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Yung Miami Shows Off New Smile In Viral Clip

In a new video obtained by Live Bitez, Yung Miami is seen confidently showing off her bright new set of teeth while moving the camera around her face, giving fans a full look at her updated smile. The rapper keeps it casual yet polished, rocking a middle-part low ponytail, diamond earrings, and a pink, orange, and black jumpsuit while sitting in what appears to be a room with a dry erase board in the background. The compliments quickly rolled in under the clip, with one comment reading, “the new teeth are amazingggg,” to which Yung Miami responded, “I loveeee,” clearly co-signing the fan love for her refreshed look.

You Already Know The Internet Can’t Stop Talking

Roommates ran straight to the Live Bitez comment section after the clip dropped. Everybody had something to say about Yung Miami’s new smile. Some users admitted they didn’t even recognize her at first, while others praised the look, saying the new set of teeth actually enhances her facial features. A few commenters, though, were more curious than anything, questioning why she keeps changing her veneers and what the motivation behind the switch-ups is.

One Instagram user @nolathegreatx added, “The new teeth gave a her a baby face. 😍”

This Instagram user @187_scorpian claimed, “They do look cute.. better than before 😍”

And, Instagram user @prettyricannisha asked, “Who done em“

Meanwhile, Instagram user @teas_baby_ said, “I think her old set was one of the best… i dont like these“

While Instagram user @snuggslilsis wrote, “Idk … I damn near didn’t know who this was“

Lastly, Instagram user @the_humble_showoff shared, “I actually like hers 👍🏾”

Yung Miami Smiles Through Viral DJ Drama Fallout

Roommates, Yung Miami is back outside smiling and glowing after recently making headlines for a viral club moment that had social media in a frenzy just days ago. The rapper was previously captured on video at a club event telling the DJ the music was “trash” and even joking that she was about to take over the set herself, a clip that quickly spread online and sparked mixed reactions. Afterward, she returned to Instagram Stories to issue a public apology to DJ Sean Mac, explaining she was just trying to “turn up and have a good time,” but now she’s back out and seemingly in good spirits, all smiles despite the recent chatter.

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Martin Short is opening up about one of the most painful periods of his life with devastating honesty.

Years after losing his wife, Nancy Dolman, the beloved comedian is now grieving another unimaginable tragedy following the death of his daughter, Katherine.

While reflecting on both losses, Short revealed the emotional connection between their final words and why he believes mental illness deserves to be treated like any other disease.

The “Only Murders in the Building” star recently spoke to The New York Times while discussing his Netflix documentary “Marty, Life Is Short.”

During the emotional conversation, Short looked back on the final days of his wife, Nancy Dolman, who died from ovarian cancer in 2010 at age 58.

As he reflected on losing Dolman after nearly 30 years of marriage, Short revealed the heartbreaking final message she shared with him.

“Martin, let me go,” Short recalled her saying.

The actor explained that hearing similar emotions years later, after the death of his daughter, Katherine, forced him to think about grief and illness in a completely different way.

Short and Dolman first met in 1972 before marrying in 1980. Together, they raised three children: Katherine, Oliver, and Henry.

Over the years, Short frequently described Dolman as the emotional center of their family, making her loss especially difficult for him and their children.

Martin Short Drew Painful Connection To Daughter Katherine

While speaking with The New York Times, Short revealed that the death of his daughter Katherine earlier this year reopened emotions he had carried since losing his wife.

Katherine died by suicide in February at age 42, according to the Los Angeles coroner’s office.

As Short reflected on her death, he explained that he heard echoes of Dolman’s final plea in what he imagined his daughter may have been trying to express during her own struggle.

“Katherine was saying: Dad, let me go,” he said.

Short then shared his belief that mental illness deserves to be viewed with the same seriousness as physical diseases.

“I don’t see any difference between mental illness as a disease and cancer as a disease,” he explained. “In some cases, both are terminal. And in some cases, both are survivable.”

The actor admitted that losing a child brought a different level of pain than anything he had experienced before.

“This is your child,” Short said. “I am trying to head toward the light.”

Short Speaks Openly About Mental Health

Martin Short also addressed the tragedy during a May 10 appearance on “CBS News Sunday Morning,” where he described Katherine’s death as “a nightmare for the family.”

