Even though Courtney Love has a long history as a musician (and a short history as a meme-maker), she is also a pretty accomplished actress. After being nominated for a Golden Globe in 1996, Love won the part of Marla in the cult classic film among male college students between the ages of 18-21, Fight Club.
But shortly after she nabbed the part, Love got into a scuffle with co-star Brad Pitt and director Gus Van Sant, who was looking to make a Kurt Cobain biopic. “I wouldn’t let Brad play Kurt,” Love recently said on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast. She added, “I went nuclear. I don’t do Faust. Who the f*ck do you think are?”
Love was married to Cobain from 1992 until his death in 1994, just a few short years before Fight Club. Love then claimed she was fired from the film after the fight, which should have made her more qualified for a movie titled Fight Club, right? The role eventually went to Helena Bonham Carter.
Van Sant did eventually make a Cobain-inspired pic, but Brad Pitt wasn’t involved. Before she was fired, Love allegedly told the actor, “I don’t know if I trust you and I don’t know that your movies are for profit. They’re really good social justice movies, but… if you don’t get me, you kind of don’t get Kurt, and I don’t feel like you do, Brad.”
Love was then told by Edward Norton, who she was dating at the time, that she had been fired from the fight club, a club that doesn’t exist anyway after all, so it all worked out in the end.
If you watched Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery over the holidays, it’s hard not to see the parallels between Edward Norton’s tech billionaire Miles Bron and embattled Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Those parallels feel particularly poignant following Musk’s recent purchase of Twitter, which has done significant damage to his reputation as some sort of wunderkind genius who will save the planet. However, according to Glass Onion writer/director Rian Johnson, he honestly didn’t mean for Norton’s role to hit Musk that hard. It just sorta happened.
When asked during a recent interview with WIRED if he’d ever make a movie about Twitter’s downfall, Johnson joked, “Didn’t I just do that?” before explaining that the Musk parallels were a coincidence because he wrote the film during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. That’s two years before Musk randomly tried to flex on the social media world by buying Twitter.
Here’s what Johnson told WIRED about Norton’s character, who was supposed to have a bit of Musk in him, but not this much:
There’s a lot of general stuff about that sort of species of tech billionaire that went directly into it. But obviously, it has almost a weird relevance in exactly the current moment. A friend of mine said, “Man, that feels like it was written this afternoon.” And that’s just sort of a horrible, horrible accident, you know?
So there have you it. Glass Onion is kinda about Elon Musk, but only because he leaned way too hard into being an evil tech bro billionaire right before the movie came out, which no one could’ve predicted, but probably should have.
In the meantime, you can see Twitter having an absolute field day with Glass Onion‘s (slightly) inadvertent takedown of Musk:
There’s an Elon Musk documentary on Netflix under the name of Glass Onion, and I cannot recommend it enough. pic.twitter.com/zPUiGdviEG
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is the MASTERFUL critique of Elon Musk, and the whole if tech bro culture, I NEVER expected from a comedy murder mystery.
More people need to see “Glass Onion” to appreciate how Rian Johnson tried to creat a sort of ur-billionaire character out of composite parts, and yet Elon Musk somehow stumbled backwards into fully inhabiting the character this year. It makes me chuckle. pic.twitter.com/fiM6g399eB
ok I get that Elon Musk was spiraling long before buying twitter but it’s actually very difficult to accept that Glass Onion wasn’t written and filmed in the past couple of months
Holy shit Rian Johnson releasing Glass Onion in a time where the whole world see Elon Musk as a sociopathic dumbass is incredible timing. Just like when Animal Crossing released during the pandemic.
— Ginsengaddict is looking forward to NACC (@ginsengaddict) December 24, 2022
Watched GLASS ONION again and I think it’s beautiful that Rian Johnson was like “I wonder if my class critique was a bit too subtle last time, let’s just dedicate 2.5 hours to pointing and laughing at Elon Musk, the world’s number one dumbass bitch”
As 2022 winds down, we’re all looking forward to the year ahead. Plotting, strategizing, dreaming… This might include professional goals, romantic goals, and even travel. And while we totally understand the importance of the first two, we’re most concerned with that the latter.
