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After a nearly year-long search, The View has reportedly chosen a permanent co-host to fill Meghan McCain‘s seat. Ever since the fiery conservative exited the show last summer, ABC has struggled to find a conservative replacement as it tested out a series of right-wing guest hosts including former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffith, who’s been chosen as McCain’s successor for Season 26.

Despite clashing with The View co-hosts, particularly Sunny Hostin called Griffith a “stormtrooper” for working for Donald Trump, the former comms director was offered the permanent position by ABC who will announce the news “imminently,” according to the Daily Mail. The decision is reportedly not going over well behind the scenes:

One source close to the discussions with the former White House aide said: ‘My jaw dropped when I was told that she was the pick. It makes no sense. Part of me wishes they just leaned into MAGA and hired Kimberly Guilfoyle, at least it would better reflect part of the audience and there would be fireworks every day.’

Another insider told DailyMail.com: ‘Her soon to be co-hosts are very upset. They feel she isn’t authentic and changes her opinions based on who her paymaster is.

As for McCain’s reaction, she conveniently announced that she was taking a “Twitter break” on the same day that her current employer broke the news of Griffith being offered her old gig:

“Taking a twitter break for the rest of the summer but will be updating you all on my @DailyMail columns here,” McCain tweeted. “Thanks for following. Go outside and breathe the fresh air while summer lasts if you can!”

Griffith hasn’t even started her new position yet, but she’s already caused a problem with at least one celebrity guest. Comedian Wanda Sykes backed out of an appearance on The View last week after learning that Griffith was going to be on the panel. “She didn’t want to be part of helping a Trumper launder her reputation,” an insider on the show told The Daily Beast.

(Via Daily Mail)

Now that Barack Obama is no longer occupied with being our country’s president, he has found himself with more time to focus on his true passion: Sharing lists of things he likes a few times a year. The former POTUS’ latest mix was his favorite songs of 2021 and now he’s back with his annual summer playlist.

Sharing it on social media today, he wrote, “Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies — it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together. Here’s what I’ve been listening to this summer. What songs would you add?”

Obama’s playlists are usually an eclectic mix and that’s the case here, too. He has some picks from popular modern artists, like Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” Harry Styles’ “Music For A Sushi Restaurant,” Drake and Rihanna’s “Too Good,” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Die Hard.” He also has rock selections old and new, like Wet Leg’s “Angelica,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing In The Dark,” and Jack White’s “I’m Shakin’.”

Other artists who made the cut include Tems, Sampa The Great, Rosalía, Lil Yachty, Prince, Maggie Rogers, Al Green, Dr. John, Miles Davis, Burna Boy, Doechii, Aminé, Aretha Franklin, Bad Bunny, Rakim, D’Angelo, Nina Simone, Caamp, Otis Redding, Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill, Fatboy Slim, Omar Apollo, Maren Morris, The Internet, Vince Staples and Mustard, and Kacey Musgraves.

Check out the full playlist above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Over the past few weeks, celebrities like Drake, Kylie Jenner, and Travis Scott have come under fire for contributing to climate change thanks to a new Twitter account, @CelebJets, which has been documenting “comically” short flights. However, as with most viral outrages on the internet, it appears there’s more context to be gleaned. While Kylie Jenner isn’t one to spend a lot of time online to address such controversies, Drake, as we all know, is chronically online, and took the time to respond to an Instagram trying to gin up more anger.

Popping in the comments of a post publicizing the “15-minute flights,” Drake clarified, “This is just them moving planes to whatever airport they are being stored at for anyone who was interested in the logistics… nobody takes that flight.”

Of course, when it comes to celebrities — especially ones who inflame public passions as much as Drake does, a little thing like logic isn’t going to stop people from lobbing indictments. “It’s still using the same amount of fuel regardless of whether it’s carrying people or not,” wrote one commenter. Another took a more direct stance, writing, “Shut up stop polluting our air.”

While there are certainly some criticisms to be made about these short hops, the unfortunate fact remains that they would still be a minuscule fraction of emissions created by the largest CO2 emitters — those would be industry, electricity, and the collective totals for all transport, including cars, trucks, ships, trains, and yes, planes, which only account for 10% of what cars and trucks emit. Meanwhile, electricity and heat are by far the biggest emitters, and the ones that could most easily be fixed using alternate fuel sources like wind and solar.

