The top three picks in the 2019 NBA Draft inked lucrative rookie-scale contract extensions early in the process, with Zion Williamson re-upping in New Orleans, Ja Morant securing the bag in Memphis, and R.J. Barrett sticking around New York despite trade rumblings. However, the No. 4 pick took things all the way to the extension deadline on Monday, October 17 at 6:00 pm ET. In fact, the Atlanta Hawks and De’Andre Hunter barely got a deal done under the wire, with word breaking from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski two full hours after the deadline that the former Virginia forward agreed to a four-year deal worth $95 million — with $5 million of that being reported as incentives with a base of $90 million.
At the 6 PM ET buzzer: Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter has agreed on a four-year, $95 million contract extension, his agents Thad Foucher and Joe Smith of @Wassbasketball tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/mDm6hZTosm
Source: The Hawks have signed De’Andre Hunter to a four-year contract. The contract is $90 million guaranteed with up to $5 million in incentives. Salaries start at just over $20 million per season and escalate from there.
Unlike the top three picks or players like Darius Garland, Tyler Herro, or Jordan Poole, Hunter has not enjoyed a full-fledged breakout season in Atlanta. He did perform at a very high level in 2020-21, boosting his efficiency and averaging 15.4 points per game, but Hunter was only able to play 23 games that season. From there, Hunter struggled overall in 2021-22 before showing flashes of his two-way potential in a playoff series loss to the Miami Heat.
While $5 million of the deal is in incentives, it is a considerable investment on the team side for a player that hasn’t strung together a full season of high-end production. At the same time, Hunter is a 6’8 forward with two-way appeal and, with every team in the NBA seeking that skill set at the position, a big season in 2022-23 could have propelled Hunter well into the nine-figure range on a restricted free agent deal.
With this move now on the books, the Hawks are pouring even more money into a core that now includes Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, Clint Capela, John Collins, and others at eight-figure annual prices. Atlanta faces big-time expectations this season after the Murray addition, but Hunter is a key to the team’s present and future plans, and he will be paid like it over the next four years.
Joe Biden hasn’t had a smooth presidency, but in the last few months he’s started to turn it around. The former VP has finally gotten some big stuff done, so much so that people were able to spin that whole “Let’s go Brandon” silliness into a positive meme for him. One of his big wins? Establishing a (watered-down but still very helpful) version of his student loan forgiveness program. It’s deeply unpopular with the usual (hypocritical) suspects (including those who never had to pay for college), but those with crippling higher education debt like it so much they’re already signing up for it in droves.
As per The Hill, on Monday, the Biden administration formally launched the program’s applications page, which promises to forgive up to $10,000 (and up to $20,000 for those who received Pell grants). A beta version of the application launched Friday, but by Monday, the Biden team said that a whopping number had already signed up: some eight million, to be exact. That figure is sure to climb in the coming days, weeks, months. (The deadline to apply is all the way at the end of 2023.)
The amount being forgiven may be but a fraction of the astronomical figures some may owe, but it’s something. In the meantime, those who wish to apply can do so at StudentAid.gov. Do it before Ted Cruz torpedoes the whole program.
Sunday saw Joey Logano punch his ticket into the Championship 4 in the NASCAR Playoffs with a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but that was a secondary storyline for many to the on-track shenanigans between Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson.
After winning Stage 1, Wallace got driven up the track and into the wall by Larson, and responded by driving hard down into Larson and spinning the two out. While neither of those two are still in the playoffs, Christopher Bell is and he got clipped as Larson’s car came up the track and was knocked out of the race, taking him to the bottom of the standings with a big hole to get out of, effectively needing a win in the next two races to advance.
Wallace was still hot after the race and didn’t seem particularly remorseful about his response to Larson after being cleared by the infield care center, but on Monday after a day of hearing about it from sponsors and the team, Wallace issued a formal apology for his actions to his sponsors, the 23XI team, and Christopher Bell and his team.
