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Ahead of their new album, Crybaby, dropping this Friday, Tegan And Sara provide a third teaser with “Smoking Weed Alone.” Accompanied by a trippy video filmed from the perspective of someone who just got stoned and is watching the twins sing, it adds to the electronic dizziness that the song creates.

“With this album, I wanted there to be a dialogue that we could have about the songs,” Sara said (as Stereogum notes). “Some of Tegan’s songs became almost like duets because she allowed me to go in there and challenge her to rewrite lyrics. I wanted a narrative that could tie into our relationship and some of the things that were happening in our life, even if the song wasn’t about that. And for ‘Smoking Weed Alone,’ there’s a chorus where we’re sort of singing to each other, and we haven’t done that before, in our career.”

This dynamic of Tegan And Sara dueting with each other crosses into the visual component as well. Before releasing “Smoking Weed Alone,” they released the bass-crafted “I Can’t Grow Up” and explored heartbreak on “Faded Like A Feeling.” They also have a show, High School, currently airing on Amazon Freevee, which was inspired by their 2019 memoir.

Watch Tegan And Sara’s video for “Smoking Weed Alone” above.

Crybaby is out 10/21 via Mom+Pop Music. Pre-save it here.

As we near the end of the year, a.k.a. list-making season, let’s not forget one of the best movies of 2022: Jackass Forever. The Wikipedia summary alone is Best Picture-worthy: “Stunts and pranks with the main cast include Knoxville facing a bull resulting in dangerous consequences, Steve-O having his penis used as a beehive, Dave England getting pig semen dumped on him, a vulture eating pieces of meat off Wee Man’s body, Ehren McGhehey being subjected to painful tests with an athletic cup,” and so on.

About those “dangerous consequences.” In an interview to promote Hulu’s Reboot, Knoxville told Variety that he had “three or four big stunts planned” until the bull literally gave him brain damage. “I don’t want to say what they were, but they were on the same level as the bull. Even if I had gotten through the bull, I wouldn’t have gotten out of the others. One of them would have taken me out,” he said.

“It’s one of the most serious things I’ve experienced. Of course, I have fear. But that’s more like two or three days out of a big stunt. When it’s time to shoot, I just want to go right now. I’ll be sitting in my car listening to music. When they’re ready to go, they call me in and I go. I think the bull stunt was scarier for other people who saw it. I was out for more than a minute, but for me personally, it wasn’t scary. I go to a different place when I’m doing those things.”

Jackass Forever. Check it out, if only for Knoxville’s brain and Steve-O’s balls.

(Via Variety)

I don’t know if there’s ever been a show that strikes a more effective balance between brilliant and stupid than Documentary Now! This, to be clear, is a compliment, and one of the highest I know how to give. The whole thing feels kind of like the smartest and funniest people you’ve ever met got in a room together to work on a project but only after they kept themselves awake for 48 hours and let sleep-deprived giggly mania kick in. This, once again, to be extremely clear, is also a compliment. Every episode starts with Helen Mirren introducing what she presents as a real documentary from a 50+-year series of documentaries and then the quote-unquote real documentary starts and reveals itself to be the silliest parody of the genre you’ve ever seen. There have somehow been three seasons of the show. The fourth one starts this week. I love all of it so much.

The briefest of background will help, in the name of professionalism: Documentary Now! is a series on IFC from a slew of SNL vets who are probably too busy to be doing this but are finding the time anyway, which is already a sign it’s going to be good. Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, John Mulaney, etc. Every episode takes the loosest framework of a notable documentary and bends and contorts the original into something resembling madness. Remember that big music documentary about the Eagles? They did that, but about a bunch of guys from Chicago who jumped on the “California sound” style. Remember the Robert Evans documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture? They did that with Bill Hader as a fake Evans who desperately wanted to win an Oscar. Remember the documentary about the insane marathon sessions to record the soundtrack to Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company? They did that, but the musical was about living in a co-op in New York City and featured this song, which I insist you listen to if you’ve never heard it and listen to again if you have. The twist it takes is still bordering on magic to me.

I could go on. Actually… you know what? I will go on. Mostly because I want to talk about Juan Likes Rice and Chicken, the second episode in the second season, and a semi-parody of the real documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. I promise I am not exaggerating when I say that it might be the best half-hour of television I have ever seen. It’s a satire, sure, and really just very goofy in parts. If you want to watch Fred Armisen try to catch a chicken with his bare hands or comprehend a high-end culinary establishment called Diego’s Fun Restaurant where you can put Skittles on your chicken if you want, that’s all in there. But it’s also… like… kind of beautiful. Even if you haven’t seen the original. It’s sweet and thoughtful and funny and smart and outrageously stupid. This is all I have ever asked for out of a television program.

