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A Terrifying ‘Animal Crossing’-Inspired Short Is Being Turned Into A Full-Length Horror Movie

I always knew that Tom Nook was up to good.

In Don’t Peek, a young woman is playing quarantine time-killer Animal Crossing in her bedroom when she notices what happens in the game also happens in real life. If her villager turns off the light, the room in her light also goes out. But what about the creepy monster cackling just outside of her character’s house — will he cross over, too?

I won’t spoil what happens next, as you should watch Julian Terry’s short film for yourself. It’s only seven minutes long (and embedded above), but it’s about to be a bit longer: Deadline reports that Don’t Peek is being turned into a feature-length film from Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter director Timur Bekmambetov.

Don’t Peek made its world premiere March 15 on the first day of SXSW Online. The short follows a young woman discovering a frightening video game character intent on crossing into the real world. Produced last year during quarantine, Terry uploaded the short to YouTube before it was accepted into SXSW.

The short has over 1.3 million views on YouTube.

I assume Nintendo will have no official involvement with the feature, but I want Bekmambetov gets John Leguizamo to play the Don’t Peek monster, as a nod to the company’s glorious video game-turned-movie past. Throw a Power Glove in there, too, why not.

(Via Deadline)

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These Five Teams Could Be Cinderellas At This Year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

Whether you’re a bettor or a mid-major diehard, Cinderellas are the most fun part of March for sports fans of all stripes. They crash the party that one-and-dones had already picked an outfit for, and ruin the dreams of legacy coaches and Blue Blood programs. For the most part, a Cinderella is there to cause havoc, make a name for itself, and develop a cult following.

Over the years, we’ve had George Mason and VCU and Loyola Chicago (more on them in a minute), and odds are you remember those teams more than you remember how Blake Griffin or another No. 1 overall NBA draft pick did in the tournament. That’s what makes this stuff fun.

Here are six Cinderellas who could make some noise this year, ranked in order of how likely it is that they get to the Sweet Sixteen and really cement themselves as a team to watch:

Georgetown

Having a New York City connection is always going to help form a narrative around a team, but Patrick Ewing’s Hoyas are no joke. They stormed into the NCAAs with an automatic bid and a 12-seed by way of winning the Big East tournament, and have won eight of their past ten games overall. They enter the Round of 64 with more momentum than just about anyone, and with a solid defense and good three-point shooting, they have a recipe to win in March.

Beating McKinley Wright IV and Colorado could be tough, but Georgetown draws Florida State after that, and that team is not as deep as it usually has been under Leonard Hamilton. As 12 seeds go, the Hoyas get to avoid an elite program en route to the Sweet Sixteen if they can keep their momentum going.

St. Bonaventure

Any NBA fans who follow Woj on Twitter have seen him relentlessly stanning for the Bonnies for weeks now, and this team is finally deserving of alumni love. The entire starting five is made up of upperclassmen who were freshmen the last time the Bonnies made a tourney run, and the team is top-20 on defense and top-40 on offense in the nation.

With an efficient pure point guard, two dominant shooters and a great defense, St. Bonaventure should be able to hold tight on a game by game basis in March. Their path to the Sweet Sixteen goes through LSU and Michigan, who is without Isaiah Livers. That’s not a walkover, but it’s realistic.

Drake

Sometimes it’s as easy as looking at the numbers. Drake had the 19th-most efficient offense in the nation this season according to KenPom, went 25-4 and had the 13th-best overall field goal percentage of any men’s college basketball team. Like the Bonnies, they benefit from the mid-major experience bump, as the starting lineup boasts three seniors and a junior plus sharpshooting sophomore Joseph Yesefu.

The only reason Drake isn’t higher here is the Bulldogs have to survive a First Four tilt with Wichita State before even breaking into the West Region, where they will then have to beat USC and Kansas just to get to the Sweet Sixteen. While Kansas may not be the dominant 1-seed we think of them as this year, Drake still has to face two top-20ish squads. The Bulldogs have the goods to pull it off, but it will be a tough road.

Loyola Chicago

A fully vaccinated Sister Jean is hitting the road again this spring to cheer on her beloved Ramblers, who made it all the way to the Elite Eight in 2018 and are back in 2021 with a potentially even better team. Head coach Porter Moser led Loyola to a 24-4 record and the main holdover from the 2018 team, starting center Cameron Krutwig, is a senior now and put up 15-7 per game this year.

