Marc Maron has made more than 1,300 episodes of WTFsince 2009, inundating fans with his unique brand of dangerous introspection and wit. The podcast made waves before everyone had a podcast and continues to be a standout even in an eye-rollingly crowded field. The comic’s comic has a singular talent for getting other famous people to be vulnerable, swapping PR-buffed pablum for something close to sincerity while sitting across the mic. With guests ranging from sports and film to music and art (oh, and the Presidency), it’s no wonder he’s maintained his place as one of the best interviewers in the business. Even if you’re not a Maron fan, he’s definitely interviewed someone you love. He’s also introduced comedians to a wider range of potential fans, meaning he’s a gateway drug of standup.
In a new feature at Vulture, Maron opened up about guests that have earned their superlatives, like a high school yearbook filled with the most impressive people on the planet.
The guest he most wanted to be friends with after the interview? Tracy Letts. (Spoiler alert: they became friends.)
He also said he wanted a second chance at interviewing Kevin Hart and John Mulaney because he talked to them before they hit it big, and Maggie Gyllenhaal because he messed up by not watching the movie she was there to promote. In addition to naming his most awkward interview (when he accidentally called Nick Cave gay with Aussie slang), he also explained how the Obama episode came to be, the most cathartic guests to have on, and the guest whose wisdom still sticks with him. It’s really an excellent feature to read before listening to every episode of WTF. That should only take you a little over a month, so get cracking.
Following the defamation trial where a jury awarded Johnny Depp $10 million in damages and Amber Heard $2 million in damages, Netflix is apparently mutedly excited to get Depp on board with a new film where he’ll play King Louis XV. According to Bloomberg, La Favorite will shoot in France this summer with Maiwenn directing and starring as Jeanne Bécu, aka Jeanne du Barry, who rose from working as a shop assistant to become King Louis XV’s mistress and a maligned-yet-powerful member in his court. Spoiler alert: she did not have a happy time during the Reign of Terror.
Up until this announcement, the working title had been Jeanne du Barry, and the focus is firmly on her life, so it’s unclear how big Depp’s role will be as King. However, Netflix is so thrilled about his involvement that the film will premiere on Netflix France in 2023 with no word on whether it will be available in the United States or any other country at that time. They also declined to comment on the story, even to make the standard anodyne statements about how they’re happy to have a veteran actor on board.
None of that should take away from the potential of the film. Maiwenn is an interesting filmmaker and actress traversing a life story that’s enduring (and filled with hot gossip). Her My King in 2015 was a stirring drama, earning her a Palme d’Or nomination as Best Director as well as a slew of Cesar nominations. This will be the first film that Depp has ever acted in French, and, no matter what, Maiwenn is taking a gamble on a figure who will almost certainly overshadow anything he’s in simply by being in it.
At any rate, Netflix has bought themselves at least a year to see if they want their Depp-starring film to show anywhere else but France.
Following the sad news of James Caan‘s death at age 82, his Godfatherdirector Francis Ford Coppola has released a statement to Deadlinecelebrating the actor who made an indelible mark on Coppola’s films.
“Jimmy was someone who stretched through my life longer and closer than any motion picture figure I’ve ever known,” Coppola said. “From those earlier times working together on The Rain People, and throughout all the milestones of my life, his films and the many great roles he played will never be forgotten. He will always be my old friend from Sunnyside, my collaborator and one of the funniest people I’ve ever known.”
In true Coppola fashion, he’s used the moment to draw attention to one of their early collaboration that might otherwise be overlooked as people focus on Caan’s more-famous work. It’s well worth taking the hint. In The Rain People, Caan plays Jimmy “Killer” Kilgannon, a discarded college football star who serendipitously falls in with a pregnant woman (played by Shirley Knight) on a cross-country road trip trying to outrun her domestic life. Roger Ebert gave it four stars when it came out in 1969, praising its experimental nature and status as carving out a new American style. It’s an excellent addition to your memorial Caan binge-fest.
Megan Grass of Utah took a trip to the Australia Zoo in Queensland in June and according to her viral TikTok video, ran into her crush, Robert Irwin, 18, the son of the famed “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin.
Steve Irwin died in 2006 but his family has continued his legacy. Robert, along with his mother Terri and sister Bindi, now star in the Animal Planet reality TV show “Crikey! It’s the Irwins.”