During the interview, the actor spoke candidly about his daughter’s years-long mental health battle and the challenges she faced privately.

“But the understanding that mental health and cancer, like my wife [had], are both diseases,” Short explained. “Sometimes with diseases, they are terminal. My daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, borderline personality disorder, other things, and did the best she could until she couldn’t.”

He again reflected on the emotional connection between Dolman’s final words and his daughter’s death.

“So Nan’s last words to me were, ‘Martin, let me go.’ And what she was saying was, ‘Dad, let me go.’”

The comedian also explained why he became involved with Bring Change to Mind, an organization focused on mental health awareness and ending stigma surrounding mental illness.

“So I hold a deep desire. And that’s why I’m involved in this organization, Bring Change to Mind … taking mental health out of the shadows, not being ashamed of it, not hiding from the word ‘suicide,’ but accepting that this could be the last stage of an illness,” he said.

Katherine Dedicated Her Life To Helping Others

Although Katherine largely stayed out of the public spotlight, she devoted much of her career to helping people struggling with mental health challenges.

She worked as a licensed clinical social worker in private practice while also serving part-time at Amae Health. According to reports, her responsibilities included psychotherapy, peer support, family support groups, and community outreach.

Friends and loved ones remembered Katherine as deeply compassionate and committed to supporting others through difficult moments.

Following her death, the Short family released a statement describing her as someone who brought warmth and happiness to everyone around her.

They said Katherine was “beloved by all and will be remembered for the light and joy she brought into the world.”

Despite the pain surrounding the tragedy, Martin Short has continued speaking publicly in hopes that discussing grief and mental illness openly may help other families feel less isolated.

Martin Short Wants Families To Stop Suffering In Silence

Elsewhere during his “CBS News Sunday Morning” interview, Short explained why he felt it was important not to hide from conversations about suicide and mental illness.

“If I said to the audience, any audience I was in, ‘How many have lost anyone from suicide?’ you’d be stunned by the hands that would go [up],” he said. “‘How many have mental health in their family?’ You’d be stunned by the hands that would go up.”

The actor believes many families quietly carry similar pain but avoid speaking openly about it because of shame or fear.

“So why pretend that this is your own pain? Maybe by sharing your pain it will help other people’s pain,” Short added.

For Short, turning grief into conversation now appears to be part of the healing process as he continues trying to move forward after two devastating losses that forever changed his life.

Sometimes, when you hear the plot of a movie, you think the executives behind it must have done a double-take when they read it. Or maybe it was a dare, and they didn’t realize, so they greenlit it for fear of being accused of “missing the point”. A murder mystery solved by sheep is absolutely one of them. Look at it on paper, though. Talking animals, a quality voice cast, Wolverine himself getting offed, and fuzzy creatures going Poirot, it could either become a surprise hit or leave everyone involved quietly pretending the sheep were never their idea, but now, thanks to financial filings, we have a clearer sense of just how big that swing really is.

From the looks of the numbers game, The Sheep Detectives reportedly needs to gross at least $128.6 million worldwide to break even, based on a rough 50-50 split between theaters and the studio. Now, the important thing is that those numbers are based on fact: via Forbes, the minimum cost was revealed through U.K. financial filings, with the production’s original cost reduced after a hefty U.K. tax break. Those filings put the movie’s cost at a minimum of $64.3 million after relief, which is where the break-even mathematics begin.

Based on Leonie Swann’s novel Three Bags Full, the film follows a flock of sheep who try to solve the murder of their beloved shepherd. The setup is basically Knives Out by way of Babe, which is utter nonsense, but the kind you’d want to watch. In fact, it sounds like the kind of movie Rian Johnson wishes he’d made. Maybe we’ll get Benoit Blanc on a farm next time. The project has also been a long time coming, with the book spending years in development before finally becoming a big-screen project. And critics have loved it so far, which is great. Reviews have said the weird premise, charm, and emotional weight of the film all hit.

Who Stars in ‘The Sheep Detectives’?

