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For many a Jordan head, the entire 26-shoe lineage never gets better than the Jordan III. Do we agree with that? Well… sometimes. What makes this sneaker particularly special is that the III represents the start of the Tinker Hatfield-era of the Jordan brand and, with all due respect to Peter Moore (who designed the Jordan I and II), the brand is defined by Hatfield’s touch — even if it’ll always be indebted to the late Moore’s initial vision.

In the sneaker community, Hatfield’s name is almost as big as MJ’s (okay, not really but… kinda; okay, not kinda, but… he’s big). He’s the designer behind many of Nike’s most beloved kicks outside of the Air Jordan brand and his fingerprint is seen everywhere in the sneaker world. And without a doubt, the III was his coming-out party.

The III is the sneaker that saved Nike after Hatfield’s then-unconventional design won Jordan over just as he was contemplating leaving the company. Where was His-Airness headed? Off to partner with Peter Moore and Nike’s first marketing guru, Bruce Kilgore, on a new sneaker company — Van Grack. According to Mental Floss Magazine (and our own interviews with Moore), Jordan was ready to pack up and go in deep with Moore/ Kilgore but was convinced to say after a last-ditch meeting during which Hatfield’s design for the Jordan III was unveiled.

Hatfield’s Jordan III implemented design specifics that Jordan himself had voiced in the past and introduced the Jumpman logo (ironically, originally sketched by Moore) on the tongue of the sneaker. This proved to Jordan that the brand was as invested in him as a cultural icon, willing to make his personal branding more central to the shoe than their own famous Swoosh. For a sneaker brand back then, this was a huge deal and signaled to everyone just how important MJ was to the brand.

Had Jordan decamped to Van Grack, Nike might not exist today. Seriously. The whole thing proved a masterstroke by Hatfield — Moore was offering a 1/3 partnership stake and Nike topped that simply by repositioning a logo and adding Jordan’s recommended cement texture.

Over the decades, Hatfield has ascended to god status in the design world but his beginnings are humble. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in architecture and was hired at Nike to help design marketing material. It wasn’t until entering a company-wide contest that Hatfield was “discovered” for his sneaker-designing talents. An impressed Moore put the upstart to work, where Hatfield’s very first produced design became the Nike Air Max, which pulled the revolutionary move of exposing the sneaker’s air-unit — redefining the look of Nike shoes forever.

Hatfield’s second sneaker? The Jordan III. Seriously, dude is that good. We’re talking about an architecture graduate here. And now it’s hard to imagine a time when Hatfield won’t be thought of as the sneaker world’s most important designer.

Unlike the Air Jordan I and II, which were high-top sneakers, the III featured a less restrictive mid-rise cuff at Jordan’s request — then unheard of for a basketball shoe and a highly controversial move for an athlete coming off a broken ankle. It also featured a soft, tumbled leather upper, which helped Jordan break in the shoes instantly, an exposed Air bubble, and the sneaker’s two most defining features — a gray cracked print around the toe and heel (called “cement” by Nike), and an oversized tongue baring an iconic image of Jordan dunking, used without Nike’s direct permission and based on a throwaway sketch by Moore that caught Hatfield’s eye.

Jordan rocked the IIIs at the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest, where he dunked from the free-throw line — solidifying this silhouette’s must-have status amongst basketball fans. If that legendary moment wasn’t enough to convince people that the IIIs were the future of shoes, the genius ad campaign, directed by and starring Spike Lee as She’s Gotta Have It’s Mars Blackmon, certainly underscored the point.

Today, in celebration of what many consider the Jordan Brand’s GOAT, we’re running through the 25 best designs in the sneaker’s 34-year history — from its debut in 1988 to the best colorways of today. We don’t imagine the sneaker is going to run out of steam anytime soon. Next year, we’ll bump up the list to 35 to match the 35th anniversary. I’m sure it’ll be easy, this is a sneaker that keeps on giving.

And if you want to see a fully custom version of this silhouette, check out T.I. reacting to his new kicks on Uproxx’s Fresh Pair, below.