When Megan saw Robert working at the zoo, she didn’t waste her moment. She took the open shot and asked him for his phone number, which caught him a bit off guard. “I think you’re so cute, and I was wondering if I could have your number?” she called down to him in the video.
Robert asked Megan where she was from and kindly directed her to send him a direct message on Instagram.
tiktok do your thing @Robert Irwin #fyp#australiazoo #crikey
The video of Megan’s aggressive ask and Robert’s polite misdirection went viral on TikTok earning more than 15 million views. Commenters praised Robert for his tact while gently letting her down.
“He’s just like his dad, so sweet and precious,” a TikTok user also named Megan wrote.
“Sorry but you need to be vetted by the public before even trying. He’s a world treasure we can’t take this lightly,” Sean Clodwick added.
“Nobody could say ‘no’ nicer than this dude,” Holly Morris said.
The video took off so quickly that Megan was interviewed on Australia’s “Today” show the day after she posted the video. During the interview, she called Robert, “literally the sweetest person ever. I was a stranger who asked for his number and he didn’t have to be polite about it but he definitely was and I just think he’s a great guy altogether.”
She was also blown away by the video’s popularity. “I definitely was not expecting it to blow up the way it did, but it was a really cool experience altogether, and Robert was so sweet about it,” she said.
Robert eventually addressed his relationship with Megan in a video she posted to TikTok.
Spoiler alert: It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.
HE RESPONDED!! thank you so much @robertirwin🤍 #fyp
“That made my entire day,” he said on Studio 10. “That was incredibly kind and a big ‘thank you’ to Megan wherever she is. That really meant a lot.” Then he explained that he can’t give his number out to people who may share it on TikTok.
“Kudos for [having] the confidence to ask that and it’s great to have that little chat and see the people who are really keen on the message I’m sending out in the world,” he continued.
It looks like there wasn’t a love connection between Megan and Robert. But it was wonderful seeing that in a candid moment Robert has the same infectious kindness that made his father a global treasure.
Megan appears to be taking her very public rejection well. She posted another video on TikTok where she said that there are “more fish in the sea.” However, a commenter named mystery_goat coldly noted that “and yet there is only one Robert Irwin.”
If you want something to make your heart go “squee,” look no further. This story will warm your heart and make you believe in love, and let’s face it, given how the world feels right now, we can all use a little heart warming. A couple in Hamilton, Ohio, recently celebrated 79 years of marriage. And if that milestone isn’t enough, they’re also turning 100 in July 2022. That makes for one summer full of celebration. Both TODAY and their local NBC news channel WLWT reported on the couple, whose story is too sweet for words.
Hubert and June Malicote were both born in July 1922 in rural Kentucky, and at age 19 were both looking for jobs in Hamilton, Ohio, where they met at church.
“Miraculously the back pew was empty, so, we went in and they were all standing and right in front of us was a pew full of young girls. And, she looked around at me and smiled,” Hubert told WLWT.
The spark ignited a friendship that quickly turned to love, and the couple was married on June 8, 1943. Not long after their wedding, Hubert joined the Navy to fight in World War II. After being stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii, Hubert sent June a grass skirt so she knew where he was.
“In a few weeks, I got back a picture and I had my own Honolulu girl,” Hubert said when talking to WLWT. He also added that when he came home two years later, June was there waiting. “As the train stopped, the conductor standing beside me said ‘she’s waiting for you,'” Hubert said.
After Hubert’s time in the war, the couple settled in Hamilton and had three children. They also have seven grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Hubert worked for local company Diebold for 50 years before retiring, and June was a stay-at-home mom.
“She was a terrific stay-at-home mom,” Hubert said. “She made the girls’ dresses. She planted a big garden. She canned and preserved, and she was a good stay-at-home mom.”
When a couple has been married for so long, you have to wonder what they’re doing to make their marriage work. (Yes the Malicotes come from a time when couples rarely divorced, but that’s beside the point.) The Malicotes are still happily married, and Herbert claims they’ve “never had one quarrel.” Their 70-year-old daughter Jo told TODAY that this is true.
“We didn’t go through life without problems, but we would never do anything to hurt each other,” Hubert told TODAY.
Another important lesson he’s learned? Sometimes you need to know when to walk away from a fight and take a breather.
“If there’s controversy, you might have to walk away for a couple minutes,” Hubert explains. “Then you come back in and change the subject or you work it out.” Maybe that’s why the couple has never quarreled!
