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Grant Ginder’s uproarious novel about a family falling even further apart during the oldest sibling’s wedding has finally gotten an adaptation, and the trailer looks glorious. The People We Hate At The Wedding feels slightly conventional here, but the promise is something to fill a Thanksgiving family dinner with gasps and dropped jaws. That goes double for if they follow the novel hand-in-hand.

Here’s the official synopsis from Prime Video:

“In the hilariously raunchy comedy The People We Hate at the Wedding, dysfunctional American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt) along with their ever-optimistic mom (Allison Janney), are invited to the British wedding of their estranged half-sister Eloise (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) as a chance for them to reconnect as – more or less – adults, and learn to love each other like they once did.”

Everyone looks fantastic here. Platt appears appropriately put out at every turn, Janney cloying and wry, and Kristen Bell dancing in an American flag bikini while cruising in a hot tub down the Thames gives off some serious Eleanor Shellstrop vibes.

Oh, and Dustin Milligan drops in with the same handsome softy act he perfected on Schitt’s Creek. This really is a strong cast of fun people gearing up to be ridiculous.

Directed by Claire Scanlon (Set it Up), the screenplay comes from sibling writing team Wendy and Lizzie Molyneux, best known for Bob’s Burgers. It looks like it earns the R-rating while remaining upbeat and sarcastically hopeful for every dysfunctional crew. The People We Hate at the Wedding hits Prime Video on November 18th.

Lana Del Rey has been churning out albums excessively within recent years, with Chemtrails Over The Country Club, Blue Banisters, and Norman F*cking Rockwell. She even published a poetry book while she was at it. The singer was planning on not slowing down, but now she might have to due to her recent confession that her things have been stolen.

The pop star posted a video on her private Instagram, @honeymoon, talking to her phone camera. “So I want to talk to you guys about something for a minute,” she starts off. “A few months ago, I parked my car on Melrose Place and I stepped away for a minute and the one time I left my backpack inside my car someone broke all of the windows and took it. Inside of it was my computer and my three camcorders and my hard drives. I had to remotely wipe the computer that had my 200-page book for Simon & Schuster which I didn’t have backed up on the Cloud because we do not have any Cloud systems that we access.”

She continued, “Despite that, people are still able this week to remotely access my phone and leak our songs and personal photos. I just want to mention that despite all of this happening, I am confident in the record to come. And despite so many safety factors in so many different levels, I really want to persist and make the best art I can.”

There’s a lot going on right now, not the least being a midterm election that may dramatically alter the course of everyone’s lives. We need a mental break. Perhaps that’s why everyone has been obsessed with stories of James Corden being a jerk. It began when a legendary New York City restauranteur (temporarily) banned the late night host from one of his joints because he was repeatedly rude to his staff. Now someone is chiming in with their own tale.

As per Page Six, Becky Habersberger, the wife of one of the Try Guys (no, not that one), dropped a TikTok video in which she goes off about once witnessing the Cats alum blowing up on a lowly busboy at a Los Angeles eatery. She said she saw Corden trying to get a table at the Los Feliz Italian spot Little Dom’s. Alas, they close between lunch and dinner and Corden had caught them at the wrong time. But Corden wasn’t having it.

“[The busboy] is telling James Corden he can get him a reservation right when they open,” Habersberger said, adding, “He was trying to be really accommodating.” Instead, she said Corden yelled at him, saying, “A lot of good that does me, mate, a lot of good that does me.”

Harbersberger clearly thought of her own encounter when she heard Balthazar owner Keith McNally calling Corden a “tiny cretin of a man” for, among other things, blowing up on a waiter who screwed up his wife’s all-yolk omelette. “Corden has since “apologized profusely,” but Harbersberger isn’t having it.

“If he was really sorry, he would have apologized to the server and not the owner of the restaurant,” she said. She also recalled her own restaurant days. “I was a waitress at a super bougie Beverly Hills hotel rooftop restaurant,” she recalled. “Some [stars] were awesome, some were trash and I remember to this day who the trash bags are.

“I’m not surprised by all this James Corden information coming out because if you are rude to one server, you are absolutely rude to many servers,” she said. “That is not a one-off, ‘I was having a bad day’ kind of thing.”

(Via Page Six)

John Cale is back with the announcement of Mercy, his first new album of original songs in a decade. Today, he released the lead single “Story Of Blood,” which features the one and only indie singer Weyes Blood, who also has an LP arriving soon. She’s not the only guest on Mercy. It’ll also have Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Tei Shi, and Actress.

