Deadline has confirmed that both hip-hop sensation SZA and Euphoria star Chloe Cherry will be in a film entitled Tuna Melt, alongside Boogie‘s Eddie Huang, who wrote and will direct it. The publication calls it an “off-beat dramedy” that has been “likened to an updated Pulp Fiction meets High Fidelity.”
In the film, Huang plays a hitman enduring a breakup when he “unexpectedly meets the love of his life soon after he completes a job,” with SZA playing the role of the love interest. More details are yet to be revealed.
Meanwhile, fans of SZA are less interested in her acting career and more invested in when her next album is coming out. The long-awaited LP has been delayed, with the president of her label Punch making a statement about it last month. “SZA and myself initially spoke about a summertime album,” he wrote.” Which is why she mentioned summer in a post-Grammys interview. Shortly after discussing everything with RCA and Top, we decided it was best to do it a little bit later to set everything up correctly, giving it its proper space and lead time. There is a lot that goes into putting out a album and especially one with this much anticipation. We thank you for your continued patience and understanding. An announcement will be coming sooner than you think.”
Bob Odenkirk thought a whole lot about a certain Nic Cage movie while filming the final episodes of Better Call Saul, and let’s just say that there’s a “rock bottom” commonality going on. From Gene being found in a dumpster and ending up in jail, hysterically laughing at the “my lawyer will ream your ass” scrawling on the wall, it’s not looking good for him. The series finale went off with a few hitches for viewers, which distracted from the substance at hand.
And that’s a shame because people were ready to swallow the finale whole after the penultimate episode left off with Gene fleeing after Marion ratted him out. We saw Gene jousting with the legal system, a feat that was complicated by Kim Wexler already spilling her guts on Howard Hamlin. Yet Gene was also on the hook for various white collar crimes, and there was a wonderful, glorious surprise for viewers: another Heisenberg cameo. In the end, there is much to be said (and we will say it very soon) about the Better Call Saul finale. However, there was a bit of an issue, not unlike a certain Game Of Thrones episode, where viewers were obsessed by not being able to see the Battle of Winterfell in “The Long Night.”
So, was that kind-of what happened here with what viewers were calling a constant stream of commercials on AMC? It happens. This is, after all, a cable TV event that’s not readily streamable yet. And so, people got upset, perhaps unjustifiably, but the point stands. (And at the time of this writing, the finale’s not over yet.)
With these commercials, I can go to the bathroom and not worry about missing anything. Oh, and bake a cake. Train some border collies. Solve cold fusion, etc.#BetterCallSaul
To those complaining about the excessive commercials, that’s why I got the AMC OTT app and guess what it didn’t work even work for the first 20 minutes. #AMC sucks. #BetterCallSaul
Between the absolute shitshow that is the AMC app, and the sad joke of the Xfinity streaming app, I guess I’ll be watching this week’s episode of #bettercallsaul sometime shortly before the episodes drop on Netflix.
The NBA will release its schedule in full on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET, but over the last week there has been a steady trickle of reports offering us a glimpse at some of the biggest matchups on the biggest days of the NBA calendar.
The five Christmas Day games have all been reportedly set, with the Knicks, Celtics, Mavs, Warriors, and Nuggets all getting home games, while the Sixers, Bucks, Lakers, Grizzlies, and Suns will head on the road for holiday basketball. We also knew one part of the opening night equation, as the Warriors will host the Lakers for ring night, as LeBron James and Anthony Davis will get to watch Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green collect their fourth championship rings.
The early game on opening night will unsurprisingly feature the East champs, as the Boston Celtics will get the first game of the season at home, with their divisional rival in the Philadelphia 76ers heading to town.
Sources: NBA’s 2022-23 Opening Night, Oct. 18 on TNT:
– 76ers at Celtics – And as previously reported: Lakers at Warriors
It’s pretty clear that the league is going with its known commodities for its big tentpole days on the schedule, which means the Brooklyn Nets will likely not be featured heavily on key dates with Kevin Durant’s trade request looming and the expectation that he’s going to make things uncomfortable if necessary to force the Nets into action once camp begins — although, to be clear, he will not consider retirement. As such, the Celtics, Sixers, and Bucks are all going to be heavily featured on the national TV schedule based on what we’ve seen reported thus far.
We’ll get the complete national TV schedule (and every other game) on Wednesday, but for now we can pencil in the opening night plans for October 18.
