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Earlier this year, something exciting happened to Winnie-the-Pooh: The beloved teddy bear was freed from the Disney vaults. Rights to the character, created by English author A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard, entered the public domain, and you know what that meant: A low-rent studio milked him for an over-the-top horror-comedy. Now something similar is (sort of) happening to another classic children’s book character.

As per ComicBook.com, XYZ Films — who’ve overseen genre fare like the Raid films as well as the Nicolas Cage starrers Mandy and Color Out of Space — are set to crash the holidays with The Mean One, seasonal horror film about a village terrorized by a murderous green creature (David Howard Thornton) who hates Christmas and wears a Santa suit.

If that sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a copyright-flirting parody of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which has been turned into two movies and one iconic TV special. Among the big differences — apart from some possible gore and a presumably higher body count (more than zero, that is) ¬— is the young girl who winds up melting his heart doesn’t melt his heart. Instead, the Mean One killed her parents and, now grown up, she’s out for revenge.

The Mean One is currently scheduled for a December 15 release. Will it make that date? Or will it find itself beset upon by legal headaches, much like The People’s Joker, the unauthorized parody of the DC-verse? Whatever the case, it will likely be a more cinematic experience than watching it in a theater off of Amazon Prime.

(Via ComicBook.com)

It took a little time for the Atlanta Falcons offense to get on the board during Sunday afternoon’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. As the matchup entered the fourth quarter, Tampa held a 21-0 lead and looked like they were going to cruise to their third win at this early point in the NFL calendar.

And then, the Falcons started scoring. Atlanta got points early in the fourth, forced a three-and-out, had to punt, and forced yet another three-and-out by Tampa’s offense. Upon getting the ball back, the Falcons put together a 12-play, 70-yard drive that ended in points and a two-point conversion, meaning they’d win the game if they could score and convert a PAT.

While the Bucs got the ball back, their struggles on offense throughout the frame gave reason for optimism. On a third-and-5 from near midfield, it seemed like Grady Jarrett did his job, sacking Tom Brady and giving Atlanta’s offense more than two minutes to go down the field and score. The problem is that, for some reason, the referees threw a flag and called a roughing the passer penalty.

It is extremely hard to see what Jarrett did wrong here. Anyway, Tampa would go on to win, 21-15.

The New York Jets don’t win division games all that often. Coming into Sunday afternoon, the Jets were on a 12-game losing streak against the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, and New England Patriots, which is indicative of how good the other three teams usually are and how low the expectations are for the Jets on an annual basis.

But Sunday presented an opportunity to pick up a victory over a Dolphins team that still does not have starting signal caller Tua Tagovailoa and saw backup Teddy Bridgewater go down early with a head injury. New York was able to capitalize in a big way, as they went on to win, 40-17, to move to 3-2 at this early point in the season.

The high point came early on in the fourth quarter when things were still close, as the pass rush was able to get home and force a fumble against third-string signal caller Skylar Thompson. Carl Lawson forced it, Quinnen Williams picked it up, and the big fella was able to rumble forward to set his team up deep in Dolphin territory.

Another angle shows that Williams didn’t just plow forward — the defensive lineman sent Miami receiver Tyreek Hill flying with a hellacious stiff arm.

One of these guys is listed as 6’3 and 303 pounds, while the other is 5’10 and 191 pounds.

If there ever was a time to vocalize grievances toward Kanye West, now would be ideal, given that he has been suspended from Twitter and Instagram. Producer and longtime Ye collaborator Mike Dean appears to have done just that today (October 9) via Twitter.

Today. Dean posted a cryptic tweet, reading “Posting DM and texts from folks is the single most thirsty [thing] a person can do.”

Dean seems to be referring to the several Instagram posts Ye has shared over the course of the past week containing alleged screenshots of conversations between Diddy and Supreme creative director Tremaine Emory. Such conversations, including ones in which he allegedly made anti-semitic references to Diddy, are thought to have led to his suspension from Instagram.

Ye has been a controversial figure for years, especially with his outspoken support of Donald Trump, as well as the threats he’s made to comedian and actor Pete Davidson. But Dean continued to collaborate with Ye during those times.

In an interview with Variety last year, Dean said that while he enjoys working with Ye, the Donda sessions were rather chaotic, especially given the fact that he mixed 35 songs over the course of 10 days.

“We are like yin and yang,” Dean said of his relationship with Ye. “We are real opposite personality-wise, and have entirely different skill sets.”