“I’d been listening to Weyes Blood’s latest record and remembered Natalie’s puritanical vocals,” the former Velvet Underground member said about deciding to work with her. “I thought if I could get her to come and sing with me on the ‘Swing your soul’ section, and a few other harmonies, it would be beautiful. What I got from her was something else! Once I understood the versatility in her voice, it was as if I’d written the song with her in mind all along. Her range and fearless approach to tonality was an unexpected surprise. There’s even a little passage in there where she’s a dead-ringer for Nico.”

Listen to “Story Of Blood” above. Check out the album artwork and tracklist below.

1. “Mercy” feat. Laurel Halo
2. “Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere)” feat. Actress
3. “Noise Of You”
4. “Story Of Blood” feat. Weyes Blood
5. “Time Stands Still” feat. Sylvan Esso
6. “Moonstruck (Nico’s Song)”
7. “Everlasting Days” feat. Animal Collective
8. “Night Crawling”
9. “Not The End Of The World”
10. “The Legal Status Of Ice” feat. Fat White Family
11. “I Know You’re Happy” feat. Tei Shi
12. “Out Your Window”

Mercy arrives 1/20 via Double Six / Domino. Pre-order it here.

John Cale is back with the announcement of Mercy, his first new album of original songs in a decade. Today, he released the lead single “Story Of Blood,” which features the one and only indie singer Weyes Blood, who also has an LP arriving soon. She’s not the only guest on Mercy. It’ll also have Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Tei Shi, and Actress.

“I’d been listening to Weyes Blood’s latest record and remembered Natalie’s puritanical vocals,” the former Velvet Underground member said about deciding to work with her. “I thought if I could get her to come and sing with me on the ‘Swing your soul’ section, and a few other harmonies, it would be beautiful. What I got from her was something else! Once I understood the versatility in her voice, it was as if I’d written the song with her in mind all along. Her range and fearless approach to tonality was an unexpected surprise. There’s even a little passage in there where she’s a dead-ringer for Nico.”

Listen to “Story Of Blood” above. Check out the album artwork and tracklist below.

1. “Mercy” feat. Laurel Halo
2. “Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere)” feat. Actress
3. “Noise Of You”
4. “Story Of Blood” feat. Weyes Blood
5. “Time Stands Still” feat. Sylvan Esso
6. “Moonstruck (Nico’s Song)”
7. “Everlasting Days” feat. Animal Collective
8. “Night Crawling”
9. “Not The End Of The World”
10. “The Legal Status Of Ice” feat. Fat White Family
11. “I Know You’re Happy” feat. Tei Shi
12. “Out Your Window”

Mercy arrives 1/20 via Double Six / Domino. Pre-order it here.

Paolo Banchero made his NBA debut on Wednesday night in Detroit as the Magic went on the road to face the Pistons in a matchup of teams loaded with young talent. The most recent No. 1 overall pick did not disappoint for Orlando, as he set a new Magic rookie record with 27 points to go along with nine rebounds and five assists, putting on a show from the get-go against Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and the equally exciting Pistons.

In the fourth quarter with the Magic trailing, Banchero put forth the highlight of the night in the NBA, as he threw down a massive dunk on the break over Cory Joseph for an and-1 finish that had the Orlando bench going crazy.

Joseph makes the bold choice to try and slide in front of the massive rookie and pays the price with a knee to the chest, a place on the wrong end of a highlight, and a foul for good measure. The additional angles of the dunk show how Banchero just flies through Joseph and seems to only go higher and higher as he throws it down and gives Joseph a staredown after.

The Magic, who started the game on fire before the Pistons battled back to take control, weren’t able to complete the comeback (thanks to an Isaiah Stewart dagger three, of all things), but even in a loss it was an encouraging showing from their young stars, headlined by Banchero’s debut, but also with Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs having big nights. On the other side Detroit got big nights from Cunningham and Ivey, but the difference was veteran sharpshooter Bojan Bogdanovic catching fire from deep, as both teams look primed for a step forward this season.

It’s been a big year for Ke Huy Quan. In the ‘80s, the Vietnamese-American performer was one of the era’s biggest kid stars, most famously for playing Short Round, the precocious child sidekick in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Recently he reappeared, playing Michelle Yeoh’s devoted, sadsack husband in Everything Everywhere All at Once. More recently, he reunited with his Doom star Harrison Ford. Images of the two hugging, big smiles on their faces, at September D23 Expo turned into one of the convention’s biggest moments. But it turns out the story behind it is even more moving.

