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A Walmart shopper is demanding answers from the mega-retailer after her watermelon seemingly randomly collapsed in on itself. In a viral clip, Raquel Janae (@gyaldem_ari) shared footage of the aftermath of a Walmart watermelon bursting on her stove top.
“What the [expletive], Walmart,” Raquel demands over and over in her minute-long TikTok. She shows how her kitchen floor was splattered with water, courtesy of a watermelon that was sitting on her stove. The stove was turned off, she says, so there is no immediate cause visible as to why her Walmart watermelon would collapse the way it did.
A Walmart shopper is demanding answers from the mega-retailer after her watermelon seemingly randomly collapsed in on itself. In a viral clip, Raquel Janae (@gyaldem_ari) shared footage of the aftermath of a Walmart watermelon bursting on her stove top.
“What the [expletive], Walmart,” Raquel demands over and over in her minute-long TikTok. She shows how her kitchen floor was splattered with water, courtesy of a watermelon that was sitting on her stove. The stove was turned off, she says, so there is no immediate cause visible as to why her Walmart watermelon would collapse the way it did.
I mean, it’s good to have goals and aspirations, right? Seeking to break records and do the impossible is part of the fun of life. And that’s definitely what Florence Pugh had in her head when she filmed the MCU’s Thunderbolts* movie. In fact, she wouldn’t even let the MCU’s lawyers (a fearsome force, we bet) stop her from throwing herself off the world’s second-tallest building while filming the movie. Say that sentence five times fast. Pugh has now shared that during the filming of Thunderbolts*, she went up against insurance risk and no doubt Marvel’s legal team and her own to insist that she complete a totally insane stunt. She even incessantly emailed Kevin Feige to ensure her point came across. Forget leaping off a tall building, that’s true gumption. Below, you can check out what Pugh had to say about her insistence on jumping off the world’s second-tallest building while filming Thunderbolts*—but first, check out this featurette which walks us through the process.
For the record, the second-tallest building in the world is Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The building is 2,722 feet tall. (Holy!!!) Pugh’s character Yelena was set to jump off the tower in Thunderbolts*, but Pugh wasn’t about to let a stunt double have all the fun. Pugh shares, “I got on all the emails. It was in the script, and then slowly as we got closer and closer to shooting, they said they don’t think it’s going to happen because it’s a crazy insurance ordeal and obviously we’re not going to throw [me] off the second tallest building in the world. I was like what the fuck? Of course we are! We have to do that.”
Obviously! We bet Thunderbolts* Health and Safety absolutely loved this turn of events with Pugh. Pugh continues, “I was being a sassy Karen emailing Kevin [Feige] and saying it’s going to do wonders for the press tour. We have to do this! We’re going to have three women break three different Guinness World Records, and we’ll do this and this. I had to keep on pushing, and then they’re like, ‘Okay, if you want to fall off the second-tallest building, we’ll figure it out for you.’ I don’t mind heights. I quite like them and enjoy them, but that was a whole different ballgame and insane. The mental control I had to do that day was its own super power.”
To put into perspective what this Thunderbolts* stunt was really like, Pugh tells us more about the fallout. “I fell asleep for three hours after I did the stunt because my brain [went down].” Phew! That’s intense. Someone get Pugh up there in the stunt hall of fame with Tom Cruise. She definitely deserves it after this. Good thing the Oscars just opened up a Stunt category too…
Most recently, Pugh revealed what helped her to get through the stunt, noting, “I actually think stepping into the mind of Yelena saved me because in that scene she’s not supposed to be scared, she’s supposed to just be, like, chilling up there. So I had to just pretend like I was her. ‘It’s fine, I’m just dangling with my feet off that insane height.’ So it actually saved me.”
Florence Pugh stars in Thunderbolts* alongside Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. This movie features a team of misfits forced to work together to save the world and prove they are more than their past.
Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* released in theaters on May 2.
Originally published on April 15, 2025.
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If you were around when Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace came out, you probably remember the Pepsi promotion with the character’s face on a series of collectible cans. Someone out there probably still prizes their can of Mountain Dew with Naboo pilot Ric Olie on it. Over 25 years later, Pepsi’s rival Coca-Cola is looking to outdo that nostalgic promotion of yesteryear. This summer, they will release a new Star Wars collaboration featuring over 30 characters from the entire saga. And along with the promotion comes a truly epic new commercial, which you can view down below:
The commercial showcases a packed movie theater showing a Star Wars movie marathon, starting with A New Hope. Dozens of fans dressed as their favorite characters populate the theater, reenacting iconic moments from the films. After we see familiar aliens in the lobby (with the classic John Williams cantina music playing), we see fans recreating the battle between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the romantic moment between Han and Leia from Return of the Jedi. Also, we see Rey and Kylo Ren using the Force to fight over a Coke bottle. Just like they did with a lightsaber in The Last Jedi. One guy even shows up as the Death Star itself. But our favorite detail is the sound of the Wilhelm Scream, which we hear in every Star Wars film.
This 2-minute commercial arrives filled with so many details from the galaxy far, far away, it’s worth multiple viewings. We didn’t even notice that a Tusken Raider was sitting in the theater on first watch. Although the conversation around Star Wars as a franchise can sometimes become toxic and unrelenting these days, this Coke ad does remind us of the pure joy that comes with being a Star Wars fan, and with celebrating George Lucas’ eternal story.
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