “effects”) and a story that’s deeper, richer, and more poignant than the first film. It’s not going to be another 13 years until Cameron’s next film (Avatar 3 is due in just two years) and it looks like James Cameron and his Avatar stories will be very much part of our lives for the foreseeable future. — Mike Ryan

9. Glass Onion

Rian Johnson’s Knives Out surfaced in 2019 like razor-sharp, hard-crackling lightning in a bottle. The film served up a buffet of whodunnit goodness, and it also gave us Daniel Craig delighting in leaving Bond behind in favor of Benoit Blanc, Chris Evans wearing a sweater like no other, and Ana de Armas in her breakout role. Could another edition possibly harness the same magic but with an almost entirely different cast? Hell yes, it could and it did, and Johnson managed to weave a set-up that miraculously makes sense during a pandemic. Even with that specter looming in the background, this follow-up was sheer entertainment.

Craig returned as Blanc with a whole new cast of potential murdermakers to relish. Dave Bautista as a scantily clad social media sensation was only one of the ensemble highlights, and the endless buffet of cameos could not be stopped, nor did the story’s twists feel gratuitous or implausible. Instead, the film danced through mischief and swung bigger and better with a series of bewitching wrinkles and knots that made me forgive the 2+ runtime. In fact, I barely noticed the passage of time because this film is fun and cerebral and makes perfect sense when all is revealed. Also, one of the greatest TV murder detectives in history made a (bittersweet) cameo, for crying out loud. Netflix really should have run with a longer theatrical window, but at least it’s streaming for Christmas. — Kimberly Ricci

8. TÁR

About halfway through Todd Field’s TÁR, I remember thinking, what on Earth am I watching? It just seemed to be about a woman, Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), who has constant successes as a composer, but also seems oblivious and impervious to really anything else. Her life is one nonstop accolade. There’s even the scene that starts the film: a quite long Q&A hosted by The New Yorker that overstays its welcome, but as we learn in the back half of the film, that opening scene is needed to truly show the dichotomy of how far she falls. Her life was pretty much a steady stream of accolades, but after some serious allegations made against her, those accolades slowly disintegrate. Not all at once, but there’s a scene where Lydia assumes she’s getting praise from her neighbor when in reality all that neighbor wants her to do is turn the music down. It’s a movie that didn’t click for me until the final act, but then makes the whole rest of the film fall into place perfectly. — Mike Ryan

7. The Banshees of Inisherin

The entire cast here – Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan – are stellar in Martin McDonagh’s wonderful and heartbreaking story about what happens between two friends when one of the two doesn’t want to be friends any longer — and Gleeson’s Colm doesn’t have any other real reason than life is short and it’s time to move on from Farrell’s Pádraic. Set against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War, yes, Colm’s decision seems unfair and mean, but there’s also something poignant about it. That moment when we wake up and realize we’ve been wasting a lot of time and maybe we don’t have as much of it left as we think we do. But hurt feelings have a way of escalating emotions, as Colm’s shunning of Pádraic turns much more dark and twisted as the film goes along. — Mike Ryan

6. Emily the Criminal

Debt is a living thing, a parasite that feeds off its host, swapping ambition and hopefulness for desperation and envy. Director John Patton Ford understands that and paints an absorbing picture of how owing can slowly own a person with Emily the Criminal, which debuted to great acclaim at Sundance and is now streaming on Netflix. Suffocating under $70,000 worth of student debt, Emily (Aubrey Plaza at her absolute best) has swapped dreams of an art career for the draining daily drudge of catering corporate lunches, unpacking spilled pastas and oversized salads for office drones. When a friend turns her on to a just-a-bit-illegal way of making some extra cash, she jumps – reluctantly at first, but soon with both feet, a taser, and an admirable fearlessness that sees her stealing luxury cars and pawning off TVs packed to the brim in her four-door sedan. Plaza is reserved, but there’s a troubling anxiety bubbling beneath her surface that makes every move unexpected – whether she’s double-crossing friends or tracking down a thief who marked her neck with a box cutter moments earlier. To spoil the ending of Emily’s too-believable descent into a life of crime would be to spoil the entire film, but it’s safe to say, like the rest of this compact thriller, it doesn’t disappoint. — Jessica Toomer

5. The Menu

Shortly after The Menu was released, it became the central example in an Esquire essay entitled “Eating the Rich Shouldn’t Be So Satisfying,” with the subtitle, “The Menu, Triangle of Sadness, and Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, while clever roasts of the wealthy, ultimately end up pandering to their audience.” Further down, writer Max Cea writes, “The movie (…) paints its characters as caricatures of the wealthy. (…) The guests are punching bags that are all too pleasing to hit. But after all the cutlery has been cleared? You may be left with the sensation that the film spent its efforts smacking air.” I saw a few versions of this criticism going around, and without getting into a debate about over-pandering or whether poking fun at the rich should or should not be “easy,” I feel compelled to point out that “eating the rich” is not what the movie is about.

