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One of the perks of winning the Royal Rumble is choosing your WWE champion of choice to face at WrestleMania. Bianca Belair won in 2021 and challenged then-SmackDown Women’s Champion, Sasha Banks (ultimately winning). Her husband, Montez Ford, hasn’t won but knows who he would challenge if he wins on Saturday. Tough choices During a […]

Montez Ford will look “clean as a bean” at the Royal Rumble on Saturday night. The former WWE Tag Team Champion teased his gear for the show and promised it will be good. “Clean as a bean” WWE gear During ClutchPoints’ conversation with Ford and his wife, Bianca Belair, about their new Hulu series, Love […]

If Montez Ford wins the Royal Rumble, he knows who he wants to face at WrestleMania. Spoiler alert: It’s not WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth “Freaking Rollins.” Instead, he wants the Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns. Calling out the WWE’s Head of the Table Speaking to ClutchPoints about his new Hulu series, Love & WWE: Bianca […]

In the Know features a loaded cast. Among it is Charlie Bushnell (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and Caitlin Reilly (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series). The former plays a young intern who is looking to create an office frat. The latter plays one of host Lauren Caspian’s (Zach Woods) co-workers fed up with […]

Peacock’s In the Know features some huge names like Mike Tyson, Finn Wolfhard, and Norah Jones. How they landed those guests will surprise you. ClutchPoints spoke to one of the show’s creators, showrunners, and executive producers, Brandon Gardner. He worked closely with Zach Woods, who created and also stars in the series. Woods reunited with […]

Snoop Dogg recently had a roundtable about his upcoming hilarious movie, The Underdoggs, which comes out Friday on Prime Video. The football-themed movie focuses on Jaycen “2J’s” Jennings (Snoop Dogg), a football superstar. However, his massive ego and poor sportsmanship resulted in him getting booted off the field. Due to an incident, Jennings was ordered […]

It may shock you to know that Charlie Bushnell didn’t get to act alongside his on-screen dad, Lin-Manuel Miranda, in Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Same goes for AEW star Adam Copeland (formerly Edge in WWE). Despite this, the Diary of a Future President star had positive interactions with both. Texting buddy Speaking to ClutchPoints […]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians star Charlie Bushnell isn’t sure who should play his mom. In the new Disney+ series, his father, Hermes, is played by Lin-Manuel Miranda. However, we don’t see Luke’s mom in human form, and it’s unclear when she might show up. Bushnell acknowledged this during his chat with ClutchPoints about his […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – Across six seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers, Ivica Zubac has missed just 12 games due to injury. The Croatian big man, who came into the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves having played 360 out of possible 372 games, is now facing an extended absence from basketball for the first time […]

Yuta Watanabe is a Japanese basketball star who signed with the Phoenix Suns this offseason. Watanabe is in his sixth NBA season and is reuniting with Kevin Durant, whom he played with for 26 games before the superstar’s trade to the Suns.  Now, Yuta Watanabe sat down with ClutchPoints to discuss his shooting slump that […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the NBA teams who have extensively used their G League affiliate the South Bay Lakers. With one of the better scouting staffs in the league, they have used South Bay as a true farm system with players like Alex Caruso going from South Bay standout to key […]

The Ted films were popular in the 2010s. I remember them being forbidden in my household. But middle schoolers will find a way. For me, it was a friend named Jon, not to be confused by John in the Ted prequel series, played by Max Burkholder. Jon let me in on the R-rated jokes in […]

The upcoming Ted series gets at least one thing right: it translates Seth MacFarlane’s films to the small screen. That was a tall task, especially considering the films featured MacFarlane and Mark Wahlberg bantering. As it was being developed, Peacock’s Ted prequel series seemed to evolve a good bit. Developed as a multicam, Ted evolved […]

Max Burkholder stars in Peacock’s Ted series as John. In Seth MacFarlane’s film series, the role is held down by Mark Wahlberg. However, you may be surprised to know that Burkholder has a long history with the series. It dates back to the production of the very first Ted film in 2012. Nearly landed a […]

Modern Family was a hit show on ABC from 2009-2020. Over the course of 11 seasons and over 200 episodes, viewers got to watch the cast grow. Even if it only ended a few years ago, the idea of a reboot/revival always comes up. Nowadays, every TV series is seemingly being brought back. (Even Frasier […]

Peacock’s Ted series is a hilarious romp. Of course, Seth MacFarlane’s foul-mouthed teddy bear steals the show, but so do Max Burkholder and Giorgia Whigham. For Burkholder, he has huge shoes to fill. He plays a young John Bennett, a role previously held down by the one and only Mark Wahlberg. That said, he stands […]

Provided that Peacock greenlights a second season of Ted, their prequel series to Seth MacFarlane’s movies, Max Burkholder knows what he wants to see happen. In the show, Burkholder plays a younger version of John Bennett, previously played by Mark Wahlberg. The new series chronicles his early adventures with everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed teddy bear (voiced […]

For NBA players, scoring their first career points is a special moment. There’s nothing like getting into a game and being able to make an impact, especially when that’s what players have been working towards their entire lives. For Boston Celtics rookie Drew Peterson, that moment came a couple days before Christmas against the Los […]

The Apex was electric for Episode 6 of Power Slap: Road to the Title Season 2. Anticipation crackled thicker than the Nevada dust as welterweights clashed, coaches clashed, and a shocking twist turned the competition upside down. But before we dive into the brutal ballet of lefts and rights, let’s address the elephant in the […]

Kiersey Clemons has made her way into a new franchise after being in the DCEU ‘s The Flash and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. She now stars in the MonsterVerse’s new series, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. She stars as May, an immigrant living in Japan during the events of Monarch. Talking to ClutchPoints at the mid-season […]