More importantly, KenPom has Loyola as the top defense in the country and a top-ten squad overall. The only holdup here is that it is always tough to trust teams built around big men come March. That, and the Ramblers will have to go through red-hot Georgia Tech (although a squad without ACC POY Moses Wright) as well as No. 1 seed and Big Ten champion Illinois just to get to the Sweet Sixteen. They’re going to need every cheer from the sister that they can get.

UConn

It must be March because the Huskies have a low seed and an electrifying small guard capable of delivering them to the promised land. Presumptive NBA lottery pick James Bouknight came back for his sophomore season and helped deliver a 15-7 record. His development as a go-to scorer should help the Huskies in the tournament, but they are quite an experienced and deep team as well.

UConn is only at the bottom here because they face the hardest road to the Sweet Sixteen. Their first-round matchup is Maryland, which has a case to be a Cinderella itself despite its 10-seed. Then, they would face Alabama, a filthy athletic group with a top-five defense and a really smart coach in Nate Oats. If the bottom of the East Region weren’t such a bloodbath, UConn would be putting on its glass slipper already.

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Zack Snyder Reveals Why ‘Justice League’ Became A Four Hour Movie Instead Of An HBO Max Miniseries

Shortly after Zack Snyder made the groundbreaking announcement that Warner Bros. had signed off on “releasing the Snyder cut,” the original version of the film he intended to make before a family tragedy forced him to step away, there was talk of the mammoth project possibly being released as a six-chapter miniseries when it finally hit HBO Max. Even from the jump, there was no confusion that the Snyder Cut would have a seriously long runtime, so it made sense that Snyder and HBO would go the limited series route. But then that talk just sort of went away, and before fans knew it, a four-hour-long film was barreling down the pipe.

In a new and candid interview, Snyder didn’t shy away from what happened behind the scenes that led to his director’s cut pivoting away from a miniseries release, and it’s a tale as old time: The lawyers got involved. Via Deadline:

Frankly, I think that there was some legal rumbling about the dividing up of a movie into four parts, and does it become a TV show, and does it void all the contracts. And I was like, look, guys, I don’t want to become…this sounds like we’re going to get in the weeds on this, and it’s a disaster, so let’s just not make legal precedent out of this movie, and I’ll just stick to my four-hour opus.

To Snyder’s credit, the four-hour-long approach doesn’t seem to have hurt the film. Despite the gargantuan runtime, critics have praised Zack Snyder’s Justice League as a significant improvement over the theatrical version that Whedon delivered in 2017.

(Via Deadline)

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Mxmtoon Shares Her Cover Of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ From The Upcoming ‘Life Is Strange’ Game

The Life Is Strange series of video games has become a beloved success since the debut title was release in 2015. The latest installment, Life Is Strange: True Colors, is set to release on September 10 this year, and today Mxmtoon revealed that she is involved with the game. She provides the singing voice for the main character, Alex, and today, she shared a taste of the soundtrack with her cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.”

Mxmtoon says of her rendition of the song, “really excited to share my cover of creep by Radiohead! it’s nerve-wracking to make your own version of such an iconic and established song, but creep is a classic and i had so much fun being able to put my own spin on it. hopefully other people can be inspired to make versions of their own favorite songs and put them out in the world to share as well.”

Sharing a clip from the game, Mxmtoon also wrote on social media, “my cover of “creep” is here and i hope i didn’t ruin a classic but with this announce, i am so excited for you all to finally know that i’m a part of Life Is Strange: True Colors and honored to be the singing voice for the main character, alex.”

Check out Mxmtoon’s cover of “Creep” above.

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Guapdad 4000, Blac Chyna, And Almighty Suspect React To Snow’s ‘Informer’ Video

Way back in 1992, music fans had their minds blown by the video for a Canadian dancehall artist’s No. 1 hit single. That’s right, “Informer” by Snow was a certified chart-topper, but the song’s video revealed an artist whose features appeared to be at odds with the way he sounded on the record. So, for this week’s episode of React Like You Know, we’re putting our panel of younger artists through the same mind-blowing experience of watching the “Informer” video for the first time.

Almighty Suspect probably sums it up best; “I didn’t expect a white boy to come with the reggae flow,” he admits. Guapdad 4000 agrees, “I didn’t know he was white!” Meanwhile, Blac Chyna takes a stab at guessing the meaning behind the lyrics. “He said he gon’ lick somebody’s pum-pum now?” she asks. Not quite, Chyna, but points for giving a little West Indies slang lesson (the song is actually about hunting down and shooting a supposed snitch — which, in a bizarre case of art imitating life, Snow actually served time for doing at the beginning of the song’s run).

