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The Worst Person in the World? More like the best movie in the world. The third film in director Joachim Trier’s acclaimed “Oslo Trilogy,” following 2006’s Reprise and 2011’s Oslo, August 31st, is finally out in New York and Los Angeles today with more cities to come. Now, I’m not saying you should take a plane / boat / hot air balloon to NYC to watch it this weekend — but I am saying you should run, don’t walk, to watch it.

As our own Vince Mancini wrote in his glowing review, “In a year of two and a half-hour movies about superheroes and car chases that felt roughly seven hours long (looking at you, James Bond) The Worst Person in the World is 127-minutes of flirting, fighting, and intense conversations that had me hooked, basically from opening credits to closing. I still don’t know how that gets pitched or greenlit, but God bless the Norwegians for figuring it out.”

Speaking of the Norwegians, you can thank a Norwegian phrase for that catchy title.

When asked by Vulture whether the movie was always going to be called The Worst Person in the World, Oscar-worthy star Renate Reinsve replied, “Not from the beginning, but in Norway we have this saying — if you f*ck up, you say, ‘Ugh, I’m the worst person in the world.’ So it comes from this catchy phrase.” She added that it works as a title because it’s how her character Julie “thinks about herself, and I can relate to that.”

You know who’s actually the worst person in the world? Everyone who doesn’t see The Worst Person in the World.

(Via Vulture)

With the new Amazon series Reacher bringing the Jack Reacher novels back to life with hulking actor Alan Ritchson in the lead role, author Lee Child wants everyone to know he still has lots of love for Tom Cruise portraying the hero in two films despite lacking the character’s height from the books. While promoting the new series, Child said Cruise’s casting was still the right call even as fans of the books raised concerns about the 5’7″ actor playing Reacher, who’s described as “6’5”, being extremely tall, extremely broad, long-armed and long-legged’, in addition to having a thick neck and hands the size of dinner plates.”

As Child explains, Cruise won over movie audiences, and that’s what mattered most at the time. Via Metro:

‘There was criticism from the book fans, because they had built up a very clear image of what Reacher should look like,’ said the writer, who is an executive producer on the show.

Child explained how he found it ‘interesting’ that ‘non-book fans really liked those movies’, because ‘they were kind of convinced by Cruise in that sense’.

While Child is happy with how Cruise’s portrayal worked out, he’s also excited about Ritchson bringing a more book-accurate physicality to the role for the Amazon series.

“I think that the size thing is important to certain parts of the narrative,” Child said. “Reacher has got to scare people and you can do that so much easier with one glance of this huge animal rather than a normal-sized actor.”

Not to get weird about people’s heights or anything, but has anyone ever called Tom Cruise “normal-sized” before? We’re just curious, and not trying to insinuate he’s short or anything. Nope, definitely not.

Reacher is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

(Via Metro)

If you tweet something at Halsey, there’s a non-zero chance that they will answer you, as Halsey is fairly active on Twitter and often takes time to respond to fans. A recent tweet from one fan had Halsey considering their mortality, though, as that fan’s dream setlist is a major ask.

The fan tweeted out the setlist for what would be their ideal Halsey show and it’s a career-spanning set, in that it features almost every song from Halsey’s career. All in all, the list contains 63 songs, including a stretch where “The Lighthouse” is performed three times in a row. The tweet got Halsey’s attention and prompted a funny response, as they shared the tweet and wrote, “angel bb this is a 4 hour set I would simply die after a week.”

After that, Halsey decided to respond to some other fan tweets. A different fan asked what the set for Halsey’s upcoming tour looks like, and she responded, “It looks verrrrrry good and cool with a few surprises. Also the production on this tour…I have outdone myself.” Another follower asked if Halsey is worried about returning to the road given that she’s been away for so long and given that she recently had a baby, and she responded, “A little! Next week is my first show in 2 years but after that I have almost 3 months to get myself nice and ready. I love performing more than anything so I look forward to it more than I’m worried.”

The last two-plus years of Zach Collins’ life have been filled with surgeries, rehab, and basketball games that are consumed from the bench while wearing street clothes. Collins, then a member of the Portland Trail Blazers, hasn’t played in a game since Aug. 15, 2020 due to injuries to his ankle and foot, and before that, Collins spent months on the sideline with a labrum injury that required surgery, too. Now with the San Antonio Spurs, Dime sat down with Collins to learn about his road back to basketball. You can read Part 1 right here and Part 2 right here.

So let’s start looking forward. I know Pop said the expectation is for you to get back sometime after Christmas. We’re starting to get to some time after Christmas, what does it feel like going, “Yo, I’m going to be playing in a basketball game soon for the first time in a minute”?