Phasing those in would also help reduce the emissions from actual oil and gas production as well, since we’d need less of those things. 5 minutes on Google, people. That’s all we’re asking. Since Drake can’t save the world by taking fewer flights (at least, not by himself), maybe that energy would best be spent pushing government representatives to support initiatives like new infrastructure and stricter regulations on industry — two solutions that have been proven to work.

Najee Harris had a strong rookie year with the Pittsburgh Steelers, rushing for 1,200 yards and seven touchdowns on 307 carries, along with 74 catches for 467 yards and three touchdowns.

The former Alabama star was drafted with the 24th overall pick in the 2021 Draft by Pittsburgh, as they looked to replace James Conner with a new bell cow in the backfield. That worked out well in Year 1, as Harris played in all 17 games and no one else on the Steelers had more than 36 carries (he also had the second most receptions on the team as Ben Roethlisberger was eager to check the ball down all year).

On Draft night in 2021, Harris didn’t learn he was heading to Pittsburgh from the usual phone call with the team, but instead by getting a call from Steelers superfan Snoop Dogg, who somehow had the information and called Harris before Mike Tomlin and the Steelers did, as he told Bryant McFadden on the All Things Covered podcast.

Harris still isn’t sure how Snoop knew he was being drafted by Pittsburgh, but noted they’re pretty tight now — a perk of being a Steelers star. He also explained that when Tomlin and the Steelers did call, they hung up on him initially because his family was being too loud — as Harris recalls, they were too drunk off Patron and Hennessy — and had to call back once Harris walked outside to deliver the news officially.

Hold The Girl, the upcoming second album from Rina Sawayama, is set to drop on September 2. That will give US-based fans a couple months to familiarize themselves with the album before Sawayama is in their area: Today, she announced a run of tour dates for the US for November.

The first of the 13 shows goes down in Brooklyn on November 1, and from there, Sawayama will find herself in Boston, Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Houston, other cities before wrapping the trek in Los Angeles on the 23rd. Tickets go on sale on July 29 at 10 a.m. local time.

Sawayama also noted while sharing the dates on Twitter, “can’t wait to perform the record for u [smiling crying emoji]. which songs from the first record do u wanna hear ??”

Check out the list of tour dates below.

11/01 — Brooklyn, NY @ Great Hall at Avant Gardner
11/04 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
11/05 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
11/06 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
11/08 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
11/09 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
11/11 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
11/12 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin
11/13 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/16 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
11/18 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA
11/21 — Oakland, CA @ FoxTheater
11/23 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

Hold The Girl is out 9/2 via Dirty Hit. Pre-order it here.

[This post contains spoilers for Nope]

Jordan Peele’s Nope was inspired by Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, and his own dreams, apparently.

A 2014 tweet from the filmmaker has resurfaced following the release of his third feature, which made $44 million in its box office debut this weekend (it’s one of the biggest openings for a film not based on existing IP in years). “Dreamt that a baby chimp attacked some people then ran to me and hugged me all scared. I woke up with tears streaming down my face #bruh,” Peele tweeted. That dream is awfully similar to what happens to the younger version of Steven Yeun’s character on the set of Gordy’s Home.

The next time you have a dream where an animal goes apesh*t (pun intended?) on some people, write it down. Maybe you’ll turn it into a hit summer movie, too.

“That is what happened,” Peele told us about Nope being the first big-budget sci-fi movie with a primarily Black cast. “And I think the result of that is something that even, I think, surprised me. You come up with this nightmare, or this vision, and then you bring this team together. And you launch into it full tilt with collaboration and the product ends up being even something surprising to me if it works out well. And it did this time.”

Audiences at the Newport Folk Festival erupted into gleeful joy as living legend Joni Mitchell graced the stage once again, joining fellow singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. This unexpected performance is quickly becoming one for the history books—not only for the rare sighting, but for the beloved icon’s triumphant return.

In 2015, Mitchell suffered a near-fatal and debilitating brain aneurysm that left her unable to speak, walk or even get out of a chair, much less sing or play a guitar. In a post-concert interview with CBS News, the 78-year-old performer described her rehabilitation as “a return to infancy.” To reclaim her guitar skills, she had to watch old videos of herself playing “to see where I put my fingers.”

Her diligence definitely paid off, and fans were delighted to see Mitchell ace her solo during “Just Like This Train.”