Notably absent from the statement is an apology to Larson, who he clearly still thinks was the one in the wrong for the move on the track that put him in the wall first, and it doesn’t seem he feels all that bad about shoving him around aside from his sponsors probably not being all that thrilled about it — albeit, it did get them plenty of air time.
Kanye West had a busy weekend. After coming under fire — and getting banned from Twitter and Instagram — after spewing anti-Semitic nonsense, he did what any self-respecting conservative does: He doubled down. (Oh, and he also spread some long ago debunked misinformation about George Floyd.) To cap it all off, he then announced he was buying Parler, the MAGA cesspool that’s certainly not to be confused with Gab, Gettr, Rumble or Truth Social, the latter owned by West’s favorite former president.
Speaking of, news of West buying Parler wasn’t so hot for Truth Social, or at least the company that helps keep its lights on. As per Forbes, on Monday, Trump Media and Technology Group saw its shares to tumble 8%, to $16.11. It’s more not-great news for the already scandal-plagued resort dweller, who’s already plenty busy with other headaches, including keeping his rinky-dink Twitter clone from losing all its cash.
It doesn’t appear West meant any harm. He even said he would join Truth Social, and invited Trump to join Parler when (or if) he takes over. But perhaps the two won’t be chatting any time soon. As per Rolling Stone, West ranting about going “Death Con 3 on Jewish People” was too much even for Trump, who is reportedly keeping his distance. For now.
When it came out in 1996, Twister was a game-changer — a blockbuster that favored special effects-heavy spectacle over story, character development, even its impressive cast of over-qualified thespians. The future director of Tár is even in it! What it didn’t do was inspire sequels, because franchises weren’t yet a staple of Hollywood thinking. But now, over a quarter of a century later, a follow-up is belatedly in the offing, and it has an incredible no-brainer of a title.
As per Deadline, Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment are teaming up for another round of storm chasing action. There’s a new script by The Revenant’s Mark L. Smith, which is apparently so good that Amblin’s own Steven Spielberg flipped over it, to the point that it’s being fast-tracked.
Directors’ names are already being bandied about. Top Gun: Maverick’s Joseph Kosinski has already dropped out of the production. They’re already meeting with such people as Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vaserhelyi, of the terrifying mountaineering doc Free Solo; with Dan Trachtenberg, of 10 Cloverfrield Lane and this year’s lean, mean Prey (another spin-off with a much more creative title); with Travis Knight, of the Laika stop-motion films Missing Link and Kubo and the Two Strings, as well as Bumblebee.
Oh, and the title, at least for now: It’s Twisters.
There’s an old, possibly apocryphal story about James Cameron’s pitch for Aliens, the sequel to 1979’s Alien. As the tale goes, Cameron simply walked up to a whiteboard, wrote “Alien,” then added an “s.” It’s big if true, but perhaps having more than one twister isn’t all that ridiculous. After all, this is an age of big, bats*it weather that destroys homes and lives, thanks in part to how badly humanity is screwing up the planet.
In the meantime, those wishing to catch up on Twister — which also features [deep breath] the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cary Elwes, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Anthony Rapp, to say nothing of Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt and Jami Gertz — can do so on Hulu.
Fall is a great time of year for a road trip. In much of the country, the weather is fairly mild with warm days mixing with cooler, sometimes rainy days. But if you travel somewhere with seasons — specifically, the northeast — you’ll be treated to the golds, oranges, yellows, and reds of the changing leaves. We’re talking about states like Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York, among others.
The best thing about taking a road trip to one of these states? Not only can you enjoy the bold, bright foliage (if you’re natural beauty), but you can also stop and grab a beer (or three) at some of the best breweries in the country. Even if you’re not one of the leaf peepers in your group, you can enjoy IPAs, lagers, stouts, pale ales, sour beers, Belgian-style ales, and pretty much any beer style you can think of at some superb northeast breweries.
