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Will The 2022 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony Be Televised?

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2022 is coming up. The special event is taking place this Saturday, November 5, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, with this year’s inductees in the Performers category featuring Carly Simon, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie, and Pat Benatar.

Fortunately, the ceremony will be televised. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a bit. It will air on HBO on Saturday, November 19, at 8 p.m. EST. You can also watch the red carpet event, which will be livestreamed on the Rock Hall’s YouTube channel.

In a recent interview, the one and only Dolly Parton revealed she’s unsure if she’s going to attend the induction ceremony this year. “I don’t know. If I do, I’m going to sing the hardest style rock ‘n’ roll song I could ever muster up just to show that I can do it.” She added, “I don’t know what I’ll do. […] But I’ll do something to make it fun and to be forgiven for my mistake. To earn my title.” This follows her rejection of her nomination and then her change of mind: Well, I’ll accept gracefully. I would just say thanks and I would accept it because the fans vote,” she concluded.

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Jordan Klepper Is Diving Into The Deep End Of Right Wing Conspiracies For A New Podcast: ‘Jordan Klepper Fingers The Conspiracy’

Few people have made their mark on topical political comedy quite like Jordan Klepper, the Daily Show correspondent who dips his toe into Trump rallies so we don’t have to. After years of success with his “Fingers The Pulse” segments on the show, he’s converting the flyby quips into longform conversations for a limited edition podcast.

Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy will hit all the podcast-y apps via IHeartRadio on November 9th, boasting explorations of the looniest nonsense the internet has proliferated through all those totally free (for now) social sites all the youths seem so fond of. Here’s the official synopsis from the fine folks at Comedy Central:

“In his adventures into MAGA country, Jordan Klepper encounters some of the more imaginative, conspiratorial minds America has to offer. In Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy, a new, six-episode limited podcast series, Jordan steps off the trail to dig deep into some of the wildest theories he’s heard and trace their origins with journalists, experts, and anyone who might have a lead on when JFK Jr. is coming back. The podcast offers an opportunity to better understand some of the most extravagant stories Americans tell themselves.”

Well, good. Of course, the natural danger here in the era of increased right-wing violence and a permission structure from leaders who laugh at old men getting attacked by hammers (by conspiracy theorists!) is to shine a spotlight on the toilet while explaining thoroughly why the toilet isn’t clean to drink from.

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Mom shares a simple, but brilliant hack that keeps Band-Aids from falling off your knuckles

It’s annoying to get a cut on your knuckles, because they’re a hard place to put a Band-Aid. If you put it on too tight, you can’t move your finger and if you put it on too loose, it easily slips off. Of course, you can buy Band-Aids made to go over knuckles, but unless you have a MacGyver-level first-aid kit, you probably only have basic strips.

A new video shared by everyone’s “mom hack bestie” Autumn Grace, aka HonestlyAutumnb, on Instagram shows an easy way to transform a run-of-the-mill strip Band-Aid into a fully-functional knuckle bandage. “This is one of the best band aid life hacks!” she captioned the video.

To transform a strip bandage into a knuckle Band-Aid, you must make two cuts with scissors, and voila! “The hack I never thought I needed to know until today!” VermillionChicago commented on the post.


Some people left the obvious comment that “you can just buy butterfly bandages,” but the point of the hack is to make do with what you have so you don’t have to run to the store while you’re bleeding. This is one of those hacks that seems obvious, but in five decades on this planet, it never occurred to me to cut the bandage. That’s probably why HonestlyAutumnb has more than 440,000 subscribers on Instagram.

Next time you cut yourself cooking and don’t want to wear a cumbersome strip bandage on your knuckle, now you know how to modify one so you can cook without bleeding on the brisket.

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Tilda Swinton Plays Her Own Mother In An Exquisite Ghost Story In ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Trailer

It is time for Joanna Hogg superfans (Hoggheads) to rejoice, because the trailer for the delicately, aggressively haunting The Eternal Daughter is a stunner that promises a hellacious film. It stars Tilda Swinton and Tilda Swinton as a middle-aged daughter and elderly mother returning to the former family home that’s now a hotel filled more with dusty stories of regret than customers. The only thing disappointing about this trailer is that it says “Coming Soon” at the end instead of giving us a date we can circle in red on the calendar.

The trailer for the A24 film looks gorgeous and moody, taking place in a mansion that apparently never sees daylight. Plus, the concept of visiting your home as a stranger, a visitor, is its own kind of existential terror even without the antique spooky vibes. The film has scored major praises after runs on the festival circuit both for Hogg’s writing and Swinton’s double dose of acting prowess. Is it possible for the same actor to be double Oscar nommed for the same movie? Let’s make that happen!