It appears now that Dean may now use those personality differences as reasons to no longer collaborate with Ye.

If there ever was a time to vocalize grievances toward Kanye West, now would be ideal, given that he has been suspended from Twitter and Instagram. Producer and longtime Ye collaborator Mike Dean appears to have done just that today (October 9) via Twitter.

Today. Dean posted a cryptic tweet, reading “Posting DM and texts from folks is the single most thirsty [thing] a person can do.”

Dean seems to be referring to the several Instagram posts Ye has shared over the course of the past week containing alleged screenshots of conversations between Diddy and Supreme creative director Tremaine Emory. Such conversations, including ones in which he allegedly made anti-semitic references to Diddy, are thought to have led to his suspension from Instagram.

Ye has been a controversial figure for years, especially with his outspoken support of Donald Trump, as well as the threats he’s made to comedian and actor Pete Davidson. But Dean continued to collaborate with Ye during those times.

In an interview with Variety last year, Dean said that while he enjoys working with Ye, the Donda sessions were rather chaotic, especially given the fact that he mixed 35 songs over the course of 10 days.

“We are like yin and yang,” Dean said of his relationship with Ye. “We are real opposite personality-wise, and have entirely different skill sets.”

It appears now that Dean may now use those personality differences as reasons to no longer collaborate with Ye.

(SPOILERS for this week’s Atlanta will be found below.)

Last week’s episode of Atlanta focused mainly on Earn for what turned out to be a wacky Sunday with his family. Series frequents like Earn’s baby mother Vanessa and his close friend Darius were absent from the episode, while Paper Boi arrived in the second half as he got dragged into Earn’s series of unfortunate events.

In this week’s episode, titled Work Ethic!, the spotlight is on Vanessa who viewers follow as she spends and day with her and Earn’s daughter Lodi. Van brought her daughter on set to be with her as she was set to appear in a television show. The day turns for the worst when Lodi interrupts the set and an unseen producer takes a liking to Lodi’s youthfulness. As a result, Lodi is added to a number of shows being filmed on-site, but it proves to be too overwhelming for Van who is forced to put an end to it by the conclusion of the episode.

Here are some of the biggest takeaways that we have after season four’s fifth episode.

One Time For The Good Children Of The World

Lodi is a great kid. We see several examples to support that in Work Ethic! She doesn’t fuss when her mom doesn’t have snacks for her during their time on the TV site. She adorably defends her mom when Van’s character is disrespected in a scene from the show. Lodi is also well-behaved as Van gets her hair and makeup done in a trailer. Van and Lodi’s day on set was going to be a long one, and Lodi’s good behavior through it all made it a lot easier. To Van’s surprise, Lodi really enjoyed acting and interacting with the other actors. With all that being said, one time for the good children of the world like Lodi who make their parents’ days a bit easier.

They’re Always Watching

You can’t help but feel there’s some government-esque theme to the Work Ethic! episode. The tv production studio that Van and Lodi are at is run by a man named Mr. Chocolate whom the cast and crew of the shows have never seen in person. They’ve only heard his voice which blares from various speakers as he delivers instructions for scenes as he sits in his office watching everything go down thanks to a complex surveillance system set up to monitor the entire tv production studio. It certainly has a Big Brother feel to it, and when it comes to the world of Atlanta, there’s no doubt that they’re always watching. As for the real world, well, there are probably fewer differences than there are similarities.

Mother’s Intuition Is A Real Thing

From the very beginning, Van knew something was off with Mr. Chocolate’s appreciation — or rather — infatuation with Lodi. She sits Lodi down and makes it clear that she will take her home the second she doesn’t want to be on set anymore. Unlike Van, Lodi is having a blast on set but that doesn’t make Van any less worried. Things only get worse when Van, and no one else on set, can track down Lodi as she moves around the tv production studio as Mr. Chocolate, the unseen man, is the only one who knows of her whereabouts. Push comes to shove, and Van breaks into Mr. Chocolate’s headquarters to confront him and she eventually reconnects with Lodi. It’s clear that something weird is going on with Mr. Chocolate and his company, especially as he admits to owning the police, and Van lets her intuition drive her to find Lodi and get her away from Mr. Chocolate as quickly as possible.

