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Jim Beam Bourbon is one of the best-selling whiskeys on the planet. The White Label bourbon version of Jim Beam is so ubiquitous that you can find it on bar shelves from Brisbane to Beijing to Barcelona to Boston to Buenos Aires. After a certain Tennessee whiskey, the Kentucky bourbon is America’s signature on the whiskey-drinking world across every continent.

But there isn’t just one Jim Beam bottle. The brand has 16 distinct expressions that all fall under the “Jim Beam” brand/label. Jim Beam comes in flavored whiskey varieties, several unique bourbons, and even a Kentucky straight rye whiskey. This gives the whiskey drinker a lot of options for enjoying a pour of “classic Jim Beam.”

To be very clear, I am talking solely about whiskey expressions that fall under the “Jim Beam” brand and not all the brands that fall under the James B. Beam Distilling family of brands. That’s around 20 different brands like Booker’s, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek, Old Grand-Dad, and so many more.

To that end, I’m going to rank every single “Jim Beam” branded bottle (with my professional tasting notes) that is currently on liquor store shelves. As of 2023, that’s 16 different expressions under the Jim Beam brand. The best part of this is two-fold. One, you can find these bottles easily. Two, they’re all extremely affordable — with one exception in the number one slot. Still, we’re talking about 15 out of 16 bottles of whiskey that range from $15 to $20.

Let’s jump in!

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16. Jim Beam Orange

ABV: 32.5%

Average Price: $15

The Whiskey:

This bottle is Beam’s own orange liqueur infused with their Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. That is then proofed down and bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Candied orange and those old-school orange wedges with crystalized sugar candies dominate the nose with a hint of bourbon caramel.

Palate: Super sweet orange candies and orange soda drive the palate with a whisper of cinnamon, caramel, and maybe some vanilla lurking in there somewhere.

Finish: Orange candy sweetness is the only thing you really get on the short and sweet finish.

Bottom Line:

If you want some orange candy whiskey, then go for it. I think if there was more of the vanilla creaminess, you’d get an orange creamsicle vibe that’d work, but it just doesn’t go far enough for that. This just isn’t for me.

15. Jim Beam Peach

ABV: 32.5%

Average Price: $15

The Whiskey:

Here we have Beam’s peach liqueur infused with their standard Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. It’s proofed down and bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Big notes of peach iced tea powder drive the nose toward a little of the syrup from a can of peaches with a touch of cinnamon and oak.

Palate: That peach iced tea really dominates the palate with a whisper of “bourbon” vibes.

Finish: The end is more of that canned peach syrup with a hint of vanilla and “spice”.

Bottom Line:

This is very, very sweet. The peach never feels real or fresh. That said, I can see using this in iced tea to make it boozy and peachy, so… it’s not a complete wash.

14. Jim Beam Vanilla

ABV: 32.5%

Average Price: $15

The Whiskey:

This infuses Beam’s vanilla liqueur with their classic Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. Once proofed, the flavored whiskey is bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose is a massive vanilla bomb to the point that it almost smells more like a bottle of vanilla extract than anything else.

Palate: Vanilla, vanilla, vanilla! The palate is just vanilla sweetness on vanilla sweetness with a hint of “bourbon” in there somewhere.

Finish: Vanilla extract, vanilla oil, and maybe some vanilla cake round out the sweet and very short finish.

Bottom Line:

I would 100% use this for baking. That’s it. And … that’s not a bad thing because you do get a slight bourbon vibe that you don’t get from some vanilla extracts otherwise.

13. Jim Beam Fire

ABV: 32.5%

Average Price: $15

The Whiskey:

Here we go! This is a classic cinnamon liqueur infused with Jim Beam’s classic Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. After proofing, the whiskey is bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Red Hots (or Hot Tamales depending on what part of the country you’re in) pop on the nose with a sweet yet very sharp cinnamon spice countered by a hint of bourbon oak and caramel.

Palate: That Red Hot vibe dominates the palate to the point that it feels like you’re drinking a shot of bourbon with the candied floating in the glass.

Finish: The finish is 100% hot yet sweet cinnamon with a touch of bourbon cherry, oak, and caramel.

Bottom Line:

Hot cinnamon and bourbon isn’t a bad thing. And the fact that bourbon does shine through on the mid-palate and finish helps this one rise above the standards. If you’re looking for an alternative to Fireball, this is a good one.

