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The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's gr... Read all The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.' The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

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• Trivia The song heard on the soundtrack when the film ends is "The Big Ship" by Brian Eno , one of David Foster Wallace 's favorite songs. It was also used for the climax of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) , another film that premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
• Goofs In regards to the scene where Mrs. Gunderson gives Mr. Wallace and Mr. Lipsky a car tour of Minneapolis sites: The Mary Tyler Moore statue on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, was not given to the City by TV Land until 2002. Also, it is not legal for cars to drive down Nicollet Mall.

David Foster Wallace : It may be in the old days what was known as a spiritual crisis: feeling as though every axiom in your life turned out to be false... and there was actually nothing. And that you were nothing. And that it's all a delusion and you're so much better than everybody 'cause you can see how this is just a delusion, and you're so much worse because you can't fucking function.

• Crazy credits Halfway through the closing credits, there is an extra scene told from the perspective of David Foster Wallace as Lipsky goes to the bathroom to wash out the chewing tobacco. It shows what Wallace did while he was in the bathroom: he speaks privately into the tape recorder.
• Connections Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jason Segel/Amy Sedaris/Alessia Cara (2015)
• Soundtracks Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow Written by Lawrence and Maurice Deebank Performed by Felt Courtesy of Cherry Red Records

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The End of the Tour tells the story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter (and novelist) David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, Infinite Jest . As the days go on, a tenuous yet intense relationship seems to develop between journalist and subject. The two men bob and weave around each other, sharing laughs and also possibly revealing hidden frailties—but it’s never clear how truthful they are being with each other. Ironically, the interview was never published, and five days of audio tapes were packed away in Lipsky’s closet. The two men did not meet again. The film is based on Lipsky’s critically acclaimed memoir about this unforgettable encounter, written following Wallace’s 2008 suicide. Both Segel and Eisenberg reveal great depths of emotion in their performances and the film is directed with humor and tenderness by Sundance vet James Ponsoldt from Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies’ insightful and heartbreaking screenplay.

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“There’s an unhappy paradox about literary biographies,” David Foster Wallace observed in The New York Times Book Review in 2004, in reference to “Borges: A Life.” Readers who pick up such books, drawn by their admiration for a writer’s work, are likely to find themselves distracted and disappointed by a welter of iffy theories and picayune data. In the case of Borges, Wallace argued, “the stories so completely transcend their motive cause that the biographical facts become, in the deepest and most literal way, irrelevant.”

The same can be said of Wallace himself, and, for that matter, of just about any author worth reading. The work is everything; the life is trivia. And since I’m about to praise a movie about David Foster Wallace that claims fidelity to at least some of the facts of his life, I should perhaps identify myself as a devoted nonconsumer of literary biographies, an avowed biopic skeptic and, unless someone offers me a lot of money to write one, a habitual avoider of celebrity profiles. So by all rights I should hate “ The End of the Tour ,” James Ponsoldt’s new film, a portrait of the writer that has its origins in a (never-published) magazine profile. In fact, I love it.

Some of the people closest to Wallace, who committed suicide in 2008, have condemned the movie sight unseen, and friends of his who did see it ( one of them also a friend of mine) have found fault with both its details and its overall design. As an ardent , ambivalent reader of Wallace’s prose and a complete stranger to him personally, I can only respect such objections. But the movie, in my view, disarms them — not because it offers an especially loving or lifelike picture of its subject but rather because David Foster Wallace is not really its subject at all. “The End of the Tour” is at once an exercise in post-postmodern literary mythmaking and an unsparing demolition of the contemporary mythology of the writer. It’s ultimately a movie — one of the most rigorous and thoughtful I’ve seen — about the ethical and existential traps our fame-crazed culture sets for the talented and the mediocre alike.

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There are two Davids in the movie, which takes place in 1996. Both of them are writers. One is Wallace (Jason Segel), whose third book of fiction, the 1,079-page dystopian tennis-rehab epic “Infinite Jest,” has just been published to hyperbolic acclaim . The other is David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg), whose own recently released novel, “The Art Fair,” has met with polite indifference. An early scene finds him on his couch reading “Infinite Jest” while his girlfriend, Sarah (Anna Chlumsky), is curled up with the season’s other fictional blockbuster, the anonymously published political roman à clef “Primary Colors.” (Oh, the ’90s. Sorry you missed all the fun, kids. Kind of sorry I didn’t.)