Control And Consent Are Key

Control and consent being key are the main themes of the Work Ethic! episode. Mr. Chocolate wants and has control of every and anyone that works at the tv production studio. He doesn’t really ask for his cast and crew’s consent to have them do certain things, it’s his world and he decides what does and doesn’t happen in it. On the flip side, Van wants Lodi to have true control of her possible acting career, along with Van herself being able to control how much and when her daughter is used for filming episodes. With this, also comes Van’s hope that Lodi can at least be of age before consenting to everything that comes with an acting career. Van is raising her daughter to know that control and consent and two important things to have and be aware of in this world, something that Lodi will surely appreciate when she grows up.

FX’s ‘Atlanta’ airs on Thursdays at 10:00pm EST.

The Chicago Bears passing game has not exactly been humming this season. There are problems all over the place — second-year quarterback Justin Fields has really struggled to consistently show off the natural talent he possesses, the offensive line hasn’t done him any favors, the pass catchers struggle to consistently get open or make plays, and the play calling has left plenty to be desired.

There are, however, moments when things click and you can see some of the talent within this passing game. One such moment came on Sunday afternoon against the Minnesota Vikings, when Fields dropped back and tried to take the top off of the defense. His target was Darnell Mooney, who didn’t have any choice but to try and make a highlight grab. Despite having a defensive back draped all over him, Mooney was able to do a pretty admirable Odell Beckham Jr. impression by jumping, throwing one arm into the air, and reeling the ball in.

This is actually pretty well-defended by Chandon Sullivan of the Vikings, Mooney just went up and made an absolutely fantastic play. Three plays later, the Bears would go on to score their first touchdown of the game thanks to a run up the middle by David Montgomery.

Rick Ross has dabbled in the food game with his recent Wingstop franchise purchase, as well as the launch of his Rozay Cheddar flavored Rap Snacks chips. During a conversation with DJ Khaled for GQ Hype Debate, Ross revealed that he believes his chips are “the greatest snack of all time.” Khaled said that his personal favorite is Cinnamon Toast Crunch with almond milk.

Ross then admitted that he actually has not tried almond milk before, and onIy recently tried 2% milk.

“I’m still not up on the almond milk,” Ross told Khaled. “Rozay still frightened. And this the question: is it from the almond of the walnut? Is they squeezing it out of the peanut?”

Khaled responded, saying, “I don’t have that answer and I usually have every answer.”

Toward the end of the video, Khaled expressed that he would like for his image to be on a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch one day, in the same way Ross has had his image on his own bag of Rap Snacks. Khaled also manages to get Ross to try Cinnamon Toast Crunch and almond milk.

You can check out the full debate and see Ross’ reaction to trying almond milk above.

A well-executed fake punt is a beautiful, beautiful thing. A poorly executed fake punt is also a beautiful, beautiful thing, with the main difference being that a poorly executed fake punt is a disaster.

Here is an example of that. The Seattle Seahawks have one of the best punters in the league in Michael Dickson, who is capable of sending a football to the moon when he connects on one. On Sunday afternoon, Dickson went onto the field for a punt on fourth-and-9 from Seattle’s 21 during a road game against the New Orleans Saints.

Instead of booting it, though, Dickson tucked it and looked like he thought about running. The problem was that Carl Granderson of the Saints was right there, so Dickson got leveled and the New Orleans offense got the ball at the Seattle 14.

Now, our hunch is that this was not an explicit fake punt — one thing you’ll see is that punters are coached to read what the other team is doing and make a decision to boot it or tuck it and run. Maybe we’ll hear what happened after the game, but it sure seems like Dickson thought he had a convoy of blockers ahead of him and that he could pick up the first with his legs. Or maybe it was just a brain fart that let the Saints score two plays later.

It might be a while before we hear from Kanye West. As of this morning (October 9), Ye has reportedly been suspended from Twitter. The suspension comes just shortly after Ye made a series of posts that were deemed anti-semitic by Jewish groups.

“I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” read one of the rapper’s last few tweets. “The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”

The tweet was later removed from his Twitter page, and replaced with a message that read “This tweet violated the Twitter Rules.”

Earlier in the week, Ye had been banned from Instagram after sharing screenshots of an alleged text conversation with Diddy which also contained remarks considered anti-semitic.

A representative from Twitter wrote to BuzzFeed News, saying, “The account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies.”

At the time of writing, Ye has not yet used any other platform to reach fans. It is currently unknown how long Ye’s suspension from Twitter is expected to last.