We make it a goal to visit a few new out-of-the-way breweries and lesser-known beer cities every year. Sure, we also visit the hot spots as well. Taking a trip to Denver or San Diego means you’ll be immersed in beer culture you don’t see in most places. But part of the fun of visiting an underrated or up-and-coming beer destination is the excitement of finding something new and seeing beer culture grow and evolve.
To help us uncover the best beer cities to visit in 2023, we went to the professionals for help. We asked a few well-known brewers and craft beer experts to tell us their picks for the most underrated, up-and-coming, off-the-beaten-path beer cities. Keep scrolling to see all of their beer-drenched selections.
The larger area outside of San Luis Obispo on the central coast is cleaning up right now on their critical recognition. The stretch from Pismo to Paso is packed with medal-winning beer that is relatively young but founded by royal institutions. Wild Fields Brewhouse and The Does Not Exist are the musts.
Other Breweries Include:
Antigua Brewing Company, Oak and Otter Brewing Company, Barrelhouse Brewing, and SLO Brew Rock.
I may be a little biased, but with so many creatives in the beer space, New York is without a doubt the most underrated and upcoming beer city. Because of intense competition from non-New York breweries, many of the extremely talented local breweries often get overlooked and are not given the time of day by many bars and restaurants. However, New York and New York City have done a tremendous job of allowing our breweries to expand via the addition of secondary tasting rooms that provide enhanced access to the end consumer.
Our expansion of Gun Hill is a great example. We joined a community of locally owned breweries and distilleries at Industry City on Brooklyn’s waterfront in Sunset Park. Included in that space is another satellite location for Big aLICe Brewing. Very few cities allow for the housing of a group of brewers and distillers offering up a mixed selection of spots to seek out locally sourced and creative beverages.
Other Breweries Include:
Alewife Brewing, The Bronx Brewery, Interboro Spirits and Ales, and Other Half Brewing.
Tucson is the Austin of Arizona. It’s a funky, artsy, weird, left-leaning enclave that feels satisfyingly out of place with the rest of the state. The city punches above its weight in both brewery quantity (18 last I checked) and quality. Pueblo Vida Brewing Co. does hazy IPAs (and label artwork) as well as any brewery in the country. Dragoon Brewing Co. has for a long while made what might be the most reliably awesome West Coast IPA in the state. Borderlands Brewing Co., Crooked Tooth Brewing Co., and Motosonora Brewing Co. are all likewise creating beers both intriguing and excellent.
Tucson’s also home to the Tap & Bottle, which deserves a spot in the beer bar/bottleshop hall of fame.
Other Breweries Include:
Barrio Brewing, 1912 Brewing, Firetruck Brewing, and Thunder Canyon Brewery.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Wes Burbank, head brewer at Flix Brewhouse in San Antonio
I love the Albuquerque beer scene. It has a really nice balance of bigger breweries making excellent beer (La Cumbre, Ex Novo, Marble, Bosque) alongside smaller places that are also producing some really quality beer lately. Gravity Bound is a standout, alongside Sobremesa, Canteen, and Flix Brewhouse (what’s better than a brewpub with a top-tier movie theatre attached to it?!). In particular, there are some really great IPAs and lagers getting produced by these and other breweries around town.
Other Breweries Include:
Bow & Arrow Brewing, High and Dry Brewing, The 377 Brewery, and Rio Bravo Brewing Company.
I was in Charlotte, North Carolina earlier this year and definitely had some great beer. I think it gets overshadowed by Asheville in terms of being a beer city, but I really enjoyed Hopfly and Wooden Robot when I was there. Really nice beer and a cool ambiance at both spots. It’s an up-and-coming area with a mix of larger and smaller breweries springing up all the time. If you’re going to Asheville, make a detour to visit Charlotte as well.
Other Breweries Include:
Catawba Brewing, NoDa Brewing, Sycamore Brewing, and Birdsong Brewing.
St. Louis. While there definitely are some well-known heavy hitters in the St. Louis area (Side Project, Perennial), some under-the-radar breweries are doing some great things too. Narrow Gauge plays heavy in the haze game but has also produced some solid lagers and complex and interesting mixed culture beers. The Italian food is awesome too. Head to Urban Chestnut for some great lager or Civil Life for classic English pub-style ale. While St. Louis has long been known for one big beer brand, the craft beer scene is on the rise.
