Greg Dutra is a meteorologist for ABC7 Chicago. But thanks to his adorable discovery during a live weather report, he’s now a wholesome viral sensation.
The weather report started off in its usual way, with Dutra pointing out potential rain patterns on a digital map. But once this weatherman realized his map was actually a touchscreen, his excitement simply could not be contained. Childlike joy ensued.
“I can do that? No way!” he exclaimed, with all the enthusiasm of a kid on Christmas morning.
“Are you serious? Did you just discover that?” his morning co-host Val Warner asked off camera.
Then Terrell Brown, another co-host, popped into frame to join in on the fun. He showed the awestruck reporter that yes, one can move the map simply by touching it. Evidently no one had made Dutra privy to those marvels of modern technology.
“Oh man, It’s a great day!” Dutra cheered, his smile going from ear to ear. Poor guy tried his best to continue with his weather report, but it was too late. The joy had taken over, and giggling ensued.
The entire clip is less than a minute, but it took the internet by storm (weather pun not intended, but you’re welcome). The video quickly amassed nearly 2 millions views on Twitter. Let’s just say that hearts were won over by Dutra’s wholehearted pleasure and hilarious sense of wonder.
We’re sorry this wasn’t in your training manual, Dutra. But thank you for giving us a reason to smile today. Your forecast might have been rainy, but your attitude is a ray of sunshine.
You know, sometimes the world can feel a bit heavy and we need some bright spots to look forward to in order to get through the week. Obviously everything can’t be roses and sunshine all the time but we can certainly do our best to look out for the small moments that will brighten our days. One of our favorite ongoing features is sharing with you the 10 things that made us smile this week. It’s a great way to end the week and remember that great things are happening all the time all around us. But what about Monday? So, we figured we’d give you a second list of things to look forward to as you head into your week. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you.
As humans, we can easily become a product of what we consume so why not try to consume the good even if it’s in small doses. So many of the stories we share on Upworthy are filled with the best of humanity and silly pets doing their part in making the internet collectively smile. It only makes sense to put the best upcoming positive things at the start of the week to start us off on the right foot. Buckle up, because we’ve got some good things to share with you!
1. International Cat Day is August 8th
Well, would you look at that. It’s cats topping the list. Not because cats are the number one bright spot this week. This list is technically in no particular order. No, cats are at the top of the list simply because they’re sassy, fuzzy and cuddly. That is, when they feel like being cuddled. So, if you have a kitty in your life, today is the day to show them off and spoil them until your heart’s content, or they walk away showing you their…um…tail. And if you’re looking for a partner that will be just as excited as you are for international cat day, you can read about a cat lovers dating app here.
2. Our favorite semi talking tree has a series coming to Disney+ called I Am Groot
If you’ve watched Guardians of the Galaxy, or are a Marvel fan in general, then you already know who Groot is. If you’ve never seen him before then you’re in for a treat. After some turbulent times, Groot found himself on a new journey with the Guardians of the Galaxy series as a potted tree that could only say “I am Groot” but you’ll be happy to know he now has legs. Still a limited vocabulary but somehow he’s entertaining and so dang cute. What more is there to say?
3. Sit under the stars and watch the Perseid Meteor Shower on August 12th and 13th
There’s something magical about watching a shooting star streak across the night sky. I remember being a kid getting so excited that I’d jump up and down as soon as I saw one but the excitement would make my mind go blank. I almost always missed my opportunity to make a wish. Well on the night of August 12 you can make as many wishes as you want. The sky will be riddled with shooting stars. According to Accuweather, you can expect to see anywhere from 50-100 stars an hour.
4. The Wizard of Oz is turning 83
This one is just kind of cool. It almost feels like the little kids asking if televisions had color when we were younger. For some reason 1939 feels like things shouldn’t have been colorized and yet the Wizard of Oz is proof that they indeed had color back then. The fact that this movie is still watched today is amazing. This August makes the Wizard of Oz 83 years old. And even after all that time, it’s themes and magical storytelling still feel incredible relevant and worthwhile.