Also, if you were wondering about the man absolutely nailing that centerpiece monologue — it’s Shakespearean stage star and frequent-murder-mystery-show-character actor Joseph Mydell.

The Eternal Daughter hits theaters…soon. Some time! Hopefully very soon. Inject it right into our veins, A24.

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The Nets And Kyrie Irving Will Each Donate $500,000 To Organizations To ‘Eradicate Hate’

The Brooklyn Nets are having a pretty dreadful start to the season on and off the court, as they’ve stumbled out to a 2-6 record that saw them fire coach Steve Nash on Tuesday (and then lose to the Bulls later that night).

Their next head coach will reportedly be Ime Udoka, a former Brooklyn assistant who was most recently the Celtics head coach before he was suspended for a year for having an inappropriate relationship with a female staffer (among other things). Hiring Udoka less than two months after he was suspended by the Celtics brings additional scrutiny to the organization that is already trying to put out the fire of Kyrie Irving posting a link to an anti-semitic movie and then getting defensive when pressed about it in a postgame presser over the weekend.

Irving did not speak after the last two games to the media, with GM Sean Marks explaining that the organization was working with the Anti-Defamation League to work on the next steps for both the team and Kyrie. On Wednesday night, we got the result of that in the form of a release from the team featuring a statement from Irving and the announcement that both he and the Nets would be donating $500,000 each to various organizations and causes that aim to “eradicate hate and intolerance in our communities.”

Irving’s written statement here stands in stark contrast to his defiant press conference, noting that he’s aware of the negative impact his post had on the Jewish community and takes responsibility for that. That said, while he says he doesn’t believe “everything said in the documentary is true” there’s a fair question of what things he does agree with. While the Nets and Irving will certainly hope this allows them to move forward, the work has to continue to be done to show there’s been something actually learned from this situation and hopefully the $1 million in donations from the team and Irving can go towards some genuine good.

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The Best Beers To Track Down This November

Now that Halloween is slowly disappearing in the rearview mirror, it’s officially time to look toward the end of fall, the beginning of winter, and the holiday season. It’s a bad time to be a leaf but a great time of year to be a beer drinker. There are bold, high-ABV imperial IPAs to be enjoyed; sweet, robust porters; roasty, coffee-filled stouts; dark lagers, and various other styles of beer. Put simply, November isn’t just for turkey and “Friendsgiving,” it’s also a great month for beer.

And while you could spend all day trying to figure out which beers to stock up on for the upcoming month (and Thanksgiving), we decided to help you out and do some of the heavy, er, lifting. We found 10 of the best beers to track down this fall. Some are new releases, some are seasonal favorites, and others are annual special releases that can’t be missed. Keep scrolling to see them all.

SKA Mexican Style Dark Lager

SKA Mexican Style Dark Lager
SKA

ABV: 5.2%

Average Price: $10 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

If you’re a fan of crisp, refreshing lagers, you’re probably well aware of SKA Mexican Logger. And while you can drink this beer any time of year, we suggest moving over to its Vienna-style lager, SKA Mexican Style Dark Lager instead. This 5.2% ABV dark lager is known for its mix of caramel malts and bright hops.

Tasting Notes:

A nose of wet grass, caramel malts, light coffee, chocolate malts, and floral hops greet you before your first sip. The palate follows suit with sweet toffee, chocolate, vanilla, and herbal, slightly bitter hops at the finish. It’s a nice, balanced mix of malts and hops.

Bottom Line:

If you’re a big lager drinker, this is a great fall beer for you. It has the crisp, hoppy flavor of a summery lager, but the malt backbone of a dark lager.

Firestone Walker XXVI Anniversary Ale

Firestone Walker XXVI Anniversary Ale
Firestone Walker

ABV: 11%

Average Price: $12.99 for 12-ounce bottle

Why This Beer?

The holidays are all about celebrations, so why not celebrate a beer brand like Firestone Walker too? Specifically, its 26th birthday. You can do this by purchasing a bottle of its Firestone Walker XXVI Anniversary Ale. The newest Anniversary Ale, a complex blend of six different ales that were aged in brandy and bourbon barrels.

