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Hot girl summer may be over, but Megan Thee Stallion is maintaining a festive spirit year-round. Today, the “Pressurelicious” rapper shared some spooky photos on Instagram.

In the series of photos, Megan is seen in silk pajamas, wearing a Jack-O-Lantern on her head. In one picture, she is seen reading a book on her couch, with a mimosa in hand. In two other pictures, she is seen opening the door, still in her spooky attire, then creepily walking back in.

While Megan may be the reigning queen of Hot girl summer, she may soon have a grip on spooky season. In 2020, she announced she was working on a screenplay for a horror film. She’s since remained quiet on the details, however, in an interview with Variety, Megan revealed she’d like Jordan Peele to direct the movie. She also said she wants to stay away from remakes and create something completely original.

“It’s gonna be something that definitely blows your mind,” Megan said. “You’ve never seen it before.”

It is also worth noting that Megan is set to star in a comedy film called F*cking Identical Twins next year.

Check out Megan’s frightening photos above.

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The NFL’s Concussion Protocol have been put under the spotlight over the last week due to a pair of hits taken by Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. During the Dolphins’ game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Tagovailoa got taken to the ground, got up, and struggled to stay on his feet. While he left the game, he returned and was diagnosed with a back injury. Several days later, the team played the Cincinnati Bengals and Tagovailoa had to be taken off on a stretcher following another hit.

While Miami coach Mike McDaniel defended the team’s process in giving Tagovailoa the green light to play, questions have been asked about whether the NFL’s process to let players play following the sort of injury he suffered against Buffalo. An investigation into how he was able to go back into the game is ongoing, and on Saturday night, the NFL and the NFLPA released a statement indicating that there will be changes coming to the Concussion Protocol soon.

One of them, per Adam Schefter, is that a player who exhibits instability — like Tagovailoa did against the Bills — he will not be able to return to games. Schefter went on to say we could see this implemented sooner rather than later.

You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who thought Rutgers was going to walk into Ohio Stadium and give the Ohio State Buckeyes their first loss of the year. Well, guess what, folks: That did not come even close to happening, as the Buckeyes defended their home field with a 49-10 victory.

There wasn’t much drama in the game, but during the fourth quarter, there were some pleasantries exchanged between the two teams, including both head coaches. Ohio State faced a fourth-and-2 in its own territory with just under 10 minutes to go, so they decided to send punter Jesse Mirco onto the field. Instead of booting it, Mirco had an acre of space ahead of him, so he tucked it and ran for 22 yards and a first down.

Rutgers players were, unsurprisingly, real mad. One of them, return man Aron Cruickshank, came up and leveled Mirco after he went out of bounds, which led to some extracurriculars between the two teams. Greg Schiano ran over to help break it up, but once that was done, he decided to do some pointing and screaming at Ryan Day, with the two needing to be separated.

The pair were on Urban Meyer’s staff in 2017 and 2018, and after the game, it appears they cleared the air with one another.

Now, this might not have been a called fake punt from the sidelines, as punters have increasingly done the thing where they roll out, survey how much space is available, and make a decision to either kick or take off. There was, clearly, a ton of space for Mirco to run into, but still, this probably should’ve just been a punt.

Coinciding with four sold-out shows in New York City, Pavement have opened a four-day pop-up exhibition called Pavements 1933-2022: A Pavement Museum.

The exhibition, which launched this past Thursday (September 29) and runs until Sunday (October 2), features “previously unseen imagery, artwork and ephemera, commendations and commemorations,” along with “rumored relics of the band’s real and imagined history,” according to the exhibition’s website.

Today, several bands and artists influenced by Pavement paid a visit to the exhibition and performed some of the band’s most notable songs.

In a thread shared to Twitter by Matthew Perpetua of Fluxblog, Speedy Ortiz is seen performing a cover of “Silence Kid” from the band’s 1994 album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.

Shortly after, Snail Mail took the stage, joined by Soccer Mommy on background vocals, to perform a cover of the fan-favorite, “Starlings On The Slipstream.”

Soccer Mommy later delivered a heartstring-tugging cover of “Here.”

Amping up the rock edge, Bully performed an energetic cover of “Flux = Rad”

Closing out the tribute performances,members of Speedy Ortiz and Bully, as well as Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy all came together to perform an emotional cover of one of Pavement’s signature songs, “Grounded.”

Following its run in New York City, Pavements 1933-2022: A Pavement Museum will open pop-up exhibitions in London and Tokyo, and a permanent museum in the band’s hometown, Stockton, CA.

Check out clips of the performances above.

It seemed like an eerie coincidence: Around the time disturbing allegations had been made public about Armie Hammer — including claims of cannibal talk — the actor’s former Call Me By Your Name colleagues announced they were making a bona fide cannibal movie. That film — Bones and All, directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Timothée Chalamet — is now making the festival rounds, and it doesn’t appear that the former is very amused by anyone who sees it as a reaction to the shocking Hammer news.