Watch the latest episode of React Like You Know above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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The Best Bottles Of Bourbon Whiskey Between $100-$125

When anyone talks about bottles of bourbon above $100, you know they’re talking about the rare stuff. Bourbon is generally pretty cheap. So for a bottle to reach into the triple digits, it either has to be 1) tough to find juice or 2) seriously (maybe even over) hyped. It’s almost always also marked up on retail shelves.

Whether these bottles are worth it or not is up to you. But when you can buy two or three bottles of perfectly great bourbon for the same price as a single bottle, conversations around quality-vs-value get a little nebulous.

In picking our ten favorite bottles between $100 and $125, we used taste as the only parameter. As always, these are general prices, not MSRPs. A few of these bottles might be significantly cheaper if you can drive to the distillery. Others might clock in at twice as much if you have a liquor store clerk who tracks the bourbon market closely.

Redemption High-Rye Bourbon Aged 10 Years

Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits

ABV: 57.2% (varies)

Average Price: $100

The Whiskey:

This limited edition from Redemption is all about the barrel picking process. The whiskey starts with a mash of 60 percent corn, 36 percent rye, and four percent malted barley. That rye-heavy juice is then aged for ten long years. Then the Redemption team sorts through those barrels to find the perfect one to bottle untouched.

Tasting Notes:

There’s a definite sense of the whole vanilla bean (husk to oils) next to nuttiness and a mild floral flourish that’s fresh and… almost wet. The taste veers away from that and indulges in eggnog spices, rich and buttery toffee, pecans and walnuts, cedar, and a silken vanilla texture. The end is long-ish and has this very distant hint of lemon curd that leads back to those eggnog spices and egg custard creaminess, paired with a little high-proof buzz.

Bottom Line:

This is a complex sipper. The high ABVs will tempt you to add a rock, which will open up more of the lemon, cedar, and nutty nature. In the end, this is a testament to the power of great barrel selection from MGP’s famed warehouses.

Stagg Jr. Barrel Proof

Sazerac Company

ABV: 67.2% (varies)

Average Price: $100

The Whiskey:

This entry-point to the much older and much higher-priced, George T. Stagg, is killing the bourbon game right now. The juice is generally eight to nine-year-old bourbons, made at Buffalo Trace, and batched and bottled with no fussing, cutting, or filtering. The results are an award-winning bourbon that’s getting harder and harder to find for its MSRP.

Tasting Notes:

The 67.2 percent ABV has distinct and rich molasses with hints of pecan, dark and bold holiday spices, and vanilla oils on the nose. The palate holds onto those notes and adds a cherry sweetness with a hint of woody apple in the background and a touch of toffee. The end is long and very hot, leaving you with a spicy tobacco buzz on your tongue and senses.

Bottom Line:

This one is a little hot for us when it comes to ABVs. A little water or ice really helps mellow down that overwhelming buzz and warmth and lets the fruitier, nuttier, and sweeter molasses notes shine through.

Garrison Brothers Single Barrel

Garrison Brothers

ABV: 47%

Average Price: $110

The Whiskey:

This single barrel expression from Hye, Texas’ Garrison Brothers is all about highlighting the craft distillery’s grain-to-glass process. The juice is made from a mash of 74 percent local white corn, 15 percent estate-grown soft red winter wheat, and eleven percent Canadian malted barley. That spirit is then rested for three to five years, or until it’s just right to be proofed and bottled.

Tasting Notes:

There are going to be clear notes of cedar, cherry, old leather, vanilla, caramel corn, and sour apples on the nose. The palate should edge towards that sweet cherry with a counterpoint of dry cedar next to Red Hots, angel food cake, more apple, and a touch of spicy tobacco leaf. The end is long and warming with spicy cinnamon, white sugar cubes, and a cedar box full of tobacco.

Bottom Line:

This will vary depending on which bottle you come across. Still, it’s a great example of Garrison’s ability to warehouse great barrels of bourbon. Each one is worth taking your time with. You’ll want to nose, taste, add water, and dig in deep.

Laws Four Grain Bonded

Laws

ABV: 50%

Average Price: $110

The Whiskey:

Laws Four Grain is a great bourbon for expanding your palate. Their Bonded is their standard mash of 60 percent corn, 20 percent heirloom wheat, ten percent heirloom rye, and ten percent heirloom malted barley. That juice is barreled and matured for six years in a federally bonded warehouse. It’s then proofed down to 50 percent per the bonded law and bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Cinnamon raisin toast with apple butter and cherry greet you on the nose. The palate edges away from those notes with a rush of orange oils next to freshly mowed grass, salted caramel, and a hint of tea bitterness. The end is medium-length and brings you back to that cherry with a slow, warming cinnamon spice.