The cast includes Hugh Jackman (Logan, The Greatest Showman) as George, the shepherd whose death sends the story into motion — spoiler alert, sorry, but it is the plot after all — with voice performances from Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep, Seinfeld), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Malcolm in the Middle), Regina Hall (Girls Trip, Support the Girls), Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Logan), Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso, Shrinking), Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility, Nanny McPhee), and Nicholas Braun (Succession, Cat Person).

The Sheep Detectives is now playing in theaters.

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May 8, 2026

Runtime

109 Minutes

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Kyle Balda

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When you think of a spy show, you imagine glamorous locations, fancy suits, high-tech gadgets, and the most handsome people in the world. Not this one. It’s about broken-down intelligence officers, terrible offices, worse hygiene, and one of the greatest actors in history farting all the time. That has always been part of the appeal. The show doesn’t need glossy Bond-style fantasy to work, for in its place it has insults, horrible buildings, betrayal, and a group of rejected spies who somehow keep becoming extremely useful.

Slow Horses has, since 2022, become one of Apple TV’s best and most consistent dramas, but it has cost a lot to get it to this point, as via Forbes, newly revealed U.K. financial statements have shown that Apple has spent more than half a billion dollars on the spy series, with the production benefiting from the U.K. government’s Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit, which provides reimbursement on qualifying production spend.

What Is ‘Slow Horses’ About?

The series is based on the Slough House (which is where the name Slow Horses comes from) novels by Mick Herron and follows a group of MI5 rejects exiled to Slough House, where careers go to die under the aggressively unpleasant and flatulent supervision of Jackson Lamb. The team is continually underestimated, and yet somehow finds a way to succeed despite their horrible offices.

The cast includes Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) as Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden (Dunkirk, Fighting With My Family) as River Cartwright, Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient, Darkest Hour) as Diana Taverner, Saskia Reeves (Luther, Wolf Hall) as Catherine Standish, Rosalind Eleazar (The Personal History of David Copperfield, Harlots) as Louisa Guy, Christopher Chung (Waterloo Road, Silk) as Roddy Ho, Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Brazil) as David Cartwright, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Peaky Blinders, Detectorists) as Shirley Dander.

Slow Horses is streaming on Apple TV.

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April 1, 2022

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Apple TV+

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Douglas Urbanski

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Adam Randall, James Hawes, Jeremy Lovering, Saul Metzstein

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By Robert Scucci
| Published 25 seconds ago

Christopher Nolan has spent the last 30 years going bigger and better, and I’m starting to wonder how much further he can push the medium of filmmaking. Having followed his career from Memento (2000) all the way through 2023’s Oppenheimer, there’s one pattern that’s become crystal clear: each production has to outdo the last. His first film, 1998’s Following, was produced for a modest $6,000, and it shows on screen. Meanwhile, his upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey tops out at $250 million.

Knowing how Christopher Nolan makes films, it’s safe to say not a single cent is wasted. When he wants to go epic, he goes epic. He’s so committed to scale and scope that I’m surprised he didn’t actually shoot Matthew McConaughey into space on an unsanctioned mission in order to prepare him for Interstellar (2014).

What goes up must come down, though, and I wonder how much bigger Christopher Nolan can realistically make another Christopher Nolan film. Like every privately owned company that demands to see a consistent increase in revenue and shareholder value quarter after quarter, Nolan keeps upping the ante. Most people would probably say the logical next step is to continue pushing the envelope and going even bigger.

Maybe after The Odyssey, Nolan decides he wants to make a film about Old Faithful and will only consider his vision fully realized once he causes the geyser to erupt prematurely, ushering in a new ice age. Or maybe, and feel free to call me crazy here, Nolan could go back to his roots, take a breather, and belt out another generation-defining thriller like Memento or Insomnia.

I’m Not Trying To Give Christopher Nolan Advice, He’s Much Smarter Than Me

While it would be easy to frame a piece like this as “Christopher Nolan Needs To Do This One Thing To Save His Career,” that’s not what I’m trying to do here. Christopher Nolan has made a career out of being Christopher Nolan, and I have not. I’ve been a fan of his filmmaking since his second film. While I can’t in good conscience say anybody can play Batman better than Michael Keaton, his Dark Knight trilogy is still the most cohesive Batman saga we’ve gotten so far, and often cited as responsible for redefining the superhero genre. Christopher Nolan has proven himself as an auteur and filmmaker who doesn’t need advice from anyone (especially me), and he has the clout and freedom to do whatever he wants, probably for the rest of his life.

