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The back and forth between Marvel and one of its biggest stars is already getting ugly, as Scarlett Johansson accused the company of a “misogynistic attack” amid their conflict over the release of Black Widow.

On Saturday, Disney’s legal team called Johansson’s lawsuit “gamesmanship” as the first move in what could be a protracted legal battle. And that statement was enough to have the MCU star fire back later in the day.

As Deadline detailed, Johansson issued a new statement on Saturday that slammed the company’s opening statement and dismissed it as an attempt to “hide its misconduct in a confidential arbitration.”

“After initially responding to this litigation with a misogynistic attack against Scarlett Johansson, Disney is now, predictably, trying to hide its misconduct in a confidential arbitration,” said the Oscar nominee’s main lawyer John Berlinski today after the House of Mouse’s response to Johansson’s scathing profits lawsuit went public.

“Why is Disney so afraid of litigating this case in public?,” added the Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP attorney in what has become a Cuban Missile Crisis level war of words.

The attorney laid out Johansson’s case: that Disney’s release of the movie on Disney+ simultaneously with its theatrical window led to its disappointing box office showing in an effort to “boost Disney+ subscriptions.” The initial report on Saturday indicated that Disney wants to settle things outside of court, but this public back-and-forth is certainly indicating that things behind the scenes are not going as well as either side would like.

This article first appeared on 5.14.20.

Today, half of the Internet learned that Jeep vehicles have hidden ‘Easter eggs’ on them. Apparently, the other half already knew but didn’t bother to tell us.

As Joel Feder of Motor Authority explains, Jeep vehicles have had these little surprises since the 90s. Michael Santoro, hired as a designer in 1989, decided to slip an Easter egg into the Wrangler TJ. Since then, pretty much every vehicle has included at least one Easter Egg. According to Mopar Insiders, the Easter eggs can be found on each of the brand’s cars.

Not everyone was aware of this fact, though, as a TikTok by jackiefoster40 recently revealed. The user discovered a spider hidden in his fuel tank and decided to share the Easter egg in a video.

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“So I bought my first car, and a fun fact about Jeeps is that they have a hidden animal which is called an Easter egg,” the user said. “I couldn’t find my Easter egg for the longest time, and one day I was pumping my gas, and I saw this spider coming at me, and I thought ‘oh my god’, and then I realized it was my Easter egg.”

Now, TikTok users have been looking a little closer at their jeeps to discover the Easter eggs hidden in their cars. Most of them posted jackiefoster40’s original narration over their videos to explain what was going on.

This user found a cute little lizard.

This user found multiple Easter eggs, including Bigfoot and a miniature grill in the headlights.

Others found jeeps on their jeeps among other Easter eggs.

This user found a dinosaur skull on their floor.

Some people have even found a tiny pair of flip flops on their cars.

Everyone is having a lot of fun trying to find their Easter egg.

These users found snakes, among other things.

So. Many. Animals.

If you can’t find the Easter eggs in your vehicles, then NowCar.com put together a handy guide that seems to cover most of them.

Jeep Easter Eggs | How Many Are There? NowCar.com

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Hopefully everyone can have some fun searching their cars for hidden animals and objects.

This article first appeared on 11.26.19.

We’ve all seen it while cruising for spots in a busy parking lot: A person parks their whip in a disabled spot, then they walk out of their car and look totally fine. It’s enough to make you want to vomit out of anger, especially because you’ve been driving around for what feels like a million years trying to find a parking spot.

You’re obviously not going to confront them about it because that’s all sorts of uncomfortable, so you think of a better, way less ballsy approach: leaving a passive aggressive note on their car’s windshield.

Satisfied, you walk back to your car feeling proud of yourself for telling that liar off and even more satisfied as you walk the additional 100 steps to get to the store from your lame parking spot all the way at the back of the lot. But did you ever stop and wonder if you told off the wrong person?

What if that person on the receiving end of the note had a perfectly good explanation for why they’re driving car with a disabled sticker and tag?

That’s exactly what happened to Emma Doherty, who was surprised to see someone pen such vitriolic words to her in this letter she found on her car.

The language in the note is pretty harsh:

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“You lazy conning b-tch. You did not have a disabled person with you! These spaces are reserved for people who need them!!!”

I get that avoiding conflict is something that’s been trained into us, but maybe if whoever wrote this note decided to say something to Emma, this entire thing could’ve been cleared up entirely.

Instead, she had to take to Facebook to pick apart the anonymous grouch and explain her situation to the rest of us. And hopefully whoever wrote the note (if they see her post) understands why they were terribly wrong.