Bottom Line:

This is a very dialed-in dram of whiskey. A little water really lets the fruit and spice shine. You’ll also likely be able to find this one cheaper the closer you are to the Colorado distillery.

Little Book “The Road Home”

Beam Suntory

ABV: 61.3%

Average Price: $115

The Whiskey:

This high-end bourbon from Jim Beam is worth every penny. The juice is a marrying of two of Beam’s mash bills from four whiskeys. The batch is a blend of Knob Creek 7 year, Baker’s 12 year, Basil Hayden’s 9 year, and Booker’s 11 year that’s then batched and bottled at barrel proof.

Basically, you’re getting the best of the best Beam has to offer in one bottle.

Tasting Notes:

This really feels like classic bourbon from the first whiff — with hints of rich crème brûlée next to cobweb-y cellar beams, dried roses, and maple syrup. The taste holds onto that “classic” feel with rich toffee notes, spicy caramel apples, oily vanilla husks, soft wood, and a hint of peppery spice and maybe a touch of cherry. The end is long, silken, and leaves you warmed, thanks to a slight tobacco buzz on the tongue.

Bottom Line:

“Classic” is the word that keeps coming to mind whenever sipping on this expression. It’s kind of like the mountaintop of what “typical” bourbon can be, flavor-wise. It’s also amazingly easy to drink neat. There’s a warming spice but it never overpowers the subtler aspects of the palate.

Traverse City Bourbon Barrel Proof

Traverse City Whiskey

ABV: 59% (varies)

Average Price: $120

The Whiskey:

This Michigan whiskey is made to highlight a true grain-to-glass experience. The juice is made from a mash of 71 percent corn, 25 percent rye, and four percent barley. It’s then aged for four years in the extreme weather of the Great Lakes. Barrels are then hand-picked and bottled with no fussing.

Tasting Notes:

The milled corn comes through with a touch of orange zest, vanilla, toffee, and lemon jam. The taste amps up the toffee with a caramel kettle corn vibe next to hints of cedar and orchard fruit. The end is long and very clearly all about the velvety vanilla and toffee sweetness with a slight alcohol warmth thanks to a touch of spice and citrus.

Bottom Line:

This is very easy-drinking for a barrel-proof (that’ll also be cheaper if you’re in Michigan). It does lean towards the sweet and buttery more than spicy, which is why we like it. If you’re ready to get a sense of the good work happening in Michigan when it comes to whiskey, this is a great place to start.

Barrell Armida

Barrell Bourbon

ABV: 56.05%

Average Price: $120

The Whiskey:

Barrell Bourbon is one of the best blenderies and finishing houses in bourbon today. Their Armida expression is all about experimentation in finishing casks. The juice is a marriage of bourbons finished in pear brandy, Jamaican rum, and Sicilian Amaro casks. Those three barrels are then batched and bottled with no cutting or filtration.

Tasting Notes:

There’s a super clear pear note that is so pear, you’ll think you’re about to eat a perfectly ripe one. That’s next to a flourish of dark spices, plummy wood, and orange oils. The palate really delivers on the pear note while adding rum-soaked dried fruits, sweet and wet wood, and a slightly bitter edge that’s almost botanical. The medium-long end embraces the spice with a tobacco buzz, a touch of vanilla, and a last note of pear.

Bottom Line:

This release from last fall was a limited run of 3,700 bottles (with an MSRP of $90). This one isn’t going to be getting any cheaper. If you do snag a bottle, take your time with it and really learn the flavors built into the bourbon.

If you can bear it, try a Manhattan with this one — it absolutely rules in that classic cocktail.

High Wire New Southern Revival 100% Jimmy Red Corn

High Wire Distilling

ABV: 57.2%

Average Price: $120

The Whiskey:

This South Carolina distiller utilizes a heritage red corn that nearly went extinct. The distillers worked with Clemson University to help bring back Jimmy Red Corn as a varietal, specifically because that was the corn used by local moonshiners way back in the day. The juice is also a unique bourbon that has a 100 percent corn mash bill.

Tasting Notes:

This barrel-proof expression doesn’t feel overly alcohol-forward. Instead, you’re greeted with mild notes of honey, dried roses, eggnog spice, and caramel corn with a nice hint of salt. The palate is warm but sweet with a continued note of salted caramel corn and buttery toffee next to hints of cherry candy and maybe even salted peanut shells. The end is long and ends with a hint of banana next to that caramel corn and a final savory note.