It’s exciting, man. I’m pumped, it’s gonna be amazing to just finally get back to what I do and who I am, to be able to come home after playing a game and not just watching it, it’s going to be a good feeling. I’m a bit anxious, I’m a bit nervous, because I want to go out there and just be great from the start, and I’ll put a lot of pressure on myself, in that sense. But I want to get out there, I want to feel it, I want to know what I need to work on or continue to work on. I want to know, like, as much as I’ve worked on my body, not just my ankle, but just getting in shape, getting stronger mentally, growing in certain areas. I want to go out there and see what it feels like, to see if it’s different. I just want to feel it.

You’re always nervous before it’s something that you haven’t done, or you haven’t done in a long time, and I think that’s where I’m at. I think I’m nervous but the excitement definitely outweighs it. It’s been so long that I want to get out there and play. We’re right around the corner.

And you did one of the biggest things a human can do in the midst of all this, which is you packed up your stuff and you moved to a new place. How have things been for you, on and off the court in San Antonio, as you’re getting a chance to live there and experience the place and experience the Spurs without that added pressure of playing basketball games three times a week?

Yeah, it’s been great. Like we talked about, the weather here is great — I get sunlight, it’s more like home in Las Vegas, where we get sun all the time. So, that’s great for me, I think it’s great for my body, as well. I was able to get a good spot up here. The team is great, we’re all kind of similar in age, not all the same age, but we’re all kind of in that younger generation in the NBA. So, getting along with guys has been pretty easy. The way we play here is very exciting, because we share the ball so much, and we all play off of each other. There’s just so much movement and the pace we play at is enticing. So, I think all those things put together have been great. And I’m pretty simple — if basketball is going well, or in my case, rehab was going well, then life is good.

Yeah, and just from a pure basketball perspective, it’s almost a blessing in disguise that you get a little bit more of an opportunity to just learn and eventually know everything you need to do from the second you get on the court, no?

For sure. I think the play style I’ve been able to watch is something I’ll be more prepared for coming back. You always want a training camp just to get out there and have those reps and actually be out there. But I think that me being able to watch and me picturing myself out there in certain situations will help that transition a little bit more. And yeah, I think as long as I know the plays, I think I’ll be alright.

Yeah, and if not, Pop is going to let you know that things are not right, I’m sure.

Yes he will. [laughs]

What’s it been like getting to pick Pop’s brain, learning from Pop, that sort of thing. Again, it’s all part of this ramp up, you’re getting to learn from the best coach in NBA history.

It’s incredible, man. I had to pinch myself a couple times, just because, being in the NBA is what it is — my rookie year, playing against the guys that I’ve watched growing up was insane, but then I got over that. And then you get to play for a guy that, again, is an all-time great coach, it’s pretty surreal. When it’s all said and done, to be able to say that I played for this organization and played for Pop is going to be a great thing to say. So, he’s been great, the way he coaches, the way he sees things, the way he speaks, the way he … one thing I do appreciate about him is, he definitely makes it about us, he makes it so when we play another team, we need to know the scout, we need to know what their players do, their tendencies. But even more importantly, we got to play our game, and we have to play to our strengths, and we can’t get caught up in what they’re doing so much that we forget to play our game, and we adjust them. He’s definitely more like, “if we do our job, and we play the game we’re supposed to play, we’ll be in a good spot.” I appreciate how we focus so much on what we’re doing as a team, and I think that gives us a lot of confidence going into each game.

So, last couple of questions. Your first game in 16-plus months, you’ve been near basketball, but you haven’t been in basketball. Do you feel like your appreciation for the game, for being an NBA player, for yourself, personally, just like things in your life, do you feel like all of that has grown knowing that the thing that you’ve always wanted to do has been taken away from you?

Yeah, it’s definitely been like, every day I wake up and I’m just excited. Even when I have bad days of on-court, or like, we’re playing 3-on-3, or I’m going to practice and I mess up, I’m just happy that I messed up. You know what I mean? Like, I’m just happy that I have the chance to actually be out there and doing something besides lifting weights and balancing and stuff with my ankle. That part of this whole process is definitely going to be something that will help with everything going forward, I think, just having that appreciation, and when I have those bad nights, or I have those days where I don’t want to get up to go to practice, I can go back to 15 months of days where I wasn’t allowed to do any of this, and that could push me a little bit. It’s a good point, I definitely want to continue to appreciate the game the way I am now.

And then my final two questions, one, do you have a message for Blazers fans, the ones who have been in your corner supporting you through all of this, and now they’re doing that while you’re suiting up for another organization?