As per The A.V. Club, Guadagnino is spending the weekend at the Zurich Film Festival, where he was asked about it during a masterclass. “Any correlation with this kind of innuendo and silliness is preposterous,” he declared, seemingly annoyed. He then explained the project had been in the works well before claims about Hammer had gotten out.

“David Kajganich and Theresa Park, the writer and one of our producers, have been working on Bones and All since the book was released,” he said. “Many years ago, probably around the time when we were shooting Call Me by Your Name. It was to be directed by my great colleague Antonio Campos, but he decided not to go for it. That’s when they gave me the script.”

Bones and All, which is getting strongish reviews and is due in American theaters on November 18, is a road movie following two fine young cannibals, played by Chalamet and Taylor Russell.

In early 2021, Hammer was accused of sexual misconduct and other disturbing allegations by multiple women — claims that were allegedly leaked in party by his estranged wife Elizabeth Chambers. Over the summer it was discovered he was selling timeshares in the Cayman Islands, with Robert Downey Jr. helping fund his recovery. Meanwhile, the Call Me By Your Name sequel is allegedly still in the works, albeit almost certainly without him.

(Via The AV Club)

The Memphis Grizzlies brought Steven Adams on board in the lead-up to the 2021-22 season. Adams and Eric Bledsoe joined the team as part of a big trade that saw Jonas Valanciunas and Devonte’ Graham go to New Orleans and a number of promising young players (Trey Murphy, Ziaire Williams, Brandon Boston) change squads.

Upon joining the Grizzlies, Adams was basically what you expect out of the veteran big man, as he brought a physical presence to a young Memphis squad. As a result, the team is deciding to take care of him, as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN brought word on Saturday afternoon that the two sides agreed to a 2-year contract extension that will pay the big fella $25.2 million.

As Wojnarowski noted, this means that Adams is signed with Memphis through the 2025 season, when he will be into his 30s. While he is hardly the most dynamic player in the league, he is a perfect fit on a Grizzlies team that wants to out-tough opponents, and will presumably be relied on a little more at the start of this season due to the offseason foot surgery that Jaren Jackson Jr. received.

During his first year in Memphis, Adams started 75 of the 76 games in which he appeared while averaging 6.9 points, 10 rebounds, and 3.4 assists in 26.3 minutes per game.

Bryce Young and the Alabama Crimson Tide made their way to Arkansas to take on the Razorbacks in a ranked SEC West matchup. Things went pretty well early on for the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and the No. 2 team in America, as the Crimson Tide went up 14-0 in the first quarter and were not fazed by going on the road.

And then, disaster struck, as Young left the game with an injury to his shoulder. It is unclear exactly when Young got hurt, but he landed awkwardly on his right shoulder as he tried to escape pressure, and not long after, he looked to be in some visible pain after trying to throw the ball — you can see that he kept his arm down at his side and was grimacing.

Young left the field with his right arm hanging down, ripped his helmet off, threw it down to the ground, and went right into the injury tent.

After his backup, Jalen Milroe, led the team on a scoring drive thanks to a good punt return by Kool-Aid McKinstry, Young made his way into the locker room for further evaluation. We’ll keep you updated as more becomes available about his status going forward.

The most scandal-prone movie of this year’s early awards season improbably turned out to be Don’t Worry Darling. Olivia Wilde’s follow-up to Booksmart, it went from hotly anticipated to tabloid fodder, with shocking allegations of on-set spats and, during its premiere, a fun little diversion dubbed “Spitgate.” It still went on to top the box office during its opening weekend, but the reviews were only so-so. Perhaps critics may have enjoyed it had Wilde and team stuck with the script’s original ending.

Warning: To discuss the original ending of Don’t Worry Darling requires talking about the ending that made the final cut. If you haven’t seen the film and wish to preserve your innocence, turn back now, for there be spoilers. We’ll discuss the latter first.

The ending the film got: Alice (Florence Pugh), who seems to live in an isolated California company town called Victory in 1950s America, gradually comes to realize she lives in a simulation run by its Jordan Peterson-esque founder, Frank (Chris Pine). Upon discovering that she was plugged into the simulation against her will by her husband Jack (Harry Styles), Alice goes to the mirror that serves as the exit point. The film’s title suddenly comes up as we hear her take a breath, presumably escaping into the real world, although it’s ambiguous what really happens.

The script’s original ending: As per Digital Spy, it’s not just the ending that’s different; it’s the entire second half. For one thing, the simulation isn’t called Victory. It’s called Alt-Life and, in the real world, at least, it’s a lot farther into the future — 2050, to be exact. There are fewer characters; Frank isn’t even around, nor are Shelley (Gemma Chan) or Margaret (KiKi Layne). The main characters also have different names: Alice is Evelyn, Jack is Clifford, and Wilde’s Bunny is Betsy.