Other Breweries Include:
4 Hands Brewing, Alpha Brewing, Blue Wood Brewing, and 2nd Shift Brewing.
Minneapolis/St. Paul
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Garth E. Beyer, certified Cicerone® and owner and founder of Garth’s Brew Bar in Madison, Wisconsin
The Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) have to be the most underrated beer cities, at least in the Midwest. I lop them together because one is basically spitting distance from the other. Whether you hit up one or both (easy in a single day), you’ll leave thinking how amazing of a beer temple each is. The breweries in the twin cities win at both making incredible beers across every style imaginable and being gorgeous breweries to visit – from eclectic indoor taprooms to ridiculously spacious, dog-friendly outdoor patios. Here are a few that should be on your must-visit list: Lake Monster (St. Paul), Bad Weather Brewing Company (St. Paul), Lakes & Legends (Minneapolis), and Pryes Brewing (Minneapolis).
Other Breweries Include:
Dangerous Man Brewing, Modist Brewing, Surly Brewing Company, and Indeed Brewing.
Boise
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Max Shafer, brew master at Roadhouse Brewing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Boise, Idaho. I cannot begin to tell you how underrated the beer scene is in Boise. With incredibly close proximity to Idaho’s hop-growing region, the brewers in Boise have access to hops that most brewers dream of. One of my go-to breweries in Boise is Boise Brewing Company. The team at Boise Brewing is making incredibly drinkable and well-balanced beers. Beyond the many other great breweries, you will find plenty of amazing beer bars, like Matlack’s, and great bottle shops like Boise Co-op.
Other Breweries Include:
Payette Brewing, White Dog Brewing, Lost Grove Brewing, and Edge Brewing Company.
I wish I traveled more, but I go to Chicago frequently since we built our brewery there in 2014, and that market has really matured and exploded since then. However, when really considering a maturing and underrated market, I must shout out Yakima, Washington, home of the Bert Grant’s Yakima Brewing from 1982 and the magical valley of hop production. Us craft brewers descend upon Yakima for an annual pilgrimage, Over the past five years, the area has massively stepped up its beer game. Known as a predominantly blue-collar and agricultural landscape, it’s still true that the average beer drinker reaches for some sort of macro-brewed yellow lager, but there’s just too much access to amazing hops at a stone’s throw to not see this area explode. Recent additions are Balebreaker, Single Hill, Varietal Brewing and I would be unsurprised to hear of more coming. You could argue that this area doesn’t have the demand — but come hop harvest, they sure do.
When we show up thirsty, the super mature neighboring markets of Portland and Seattle are there to happily sponge up the rest of the demand.
Other Breweries Include:
Hop Capital Brewing, Valley Brewing, 5th Line Brewing, and Wandering Hop Brewery.
I may be biased, but the Baltimore craft brewery scene is up and coming. Over the next year, the development in the Baltimore Entertainment District is being finished and this will be the area with a concentration of new breweries (the Brewery District), in addition to venues like Top Golf, the casino, and music venues, and all right by Ravens Stadium and Camden Yards (where the Orioles play). It’s a great city to play as well as drink great beer.
Other Breweries Include:
Flying Dog Brewery, Suspended Brewing Company, Union Craft Brewing, and Full Tilt Brewing.
Wednesday didn’t turn The Cramps into chart-toppers, like Stranger Things did with Kate Bush (feel free to blame Mariah Carey’s holiday dominance). But the psychobilly icons — who came up with wonderful song titles like “Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?” and “The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon” — have received more long-overdue national attention since the Netflix series premiered than they did during their active years.
Jenna Ortega’s self-choreographed dance to “Goo Goo Muck” has even made it all the way to Russia, where figure skater Kamila Valieva recreated the viral scene during the Russian Figure Skating Championship. The 16-year-old “snagged silver for her performance,” according to Insider, which also notes that she “sported a black ruffled tulle dress that mimics the one Ortega wore in the show when she originated the dance. The look was complete with heavy black eye makeup and long, black pigtail braids.”
Ortega explained the origin of the dance while appearing on The Tonight Show. “Initially, they wanted a flash mob, but I thought, no, there’s no way Wednesday would be cool with dancing and encouraging a bunch of people,” she explained. Wednesday director Tim Burton suggested “Goo Goo Muck,” which Ortega loved. “The Cramps is one of my favorite bands ever, so I was super excited, super pumped,” she added.