The fourth season, delayed over two years due to a combination of busy schedules and the world crumbling under the weight of an ongoing pandemic, is more of the same. Thank God. The proceedings open with a two-part take on Burden of Dreams, a 1982 documentary that shows the troubled production of the Werner Herzog film Fitzcarraldo, which was filmed entirely in the jungles of Peru. Alexander Skarsgard plays the fake Herzog. Nicholas Braun — Cousin Greg from Succession — plays a former child star named Kevin Butterman. The whole thing flips itself on its head about four minutes into the action and becomes one of the dumbest and most creative things you’ll ever see on television. I smiled the whole way through.

There are other gems in here, too. There’s one that turns My Octopus Teacher into My Monkey Grifter. There’s one that turns a handful of fashion documentaries into a riff on a couple of hairdressers. When We Were Kings, the iconic documentary about the Rumble in the Jungle fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman turns into a tale about some people who throw rocks. I ripped through all of the screeners within about 48 hours of receiving them. I’ve watched some of them twice. I’ll probably watch a few of them again when they run live on IFC this fall. I cannot stress to you in strong enough terms that this is all extremely my shit.

I think what I like most about it is just how audacious the whole endeavor is, both on paper and in practice. Like, think about the needle this sucker threads. It’s a show that kind of requires the viewer to have at least a loose knowledge of decades worth of notable documentary filmmaking and also, at times, the sense of humor of a nine-year-old boy. That’s a little crazy, and a little like something you would see in one of those weird SNL sketches that airs at 12:45 am. The fact that it exists at all is wild. The fact that it has worked for four full seasons is basically a miracle. And yet, here we are, in season four, still stretching the limits of smart and stupid as far as the world of television will allow.

The lesson here, as it usually is, is that really cool things can happen when you let really smart and funny people play in their own sandboxes for a while. That’s how you get shows like this, and Atlanta, and Fleabag, and I Think You Should Leave, and my beloved — and recently canceled, which I am still livid about — Joe Pera Talks With You. Shows that are one of one, singular pieces of entertainment that shift your whole perspective on what television is and can be. Taking big swings like this can be good. You might not always make contact, and you run the risk of looking like a doof if things go sideways on you, but when you rear back and let rip and something like this connects… yeah, buddy. That’s something special. That’s what we have here.

I still can’t believe Helen Mirren introduces each of these. What a wonderful little television program.

Billie Eilish and The Neighbourhood singer Jesse Rutherford sparked dating rumors a few days ago when they were seen holding hands at Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. Now, it appears they’ve all but issued a statement confirming it: New photos of the pair have surfaced that sure make it look like they are in fact together.

The snaps, shared by Daily Mail and TMZ, show Eilish and Rutherford in the street after a dinner date at Los Angeles restaurant Lal Mirch on Tuesday (October 18) night. In the pictures, 20-year-old Eilish and 31-year-old Rutherford look comfortable as they hold each other, smile, and even kiss.

As for why Eilish has yet to publicly address the relationship, she has said she tries to keep that part of her life as private as she can. In a 2020 interview, she noted, “I definitely want to keep that private. I’ve had relationships and kept them private, and even the ones that I’ve had, and the tiny amount that I’ve let the world see, I regret. So, I can’t even imagine… I think about it sometimes. I think about the people that have made their relationships OD public, like, you know what I’m talking about? And then they break up, and it’s like, ‘What if it goes bad?’ And then everybody has this whole opinion on your relationship that they have no idea about. It’s very much not something I’m interested in.”

Ahead of the release of Black Adam, Turner Classic Movies interviewed Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson about older movies. (The kind of movies that don’t get made anymore because of superhero blockbusters like Black Adam, but anyway.) It’s a Wonderful Life is the last black-and-white movie the wrestler-turned-actor-turned-In ‘n’ Out fan watched; his favorite anti-hero from a classic movie is Darth Vader; and his biggest blindspot is 1951’s A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.