Air Jordan III White Cement, 1988

We can’t say for certain what Tinker Hatfield’s original AJ III prototype looked like, but we imagine it must’ve been similar to the White Cement. Jordan laced these up in 1987 and they’re the colorway he rocked when he crushed the Slam Dunk Contest, creating a moment that lives rent-free in the minds of all basketball fans, forever.

Released to the public as one of the debut colorways, the White Cement is very much the icon of the AJIIIs and you’ll find that most of the colorways on this list are merely subtle alterations of this original design.

Hatfield really knocked it out of the park with this first one.

Air Jordan III Black Cement, 1988

Worn by Jordan in 1988 at the NBA All-Star Game, the Black Cement is still the AJIII’s hottest silhouette — fetching the highest prices on the aftermarket and topping several Jordan III rankings floating around on sneakerhead message boards. It’s identical to the White Cement, only it features black leather paneling with grey accents instead of a clean white upper, which meshes nicely with the cracked cement panels.

The university red eyelets and Jumpman logo also pop in a radically different way than the red on white. We could argue in the comments all day about which is the more iconic release but there’s no need — both are impeccable and legendary.

Air Jordan III Fire Red, 1988

During the 1988 NBA Playoffs, Jordan switched up his White Cement kicks for this Fire Red iteration. While the Fire Red seems to be the least popular of the original four colorways, it birthed an iconic Nike colorway that would find fame on several other Jordan silhouettes in the future.

The Fire Red is sleek. The elephant skin print (we’re sticking to calling it that, which feels more accurate) has been blacked out here, which allows the angles of the sneaker’s panels to really shine. Overall, the Fire Red makes it easier to appreciate how revolutionary Hatfield’s design was amongst all the other basketball sneakers out there.

Air Jordan III True Blue, 1988

The Black and White Cement colorways may be the most iconic of the original four AJ III colorways, but the True Blue is the sleeper hit. With its mix of university blue, and red, the same bright white upper as the White Cement, and an extra hit of elephant print at the eyestay, the True Blue is still one of the best colorways the silhouette would ever be dressed in.

MJ rocked these in an exhibition game between the 1988 NBA All-Stars and Team USA and wore them again in 2001 when he briefly played for the Washington Wizards.

Air Jordan III Mocha, 2001

Jordans always look great in Mocha colorways and this 2001 release of the AJ III is no different. The first colorway to step away from the OG makeups, the Mocha features a double all-white upper with brown-toned elephant print panels and a matching outsole and Jumpman logo.

Not much to say here, this one still looks like a must-have twenty years later. Luckily, the colorway gets refreshed often.

Air Jordan III Black Cat, 2007

Check out that gap in years between the Mocha and the Black Cat! AJ III colorways hit a bit of a lull in the early ’00s but ’07 would bring about a sort of renaissance for the silhouette due, in part, to the release of the Black Cat. Inspired by Jordan’s “Black Cat” nickname — earned for the way he attacked the opposing team and dominated the court — this colorway began Nike’s obsession with the Triple Black colorway.

A detail that’s hard to catch unless you’ve owned a pair, the Black Cat’s feature elephant print shoelaces, which Nike needs to bring back immediately.

Air Jordan III Pure Money, 2007

Following the template of the White Cement/Black Cement, the Pure Money is the all-white answer to the AJ III Black Cat. The Pure Money features an all-white upper with grey eyelets and a platinum Jumpman logo. They very much look like a rich person’s pair of sneakers. We gotta go with the Black Cat as the superior pair though.

Air Jordan III Flip, 2007

The Flip has always seemed like a weed-influenced design to me. I imagine Nike designers sitting around and getting high until someone blurted out, “But like… what if we flipped the upper with the elephant print mudguard and put the elephant print as the sneakers upper…man.” And then that’s what they did.

It’s kind of cool to see the elephant print get a bigger canvas to breathe. Alas, we wouldn’t trade these in for any regular non-flipped colorway, so this is more of a curiosity than an essential.

Air Jordan III Do The Right Thing, 2007

The AJ III “Do The Right Thing” should’ve been an AJ IV (that’s what Buggin’ Out was wearing in the film that shares this sneaker’s name) but for whatever reason, it’s a III. We’ll take it. Named after and inspired by Spike Lee’s superb film Do The Right Thing, the DTRT features a blue and mustard yellow colorway with radiant green threading that borrows its colors from Do The Right Thing’s movie poster.