There are few things as highly anticipated as Britney Spears’s post-conservatorship musical comeback. So when a collaboration with Elton John was rumored in July, as leaked to Page Six by a “music industry insider,” it was a big deal. “They have recorded a remix of ‘Tiny Dancer’ as a full duet — and it is incredible,” they told the publication.
The collaboration was confirmed early this month, first by none other than Paris Hilton, who said, “I know, it’s going to be iconic. I just heard it a couple days ago in Ibiza and it is… it’s insane.” Shortly afterwards, it was revealed by John himself on social media that the song was called “Hold Me Closer.”
The release date, though, has not been officially revealed. However, reports from Metro and South African radio station 5FM indicate it’s set to be released this Friday, August 19. Spears just confirmed the song today with an Instagram post of fan-made cover art for the song and noting, “name of song is HOLD ME CLOSER.” She added, “And thank you so much for this incredible art @monalisaney81. I appreciate this and all of your support it means so much to me !!! I can’t wait for you all to hear what we’ve been working on [winking emojis].”
It’s almost impossible to be handed a baby and not immediately break into baby talk. In fact, it seems incredibly strange to even consider talking to a baby like one would an adult. Studies have shown that babies prefer baby talk, too.
Researchers from Stanford found that babies prefer to be spoken to in baby talk or “parentese” as scientists refer to the sing-songy cooing we do when talking to infants.
“Often parents are discouraged from using baby talk by well-meaning friends or even health professionals,” Michael Frank, a Stanford psychologist, told Stanford News. “But the evidence suggests that it’s actually a great way to engage with your baby because babies just like it–it tells them, ‘This speech is meant for you!’”
The big question that has eluded scientists is whether parentese is a universal language or varies by culture.
“Most of the research looking at this have studied urban societies in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Sweden, Russia,” Courtney Hilton, postdoctoral fellow and principal author of “Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures,” told NPR. “But to make a rigorous claim that there is any kind of instinct to do this, we have to study more diverse cultures.”
Hilton, along with a team of researchers, collected 1,615 recordings from 21 cultures across six continents over a period of three years to find out whether parentese was a universal language. Their findings were published in the journal Nature Human Behavior.
What researchers found was that everyone changed their rhythm, volume, speed and other vocal traits when talking to infants. It didn’t matter if they were in San Diego, East Africa, New Zealand or China.
“Our study provides the strongest test yet of whether there are acoustic regularities in infant-directed vocalizations across cultures,” Hilton said. “It is also really the first to convincingly address this question in both speech and song simultaneously. The consistencies in vocal features offer a really tantalizing clue for a link between infant-care practices and distinctive aspects of our human psychology relating to music and sociality.”
So, according to research, if you hand someone a baby anywhere in the world, they would begin to speak to it in parentese, regardless of their culture, location, economic status or language.
The research makes it appear as though parentese is hard-wired into all of humanity. As infants, we seem to be drawn to those who speak it; as adults, we instinctually drop into the vocal patterns when communicating with a baby.
“These commonalities are almost woven into our biology,” Hilton said. “From people in crowded urban centers in Beijing, all the way to a tiny hunter/gatherer society in South Africa, there is something we share. It’s a kind of instinct that ties people together.”
In a world that is divided by race, class, culture, language, politics and geopolitical forces, there’s something comforting in knowing that on a deeper level we all react to infants the same way. It seems that no matter who we are or where we live, babies bring out the best in humanity.
What happens in a day in the life of a couple of news anchors and their newborn baby? Pure hilarity, that’s what.
Jeannette Reyes and Robert Burton—both professional news anchors—decided to “report” on the morning happenings of their baby girl Bella, and it rapidly went viral with more than 7 million views.
People loved the perfect combo of impressive production value (the hair and makeup, the music, the 100% commitment to their broadcast voices) along with some all-too-relatable parent content.
“Good morning, Bella! It’s 9:52. Hopefully you slept well. Certainly no one else did, but we’re not going to point any fingers,” Reyes fires off before “sending it over” to Burton for the weather.
The camera quickly cuts to Burton, playing more of a field reporter role, who smoothly exits a building while boasting of a “beautiful day outside with temps in the mid-80s.”
“Will we get to enjoy it?” he asks. “Well, if spit ups, feedings and diaper changes don’t get in the way, we just might be able to make it out of here before midnight.”
Suddenly Reyes has “breaking news” to deliver: ”an explosion at the diaper station.”