You can watch Valieva’s routine above, which includes snippets of The Addams Family theme song and Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary,” which has also gone viral on TikTok.
Chart Data revealed on Monday (December 26) that “Just Wanna Rock” sold over 1 million units across the country. Lil Uzi Vert took to Instagram to celebrate, sharing a screenshot on their Instagram story and writing, “Never let them get in Your head BE YOU.”
.@LILUZIVERT‘s “Just Wanna Rock” has now sold over 1 million units in the US.
They’re also prepping for their first tour in six years. They announced that they’ll be hitting 20 cities in a Live Nation-produced run starting in March of next year, though dates and venues are still yet to be revealed. Meanwhile fans are still impatiently waiting for the release of The Pink Tape after it was delayed in October 2021. They also hinted at collaborations with Grimes, Travis Scott, and Playboi Carti on the LP. Their last record was 2020’s Eternal Atake, which was supposed to be followed by a tour that was subsequently canceled due to the pandemic.
Lil Uzi Vert is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
One of the most compelling things about the G League are the engrossing and completely unique stories behind every athlete. There are players on two-way contracts, called up sometimes within hours of an NBA game to be available for their parent team’s roster. There are young athletes vying to forge a path into the league via alternatives to college like the G League’s own Ignite, veterans who’ve already had NBA careers opting to continue playing as anchors of G League rosters, players who’ve landed spots in open team tryouts, and so many other scenarios.
For filmmakers like Taylor Sharp, it’s a dream as much as it is a near impossibility to zero in and highlight every story the G League holds. Still, Sharp, along with his production partner Holland Randolph Gallagher, have been entrusted with these stories before and have joined with the G League again to showcase three different journeys in an attempt to paint a real-time portrait of the landscape of the league as a whole.
“The Break” is an eight part docuseries that follows three players — Mac McClung, Scoot Henderson, and Norris Cole — through the current G League season, sharing in their highs, lows, and hopes. So far, two of the eight episodes have been released.
While the G League, Sharp, and Gallagher were aligned on the cross-section of athletes they wanted to include to show “really different versions of a G League experience,” Sharp says, there were still major challenges.
“We had to wait until kind of the last second to make decisions,” Sharp recalls over the phone, just having returned from the G League Winter Showcase in Las Vegas. “Cause you don’t know exactly — is Mac gonna make the Warriors, or is he going to be in the G League? Which veterans are gonna decide to be in the league?”
That roving sense of possibility can be disorienting, as McClung eludes to in the second episode. In its opening scene, McClung is driving to the Delaware Blue Coats practice facility ahead of the team’s training camp.
“I hate when people are like, ‘Stay ready, he’s staying ready,’” McClung intones, one hand on the wheel and the other emphatically motioning to himself and what’s flashing by outside the car’s windows. “Like no, this is a part of my journey, like what I’m doing right now isn’t important?”
It was crucial to Sharp to include a player like McClung in the series. McClung, a former Georgetown and Texas Tech standout who went undrafted in 2021, had an opportunity within the NBA last season, quickly became a fan favorite, and opted to forgo lucrative contracts overseas to return to the G League this year in the event the opportunity arose to play in the NBA. So often the G League can be touted as a kind of catch-all or passive in-between rather than an autonomous and important choice, and McClung’s portion of the series gives insight into that decision, as difficult as it can be.
Similarly, the inclusion of Cole, a two-time NBA champion, inverts the traditional timeline of what it means to be a successful NBA player. Rather than retire or continue playing overseas, Cole made the decision to join the G League and become a veteran anchor in November. With so many athletes in the G League grinding to make it to the NBA, vets like Cole can offer the insight and advice as someone who’s not just been there, but went all the way. Cole — along with Emmanuel Mudiay, Jahlil Okafor, Shabazz Napier, Amir Johnson, and Denzel Valentine — are among the former NBA players who’ve chosen to play in the G League, some right from the NBA and others after stints overseas.
“For someone like Norris, whose episode in the series has not yet come out but we’re working on now, it’s like, you do have to think about it from on the human side of things of like, what if a player just wants to be back and in the States like closer to family? With a closer connection to the NBA world that they were first a part of?” Sharp notes.
