During a recent interview with DJ Akademiks, Roddy Ricch responded to the criticism behind the album and said it would’ve performed better if it dropped closer to when its lead single, “Late At Night,” was released. “That song was such a crazy song that people caught on two to three months later,” Roddy said. “If I would have dropped an album within that [time frame] and did whatever I did, I would have dropped and I would have been 180k up.” Roddy also said that he isn’t letting the negative criticism get to him.
“Just because the numbers didn’t align up or the timing or the plan didn’t really fall the way it was supposed to fall, now ni***s got this different narrative of how they wanna play it, but I know what’s going on,” he said. “That sh*t is cool, they can play it however they wanna play it, but I still know I’m an earner.”
You can watch Roddy’s conversation with DJ Akademiks above.
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James Harden’s trade to the Philadelphia 76ers is all done and dusted, and now, the former league MVP gets the thing that he’s apparently wanted for more than a year. Harden’s trade from the Brooklyn Nets wasn’t exactly the most amicable of splits, but ultimately, both teams got better — Brooklyn got a package of picks and players, most notably Ben Simmons — while the Sixers got the sort of standout perimeter player Joel Embiid has never had in his NBA career.
While Harden isn’t going to play for a minute as he continues to come back from a hamstring injury that Tracy McGrady doesn’t think is real, he was in attendance for Philly’s game against the Boston Celtics. He even got to do the team’s pregame honor of ringing a mini Liberty Bell at mid-court as the fans at the Wells Fargo Center cheered on.
You might notice that Harden’s wearing something a little unique, as he is wont to do. In fact, it was so out of left field that it led to Basketball Twitter getting off a bunch of jokes about the whole thing. The NBA on TNT crew for Tuesday night’s slate of action couldn’t help but make fun of the outfit, even when Dwyane Wade tried his best to explain what exactly was going on here.
While others debate over which movies are getting snubbed for the Oscars, let’s take a moment to bask in the true genius of filmmaking that should really be the talk of Tinsel Town.
If you haven’t stumbled across OwlKitty yet, here’s the lowdown:
OwlKitty is a 2-year-old cat in Portland, Oregon, who replaces the starring roles in beloved movies and television shows, in exchange for lots of treats and cuddles, according to her bio. OwlKitty’s real name is Lizzy, but everybody knows that all the great actresses have stage personas.
OwlKitty’s purrodies include pop culture standouts like “Star Wars,” “Harry Potter,” “Stranger Things,” “Avengers: Endgame,” and even a Billie Eillish music video. The editing on these things is so seamless, it’s nothing short of wizardry. Which makes sense, considering one of OwlKitty’s owners, Tibo Charroppin, is a professional filmmaker.
The latest film to undergo an OwlKitty reboot is “Titanic.” Only instead of Kate Winslet playing her iconic role of Rose, OwlKitty takes the lead. And shines like the furry star she is.
This faux trailer has all the quintessential Jack-and-Rose moments: the Irish spinny dancy thing, the “draw me like one of your French girls” scene, and yes … the door. OwlKitty clearly has no problem leaving Jack to freeze to death.
Kate Winslet actually does an appearance at the end, being utterly offended at Jack’s drawing of OwlKitty. Sorry, Rose. The heart wants what it wants.
OwlKitty might receive no nom this awards season, but when it comes to public consumption, her version of “Titanic” is sweeping all the viral categories. In only a few days, the video has already garnered 11 million views on Facebook alone.
Plus it received some truly lovely (and funny) comments from fans:
“I would gladly pay to see a 3 hours version of this.”
“I laughed out loud when they showed the cat’s face when they were dancing.”
“This is the first thing that’s made me laugh in days. Thank you.”
“This was AMAZINGLY put together. Please never stop making these! They make my day!!!”
“Now, this is the kind of deepfake I’m here for.”
Forget the critics, people love OwlKitty! Plus, according to the video, OwlKitty is already an Academy Award Winner anyway.