Joni Mitchell, Just Like This Train (electric guitar solo), Newport Folk Festival, 7/24/2022

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Lucky concertgoers listened to an unforgettable set list that included some of Mitchell’s greatest hits like “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Love Potion #9,” and “Both Sides Now.” Nine years might have passed since Mitchell performed publicly, but I think I speak for everyone when I say she’s still got it.

Though the entire concert was an emotional affair for everyone involved, the real clincher was “Both Sides Now.”

Mitchell’s voice was as soulful as ever as it rang through the air, leaving listeners enraptured. Wynona Judd can be seen in the background, singing along through tears. “Both Sides Now” has always been a profound song, but something about hearing Mitchell sing it at this point in her life, after overcoming many health battles, hits in a very different way.

This video alone quickly rose to nearly 2 million views (what a wonderful modern world we live in, where amazing moments in music history can be shared so easily, am I right?) and unbridled love from fans came flooding in.

One fan wrote, “This is not a woman reaching to get back to her young self; this is a woman reinterpreting a song through who she has become. She is a fighter and a resurrection, as if to say to us ‘you can do it!’” Yep, that just about sums it all up quite nicely.

Mitchell has always had a remarkable knack for getting audiences right in the heart with her music. That magic quality hasn’t dimmed at all, but now shines in an altogether different way.

This article originally appeared on 02.06.20

Certain people have an innate ability to remember random facts. They are great at trivia but can also be insufferable know-it-alls.

So why are some people better at recalling random facts than others? Researchers in Europe believe that it’s because their brains are more efficiently wired than other people’s.

“We assume that more efficient networking of the brain contributes to better integration of pieces of information and thus leads to better results in a general knowledge test,” biopsychologist Erhan Genc, from Ruhr University Bochum, said according to Science Alert.

Brittany Packnett Cunningham, an MSNBC contributor, activist, and co-host of Crooked Media’s “Pod Save The People,” wanted to harvest the mind hive on Twitter and find the most random fact that anyone knows.

“I mean RANDOM random,” she wrote.

The answers ranged from the utterly pointless to the truly amazing. There was also a generous helping of utterly disgusting answers thrown in the mix.

Almost every answer deserved the follow-up question: “Why in the world do you know that?”

Here are some of the most random responses to Brittany Packnett Cunningham’s question: “What’s the most random fact you know?”

Whatu2019s the most random fact you know?nnI mean RANDOM random.

— brittany packnett cunningham. (@brittany packnett cunningham.)
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Most were utterly useless, but somehow still fascinating.

Snails can sleep for up to three years when the weather doesnu2019t suit them.

— ud835udc9fud835udcb6ud835udcc3ud835udcbeud835udc52ud835udcc1ud835udcc1ud835udc52 (@ud835udc9fud835udcb6ud835udcc3ud835udcbeud835udc52ud835udcc1ud835udcc1ud835udc52)
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— ud83cuddfaud83cuddf8All AmErican New Year (@ud83cuddfaud83cuddf8All AmErican New Year)
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most mammals have twice as many nipples as their species’ average litter size (e.g. humans mostly have 1 kid at a time, but 2 nipples), this is colloquially referred to as the ‘half nipple rule’nnexcept opossums, which for some reason have an odd number of nipples

— Several Irate Bobcats (@Several Irate Bobcats)
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Muhammad is statistically the most common first name on the planet while Wang is the most common last name on the planet. But I still haven’t met anyone named Muhammad Wang.

Muhammad is statistically the most common first name on the planet while Wang is the most common last name on the planet. But I still havenu2019t met anyone named Muhammad Wang.

— So There I Was… (@So There I Was…)
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The only word in the English language with all vowels+Y in alpha order is “facetiously”

The only word in the English language with all vowels+Y in alpha order is u201cfacetiouslyu201d

— christy mcguire (FinishEdD!) (@christy mcguire (FinishEdD!))
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Queen Elizabeth is one of the only people in the world who doesn’t need a passport to travel.
Everyone else in the royal family does.

Queen Elizabeth is one of the only people in the world who doesnu2019t need a passport to travel.nEveryone else in the royal family does.

— Connie B ud83dudc3b (@Connie B ud83dudc3b)
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NYE goes hard

NYE goes hard

— Mud83dudd4a (@Mud83dudd4a)
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In DNA, mushrooms are more similar to animals than they are to plants.