12. Jim Beam Honey

ABV: 35%

Average Price: $15

The Whiskey:

Here we have Beam’s honey liqueur infused with its Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. It’s then batched, proofed, and bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Almost fresh honey comes through on the nose with a hint of bourbon baking spices, a whisper of oak, and a little dose of vanilla.

Palate: That vanilla gets creamy on the palate, creating a creamed honey vibe that eventually sweetens towards a honey candy.

Finish: The honey candy mellows on the end as the bourbon spice and caramel combine with the creamed honey for a sweet yet bourbon-y finish.

Bottom Line:

This isn’t bad! It’s sweet but in a honeyed way that has far more depth than the sweet candy vibes of flavored whiskeys below it on this list. I can see making a nice cocktail with this easily.

11. Jim Beam Red Stag

ABV: 32.5%

Average Price: $15

The Whiskey:

This is Beam’s cherry liqueur blended with iconic Jim Beam Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. Once batched, the whiskey is proofed and bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Dark cherry cola with a hint of root beer drives the nose toward a hint of baking spices, caramel, and vanilla with a touch of cherry chewing gum.

Palate: That cherry chewing gum gives way to cherry pie filling with more of that bourbon-y baking spice, a hint of oak, and a touch of buttery pie crust.

Finish: The end combines the spice, stewed cherry, and bourbon oak nicely for a sweet yet spiced finish.

Bottom Line:

This just works. Part of this is that Jim Beam is already very cherry-forward as a bourbon. This simply amps up those notes to MAX volume. All in all, this will make a nice cocktail base if you want to highlight cherry notes.

10. Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 40%

Average Price: $15

The Whiskey:

This bourbon is made with Beam’s classic low-rye mash bill and special yeast that was pulled from the window seal in James B. Beam’s kitchen back in the 1930s. That heritage is the core of every Beam product. This straight bourbon is aged for four years before the barrels are blended/batched and it’s all cut down to 80 proof for bottling.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s a classic sense of “bourbon” on the nose with notes of mild caramel, buttered popcorn, peanut brittle, vanilla pudding, fountain Cherry Coke, and a dash of apple orchard.

Palate: The palate largely leans into the nose’s vibe with a deep sense of cherry/vanilla pudding next to candy corn and dry straw.

Finish: The end is light and short thanks to that proofing water but does carry notes of cherry tobacco, old tobacco leaves, and a hint of dry oak with a sense of maybe some pecan-chocolate clusters lurking in there somewhere.

Bottom Line:

This is just classic bourbon through and through. Yes, it’s light, but that makes it approachable. This is so easy-going that you can shoot it, mix it, or drink it over rocks and you’ll have a good time either way.

9. Jim Beam Apple

ABV: 32.5%

Average Price: $15

The Whiskey:

Here we have apple liqueur infused with Jim Beam’s Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. Once proofed, the whiskey is bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Apple skins and tart apple cores drive the palate toward a sweet apple cider cut with light winter spices and hints of oak spice.

Palate: That real apple vibe continues on the palate as Apple Jolly Rogers sweetens the taste before bourbon baking spices and vanilla create a mild apple fritter vibe.

Finish: The finish feels more like an apple dessert with a hint of butteriness and plenty of spice than an apple candy.

Bottom Line:

This is … actually nice. There are real apple feels in the mix and the bourbon compliments what’s going on. I can see using this for baking too, but I think you could sip this over rocks on a cool fall day and not be mad about it. I also think this would work well in a fun fall cocktail.

8. Jim Beam Repeal Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 43%

Average Price: $20

The Whiskey:

This bourbon was released in 2018 to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. To do so, the team at Beam recreated the first batch of bourbon made by James B. Beam after “our long national nightmare” ended in 1933. The juice is largely the same as the standard Jim Beam White Label with a few tweaks in the distilling, batching, and proofing process. The bourbon was a hit and has become a yearly release from the brand.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Bananas Foster with a lot of vanilla, brown sugar, and butter draws you in next to a vanilla malt with a cherry on top and a touch of caramel drizzle.

Palate: The palate adds a sweet grits vibe with honey and cinnamon sugar next to a woody sense of apple and pear.

Finish: The end is full of woody spices over buttery apple pie filling and Cherry Coke with a hint more of that banana, though now it’s more banana bread with nutmeg, cinnamon, and walnuts.