Air Jordan III Cool Grey, 2007

The Cool Grey looks like a cityscape, this colorway features an all-grey upper with Nike’s Sport Red on the Jumpman logo and Orange Peel at the eyelets which really pop against the more drab and understated upper. A reissue of this colorway dropped this year and it, as you might’ve guessed, sold out instantly.

Air Jordan III Doernbecher, 2010

Made as part of Nike’s partnership with Portland’s OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, the Doernbecher was designed by Cole Johanson — who covered the upper in a metallic diamond-patterned varsity red design and listed the two comforts that he credits with helping him beat his lymphoma on the sneaker’s insole: spaghetti and chocolate.

The drop was so popular at the time — probably because it represented a radical shift in the look of the AJ III — that Nike re-released it again three years later. Proceeds benefit OHSU and Doernchecher.

Air Jordan III Oregon Ducks Pit Crew, 2011

Released in both a White and Black iteration (this is the White, obviously) the AJ III Oregon Ducks Pit Crew was made in honor of the University of Oregon’s student cheer section, known for their insane team spirit at home games. The Pit Crew was the name given to the fans who would routinely show up at U of O games no matter where the team traveled. The design of the sneaker featured duck prints in place of the Nike logo.

Air Jordan III Black Flip, 2011

We considered just including the Black Flip on this list and skipping over the OG because in every way this design is just better. But it also felt wrong to talk about the Black Flip without mentioning what came before. The Black Flip is superior because the all-black take on the elephant print pattern is a lot more subtle, so the sneaker looks less like a confusing mess and more like a curious alteration of a classic design.

Air Jordan III Legends of Summer, 2013

We were THIS close to not including the AJ III Legends of Summer all-red colorway. This. Close. But just… look at it? Clearly inspired by the Yeezy Red Octobers, this design dropped as part of the merch on Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z’s world tour of the same name. Since the first day they were teased by JT, Nike fans have been feverishly waiting for another drop.

What are you waiting for Nike? The tenth anniversary? Cool, hopefully, a refresh is just two years away from now.

Air Jordan III Solefly Lotto, 2014

No, you’re not seeing things, the Solely Lotto AJ III’s look very similar to both the Fire Red and White Cement colorways, except for a splash of yellow under the tongue, and a flamingo logo in place of the Jumpman. Inspired by the appearance of Florida lottery tickets, the shades used are slightly different than the OGs. We have a mix of white, laser crimson, nightshade, and laser orange, so it’s a bit more vibrant than the White Cement and Fire Red, which utilize the moodier University Red.

Air Jordan III Sport Blue, 2014

With a sneaker as dope looking as the Air Jordan III, Nike really doesn’t have to do much to produce a great new colorway. Case in point, 2014’s Sport Blue which is essentially the same design as the Jordan III Black Cement with Sport Blue accents in place of the red. It’s lazy but, I mean… look at the thing! Hard to be mad at this.

Some days, we like it more than the original.

Air Jordan III Kobe, 2016

Inspired by Kobe’s iconic PE sneakers from his 02-03 season, in 2016 Air Jordan decided to show basketball’s second most important swing guard some love with an Air Jordan collection repping Laker’s colors. The set dropped as both a Jordan III and a Jordan 8 and featured a leather upper with grey elephant print paneling and embroidered details over the tongue.

These days, with the loss of Kobe, there is something bittersweet about this colorway. Still, it’s great to see two legends repped in a single shoe.

Atmos x Air Jordan III Safari, 2017

Made in collaboration with Japanese streetwear label Atmos, the Jordan III Safari scans like a “greatest hits of AJ-III design” compilation. The sneaker sports a black nubuck upper with safari print overlays in place of the cement panels over an icy outsole with embroidered Jumpman branding at the tongue.

The combination of sail and black with orange accents is too damn clean! It’s impossible not to love this pair the more you look at it.

DJ Khaled x Air Jordan III Father Of Asahd, 2017

Some sneakers are so prohibitively expensive, they might as well not exist. That’s what kept DJ Khaled’s 2017 Jordan III off this list the first time around but for the refresh, we’re going to go ahead and include it. Made in celebration of Khaled’s Father Of Asahd album, this Jordan III of the same name featured a plush suede upper in blue with an icy translucent outsole, and tasteful orange accents.