What I keep thinking about, though, is what would happen if instead of scaling up again, he scaled back. The Odyssey will go down in history as the first major studio film shot entirely on IMAX film cameras. That’s cool and impressive. You know what else is impressive? Memento, one of the greatest psychological thrillers of all time, which was made possible with a $9 million production budget. It’s a perfect movie.

Insomnia takes that same energy and adds some serious star power to the mix in the form of Al Pacino and Robin Williams. It also had five times the budget, but given the talent roster, I’d imagine a healthy chunk of that went toward securing the cast. Even if you take a quick look at his first film, Following, it’s rough around the edges, but it’s still a tight thriller that holds up today despite being made with virtually no budget while Nolan still had to work various day jobs between shoots. 

Christopher Nolan thrives in the psychological thriller space. He’s an expert at showing how troubled and conflicting personalities interact when they’re together, and how they act when they’re alone and ruminating. He also knows how to turn those character moments into tension once motives become clearer and the characters are forced to confront not only their demons, but their antagonists. He understands how to pace a man’s fall from grace as external forces beyond his control clash with the circumstances he can control. And he can do all of this for less than $50 million.

Not Asking For A Career Pivot, But Rather A Side Quest

Recently I’ve been thinking about how movie studios could benefit from putting out more titles with shorter runtimes and smaller budgets. My argument is that a movie like Zach Cregger’s Weapons (2025) cost $38 million to make and has already pulled in more than $270 million worldwide. It’s just over two hours long, and it’s a self-contained story. You don’t need to do homework or study history to enjoy what Weapons has to offer. Weapons just happens to you, and you either get it or you don’t.

Memento and Insomnia are cut from a similar cloth. They both clock in under 120 minutes and, in the grand scheme of things, didn’t cost a hell of a lot to make. Imagine the kind of film Christopher Nolan could make today with, say, $100 million. Strip the whole thing down so it’s shot through more conventional, readily available means, and use the budget to secure the appropriate A-list talent, if needed, for the project.

Meanwhile, films like 2023’s The Flash, which cost more than $200 million to produce, didn’t even break even once marketing and distribution costs were factored in.

The problem Christopher Nolan has, and it’s a good problem to have, is that he’s been in the freakin’ zone for nearly 30 years. He takes massive creative risks, and they’ve all paid off up to this point. He can literally do anything he wants. If he wanted to bring back LaserDisc for a one-off feature, he could probably secure an investor willing to make it happen. If he wanted to make a time travel flick, he could probably snap his fingers and somebody would materialize out of thin air to help him track down an entire lot of functional DeLorean DMC-12s.

I’m a dreamer, though, and I’d love nothing more than to see Christopher Nolan take everything he’s learned and perfected since bursting onto the scene, scale things back, and go smaller instead of bigger after The Odyssey. This isn’t an indictment of his filmmaking or creative direction, but rather a celebration of it. I can’t say Nolan has ever missed. What I can say is that I’d love to see him make something more reminiscent of his roots now that he’s older, wiser, and influential enough to do whatever he wants whenever he wants, and see what that kind of wisdom could do for the genre that launched his career.

And no, I’m not asking for Memento 3D. But a tight, lean, dark, gritty thriller made today with Christopher Nolan’s talent and passion for the craft would absolutely pop off if he ever decided to give it a shot. He’s already done so much more with less, so just imagine the kind of thriller he could make now with the resources currently at his disposal.

If there’s anything productive you need to do today, let it be to shop a sale this good. The Macy’s One-Day Sale is here, and you can score up to 60% on tons of gorgeous summer fashion essentials. Far from being a sad seasonal leftovers situation, you’ll find a curated lineup of fashionable and functional pieces you’ll wear on repeat all summer long.

From bright summer dresses, quiet luxury-style blouses and breezy shorts and skirts, there’s a little something for everyone in this act-now event. And not to add to the pressure, but there are hours left to grab your well-deserved summer upgrades before they jump back up to full price. Below, shop our favorite summer-approved picks — including denim, linen fabrics and more — all up to 61% off!

