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Despite facing intense criticism from friends of the Royal Family for its depiction of Prince Charles and Princess Diana‘s courtship and early marriage, Netflix’s original series The Crown is moving full steam ahead on its fifth season, moving towards the final years of Diana’s life. As part of the process, Netflix has announced The Kite Runner star Khalid Abdalla has been cast as playboy film producer Dodi Fayed, who famously dated Princess Di before the two were killed in a car accident in Paris that has been the source of (mostly debunked) conspiracy theories for over 20 years.

However, the creative team will be facing an uphill challenge when it comes to portraying Fayed, according to Variety:

While Debicki will have plenty of material to draw on given Diana was, at the time, the world’s most photographed woman, Abdalla, who has starred in Paul Greengrass’s “United 93” and “Green Zone,” is not so lucky: Dodi reportedly never gave a single interview during his lifetime.

As mentioned in earlier reports, producers are staying mum on whether the Netflix series will portray the infamous crash that took Fayed and Diana’s life. The show may choose to focus on the tumultuous events leading up to the crash, and the ensuing fallout when the Queen’s popularity plummeted after she was heavily criticized in the aftermath of Diana’s death.

Due to pandemic delays, The Crown Season 5 does not have a release date, but is expected to premiere sometime in 2022.

(Via Variety)

New York City is among the places where NBA players are expected to follow the local COVID-19 vaccine mandates. While the league itself is not able to mandate the vaccine, it has laid out that local vaccine requirements will need to be followed, meaning players would miss practices or games so long as these are in place.

The Golden State Warriors are reportedly running into trouble here with Andrew Wiggins, who has explicitly said he has no intention of getting vaccinated unless he has to. A new piece by Yaron Weitzman of Fox Sports indicates that the Brooklyn Nets are running into an issue here, too, because Kyrie Irving has yet to get vaccinated.

The report comes after Nets general manager Sean Marks was asked about the local ordinances, and while he did not specify, he said that there would be issues if the season started today that he anticipates would be remedied by the time the season starts.

Via ESPN:

“Regarding if they could play today, I can’t comment on who could play and so forth,” Marks said Tuesday in the team’s preseason news conference. “There would obviously be a couple people missing from that picture.

“I won’t get into who it is, but we feel confident in the following several days before camp everybody would be allowed to participate and so forth.”

When asked if he believed the issue would be resolved before regular-season games begin next month, Marks simply said, “Correct.”

It’s unclear whether or not Marks meant the issue would be resolved because players would be vaccinated or New York’s ordinances would be lifted. Brooklyn’s training camp is slated to start next week, while their season starts on Oct. 19 against the Milwaukee Bucks.

In a notable break from his prior stance on executive privilege, President Joe Biden and White House officials are reportedly leaning towards providing Congress with information on Donald Trump and his aides’ actions during the January 6 on the U.S. Capitol building. The attack occurred after Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally where he encouraged his MAGA supporters to “fight like hell” moments before they breached the Capitol in an attempt to stop the 2020 election results from being certified. There were also reports of intruders wielding zipties and rope while searching for the location of Vice President Mike Pence along with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

As for why the White House is moving towards releasing the info, the select committee has been effectively arguing that Trump shouldn’t be protected now that he’s out of office. Via Washington Post:

Members of the investigative committee argue that Trump no longer enjoys the protection of executive privilege, encouraging the White House to push aside institutional concerns about sharing information with Congress and aid the panel in an investigation focused on what Democrats and a handful of Republicans have called an assault on democracy.

“It’s not really relevant because there’s no president involved — there’s no such thing as a former president’s executive privilege,” said Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), a committee member who teaches constitutional law. “That’s extremely dilute and not really relevant.”

According to Biden spokesman Michael Gwin, the president considers the attack on the Capitol to be a “dark stain on our country’s history,” and he’s willing to ignore Trump’s specious claim of executive privilege to prevent a similar event from happening again.