Bottom Line:

This veers away from the classic Beam cherry toward more banana and apple, and it’s a welcome change of pace. Still, this is clearly a cocktail or highball whiskey that works over rocks in a pinch.

7. Jim Beam Devil’s Cut Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 45%

Average Price: $20

The Whiskey:

The “angel’s share” is the distillate that evaporates into the air as the spirit ages in the barrel. The “devil’s cut” is what’s left in the barrel at the end. For this expression, that “devil’s cut” is a six-year-old Jim Beam that’s batched and proofed down to a sultry 90-proof before bottling.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: A hint of that toasted oak comes through on the nose with a sense of creamed honey and Bing cherry next to apple skins and maybe some spicy apple cider with a mild sense of vanilla pound cake with some poppy seeds.

Palate: The palate is lush like a cream soda spiked with cinnamon-cherry syrup and paired with salted apple chips and dry chewing tobacco with a whisper of old oak.

Finish: The end leans into the woody spice and tobacco with layers of vanilla husk, cornmeal, and cherry pits with a warming finish.

Bottom Line:

This is a step up from standard Beam. The profile simply runs deeper and offers more. Use it for cocktails and on the rocks pours.

6. Jim Beam Bourbon Cream Liqueur

ABV: 15%

Average Price: $18

The Whiskey:

This Jim Beam expression is their cream liqueur that’s made with Jim Beam Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey and heavy cream.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Rich creamy notes appear on the nose with hints of winter spice, apple cinnamon rolls, and a whisper of bourbon oak.

Palate: The palate is rich and creamy with a good sense of winter spices, stewed apple, oak, and a shutter of sour cherry.

Finish: Rich and lush vanilla cream drives the finish toward a soft and creamy end that feels like spiced bourbon cream cut with a hint of winter spice cake.

Bottom Line:

Bourbon Cream is a bit of an acquired taste. Let’s just say, if you’re really into eggnog, this will be your jam and this is a good one to start with. If you want to try it, no need to mix — pour this over some ice and you’ll be all set.

5. Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 43%

Average Price: $19

The Whiskey:

Originally only released on the international market, the expression became so popular that customer demand led to it hitting U.S. shelves a couple of years ago. This is standard Jim Beam that’s aged for around four years that’s then re-barreled into new oak barrels for another shorter rest. Finally, those barrels are batched and proofed for bottling.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s a hint of dry firewood sitting in black soil on the nose that leads to more classic Beam notes of cherry vanilla cream soda, dry apple, buttery caramel sauce, and a hint of old oak staves.

Palate: There’s a sweet sense of creamed honey on cinnamon toast on the palate that leads to singed marshmallows and spiced-cherry tobacco leaves with a hint of cedar lurking behind it.

Finish: The end has a nice sense of woody vanilla pods and cherry bark next to dark chocolate laced with cinnamon and tobacco.

Bottom Line:

This is deep and earthy Jim Beam bourbon that’s still very quaffable. It’s classic through and through with that extra layer of depth that helps it pop on the senses. Pour it over ice for sipping or into your favorite whiskey-forward cocktail.

4. Jim Beam Rye Pre-Prohibition Style

ABV: 40%

Average Price: $20

The Whiskey:

This rye was designed by Master Distiller Fred Noe as a return to the bigger and bolder days of rye before Prohibition defanged a lot of the industry and its recipes. The juice is a throwback recipe to the 1920s version of Beam’s rye, giving the whiskey a fruitier edge in the process. Beyond that, the recipe and details on aging are whispered but not really known.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Tart berries and sourdough apple fritters dusted with cinnamon sugar mingle on the nose with a sense of candied cherry and lemon pepper.

Palate: The palate opens with a lush vanilla base next to butter toffee before a hint of rye bread crust leads to a whisper of black pepper and caraway with a twinge or star anise.

Finish: The end pops with sweet floral honey next to salted black licorice and mint chocolate chip with a hint of dry sage and plum pudding.

Bottom Line:

This is a good Kentucky rye with a nice fruity sweetness to it. It’s great in whiskey-forward cocktails or as an on-the-rates sipper. But to be very clear, if you’re looking for a spice-bomb Indiana rye vibe, this is not it.