If you’re like me, nothing quite brings joy to the heart like cats and creativity. So OwlKitty definitely delivers a winning combination. When it comes to making audiences smile, this cat deserves all the awards.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I just found out that OwlKitty sells merchandise.
Nothing breaks down the hard walls we’ve built up during this pandemic quite like soft, buttery pancakes.
Curtis Kimball had been feeling one of COVID-19’s more insidious symptoms: loneliness. Friends had moved away and no new connections were presenting themselves. But still, the craving for connection persisted.
Kimball could tell his entire city was feeling the same. “San Francisco is in a bad way. The vibes here are all effed up,” he tweeted.
Figuring that everybody likes pancakes, or “at least the idea of pancakes,” Kimball decided to host his own flapjacks and friendship party (he didn’t actually call it that, but I wish he did) and he invited the entire neighborhood to join him.
Going for an old-school approach, Kimball posted whimsically odd fliers that read: “My wife said I’m getting weird. She says I need to make friends. So I’m making pancakes.”
As you probably know, I hung fliers all around the neighborhood and hilariously, people showed up! And the vibes were incredible! I had kind of accidentally stumbled on something. A lot of people were hungry to connect with their neighbors and share smiles and laughter and joy. pic.twitter.com/OGsATRrSQL — the creme brûlée cart (@cremebruleecart) February 13, 2022
Who could say no to that?
Kimball already has experience drawing in a crowd with his delicious food. His now closed Creme Brulee Cart was the sweet stuff of San Francisco eatery legend, having people lining the streets for his super decadent combinations. I mean, he served something called SF Gold, which was creamy custard topped with dark chocolate shortbread crumble and sea salt caramel. So when this guy offers you free pancakes, you take them.
San Francisco is in a bad way. Vibes are all effed up. I can’t do much to solve the problems here, but I can make pancakes. So I hung up fliers all over the neighborhood and made pancakes. Over 75 people came and over 125 pancakes were eaten. Here’s what I learned: 👇 pic.twitter.com/EnGKW8tL7g
Despite his former food fame, Kimball felt very vulnerable putting himself out there. He admitted to the TODAY show about being “nervous and self conscious,” telling himself that “this could be a really dumb idea and everyone might hate it.” But as soon as the party started, Kimball’s neighbors who lived two doors down came, and “were very excited.”
That was only the beginning. The party totaled out to more than 75 people, of all generations and backgrounds, a “mix of wonder and joy and people hungry to connect,” Kimball told TODAY.
The more people came, the more joy Kimball felt.
He tells San Francisco Eater that serving food in a nonprofessional atmosphere was even more rewarding than owning his business. “The vibes were so good that going back to foodie vibes feels bad. Customers come with expectation of themselves as critics rather than just enjoyers.” He even reflected that rather than cooking, maybe bringing people together was his real calling. He’s certainly a natural at it.
But until then, San Franciscans have my undying gratitude for some of the most fun times of my life. Everyone who came was a little more wind in my sails as we all start to put our world back together. So go forth! Make friends! Reach out! Give love and receive it! pic.twitter.com/ldgjI1x9tj
On Feb 12, Kimball followed the same winning strategy: fliers + pancakes. This time, 300 people showed up, thanks in part to Kimball’s previous pancake party going viral and making several headlines.
“The joy, the laughter, the gratitude, the kindness was all overwhelming (as was the smell of pancakes),” he tweeted. “Not to be a softy, but I got a little misty a few times as every person thanked me for what to them felt like the perfect antidote at the perfect time after a rough 2 years.”
Now Kimball dreams of “people all across the country hosting Saturday morning pancake parties for their friends and neighbors.”