Bottom Line:

This much-sought-after bottle of bourbon is a good candidate for expanding your palate with a true outlier. While the MSRP is $100, these tend to sell out very fast, meaning you’ll find them for far more than that in most cases.

Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Barrel Proof

Sazerac Company

ABV: varies

Average Price: $120

The Whiskey:

This much-lauded and beloved bottle from Buffalo Trace is classic whiskey making. The spirit is from Buffalo Trace’s low-rye mash bill. The juice is then aged in warehouses built by the Colonel over 100 years ago. The best barrels are selected yearly for batching and bottling with no fussing whatsoever.

Tasting Notes:

The sip draws you in with a spicy berry jam next to a perfumed note (kind of like wet potpourri) and buttery toffee sweetness. The taste, on the other hand, leans into vanilla oils, dry cedar, and a dusting of white pepper that leads back to the spice without the jam. The end is kind of long and really smoothes out, thanks to the vanilla and toffee as the peppery spice builds towards a tobacco-filled cedar box and a very distant hint of fresh mint.

Bottom Line:

This is a very hyped whiskey (its MSRP is $75). The prices are going to vary wildly and reach very high, depending on which release you find. All of that being said, this whiskey deserves the buzz it gets. It’s amazingly smooth and easy-drinking for a barrel-proof. Though, adding water really does let this one bloom.

Though it’s a pricey option, we’d argue that it’s an incredible cocktail base for boulevardiers or old fashioneds.

Knob Creek 15

Beam Suntory

ABV: 50%

Average Price: $120

The Whiskey:

Knob Creek is what Jim Beam becomes with a little massaging, the right aging locations in warehouses, and some luck from the whiskey angels. The juice is made from Beam’s standard 77 percent corn, 13 percent rye, and ten percent malted barley mash. Then it’s left alone for 15 years in the Beam warehouses on specific floors in specific locations.

The best barrels are small batched and proofed down to 100 proof.

Tasting Notes:

Old saddle leather mingles with musty oak cellar beams and dirt cellar floors with and an undercurrent of sweet dark fruits and mild caramel. The palate holds onto that caramel as the fruit becomes dried and a cedar note arrives with a rich and almost sweet tobacco. The dry cedar woodiness carries on through the end as the tobacco leads towards an almost oatmeal raisin cookie vibe with a good dose of cinnamon and nutmeg, leaving you with a sweet buzz on your tongue.

Bottom Line:

This is woody but sweet. It’s a really interesting sipper that could have just been wood on wood on wood. Instead, it’s complex while maintaining its accessibility. And while it’s a limited release from last summer, you should be able to find it somewhat close to its $100 MSRP… maybe.

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Juwan Howard Denies Mark Turgeon Dissed Fab Five During Big Ten Tournament: ‘I Was Being Threatened’

Michigan head coach Juwan Howard gave his side of the story of his ejection during the Big Ten Tournament in an appearance on Jalen & Jacoby on Thursday, explaining that Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon told Howard to sit down in a threatening way. That, coupled with Turgeon’s presence near the Wolverines’ bench, made Howard feel as if he had to defend himself and his team.

“I would never, ever react the way that I did unless I felt like I was being threatened,” Howard said.

Howard is notoriously calm and poised, which only made his ejection during a Big Ten Tournament game more puzzling. Rumors swirled that Turgeon had commented on the Fab Five’s banners coming down in the arena, but Howard set the record straight with his former Michigan teammate, Jalen Rose.

“I’m looking forward to moving on from that situation,” Howard added. “I think now there’s a true understanding that I’m not going to allow anything like that to happen.”

The Wolverines went on to win the game and claim a No. 1 seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament bracket, so Howard got the last laugh. There’s an outside chance that the two Big Ten rivals could meet again in the Elite Eight, but it seems like Howard wants to put the issue to bed.

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Matthew McConaughey Will Reportedly Reprise His Career-Making ‘A Time To Kill’ Role In A New Series For HBO

As if Matthew McConaughey’s plate wasn’t full enough with launching his own YouTube channel and contemplating a gubernatorial run, the actor is reportedly attached to star in a new series for HBO that will see him reprise his career-making role from A Time to Kill. In the 1996 film from director Joel Schumacher (based on the John Grisham novel of the same name), McConaughey played attorney Jake Brigance, who later appears in the follow-up novel A Time for Mercy, which will be the basis for the new series. Via Variety:

In “A Time to Kill,” Brigance defends a Black man (Samuel L. Jackson) who killed the two white men who savagely raped and murdered his daughter. In “A Time for Mercy,” Brigance must defend a young man who killed his mother’s boyfriend, a deputy sheriff, with the boy claiming the man was abusive towards his mother, himself, and his little sister.