3. Jim Beam Black Extra-Aged Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 43%

Average Price: $18

The Whiskey:

This expression replaced the old Jim Beam Black Label 8 Year, which was a huge favorite amongst the old-school Beam heads. The whiskey in this bottle is aged longer than your average four-year-old Beam, but there is no age statement on exactly how long. I’ve heard things, but only rumors. The best way to think of it is that it’s aged for as long as it needs to be before batching, proofing, and bottling.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: A clear sense of expensive vanilla beans next to apple cotton candy, honey-buttered cornbread, soft oak staves, and Dr. Brown’s Cherry work through the nose.

Palate: The taste has a hint of sourdough apple-cinnamon old-fashioned doughnuts next to vanilla pound cake with a hint of poppy seed and orange zest, a whisper of clove and anise, and a smidge of pecan pie.

Finish: The end has a dried vanilla tobacco vibe by way of spiced apple cider and old cinnamon sticks next to a hint of raisins and bruised peach skins.

Bottom Line:

This is high-quality sipping Jim Beam, especially over a few rocks. It also works really well as a cocktail base for whiskey-forward cocktails.

2. Jim Beam Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 54%

Average Price: $20

The Whiskey:

Each of these Jim Beam bottlings is pulled from single barrels that hit just the right spot of taste, texture, and drinkability, according to the master distillers at Beam. That means this juice is pulled from less than one percent of all barrels in Beam’s warehouses, making this a very special bottle at a bafflingly affordable price.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose opens with classic notes of vanilla sheet cake, salted caramel, wintry mulled wine spices, and a sense of cherry pie in a lard crust next to a hint of dried corn husk, old broom bristle, and dark chocolate pipe tobacco.

Palate: The palate layers in floral honey and orange zest next to sticky toffee pudding, old leather, and cherry tobacco layered with the dark chocolate with this lingering sense of coconut cream pie lurking somewhere in the background.

Finish: The finish leans into more woody winter spices (especially cinnamon bark and nutmeg) with rich toffee and cherry-chocolate tobacco braided with dry sweetgrass and cedar bark.

Bottom Line:

This single-barrel bourbon has no business being this good for under $30 (the price will vary in the $20 range, depending on your state’s taxes). It’s a great sipper neat or on the rocks and makes one hell of a cocktail. If you’re going to get one mainstream Jim Beam bottle, this is the one.

1. Jim Beam Lineage Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey A Father And Son Collaboration

ABV: 55%

Average Price: $250

The Whiskey:

This whiskey was released for the struggling travel retail market late last year (as well as being available at the distillery). The whiskey in the bespoke bottle is a 15-year-old classic Jim Beam bourbon that was aged on specific ricks in Warehouse K (the most famed warehouse on the Clermont, Kentucky campus). Father and son Fred and Freddie Noe both selected the barrels to make this blend and released it almost completely as-is with just a drop of that soft Kentucky limestone water.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose is classic from the jump with a soft caramel candy with vanilla buttercream frosting over spiced choco-cherry cake, a touch of clove-studded burnt orange rind, and soft marzipan with a hint of old oak cellars.

Palate: The palate is lush with a sense of Black Forest cake — stewed cherries, vanilla cream, moist chocolate cake, dry dark chocolate shavings — next to a bunch of woody and barky winter spices with a hint of hazelnut and burnt orange.

Finish: The end leans ever-so-slightly into old cedar bark and rich spiced cherry tobacco layered with dark chocolate-covered espresso beans and a hint of sharp mint and maybe some more of that clove.

Bottom Line:

This is fantastic sipping whiskey and one of the best bourbons of the year. It’s a testament to the beautiful work the Noes are doing with Jim Beam in 2023. So if you’re looking for one special bottle of Jim Beam this year, this is the bottle to snag.

Jimmy Kimmel had Mike Lindell on his show earlier this year. Now the broke Pillow Man is repaying the favor by giving a confounding interview in his car for Kimmel to make fun of.

On Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel played a clip from Lindell’s 24-hour news channel, Lindell TV, proving there is officially too much TV. The MyPillow founder spoke to The Lindell Report host Brannon Howse from his car. “I’m trying to get this lined up. I’m on the road here,” Lindell said while a dog was beside him in the passenger seat. After Howse made a service dog joke, Lindell replied, “I got lots of things going on.” He sure does.

“You think he knows the dog is in the air? The dog is there to help him drive. They take turns,” Kimmel joked. “But as loyal as that dog is, no one is more loyal to Mike Lindell than his sidekick / best bud Brannon.”