The joy, the laughter, the gratitude, the kindness was all overwhelming (as was the smell of pancakes). Not to be a softy, but I got a little misty a few times as every person thanked me for what to them felt like the perfect antidote at the perfect time after a rough 2 years. pic.twitter.com/fTPOXiWBEt
For Kimball, this fun, creative thing he discovered is actually vital. “I think it’s important because most of our public spaces are dominated by the big arguments over our differences as people,” he told TODAY. “And those things are important. But what feels lost and might be equally important is celebrating each other and our commonalities. We need more chances, as people, to root for each other and to believe in each other as humans.”
Perhaps he is onto something here. Our souls have been left unnourished and starving. Because of the pandemic, political division, technology … the new normal. But all it takes is one one thing, one simple thing, to shift perspectives and feed that innermost part of ourselves.
Feeling good and connecting with others is the sweet stuff of life. And we should savor every bite of it.
Anyone who’s had a baby knows how the sound of crying can feel like torture. Literally.
If you’re lucky, you get a baby who rarely cries, but some babies spend weeks or months being screechy, colicky little fussbuckets whose unbearable cuteness is the only thing that keeps you from throwing them out the window. (If you haven’t had one of those babies, that may sound horrifying, but if you know, you know.)
Sometimes babies cry because they’re hungry, which is a problem easily fixed. Sometimes babies cry because their diaper is soiled—also an easy fix. Sometimes babies cry because they are clearly overtired—easy to fix on paper, but not always so simple in practice. Still, you at least know what’s bugging them.
But sometimes babies cry and you can’t figure out why. It might be gas, but they can’t say, “My tummy hurts.” Maybe they want to be held or cuddled, but not like that. Nope, not like that. Not like that, either. Perhaps they see all these big humans doing things they can’t do and they’re just mad about being a helpless baby. Who knows?
With fussy babies, the traditional “feed them, change them, rock them” advice often doesn’t make a dent. The crying can make you feel like you’re losing your mind, so if someone figures out a trick to get them to stop—even for a while—it feels like a godsend.
That’s one reason this video of a dad demonstrating how he gets his baby to stop crying in 18 seconds flat has gone viral.
In a TikTok video, Jonathan, aka “Tuque Daddy,” shows how he holds his 2-month-old son with one hand and wraps his little arms across his body in a “self hug” with the other. Then he holds one hand over the baby’s arms and torso and the other cradling him under the diaper. A little gentle bobbing in this position and voila! Baby stops crying in 18 seconds.
Watch the magic happen (and just ignore the rogue “8” that gets stuck on the screen):
Reply to @king.marcellius I wanna see people try!! Duet this and try if you can!! I wanna see y’all super heroes 🥰🥰🥰 #tuquedaddy #fypシ #parenting
See how even just a few seconds of that crying sends an electric jolt down your spine? It was enough for some commenters to say “Maybe I need to rethink wanting a baby.” (My 13-year-old son came into the room while I was watching the video and said, “That’s so annoying. How did you have babies?” Yep, that was you, dude. You’re welcome. After the second viewing, he actually said, “Wow. Sorry.”)
But then the unbearable cuteness comes in, doesn’t it? Gracious, that little one’s face at the end. It’s amazing how quickly babies can take us from “Arrrrgh” to “Awwww.”
And this daddy’s gentle patience and reassurance is a beautiful cherry on top. “You alright, my boy?” So dang sweet.
Speaking of sweetness (and unbearable cuteness), check out Tuque Daddy’s convo with his boy in another video:
And as for the way he calmed the baby down? That’s a legitimate technique that a “magician pediatrician” in Santa Monica, California shows the parents of his patients. Dr. Robert Hamilton has been treating babies and kids for more than three decades. His video describing “the hold” has been viewed more than 53 million times on YouTube and he has been featured in videos all around the world for his ability to almost instantly calm babies down.
If you have a baby in your life, give “the hold” a try the next time they’re crying and see if the magic happens for you.
In addition to helping jumpstart the careers of Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar, who all performed at the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, Dr. Dre also helped out The Game. The Compton rapper signed to Dre’s label Aftermath in 2003 and released his classic debut album The Documentary in 2005. Despite departing from the label before releasing his second album Doctor’s Advocate, The Game has maintained his love for Dre over the years. Indeed, he hoped their relationship would have earned him an invite to perform on stage at the Super Bowl.