No matter the reason, more former NBA vets opting in to the G League creates a greater collective resource for younger athletes who want to break in. That’s especially the case for guys like Henderson who aren’t taking the more traditional route of going to college for a year before jumping to the NBA.
There’s a reason “The Break” started with Henderson — the match-up between Henderson’s G League Ignite squad and the French side Metropolitans 92, led by Victor Wembanyama, in early October was one of the most exciting highlights of the basketball season, in any league.
“I think thus far, some of like the most exciting storylines and basketball have their ties to the G league this season so far,” Sharp says. “The entire basketball world was focused on that Scoot and Victor match up and that’s where we started the series.”
As a storyteller, Sharp is especially excited about getting to document so early Henderson’s career. “That’s been one of the treats of starting off with Scoot,” he says. “‘Cause I feel like it’s getting a jump on really documenting his story, which is gonna be unfolding for many years.
“I can’t wait for the basketball world to embrace Scoot when he gets drafted, when he joins the NBA,” Sharp says with a chuckle. “Go ahead and get familiar with him, cause he’s gonna be around for a long time.”
The most compelling element of the G League can also be the most difficult to reconcile. So many people’s hopes, hard work, and end goals hinge on the briefest window of opportunity, wherein the odds are so impossibly stacked.
“There are so many more reasons to be in the G League and it’s been interesting to hear different players speak on their motivations for being [there],” Sharp says. “Everywhere you turn, I feel like you just find this incredibly compelling backstory on a player and they’re especially easy to root for as so many of them are on the cusp of reaching this really remarkable moment in their career of making it to the NBA.
“I think the more people pay attention to G League, the more embedded in it they become,” he adds.
What “The Break” and some of Sharp’s other projects with the G League present is as close to a real-time distillation of optimism as pro sports can offer. Regardless of how these stories end, there’s a particular privilege in being invited to witness, real-time, how they’re meaningful beyond the win-lose/success-failure dichotomy basketball so often gets reduced to. Because behind those things, and the teams that play the games, are people.
The Avengers of SM’s girl groups are returning and kicking off 2023 for the SMCU (SM Culture Universe) next month.
What was once an unbelievable idea (to fans) of bringing some of the top K-pop female acts under SM Entertainment, and creating a girl group out of it, is now a tangible project that’s here to stay.
Officially confirming new music is on the way, GOT the beat shared the release date for their for their first EP, Stamp On It, alongside its album art. The project girl group will make their first comeback on January 16 but will do a pre-performance at SM Entertainment’s annual New Year concert, SMTOWN LIVE 2023.
No further information in regards to tracklist or possible member changes have been confirmed.
GOT the beat is SM Entertainment’s project girl group (similar to SM’s boy group SuperM) that debuted at the top of the year (January 3, 2022). The super girl group comprises of seven members including BoA, Girls’ Generations’ Taeyeon and Hyoyeon, Red Velvet’s Wendy and Seulgi, and aespa’s Karina and Winter – all of which represent a generation of K-pop, and are considered the aces of their respective groups for being the main vocalists, main dancers, or both.
Check out the video for their debut single “Step Back” below.
When looking for the best whiskeys to stock on your own shelves, it’s always wise to listen to people who make their livings from talking about and tasting the stuff. In that vein, Jackie James has carved out a sizeable following as an educator and whiskey consultant thanks to tireless efforts to learn the trade and taste a wide variety of whiskeys from all over the world. So as 2022 comes to a close, we reached out to James to find out what really stood out to her in the whiskey world in 2022.
James was kind enough to name her five favorite pours of whiskey in 2022 below. She added her own tasting notes as well, giving you chance to pique your own interest and maybe find a bottle or two to ring in 2023 with (make sure to click those prices to find a bottle in your area).
Let’s dive right in and see which bottles spoke to whiskey pro Jackie James this year! (All words below by Jackie James.) — Zach Johnston, UPROXX Drink’s Editor
Also Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Bourbon Posts Of The Last Six Months
I wasn’t sure if this was perfume or whisky. The Balvenie French Oak 16 smells so good and tastes even better! Finished in Pineau French Oak casks for the first time in the distillery’s 130-year history, this elegant and innovative single malt is a perfect addition to the William Grant & Sons family.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Light floral perfume, grass, nature, honey, and apple.