(Via Washington Post)

Doom Patrol: Season 3 (HBO Max series) — DC’s struggling misfit superheroes are back for another round of being portrayed by an incredible cast. Brendan Fraser has received plenty of raves for his fury-filled Cliff Steele/Robotman, but don’t count out the rest of the crew. There’s Matt Bomer as the bandage-wrapped Negative Man and repeat appearances from Danny the Street, but the real kudos should go to Diana Guerrero (Orange is the New Black) as Crazy Jane, which is actually a role that requires Diane to play dozens of incarnations, including a very timely take on a Karen. This season, these lost souls are all starting to come to grips with their place in the group (a support group of sorts) and their own identities, but then the sh*t hits the fan with a time machine. Cue a catastrophic crossroads. Man, I’m excited to hear and see Fraser freak out again.

Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC, 10:00pm) — A decade after Chris Meloni’s SVU departure, his return to the Dick Wolf-created universe is everything that fans hoped it would be. Elliot Stabler got mercilessly dragged as the spinoff dismantled those good-ol’-boy tendencies that won’t (and can’t) fly with cops on TV anymore. Season 2 will definitely bring back Dylan McDermott, who’s been portraying the greatest Law & Order villain of the franchise. Let’s hope the evil octopus make a return as well while mafia-brat, Bond-baddie-esque Wheatley continues to antagonize Stabler, who’s googly-eyes for Olivia Benson keep reaching new heights. It’s gonna be awful if they actually do it, right? I can’t wait, but in the season premiere, Stabler’s infiltrating a non-Wheatley crime family that’s deep into the cocaine trade.

Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 8:00pm) — Season 23 (!) begins with a double dose of episodes. First up, Olivia’s questioning her loyalty to Garland in light of digging into a sex-for-housing scheme. A congressman is soon identified as a suspect, and in the second episode, Fin and Tamin head down a dangerous offshoot while tracking down a missing witness, and Benson and Garland are feeling the pressure for a conviction.

What We Do in the Shadows (FX, 10:00 & 10:30pm) — Well, well, well. Guillermo turned out to be a vampire killer, which sure as heck came as a surprise to Nandor, Nadja, and Laszlo, and Colin. The four Staten Island roommates must figure out how to handle this conundrum, along with tackling the other challenges of this season. Those include dealing with wellness cults and gym culture, along with gargoyles, werewolves who play kickball, casinos, and more. In addition, the vamps also receive a higher level of powers while Nandor experiences an eternal-life crisis, which forces him to examine whether he should be a bachelor for eternity or embrace love. This week, vampire and human-type justice are both served.

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon — Michael Strahan, Justin Wilman, The Killers

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — Anderson Cooper, John Mayer

Late Night With Seth Meyers — Ike Barinholtz, Jenny Slate, Ande

Ahir Shah: Dots (HBO Max film) — The double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee stars in his first stand-up special that covers a wide range of subjects, including Hinduism, smoking, and the terrifying prospect of bringing children into this world.

The Premise (FX on Hulu series) — B.J. Novak (The Office, Inglourious Basterds) writes all of the episodes on this show, which aims to use dark comedy to tackle tough topics, including sex, social media, Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and immigration. Along the way, there’s apparently the “the worst sex tape ever,” and a lot of this show translates as satiric. It’s not the easiest show to comprehend at times, but the all-star cast includes Ben Platt, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Dae Kim, Soko, Kaitlyn Dever, Jon Bernthal, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and the late Ed Asner.

Kin: (AMC+ series) — Charlie Cox stars in this new Irish series about a tight-knit crime family that’s drawn into wartime mode with a mighty drug kingpin. The family soon discovers that this is an unwinnable war, yet as the losses begin to mount, it becomes clear that the cartel is at one distinct disadvantage: they’re not bound by unbreakable blood bonds. The cartel does, however, have a host of exotic pets and some snazzy costumes and celebrity status, so this is a heck of a story.

The algorithm isn’t always successful (Tiger King season 2, anyone?), but when it works, it really works. How else to explain Netflix making a movie about Megan Fox and Sydney Sweeney as hot vampires? That’s something people might be interested in.