5. New Orleans is turning restaurants into solar powered hurricane refuge centers
New Orleans gets hit by hurricanes fairly often, while some are small blips that don’t cause much damage, others are larger knocking out power for days or longer along with other damage. A non-profit organization called Get Lit Stay Lit is aiming to make sure the people in New Orleans have a cool place to go where they can get food and charge their devices. Hurricane season is smack dab in the middle of summer through early fall. It’s hot and there’s nothing more miserable than being hot and hungry. If this organization get the funding they need, they can create cooling hubs throughout the city. You can find out more about Get Lit Stay Lit here.
6. The last super moon of 2022 is August 11
August is a busy month for astrological events I take it. If you look up in the sky on August 11 you’re going to be staring at the last super moon of the year. The moon will appear much larger than we are used to seeing it because it’s a little closer to earth according to the Almanac. While it may not be anything to write your relatives about, it will certainly be a sight to look forward to.
7. Get a zucchini and confuse your neighbors
Rounding out our list of feel good news, August 8 is National Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch Day. Yeah, I didn’t make that up, though it totally sounds like I did. If you want to confuse your neighbors, go ahead and leave them a little basket of zucchinis on their porch. They’ll either thank the invisible giver or be pretty confused on how the random garden veggie landed on their door step. Either way, this is a holiday that is sure to put a smile on someone’s face.
Is there anything better than corn on the cob? According to this kid interviewed on Recess Therapy, there is not, and after watching him explain why, you may just agree with him.
Recess Therapy is a social media show in which host Julian Shapiro-Barnum interviews kids from ages 2 to 9, and it’s every bit as adorable as it sounds. Kids are hilarious, after all, just by being themselves. But once in a while a kid really stands out and this little guy raving about corn while eating corn is impossible not to adore.
First, it’s his classic young-kid-missing-front-teeth adorableness. (How does this kid even eat corn on the cob with so many lost teeth?) Then it’s the way he says “cowhn” instead of “corn.” Over and over, cowhn cowhn cowhn.
There’s also the out-of-left-field things he says about corn, such as, “Ever since I was told that corn was real…” Sorry, what? And the deep corn wisdom he espouses: “When I tried it with butter, everything changed” and “Not everybody has to like it to be the best.” And then the pure, gushing love: “I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing.”
But the “corntastic day” part is the piece de resistance. That look on his face. “What?!? It’s just a pun about cowhn!“
Children of the… corn? 😂 🌽 #recesstherapy #corn #cornisgood #fyp #favorite
“CORN IS AWESOME!!!” Yes it is, little man.
The video was shared on the TikTok channel @doingthings with the kiddo’s words on screen and has been viewed there more than 6.5 million times. Definitely worth a second watch with the words included:
The girl at the end who says she’s never had corn needs to get together with this kid. He will definitely convince her. And can you imagine what his reaction would be if he tried elote? Gracious.
The comments on the video are filled with people relating to his corn adoration and quoting their favorite lines from his rave. There are just too many delicious kernels of joy to choose from.
Bless this little Corn King for going straight from questioning whether corn is even real to declaring it the greatest food that’s ever existed. We feel you, little dude. And yes, butter definitely makes everything better.
In recent months, John Legend has dropped an exciting slew of collaborations, including “Dope” with JID, “Honey” with Muni Long, and most recently, “All She Wanna Do,” with Saweetie. All of these collaborations will appear on his upcoming album, Legend, which is set to drop next month.
“Until this point, I’ve never used an aspect of my name as the title of an album,” he said in a statement. “I had to earn that, to live up to it by delivering in the performance and the music. And this is me saying I’m proud of who I am, I’m confident in the work I’ve done, and I’m just going to declare it.”
Check out the full tracklist below.
ACT 1
1. “Rounds” Feat. Rick Ross
2. “Waterslide”
3. “Dope” Feat. JID
4. “Strawberry Blush”
5. “Guy Like Me”
6. “All She Wanna Do”
7. “Splash” Feat. Jhene Aiko & Ty Dolla Sign
8. “You”
9. “Fate” Feat. Amber Mark
10. “Love” Feat. Jazmine Sullivan
11. “One Last Dance”
12. “All She Wanna Do” Feat. Saweetie
ACT 2
1. “Memories”
2. “Nervous”
3. “Wonder Woman”
4. “Honey” Feat. Muni Long
5. “I Want You to Know”
6. “Speak in Tongues” Feat. Jada Kingdom
7. “The Other Ones” Feat. Rapsody
8. “Stardust”
9. “Pieces”
10. “Good” Feat. Ledisi
11. “I Don’t Love U Like I Used To”
12. “Home”
Despite the fact that the Boston Celtics are fresh off of an appearance in the NBA Finals and used this offseason to remedy some of the biggest issues on the roster, one of their two All-Star players saw his name pop up in trade rumors recently. According to reports, the Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets discussed a potential deal for Kevin Durant that would see Jaylen Brown headline a package going in the other direction.