The Menu, which even Cea notes is clever (sharpest dialogue of anything released this year, it should’ve been a lock for screenplay nominations) is about an unhinged acclaimed chef, played by Ralph Fiennes, who has brought together this group of, yes, unlikeable rich people, to his own private restaurant island in order to punish them. Or at least, include them in his grand finale. If The Menu was about eating the rich, Fiennes’ character would be the hero. He’s not. He’s merely an artist who has become embittered by the fact that he has climbed the mountain of artistic success, only to find that, at the top, the only people who can afford to engage with his work are the very rich. Most of whom are, yes, detestable, and not really who he set out to work for. The Menu explores the limitations of for-profit art, which is neither a simplistic take nor a pandering one. It describes a dilemma artists have faced since at least the Rennaissance and the fact that it’s possible to enjoy The Menu for the razor-sharp joke writing and knockout performances (Hong Chau in particular), without “getting” it is a testament to its quality. The Menu is not about “dunking on the rich.” That just happens to be one of the many things this great movie does well. — Vince Mancini

4. Everything Everywhere All At Once

Hollywood-conquering Marvel had the movie with “multiverse” in the title, but it’s indie A24 that had the best multiverse movie of the year. Everything Everywhere All at Once is more than a gimmick, however. It’s, first and foremost, a heartfelt drama about a family, led by the iconic Michelle Yeoh, the resurrected Ke Huy Quan, and the dynamic Stephanie Hsu, trying to get by in an unforgiving world. The brilliant mashup of science fiction, martial arts, and Wong Kar-wai films wouldn’t work without the focus on relationships at the center of the story. Put another way, Everything Everywhere All at Once will likely become the Best Picture nominee to feature a future staple of wedding speeches (“In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you”) and a butt-plug fight. Marvel could never. — Josh Kurp

3. RRR

I’ve seen so many movies these past few years that felt like the kinds of movies that I, as a movie lover who grew up on bombastic action movies from the likes of Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal, Shane Black, et al, was supposed to love, and I hated them. They bored me to tears. Bullet Train? Snooze. Nobody? No thanks. The Gray Man? No way, man. The action sequences in movies like Black Adam and Thor: Love And Thunder felt like things to fast-forward through, not relish. With all due respect to Ambulance, I had neared the point of existential crisis over this. Are all action movies this boring now? I was starting to feel like that episode of South Park where Stan turns 10 and everything he used to love turns to shit (literally). But then I saw RRR, S. S. Rajamouli’s most expensive and third-highest-grossing Indian film ever. RRR reminded me why big, stupid movies are fun. Every blockbuster director should study it. Is RRR a chauvinistic, thinly-veiled paean to ultra-nationalism? Yeah, probably. So is Top Gun 2, not to mention roughly 87% of American action movies. But RRR‘s stated villains are the colonial British, and if they’re not fair game for action movie villainhood I don’t know who is.

Themes aside, RRR simply looks like fantastic, an over-the-top visual spectacle that one simply can’t stop watching. It’s three hours long and I (an avowed long movie hater) was practically squealing with glee the entire time. At one point while I was watching it, my 9-year-old stepson and my nephew walked in. These are kids who are basically glued to screens 24/7 and never pay attention to anything for more than five minutes. They both walked in, stood behind the couch for a beat, and then, with mouths agape and barely blinking, eventually sat down and watched the rest of the movie. My wife did the same thing. RRR has this mesmerizing effect, and to some extent, everything else I say about it is irrelevant. In the same way that the funniest joke is the joke you can’t explain the mechanics of, the purest cinema is the kind that captivates in a way that transcends any discussion of themes, plot, performance, etc. (not that RRR is without great performances). RRR (currently streaming via Netflix) is the purest kind of movie; raw, uncut spectacle, in a way that feels like cheating (this is also true of the Jackass films). It made action movies great again. — Vince Mancini