While fortunately “no injuries have been reported,” Reyes informs us that authorities do have a suspect, as the camera slowly pans toward a guilty (yet adorable) looking Bella. Sadly, Bella has been linked to “hundreds of other explosions.”
Of course, the single best, most giggle-inducing part of the entire video is when Reyes sings “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” … delivered entirely in TV news anchor voice. Can’t hear the song any other way now.
Even “This Is Us” star Sterling K. Brown found this part delightful, commenting “Twinkle twinkle got me!” followed by a cry-laughing emoji.
Burton then wrapped up the segment by thanking everyone for watching the BBN, otherwise known as the Baby News Network.
With a video as funny as this one, it’s bound to inspire a treasure trove of equally brilliant comments. Here are a few gems:
Bella’s first words: “This just in, I’m speaking now. More at 5.”
A video of a man introducing his new puppy to the neighborhood cat is a wonderful piece of optimism. Why? Because the man shows he believes that if we make an effort, even nature’s fiercest enemies—dogs and cats—can get along.
Heck, it’s the type of thinking that could solve a lot of problems between humans as well. Maybe if we took some time to understand one another and get past negative stereotypes we could coexist without any trouble.
A TikTok user named Cheyenne caught the “pure moment” on video and says she hasn’t “stopped smiling since,” she captioned the video. After she posted the video it received more than 7.7 million views and 1.4 million likes.
It even caught the attention of the dog’s owner who commented on the video as Ted’s Dad.
“I should point out that I had petted the cat first and assessed how this might turn out. Ted is 4 months old and has been introduced to cats before,” he commented.
“Hope you enjoyed the video! Sorry if it’s intrusive but the moment was too sweet not to record! Glad it found its way to you! Ted is lovely,” Cheyenne responded.
According to Ted’s Dad, his dog is a woodle, which, according to Wag Walking, is “a hybrid designer dog that is created by mixing the Welsh Terrier with the Poodle.” Woodles are known for being “loving,” “caring” dogs who are exceptionally calm. Given the dog’s temperament, it’s no wonder Ted’s Dad thought it’d be OK to introduce him to the cat.
Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather endured boos and abusive jokes at the Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is issuing a formal apology. In 1973, Littlefeather refused Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Oscar on his behalf for his iconic role in “The Godfather” at the ceremony to protest the film industry’s treatment of Native Americans.
She explained that Brando “very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award, the reasons for this being … the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee.”
Littlefeather is a Native American civil rights activist who was born to a Native American (Apache and Yaqui) father and a European American mother.
The unexpected surprise was greeted with a mixture of applause and boos from the audience and would be the butt of jokes told by presenters, including Clint Eastwood. Littlefeather later said that John Wayne attempted to assault her backstage.
“A lot of people were making money off of that racism of the Hollywood Indian,” Littlefeather told KQED. “Of course, they’re going to boo. They don’t want their evening interrupted.”
The Academy is apologizing for what she endured with “an evening of conversation, reflection, healing, and celebration with Littlefeather” on September 17, 2022, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, it announced on its blog.
“The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” former Academy president David Rubin wrote in a letter to Littlefeather, CNN reports. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable. For too long the courage you showed has been unacknowledged. For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration.”
Littlefeather said in a statement that the event is “a dream come true” and joked that “we Indians are very patient people—it’s only been 50 years! We need to keep our sense of humor about this at all times. It’s our method of survival.”
It’s sure to be a cathartic evening for Littlefeather.
“People don’t realize what my experience was. They had absolutely no idea—none—of what my experience was, what I went through,” Littlefeather told the Academy. “And now, I’m here to tell my story the way that it was from my point of view, from my experience.”
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“It feels like the sacred circle is completing itself before I go in this life,” Littlefeather, 75, added. “It feels like a big cleanse, if you will, of mind, body, and spirit, and of heart. It feels that the truth will be known. And it feels like the creator is being good to me.”
Brando passed away in 2014 but would probably be excited for Littlefeather’s long overdue apology. Three months after she refused the award on his behalf, he explained his rationale for rejecting the Oscar on “The Dick Cavett Show.” The interview was historic because Brando was known for avoiding the media, it was also far ahead of its time given the climate in Hollywood surrounding people of color in 1973.
“I felt that there was an opportunity,” Brando calmly told Cavett about the awards ceremony. “Since the American Indian hasn’t been able to have his voice heard anywhere in the history of the United States, I felt that it was a marvelous opportunity for an Indian to be able to voice his opinion to 85 million people, I guess that was the number. I felt that he had a right to, in view of what Hollywood has done to him.”