Best Finds From Macy’s One-Day Sale

Loose and Slimming Dresses 

1. Our Favorite: Macy’s shoppers are obsessed with this bestselling Avec Les Filles dress. Reviewers say the belted, puff-shoulder piece is “elegant,” “lightweight,” and an absolute “conversation-starter” — was $188, now $113!

2. Stock Up: If there’s a dress we’re tempted to buy in every color, it’s this Tommy Hilfiger linen dress. Airy, polished and full of rich-mom details, it’s a shirdress that reads quiet-luxury the moment you button it up — was $129, now $90!

3. Luxe For Less: Get that Anthropologie energy for way less in this cotton eyelet maxi dress. The slimming empire-waist essential comes in black and white — perfect for elevated everyday dressing — was $90, now $54!

4. Denim Demure: Capsule-collection wearers won’t be able to resist this tiered denim midi. Lightweight, belted at the waist, and versatile, it has that summer-styling power to match basically anything in your closet — was $90, now $54!

5. Stand-Out Print: Stand out in a sea of monochrome in this Karl Lagerfeld floral print dress. Elegant, summery and lightweight, the fit-and-flare frock highlights the best of the feminine figure with floaty, romantic ease — was $170, now $107!

6. Office Approved: Put a polished spin on traditional workwear with this belted tiered midi dress. Conservative but still flirty, the Calvin Klein dress balances professionalism with playfulness in the best way possible — was $149, now $80!

7. Beloved Beauty: It’s no surprise this Donna Karan fit-and-flare dress is a Macy’s bestseller. The belted A-line midi highlights your figure beautifully, while offering a little extra ease through the midsection — was $189, now $113!

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Flattering Skirts and Shorts

8. Our Favorite: Breathable, flattering and cozy, these Levi’s cotton shorts are a summer essential. The mid-thigh-length shorts won’t ride up, giving you stay-put comfort that moves with you from mom duties to morning coffee runs without a single tug — was $65, now $55!

9. Vacation-Ready: Color Us surprised, but we’re totally on board with these linen Bermuda shorts. The pleated, high-waist shorts are so chic we’d wear them to the office with a white blouse and matching blazer for a boardroom-ready ensemble — was $65, now $39!

10. Easy-Breezy: Give your denim a well-deserved break with these chambray cargo shorts. Easy to slip on and fuss-free, they’re the kind of breathe-easy piece that still lets you look chic with a button-up or well-worn tee — was $45, now $25!

11. Matching Set: Youthful but elevated, this eyelet midi skirt lets you add play, poise and a breezy femininity to every summer outfit. Even better, it has a matching top that’s well worth the purchase for the refined head-to-toe look — was $105, now $63!

12. Country-Club Chic: You’ll look like you stepped right into the Hamptons in this striped midi skirt. Adorned in a signature blue-and-white, it looks just as stunning with a tee and sneakers as with a blouse and pumps — was $90, now $45!

13. Statement Style: Add a bit of bounce and a lot of beauty to your wardrobe with this pull-on ruffled-hem skirt. Adorned in a vibrant green, the Vince Camuto skirt will turn heads wherever you go — was $118, now $89!

Breezy Blouses 

14. Our Favorite: Sweet, simple and chic, this CeCe scalloped puff-sleeve blouse leans into femininity without the frill. The go-to summer shirt comes in bright hues, like lemon drop, azalea, lush meadow and fiery red — was $69, now $42!

15. In Style: If high-fashion runways and capsule collections are any indication, polka dots are majorly trending. This gorgeous sleeveless polka-dot peplum blouse lets you tap into the trend, with plenty of functional flair you can actually wear — was $65, now $39!

16. Compliments Guaranteed: We’re getting Oscar de la Renta vibes from this pintuck floral blouse. It’s a bold print that pairs beautifully with everything from denim, skirts, trousers — you name it — was $75, now $52!

17. Rich Mom-Approved: Not going to lie, this short-sleeve chambray shirt is a style we can picture on quiet-luxury fashionistas like Meghan Markle. A crisp wash, impeccable tailoring and elevated details give the Tommy Hilfiger top a custom-made look — was $65, now $52!