It’s undoubtedly a great colorway, even if you’ll never own a pair. The last time I checked the aftermarket price, it was hovering near 8k. That’s absurd.

Air Jordan III Seoul, 2018

The AJ III Seoul resembles the True Blue makeup in a lot of ways, but the design is much cleaner here — using a combination of an all-white upper with colors borrowed from the South Korean flag on the collar. Made in collaboration between Tinker Hatfield and Dan Sunwoo at Nike’s Innovation Kitchen, Seoul is easily one of the best AJ III colorways to drop over the last five years.

Other details include the use of the taeguk symbol from the Korean Flag in place of the left sneaker’s Jumpman logo.

Air Jordan III Tinker Oregon Ducks, 2018

Borrowing the colors of Tinker Hatfield’s alma mater, the Tinker Oregon Ducks features a green apple nubuck upper with yellow cement and grey accents. In a radical departure from the original design, the Tinker Ducks sport a blunted Nike Swoosh, which gives the sneaker a radically different look.

Air Jordan III Laser Orange, 2020

A future classic, the AJ III Laser Orange was released as a woman’s exclusive and was clearly made as a gesture to Nike’s growing smaller-footed customer base. Though you have to wonder, if Nike would’ve just offered all those classic AJ III colorways in women’s sizes to begin with, maybe they could’ve made a whole lot more money, since sneakerheads have been up-sizing kid’s sizes for years before Nike bothered to take notice.

The Laser Orange is clean. If Nike would drop a full-size run people would certainly be clamoring for them.

Air Jordan III UNC, 2021

Is it wrong to say that one of the top five AJ III colorways to ever release didn’t drop until 2021? Because we’re saying it. The UNC deserves a spot amongst the OGs, this design is just too clean. Made in homage to Michael Jordan’s alma mater, the UNC features University Blue accents over a dual-textured leather upper with an embroidered Jumpman logo and those iconic elephant print panels.

Hell, I’ll say it, I think the UNC is the best Jordan III colorway.

Air Jordan III Georgetown, 2021

The AJ III Georgetown dropped in March 2021, the same month as our initial ranking! That means if we would’ve written this earlier, some other sneaker would’ve made the list. That’s hard to imagine because this one was destiny. Borrowing the colors of Georgetown University, the Georgetown or Midnight Navy, as it’s also known, the shoe features a mix of Midnight navy, cement grey, and white and was released in celebration of March Madness.

2021 was a great year for Jordan IIIs, leading to another renaissance for the silhoutte. To which fans of the shoe say: Bring it.

A Ma Maniére x Air Jordan III Raised By Women, 2021

If this was a ranked list, this women’s exclusive colorway would without question make the top five. Where in the top five? Luckily, we don’t have to think about that! Made in collaboration with Atlanta retailer A Ma Maniére, the Raised By Women features a tumbled white leather upper with suede accents and dual branding. It ditches most of the touchstones of the most popular Jordan colorways but who cares? It does something new and it absolutely nails it.

This sneaker was so dope and beloved that a bunch of dudes whined about it being a women’s exclusive and it was finally dropped in a full-size run. It’s been a year since it’s drop but it’s still one of our all-time favorite Jordan III colorways and the perfect close to this list.

Just like Lizzo did earlier this year, Megan Thee Stallion will work double duty on Saturday Night Live this coming weekend as both the show’s host and musical guest for the evening. On the episode airing Saturday, October 15th, Megan will add two more song performances to her arsenal of of SNL appearances which includes another musical guest slot, and a cameo appearance for her 2019 debut on the long-running NBC sketch comedy show. So let’s run down the list of every song Megan Thee Stallion has put down on the SNL stage

2020: “Savage Remix” and “Don’t Stop”

For her first appearance as the musical guest on SNL (which aired on October 3rd, 2020) Megan Thee Stallion was introduced by host Chris Rock when she played her first song, “Savage Remix.” The third single off of Suga, Megan was in a black and white, zebra-striped onesie with matching boots as she played the song in front of a screen that matched her outfit and read “Protect Black Women.” Megan was not shy in using her platform in this performance to call out Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron while advocating for Black women and men. Beyoncé is featured on the song, but she did not appear alongside Megan. Instead, Beyoncé’s verse was played on a backing track, as were the voices of Malcom X and Tamika Mallory, who both speak on the track.