In DNA, mushrooms are more similar to animals than they are to plants.

— u2728 No More Mayors u2728 (@u2728 No More Mayors u2728)
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Some were pretty darn cool.

London Tube platforms have different tilings because when the Tube was originally built, a lot of people who used it were illiterate, and the different tilings helped them know what station they were at.pic.twitter.com/Yw8e04zCJA

London Tube platforms have different tilings because when the Tube was originally built, a lot of people who used it were illiterate, and the different tilings helped them know what station they were at.pic.twitter.com/Yw8e04zCJA

— Sahil (@Sahil)
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Some were thought-provoking.

You’ve never seen your own face. You’ve seen a reflection, and you’ve seen pictures, but you’ve never actually seen your own face!

You’ve never seen your own face. You’ve seen a reflection, and you’ve seen pictures, but you’ve never actually seen your own face!

— Ruby’s Granddaughter (@Ruby’s Granddaughter)
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When you look at a flower, some of the photons that entered your eye just ended a 100,000-year journey from the center of the sun.

Nobody else sees them.

Just you.

10% of THOSE will give up their energy to cause a chemical reaction that—literally—makes them a part of you.https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/1221992423905202176 …

When you look at a flower, some of the photons that entered your eye just ended a 100,000-year journey from the center of the sun.nnNobody else sees them.nnJust you.nn10% of THOSE will give up their energy to cause a chemical reaction thatu2014literallyu2014makes them a part of you.https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/1221992423905202176u00a0u2026

— u2796Dustin Milleru2796 (@u2796Dustin Milleru2796)
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Elephants are the only animals other than humans who have something like funerals. They cover the dead elephant gently with leaves and branches, then stand around in a circle for hours making sad noises.

Elephants are the only animals other than humans who have something like funerals. They cover the dead elephant gently with leaves and branches, then stand around in a circle for hours making sad noises.

— ud83cudf39Saffi u2721ufe0f (@ud83cudf39Saffi u2721ufe0f)
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There was a day when your parents put you down and never picked you up again.

There was a day when your parents put you down and never picked you up again.

— Bradley King (@Bradley King)
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Others were disturbing.

Humans have a coccyx (aka a tailbone) which is the remnant of, you guessed it, a vestigial tail. One of our several vestigial features.

Humans have a coccyx (aka a tailbone) which is the remnant of, you guessed it, a vestigial tail. One of our several vestigial features.

— Cat Noone (@Cat Noone)
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The act of touching glasses to cheers comes from medieval suspicions of poisoning each other, so youd slam mugs together to spill each others drinks into your own to show trust you werent trying to kill them. Europeans man…

The act of touching glasses to cheers comes from medieval suspicions of poisoning each other, so youd slam mugs together to spill each others drinks into your own to show trust you werent trying to kill them. Europeans man…

— james beard (@james beard)
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Male dolphins can ejaculate as far as 10′ and with such force it can kill a human if that human was foolish enough to attempt zoophilic relations with dolphin.

Male dolphins can ejaculate as far as 10′ and with such force it can kill a human if that human was foolish enough to attempt zoophilic relations with dolphin.

— dr. k still loves Richard (@dr. k still loves Richard)
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Artificial raspberry and strawberry flavoring comes from the anal glands of a beaver.

Artificial raspberry and strawberry flavoring comes from the anal glands of a beaver.

— u2744ufe0fu2744ufe0f Stephanie Nelson u2744ufe0fu2744ufe0f (@u2744ufe0fu2744ufe0f Stephanie Nelson u2744ufe0fu2744ufe0f)
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And some could be helpful down the road. You just never know.

If you are attacked by a gator and your arm is in its jaws, push, don’t pull. If you can push the flap open at the back of its throat, water rushes in and it starts to drown and will open jaws, hopefully releasing you.

If you are attacked by a gator and your arm is in its jaws, push, don’t pull. If you can push the flap open at the back of its throat, water rushes in and it starts to drown and will open jaws, hopefully releasing you.

— Anika Noni Rose (@Anika Noni Rose)
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The Phenomena: “The Doorway Effect”
When you forget the reason you enter a different room.
To retrieve the reason, walk backwards w/o turning around.
It can trigger the memory.