Unfortunately, that was not the case, as the spectacular performance only featured Dre, Anderson .Paak, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar. As a result, The Game took to Instagram to share his feelings about being left out, resharing a few Instagram Story posts from fans who felt the same.
“FYI: @losangelesconfidential Should’ve been on stage at the Super Bowl I’ll be the first to say it,” one person wrote. The Game reshared the post, adding, “Sh*t brazy fr.” Another person wrote, “@Losangelesconfidential should have performed at Super Bowl with @DrDre I mean this is LA,” and a third wrote, “I believe Big Brother Jay @losangelesconfidential Should’ve been in the half time show too.” They added, “Oh and just wait till DRILLMATIC DROPS.” Drillmatic is the title of The Game’s upcoming tenth album.
You can view The Game’s posts about the Super Bowl Halftime Show above.
When Denis Villeneuve’s stab at Frank Herbert’s famously dense sci-fi classic Dune was greenlit, it was with a major caveat: They were only paying for the first half of the book. If it was a success, they’d finally let him shoot the second (and after that the five other books Herbert wrote in the series). Well, Dune was a success, though it left everyone on a helluva cliffhanger that wasn’t going to be resolved any time soon. But now we have some idea of when to expect from part two.
In a new interview with Empire (as caught by IndieWire), the acclaimed director — whose lack of a Best Director nomination enraged cast member Josh Brolin — revealed that the shoot is set to re-commence “by the end of summer.” Is it a little tricky to return to a project he started shooting about three years ago? You betcha. But he’s confident they can get back in the groove.
“I will say it is mostly designed,” Villeneuve said. “The thing that helps us right now is that it’s the first time I’ve revisited a universe. So I’m working with the same crew, everybody knows what to do, we know what it will look like. The movie will be more challenging, but we know where we are stepping. And the screenplay is written. So I feel confident.”
Villeneuve also suggested, as he’s done before, that he’s not going to be as religiously faithful to the source as he once was. “In the second one, I want to have more flexibility, and it will be possible to go a little bit deeper into some of these details,” he said. He compared it to a “chess game,” and teased at other things that will be in the second part.
“Some new characters will be introduced in the second part, and a decision I made very early on was that this first part would be more about Paul Atreides and the Bene Gesserit, and his experience of being in contact for the first time with a different culture,” he said. He added that “there will be much more Harkonnen stuff,” referring to the baddies who took down goodly House Atreides in part one.
So if you left wanting more about Stelan Skarsgard’s sometimes nude, sometimes floating Baron or Dave Bautista’s glowering Raban — much less the psychotic son Feyd, who wasn’t even present, much less cast — then you’re in luck. But if you want more of Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho, you’ll have to wait for Villeneuve to get around to Dune Messiah.
Guacamole is probably the best condiment ever. It’s rich, buttery, filling, healthy — a culinary marvel. It instantly elevates any dish it’s involved in. It makes tacos, burritos, toast, salads, and cheeseburgers somehow better than they already are. There isn’t a single thing guacamole doesn’t improve, it even makes salsa better and salsa is already pretty fantastic.
Best of all, it’s incredibly easy to make at home. The hardest part about making good guacamole is knowing how to pick the perfect avocado. Once you’ve managed that (look for firm and balanced but neither rigid nor soft — like a bicep that’s not being flexed), all you have to do is cut your perfectly ripe avo-orb, peel the skin off, throw it in a bowl, and mash it up with some salt, lime juice, black pepper, and a few other seasonings of your choice.
Onions, garlic, tomatoes, cilantro, a chopped jalapeño (or serrano if you’re fun), are all optional. Sure, we can debate all day long what does and doesn’t belong in guacamole (some people swear by garlic powder), but the margin for error here is huge. Screwing it up is unlikely.