For her 2nd song, Megan Thee Stallion performed “Don’t Stop” featuring Young Thug. She wore all red and the black and white background became soaked with red. Young Thug came out wearing a red overcoat with two matching side purses; bold to say the least. Meg’s back-up dancers also changed into red outfits for this one.

2019: Cameo performance with Chance The Rapper On “Handsome”

On the episode dated October 26th, 2019, Chance The Rapper was both the host and musical guest. With a special introduction by actor Jason Momoa, Chance invited Megan Thee Stallion on stage to perform their song “Handsome.”

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Pickleball is one of those neo-sports that seems to have infected every sleepy suburban community all at once, spreading with its loud rhythmic thwacking sounds and tiny paddle wielders with unstoppable enthusiasm. Where did it come from? No one knows. It is the kudzu of casual sports. It’s also the basis for the latest celebrity competition on CBS.

According to The Wrap, Stephen Colbert will host the special with Dierks Bentley, Will Ferrell, Emma Watson, Daniel Dae Kim, Max Greenfield, Luis Guzman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tig Notaro and Kelly Rowland among those competing for pickleball immortality. It’s for charity (Comic Relief), so it’s tough to rag too hard on it, but nonetheless it’s maybe a signal that we’ve reached the end, full stop, of culture itself.

“If you love pickleball and you love celebrities and you love helping people, you’re going to love watching these celebrities help people by playing pickleball,” Colbert said in a statement.

It was previously thought that we’d reached the end of culture with the immense popularity of Lip Sync Battle, but it turns out we had just a little bit more art to squeeze through the sieve to turn into content. Pickled will premiere November 17th on CBS and Paramount+, and Colbert will sing the National Anthem in a duet with Kenny Loggins. This event comes as news broke about Tom Brady buying a professional pickleball team, offering the rare phenomenon that makes you question whether you’re too young or too old to understand it.

If there’s a reason to be optimistic about any of this unrelenting Pickleball madness, it’s that Tom Brady has now jumped on the bandwagon, and we all know what he did to Bitcoin.

(via The Wrap)

California’s a lovely state, filled with perpetually (or mostly) warm and sunny weather, gorgeous coastal drives, ever-thriving entertainment industries, and incredible tacos. (It’s also home to the best detective show in TV history.) But over the years, some of its residents have fled in terror. Elon Musk took his toys and moved to Texas, fleeing, among other things, a Democrat-heavy leadership. (The Lone Star State’s lack of state income tax probably helped, too.) It even lost Adam Carolla. Now it’s losing another icon: the erstwhile Richmeister.

Rob Schneider — who became a name largely for playing a guy who talks to people using copy machines on SNL but has in recent years taken on a more conservative bent — went on Fox & Friends Wednesday to declare that he’s “had it” with living in San Francisco and had decamped for Arizona. What pushed him “over the edge,” as he put it? Progressive governor Gavin Newsom and all those pesky liberals.

“I really feel like I don’t want the Democratic Party trying to run my life. And there’s not one aspect of your life that they don’t want to interfere with,” Schneider revealed.

He also criticized the homeless problem in his now-former town. “San Francisco either has a huge homeless problem or a gigantic camping success story,” he cracked.

Schneider also claimed that he’s not the only one sick of so-called “wokeness” in today’s Democratic party. He says others agree with him, but just won’t say it. “They’re just scared of it because it really is like a mob of ideologues that just will attack you,” he claimed.

And so there you have it. The two-time Deuce Bigelow is giving up In-N-Out Burger so he can live in…an even hotter part of the country. Much like Tulsi Gabbard formally leaving the Democratic Party, this should be a shock to no one.

(Via Mediaite)

The Braves and Phillies had to wait three hours to start Game 2 of their NLDS series due to a rain delay, but neither pitcher was phased by the delay, as Kyle Wright and Zack Wheeler both came out throwing near-perfect ball for the first half of the game.