2. NOPE

Floating sinisterly along the peripheral edge of Jordan Peele’s latest horror hit is an angelic extraterrestrial nightmare, one with billowing limbs and a yawning black void at its core, ready to inhale any poor souls who stare at its maw for too long. As with everything Peele does, the unidentified flying object that rains blood from the sky, terrorizing a small horse ranch that caters to Hollywood’s whims, is a metaphor for many things. Our exhausting collective consumption of media. The oppression of Black and Brown people – and the attempts to document that. The greedy push and push of a human species that can’t be bothered to peacefully cohabitate with its natural surroundings. And the knowledge that whoever owns that “perfect shot” dictates history. But all of that is hidden beneath a fun-as-hell sci-fi horror film, one filled with standout performances from Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer, and anchored by the kind of arresting visuals and unsettling undertones Peele has perfected over the years. — Jessica Toomer

1. Top Gun: Maverick

That loud whooshing sound you heard this summer could have been one of two things: the sound of jet engines blasting out of movie theaters around the country or the sound of massive crowds rushing into and out of those same theaters to hear those jet engines in Top Gun: Maverick. The sequel to the original movie — released over 35 years later, which is kind of wild — picked up right where the first left off, in spirit if not chronology, with Tom Cruise and a bunch of new hotshot pilots (Miles Teller and Glen Powell leading the way) taking back to the skies and talking trash and sometimes riding motorcycles. It was a lot of fun and better than it had any right to be and one of the first real-deal, must-see movie theater movies we’ve had in a while. It was nice to get one of those again. Let’s do it again in another 35 years when Tom Cruise is… uh, 95 years old. He’ll probably still be up for it. You will, too. Don’t lie. — Brian Grubb

In the tradition of “Liza Minnelli Tries to Turn Off a Lamp” comes “Jennifer Coolidge Is Impressed by Christmas Stuff,” an SNL sketch that dares to ask, what if Jennifer Coolidge was impressed by Christmas stuff? In the sketch, which premiered during this weekend’s Austin Butler-hosted episode, The White Lotus star is played by master impressionist Chloe Fineman. Coolidge isn’t the toughest celebrity to do an impression of — she’s like the female Owen Wilson — but Fineman found enough nuances in her performance that she received an endorsement from the actress herself.

“Wow! A massive thanks to Saturday Night Live!! and to the exceptionally brilliant impressionist @ChloeIsCrazy with your hilarious imitation!!” pop culture’s top MILF wrote on Instagram. “Also, congrats to the new cast members!! I know how hard it is to get on that show, I tried my ass off to be one but you actually made it!! What a feat! Happy holidays to you all!!” Coolidge seems like a good person — and she’s a great actress who credits her career resurrection not only to The White Lotus, but also Ariana Grande.

“I’m curious if you know that when people ask about how my life has changed,” she told the pop star in a recent conversation between the two of them. “Yes, I got to do White Lotus, but I think it really started with you asking me to be in the ‘thank u, next’ video. I mean, from there I got Promising Young Woman, and this whole thing. You were sort of the instigator. I really believe that. I think if you hadn’t put me in ‘thank u, next,’ and done that imitation, I don’t think I would be here where I am.”

The Buccaneers suffered one of their worst losses of the season on Sunday as they blew a 17-0 lead to the Bengals. Cincinnati got back into the game by scoring 24 points off of four consecutive Tampa turnovers to open the second half, as the Bucs imploded and continuously put their defense in impossible positions against a talented Bengals offense.

The first of those turnovers was a botched fake punt by the Bucs on 4th and 1 from their own 25, in which a direct snap to Gio Bernard went straight through his hands and he could only fall on it to prevent further disaster.

It looked like Bernard was surprised by the snap coming to him, and after the game reporters wanted to know what happened on the play. While that’s understandable, when Bernard deferred and wouldn’t answer questions about it, things got oddly combative from the reporters in the locker room, with Gio eventually just taking blame and saying “I made a mistake” to every version of the questions asked of him.

It’s clear that right before the video starts he said something along the lines of “y’all haven’t wanted to talk to me all year but now you do,” which got the semi-personal “you were injured all year” and “what have you done for us to talk to you about all year” responses. It was an oddly hostile exchange that Bernard, to his credit, handled well and even gave them an answer — “I made a mistake” — that they wouldn’t accept.