Following Schumacher’s death in June 2020, McConaughey joined the chorus of tributes to the late director and credited him for starting his acting career, which McConaughey believes would’ve never taken off without his breakout role in A Time to Kill.

“Joel not only took a chance on me, he fought for me,” McConaughey told Variety. “Knowing the studio might never approve a relatively unknown like myself for the lead in ‘A Time to Kill,’ he set up a secret screen test for me on a Sunday morning in a small unknown studio because as he stated, ‘Even if you do great, you may not get the part, so I don’t want the industry to ever think you screen tested and DID NOT get the job.”

(Via Variety)

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A Previously Cut Actress From Cyborg’s New Backstory In Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ Is Being Celebrated For Her Performance

Zack Snyder’s Justice League has finally arrived to present the director’s original vision on HBO Max. The end result is a vast improvement over Joss Whedon’s theatrical cut with a hefty runtime (about four hours) to make that happen. Within that extravagant runtime, it’s a bit of a revelation to see a lot of newfound character development, and one character who’s been un-shafted would be Ray Fisher’s Cyborg, who ends up emerging as the unquestionable heart of the story. In turn, Cyborg’s backstory is finally giving some screentime to a minor character (portrayed by Amanda Maud), a waitress and struggling single mom, who ended up on Whedon’s cutting room floor.

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Come to think of it, Linda’s onscreen time might be the best part of the entire movie. Cyborg, who posses the ability to control any operating system and hack into anything he damn well pleases, observes her plight (she’s evicted from her apartment and only has a few dollars in her bank account), and his response reflects upon his own traumatic history after being rebuilt by his father after a car accident that killed his mother. While observing Linda, he decides to use his powers for good, and he drops a cool $100,000 into her back account. It’s a touching scene, and Amanda Maud (who appears to be overseas and unable to access the new film on HBO Max) took to Twitter on Thursday morning and asked if anyone had seen her in Snyder’s version.

“#SnyderCut I was cut from the Wheedon version,” Maud tweeted. “Can someone please let me know if I’m in this version? Trying to figure out how to view it but please let me know if I made this cut. I’m the single mom waitress in Cyborg’s back story.”

Let’s just say that, yes, people (including Ray Fisher) let Amanda know that she’s in the movie, and she put forth an amazing performance.

In turn, Amanda was understandably excited, which makes the Snyder Cut an even more positive experience for fans than it’s already turning out to be. “Nothing like this has ever happened to me before,” Maud tweeted. “Thank you EVERYONE for all the kind words and support. Thank you to everyone that made the #SnyderCut possible.”

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A Museum In Texas Had To Remove A Wax Statue Of Trump Because People Kept Punching It In The Face

Donald Trump just got a major beat down. Or, at least, his wax figure did.

According to a news report by the San Antonio Express, a replica of the former president currently being housed at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas, had to be moved to storage… for its own safety. The museum, a branch under the Ripley Entertainment Corp and owned by the great-grandson of Marie Tussaud, had been home to the sculpture for at least the last four years. A popular tourist destination, Trump’s statue had been a literal punching bag for patrons who left so much damage — mostly deep scratches on Trump’s face — that management was forced to take it off the floor.

“When it’s a highly political figure, attacks can be a problem,” Clay Stewart, the regional manager of the museum told the San Antonio Express. Apparently, workers had first relocated the figure to the front lobby so security could keep a better eye on it but, when that didn’t deter visitors from “punching” and “scratching” the visage of the former president, the call was made to remove Trump’s wax double all together — placing him in storage along with other figurines like George Washington.

It’s not the first time Trump’s wax replica has borne the brunt of the public’s frustration with the reality-TV-star-turned-commander-in-chief. In October 2020, Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin tossed Trump in the trash, literally as part of an exhibit change meant to denounce his administration’s policies. Madame Tussauds in London followed suit, outfitting Trump in golf attire following his loss in the presidential election to “reflect his potential 2021 wardrobe.”

But we have a feeling the loss of the spotlight might hurt Trump the most. Our thoughts and prayers to his wax double, which really doesn’t deserve any of this.

(Via San Antonio Express)