The Braves would finally strike first in the sixth inning with a two-out rally that started with Ronald Acuna Jr. getting hit by a pitch that was followed by a walk and three straight ground ball singles to put them up 3-0.

That was still the score when the eighth inning rolled around, and the Phillies got a man on with one out on a loud single from Jean Segura, hoping to spark a rally. Up next was Bryson Stott who fought off a 1-2 pitch with a pop-up into foul territory that, at first, looked like it’d extend the at bat — that was until Austin Riley ran over and caught it while sliding off the tarp along the edge of the field.

It’s an outrageous catch for a number of reasons, most notably that he runs into the tarp right as he gets the glove on the ball and, very easily, could’ve had it jarred loose.

The other catch by the Braves infield, referenced by John Smoltz as what had been the play of the night before Riley’s catch, came from Dansby Swanson to end the top of the sixth inning, as he chased a fly ball deep into the outfield to make a sliding over the shoulder catch himself.

It was quite the night from the Braves defense, as they flashed the leather all night behind Kyle Wright and the rest of the Braves staff that delivered a gem of a game, holding the Phillies scoreless through eight innings as they looked to even the series at 1-1 leaving Atlanta.

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1. “Take a more holistic approach”

“I will place a rose quartz on the copy machine and rub the stapler with rosemary oil.” – @Synicist

2. “Competitive pay”

“Yes your pay will be competing with your bills.” – @PM_ME_YOUR_MUSIC

3. “Our workers are part of our family”

“Translation: we have boundary issues.” – @shanster925

4. When someone refers to a request as an “ask”

“We had a word for this already, what was wrong with it?” – @Johanssjoberg

“Request is two syllables. Not punchy, not cool.” – @Fred2718

5. “We all wear multiple hats around here”

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“I hear this everyday. It’s just an excuse to not hire anyone else.” – @ChurchWineDrunk

6. “Rockstar”

“My company already changed ‘rockstar’ to ‘jedi’ in our JD 5 years ago. They changed it to ‘ninja’ at the beginning of this year.” – No_Imagination_4907

“I hate your company.” – @JohnCail01

7. “Win win win”

“First people said ‘win win’ for something that was good for both parties, this makes sense. One popular exec said ‘win win win’ once for something that helped us, our third party partners and the customer. That’s fine as a one off and a good play on the original expression. But now every exec says it’s a ‘win win win’ when something good happens. They’re not even a ‘win win’, just something that’s good for one party.” – @NotACockroach

8. “Willing to work in fast-paced environment”

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“*ends up in cubicle*” – @Raven0uss

“Should really hire two people but only willing to pay for one.” – @Sellswordinthegrove

9. “Core values”

“A corporation is a corporation, they don’t have values aside from their responsibilities to their shareholders and the law. Pretending there’s some moral or ethical policy overriding any of that is insulting to the employees who are expected to parrot it.” – @Aquoad

10. “Must have excellent communication skills”

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“What if they are just great communication skills, huh? I guess I’m screwed.” – @TheBladeRoden

11. “Young, dynamic and fast-growing team”

“In my experience, it usually means inexperienced people, frequent resignations and just general lack of stability.” – @longlegs25

Or maybe you prefer to steal this person’s delightfully positive take on the whole thing:

“I love corporate buzzwords. You can send emails which sound intelligent without actually saying anything and just confuse everyone.” – @boywithtwoarms

Plains is the side project of Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson. Their new album, I Walked With You A Ways, is due out this Friday, October 14th. The album is said a tip of the cap to the country and folk music that the two grew up with, from Willie Nelson to The Judds to Loretta Lynn. And Lynn, who passed away earlier this month, is the visual inspiration for the new video for “Hurricane,” directed by former SNL cast member Aidy Bryant.

“I trusted that she [Bryant] had the answer for the perfect way to visually accompany this song and from the jump she just deeply understood our vision, at moments better than we could have even explained it ourselves,” Crutchfield said. The clip is uniquely shot with deliberate lighting choices that recall Southern belles of the past, with sparkles and sheet cake to boot.