Despite not having any sort of date night routine, the couple still spend most of their time together, with Hubert explaining to TODAY that they simply enjoy each other’s company.
“We’ve never really gone out much. When the kids were younger we were happy sitting around the table sharing stories about our day,” he said.
Now, the couple enjoys their quiet routines. June has suffered from multiple strokes, which have left it hard for her to communicate. But when you’ve been married for 79 years, you don’t always need words. They have dinner together every night before sitting down to watch a movie together before bed. And they always kiss each other goodnight.
“I put Mom in her wheelchair next to where Dad is sitting and they hold hands and say goodnight to each other,” their daughter Jo told TODAY. “Then in the morning, they are so happy to see each other. They greet each other with huge smiles.”
It’s really beautiful to see a couple so in love after so many years. They told WLWT that their family is planning a joint birthday celebration, and they were the grand marshals for the Oxford Independence Day Parade in Oxford, Ohio, over Fourth of July weekend.
Two years ago, Sakhile Dube of “Safari and Surf” in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, created a mesmerizing video where he explains and teaches the click sounds found in the languages of the Nguni people.
Dube explained to Stray Along The Way that all four of the Nguni people, the Xhosa in the Eastern Cape, Zulu in KwaZulu-Natal province, Ndebele in Mpumalanga and Swazi in Eswatini, use click sounds in their language.
The click sounds may seem rather different to English speakers, but according to The Week we use them as well, just as expressive sounds instead of as word pronunciations. Like when you might make a clicking sound to tell a horse to move or gesture for someone in the right direction.
These click sounds have been incorporated into the Nguni people’s languages as a way of expressing politeness.
In Nguni cultures, certain people aren’t allowed to use the names of others. So they use a phrase that describes them while incorporating clicks to replace certain sounds. This practice grew to create a broader sense of polite speech where clicks were incorporated into the language as a form of respect for people, even if they were allowed to say their names.
In the video below, Dube explains how the clicks are incorporated into speech and it’s beautiful to see how effortlessly he weaves together so many different types of sounds. Commenters on the video also noted that he has a beautiful, deep voice that would be great on the radio.
Burna Boy enlists the help of Ed Sheeran for his latest video “For My Hand.” The duo harmonizes in an elevator about how they want to dance with their lovers forever before they stand atop New York City and Burna Boy himself even becomes immersed among the clouds. The romantic record is punctuated by a dancing couple in the elevator who just can’t seem to keep their hands off of one another.
It is an exciting time for Burna Boy as the video for “For My Hand” arrives alongside his sixth studio albumLove, Damini. Love was originally supposed to arrive on July 2 but was pushed back a week. Despite the delay, the music is well worth the wait as the 19-song tracklist boasts features from Khalid, Kehlani, Blxst, Popcaan, J Hus, J. Balvin, and more. The 31-year-old’s single “Last Last” is extremely popular both culturally and commercially, likely finding its way into his canon along with his previous hits “Ye” and “On The Low” in addition to his major collaborations “Location” with Dave, “Be Honest” with Jorja Smith, “Ginger” with Wizkid, and the remix to Pop Smoke’s “Enjoy Yourself.”
Listeners waited almost two years for this Burna Boy LP after the August 2020 release Twice As Tall which quickly followed his massive 2019 sensation African Giant. Needless to say, Burna Boy has been living up to the titles of his last two albums and soundtracking the summertime. It will be interesting to see how Love, Damini measures up. “For My Hand” is definitely a strong start.
Check out the “For My Hand” video above.
Love, Damini is out now via Atlantic. Listen to it here.
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The lawsuit has been filed by the David Casavant Archive, a New York City based company/stylist. Along with West, the company has photos of prominent clients like Solange, Kendrick Lamar, Solange, 21 Savage, Pharrell, and Kim Kardashian on their website. According to the lawsuit acquired by the celebrity sleuths over at TMZ, Kanye rented 49 pieces of clothing in early 2020 and returned 36 of them shortly thereafter. He’s been hanging on to the remaining 13 ever since, (without paying the weekly rental fees) which include pieces from designers like Helmut Lang, Raf Simons and Ann Demeulemeester.