The Lindell TV host shared his dubious theory that people are naturally drawn to “strong masculine leaders,” such as Lindell. Kimmel cut in, “Right, they’re attracted to strong masculine leaders with monogrammed pocket squares.” The camera then zoomed in on Howse’s suit accessory with the letter “B” on it. “The ‘b’ stands for badass,” Kimmel joked.

You can watch Kimmel’s monologue above. Or the Lindell clip alone below.

Uproxx’s Josh Kurp ranked “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]” at No. 9 among all of Taylor Swift’s 26 vault tracks across her four re-recorded albums. “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]” arrived today (October 27) on 1989 (Taylor’s Version), and Swift explained why it wasn’t included on her original 1989 album, which not-so-coincidentally released on October 27, 2014.

“‘Now That We Don’t Talk’ is one of my favorite songs that was left behind,” Swift said in a 26-second audio recording posted to Tumblr, where she also spoke on “‘Slut!’ (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]” and “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault].” “It was so hard to leave it behind, but I think we wrote it a little bit towards the end of the process, and we couldn’t get the production right at the time.”

She continued, “But we had tons of time to perfect the production this time and figure out what we wanted the song to sound like. […] I think it’s the shortest song I’ve ever had, but I think it packs a punch. I think it really goes in. For the short amount of time we have, I think it makes its point.”

“Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]” comes in at two minutes and 31 seconds, which is all the time Swifties needed to attach to it and surmise that Swift is likely referencing her past relationship with Harry Styles.

As for Swift saying “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]” is one of her favorite left-behind tracks, she said something similar when announcing 1989 (Taylor’s Version).

“Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you [soon arrow emoji]!” Swift wrote across her social channels on August 9. “The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27th. To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long!”

Listen to “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]” above.

Even though we’re constantly around people of another gender, they can feel like a total mystery. The differences between sexes are even a bit of an enigma to psychologists. Some experts believe that men are very similar psychologically, while others believe they are profoundly different.

To make things even more confusing, many barriers get in the way of understanding where everyone is coming from. We are raised with outdated stereotypes suggesting women are “like this,” and men are “like that,” or men are from Mars, and women are from Venus.

We also live in a time when we understand that simply understanding people as either men or women negates those who embrace the entirety of the gender spectrum. Further, fundamental physical differences between the genders can be confusing, too. Learning about our bodies is hard enough, let alone someone with different features.

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All in all, this means that we constantly discover new things about other genders, even though many of the discoveries were staring us in the face the whole time. A Reddit user named zenithjonesxxx asked the forum, “What’s the most interesting revelation you’ve had about the opposite sex?” and the responses were pretty enlightening.

Some people shared the differences they’ve learned about our physical bodies, while others have picked up on communication strategies or learned about important differences in clothing.

Here are 17 of the best responses to the question: What’s the most interesting revelation you’ve had about the opposite sex?

1. No bras in the dryer

“It’s all fun and games until you put her favorite bra in the dryer, even accidentally.” — TheLonelyScientist

“When my Husband & I moved in together, I showed him how to wash bras and to hang them up. One day, he was in a rush and wasn’t paying attention and put 4 of my good bras in the dryer on high. He apologized profusely and promised to replace them. After he found out how much each one of them were he asked if he could buy me a new one each pay period. I said that’s fine and said he will probably never make this mistake again.” — _So_Anyways_

2. Period timing

“I was 16/17 when I found out periods happen over time, not an instant gush of blood that comes out at some random point over a one week time period. I blame adverts for panty liners where they poured all the blue liquid out at once.” — Samdd1990

“My husband thought all women had their periods in the beginning of each month.” — Annizka

3. No one is judging

“That they don’t care much about our flaws like we think.” — [Deleted]

“I’m way too busy thinking about what you think is wrong with me to think about what could be wrong with you.” — YourMom

4. The importance of kindness

“That nothing stands the test of time in a relationship more than kindness. It can’t be faked long-term. It’s literally the most important quality in a mate.” — TrulyFreely

“OMG up vote this. It’s the hardest thing to do – especially when you are 25 years in with 2 kids. But let the small sh*t go and just be kind. Find one selfless thing you can do/ say every day to make your partner feel special – no matter how shitty you feel yourself. It comes back at you in multiples.” — Cynik0

5. Pad logic

“I learned on Reddit that they don’t stick those pad things to themselves. They stick it to their underwear. I guess it’s obvious in hindsight.” — TokiStark