“We had a talented, hardworking crew and paid homage to Loretta Lynn’s 70’s TV performances,” Bryant said in a statement. Adding that, “I’m also going to drive the bus for their tour, so see you on the road!” Plains are heading out on tour later this month, and we’ll just have to see if Aidy is being serious about that whole driver thing.

Watch the “Hurricane” video above.

I Walked With You A Ways is out 10/14 via Anti-. Pre-order it here.

Looks like someone didn’t fall so well.

Anyway, if you get down a rabbit hole about what happened to evangelical movement heir Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki Falwell, you will likely never come back up for air. It’s a twisty, thorny ride, and that’s the complicated mess that director Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys) has chosen to illuminate for us. A pool attendant named Giancarlo Granda is at the heart of the scandal, having spent 7 years in a romantic relationship with Becki, including sexual encounters filmed by Jerry. Totally cool if consensual, right? Let’s not yuck anyone’s yum. But when your public persona is a holier-than-thou preacher running a massive Christian university, it’s the kind of truth that can bring down much more than a reputation.

The trailer for the film (which was also produced by Adam McKay) promises a wild, voyeuristic ride for us to rubber neck. It also heavily, heavily implies that Donald Trump received Falwell Jr’s endorsement (and also a metric ton of evangelical support) because the fake-tanned fascist had this specific dirt on the Falwell family. That’s going to take some heavy lifting and proof to be more than a salacious, unserious jab. Still, the bulk of the documentary seems to rely on Granda’s direct testimony in talking head segments about what was happening behind closed doors. Corben is billing the project as Get Out meets The Righteous Gemstones.

God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty hits Hulu November 1st.

We are 22 years removed from Vince Carter authoring the greatest in-game dunk of all time when he jumped clear over 7’2 Frederic Weis during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Carter’s dunk remains the gold standard for posterizations, as the “jumping over someone” genre of dunking typically is reserved for dunk contests. Every once in awhile, someone will do their best Vince impression on the court, albeit never over a 7’2 opponent, but it’s still always wildly impressive when it happens.

On Wednesday night, we got a Carter-esque moment courtesy of Mouhamed Gueye, a 19-year-old 7-footer from Washington State, who got a lane to the rim in practice and jumped clear over a teammate who arrived late trying to take a charge, providing one of the cleanest leaps you’ll see, as he doesn’t even lay a hand on the guy he jumps over.

It’s not Vince Carter, but it’s still an unbelievable display of athleticism — much less from a 7-footer. The best part is his teammate’s reaction, as he spins around and falls to the ground, staring at Gueye like “what the hell did you just do?” That poor guy should have some beef with the video department for sending this out to Givony, but hard to blame them for wanting this dunk to get the shine it deserves on the internet.

Nice murder-solving lady and total badass Angela Lansbury died yesterday, and amid videos of her singing Be Our Guest and being utterly charming, a 2014 interview with Mail Online has resurfaced in which she details how she went to great lengths to keep her child safe from one of the most notorious killers in modern American history. Her son Anthony and daughter Deidre has become addicted to heroin as teens in the 1960s and fell in with a bad group that was Charles Manson-adjacent.

“It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson,” Lansbury said at the time. “She was one of many youngsters who knew him – and they were fascinated. He was an extraordinary character, charismatic in many ways, no question about it.”

To keep Deidre safe (and to help detox her son), Lansbury pulled up stakes and left Hollywood for Ireland.

“I was drawn to Ireland because it was the birthplace of my mother, and it was also somewhere my children wouldn’t be exposed to any more bad influences. I still have a house there which I try and visit at least once a year. So I refused all work for a year and simply kept house. . . Certainly, I have no doubt we would have lost one or both of our two if they hadn’t been removed to a completely different milieu, the simplicity of life in Ireland. In the end we found a doctor who prescribed methadone, a heroin substitute, which helped with the withdrawal symptoms as Anthony and Deidre were weaned off hard drugs. We were so very, very lucky we spotted what was happening just in time.”

She didn’t specify a time in the 1960s when this would have happened, but there was a four-year gap in an otherwise steady career between Mister Buddwing in 1966 and Something For Everyone in 1970. She’d make Bedknobs and Broomsticks in 1971, presumably only a few years separated from moving halfway across the world to ensure her daughter survived.

(via Mail Online)