18. Elegance Achieved: Fitted but forgiving, this tie-front linen-blend shirt defines your waist while still feeling relaxed throughout. It’s that one-and-done blouse that flatters a range of shapes and sizes — was $65, now $32!

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By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 1 hour ago

Whenever people talk about the best Marvel series on Disney+, they never mention Moon Knight. That’s a shame, though, because this show was like nothing else in this sprawling cinematic universe. It kept fans on their toes from beginning to end, and the entire thing was anchored by an amazing performance from lead actor Oscar Isaac. When the credits rolled on Season 1, everyone wanted to know if he was going to come back and portray this unstable hero ever again. Almost half a decade later, though, and most of the fandom has concluded that Isaac is never coming back to this show despite it racking up an impressive nine Emmy nominations.

However, in a recent interview, Moon Knight creator Jeremy Slater revealed that Isaac signed a very special contract with Marvel in which he would only come back to the show if Marvel could develop “stories that he is creatively excited to tell.” Some might think the Star Wars actor is just being a prima donna and refusing to return to genre storytelling. Taken at face value, though, Isaac is primarily interested in the creative integrity of his character. Meanwhile, the contract he signed is a great example of how other actors can collectively do the impossible: fix the MCU.

In The Name Of The Moon, He Will Punish Disney

In an interview with ComicBook.com, Jeremy Slater revealed that Oscar Isaac made a very unconventional deal with Disney when he agreed to do Moon Knight. “The contract Oscar Isaac signed was very much like, we will do more stories when we find stories that he is creatively excited to tell,” he said. “They can’t just sort of snap their fingers and summon him back for another adventure.” The reason for this is simple: according to Slater, Isaac is “really creatively involved in the future of that character.”

Of course, this puts additional pressure on Slater and other Marvel gurus to up their storytelling game. Slater claims that “part of the challenge, and part of the joy over there, is finding what stories does Oscar want to explore, and how does he want that character to be used? What’s something that would entice him to get back and play in that sandbox one more time?” Unfortunately, since we haven’t gotten any new Moon Knight episodes in over four years, it’s clear that Slater and the rest of his team have failed (so far, at least) to come up with a story that Isaac found creatively compelling.

The Marvel Slop-o-Matic Universe

Still, hope springs eternal, and Slater spilling the tea about Isaac’s contrast may provide Marvel fans with hope for the actor’s eventual return. However, this surprising news has me asking a more fundamental question: why aren’t more Marvel stars negotiating these kinds of contracts? Historically, the biggest MCU stars have been tied down to decade-long contracts that require they appear in a certain number of films and shows regardless of quality. That’s how Chris Hemsworth ended up doing the hated sequel Thor: The Dark World, and how Brie Larson came back from the blockbuster success of Captain Marvel to do The Marvels, the biggest cinematic failure of the entire franchise.

Whenever fans complain about the declining quality of the MCU, what they’re really complaining about is the declining quality of the writing. Bad writers can turn even the most beloved heroes into walking (or flying) punchlines, and even good writers get ground down by the requirements of major executives like Kevin Feige. In fact, studio pressure is the primary reason why so many Marvel movies follow the same, bland formula: execs look at what worked before in movies like The Avengers (armies of generic goons, endless quips, an inexplicable blue light in the sky), and try to apply it to as many films as possible in an attempt to recapture lightning in a bottle.

Our Favorite Lunar Psycho

It never really works, which is why we have so many awful, phoned-in sequels like The Marvels, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Previously, the actors have always been relatively helpless when it comes to fixing the movies they are attached to. But Osar Isaac is quietly demonstrating an option most of these stars have never considered: negotiating a contract where he doesn’t have to come back if he’s not happy with the project. It’s the right call for Moon Knight, of course. Personally, I’d rather have only one excellent season of this Emmy-nominated show than watch it descend into pure slop.

But it’s the right call for Marvel shows and movies across the board. We all know that the real cure for superhero fatigue is good writing, just as we all know that the studio and especially its parent company will cut corners whenever possible to meet deadlines and maximize profits. Oscar Isaac’s Moon Knight contract is more than a sweetheart deal; it’s a way for future MCU actors to break the cycle of sloppy storytelling and only appear in works they are passionate about. For this to happen, though, these actors will have to emulate their onscreen characters and become real-life heroes ready to fight the biggest supervillain of them all: The Walt Disney Company.