Tasting Notes:

The nose is a mix of oaky wood, cocoa powder, toasted marshmallows, vanilla beans, and rich toffee candy. Drinking it reveals a warming palate of candied almonds, vanilla beans, buttery caramel, dried fruits, and wood char. It’s a complex, warming, multi-dimensional beer for the impending cold.

Bottom Line:

If you’ve never tried any of the previous Anniversary Ales from Firestone Walker, make this the year you try one. This is a sublimely complex beer that will make you rethink everything you know about barrel-aged beers.

Hopworks Abominable Winter Ale

Hopworks Abominable Winter Ale
Hopworks

ABV: 7.3%

Average Price: $12.99 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

Yes, this is a winter ale. We get that it technically isn’t winter yet. That shouldn’t stop you from enjoying this 7.3% ABV winter seasonal brewed with five different malts as well as Cascade, Chinook, Centennial, Simcoe, and Cryo Chinook hops.

Tasting Notes:

A complex nose of citrus rinds, pineapple, caramel malts, wet grass, and dank, resinous pine meets you before your first sip. The palate is loaded with sweet malts, rich caramel, tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit, and a ton of dank, herbal piney, slightly bitter hops.

Bottom Line:

This isn’t your usual winter ale. Sure it’s 7.3% ABV and warming with caramel malts, but it’s brimming with dank, piney, slightly bitter hops aroma and flavor as well.

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Goose Island

ABV: 14.3%

Average Price: $13.99 for a 16.9-ounce bottle

Why This Beer?

While many people think of Thanksgiving when the calendar turns to November, beer fans think about the release of the OG bourbon barrel-aged stout. First made in 1992, it’s aged in ex-bourbon barrels from brands like Heaven Hill, Four Roses, Wild Turkey, and Buffalo Trace.

Tasting Notes:

Robust aromas of dark chocolate, sweet bourbon, dried fruits, pipe tobacco, and rich oak draw you in before your first sip. On the palate, you’ll find notes of roasted malts, chocolate, toffee, bourbon, oak, and dried fruits. It’s a very complex, warming fall and winter beer.

Bottom Line:

This barrel-aged stout is as close to perfection as beers come. While its flavor varies each year, the quality remains the same.

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
Anderson Valley

ABV: 5.8%

Average Price: $10.99 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

Another beer that proves that fall was made for stouts, Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is a 5.8% award-winning beer brewed with pale 2-row, Crystal, Munich, and Chocolate malts as well as roasted barley and oats. It gets a little hop presence from the addition of Northern Brewer and Chinook hops.

Tasting Notes:

First, there’s a nose of oatmeal, caramel, vanilla beans, and roasted malts. This is followed by a palate of roasted coffee beans, toffee, vanilla, dried fruits, oak, and slight licorice. Malty, sweet, robust, and highly memorable.

Bottom Line:

When it comes to fall stouts, Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is a highly underrated pick. It has everything a stout fan could look for. It’s malty, sweet, and highly flavorful.

Boulevard More S’More

Boulevard More S’More
Boulevard

ABV: 11.8%

Average Price: Limited Availability

Why This Beer?

Summer might be long over, but that doesn’t mean s’more season is done. Luckily, even if you don’t want to sit around a campfire on a cold night, you can drink it in beer form thanks to the folks at Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing. More S’more is a limited-release, 11.8% ABV seasonal barrel-aged imperial stout that tastes like the beloved toasted marshmallow treat.

Tasting Notes:

Toasted marshmallows, almond cookies, dark chocolate, bourbon, and vanilla are prevalent on the nose. Drinking it brings forth more toasted marshmallow sweetness, melted milk chocolate, coffee beans, rich oak, and sweet bourbon. It’s as close to a boozy s’more as any beer could ever be.

Bottom Line:

This barrel-aged stout is nostalgia in a bottle. It’s rich, sweet, and boozy, but tastes enough like a s’more to make you feel warm inside and out.

Bell’s Hopslam

Bell’s Hopslam
Bell’s

ABV: 10%

Average Price: $18.99 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

Get excited, Bell’s usually doesn’t release its beloved Hopslam until January. But this year the Michigan-based brewery was feeling generous, so it released it in October instead. So now you can drink this 10% double IPA throughout the holidays.

Tasting Notes:

This beer starts off with classic IPA aromas of citrus zest, grapefruit, pineapple, caramel malts, and dank pine. The palate continues this trend with tangerine, grapefruit, more caramel malts, and resinous, dank, slightly bitter piney hops. The finish is a nice mix of sweetness and bitterness.

