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USA Today
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Jared Verse wore a perfect shirt of himself and Byron Young to Rams' 1st team meeting
Jared Verse wore a perfect shirt of himself and Byron Young to Rams' 1st team meeting Jared Verse and Byron Young became quite the pass-rushing tandem last season for the Los Angeles Rams. Young had 7.5 sacks and Verse had 4.5, each ranking in the top 26 in total pressures last season, according to Pro Football Focus. The scariest part? They've only played one season together in the NFL. Heading into Year 2, Verse wore the perfect shirt to the Rams' first team meeting of the 2025 offseason program. It featured himself and Byron Young photoshopped into the iconic 'Step Brothers' pose that Will Ferrell and John C. Riley did for the movie. Check it out at the 27:13 mark in the new episode of 'Behind The Grind', which came out this week. Here's a shot of him wearing the shirt in the video. While we don't know where Verse got the shirt, there's one for sale on Etsy that you can buy for yourself or your favorite Rams fan.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
John C. Reilly Reveals Why He's Releasing Debut Album 'What's Not to Love?' Under the Pseudonym Mister Romantic
You know John C. Reilly mainly as an actor, but he's got a passion for music as well. The Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-nominated entertainer, 59, announced his upcoming debut album What's Not to Love?, a collection of music from the Great American Songbook set to be released under the pseudonym Mister Romantic. Its first single, "Dream," is out now. "I looked at our weary world a few years ago and tried to think of a way I could spread love and empathy," explained the Step Brothers star in a statement. "I decided the most fun way to do that was through performing and singing and telling people I loved them." Related: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Present Snoop Dogg with Birthday Cake Mid-Show: 'My Brothers Surprised Me' Reilly added, "So the emotional vaudeville show Mister Romantic was born, out of both hope and despair. What's Not To Love? Is a collection of songs from the show with some cinematic audio weaved in." He offered more details on the character, noting that the album tells "the story of an eternal optimist, Mister Romantic, as he looks for love." "Each song moved me enough to want to share it with people and keep each one alive by passing it on like some of my favorite singers did in their time. The lyrics all have something deeply true about them," continued Reilly. "Someone once said 'It's better to light one tiny candle than to curse the darkness.' Well, this is our little candle in the darkness," concluded the statement. "We hope it reminds people that it's good to love. I figured it was worth a try." What's Not to Love? will feature 13 songs, including two originally by Irving Berlin and three originally by Tom Waits. Others were made famous by the likes of Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and Jo Stafford. While the project marks Reilly's first album, most fans have heard him sing before in films like Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Chicago, among others. Related: Will Ferrell Brings His 'Step Brothers' Prop Testicles to Dinner Parties: They're in 'a Special Box' Throughout his career, he's recorded with artists including Jack White and performed on NPR Music's Tiny Desk series with his band, John Reilly and Friends. He starred as the titular role in a 2002 Boston production of the musical Marty. In October 2023, Reilly and Step Brothers costar Will Ferrell hopped on stage with Snoop Dogg at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre to perform "Boats 'N Hoes" from the 2008 film as well as the MC's 1993 classic "Gin & Juice." Reilly's also passed his musicality onto his son, Leo, who performs pop music under the stage name LoveLeo. What's Not to Love? is set for a June 13 release. Read the original article on People
Wall Street Journal
30-01-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
アマゾン、Xへの広告支出拡大 引き揚げから一転
米アマゾン・ドット・コムがイーロン・マスク氏のX（旧ツイッター）への広告支出を拡大している。複数の関係者が明らかにした。 1年余り前にはヘイトスピーチ（憎悪表現）を巡る懸念から、多くの企業がXへの広告出稿を取りやめていた。アマゾンも広告の大半を引き揚げていたが、方針を大きく転換させた格好だ。 Amazon is ramping up ad spending on Elon Musk's X, according to people familiar with the situation, a major shift after pulling much of its advertising more than a year ago, when many brands had concerns about hate speech on the platform. Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy was involved in the decision, which could result in the company spending significantly more on X. Apple, which pulled all of its ad dollars from X in late 2023, in recent weeks has had discussions about testing out ads on the platform, according to a person familiar with the situation. Some large companies that have cut or zeroed out advertising on X are re-evaluating their stances in a changing political and social climate. Musk, X's owner, has championed a lighter touch in online content moderation and has emerged as one of the most powerful people in President Trump's orbit. Business and world leaders have worked to improve relations with him, given his elevated role in Washington. Musk is leading the Department of Government Efficiency, a group that has planned to eliminate $2 trillion in government spending. He contributed roughly a quarter of a billion dollars to a super political-action committee he started to help re-elect Trump. Ad buyers said that some brands that are returning to X are doing so at spending levels that are still well below their spending before Musk acquired the company, then known as Twitter, for $44 billion in 2022. The return of advertisers to X would bolster its balance sheet at a critical moment. The investment banks that lent Musk cash for the acquisition have struggled to offload that debt from their books. They are now arranging for a sale of senior debt at 90 to 95 cents on the dollar, The Wall Street Journal reported. Selling the debt will be easier if the company's finances improve. In a January email to staff, Musk said that despite positive momentum, financial challenges remain, the Journal reported. 'Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we're barely breaking even,' he said in the email. Musk has denied sending such an email. Tech companies and their CEOs were often the target of Trump's ire in the past several years. But the winds have shifted noticeably with his return to the White House. Amazon, Meta Platforms and Apple CEO Tim Cook contributed to Trump's inauguration fund. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was seen hobnobbing with Musk at inaugural events, a stark contrast to a once-frosty relationship in which Musk would insult Bezos and his rocket company on X. Musk referenced the new friendship on X this month, showing a meme from the movie 'Step Brothers' that said, 'Did we just become best friends?' Advertisers began fleeing the platform soon after Musk's takeover, because of concerns about his efforts to loosen content-moderation restrictions and the turmoil that ensued from management changes. Major ad agencies at the time advised clients that the platform wasn't a safe place to advertise. Controversy over antisemitic content on X in 2023 led even more advertisers to pull back. The platform's revenue fell sharply after large advertisers left. Musk has sought to develop other streams of revenue, including subscriptions, but advertising remains crucial. Musk has tangled with brands, saying in late 2023 that advertisers pulling their ads from X could 'go f- yourself.' Tensions soared last summer when X filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against an advertising trade group and several big brands, including candy company Mars and CVS Health, accusing the group of illegally boycotting the platform. Musk added Amazon's Twitch to the suit in November, claiming the live-streaming platform bought no advertising on X in the U.S. after November 2022, according to court documents. The lawsuit claims the ad-industry group organized 'to collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising from Twitter.' X has alerted the courts that it intends to add more defendants to the lawsuit. Write to Dana Mattioli at Suzanne Vranica at and Jessica Toonkel at