The Rock also revealed the last film to make him cry. “It was Braveheart with Mel Gibson,” he said. “I watched that movie about a month ago.” The Rock is adamant that Sir William Wallace leading the Scots against the English didn’t make him sob, he only got “misty-eyed.” If his last movie had been Paddington 2, he would have bawled.

The Rock even has a personal connection to the Best Picture winner. “I have in my possession the sword that Mel Gibson uses in Braveheart,” he said. “It is a massive sword, and one of the few that a Scottish blacksmith and his family, generational blacksmiths, have been commissioned to make that sword from the Wallace family.”

You can watch the TCM video above. Black Adam comes out this Friday, October 21.

Chlöe’s new single “For The Night” is coming on October 28 after months of teasing. The singer first previewed the single in May alongside two others, asking fans for their help in deciding which one would follow up “Surprise” as her fourth solo single. Ultimately, though, it was her mentor Beyoncé who helped her decide on “Surprise” because as she said, “When the Queen speaks, the Queen speaks, and that’s all I’m gonna say and that’s all that matters to me.”

But, of course, with fans already choosing their favorites between “Surprise,” “For The Night,” and “Cheat Back,” it was only a matter of time until Chöe followed up. Now, we know the release date, but some fans who’ve heard the snippets of the sultry song are wondering who it’s about — especially after she dropped a snippet of the music video on Twitter. In it, she Facetimes a potential paramour, telling him she’s “ready to make this a thing,” only for him to dodge the proposition (in a comedic twist, the man on the other end of the call turns out to be Instagram funny guy Druski).

However, during a Twitter Spaces talk she admitted that the track is actually about incarcerated Atlanta rapper, Gunna, with whom she was romantically linked earlier this year (they also collaborated on his song “You & Me“). “I wrote that song after The Breakfast Club interview… I said it!” Unfortunately, she also told fans she’s single, meaning that her Gunna relationship was likely a fling even before Gunna was arrested on racketeering charges. Don’t get it twisted, though; Chlöe “supports in real life,” so anyone wondering why she hasn’t posted any “free Gunna” messages can “kiss my ass.”

Goalkeepers and goaltenders in all kinds of sports play a unique role on a team. While other players have to communicate and strategize with one another as they play, a goalie just has one job—keep the ball/puck/etc. out of the goal. A hugely important job, but pretty straightforward.

When their team is on the other side of a field or rink, goalies watch and wait. Since their teammates know and trust that they’re watching the action, they don’t really have to interact with anyone most of the time. And while they can’t totally zone out, they have all kinds of time to themselves while the action is happening far away.

Have you ever seen what happens when a person—especially someone who likes to talk—has a whole lot of time to themselves and no one to talk to?

Meet Nick Weston, who is giving everyone a glimpse into a world most of us only watch from afar and never get to hear. Weston is an amateur hockey player from Vancouver, Canada, who has become a TikTok sensation with his mic’d-up goalie videos under his nickname, Nick the Goalie.

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Do you remember the snowboarding 4-year-old in a dinosaur costume who coined the phrase “I’m a stuck-a-saurus!” and won hearts with her adorably entertaining monologuing? Nick the Goalie is like that, only as a grown man playing a team sport.

People love Nick the Goalie’s wholesome self-talk as he performs his goalie duties with gusto. (Though he often wears a Vancouver Canucks jersey, he doesn’t play for a National Hockey League team. As he explained to CTV, he gets brought in to play goaltender on various local league teams.)

His videos have even been shared by ESPN and the NHL, and the comments on his videos are as fabulous as his running commentary.

Watch:

@nickthegoalie_1

Mine! #hockey #goalie #nhl #hockeyboys

“This is how I imagine a golden retriever’s internal monologue. He’s SO excited, I love it,” wrote one commenter on Reddit.

“Only reason I gravitated towards the goalie position, other than my hatred of running, was my need to constantly sing to myself. Can relate so hard,” wrote another.

A whole thread of soccer, field hockey and lacrosse goalkeepers, as well as baseball catchers and outfielders, confirmed that this is exactly what they do—monologue, monologue, monologue.

@nickthegoalie_1

I COULD’VE DROPPED MY CROISSANT 🥐 #hockey #goalie #nhl #hockeyboys

The wholesomeness and hilarity of his self-talk is hard not to smile at. The singing, the squealing, the trash talk to no one in particular—it’s all just so delightful.

@nickthegoalie_1

This video is a lot to take in #hockey #goalie #hockeyboys #nhl

Even people who aren’t that into ice hockey are commenting with how much they enjoy his videos. As one person wrote, “Ok fine I’ll watch sports if I can get this insider commentary for every game.”