“The Godfather” star then expanded his thoughts on representation to include all people of color.
“I don’t think people realize what the motion picture industry has done to the American Indian, and as a matter of fact, all ethnic groups. All minorities. All non-whites,” he said. “So when someone makes a protest of some kind and says, ‘No, please don’t present the Chinese this way.’ … On this network, you can see silly renditions of human behavior. The leering Filipino houseboy, the wily Japanese or the kook or the gook. The idiot Black man, the stupid Indian. It goes on and on and on, and people actually don’t realize how deeply these people are injured by seeing themselves represented—not the adults, who are already inured to that kind of pain and pressure, but the children. Indian children, seeing Indians represented as savage, as ugly, as nasty, vicious, treacherous, drunken—they grow up only with a negative image of themselves, and it lasts a lifetime.”
Hollywood is still far from ideal when it comes to being truly representative of America at large. But it is miles ahead of where it was in 1973 when the film industry, including some of its biggest stars, was outwardly hostile toward the idea of representation.
The Academy’s public apology should give some closure to Littlefeather and provide hope to countless others. Because when an industry honestly confronts its past mistakes, it makes a promise that it’ll be less likely to commit them in the future.
(SPOILERS for this week’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan will be found below.)
At long last, after almost a year without a new episode, Power Book III: Raising Kanan finally made its return to STARZ this past weekend. The series altogether details the early days of Kanan Stark, who was played by 50 Cent in the original Power series, and in just one season, we’ve already seen what drove Kanan to enter the drug game. Kanan’s desire to protect and provide for his family is what motivates his entrance into the drug game, but he may have underestimated how ruthless it can be, something we see at the end of season one.
The inaugural season of Power Book III: Raising Kanan ends with Kanan, his mother Raq, uncles Lou-Lou and Marvin, best friend Jukebox, and others in a state of panic as Kanan attempts to murder Detective Howard following orders from Raq. Kanan’s attempt is unsuccessful and the aftermath of that is where we begin in this week’s newly released episode to start season two. Following the shooting, Kanan spends the summer in Virginia until things cool off, and it’s not until Raq returns to pick him up that he’s told Detective Howard survived the shooting. With that being said, Kanan returns to Queens where the city remains tense following the shooting. Elsewhere, Lou-Lou struggles to make a profit with his record label, Marvin is tasked with somehow earning his daughter Jukebox’s trust back, Raq looks to expand, and Detective Howard works to get back on his feet.
Here are some of the biggest questions we had after the first episode of season two:
Does Detective Howard Actually Not Remember Anything From The Shooting?
After Raq and Kanan head back to Queens, we see Detective Howard get rolled in a wheelchair out of his hospital room to be officially discharged after the shooting. In a conversation with the doctors as Howard is being discharged, Detective Burke, Howard’s fairly new partner, seems to question the fact that Howard can’t remember anything from the shooting. While the doctor assures her that memory loss in trauma cases is normal, her skepticism is completely warranted as we see in multiple scenes in the episode. Howard stakes out at Kanan’s home before slyly driving away, but not without Kanan noticing him in the vehicle. The episode also closes with a meeting between Raq and Howard. All signs point to Howard remembering everything from the night he was shot, and it seems like his memory loss is all an act as he looks to get back to investigating Raq, Kanan (who is still unaware that Howard is his father), and others on his own terms.
Can Marvin Repair His Relationship With Jukebox?
It turns out that Kanan is not the only person who spent a summer away from home. Jukebox also moved out from under her father Marvin’s roof and it’s for good reason too. In the second-to-last episode of season one, Marvin brutally attacks Jukebox after he finds out about her romantic relationship with Nicole through pictures in her room. Marvin confronts her about it and even taunts Jukebox about Nicole’s death and that leads to Jukebox spitting on him which was followed by Marvin’s attack. In season two, Marvin seems to be remorseful about his actions, especially after three months without his daughter at home. He tries to talk to her, but Jukebox wants nothing to do with him. Marvin has a lot of work to do to repair his relationship with Jukebox, and that work will involve a lot more than a simple apology and half-assed promise to do better.
How Much Did Kanan And Jukebox Change In A Summer?