With the epic number of breweries in the northeast, we understand that picking the right ones to visit can seem like a daunting task. And, since we know you have enough stress with your normal life without having to worry about finding the best breweries, we did it for you. Keep scrolling to see our ten picks for the best breweries in the Northeast to visit this fall. That is, if you want a backdrop of beautiful, vibrant fall foliage to pair with your brew!
When it comes to popular New England-area breweries, it’s hard to top the fandom surrounding Tree House Brewing. What started as a brewery in a small barn in Brimfield, Massachusetts has blossomed into five different facilities in various locations (including one on Cape Cod). The main brewery (along with a coffee roastery and distillery) is in Charlton, Massachusetts. There you can sample beers like Julius, Green, Eureka, and autumn seasonal beers.
Bottom Line: A booming beer brand in one of the most scenic states in the nation this time of year. Get there quickly before the cold settles in!
You don’t have to book a flight to Europe to enjoy a well-made, authentic Belgian-style beer. All you need to do is travel to Cooperstown, New York (home of the Baseball Hall of Fame). The beautiful, idyllic, straight-out-of-Belgium-inspired Brewery Ommegang has been crafting amazing beer surrounded by beautiful natural wonders (especially in the fall) since 1996. The reason for the traditional Belgian-style farmstead is the fact that it was built by Belgian breweries Duvel Moortgat, Affligem, and Scaldis, along with importers Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield.
Bottom Line: Ommegang is a massive brand but this look into its home base adds a certain texture to the experience of enjoying their beers.
What began as an interest in home brewing became a brewery in 2009 when brothers Daniel and Davis Kleban opened Maine Beer Company in Freeport, Maine. The aptly named brewery began with one beer (Peeper Pale Ale) the duo believed they made particularly well and progressed from there. Today, with beers like Lunch IPA, Dinner Double IPA, Zoe Amber Ale, Post Ride Snack Session IPA, and others, Maine Beer Company is one of the most respected breweries in the country.
Bottom Line: A smaller operation where you can really access all the buzzing energy of the brewery. If the aromas inside get a little heady, step outside and draw in a few breaths of crisp air!
Can you imagine a better setting for a fall road trip than the White Mountain town of Littleton, New Hampshire? That alone and the guaranteed fall foliage is worth the trip. But what if we told you that not only could you visit a quaint mountain town, but you could also enjoy European-inspired beer? Well, you can do just that at Schilling Beer Company, makers of Belgian-inspired ales, Czech-style lagers, German-style beers, and many other European favorites without having to fly across the Atlantic.
Bottom Line: A European experience here in the United States — with beautiful scenery to boot!
Other Half is a big name in the craft beer world. So big that the brewery branched out and opened a brewery in New York’s Finger Lakes Region in 2018 (along with a few other locations since). Located a half hour from Rochester and a few minutes from Canandaigua Lake, Other Half Finger Lakes is situated on eight acres in the town of Bloomfield.
Bottom Line: You can find many of your favorite Other Half beers as well as beers only available at the Finger Lakes location, all while you sit at one of their many outside tables and take in the changing of the seasons in Western New York. It’s a joy!
In the hierarchy of American craft brewers, it’s pretty difficult to top the acclaim of Greensboro Bend, Vermont’s Hill Farmstead Brewery. This farmhouse brewery is known for making classic European beers like Saisons, bier de gardes, barley wines, lagers, and more. Many of which are named after found Shaun Hills relatives and ancestors.
Bottom Line: Not only is this one of the most popular breweries for beer fans to visit any time of year because of the beer alone, but it’s also serene and beautiful during the fall months.
If you only visit one state for beer and fall foliage, make it Vermont. We don’t even have enough space to list all of the iconic breweries you can stop by on a Vermont-only road trip. But one that can’t be missed is Lawson’s Finest Liquids. Founded in 2008 by a husband and wife duo named Sean and Karen Lawson, the brewery makes amazing IPAs, like the hugely popular Sip of Sunshine, but it also makes a crisp pilsner, a maple ale, and many limited-edition special brews and seasonal offerings that are worth the trip alone.