Emma is the mother of a terminally ill child, Bobby. Her ruthless and powerful message sheds light on the misconceptions associated with disabilities and helps to break the stigma that all impairments are visible, because they’re not.

“To the person who put this on my car, which I had put my disabled badge fully on, I’m not angry at your pure ignorance, I’m actually upset with it. How dare you ever accuse anyone of not needing a disabled badge without knowing. I wish you had the balls to say this to my face and I would have told you (even tho I don’t need to explain myself to the likes of you) but I’d have happily said why I have a badge.“

“I promise to get the stigma away from people with disabled badges who don’t “look disabled.” I hope this gets shared and back to you and you will see my son is terminally ill, he’s had over 15 operations, 3 open hearts, 2 stomach, lung and diaphragm and countless artery stenting operations and spent half his life on intensive care.”

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In her post, she delineates the severity of Bobby’s illness, which has put the young man through multiple surgeries and procedures that are no walks in the park.

“He’s had 2 strokes and was paralyzed, brain damaged and has a spine and hip condition as well as a massive heart condition. The reason I didn’t get his wheelchair out was because I was running late because my son, who had a MRI scan, CTSCAN and a dye for heart function yesterday, only got discharged late and was back in this morning so carried him in.“

“But for your information not everyone who holds a blue badge needs to have a wheelchair! I’ve told … security and broke down, I’ve sat through things nobody should see but why did your note break me? Because it’s your pure ignorance towards others. I’m a single mom trying my best to hold it together for my son who’s in and out if hospital. NOT ALL DISABILITIES ARE VISIBLE and I hope you regret doing this and learn your lesson!”

Throughout her post, Emma simultaneously castigates the person and drives one important point home: Just because someone isn’t in a wheelchair or crutches, doesn’t mean they aren’t disabled or in need of physical care or assistance.

I knew something would be said one day as every day I get looks and stares and see people whispering to each other about me and Bobby walking from the car. Everyone needs to stop and think before acting. I hardly ever let anything upset me but this did. How aggressive as well, and as for conning my son’s disabled pass… [It] is not a con, he’s actually seriously ill. I’ve added a picture of him to prove not everyone looks ill or disabled but can be seriously ill.

The mother clarifies at the end of the message that she’s sure it wouldn’t be a hospital staff member who wrote the message, because those who work in healthcare are well aware of the various reasons someone would have a disabled tag on their vehicle.

“I’d like to point out this has nothing to do with the hospital itself. They were lovely with me when I was upset and they treat us with every respect, always have [in our] 3 long years with them. They’ve saved my son’s life many times. It [was] just somebody who was parked [there].”

Her post quickly went viral, with many people echoing her sentiments and thanking her for helping to clear up that tons of people suffer from different disabilities and that not all of them are so readily apparent.

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And as it turns out, Emma isn’t the only parent who’s dealt with judgmental individuals who gave them flack for having a disabled sticker on their car. As if having to deal with a sick child isn’t enough, they also have to suffer through getting guff from randos on the street over a measly parking spot.

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Bobby’s condition has left him without pulmonary artery function, which means that blood will not pump throughout his body. As you can imagine, walking long distances — or performing many physical tasks otherwise healthy individuals take for granted — are out of the question for the 3-year-old.

As a result of her son’s condition, Emma has to take him to the hospital for treatments throughout the week, and seeing the note on her car while having to deal with that ultimately set her off. Thankfully, she used her anger to send a positive message.

Floored by the positive response to her message, Emma went back online to thank people for being so receptive and helping to spread awareness that disabilities come in many forms.

“My inbox is full of people who have told me they have been stared at or even spat at. This is a serious problem and I just want it to change. I am hoping by sharing what I went through people will start to think before acting.”

This article originally appeared on 11.25.17

In preparation for an upcoming neo-Nazi march in the small Bavarian town of Wunsiedel, local residents decided to fight back in a hilariously perfect way: by sponsoring each of the 250 fascist participants. According to Heeb Magazine, “For every metre they walked, €10 went to a programme called EXIT Deutschland, which helps people escape extremist groups.”

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The anti-semitic walkers didn’t figure out the town’s scheme until they had already started their march, and by that time, it was too late to turn back. The end result? The neo-Nazis raised more than $12,000 to fund programs to put an end to neo-Nazis.

Nazis against Nazis – Germany’s most involuntary charity walk

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This article originally appeared on 04.11.19

For those in the military, sleep can mean the difference between life and death. But shut-eye can be very hard to come by, especially during active conflict.

According to Sharon Ackman, the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School developed a scientific method to help its pilots fall asleep. Through this technique, 96% of the pilots were able to fall asleep in two minutes or less.

