Quick! Think of something interesting to say at dinner tonight. If nothing’s coming to you, here are your conversation starters for the weekend.
Jordan Peele is making another movie — get excited
If you liked “Get Out” so much you would have seen it a third time, well, save your cash, because director Jordan Peele is making a new movie called “Us.” Variety reports Lupita Nyong’o, fresh off “Black Panther,” is in talks to star, and “Mad Men”/”Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss is a top choice for another role. Winston Duke, also of “Black Panther” and “Avengers: Infinity War,” is being considered for a part as well. “Us” is slated to open in March 2019.
Dr. Drai vs. Dr. Dre
Pioneering rapper and producer Dr. Dre has lost a battle with a gynecologist with a verrrry similar name. Dr. Dre (real name Andre Young) protested to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office because a Pennsylvania-based medical doctor named Draion M. Burch is calling himself “Dr. Drai.” Dr. Drai is a media personality in his own right, but of a very different sort — he writes books and gives sex education webinars, among other things. The feds said “forget about it, Dre” and ruled in favor of Drai.
Legalize it, sports betting edition
Degenerate gamblers old and new, rejoice: The U.S. Supreme Court just overturned the federal law banning sports gambling. That means states are now free to legalize sports betting, if they so choose. New Jersey was behind the change — the state legalized sports gambling to help Atlantic City’s struggling casinos but was sued by the four major sports leagues for violating the 1992 federal law (which exempted Nevada).
Flying Ubers coming by 2023?
That’s right — Uber says your ride home from the bar could be airborne in five years. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company plans to start demonstration flights in Dallas and Los Angeles two years from now, with rides for consumers available three years after that. Uber isn’t the only company publicly announcing plans: Boeing also says it’ll be selling flying taxis within the next decade.
The digit: $50
That’s how much it’ll cost you to get a bun covered with real, edible gold. Where? In Australia, of course, at a restaurant called Phat Stacks. The bun is covered in 24-carat gold leaf, and is an optional add for any burger or sandwich on the menu. Unsurprisingly, the bun isn’t the only ridiculous thing on the menu — one sandwich strains the definition of “burger” by taking two beef patties and adding two slabs of fried chicken as well as bacon, cheese, onion rings, pickles and jalapeños. The bun’s price is in Australian dollars — so the U.S. dollar price is a mere $37.74.
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