Alas… sometimes, you don’t have the time or the will to whip up great guac. We make no judgment on that front (okay, a little judgment — check our easy recipe!). The good news is that there are plenty of supermarket guacamoles to choose from. The bad news? Most are middling. Some are pure trash.
So who makes the best grocery guac? We set out to find out by picking up eight different guacamoles from the supermarket, blind taste-testing them, and ranking them from worst to best.
The Lineup and Methodology
There are many ways to enjoy guacamole, so for this taste test, we went with the most basic of all — as a dip for chips. Out of sight, I had my girlfriend scoop up guacamole from eight different grocery store options and tried them one by one, picking out as many tasting notes as I could. Great guacamole, in my book, should still taste primarily like avocado, fresh, rich, almost buttery, with some added complexity from the additional seasonings and the right amount of lime. So I’ll be looking for that.
I can tell you this straight up, none of these market brands beat even the most basic of homemade guacamoles (avocado, lime, salt), but some come pretty damn close. Here’s our tasting lineup:
Trader Joe’s — Organic Chunky Homestyle Guacamole
Herdez — Traditional Spicy Guacamole
Simple Truth — Traditional Guacamole
Sabra — Guacamole Classic
Whole Foods 365 — Traditional Guacamole
Casa Sanchez — Real Guacamole
Wholly Guacamole — Classic
Signature Cafe — Traditional Guacamole
Let’s get to tasting!
Part 1: The Tasting:
Taste 1
Dane Rivera
Very fresh with a hint of onion on the nose. It’s a bit salty, with a noticeable onion after taste. It’s only two notes, and overall comes off a bit boring. I feel like even a novice would struggle at making guacamole this bland.
Taste 2
Dane Rivera
Artificial on the nose with a sort of chemical smell. It’s pretty disturbing and what I imagine jarred guacamole is like, if there is such a thing. I didn’t see any at the four stores I visited, which is a good sign.
Oh yeah, about this guacamole… it has bits of tomato in it. I say that because I can see them, not taste them. Overall it has a bitter but empty flavor to it with a sort of barf-y after taste.
Taste 3
Dane Rivera
Onion on the nose with a hint of fresh avocado. It has a very pungent smell to it. On the palate you’re hit by a strong kick of heat, I love the simmering spice but the end result is a dull and bitter guac. The hot pepper flavor tries to mask the mediocrity but it sadly still cuts through and the whole thing ends up tasting kind of dirty.
Taste 4
Dane Rivera
This one is really weird. There is a strange pasty smell here, and the flavor actually tastes a little bit like glue. Also, what is with that ketchup-like consistency? On the aftertaste, I got a weird, cool mint flavor, with an off-putting clinical quality to it. Like medicine.
This brand is putting something in this product that truly doesn’t belong in guacamole.
Taste 5
Dane Rivera
Wow, I’m surprised how good this is. I was about to leave this tasting thinking “maybe I don’t like storebought guacamole,” so I’m glad this one slapped some sense back into me. If I had one complaint, it’s that there is a lot going on here — I’m tasting cilantro, tomato, lime, avocado, none of the flavors stick around long enough to really get a sense of what’s dominant. But I’d be happy to eat dip after dip to figure it out.
What I like is that there is balance. It’s buttery, fresh, creamy, but not overworked, tastes like a perfectly ripened avocado, but has that slight hint of lime, cool cilantro zest, onion, and salt with a hint of tomato umami to really satisfy the palate.
Taste 6
Dane Rivera
On the nose, it’s really natural. Smells like fresh-made guacamole but it’s way too sour on the palate. It’s dominated by lime and onion and tastes like someone’s first attempt at guacamole. This can be fixed, it needs crushed black pepper to balance it out and maybe even some water to dilute the lime. (Clearly, all this citrus is being added as a preservative but it’s still too much.)
Taste 7
Dane Rivera
This is the most noticeably chunky and fresh-looking guacamole of any of them so far. It’s a bit heavy on the onions at the nose, but the chunky blend of avocado, tomato, and onion looks delicious. On the palate, it’s… pretty bad. Bummer.