What’s more, the revelation comes a lot earlier — around the halfway mark, to be exact. Evelyn/Alice follows Clifford/Jack to his work, where she sees him enter an empty house. She later goes into the house, finds the mirror passageway, and enters it, waking up in the real world. It’s there that she discovers a computer message from Dr. Anderson, its version of Frank, describing Alt-Life as a “”society of men, by men, and for men.”

Evelyn/Alice also discovers that in the real world, she and Clifford/Jack had divorced and she’d become a huge success. Clifford/Jack couldn’t take that, so he drugged her, faked her death, and plugged her into the simulation. Evelyn/Alice returns to the simulation before Clifford/Jack returns.

Over time, Clifford/Jack begins to suspect his wife knows the truth. He tried — and fails — to erase her memory. Upon learning that the exit point has been moved, at which point Evelyn/Alice tortures Clifford/Jack to reveal its new location. She even threatens to sodomize him with a broom handle (seriously). After he tells her, she does it anyway.

But wait, it’s not over yet. Evelyn/Alice escapes into the real world, but Clifford/Jack follows her. A fight ensues, which ends with her stabbing him, first with a kitchen knife, then with a screwdriver to the eye. She’s wounded and passes out, awakening back in the simulation, where Dr. Anderson tried to gaslight her, telling her that the idea that she was living in a simulation was a mere delusion, which had led her to kill her husband.

Evelyn/Alice plays along, only to bite a chunk out of Dr. Anderon’s cheek. She’s sedated but when she wakes up, she’s visited by Betsy/Bunny, to whom she told the truth earlier but who didn’t believe her. Now Betsy/Bunny reveals that she knows where the new exit portal is: inside the hospital. Evelyn/Alice finally escapes again, this time for good. There is no ambiguity, beyond where she goes next.

Don’t Worry Darling is currently playing in theaters. It is presumably due on HBO Max some time in November.

Shohei Ohtani will cash in on his spectacular play for the Los Angeles Angels. While Ohtani has not put pen to paper on a long-term contract extension with the team and is still slated to become a free agent at the conclusion of the 2023 season, the team announced on Saturday afternoon that they agreed to a 1-year deal with Ohtani to avoid going through the arbitration process this offseason.

The team says that the terms of the deal will pay Ohtani $30 million for the 2023 campaign.

Jeff Passan added that this is a record-setting deal for the 2021 AL MVP, as no one has ever received more money as an arbitration-eligible player.

While there is a good chance he does not go back-to-back as the AL MVP due to Aaron Judge’s season, Ohtani has been nothing short of a marvel for the Angels. One of the few bright spots on a team that will miss the postseason, Ohtani has managed to get the job done at the plate and on the mount, as he is hitting .276 with a .888 OPS, 34 home runs, and 94 RBIs. As a pitcher, Ohtani has racked up a 15-8 record with a 2.35 ERA and 213 strikeouts. He’ll almost certainly get more than $30 million a year when he hits free agency, but for now, he’ll get that as a pretty nice payday.

In a move that can only now be described as “Swift-ian,” Taylor Swift has been re-recording her first six albums. Her shrewd attempt to maneuver around the fact that Justin Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, bought all of her masters (without Swift’s knowledge) and then sold them to the highest bidders, has yielded two (Taylor’s Version) editions of albums in Red and Fearless. Now as Swift is getting to work on the Reputation (Taylor’s Version) recording, she has allegedly released a collaboration track with Drake and it’s especially juicy.

Do Taylor Swift And Drake Have A Song On The Way?

But Drake and Taylor Swift recording a song together? Could this be true? According to The Sun, Swift has dug into her vault of recordings as she prepares to release Reputation (Taylor’s Version) next year, following the release of Midnight this October 21st. One of the track’s from the vault, is reportedly a collaboration with Drake that was left off of Reputation, as Swift didn’t want to fuel the fire of her beef at the time with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian — following Kanye’s “I made that b*tch fmous” lyric. Drake and Kanye had a notoriously tepid relationship as well and this factored into the decision to hold off back then. But this new song could be on the way as The Sun quotes a “music insider” with direct knowledge of the situation:

“Taylor has pivoted her focus to re-recording Reputation and she has come across this song she made with Drake, which never saw the light of day. She knows that everyone is going to think it is about Kimye because it was her row with them which inspired a lot of Reputation. But this one is far more direct than the other songs, which was why they didn’t decide to release it in the first place. It’s no secret that both Taylor and Drake have had tumultuous relationships with Kanye, so they didn’t hold back when it came to recording. Obviously she is totally over the whole thing now but this is one which fans will want to hear.”

Time will tell if a collaboration song from Drake and Taylor Swift ever comes to fruition, but this seems like a pretty juicy one if it does drop.