Blazer fans, I loved my time, every second of my time in Portland. And the one thing that has been even the bigger gut punch is that I wasn’t able to give them more. I just wish I could have, because I know I could have given them so much more and these injuries held me back. They were great, I loved playing in front of them, I loved the support they gave us every night. I just wish I could have given them more. But again, the support they continue to give me — I continue to hear from people in that organization all the time, I made a lot of great friends, I met a lot of great people while I was in Portland. And those people continue to support me and I’m super thankful for it.

And finally, do you have a message for Spurs fans who are going to see Zach Collins play basketball in their jersey for the first time soon?

I’m just finally excited to get out there and hear them cheer for me, and I’m giving them something to cheer for. I’m going to come in with a lot of energy, I’m swinging for the fences when I come back. So, here we go.

“Live service gaming” can mean a lot of things. For some, it’s an example of where video games are heading, with constantly updating games that keeps players invested throughout its lifespan. Players spend money on items like skins or emotes, or maybe a monthly subscription fee, and becomes a constant source of revenue for developers. We’ve seen this model explode with games like Fortnite, Apex Legends, Roblox, and Final Fantasy XIV.

With live service being the new popular trend that every video game developer wants to capitalize on, we’re seeing more companies try to find ways to get into it. In the case of PlayStation, it just made a $3.6 billion investment into it with Bungie. While obviously getting the Destiny IP under the PlayStation umbrella was a huge part of the purchase, it may also be using their new asset as a way to pump out more live service games.

Via EuroGamer:

“The strategic significance of this acquisition lies not only in obtaining the highly successful Destiny franchise, as well as major new IP Bungie is currently developing, but also incorporating into the Sony group the expertise and technologies Bungie has developed in the live game services space,” Totoki said.

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“Through close collaboration between Bungie and PlayStation Studios we aim to launch more than 10 live service games by the fiscal year ending March 2026.”

Ten live service games by the end of March 2026 about 10 games in four years. That’s an absurd amount of video games for a pair of studios to put out in that short of a timespan. It’s possible that PlayStation Studios and Bungie have had a handful of games in the works and are now working together to release them soon, but the supposed turnaround time still feels unrealistic.

That said, this does provide some context on what Sony sees in Bungie. Destiny 2 is currently one of the most successful live service games out there. If there was any company to target with the intention of making more successful live service games, then Bungie was definitely going to be on the short list for that reason alone.

Michelle Malkin is a conservative blogger and TV personality described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “white nationalist apologist.” She’s spent years praising her white supremacist friends in speeches, wrote books on why internment camps were (and still are) a good thing, and dubbed herself the “mommy” of the white nationalist internet troll group known as the Groypers.

And yet, for some odd reason, Malkin seems shocked to have just discovered that there are consequences for your actions.

Recently, an Airbnb spokesperson confirmed that the home-sharing platform banned Malkin after she attended a gathering held by a white nationalist group called American Renaissance in Nashville last November. The site also gave Malkin’s husband the boot since she regularly books stays for speaking engagements through his account.

“Consistent with our policies, if we become aware of users who are members of or are actively affiliated with hate groups, we remove them from Airbnb,” the company’s spokesperson told The Daily Beast. Airbnb says it’s banned more than 1 million users for violating its community commitment to “treat everyone in the Airbnb community—regardless of their race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age—with respect, and without judgment or bias” so Malkin isn’t the first white nationalist to be barred from the site. Still, she was more than happy to rant on Twitter about being discriminated against.

Though Airbnb is a company whose main job is to screen applicants wanting to stay in strangers’ homes, Malkin is so upset that her hate speech and white nationalist platform caused them to bar her that she even got Tucker Carlson to yell about it on his show.

The idea that everyone should be allowed everywhere whether they pose a danger to others or not seems like a weird stance for someone who once advocated for Muslims to be put in internment camps and wanted U.S. troops sent to the Canadian border to stop the “immigration crisis,” but go off, we guess?

Saba’s new album, Few Good Things, is out now after a rollout that included smooth singles like “Come My Way” featuring Krayzie Bone and “Survivor’s Guilt” with G Herbo, as well as a short film touching on the album’s theme of family, home, and finding peace. Although it hasn’t been out long, it’s clear that the fan-favorite standout from the album is “Still,” which features Atlanta crooner 6lack and St. Louis rapper Smino as all three contemplate long-term love in all its forms.

In Saba’s verse, the Chicago rapper touches on his love for his work and how it conflicts with his love for his significant other, while on Smino’s verse, the soulful St. Louisan offers a scintillating take on a long-lost relationship, wondering if she kept his things around. 6lack’s chorus brings things full-circle, as he contrasts his superstar lifestyle with the toll it takes on his home life.