The Iron Claw brings professional wrestling back to the big screen. Yes, films like The Wrestler and Fighting with My Family have done that, but Sean Durkin’s film is a new take. Just from the look of the film, you can tell that The Iron Claw is different. Speaking to ClutchPoints about his latest film, […]

Miranda Maverick, the talented MMA fighter and PhD student in industrial and organizational psychology, showcased her resilience and skill in her recent dominant victory against Priscila Cachoeira at UFC Vegas 64. This impressive performance comes on the heels of her loss to Jasmine Jasudavicius, demonstrating her ability to bounce back and reignite her momentum in […]

UFC Flyweight Jimmy Flick is set to return to the Octagon at UFC 297 against Malcolm Gordon, aiming to redeem himself after a challenging period. Flick’s career has been marked by ups and downs, including a brief retirement from MMA. After a successful start in the UFC with a submission win over Cody Durden in […]

Prepping for any movie is a task. Whether you are settling on an accent, figuring out a backstory, or researching the one of a real person, there is lots of work to do. Sometimes, an actor also needs to get their body in a certain shape, or even go through months of rigorous training to […]

Nick Bakay, creator of Bookie, is not a Patrick Mahomes fan. In fact, the Buffalo Bills fan “hates” the Kansas City Chiefs fan for a specific Tom Brady reason. A “delicious” win over the Chiefs Talking to Bakay on the heels of the Bills’ 20-17 win over the Chiefs a couple of weeks ago, he […]

LOS ANGELES – After weeks of rehabbing a left knee injury, Gabe Vincent is nearing his return to the Los Angeles Lakers lineup. Vincent, who has missed 22 consecutive games with what the team is calling a left knee effusion, suffered the injury during the the Lakers’ October 30th matchup against the Orlando Magic. He’s […]

The Smoothie King Center court has a way of going through warmups well before the New Orleans Pelicans tip off. Hours before Zion Williamson walks out of the tunnel, high school hoopers are getting to live out a dream by playing a game in the Big Easy’s NBA arena. The organization’s Court of Dreams program […]

David Fincher is a “genius,” according to George Clooney. However, the Boys in the Boat director wanted to improve upon the rowing sequences in Fincher’s The Social Network. “[David] Fincher’s a genius” Talking to ClutchPoints’ Matthew Schuchman about his new film, The Boys in the Boat, Clooney compared his film to the rowing in The […]

In his lament for a vision of what our country was meant to be, the great Joe Henry sang, “We push in line at the picture show, for cool air and a chance to see, a vision of ourselves portrayed as, younger, and braver, and humble, and free.” In The Boys in the Boat, George […]

In The Family Plan, Mark Wahlberg plays an assassin-turned-car salesman. Michelle Monaghan plays his wife who’s completely unaware of this. That leads Wahlberg’s character to take his family on a road trip across the country to Las Vegas. There, he can retrieve new identities and a new life for them. But along the way, he […]

Nick Bakay, who was a producer of The King of Queens for years, knows about the Kevin James meme. In fact, James himself is aware of it. The meme For those unfamiliar, the Kevin James meme was a photo of him shrugging from The King of Queens. It caught fire and was used all over […]

From 2013-2021, Nick Bakay was a jack-of-all-trades for Mom. This included being an executive producer, writer, director, and actor in the hit show. Mom starred Anna Faris and Allison Janney, the latter of which he wants to collaborate with again. Looking back at Mom Talking to Bakay, it’s clear that he looks back fondly at […]

Nick Bakay has had a long career in TV. My favorite of his work is The King of Queens with Kevin James, Leah Remini, and Jerry Stiller. But his latest project, Bookie, recently premiered on Max. The series stars Sebastian Maniscalco as a bookie, as you’d imagine. As the legalization of betting looms, his job […]

In a new Snake Oil clip, Adam DeVine (Pitch Perfect) is pitched DIY caskets. But are they real or fake? DIY caskets A salesman pitches his DIY caskets on the latest episode of Snake Oil. As implied, customers will build their own caskets for when they eventually pass away. The new clip, which can be […]

Sean Durkin just directed The Iron Claw —  a biopic about the legendary Von Erich family. But if he returned to the wrestling biopic subgenre, he would want to make a film about another WWE icon, Ric Flair. Woo! During ClutchPoints’ chat with Durkin, he revealed that a Flair biopic would appeal to him. He’s […]

The Family Plan features two young stars, Zoe Colletti and Van Crosby, who play the kids of Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan’s charaters, Dan and Jessica. In the new Apple TV+ action comedy, Wahlberg plays an assassin-turned-car salesman. He has to take his family on a road trip to confront those from his past who […]

While his on-screen persona can seem pompous and sometimes borderline evil, AEW World Champion MJF is actually a nice guy. Sean Durkin, director of The Iron Claw, confirmed that to ClutchPoints. “I don’t want to burst the bubble” During a conversation with ClutchPoints about his new film The Iron Claw, Durkin discussed MJF, who stars […]

Greatest NFL defensive player of all time? Every conversation has to start and (probably) end with New York Giants legend Lawrence Taylor. A quick Lawrence Taylor history lesson 2x Super Bowl Champion NFL MVP 1986 3x Defensive Player of the Year (including as a rookie in 1981) 8x First-Team All-Pro 10x Pro Bowler NFL sacks […]

The Family Plan is a surprsingly fun action rump on Apple TV+. It stars Mark Wahlberg as an ex-assassin attempting to protect his family on a road trip. Simon Cellan Jones directed the film. The charismatic director has another film with Wahlberg coming out next year, Arthur the King, which he teased in his conversation […]