The Phenomena: “The Doorway Effect”nWhen you forget the reason you enter a different room.nTo retrieve the reason, walk backwards w/o turning around.nIt can trigger the memory.

— CK (@CK)
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Doug Martsch is like a fine wine. The leader of the timeless Built To Spill is capturing nostalgia better than ever on all of the new singles from the band’s upcoming Sub Pop Records debut album, When The Wind Forgets Your Name. At this point, Built To Spell is indie rock royalty and every new wrinkle from the Boise, Idaho faithful unlocks new psychedelic worlds led by Martsch’s fantastic guitar.

“Spiderweb” is right there with new gems like “Gonna Lose” and “Understood.” The riffs are as exploratory as Martsch’s always sweet vocals and his lyrics are simple and dreamlike, as he sings, “I learned a lot about the way things are, and what we’re supposed to do. And why you’re me and why I’m you.”

For When The Wind Forgets Your Name (out September 9th) Martsch worked extensively with Lê Almeida and João Casaes of Brazilian psych rock band Oruã. They’ll be supporting Built To Spill on many of the band’s extensive upcoming tour stops.

Listen to “Spiderweb” above and check out Built To Spill’s tour dates below.

07/30 — Stanley, ID @ Sawtooth Family Gathering
08/06 — Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon
08/07 — Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon
08/11 — Spokane, WA @ Lucky You Lounge ^ ~
08/12 — Bozeman, MT @ The ELM ^ ~
08/13 — Billings, MT @ The Pub Station ^ ~
08/15 — Fargo, ND @ The Hall @ FBC ^ ~
08/16 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^ ~
08/17 — Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater ^ ~
08/18 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ^ ~
08/19 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ^ ~
08/20 — Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall ^ ~
08/22 — Cincinnati, OH @ Woodward Theater ^ ~
08/23 — Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop ^ ~
08/24 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall %
08/25 — Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre # %
08/26 — Portland, ME @ State Theatre # %
08/27 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall # %
08/29 — South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground # %
08/30 — Holyoke, MA @ Gateway City Arts # %
09/01 — Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony # %
09/02 — Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live # %
09/03 — New York, NY @ Irving Plaza # %
09/04 — Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest # %
09/06 — Columbus, OH @ The Athenaeum Theatre * =
09/07 — Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine * =
09/08 — Wilmington, NC @ Greenfield Lake Amphitheater * =
09/09 — Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall * =
09/10 — St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live * =
09/11 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room * =
09/13 — Orlando, FL @ The Social * =
09/14 — Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits * =
09/15 — Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall * =
09/16 — Birmingham, AL @ Saturn Birmingham * =
09/17 — Memphis, TN @ Growler’s * =
09/18 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom * =
09/19 — St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag * =
09/20 — Columbia, MO @ Blue Note * =
09/21 — Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater * =
09/23 — Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater * =
09/24 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall * =
10/07 — Reno, NV @ Off Beat Music Fest

* with Orua
^ with Prism Bitch
# with Wetface
% with Blood Lemon
~ with Braided Waves
= with The French Tips

When The Wind Forgets Your Name is out 9/9 via Sub Pop. Pre-order it here.

Earlier this month, Bruce Springsteen announced the US dates for his 2023 tour with The E-Street Band. The string of dates will kick off in February with a performance in Tampa Bay and continue through mid-April before coming to an end at Newark’s Prudential Center. Fans were excited to get their hands on tickets for the upcoming shows, but prices quickly frustrated some while turning away others. Tickets for shows at Tampa Bay, Tulsa, Boston, and more went for upwards of $5,000 on Ticketmaster which made their frustration very understandable. After hearing some of their complaints about the ticket prices, Ticketmaster issued a response in defense of their pricing model.

“Ticketmaster says [the most expensive tickets] represent only 11% of the overall tickets sold,” Variety reports. “By the ticketing service’s calculations, that left the other 88.2% of tickets sold at fixed prices that ranged from $59.50 to $399 before added service fees.”

They continued, “Ticketmaster further says that the average price of all tickets sold so far is $262 with 56% being sold for under $200 face value…The service further broke down the percentages on the 56% of tickets it says were sold for under $200. It said that 1% were sold under $99, 27% went for between $100-150, and 1% sold for between $150-200.”

Ticketmaster concluded by noting that “prices and formats are consistent with industry standards for top performers.”