6. Woman’s pants

“Their pants don’t have a waist size and leg length. Just an arbitrary number. The f*** is a size 3?” — PewpyDewpyPants

“It’s actually awful. I hate shopping for pants.” — Rhandy_Mas

7. Men feel, too

“Men are incredibly emotional humans in a way that deserves so much showing up for and gentleness. I used to believe the stereotypes and didn’t always hold space for men to bring their emotions. But once I began clocking into how some men show up in their emotions, I was able to see how awesome they are in that space.” — Sahipps

“I think it’s just that we express our emotions differently. It’s not that we don’t have them, it’s that we don’t tend to wear them on our sleeves. However, get us in the right environment and the right frame of mind to express ourselves and you’ll find we are no less emotionally complex than women.” — Darkknight109

8. Understanding male silence

“Men really do sit there and think about the most random things. You think they’re mad at you, but they’re seriously just contemplating what would happen if oxygen just suddenly disappeared for a brief moment.” — Ill_Pumpkin8217

“Yeah sometimes when I say ‘nothing’ it’s because I don’t want to say ‘I’m imagining what would happen if ninjas were to suddenly attack.'” — CatsDogf

9. Women’s buttons

“Shirt buttons are on the other side? But, why?” — Fr8LIner

“The wealthy used to be dressed by servants.” — Scornflake

10. Boob size

“Men don’t care about the size of boobs half as much as I (F) thought they do.” — Manzare

“Yeah, even when being superficial the size isn’t really relevant. This myth probably started because men are more likely to involuntarily stare when someone has bigger breasts, simply because they are more immediately noticeable.” — Lawlcopt0r

11. Insecurities

“I think I was a teenager when I realized that my assumption – 95% percent of women think they’re beautiful – was actually the inverse of reality. I have no idea why I thought that was the case, but I did. When I started understanding people’s insecurities about their appearance, men included, it changed the way I interacted with them.” — Edgarpickle

“I love the thought that you were projecting how you thought 95% of women were beautiful and just assumed they thought the same.” — Xparapluiex

12. Interesting point

“Women really want to be found interesting, by someone who isn’t trying to sell them something or get them into bed in the next few hours.” — Dangerous_Grab_1809

“This may have been why many women I (37/M) encountered believed that I was romantically interested in them, simply because I wanted to know who they were as people. It struck me later in life that they deal with guys who only feign interest to get something from them. That must be exhausting.” — DDh5

13. Men in childcare

“The lack of guys in child-centered roles (especially roles involving young children) due to their fear of being accused of/perceived as a creep is a real shame and disservice to our youth. My first job was working as a daycare assistant in high school. My guy friend worked at the same place. He wasn’t allowed to change diapers/clothes or hug (and basically comfort) kids, though — only girls or women were allowed. We were both deeply offended by the implication that he couldn’t be trusted to perform the same job as me because he might do something sick. I felt valued as an employee, but he felt like he had a target on his back. Is this the message we want to send to boys? And why perpetuate the societal expectation that females should/need to handle more childcare tasks than males?

I’ve babysat for a ton of different families over the years. The blind trust some parents have in me just because I’m a woman is bewildering. Strangers have literally handed me their kid without batting an eye. Male babysitters are pretty much non-existent aside from the occasional family member or maybe a close family friend. And even if those boys or men are available and willing to babysit, there’s a very high chance that a female family member or close family friend will be chosen instead, if possible.” — PasstheTreesPlease

14. She’s not ‘out of your league’

“My contribution is that women “out of your league” may not be looking for some Andrew Tate Alpha Male who drinks Bull Piss™️ and gets into fights. She may actually have a crush on you and be just as shy to approach as you are.