Neither side agreed to anything, and there hasn’t been much movement on that front since the day that report went public. But in the immediate aftermath, Boston’s other star wing, Jayson Tatum, spoke out against them and made clear that he doesn’t believe those reports hold water. That continued to be the case earlier this week, when Tatum appeared on the Celtics Lab podcast and expressed his frustration with trade rumors as a whole.
On the latest episode of the @CelticsLab Podcast, @justinquinnn asked Jayson Tatum about how he personally deals with trade rumors and noise. #Celtics
“That’s the world we live in, right?” Tatum responded when asked by Justin Quinn how he deals with seeing them. “It always comes from an anonymous source, but it always makes ESPN or Twitter or whatever, and everybody sees it. So you never know what is true and what’s not true, but it gets people to talk about it, and I guess that’s the idea. They got what they wanted out of the deal — for people to talk about it and make speculations and this, that, and the third. If you pay attention to everything you see on Twitter or TV, you’ll drive yourself crazy. I think that’s just something that you have to learn just to keep your own sanity and your own peace. They will literally say anything, and some of it might be true, and then there’s other things that just couldn’t be further from the truth.
“But, the average fan at home doesn’t know the difference, and they just might believe whatever they see,” he continued. “And it doesn’t help that people on the sports talk shows talk about it every day and we don’t know who said it. So, just control what you can control, and that’s what I always kind of live by.”
It’s not rare for NBA players to express frustrations when they see trade rumors involving their team get kicked around, but even then, it’s interesting to see Tatum speak this emphatically on the subject.
The world is just one week into Beyoncé’s Renaissance, or a week and a half for those who listened to the leaked album, but the movement truly began back in June. The dance-inspired “Break My Soul” shook the game up and is still a force to this day. Beyoncé decided to capitalize on the single’s momentum earlier this week with an EP full of remixes, and she has now upped the ante with “The Queens Remix” to “Break My Soul” featuring Madonna available for purchase on her website.
In a tweet from earlier today (August 5), @shopbeyonce shared “Break My Soul (THE QUEENS REMIX) by Beyoncé & @Madonna. Available now” with crown emojis, a link to the website, and a disc showing the two legends’ names. The track is priced at $1.29 and will be delivered to buyers’ emails immediately upon purchase.
Despite the January 6 hearings doing a number on the insurrectionist attack, and more damningly, on Donald Trump‘s chances of running for president again, a performance art piece at this weekend’s CPAC event in Texas is trying its best to play the martyr card. On Thursday night, freelance journalist Lauren Jedeed captured video of a man sitting inside a fake jail cell at the conservative event. While wearing a MAGA hat, the cell’s occupant didn’t once break character as he attempted to highlight the harrowing plight of the January 6 rioters who have been jailed for, well, rioting on January 6.
“Hello I would like to share with you the most astonishing thing I have ever seen,” Jedeed tweeted. “At this CPAC booth you receive a silent disco headset that plays harrowing testimony from people arrested for participating in J6. Instead of dancing, you stand around and watch this guy cry.
“What I need you to understand is that I stood here for about half an hour yesterday and this guy NEVER broke character. He wept sitting on the bench. He wept sitting on the floor. He tallied days on a chalkboard set up for the [purpose].”
What I need you to understand is that I stood here for about half an hour yesterday and this guy NEVER broke character
Seems very dramatic, right? Well, here’s the thing: According to Mediaite, the “performance artist” was later identified as Brandon Straka, who did participate in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. However, Straka notably did not serve any jail time because he ratted out his fellow rioters to the Feds. Yup.
In the memo, Dornan said Straka provided “significant information” to federal investigators over three interviews with the FBI following his arrest. In one interview on March 5, 2021, Straka, according to Dornan, provided information about “individuals who were inside of Nancy Pelosi’s office; individuals who were inciters at the Capitol; and organizers of the Stop the Steal movement.”