Bottom Line: Vermont is one of the nation’s most prominent beer states and almost certainly its most prominent state for fall foliage.
The home state of Stephen King (and the setting for many of his stories) is a hot spot for craft breweries. One of the best is Oxbow Brewing Company. This farmhouse brewery is situated in rural Newcastle, Maine. Surrounded by all the fall foliage your eyes can handle, you can visit the tasting room that features many of the brewery’s classic beers as well as taproom-only beers and fall seasonals.
Bottom Line: If you’d rather sit outside with a light jacket, they’ll even bring the beer out to one of the many picnic tables for you. That’s like the whole point of this piece distilled into one activity combining beer and scenery.
Prison City became a well-known craft brewery a few years ago when its Mass Riot IPA was named by Paste as the best IPA in America. But the Auburn, New York-based brewery, which opened in 2014, only sells its beers at the brewery itself. So, to try Mass Riot and its other amazing brews, you have to actually travel there. It helps that the town of Auburn is located in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region at the top of Owasco Lake.
Bottom Line: This is a true “beer drinking experience” and one that you have to have at the brewery’s very scenic location.
Jack’s Abby was founded in 2011 by brothers Jack, Sam, and Eric Hendler. In the ten years plus, it’s become of the best lager makers in the country. That’s because, instead of opting to make IPAs and other beers, Jack’s Abby literally only makes lagers. Its Copper Legend is one of the most sought-after Oktoberfest-style beers every year. That beer, the various other lagers available, and the beer hall and kitchen alone are worth the trip to Framingham. As a bonus, the offshoot Springdale Beer (which makes more than just lagers) is also there.
Bottom Line: Beer in Mass with some great flavors and plenty of natural beauty? It’s a win.
Do you ever step back and marvel at the miraculous things human beings have figured out how to do?
Less than 200 years ago, no human being had ever played a saxophone, there was no such thing as anesthesia and if you had even a simple brain tumor, you were just out of luck.
Now, a team of doctors in Italy has successfully performed a highly complex, nine-hour brain surgery on a man while he was awake and while he played the saxophone. Not only that, but the patient reported feeling “tranquility” during the surgery and only spent a few days in the hospital after the surgery before being discharged.
According to CBS News, a 35-year-old male patient had a brain tumor removed at Paideia International Hospital in Rome, Italy, on October 10. The surgery was led by Dr. Christian Brogna, a neurosurgeon who specializes in complex cancer surgeries and “awake surgery,” in which patients are not put under general anesthesia. According to the Mayo Clinic, certain brain surgeries actually require a patient to be awake and responsive during the procedure to lessen the risk of the surgery damaging areas of the brain that could affect vision, movement or speech.
Dr. Brogna told CBS News that this particular surgery was located in “a very, very complex area of the brain” and also pointed out that the patient is left-handed. “This makes things more complicated because the neural pathways of the brain are much more complicated,” he said. Recent research shows that left-handed people differ in brain asymmetry from right-handed people and that the right and left hemispheres of the brain tend to be more connected in people who are left-handed.
The team of 10 who successfully completed the surgery was made up of neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, neuropsychologists, neurophysiologists and engineers from around the world. Though other awake craniotomies that included a patient playing a musical instrument have been done before, the level of complexity and cutting-edge technologies used in this surgery made it a notable accomplishment.
Why the saxophone? The man had told the surgeons that retaining his musical abilities was of the utmost importance to him.
“Awake surgery makes it possible to map with extreme precision during surgery the neuronal networks that underlie the various brain functions such as playing, speaking, moving, remembering, counting,” Brogna said in the hospital’s news release. Playing music during the surgery gave the surgeons a visual of where those functions were in the patient’s brain and helped them ensure they were keeping them intact.