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If pilots could fall asleep during war, you should be able to use it to knock out in the comfort of your bedroom.

Here’s how to do it:

Step 1: Relax in your seat

Given the space restraints of a typical plane, the pilots were taught to sleep in a seated position. They put their feet flat on the ground, while relaxing their hands in their laps.

Breathe slow, deep breaths while relaxing every muscle in your face and letting your forehead, cheeks, mouth, tongue, and jaw go limp.

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Step 2: Relax your upper body

Let your shoulders drop as low as you can. Allow the muscles in your neck go lifeless.

Starting with your dominant side, let your bicep feel like it’s falling off your body. Then move to your forearm, hand, and fingers. If a muscle isn’t relaxing, tense it first, then let it go loose.

Slowly exhale your tension.

Step 3: Relax your lower body

Tell your right thigh muscle to sink, then move down your leg, saying the same thing to your calf, ankle, and foot. Your leg should feel like it has sunk into the ground. Then move on to your left leg.

Step 4: Clear your mind

The final step is to clear your mind for ten seconds. You can do this by paying attention to your breath as it moves through your nostrils or holding a static image in your mind.

Once your body is relaxed and your mind quiet, you should slip away into darkness.

For more information on this sleep rechniqe, check out Ackman’s Medium blog.

This article originally appeared on 04.10.19

Saving old text messages from exes can sometimes be an asset when you need to remember exactly why you left them. Alternately, sometimes digital relics from old relationships are a good reminder of how much good we have in our lives currently.

At least, they did for the Twitter user May Larsen, who recently posted screenshots of two text threads with two very different men.

The conversation on the left shows how an old conversation went down with an emotionally manipulative ex. While the other screenshot is a prime example of what communication in a healthy partnership looks like.

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Difference between a boy and a man. https://t.co/2iwE9jDEKY

— Mayc (@MaycPeterson2)
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The emotional dynamics of this exchange are full of red flags.

This ex (boyfriend, hookup, whatever he was) went from 0-100 in no time. In fact, the ONLY way this kind of freak out would be excusable would be if they had prior plans she ditched on. Alternately, if he was doing a performance art bit where he embodied Drake’s 0-100 via text message. Outside of those possibilities, this type of reaction is nothing short of manipulation and emotional abuse.

The second text message showed how Larsen’s current partner responds to a simple night out.

The difference between these responses to a simple night out on the town is night and day. When comparing the two messages, the red flags really pop.

People on Twitter had a LOT of thoughts about the texts.

Some women shared similar experiences with possessive partners.

A lot of people assumed the texts were from two guys she’s currently dating.

@TheRealJoshMon @chisanashi @MayLarsen14 Nah dude check the first one she cropped the time and allat out of it. You was right at first 😂😂

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That quickly got shut down.

Meanwhile, others were caught up with the fact that her current dude wears a cowboy hat.

@dan_goldben @Sinistershark @MayLarsen14 You can tell which one is the man by the cool hat.

— Adam Dane (@theseldonplan)
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@theseldonplan @dan_goldben @Sinistershark @MayLarsen14 😂😂🤠YEEHAWW

— ❤️🤍👼 łⱤłɆ₮ⱤłⱠⱠłɆ (@IrieTrillVibes)
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Regardless of whether the rest of us are pro cowboy hat (I’m pro if you can pull it off), it seems they’ve got a healthy situation going. Communication is key, in any kind of relationship.

James Holzhauer has certainly been unafraid to comment on all things Jeopardy!, even as the show spirals through a series of controversies over picking Mike Richards to host the show. But one joke he made about another guest host, Joe Buck, earned a response from the sports broadcaster.

Buck closed out Season 37 of Jeopardy! with a hosting stint, and while the ratings for his showing aren’t in just yet, it’s safe to say that Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler who has assuredly heard a game of 500 that the veteran broadcaster has called — wasn’t exactly a fan of Buck in general. He tweeted two jokes about Buck on Twitter that essentially said he wanted Buck to stop broadcasting football games.

The tweets did pretty good in the likes department, but Buck got wind of them and certainly wasn’t a fan. Buck addressed the tweet on Sports Illustrated’s Media Podcast with Jimmy Traina with a pretty dismissive comment about one of the best Jeopardy! players in show history.

“I wouldn’t know James Holzhauer if he was sitting here in my room,” Buck said. “I don’t know much about him. I know about his success on the show, but I don’t know what kind of a guy he is. I have no idea. I couldn’t care less. I’m at the point now where I am so overreacting to Twitter.”