By Robert Scucci
| Published 13 seconds ago

Conan O’Brien, like most Golden Era Simpsons writers, is a rare breed. He’s made a career out of a unique brand of low-brow humor that somehow could only come from an Ivy League education. Between his upbringing, education, and naturally unhinged comedic sensibilities, he’s brought us “Marge vs. the Monorail,” the best Hot Ones interview of all time, and decades of late-night television that, in hindsight, makes me realize he was always at his best when broadcasting after midnight.

I could spend the rest of my life talking about every hilarious Conan O’Brien moment, but there’s one from 2007 that may very well be the crowning jewel of his entire career: his interview with overtly enthusiastic and egregiously eccentric bread expert Steven Kaplan. For years, the segment was so perfect that I genuinely thought it had to be staged.

It wasn’t staged, but I’m about to unpack why it feels like it was, and why it may very well be the funniest moment in television history.

Good Bread Is Back, Baby!

In 2007, Late Night with Conan O’Brien brought Steven Kaplan on as a guest for one of its segments. Kaplan is an Ivy League scholar with multiple degrees from Princeton University, Université de Poitiers, and Yale University. He has spent decades studying (and teaching) multiple aspects of the French Revolution, with a primary focus on bread, grain trade, and provisioning. In other words, he’s a total bread nerd.

Conan O’Brien, who served as president of The Harvard Lampoon during his college years, clearly didn’t know what he was getting into when a man who was arguably more educated than him sat in the interview chair to talk about his one burning passion: good bread. Kaplan was there to promote his then-new book, Good Bread Is Back, but instead we got a masterclass in improvisational comedy.

At first, the interview starts out as normally as it possibly could. O’Brien asks Kaplan why he got into bread studies, and Kaplan immediately sets the tone for the rest of the segment. He explains that if you want to understand a country’s history, you need to understand its dietary habits and the way people congregate around food, pointing to breadmaking as a perfect entry point.

Things completely go off the rails after Kaplan compares the breadmaking process to a sexual act, explaining that you need to mount the dough, fondle it, and yes, even inseminate it with live yeast. Conan, being the formally trained comedian that he is, immediately leans into Kaplan’s eccentricities, and Kaplan, an Ivy League academic who very clearly shares similar comedic instincts despite his career path, catches on almost instantly and commits to the bit as aggressively as humanly possible.

What starts as O’Brien antagonizing Kaplan quickly turns into Kaplan getting the upper hand, especially once they start comparing loaves of bread and Kaplan produces a comically large bread knife that he just so happens to carry on his person at all times.

That Is The Tautology In Which Non-Believers Are Locked Into!

What makes the Steven Kaplan interview feel so surreal is that it plays out exactly like the kind of written sketch you’d see on SNL or I Think You Should Leave. Kaplan walks on set, Conan asks what he’s about, Kaplan passionately explains bread, Conan pokes fun at him, Kaplan leans into sexual innuendo, Conan becomes visibly horrified, Kaplan starts aggressively fondling loaves, and Conan completely loses control of the interview.

After all the buildup, they finally taste the bread, which prompts Conan to shrug and admit, “Yeah, it’s good bread.” The final punchline comes when they explain that professional bread tasters are categorized as either spitters or swallowers. A visibly defeated O’Brien, who only learns this terminology after already gulping down his bite, quietly realizes he’s a swallower.

It’s a masterclass in escalation that only two incredibly smart guys with a shared love for absurdity could pull off. O’Brien, one of the funniest men alive, immediately recognized the opportunity to create something memorable with a fascinating guest, and Kaplan, armed with an intimidating academic resume and surprisingly sharp comedic instincts, recognized exactly what Conan was doing and ran with it completely unprompted. It becomes a battle of wits devoted entirely to going as low-brow as possible.

It’s been nearly 20 years since Late Night with Conan O’Brien aired the Steven Kaplan segment, and not a single week goes by that I don’t think about it. To this day, it still might be the funniest moment in television history.