So much fun. Recently, Weston has been using his social media fame to raise money for the Canucks Autism Network in addition to sharing the sport he loves. For more videos like this, you can follow Nick the Goalie on TikTok, YouTube or Instagram.

Adoption can be a tricky topic, especially if you’re the one having to break the news to someone else. It’s a process that can bring families together but sometimes there’s not a sweet story to tell about the adoptee’s birth parents. The most people can do is work with the situation they were given and strive to make the best out of it. When one mom, Emily on TikTok, explained to her daughter that “Mimi” was her adoptive mom, the toddler’s reaction was so pure it will melt your heart.

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In the short video you can see the mom pause when her daughter inquires, “Why is Mimi your mom?” It was as if Emily was quickly deciding if she would give a generic answer or tell her daughter the truth. She landed on telling the truth. She looks down at her daughter and says, “I was adopted actually.” You can hear the girl process what her mother was saying and with a tiny voice she asks why, before Emily tells her, matter of factly, “Because my mom didn’t want me.” The response from her daughter is so sweet that Emily captioned the video with “My heart will never be the same. She’s healed so much of my inner child for me🥹”

In 2019, more than 64,000 children were adopted in America. Emily sharing that she was adopted with her daughter and then with millions of TikTok users is a way to start a conversation about what adoption means and how different it can look for different people. The interaction is so sweet, it’s unclear how anyone would be able to keep a dry eye. Watch it below.

@emilyfauver

My heart will never be the same. She’s healed so much of my inner child for me🥹

Camilo will be sharing a behind-the-scenes look at his life on tour in an upcoming HBO special: Today (October 19), the Colombian pop star released the trailer for Camilo: El Primer Tour De Mi Vida.

The title of the concert special translates to “The First Tour Of My Life” in English. Camilo’s career started burgeoning at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, so he was unable to tour with his debut album, Por Primera Vez. When COVID-19 restrictions were lifted the following year, he toured the world for the first time with the Mis Manos Tour.

During the tour’s run, Camilo brought out special guests like Fito y Los Fitipaldis, Dani Martín, Mau y Ricky, Pablo Alborán, and Nicky Nicole. Camilo: El Primer Tour De Mi Vida will include footage of his life in between tour stops and intimate moments with his wife Evaluna Montaner, who shared the stage with him each night. Performances of Camilo’s hits like “Tutu,” “Mareado,” “Ropa Cara,” “Tattoo,” and “KESI” will be included as well.

“I am happy because those moments were all documented and now, thanks to HBO Max, we can share them with [my fan base] La Tribu, who are the force behind my career,” Camilo said in a statement. “It fills me with pride to be able to open this door for them to sing along and relive the tour.”

Camilo: El Primer Tour De Mi Vida will be released to HBO Max on November 18. Camilo is currently touring the US on his De Adentro Pa Afuera Tour. His De Adentro Pa Afuera Tour album that was released last month included features from Camila Cabello and Myke Towers. Next month, he will also appear in the Disney+ series The Montaners alongside Mau y Ricky and his father-in-law Ricardo Montaner.

Though today’s generation probably best knows the late Angela Lansbury as Murder, She Wrote’s geriatric mystery writer and sometime sleuth Jessica Fletcher or the soothing voice of the kindly teapot Mrs. Potts in Disney’s animated Beauty and the Beast (1991), the three-time Oscar nominee wasn’t strictly a family-friendly kind of lady. At least not according to John Waters.

As Page Six reports, the cult indie filmmaker behind the X-rated Pink Flamingos says he once spotted Lansbury at a dungeonesque New York City sex club known as Hellfire during the ‘80s. In his 2019 memoir, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder, Waters — the so-called Pope of Trash — claimed to have once spotted Lansbury “checking out the scene” at the club, which was a hotspot for “gay and straight perverts alike.”

While Waters didn’t go into much detail about what Lansbury was doing there, if he knew at all (maybe Jessica Fletcher was investigating some sort of BDSM mystery) the director — who was an enormous fan of the beloved English star — couldn’t help but be struck by her mere presence.

“[Angela] was pure class even 40 years ago when these kind of clubs were all the rage,” Waters told Page Six. “It may have been the only night she was ever there, but just her presence made Hellfire a little more welcoming.”

​(Via Page Six)