It’s weirdly sweet with a cheap and dull onion flavor on the aftertaste. It’s almost as if this one was made with fresh onions and onion powder.
Taste 8
Dane Rivera
Interesting, this is the only guacamole in this blind taste test that has a noticeable garlic smell to it. This is either going to be really good or really bad.
And… it’s bad. The flavor is dominated by onion and garlic and it drowns out all the fresh and interesting nutty and buttery qualities of avocado. Too bad.
Don’t ever buy this stuff. Seriously, it doesn’t taste anything like guacamole. That might be because Wholly Guacamole puts vinegar in their guac to help keep it shelf-stable. So this is essentially jarred guacamole, but they sell it in this small tub to fool you into thinking it’s fresh.
The Bottom Line:
Don’t buy it, don’t eat it, don’t even look at it. Guacamole has never and should never taste this bad.
Guacamole this expensive has no right to taste this flavorless. Whole Foods sells this brand alongside their own in-store guacamole for a premium price. I’ll admit that this guacamole looks good, it’s chunky, colorful, deeply green, everything good guacamole should be, but the flavor is just wrong. That probably comes down to the ingredients which include cucumber and lemon juice which are both weird ingredients to put into guacamole.
I love spicy guacamole, but this just isn’t it. While it legitimately brings the heat — even people with a high spice tolerance would have trouble with this one — the dirty and bitter after taste just isn’t worth it for that pleasing burn.
The Bottom Line:
If you want to make your store-bought guacamole spicy, just buy a serrano, chop it up yourself, and mix it in. It’ll be better than this.
I can only guess by the label of this guacamole that it’s attempting to be some sort of healthy guacamole option as if guacamole wasn’t inherently healthy. I was curious about that barf-like after taste and I’m going to go ahead and credit that to the use of white pepper.
The Bottom Line:
White pepper in guacamole? Get out of here.
4. Whole Foods 365 — Traditional Guacamole (Taste 8)
Whole Foods sells two different fresh guacamole options and both are bad, which means if you shop at Whole Foods and you buy guacamole, you’ve only ever had bad guacamole. It’s not even really a matter of opinion, this guacamole isn’t good. There is no world where a single avocado, some salt, and a quarter of a lime don’t get you better guacamole than this. You don’t even need to taste it while you make it to do better than this wretched attempt.
What is with all the garlic and onion powder Whole Foods? What did guacamole ever do to you?
The Bottom Line:
The best guacamole you can get from Whole Foods starts with buying a ripe avocado.
From the label: “Wondering why this has an extra hint of lime? Might be because it tastes like delicious homemade. Or it might be because the lime helps stay green longer! We won’t say more”
It’s definitely the latter. The overuse of lime is almost criminal here. Lime and onion is about the only thing you taste here. It’s telling that we are this close to number one and I still have yet to find guacamole I really like.
The Bottom Line:
Sabra tastes like the fast-food version of guacamole. Depending on who you are, that’ll be a good or bad thing.
I’ve hated most of the guacamole brands in this ranking so far, but Signature Cafe’s Traditional Guacamole gets the job done. It’s simple, with a nice fresh flavor. The label says it has tomatillos and jalapeños in it but I honestly taste none of that. It at the very least, doesn’t taste like garbage.
The Bottom Line:
Surprisingly good for market-made guacamole. It lacks complexity and flavor, but it tastes like avocado. It’s a low bar, but it’s a bar.
This surprised me. I’m not a Trader Joe’s stan. I think it’s overpriced for what you get and has excessively wasteful packaging. It’s a weird sort of Disney version of a small neighborhood market. Having said that, they actually know how to produce delicious guacamole. It’s complex, fresh, the consistency is on point — it’s the closest you’re going to get to the magic of homemade guacamole from a grocer (unless you go to the Mexican grocer where they often just home. make. guac and sell it.).