Night Teeth stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Benny, a driver who picks up two mysterious women, played by Insatiable‘s Debby Ryan and Lucy Fry, and drives them around Los Angeles for a night. Plot twist: they’re vampires. “What is wrong with you?” Benny asks his passenger. “You can’t be alive for 200 years and not go a little crazy,” she responds.

Fox and Sweeney aren’t in the trailer much, but it continues a year where they’re frequently in the headlines: Fox for her candid interviews and high-profile relationship with boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly (Night Teeth owes a debt to Jennifer’s Body), and Sweeney for her performances in The White Lotus and The Voyeurs. If you haven’t seen The Voyeurs, watch it tonight. Or the next time the kids are out of the house. It’s the kind of entertainingly trashy erotic thriller they don’t make anymore, but absolutely should.

Here’s the official plot synopsis:

Benny’s entire world is turned upside down after picking up two mysterious girls who expose him to a secret world he never knew existed. He is suddenly hurled into their cryptic underworld on a mission to save his city from dripping in blood.

Night Teeth premieres on Netflix on October 20.

The Internet should have been sitting down for this one. Carson Daly has somehow ignited the fury of some Law and Order universe fans who ship Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni). The show’s returning to Thursday nights, and anticipation is (arguably too) high for a pairing. Daly made his stance known this morning (he is opposed to a hookup between the two), while saying “it should never happen.” He dropped this take on the Today show (after the 5:00 mark below) while citing the botched Moonlighting romance. His opinion wasn’t shared by anyone else on-air.

Welllll, I do agree with him, having recently taken on the subject while showering Lucifer with praise, since it’s a rare show that manages to resolve Unresolved Sexual Tension in a convincing and effective way. With SVU, though? Maybe not.

My thoughts on the Benson-Stabler thing are this: Stabler disappeared from the Law and Order universe for a decade without even saying goodbye to Liv. He surfaced, and the Organized Crime writers conveniently killed off his wife (that was possibly fan service, right?), and now, fan-hope for a pairing has reached new heights. Stabler started to go off the rails during his quest for vengeance, and during an intervention attended by his kids and Olivia, and then he dropped that “I love you” bomb. He said those words to his daughter, supposedly, while looking at Liv, and then the SVU season finale saw Benson and Stabler attending Fin Tutuola’s wedding and gazing into the distance together. To me, it feels pretty forced.

Subsequently, the pair teased a kissy face on social media, and I can’t blame them, they’re having fun with this. However, I feel like this pairing would never work out, not only because it is too soon, but also in a long-term sense. Stabler appears to enjoy an old-fashioned relationship vibe with his wife not attracting focus, and Olivia’s a scene-stealer and a go-getter. They would butt heads in a romantic sense.

Yet some people decided to read into Mariska Hargitay’s body language and assumed the worst, of course.

Then the ‘shippers started coming for Carson, and it got messy.

However, some folks on social media agreed with Carson’s “controversial” take.

And still others started to make TRL jokes.

Find out what happens when Law and Order: SVU and Law and Order: Organized Crime return to Thursday nights on Sept. 23 (tonight!).

Week 3 is upon us in the NFL and through two weeks, the wide receiver position continues to shine as one of the deepest and most talented in the league.

While the expected stars, like Tyreek Hill, DeAndre Hopkins, Davante Adams and the like are doing what they do best, some others have thrown their hat in the ring early to be vaulted into that elite tier — at minimum into the fantasy football elite tier. Cooper Kupp has quickly become Matthew Stafford’s favorite target in L.A., while Tyler Lockett — not DK Metcalf — has become the No. 1 recipient of Russell Wilson bombs so far this season. Those changes are reflected in this week’s consensus wide receiver rankings, which average the Week 3 projections from ESPN, NFL, CBS, and FantasyPros.