Several times during the surgery, the patient played the theme song from “Love Story” by Francis Lai and the Italian national anthem on his saxophone. (You can watch him playing in the video below shared by Voice of America.)
“To play an instrument means that you can understand music, which is a high cognitive function,” Brogna told CBS News. “It means you can interact with the instrument, you can coordinate both hands, you can exercise memory, you can count — because music is mathematics — you can test vision because the patient has to see the instrument, and you can test the way the patient interacts with the rest of the team,” he said.
Such surgeries require intense preplanning and familiarity with the patient’s normal functioning, and the team met with the patient six or seven times in the 10 days leading up to the surgery.
“When we operate on the brain, we are operating on the sense of self, so we need to make sure that we do not damage the patient as a person — their personality, the way they feel emotions, the way they get through life,” Brogna told CBS News. “The patient will tell you what is important in his life and it is your job to protect his wishes.”
As amazing as surgery like this is, Brogna reminds us that there’s still so much we don’t know about the way the brain works. Prodecures like this one help doctors learn in addition to helping patients.
“Each operation in awake surgery not only allows to obtain the maximum result in terms of removal of the pathology, but it is a real discovery,” Brogna said in the hospital’s news release. “Each time it offers us a window into the functioning of this fascinating, but still in many ways mysterious organ, which is the brain.”
Mental health is a very complex issue and it would be naive to say there are quick and easy solutions to significant issues. However, there are many things in our lives we often overlook that may be bringing us down that can be substituted for simple habits that can help bring us back up.
The National Institute of Mental Health says that maintaining our mental health requires routine maintenance known as “self-care.”
“Mental health is more than the absence of a mental illness—it’s essential to your overall health and quality of life,” the Institute says on its website. “Self-care can play a role in maintaining your mental health and help support your treatment and recovery if you have a mental illness.”
This perspective on mental health suggests it’s just as important to focus on our mental well-being as we do on our physical. The NIMH says that cultivating an attitude of gratitude, regular exercise, getting enough sleep, eating healthy and staying hydrated can all have a positive impact on our mental health.
A Reddit user by the unfortunate name pissed_at_everything reached out to the online forum asking people to share the small changes they’ve made that had a big impact on their mental health. The post received nearly 5,000 pieces of advice.
“What is something that drastically improved your mental health?” they posted on the AskReddit subforum. A lot of people said that eliminating toxic things from their lives had a big impact, whether it was social media, people or negative self-talk. There are bound to be a few suggestions on the list that can help you, too.
Here are 19 of the responses we thought were most helpful.
1.
“Sleep.” — ortolon
2.
“Silencing my activity on social media, and replacing my time spent on there by reading books instead. I’ve finished 6 books since the start of January. I feel so good about myself because of it.” — chick3nslut
3.
“Knowing it’s okay to leave some people behind.” — Black_Guardian-
4.
“Being honest and transparent about how I’m feeling. ‘I’m not mad at you, my brain just hates me right now,’ has helped mitigate lots of fights and awkward conversations.” — Nillabeans
Ansteve1 added:
“Being honest with myself and those closest really helped. Even on bad days I don’t feel like I am hopeless.”
5.
“Something small that has helped me is saying aloud ‘What a beautiful day, today is.’ It’s small but I have better outlook.” — turtlepawa123
6.
“Exercise.” — iamnobody1970
Counterboudd added:
“It sucks at how well it works. I used to hate my mom telling me that exercise would reduce my depression but she was absolutely right. The issue is that when you’re really depressed it’s the last thing you feel like doing. But nothing else has as much of a positive effect on my mental state as regular exercise.”
7.
“Taking vitamin D and B supplements and getting enough sleep. Really helped reduce excessive thinking and fixating on negative things from my past.” — AnDagdadubh
Tracknumberseven added:
“One exercise I sort of figured out myself is: Whenever I find myself regretting things or remembering embarrassing moments is to tell myself to ‘look forward, not backwards’ and I’ll start thinking about things I’m looking forward to or things I’m grateful for.