In addition to the videos and short film, Saba is preparing a promotional tour for the album set to run through March, April, and May supported by Dreamville rapper Lute and the Los Angeles singer Amindi.

Listen to Saba’s “Still” featuring 6lack and Smino above.

Few Good Things is out now via Pivot Gang, LLC. You can stream it here.

When the Sex and the City revival began to gain some traction, many fans were curious if Kim Cattrall, who played the iconic Samantha Jones, would return for the revival series, And Just Like That…, despite her iffy past with co-star Sarah Jessica Parker. The simple answer was: no. The long answer was: absolutely not.

The show managed as best as they could, referencing texts and calls from Samantha, despite Cattrall never being on screen, or involved at all. In a new interview with Variety, Parker address if she would want Cattrall to come back at all if And Just Like That returns for another season. “I don’t think I would, because I think there’s just too much public history of feelings on her part that she’s shared,” Parker said. “I haven’t participated in or read articles, although people are inclined to let me know.”

Parker goes on to say that they never truly expected Cattrall would be involved from the beginning. “We didn’t go to Kim for this, you know,” she said. “After we didn’t do the movie and the studio couldn’t meet what she wanted to do, we have to hear her and listen to her and what was important to her. It didn’t fit into what was important or needed for us.”

This confirms what producer Michael Patrick King also said recently, that he has “no realistic expectation of Kim Cattrall ever appearing again”

Parker instead believes that small references to Samantha are a more realistic approach to addressing the character’s absence, as opposed to, say, killing her off. “Samantha’s not gone. Samantha’s present, and I think was handled with such respect and elegance,” Parker continues. “She wasn’t villainized. She was a human being who had feelings about a relationship, so I think we found a way to address it which was necessary and important for people that loved her.”

So, it seems like for now, we will have to settle for one-sided phone conversations and text exchanges, instead of seeing Samantha and her spiffy one-liners grace our screens again.

Rep. Lauren Boebert can’t stop herself from rootin’ and tootin’ all over the place. She’s got plenty of enthusiasm on her side, but unfortunately, the U.S. lawmaker hasn’t studied too hard on the area where she’s supposed to be an expert: the U.S. Constitution.

Granted, Boebert has received an earful on related subjects several times, including when she received a lesson about the American Revolution after complaining about voting rights. She’s also been roasted after confusing John and Samuel Adams, but her latest slip-up is very perplexing. Boebert is a noted (and proud) gun enthusiast (her family Christmas photo was full of them), but she doesn’t seem to recognize that the 2nd Amendment (her all-important right “to keep and bear arms”!) only exists because the U.S. Constitution isn’t set in stone.

Boebert doesn’t get it it. “The Constitution is not evolving,” she declared on Twitter. “To say that spits in the face of every single one of our founders.”

Let’s just say that people piled in with ready responses, given that Boebert doesn’t appear to believe that understanding U.S. civics is part of her gig. As many pointed out, 27 amendments (and counting) currently exist for the U.S. Constitution. That includes many rights important to Boebert, including free speech and religion and all the gun stuff and voting rights for women and you name it. Also, the Fifth Amendment, which is coming in handy for the alleged insurrection organizers.

Yep, Boebert doesn’t realize it, but she pretty much called to abolish the 2nd Amendment. What a Wild Wild West we’re living in these days.

Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have stayed under the radar since the much-maligned series finale, although they did admit that “there definitely are things [over the course of the show] we would do differently.” (George R.R. Martin wishes they had, too.) They’re no longer working on a Star Wars trilogy, but don’t worry, they’re fine: they signed a $250 million deal with Netflix, including an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s popular novel, The Three-Body Problem.

The science-fiction series reunites Benioff and Weiss with Thrones actors Liam Cunningham (Davos) and John Bradley (Sam), who was asked by the Hollywood Reporter how it compares to the Emmy-record-breaking mega-hit. “It’s no secret some of the feedback they’ve gotten [about the final season of Game of Thrones]. And what they haven’t done is take the easy way out. They’ve given themselves another show that’s so ambitious. Elements of it make Game of Thrones look like it was playing it safe,” he said.

Bradley continued:

“I’ve never read a script with more scope to it, with a wider degree of themes and characters, and there’s all sorts of scientific principles. They picked a very ambitious project. I just really hope I can play a part in making a great success and maybe right a couple of wrongs and get them back to where I think they deserve to be in the public eye. So, fingers crossed.”

But before all that, Bradley has to save Earth from the moon. That’s way more difficult than writing a satisfying ending to one of the most popular TV shows of all-time.

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)