Imagine my shock when I was on a manic high and spoke to a woman I knew would never associate with my ass and she was the exact type of person I was looking for and I happened to be the EXACT type she was looking for! Next month will be 12 years of marriage.” — StudMuffinNick

“So true. I’ve seen a lot of my girl friends feel attracted to a guy just simply because he asked them questions about themselves and seemed genuinely interested in what they were saying.” — Annagrams15

15. To-do lists

“Took me a couple years of marriage to realize, but for women crossing 2-3 things off their to-do list = foreplay.” — Counthermula

“I believe the term is ‘Choreplay.'” — ShaggyNinja

16. ‘I’m proud of you’

“Ladies, message him ‘I’m proud of you’ no clue why it does what it does to a guy, but they love that shit.” — Mousewaterdrinker

“Men can feel like trash, contemplating that they’re not good enough cause they don’t usually hear kind words like that really.” — RaichiSensei

17. They just want you to listen

“Women can talk about their problems for hours with no intention of looking for a solution. They just want you to listen, not fix it.” — Cocaine_N_Caviar

“Sometimes talking it out IS fixing it. The more you say it, the more you realize why you feel, the more you realize if there IS a solution, what it is.” — PickledQuestions

Back in November 2021, Kristen Stewart announced that she’d be getting married to her girlfriend Dylan Meier, and she put it out in the universe that the couple would love if Guy Fieri officiated the wedding. In honor of his late sister, the Mayor of Flavortown officiated 101 gay weddings in San Francisco, and the Twilight star was hoping maybe she could get on that.

In a true love conquers all moment, Fieri surprised Stewart on TODAY and offered his services in a video message. “Hey, Kristen, Guy Fieri here, and I heard through the Flavortown grapevine that you are looking for a sweet spiky-haired officiant for your wedding,” Fieri said. “I’m all in!”

The Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives host even tweeted the video and assured Stewart the offer was legit. The actress, understandably in shock, thought the whole thing was a joke.

Unfortunately, there’s been a development in the two years since. Stewart recently stopped by Watch What Happens Live and revealed that she backed away from the idea even though Fieri was 100% on board.

Via Entertainment Weekly:

Fieri’s team “reached out and were like, ‘You know, we are down for this.’ And I was like, ‘Me too, but also I’m bad at planning stuff, so I’ll hit you up soon,’” Stewart told host Andy Cohen. “I think we’ll probably just marry each other and then call Guy and say, ‘You were here in spirit, babe.’”

In Stewart’s defense, planning a wedding sucks, and that’s probably doubly so when trying to work around celebrity schedules. We’re sure Fieri will understand.

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

Taylor Swift is never finished. Since 2019, she has put out eight (!) albums: August 2019’s Lover, July 2020’s Folklore, December 2020’s Evermore, April 2021’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version), November 2021’s Red (Taylor’s Version), October 2022’s Midnights, July 2023’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), and today’s (October 27) 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Not to mention, her ongoing The Eras Tour and its subsequent Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film.

So, Swift releasing “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]” as one of her 1989 (Taylor’s Version) “From The Vault” tracks is a bit of an oxymoron. Because no, it is never over with Swift. And she’s in on the joke.

“‘Is It Over Now?’ was a song I wanted to end the album because I think it’s the kind of funny play on words of like, ‘Is the album over now,’” Swift explained in a 43-second audio clip posted to Tumblr. “I always saw this song as sort of a sister to ‘Out Of The Woods’ and ‘I Wish You Would.’ I kind of saw those songs as similar, so unfortunately, when we were making these decisions on what to put on 1989 and what to leave behind, I had to make some tough choices.”

The perennial chart-topper continued, “Now, that doesn’t matter anymore because you guys are gonna hear all the songs, so I am so happy about this one being out. I really love the ‘Let’s fast forward to 300 takeout coffees later’ — that section, just, I feel like head-banging to every time it comes on. Hope you agree!”

Swifties had already tied an invisible string between “Is It Over Now?” and “Out Of The Woods” when decoding Easter eggs alluding to Swift’s past relationship with Harry Styles.

For example, in “Is It Over Now?,” Swift sings, “When you lost control / Red blood, white snow,” which feels connected to the “Out Of The Woods” bridge: “Remember when you hit the brakes too soon? / Twenty stitches in the hospital room.” Many publications, such as Billboard, view both lyrics as referencing Swift and Styles’ snowmobile accident that Swift first spoke about with Rolling Stone in 2014.

Listen to “Is It Over Now?” above.

The final season of Netflix’s biographical drama The Crown will be split into two parts, a common occurrence these days, with part one landing on the streamer next month, and the second half in December. The entire season will cover 1997 to 2005, and chronicle the lives of Princess Diana as well as Elizabeth and Charles (and Charles’s wedding to Camilla) in addition to William and Harry as youngsters.