Buck kept going, which is weird for someone claiming that he “couldn’t care less” about the tweet from someone he doesn’t know at all.

“I don’t know who he roots for. I don’t know where he’s from,” Buck said. “I don’t know what his favorite team is. I have no idea. So that’s how I took it and kind of did a little eye roll and moved on to the next 3-year-old’s diaper I had to change. That kind of stuff is becoming less relevant in my life.”
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“It’s one of those things I would never see if not for people in my life who can’t wait to go, ‘Oh, I don’t know if you saw this, but James Holzhauer is ripping you, so I don’t really have any context,’” Buck said. He continued, “I’m not going to bed crying, sucking my thumb because James Holzhauer doesn’t like me.”

It’s understandable to be upset about the comments, which certainly came without a real reason other than to roast Buck. And he’s had his fair share of criticism throughout his career, so that kind of thing can get tiring. But saying he had “no idea” who Holzhauer was is odd considering Buck is one of the few people who can say he’s hosted Jeopardy! during their stretch of guest hosts, a period that was meant to help the show find its next host during that tryout period.

Downplaying his knowledge of Jeopardy! is certainly, well, an interesting approach considering the job is now open again. But maybe he’s only interested in the gig that Holzhauer seems keen on watching him lose.

Perhaps the biggest story surrounding the United States track and field in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics was the decision to suspend top women’s sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson following a positive test for marijuana. Viewed as the Americans’ best chance at winning a medal in the 100m dash, Richardson couldn’t participate in that event and was not selected to join the 4×100 team, as per the usual protocols that the USATF follows while assembling its group of sprinters.

Richardson finally returned to the track on Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon, where she competed in the 100m against a field that included the three women — Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson — who medaled in Tokyo. Unfortunately for Richardson, the race didn’t go as she had hoped, as she came in last place with a time of 11.14.

Despite the finish, Richardson spoke to NBC following the race and made clear that she was proud of her effort after how the last month went.

“Coming out today, it was a great return back to the sport,” Richardson said. “I wanted to be able to come and perform, having a month off dealing with all I was dealing with, I’m not upset with myself at all. This is one race, I’m not done, you know what I’m capable of. Count me out if you want to, talk all the sh*t you want, cause I’m here to stay. I’m not done, I’m the sixth-fastest woman in this game ever. Can’t nobody ever take that from me. Congratulations to the winners, congratulations to the people that won, but they’re not doing seeing me yet.”

The good news for Richardson is that despite the tough afternoon, she is right to have optimism — at only 21, Richardson’s personal best time in this event of 10.72 seconds is the sixth-fastest in history and would have came in second place on Saturday.

Earlier this week, Young Thug celebrated his 30th birthday with a large cast of celebrity friends that included 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Metro Boomin and Travis Scott. Thanks to videos that the rapper shared on his Instagram Story, fans were able to get a glimpse of the celebration.

For the most part, Young Thug showed off the gifts he received from his friends, which included a wide array of diamonds in the form of countless jewelry pieces, but that wasn’t the most unique thing the rapper received. Instead, that distinction would go to a hundred acres of land that the rapper was given.

The rapper received the area of open land in Atlanta from his manager and 300 Entertainment A&R Geoff Ogunlesi and realtor Trey Williams. The latter took to Instagram with a video of himself, Thug, and Ogunlesi enjoying the new piece of land together. “Happy Birthday to one of my top clients @thuggerthugger1 [balloon emoji] His manager @geoffo212 and I secretly locked down [100 emoji] Acres of land for his birthday and now he’s about to build Slime City!” Williams wrote. “This is hands down one of the best ways to invest your money![money bag] Thank you @geoffo212 for trusting me to get this deal done”

You can watch videos of Thug enjoy his new piece of land above.

Young Thug is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The release of Madden NFL 22 means two things. First is the obvious: EA Sports released the latest edition of its wildly successful NFL video game, and for the next year or so, football fans are going to fire up their various consoles and play all of the stuff that comes with this edition of the game.

Second is far less obvious but way more fun: It is time for all of us to sit back and enjoy glitches that are inevitable whenever a new video game comes out. While a level of empathy for the folks that actually put the game together comes with this — making a video game is really hard! — the glitches themselves tend to be really funny. For proof of this, please enjoy this video of the greatest run blocking that has ever happened in the history of football.

Gonna say something a little controversial: If the New England Patriots can acquire Patrick Mahomes and Saquon Barkley and their offensive line can block like this during the 2021 NFL season, they are probably going to end up being pretty good. But since that is almost certainly not going to happen, at least we can take solace knowing that this video exists.