He also listed the names of individuals Straka spoke to the FBI about. Those names include rally organizers Amy and Kylie Kremer, Cindy Chafian and Ali Alexander — who Dornan described as the “preeminent leader of the Stop the Steal movement.”
So to answer the question in Straka’s performance art piece, “Where is everyone?” They’re in real jail because you turned state’s witness. Enjoy the conference!
Jennette McCurdy is a former child actress who was once a Nickelodeon staple. She starred in iCarly and its spinoff series Sam And Cat alongside a then-unknown Ariana Grande, before leaving television altogether.
Since leaving the acting world, McCurdy has been open about her struggles growing up in the spotlight and having to support her family financially beginning at the age of 11. The former actress is gearing up to release her memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, where she details alleged abuse and inappropriate behavior from a man she nicknamed The Creator. While he is never named in the book, McCurdy seems to imply that the man is the executive producer creator of iCarly, Zoey 101, Sam and Cat, Drake and Josh, and others. More on that shortly.
In a new excerpt from her book, McCurdy details her last few days working on Sam and Cat, when The Creator was allegedly not allowed on set with the actors after getting “in trouble” for alleged emotional abuse on set. McCurdy mentions her struggle with both an eating disorder and alcohol before retelling the story about the day her show was canceled, when she was offered money to not talk about her experience on set.
What the f*ck? Nickelodeon is offering me three hundred thousand dollars in hush money to not talk publicly about my experience on the show? My personal experience of The Creator’s abuse? This is a network with shows made for children. Shouldn’t they have some sort of moral compass? Shouldn’t they at least try to report to some sort of ethical standard?
Not only did the actress recall being offered money after the series, but she also goes into details about The Creator, who would allegedly offer her alcohol at age 18 and massage her.
“You’re about to star in your own TV show, for crying out loud. You know how many kids would kill for that opportunity? Every last one of them.”
I nod along. He reaches out and places his hand on my knee. I get goose bumps.
“You’re cold,” he says, concerned.
I don’t think that’s why I got the goose bumps, but I agree. It’s always best to agree with The Creator.
“Here, take my jacket.”
He takes his coat off and drapes it around me. He pats my shoulders and then the pat turns into a massage.
“Oof, you’re so tense!”
“Yeah . . .”
“Anyway, what was I saying?” he asks while he keeps massaging me.
My shoulders do have a lot of knots in them, but I don’t want The Creator to be the one rubbing them out. I want to say something, to tell him to stop, but I’m so scared of offending him.
While The Creator is never named, many are speculating that she is referring to Dan Schneider, who “parted ways” with Nickelodeon in 2018, after nearly two decades with the network. Sources told Page Six at the time that there were numerous complaints among his staff about his temper and how he treated young actresses.
According to the source: “Along with all his success, for years Schneider had been under a cloud of suspicion over the treatment of some younger stars of his shows. Among the things that have raised eyebrows are his tweeted photos of the toes of his young female stars . . . Schneider has had well-documented temper issues for years.”
Despite this, McCurdy never publicly named Schneider in her book, but it’s clear that working with the network traumatized her for most of her childhood, as she would often chronicle in her 2013 Vines while filming the show.
She famously did not reprise her role as Sam in the 2021 iCarly revival and has been working on her career as a director instead.
It’s August and it’s hot. Clearly, you need something to quench your summer thirst. Water is the OG, of course, but we’re here to talk about beer. Specifically the hazy style of IPA. Whether it’s a New England-style IPA or another type of hazy, we love them — especially this time of year.
“There is a constant exploration in this space,” says Parker Penley, lead innovation brewer of Widmer Brothers Brewery in Portland. “Just don’t overlook the ‘Northwest Hazy IPAs’ — which typically have a little more of a kick to them by way of bitterness and citrus-resinous hops.”
If you need help finding a few great hazy IPA options to finish out this summer strong (and juicy), we’re here to help. We asked a few well-known craft beer experts and brewers to tell us their favorite hazy IPAs available right now. Keep scrolling to see all of their picks and then grab a cooler, fill it up with ice and hazies, and have yourself a summer. There’s still time!
Working Draft Justified
Working Draft
Garth E. Beyer, certified Cicerone® and owner and founder of Garth’s Brew Bar in Madison, Wisconsin
ABV: 6.5%
Average Price: Limited Availability
Why This Beer?