“If I can’t think of any of these things then I’ll think of things I don’t have to worry about, like having a paycheck. Failing any of that I go smaller and think about positive times, making someone laugh or helping someone out and usually by that time I’ve forgotten about whatever I was thinking about in the first place.”
8.
“Deleting my Facebook account.” — theStormweaver
MichaelM_yaa added:
“Yeah, so it turns out that the algorithms that keep users addicted to social media are WAY more powerful than the AI bots that can beat the best chess players in the world. People tend to engage media that makes someone enraged or negative. it further polarizes humans. it also is a massive disinformation sink as a majority of its users do not fact check any info they see.”
9.
“Moving to a place that wasn’t winter 8 months of the year and I was close to the ocean. Haven’t felt suicidal in over a year and a half, probably for the first time since i was 16.” — wyrd_werks
10.
“Getting a job that paid a living wage improved my mental health 1000%.” — rigel899
11.
“Enforcing boundaries in work.” — SmartPromegranate4833
12.
“Saying no to things that I don’t actually want to do instead of trying to help everyone out.” — LoanOptionsai
13.
“Stopping hormonal birth control. Didn’t realize how much it was messing with me.” — impossibility_day27
14.
“Eating breakfast.
“I’d often describe to my boss and coworkers that I’d have a really bad brain fog that I sometimes couldn’t think at all. I usually wouldn’t eat until around 1pm or 2pm when I’d been up since 9am. I had to start getting up around 8am or sometimes 7am and I would have extra time to get food.
“Once I did, the brain fog went away and the change was immediate.” — Christygl7
15.
“Quit having grudges with people. Let them go and you’ll be relaxed.” — Weak_Carpenter_7060
16.
“Adult hobbies. Surfing. Fishing. Running. Mine are solo activities, but you just need something challenging that you have to work at to get better. It gives you little things to look forward to so you’re not focused on all the depressing bs.” — musashi-swanson
17.
“Cutting back on negative self-talk. It’s difficult to stop doing and to catch myself thinking poorly about myself but I try my best. I’ve started replacing it with kind things in a sarcastic tone, for example I often call myself a ‘national treasure’ or ‘god’s favorite’ (i am not religious, it just makes me smile) and the sarcasm scratches the itch, it works very very well. My goal is then to replace the sarcastically nice self-talk with genuinely kind and positive self-talk.
“It’s helped tremendously with my self image honestly.” — bunnihun
18.
“I take ten minutes a day (usually before bed) to tidy things up. I’m always surprised at how much I can get done in just ten minutes, and it’s so much easier to keep the place clean that way. When things start getting really bad, the fact that I’ve always got a clean place is incredibly helpful.” — future-unperson
19.
“Stopped paying close attention to the news. I realized I wasn’t going to be making a big change in the world and all it was doing was getting me upset so I stopped. The world is just as messed up and/or ok as it was then and I’m much less stressed about it all.” — rhett342
Most 11-year-old boys are goofing off with their friends, staying up way too late yelling into gaming headsets or harassing their younger siblings, but not Jayden Hooker of North Carolina. Jayden has been spending his spare time finding a way to raise money to help end period poverty in his school district after an eye-opening experience with one of his classmates. The sixth grader explained that he realized there was a lack of access to free products when one of his friends started her period at school and had to go home.
You may be wondering why a sixth grade boy is so concerned with periods but to Jayden, this is just a natural part of life that shouldn’t be taboo. When Upworthy talked to Jayden and his mom, Deanna Hooker, she explained the importance of making sure her son knew about periods. Hooker said, “The nature of what I do day in and day out working with Aunt Flow, our true mission is making period products free for those that need it, so the conversation came from how I am and what I do for a living.”