“We were at the D23 event and I was told Harrison was gonna be there,” Quan told The New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan. “We’re in this green room with so many actors, producers, and directors, and the person who was assigned to assist me said, ‘Harrison Ford is right outside the green room. Would you want to go say hi?’”

He went on:

“I’m thinking, ‘Of course! I haven’t seen him in 38 years,’” Quan continued. “So I walk out and I see him about 15 feet away talking to Phoebe Waller-Bridge, they’re there to promote Indy 5. And as I walk close, my heart is pounding. I’m thinking, ‘Is he gonna recognize me? The last time he saw me, I was a little kid.’”

As the photos evidence, Quan needn’t have worried. “As I get closer, he turns and points his finger at me, and he has that classic, famous, grumpy Harrison Ford look,” the actor elaborated. “I go, ‘Oh my gosh, he probably thinks I’m a fan and he’s gonna tell me to not come near him.’ But he looks and points at me and says, ‘Are you Short Round?’ Immediately, I was transported back to 1984, when I was a little kid, and I said, ‘Yes, Indy.’ And he said, ‘Come here,’ and gave me a big hug.”

And that’s why that photo was so amazing. They look incredibly stoked to see each other, especially the famously grouchy Ford. Anyway, dry your eyes, just as you did when you saw that recent reunion video of Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

Wizkid is having a massive year. He’ll be playing Madison Square Garden next month, and he released his first single of the year, which is called “Bad To Me.” Today, he gave that song a charismatic, colorful video.

In the video, the groovy track prompts all different kinds of dance moves, with Wizkid taking the stage and making his audience cheer and move along with him. It somehow makes the song even more infectious than it already is.

It also builds up hype for Wizkid’s next album, even though it doesn’t yet have a release date. However, he has been teasing it on social media. “Biggest bird bringing #AppleMusicLive to London!” he wrote in a tweet. “For one night only at the Roundhouse performing my new album.” Fans are hoping that will happen before the end of the year. He previously revealed that the album would be titled More Love, Less Ego.

In September, the singer received praise from Kanye West, who shared “Essence” by Wizkid and Tems on Instagram. He deemed the “Best song in the history of music to date,” which was alongside tracks by Beyonce, DJ Khaled, and The Game.

Watch the video for “Bad To Me” above.

Yellowstone has only been around since 2018, but look what it’s already accomplished. Your parents’ favorite show is not only a ratings and streaming monster; it’s also spawned one hit spinoff, with two more en route. As expected, people are unbelievably stoked for the show’s fifth season. But when does that kick off again?

The next round of Yellowstone episodes will bow on Nov. 13 on the Paramount Network. That’s good news for the millions who watched the new season’s trailer on YouTube, turning it into a record-breaker that quickly trounced the likes of House of the Dragon. Yes, Kevin Costner is more powerful than the Targaryens.

The neo-Western, which revolves around a cattle ranch in Montana, has given Costner’s career yet another act (and proven that he looks even better with a cowboy hat than he did in one of his first movies, the actual Western Silverado). He’s tried to use it for good. Surely the MAGA contingent that binges it will be stoked to learn he used his clout to try (and, alas, fail) to save Liz Cheney from losing her House seat.

Anyway, if another batch of Yellowstone episodes ain’t enough Yellowstone for you, there’s always the next prequel, which features no less than Dame Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford.

The Cleveland Cavaliers entered the 2022-23 season with more hype than they’ve had since LeBron James left, coming off of a run to the play-in last year with a pair of young All-Stars, a ROY runner-up, and added Donovan Mitchell to the roster.

Their first game figured to be a litmus test as they went on the road to face the Raptors, with both teams able to measure up against a squad that figures to be in the hunt for a playoff spot in the East this season. Unfortunately, the excitement for the Cavs turned into concern in the second quarter when Darius Garland got poked in the eye by Gary Trent Jr. who reached in late trying to steal the ball in the backcourt, with his pinkie finger jabbing Garland’s left eye.

As the two teams came out for the second half, Garland was not with them as the Cavs announced he had a left eye injury and would not return for the game.

Hopefully the injury is not severe enough to keep him out for an extended period of time, but it’s always scary when this type of situation happens and someone takes a finger to the eye. The Cavs struggled mightily last season without their All-Star guard, which was part of the reason they went out and got Mitchell to help ease the burden on Garland creatively and also to have someone else who could run the show when he sat (or in this case, was out with an injury).