A lot can change in a summer and that couldn’t be clearer between Jukebox and Kanan. After reconnecting in this episode, Kanan and Jukebox sit outside the former’s house for a conversation. It’s here that Kanan questions cigarette-smoking habits, which earns quite the telling response from Jukebox. “The world didn’t stop spinning when you left kid.” Problems, trauma, and a need to survive still remain, and with that, brings expected and unexpected changes for the people and the world around you. While Jukebox’s smoking habits and broken relationship with her father are new to her, Kanan’s heightened fear of the drug game’s realities is new for him, especially when you remember that he begged Raq to bring him into it. Traumatic moments will change you, and we can slowly see that between Kanan and Jukebox. The question that remains is how will it further change them as both individuals and in regards to their friendship?
We Know Scrappy’s Weakness, What’s Everyone Else’s?
Raq details her plans to expand the drug operation into New Jersey, but until that’s underway, she wants everyone to be on their toes with making money and also making sure nothing attracts police officers to their new operation headquarters. With that comes Raq’s request for Scrappy to put his gambling ways on pause. Of course, he doesn’t listen, and that results in him being at the wrong place at the wrong time as a police raid goes down during poker night. With Scrappy’s weakness clearly being his gambling itch, it leaves one to wonder what everyone else’s weaknesses are. Well, Raq’s might be her overzealous expansion goals which could result in her missing the smaller details. Lou-Lou’s upstart record label is taking away from time and production in the drug business, something that frustrates Raq as it could hinder their growth. Marvin’s anger continues to get the best of him which could cause irreversible damage if he’s not careful. Kanan is hesitant about continuing in the drug business, but it may be too little too late as he’s caused enough damag. This hesitance could also make him a liability to the family.
How Do Raq’s Short-Term Goals Change Now That Unique Is Out?
For Raq, Detective Howard’s attempted murder was not only a way to get rid of a nuisance to her operation, but it was also a way to get rid of the competition. That’s because Raq framed Unique (played by Joey Badass) for the shooting by having Kanan wear Unique’s trademark jacket during the shooting before having it quickly placed in Unique’s hotel room. Raq’s plan falls apart as Unique is released from jail and allowed to get back to work. We can assume that Raq’s plans to expand will only infuriate Unique who looks to elevate his own crew in the drug game. Raq hints at compensating Unique’s crew in order to have her plans go uninterrupted, but that can only happen if Unique is willing to work with her, which in itself is a tall thought. It may have been smooth sailing for Raq during the summer, but things could get real cold, harsh, and brutal with winter around the corner.
What Are Raq And Detective Howard Meeting About?
Well, this happened a bit sooner than expected. At the end of episode one, Raq and Howard and briefly shown meeting in the same park that Kanan shot him in. Throughout season one, Howard spent much of his time investigating a shooting that he believes (rightfully so) that Kanan was responsible for. Howard’s investigation fails to amount to any arrests, and he spends the rest of the season keeping a close eye on Raq, Kanan, and everyone else in the operation. His close watch is also a result of him being Kanan’s true father, information that Raq desperately wants to keep away from her son. So, this random meet-up between Raq and Howard could be about anything. Is it about the shooting? Is it about Howard wanting to tell Kanan that he’s his father? Is it about both? Or is there something new in store for us? Well, we’ll just have to wait until episode two to find out.
New episodes of STARZ’s ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ are available to watch on Sundays at 12:00am EST.
A League of Their Own was pretty progressive for 1992. The film told the story of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), which helped keep the nation’s favorite pasttime alive while many male ball players were overseas fighting in World War II. It was enthusiastically pro-woman. It was also pretty white and pretty straight. The Abbi Jacobson-led TV reboot on Amazon fixes that, adding people of color and queer characters. But some people aren’t having it.
On Monday, Jacobson — who is wisely not on Twitter — used the show’s account to express her gratitude about all the strong reactions her show’s received…and slam those steamed about its diversity.
“I’ve been pretty blown away by the response this weekend. I was really changed learning about this generation of women. I feel really proud of this show + to know its resonating with people really means a lot,” Jacobson wrote. “On the flip side,” she added,”I have seen a lot of people angry and mad at our inclusion of more experiences (POC, QWOC, queer) and that anger (aka fear) has only made me more sure about why this reimagining needed to be made. Why representation matters so much.”
In a recent interview with Uproxx, Jacobson, who created the show with Mozart in the Jungle showrunner Will Graham, said they were always talking about how they were “not remaking the movie,” that instead they were “trying to reimagine it and tell those stories that weren’t told in the film.”
A League of Their Own now streams on Amazon Prime.
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