1. Davante Adams
2. Tyreek Hill
3. Cooper Kupp
4. DeAndre Hopkins
5. Stefon Diggs
6. Calvin Ridley
7. Tyler Lockett
8. CeeDee Lamb
9. Amari Cooper
10. Justin Jefferson
11. DK Metcalf
12. AJ Brown
13. DJ Moore
14. Keenan Allen
15. Brandin Cooks
16. Deebo Samuel
17. Adam Thielen
18. Chris Godwin
19. Marquise Brown
20. Courtland Sutton
21. Terry McLaurin
22. Tee Higgins
23. Sterling Shepard
24. Mike Evans
25. Julio Jones
26. Marvin Jones Jr
27. Mike Williams
28. Allen Robinson
29. Robert Woods
30. Diontae Johnson
31. Ja’Marr Chase
32. JuJu Smith-Schuster
33. Chase Claypool
34. Kenny Golladay
35. Robby Anderson
36. DeVonta Smith
37. Michael Pittman Jr
38. Tyler Boyd
39. Odell Beckham Jr
40. DJ Chark Jr

Drake’s fondness for basketball is no secret, but it might surprise fans to find that The Boy’s latest Nocta Nike collaboration focuses on golf instead of hoops. The new drop, which became available today, features 10 signature pieces inspired by Nike’s broader links collection. Items in it put unique spins on the usual golf attire, such as providing mock neck short-sleeved shirts in place of the usual collared shirts, as well as useful accessories like sunglasses and visor hats.

In a separate post on his own Instagram page, Drake explained the reasoning behind releasing a golf line, dedicating the collection to one of his “idols”: His uncle Steve, who introduced him to the game. “A collection dedicated to one of my idols,” he wrote. “A man who took me under his wing and showed me much of what life had to offer and even more so what your own life can become when you are dedicated and loyal. My grandmother Evelyn Sher has a resting place close to the King Valley Golf Club and our drives and visits to that course hold some of my most valuable life lessons and will forever be cherished.”

The Stephen Sher Nocta Golf collection is available now. A few of the pieces are already sold out, but you can check it out here.

There have been plenty of movies where straight actors and actresses play gay characters. Too many! But there has never been a mainstream movie where every straight character is played by a gay actor or actress — at least until Bros. The comedy, co-written by and starring Billy Eichner, “has made history by setting a historic all LGBTQ+ principal cast,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. “What’s more, all of the principal heterosexual roles will be played by openly LGBTQ+ actors and actresses.”

Bros, which is also the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio (Universal Pictures), stars Eichner and Luke Macfarlane as two gay men who are “maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling toward love.” The Billy on the Street and Difficult People actor wrote the script with Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), who will also direct.

Following the comedy’s announcement, Eichner tweeted, “This is the best thing EVER! I could not possibly be more excited to tell you the ENTIRE main cast for my rom com BROS will be ALL openly LGBTQ+ actors!!! Yes, even in all the straight roles! This is a first for a major studio film. LET’S MAKE HISTORY!!!” The rest of the cast includes TS Madison, Miss Lawrence, Symone, Guillermo Diaz, and Guy Branum.

Let’s go lesbians, indeed. Bros opens on August 12, 2022.

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)

The last few songs we’ve heard from Cardi B have been showstopping collaborations, like when she teamed up with Lizzo to dispel haters on “Rumors,” or when she fired off some sultry lyrics on Normani’s “Wild Side.” Cardi’s last solo song, “Up,” was released back in February as the second single off her upcoming album, and while it’s been a few months since its release, the track is still being played everywhere — including college football games.

During halftime at one of their recent football games, Florida State University’s marching band — the Marching Chiefs — went all-out with a rendition of “Up.” They spread out across the entire field and got into an intricate formation to perform the track. Halfway through the song, the band dropped their instruments and delivered the viral “Up” dance, which blew up on TikTok after the song’s release.

Cardi saw a video of the marching band’s performance and instantly gave it her approval. “Go Florida states!!!!!! ITS UP!” she wrote alongside a gif of dancing Minions.

Watch a clip of the Florida State University band giving “Up” their all above.

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