If you’re into IPAs, then you know there’s been a recent uptick in breweries making west coast style IPAs. Justified is a hazy version of a west coast style brewed by Working Draft Beer Company. Not only do you get the tropical haze you expect from a hazy IPA (guava and blueberry in the aroma and flavor in particular here), but you also get dank tropical fruit aroma and flavor without the resin being too over the top.
Firestone Walker Mind Haze
Firestone Walker
Jeremy Marshall, brew master at Lagunitas Brewing in Petaluma, California
Just like you can’t generally go wrong with anything from Firestone Walker, you just can’t go wrong with Mind Haze. First off, whether fortunate or not, humans drink with their eyes, and this is an attractive beer with an attractive color. It is kind of a glowing golden hue but not too hazy to the point of two very unfortunate flaws of hazies (hop burn )—it is very well done. Then you bring that glowing nectar to your lips and your nose will stop you to enjoy the fruit orchard that jumps out.
Mind Haze knows it takes seven different dry hops to form that level of complexity, and they even throw in Idaho 7 as one of the seven.
BKS Artisan Ales keeps making a lower ABV hazy called Tiny Clouds. It has a great tropical juicy punch and tons of other hop notes including citrus and apricot. I love this hazy maybe because of my proclivity for German-style beer. I tend to choose beers that I can drink more than one of, and for me, Tiny Clouds is a hazy IPA that I will order not just two of, but maybe three because of the lighter body and crisper finish.
Hazies can be all over the place but done well they’re a tremendous example of how beer styles continue to evolve. The burst of fruit on the nose, the pillowy soft mouthfeel, and the light bitterness on the backend, really distinguish this style. Offshoot’s Relax Hazy is a great example. Heavily hopped with Citra, Simcoe, Centennial, and Amarillo hops, it’s hazy, juicy, and has a nice mix of citrus and tropical fruit flavors.
The NEIPAs (and all the other beers honestly) coming out of Charles Towne Fermentory in Charleston, South Carolina are amazing. Perfect examples of the style. Always have a great body and massive fresh hop aroma. Luxurious without being out of control. Made with Carolina-grown and malted grains and Citra hops, it’s a juicy, hazy explosion of mango, tangerine, and pine.
When GABF judges gave Le Jus from Alarmist and Beezer from Old Irving gold medals, they weren’t wrong. Both of those beers have amazing hop character without going too far overboard. If I have to pick one of the two, it would be Old Irving Beezer. This Citra and Mosaic hop-fueled New England-style IPA is hazy is very fruity with notes of ripe peach, mango, and other tropical fruit flavors.
Solace Suns Out Hops Out
Solace
Josh Radigan, director of food and beverage at Viceroy in Washington DC
I love Solace Brewery’s Suns Out Hops Out. You get that creaminess and texture but not that over-powering piney resin in the nose. Brewed with Citra and Mosaic hops, it’s hazy, juicy, and full of resinous pine and bright, tart citrus flavors. A great example of the style if you get a chance to try it.
This 7% ABV, hazy, New England-style IPA is one of the best examples of the style you can find today. Brewed with German Pilsner malt, German malted wheat, and American wheat flakes as well as Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic hops, it’s cloudy, juicy, pillowy, and loaded with flavors like ripe peach, mango, guava, pineapple, and resinous, dank pine. It’s one of the most well-balanced hazy IPAs on the market.
Maybe the best show on TV right now is Better Call Saul. The Breaking Bad spin-off has been praised by fans of both the original show from which Saul Goodman came and those who never saw it, with its originality and gripping storytelling receiving praise. Some fans are even saying it has surpassed Breaking Bad altogether.
While fans are always going to be able to debate which show they like more, what can’t be argued is that Breaking Bad never received a game on the Nintendo DS. It did get a mobile game back in 2019, but it wasn’t available on the DS like this fan mod of Better Call Saul.
The game itself seems very simplistic, but it’s impressive that someone managed to mod a playable game out of a modern-day TV show using an old DS. The most anyone ever did with Breaking Bad was create a fake game intro — funny enough, that also was for the DS.
It’s fun to think about what a genuine Better Call Saul video game would be like today, but unfortunately, the days of licensed tie in games went the way of the dinosaur long ago. Maybe once the show wraps up its final season we’ll see a developer give it a try. Someone on Reddit already gave them a great starting point for how it would play.
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