Someone’s mom doesn’t have to work for a company fighting period poverty for boys to know about periods and period products. Because it’s a biological fact, just like needing to use the bathroom after drinking a bottle of water, it could be beneficial if all boys learned about a bodily function that affects half of their classmates. Period poverty among students has jumped to nearly a quarter of all students being unable to afford period products; 84% of students have missed class or know someone who has missed class due to lack of access to period products. This is a problem that could use attention, and maybe seeing a boy promoting these products will help stop the stigma around these conversations.
It’s not just Jayden and his mom. Many parents in the school district and PTO members have helped donate items to Jayden’s ultimate goal of free period product dispensers in the bathrooms at his school. Hooker told Upworthy, “He attends a Title 1 middle school and this is something that has never been provided. But so many parents and PTO members have donated and now we have enough product for the year and can provide 2-3 dispensers in the school.”
The project has been difficult to get off the ground as they’re still in the process of trying to convince the school board to allow the dispensers to be installed, but that isn’t deterring Jayden. The determined 11-year-old is aware that the nurse has some products students could use but many don’t due to embarrassment or being unaware they’re there. For Jayden, it’s more than just going to the nurse. He explained, “The nurse should be helping people who are sick and she shouldn’t have to help people who are just needing pads and tampons.”
The kid has a point. When people think of the school nurse, they tend to think of not feeling well, which is what the nurse is there for, but getting your period isn’t an illness. If these dispensers are available, a student wouldn’t have to alert a teacher to get permission to go to the nurse to then tell the nurse they need a pad or tampon. That’s a lot of personal information to divulge for children that are navigating middle school.
Jayden is passionate about getting these dispensers installed for not only the girls at school but for his younger sister. He said, “I want the awkwardness of the topic to go away and for people to have the proper education so when people do need it, it’s there for them.” He continued, “Toilet paper is free so pads and tampons should be too.”
There’s a lot to process about the story alleging crappy dining behavior from James Corden. To some, the outgoing late night host is a mensch who likes singing in cars. To Keith McNally, the legendary New York City restauranteur of the SoHo mainstay Balthazar, he’s a “tiny Cretin of a man” who has been banned from his joints. What did he do? According to a manager’s reports, he was, to put it lightly, pretty rude, prone to childish outbursts over minor dining issues.
As the Internet is wont to do, though, some zeroed in on a specific aspect of the story. According to the second of two unflattering reports, Corden’s wife one day ordered “an egg yolk omelette with gruyere cheese and salad.” Corden was livid when his wife discovered a “little bit of egg white mixed with the egg yolk.” When the waiter returned with the fixed dish, they accidentally brought home fries instead of a salad. That’s when Corden got really mad, over home fries.
But let’s back up here: She ordered an “egg yolk omelette”? An omelette comprised entirely of gooey yolk? Without the soft egg whites that hold it together and give it fluff? Is that even possible? Is an omelette without any egg whites even an omelette? Perhaps it requires another name, or maybe just call it “hollandaise.”
There’s a lot to get angry about in these claims. Yelling at servers and waitstaff, especially at one of the most demanding restaurants in a restaurant town, is not cool. That being noted, some made sure to dwell on the “yolk omelette” aspect, which left many confused.
for every egg white omelette there must be a corresponding egg yolk omelette
James Corden’s wife ordering an egg yolk omelette with gruyere is the kind of Hollywood decadence we all suspect is happening but rarely see exposed like this https://t.co/OYC5AIzjFm
To some, though, it was a reminder to not be rude to those working in bustling restaurants.
1) Don’t be a dick to your servers 2) This seems to track with what others have said about Corden 3) Didn’t we cancel McNally after his defense of Allen/Maxwell 4) Who tf orders an all-egg yolk omelette?! https://t.co/8ZRK3jFhnZ
And others were reminded of other alleged Corden blunders.
I don’t know if this Popbitch story about James Corden is true, but the fact that it *could* be tells you everything about him. pic.twitter.com/Kne7ySjskm
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