Bottom Line:

While this IPA is bursting with fresh hop flavor, it’s clear that this is a cold-weather IPA because of its sweet, caramel malt backbone. It’s an ideal beer for IPA drinkers during the colder months.

Sierra Nevada Narwhal

Sierra Nevada Narwhal
Sierra Nevada

ABV: 10.2%

Average Price: $10.99 for a four-pack

Why This Beer?

If you didn’t know any better, you’d think the Narwhal was the unicorn of the sea. This magical creature was the inspiration for this bold, robust imperial stout from the folks at Sierra Nevada. Available from September through December, this popular beer is known for its rich, complex malts and light hops.

Tasting Notes:

The nose is loaded with aromas of dark chocolate, coffee beans, caramel, and roasted malts. The palate is centered on coffee, bitter chocolate, toffee, roasted malts, and light piney hops. The finish is a mix of sweetness and bitterness, with a dry ending.

Bottom Line:

If you’re looking for an imperial stout that isn’t barrel-aged to drink this fall, buy some Sierra Nevada Narwhal. You’ll be happy you did. It’s robust, rich, sweet, and slightly bitter.

Dogfish Head Wake Up Worldwide Stout

Dogfish Head Wake Up Worldwide Stout
Dogfish Head

ABV: 16-18%

Average Price: Limited Availability

Why This Beer?

With everything going on in November, who wouldn’t want a breakfast beer every now and then? Dogfish Head Wake Up World Wide Stout definitely fits that bill, with flavors like dark roast coffee, chocolate, maple candy, and sweet honey.

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, you’ll find a heavy dose of roasted coffee beans, dark chocolate, cinnamon, caramel, and oak. Drinking it reveals hints of roasted malts, freshly brewed coffee, cocoa powder, wintry spices, dried fruits, and butterscotch. It’s warming, boozy, and loaded with coffee.

Bottom Line:

If you’re anything like us, the daily grind of work and life keeps you eternally tired. That’s why an imperial stout loaded with coffee is so great. Especially when it’s as well-made as this one.

Harpoon Flannel Friday

Harpoon Flannel Friday
Harpoon

ABV: 5.7%

Average Price: $9.99 for a six-pack

Why This Beer?

Regardless of when and if you wear flannel this fall, you’ll want to drink Harpoon Flannel Friday any day of the week. This amber ale is known for its mix of roasted malts and bitter hops.

Tasting Notes:

Caramel, roasted malts, toffee, and slightly bitter, earthy, piney hops greet your nose prior to drinking this seasonal beer. On the palate, you’ll find flavors like dried fruits, caramel malts, and dank, earthy, herbal pine. It’s like a mix between a dark lager and an IPA. Perfect for fall.

Bottom Line:

With a mix of sweet malts and bitter, piney hops, Harpoon Flannel Friday is a great beer for a warmer-than-expected fall day.

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DDG Has ‘Never Been With Nobody’ As Motivating As Halle Bailey, He Says

DDG described his former self as “ladies’ man in the school” during a visit with The Breakfast Club this week. The laid-back conversation started around DDG’s formative years as a YouTube creator, and though he stopped short of saying he’s “retired” from YouTube, he’s taken steps toward being taken more seriously as an artist. So, when he brought up his days as a ladies’ man, Angela Yee quipped, “You’re retired from being a ladies’ man, too.”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m married,” DDG responded with a smile, quickly clarifying, “Nah, I ain’t really married, but you know what I mean.” He added that he “eventually” wants to get married and further gushed over his girlfriend, Halle Bailey.

“I’ve never been with nobody that’s like really motivated me like she do,” he said. “I’m seeing different sh*t. I ain’t really been around this type of sh*t before, so it’s like, she’s bringing me around sh*t that I ain’t really — you know what I’m saying? ‘Oh, this is crazy. This is dope.’ You know what I mean? This is somebody that’s really like … I was my own person before her, but in a way, put me on to different sh*t. That’s dope because I’m usually the one putting m*therf*ckers on.”

DDG used last month’s WACO Theater’s Wearable Art Gala as something he wouldn’t have been exposed to if not for Halle. He has also previously discussed the impact her casting as Ariel in Disney’s forthcoming live-action The Little Mermaid remake had on him.

Halle, meanwhile, told Essence earlier this year that she’s “for sure” in love with DDG and had “been a fan of his for years” before he slid into her DMs. The talented couple turned up the PDA for DDG’s “If I Want You” video.

Watch DDG’s full Breakfast Club interview above.