While I understand the job involves having to ask tough questions of guys, you also can’t demand the answer you want from them by badgering them over and over. If they want to cover for a mistake made by someone else, you can’t make them say anything differently even if you don’t believe it. Yes, it looked like communication broke down on that play, but if he wants to eat that blame, you’re clearly not getting anything more from him.

What’s most baffling is posting this video thinking the majority of support is going to be for the media, when the video starts with it at least appearing as though reporters are just antagonizing Bernard for questions. On top of that, Laine calls it “the most pivotal play of the game,” which I’d push back on pretty significantly since after that play the score was just 17-6 and then Tom Brady turned it over on four consecutive possessions (the first three leading to touchdowns that made it 27-17 Bengals). It was a big play and it’s absolutely something reporters should ask about, but acting as though there’s anything owed beyond what Bernard said is not a great look. Credit to Gio for handling this the way he did, because not everyone would have.

“The Biggest Boss” Rick Ross opened November by letting the internet into his overstuffed mansion. People trolled him and called him a hoarder for owning an objective excess of clothes and shoes. Ross got the last laugh this weekend.

The multiplatinum rapper flaunted a prestigious if unconventional addition to his home decor. “I TURNED AN 757 AIRPLANE MOTOR TO A BRUNCH TABLE FOR ME TO ENJOY MY FAV DRINK @officialbelaire ” Ross captioned a video of the pristine table situated beneath an icy chandelier.

“You my family. I wanted you to see this. I just had my table delivered, been waiting on this a long time,” Ross said in the video. “Guess what I did? This is my amazing brunch area, but guess what we did? I bought a motor from a 757 airliner. That’s right. An airplane. A 757 airliner. Had the blades polished, had the lights inserted. I can change the lights — any color I want to. Had the tabletop, the top glass cut. This is custom. This is a Ricky Rozay customization! A Ricky Rozay request.”

Ross added that his “amazing brunch area,” boasting extravagant glass fish tanks, is where he enjoys “the finest spirits,” such as Luc Belaire, McQueen, and Bumbu. “DM me if you wanna know how much I spent on this,” he concluded. “Salute to the team for making this happen. It’s amazing.” The video would have fit perfectly as a scene on the original run of MTV Cribs.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson won’t need to DM Ross to learn about this sort of investment. “Love this brotha. I had a ‘GSD’ table made for my office (get sh*t done),” he commented on an Instagram photo of Ross sitting at the table alongside #hardestworkersintheroom and a flexing emoji.

DJ Khaled also left the very on-brand comment, “GOD DID,” and Ross received more love in the comments from DJ Clue, Slim Thug and Trina.

The just-released trailer for RuPaul’s Drag Race is revealing more superstar special guests. Janelle Monáe, Maren Morris, and Hayley Kiyoko will appear as guest judges for season 15 in addition to the previously-announced Ariana Grande.

Last week, RuPaul’s Drag Race revealed that Grande will be the first guest judge for the season premiere next month. A trailer for season 15 unveiled who else will be joining the judging panel. Country music star Maren Morris is shown judging the runway and saying, “I’m gagging! Hands down my favorite look of the night.” R&B singer and actress Janelle Monáe is also shown putting in her two cents. “You killed it!” she says. “This was top tier.”

The trailer also revealed more of Ariana Grande’s appearance on the show. The pop superstar is shown behind the judging panel saying, “This was a total game-changer! You’re damn talented.” Grande previously appeared as a guest judge on the show during season seven in 2015. Hayley Kiyoko and Orville Peck will also appear as guests for the upcoming season.

Sixteen drag queens will be competing for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” Among the new contestants are drag icon Sasha Colby and twins Sugar and Spice. Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race will premiere on Friday, January 6 on MTV. As with past seasons, the premiere will be split into two episodes.

Watch the season 15 trailer above.

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Ever since James Harden was traded to Brooklyn in 2020, teams have been trying and failing to pry Eric Gordon away from the Rockets. The 33-year-old shooting guard is clearly not a fit in Houston’s rebuilding timetable, but they’ve hung on to him for some veteran leadership from a player willing to take or cede as much responsibility as is needed of him with an emerging young core.

As trade season opens, Gordon is again at the forefront of discussions of who the Rockets may move, but this time the team is more open to the idea of trading him. Gordon is on the last fully guaranteed year of his deal, making him easier for more teams to take on from a financial perspective, and as Houston has built out its group of youngsters, Gordon is no longer as key a piece in the Rockets rotation. Per The Athletic’s Kelly Iko, the Rockets are “more inclined” to move Gordon this year, with an asking price of a future first or young player — as they have two firsts in this year’s upcoming draft already and don’t need another.