Trader Joe’s uses all the right ingredients, Hass avocados, freshly chopped onions and tomatoes, lime, cilantro, and garlic. It lacks the charm and deep flavor of homemade guacamole but doesn’t taste too overworked or factory-produced.
The Bottom Line:
Really the only store-bought guacamole you should ever actively seek out.
The Big Takeaway
Just make it yourself. Honestly, the grocery options are convenient, but the flavor doesn’t compare. Even the best of the guacamoles on this list are lifeless in comparison to the real thing. Start simple. Avocado, a touch of salt, a crack of black pepper for earthiness, and a squeeze of lime. Taste it as you make it — not only will it be a more rewarding experience, it’ll be a more delicious one, and that’s the most important thing.
It’s safe to say few TV mavens know Baltimore as well as David Simon. He made his name there, first as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, then as the city’s small screen chronicler, starting with Homicide: Life on the Streets, continuing with the miniseries The Corner, and then in The Wire, a frontrunner for Greatest Show Of All Time. Since the latter ended in 2006, he’s been all over: Iraq (Generation Kill), New Orleans (Treme), Yonkers (Show Me a Hero), NYC (The Deuce), and Newark (The Plot Against America). Now Simon’s returning to Charm City for his latest show, which offered the public a first look.
“The Wire” team David Simon and George Pelecanos return to HBO with “We Own This City,” about the rise and fall of Baltimore PD’s Gun Trace Task Force and starring Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, and Jamie Hector. The limited series premieres April 25. pic.twitter.com/PkR2bzWT6Y
It’s called We Own This City, and it’s based on reporter Justin Fenton’s book about the riots that erupted across the metropolis after the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody in 2015. Like The Wire, it looks at America’s “war on drugs” and how it’s led to the militarization of police, a rise in mass incarceration, systemic corruption and racism, and other issues that plague the nation as a whole. Specifically it will look at the BPD’s Gun Trace Task Force, which was initially seen favorably until it revealed that they were corrupt: taking money and drugs from suspects, planting false evidence, and more.
The all-star cast includes Simon regulars, like Jamie Hector, Dominick Lambardozzi, and Rob Brown, as well as the likes of Jon Bernthal, Treat Williams, Dagmara Domińczyk, and Josh Charles. The limited series, which will run six episodes, debuts on HBO on April 25.
James Harden is officially a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. After things appeared to go firmly off the rails with the Brooklyn Nets, Harden was moved to the City of Brotherly Love in a gigantic trade that saw Brooklyn acquire a package headlined by Ben Simmons. Now, Harden gets to play his basketball in the place where he’s apparently wanted to play from the moment he decided he wanted to leave the Houston Rockets.
The trade came with some controversy, as Harden left the Nets amid accusations that he quit on the team. Harden did not play in his final four games as a member of Brooklyn’s roster, citing a hamstring injury. On Tuesday, Tracy McGrady sat in on TNT’s NBA coverage, and made clear that he thinks something funky was going on with Harden on his way out the door.
“You don’t rehab a hammy by doing stepbacks.”
Tracy McGrady reacts to James Harden’s first press conference and practice in Philly. pic.twitter.com/hk4J8x1iJy
“When you say you wanna play with guys that wanna win, what are you insinuating?” McGrady asked. “That the guys in Brooklyn didn’t wanna win? Is that what we talkin’ about?
“That’s what it sounds like to me,” McGrady continued. “And we all know that Philly was his first choice before he went to Brooklyn. So when things hit the fan, he wanted out of there. He shut it down. He wasn’t hurt, he wasn’t hurt. He shut it down.”
After Dwyane Wade mentioned by mentioning that Harden was shooting stepbacks in a shootaround with the Sixers, McGrady saw a piece of proof.
“My point exactly, you don’t rehab a hammy by doing stepbacks,” McGrady said.
Harden is not expected to play for the Sixers until after the All-Star break so he can rehab his hamstring.
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