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The Russo Brothers Say Their Live-Action ‘Hercules’ Remake Will Be Influenced By TiKTok (Whatever That Means)

Disney has been doing live-action redos of their animated films for a good while now, and they tend to come in one of two flavors: renegade (think Maleficent and Cruella turning villains into at least semi-heroes) and more or less slavishly faithful (The Lion King, Cinderella, The Jungle Book). It sounds like the forthcoming revamp of 1997’s Hercules will be in the former camp, though not because it reimagines the story and makes Hades some misunderstood sadsack or something. It’s because the minds behind it are thinking so outside the box it’s not even clear what they have in store.

Variety spoke with Joe and Anthony Russo, the filmmakers who struck gold with a string of ultra-successful Marvel movies, including the last two Avengers romps. They’re producing Hercules, which will be helmed by Guy Ritchie, who also lorded over the Aladdin remake. They said they’re keeping it a musical, which not all of the redos do (see: Mulan). But they’re turning to an unlikely source of inspiration.

“There are questions about how you translate it as a musical,” Joe Russo said. “Audiences today have been trained by TikTok, right? What is their expectation of what that musical looks like and feels like? That can be a lot of fun and help us push the boundaries a little bit on how you execute a modern musical.”

Russo didn’t elaborate on what he means, leaving one to wonder at how on earth they could bring short-form videos made by anyone with a smartphone to a medium that’s getting, if anything, longer than ever. (The Russos themselves are responsible for one of the longest blockbusters since the age of Biblical epics.) But you know what? Filmmakers should try new things, be inspired by the outside-the-box. And the musical could use some new lifeblood. Go for it, dudes. Long as you bring back DeVito.

(Via Variety)

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When Is The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2022 Induction Ceremony?

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2022 is highly anticipated. The inductees representing this year’s class in the performers category, as revealed this May, are Carly Simon, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie, and Pat Benatar. The induction ceremony will take place this Saturday, November 5, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Additionally, the Musical Excellence Award will go to Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The Early Influence Award honorees are Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten, while Jimmy Iovine, Sylvia Robinson and Allen Grubman will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

“This diverse group of inductees each had a profound impact on the sound of youth culture and helped change the course of rock and roll,” Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Chairman John Sykes said, per the official website. “Their music moved generations and influenced so many artists that followed.”

Parton, who will soon release a Christmas song with Jimmy Fallon, told Billboard in May that she didn’t know whether she’d attend the November 5 ceremony, but, “If I do, I’m going to sing the hardest style rock ‘n’ roll song I could ever muster up just to show that I can do it.” Since then, the country legend has shared that she doesn’t intend to “ever tour again,” so it’s worth watching any broadcast that might have Dolly on it.

An edited version of the ceremony is scheduled to air on HBO and stream on HBO Max on November 19.

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Report: The U.S. Attorney’s Office In Virginia Launched A Criminal Investigation Into The Commanders Finances

The Washington Commanders have been in the news for a variety of bad reasons this year, including numerous allegations of sexual harassment and financial improprieties that has resulted in multiple investigations from the NFL and Congress into the franchise’s operations.

At last month’s owners meeting, Colts owner Jim Irsay became the first to go on record as saying there’s “merit” to voting Dan Snyder out of the NFL and forcing him to sell the team, and on Wednesday, Snyder made the first move towards potentially selling the team before getting voted out in disgrace by hiring a bank to facilitate that process. On Wednesday evening, we learned one reason why Snyder was making that move now, as ESPN’s Don Van Natta reported that the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia has opened a criminal investigation into the organization’s finances, stemming from testimony made to Congress by a former employee.

The sources said prosecutors are focused on several areas, and that the inquiry was triggered by a letter the House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent to the Federal Trade Commission and several attorneys general in April that alleged deceptive business practices. Attorneys general in Virginia and Washington, D.C., also are investigating allegations of financial impropriety.

In that testimony, it was revealed that the Commanders had kept two sets of financial books, one they sent to the NFL that hid shareable revenue from other teams, and another with the real figures that helped them keep more money and stay out of the revenue-sharing pool. They did so by shifting revenue from NFL games into other areas by categorizing it under revenue brought in from non-NFL events. It was also disclosed in the testimony that the team withheld millions from season-ticket holders in the form of unreturned security deposits.

It certainly doesn’t seem like a coincidence that Snyder began the formal process for possibly selling the team the same day a criminal investigation was launched, and it seems as though Snyder’s days are numbered as an NFL owner — but that may not get him away from legal ramifications of his alleged questionable business practices and fostering a hostile workplace.