Houston is more open to moving Gordon now than before but remains steadfast in their internal valuation of him. The Rockets have more interest in acquiring a young player or a future first-round pick for his services than a late first in next year’s draft. If Houston can get that offer, team sources said they would move Gordon now and not wait until the February deadline.

We’ll see if another team will offer such a package, or if the Rockets will have to once again decide at the deadline if they want to accept a lesser offer or hold onto Gordon for a third straight season amid trade rumors. Given Gordon’s skillset as a spot-up shooter, secondary initiator, and reasonable defender, one would think the Rockets could get a future first (with protections) from a contender looking to shore up its two-guard rotation.

After delivering a reality-bending adventure in the first season of his Disney+ series, Loki is headed back to the streaming platform that will either fix the damage he caused to the multiverse, or break it even further. Considering he’s the God of Mischief, it could go either way. While Season 2 is shrouded in the usual Marvel veil of secrecy, we do have some details on the series return including a rough idea of when new episodes will drop.

Here’s everything we know so far about Loki Season 2:

Release Date

Marvel has not yet shared a release date for Loki Season 2, but we do have confirmation that the series will return in 2023. Kevin Feige reportedly shared that Loki Season 2 will arrive in “Summer 2023,” which tracks with its Season 1 release schedule. Loki premiered in June of 2021 and became a smash hit of the summer. Hiddleston also provided the voice for a Disney+ 2023 sizzle reel, which confirmed Loki Season 2 is on the slate for that year along with sharing the first footage.

Cast

Obviously, Tom Hiddleston will be returning as the title character in Loki Season 2, and Owen Wilson will also reprise his role as TVA agent Mobius M. Mobius. In addition, set photos have revealed that Sophia DiMartino will return as Sylvie, who will have a lot to answer for following her disastrous decision in the Season 1 finale. Jonathan Majors as Kang, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer, Tara Strong as Miss Minutes, Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15, and Eugene Cordero as Casey will also reportedly appear in Season 2. There were rumors that Henry Cavill would be joining the cast, but he has publicly denied those reports. Although, that’s par for the course even if Cavill is coming to the MCU, so anything could happen on that front.

Plot

Like all things Marvel, the plot for Loki Season 2 is being kept tightly under wraps. Season 1 ended with Sylvie killing He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors), who warned that his death will bring about even worse variants than him (Read: Kang the Conqueror) and cause a destructive multiversal war. Loki, however, seemingly escaped to the TVA, but his arrival comes as a complete surprise to Moebius, who has no idea who Loki even is despite working together all season. With reality now spinning wildly out of control, Season 2 can go in a multitude of directions and presumably set up even larger consequences for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it heads towards the full-on epic event: Avengers: Kang Dynasty.

Trailer

As of this writing, Marvel hasn’t released a trailer for Loki Season 2 yet. However, the first footage from the new season was revealed in a Disney+ sizzle reel showcasing the streaming platform’s 2023 releases. You can watch it below:

Loki Season 2 will arrive on Disney+ in 2023.

Steven Spielberg has brought many scary creatures to life over the years. He re-introduced horrifying dinos in Jurassic Park and threw a bunch of snakes into Indiana Jones, but there is one movie that has a creature so scary and threatening that you have probably been scared of your whole life. And his name is ET, the extraterrestrial.

Just kidding, but ET is very scary. The actual iconic Spielberg villain is the great white shark from Jaws, and the species has been suffering ever since the director released his first film in 1975.

While speaking on the BBC podcast Desert Island Discs, Spielberg mentions that he is afraid that the sharks are still mad at him for promoting all of that anti-shark propaganda in Jaws. “That’s one of the things I still fear — not to get eaten by a shark, but that sharks are somehow mad at me for the feeding frenzy of crazy sport fishermen that happened after 1975, which I truly, and to this day, regret the decimation of the shark population because of the book and the film,” he said, adding, “I really, truly regret that.”

After Jaws became a hit, naturally, amateur fishermen became transfixed with the idea of catching their own great white, causing the shark population to plummet 70% over the last 50 years. That, and the increase in “finning” has landed the shark population on the shortlist for extinction.

There was no way for the director to know that his first major film (that he had made at age 27!) would have such a lasting impact on the shark population, but Spielberg still takes responsibility. Still, when will he address the permanent damage done to the reputation of snakes?

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)