Among the items in question, there is a $50,000 parka. David Casavant Archive is looking to recoup $221,000 for more than two years of unpaid rental fees, as well as the overall $195,000 value of the items. Kanye is no stranger to lawsuits, and in fact just last week, he was sued over a sample on “Flowers” from Donda 2. And look, I’m no math major, but that $401,000 (to be exact) that the fashion rental company is seeking, is merely 5% of what Ye would make for a single performance. So if he indeed still has these items, forking over the dough and keeping the swag might just make things easier for everybody, eh?
That’s how George Lucas opens the trailer for Disney+’s new docuseries celebrating the rebellious, ingenious crew at Industrial Light and Magic. But even though the heavy hitters lead off, Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Ron Howard eventually give way to the engineers themselves, sharing their stories about making things up as they went along. There may be some tough tales along the way, but this trailer is a dose of pure cinematic joy, showcasing the amazing imagery of distant planets, giant cereal, and liquid robots from the future pretending to be police officers.
Bringing his own reverence to the legacy and craft, the 6-part series is directed by Jake Kasdan. Light & Magic looks to make an excellent addition to the incipient pantheon of talking head explorations of movies past like One Perfect Shot and The Movies That Made Us. If there’s something setting it apart, it’s the access to the behind-the-scenes material that will put us in the wildly creative minds of the people who crafted impossible things merely because they didn’t know they weren’t possible.
Sure, it makes sense to include Indiana Jones and Boba Fett and Terminators in the trailer, but ILM made over 350 movies in almost half a century, so it’ll be even cooler to see the back catalog of nostalgia bombs that blew our minds without necessarily making the hall of fame. Hopefully Light & Magic shows off the nooks and crannies alongside the blockbusters because there’s a ton of strange stuff there to celebrate. It hits Disney+ July 27th.
Summer is in full swing and it feels like there’s a different music festival every weekend. One highly anticipated event is the return of Northern Nights, in California’s iconic redwood forest. From July 15 through July 17, thousands of electronic music fans, party goers, and cannabis aficionados will gather at the Cook’s Valley Campground in Piercy, California, on the Humboldt and Mendocino County border.
This year, Northern Nights will become the first music festival to have multiple on-site dispensaries, as well as dispensaries located at stages. There will be stage takeovers from top cannabis brands — including the Mendocino Tree Lounge Hashery, the Humboldt Tree Lounge Farmer’s Market, and the Eel River Dab-Grab-N-Go — allowing guests to easily purchase cannabis products while staying immersed in the music and crowd.
The performers are sure to put on a non-stop party too. The lineup features Claude VonStroke, TroyBoi, SNBRN, CloZeeTwo Feet, Of The Trees, Balkan Bump, Smoakland, Modern Biology, and more. Among the weekend’s artists is up-and-coming queer rapper, producer, and DJ Wreckno. Committed to creating a safe space for LGBTQ+ people in EDM, Wreckno is making their Northern Nights debut shortly after releasing their third independently released four-track EP, The Fantasy, on June 29th.
To help get festival-goers prepared for the most weed-focused music event of summer, Wreckno is sharing their top five must-pack essentials for Northern Nights.
If I’m attending a music festival in a legal state, I absolutely can’t leave home without that Tie-Dye Medusa weed from GRiZ’s weed brand Astro Hippie! To have a strain named after a song I’m part of is bananas to me! So I always have to have some on deck for late-night roll-up sessions.
External Phone Battery
@gucciphoto
An external battery is a must must MUST! I can’t text “HEY MEET AT THE FERRIS WHEEL ACROSS FROM THE GIANT UNICORN” out to my whole group when my phone is dead! Also, it does double duty when it charges my THC vape pen for those late-night adventures.
Listen, sometimes it’s REALLY BRIGHT OUT. And other times, my eyes are REALLY RED. Oversized 2000s sunglasses really help in all eye-related situations, while also giving Paris & Nicole vibes.
Yerba Mate Tea
Guayaki Yerba Mate
Now you KNOW! I need a pick-me-up after partaking in some cannabis extracurricular activities. Yerba Mate is without a doubt my favorite energy drink to have on deck at a fest. Orange Exuberance and Lemon Elation forever! Double points for hydrating that dry mouth.
Last but not least, you know you have to have a comfy oversized sweater for late night and early morning shenanigans! I can’t fully get down to the sunrise set if I have to shiver in between every dance move. The key to superior cannabis consumption is to keep it cozy and fun. It’s always smart to have your comfy sweater on deck.
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