After the Queen died last year, it almost seemed like a full-circle moment. Allegedly, while developing the initial series, Netflix really wanted creator Peter Morgan to end the show with the death of the Queen…until it had actually happened. He told Variety, “We’d all been through the experience of the funeral,” he said. “So because of how deeply everybody will have felt that, I had to try and find a way in which the final episode dealt with the character’s death, even though she hadn’t died yet.” Morgan said they opted not to close the series with her death.

Ultimately, Netflix chief Ted Sarandos said that the series would end in the year 2005. “It was the cutoff to keep it historical, not journalistic,” he explained. “I think by stopping almost 20 years before the present day, it’s dignified.”

Despite the controversies and certain backlash, the show has remained one of Netflix’s biggest hits, and Sarandos thinks it was an important story to tell, even for people who don’t know much about the Royal Family. “I think it humanized them,” he says. “These folks who are by design not relatable, he made them relatable.” Now? They are almost too relatable. Maybe we need to know less about them, actually.

The first part of The Crown season six will arrive on November 16 and the second part on December 16.

(Via Variety)

No one knows for sure how many memoirs that Jada Pinkett Smith will sell during her latest publicity blitz that has maybe-further humiliated Will Smith (although he’s possibly into it?). However, there has perhaps been an unintended beneficiary in this mess, and that would be Will’s 2019 action movie, Gemini Man. Remember that one? Well, a lot of people are suddenly going there on Netflix.

Gemini Man faded into the box-office background, partially due to Joker‘s dominance throughout that moviegoing season. The Smith film’s budget stood at $138 million, and generally, a movie needs to bring in double that amount (to account for advertising and print costs) to profit. On opening weekend, Gemini Man brought in $20 million and settled around $48 million in the U.S. Granted, it did fare better overseas and eventually saw $173 million worldwide, yet it came up shy of actually making money, which was a bummer of a development. Early reactions to the film were pretty positive, and the project was directed by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon helmer Ang Lee.

Yet some cinematic justice is coming for Gemini Man, which is now sitting at the #3 spot on the Netflix global films list. Is the memoir effect or simply the case of a film randomly rocketing to the top like a certain Seth Rogen/Charlize Theron team up, Long Shot, or Michael Fassbender as woebegotten detective Harry Hole in The Snowman? No one can say for sure, but here’s the Gemini Man synopsis if you want a refresher:

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who’s ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who’s trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.

Obviously, Gemini Man is currently streaming on Netflix

No one knows for sure how many memoirs that Jada Pinkett Smith will sell during her latest publicity blitz that has maybe-further humiliated Will Smith (although he’s possibly into it?). However, there has perhaps been an unintended beneficiary in this mess, and that would be Will’s 2019 action movie, Gemini Man. Remember that one? Well, a lot of people are suddenly going there on Netflix.

Gemini Man faded into the box-office background, partially due to Joker‘s dominance throughout that moviegoing season. The Smith film’s budget stood at $138 million, and generally, a movie needs to bring in double that amount (to account for advertising and print costs) to profit. On opening weekend, Gemini Man brought in $20 million and settled around $48 million in the U.S. Granted, it did fare better overseas and eventually saw $173 million worldwide, yet it came up shy of actually making money, which was a bummer of a development. Early reactions to the film were pretty positive, and the project was directed by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon helmer Ang Lee.

Yet some cinematic justice is coming for Gemini Man, which is now sitting at the #3 spot on the Netflix global films list. Is the memoir effect or simply the case of a film randomly rocketing to the top like a certain Seth Rogen/Charlize Theron team up, Long Shot, or Michael Fassbender as woebegotten detective Harry Hole in The Snowman? No one can say for sure, but here’s the Gemini Man synopsis if you want a refresher:

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who’s ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who’s trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.

Obviously, Gemini Man is currently streaming on Netflix

For days now, Megan Thee Stallion has been teasing something new. Earlier this month, she shared a series of videos and photos containing some creepy, snake-like imagery, suggesting that something new is coming. Then, this week, she shared another menacing teaser video with similar aesthetics, in which she says, “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” Now, we know what all the fuss has been about: Today (October 27), she announced that a new single, “Cobra,” is set to drop on November 3.

She shared the news with a cinematic promotional photo. In it, Meg looks sternly off into the distance while wearing essentially nothing, except for what looks like some minimalist armor that probably wouldn’t be that effective at protecting her body in a combat scenario, but that is effective in censoring it just enough to keep the image social media-friendly.

This post is being updated.