Palate: Citrus, ginger, candied fruit, honey, and vanilla.
Finish: Medium-long.
Bottom Line:
Light, refreshing, and approachable, The Balvenie French Oak 16 pairs perfectly with a poolside, relaxing day with great friends, storytelling, and sunshine.
Very Olde St. Nick Estate Reserve Summer Rye Cask Strength
Where is the rye from? What’s the mash bill? Just like Santa Claus himself, the mystery and magic behind Very Olde St. Nick make it even more exciting and fun to sip.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Snickerdoodle cookies, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
Palate: Strawberries, caramel, honey, and vanilla.
Finish: Medium-long.
Bottom Line:
With the perfect amount of spice, magic, and mystery, VOSN is truly Christmas in a bottle and my absolute favorite holiday pour.
Blackened x Willett Rye Madeira Finish Cask Strength
Distilled by Willett and finished and bottled by Blackened, this unique and bold whiskey is aged for an average of 6.5 years in white American oak casks. After the whiskeys are married together, they are finished in Madeira casks for up to 14 weeks and bottled at cask strength — all while the barrels vibrate to the low hertz frequencies of Metallica.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Brown sugar, corn, vanilla, and mint.
Palate: Raspberries, honey, caramel, and cinnamon.
Finish: Long finish.
Bottom Line:
This edgy, bold, and fun whiskey definitely leaves an impression and is perfectly paired with anything adventurous, rocking out, and Metallica.
Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaboration Series Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished In Plantation Rum Barrels
The Redbreast Kentucky Oak Edition is triple distilled in copper pot stills and matured in American Bourbon barrels and Spanish Oloroso Sherry butts. Then it’s finished for a minimum of four months in hand-selected, air-dried American Oak from the Taylor family farm in Kentucky.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Pencil shavings, vanilla, almond, and cinnamon.
Palate: Brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cherries.
Finish: Medium.
Bottom Line:
I love sharing this one with my Irish-American friends as an introduction to bourbon — truly the best of both worlds!
This morning, December 29, he posted a screenshot of Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love” to his Instagram Story and wrote over it, “mfer sued the hell outta me but he got down on this” with two crying emojis. The soulful jazz song is the title track of Caldwell’s 1978 album.
@lilnasx on Instagram
As for what he’s talking about: In July 2019, as reported by Billboard at the time, Lil Nas X was sued by The Music Force for copyright infringement over his independently released single “Carry On.” The Music Force claimed Lil Nas X “appropriated parts” of Caldwell’s song of the same name and asked for “the court to determine that Lil Nas X’s ‘Carry On’ is a joint work.”
The lawsuit called for “at least $10 million in damages to remedy ‘confusion in the marketplace’ that it alleges completely destroyed the value of its property, as well as at least $15 million in punitive damages,” per Billboard.
The lawsuit hit the news cycle as Lil Nas X was becoming a ubiquitous star with “Old Town Road,” which netted him two Grammys, spent a record-breaking 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, and was RIAA’s all-time platinum-certified leader until last month.
Two-plus years later, the outcome of the lawsuit is unclear.
2022 was definitely a year that did happen, despite what you may or may not think. The year will likely be remembered as the specific timeframe when Tom Cruise was flying, jumping, and dancing in and around airplanes for the better part of 12 months. And it’s nice to know that he didn’t do all of that for nothing. Even if he did, he probably wouldn’t mind. But Cruise’s high-flying adventures paid off, as Top Gun: Maverick once again shatters some records during the last week of 2022.
Paramount+ revealed that the sequel became the streamer’s most-watched movie globally after premiering last week. It flew by the previous record holder, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, who, unfortunately, did not go fast enough to beat Cruise.
Brian Robbins, CEO of Paramount Pictures, says that this is just another example of how Paramount handled the tricky pandemic release, thanks to the staggered theatrical and steaming dates: “The runaway success of this film across theatrical, digital, and now in streaming is an undeniable proof point demonstrating the power of Paramount’s multi-platform release strategy.”
Top Gun: Maverick was finally released into theaters after years of pandemic delays this summer, and it was clearly worth the wait. The first film in the franchise also got a major 400% increase in streams, thanks to everyone and their dad marathoning the movies over the holiday break. When you think of the holidays, it just screams Top Gun, right? Glad we are all in the spirit.
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