David L., a new, probationary hire at Rolling Stone magazine, convinces his skeptical editor (Ron Livingston) that David F.W. is worthy of a feature article, and so finds himself in Bloomington, Ill., in the middle of winter. (Wallace taught for many years at Illinois State University.) The plan is that the reporter will accompany the novelist to Minneapolis, the last stop on his book tour. He does, and that’s pretty much the plot of the movie.

Mr. Ponsoldt, whose earlier features include “The Spectacular Now” and “Smashed,” would much rather observe two people in aimless conversation than usher them through the tollbooths of narrative convention. And conversation, including the uncomfortable silences that punctuate it, is pretty much the entire substance of “The End of the Tour.” Yes, there’s a fair amount of smoking and junk-food eating, an excursion to the Mall of America and a multiplex showing of “ Broken Arrow ” (with John Travolta taking a missile to the gut), but Mr. Ponsoldt and the screenwriter, the playwright Donald Margulies, allow words to speak louder than actions.

Many of the words are Wallace’s own, uttered into Mr. Lipsky’s tape recorder in 1996 and transcribed, 14 years later, for publication in a book called “ Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself .” Funny, intriguing and revealing as this talk may be, it does not have anything like the status of Wallace’s writing. The film not only acknowledges this distinction, but it also insists on it. In his would-be profiler’s company, occasionally glancing at the menacing red light of the predigital tape recorder, Wallace is by turns cagey and candid, witty and earnest, but he is always aware, at times painfully, that he is playing the role of a writer in someone else’s fantasy. Actually writing is something he does when no one else is around.

Mr. Segel’s performance, whether it captures the true Wallace or not, is sharp and sensitive, in no small part because it’s modest and appropriately evasive. The essential David Wallace is precisely what the film reminds us we can’t see, even as David Lipsky wants desperately to track him down and display him to the readers of Rolling Stone. Wallace is caught in a familiar set of contradictions. He wants attention but craves solitude. He’s willing to collaborate with the machinery of publicity even as he worries about the phoniness of it all. He’s ambitious and eager to protect himself from the consequences of his ambition. In short, he’s a famous writer.

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As such he is, for his short-term companion, both alpha dog and prey, an object of envy as well as admiration, a meal ticket and an imaginary friend. The film poses the question “Who is the real David Foster Wallace?” as a feint. He is its premise, its axiom, its great white whale. The more relevant question, the moral problem on which the movie turns, is “who is David Lipsky?”

In real life, David Lipsky might be a great guy, but on screen he is played by Mr. Eisenberg, which means that his genetic material is at least 25 percent weasel. Wallace at one point playfully describes himself as “pleasantly unpleasant.” Lipsky is unpleasantly pleasant, which is much worse. Twitchy and ingratiating, he wants to be a tough journalist and a pal. He desperately wants Wallace to regard him as a peer and can hardly contain his jealousy. He berates Sarah after she chats with Wallace on the phone and falls into a defensive snit after Wallace accuses him of flirting with Betsy (Mickey Sumner), a poet who had known Wallace in graduate school.

His awfulness is, to some degree, structural. A profile writer, especially in the company of another writer, is a false friend who dreams of being a secret sharer. Lipsky’s assignment is to pry, distort and betray, to use Wallace’s words and the details of his existence as material for his own dubious project. Wallace knows this and acquiesces to it — “you agreed to the interview” is Lipsky’s fallback when his subject gets prickly — and generally handles himself with grace and forbearance.

You may find yourself wishing that he didn’t have to, which is to say wishing that “The End of the Tour” didn’t exist even as you hang on its every word and revel in its rough, vernacular beauty. In an ideal world, we would all sit at home reading “Infinite Jest” and then go out to eat hamburgers, argue about philosophy and watch cheesy action blockbusters. There would be no pseudo-authoritative biographies or prying, preening magazine profiles to complicate our pleasures, and ambitious actors would not dare to impersonate beloved novelists. But the world we live in is plagued by all of those things. There will always be films about writers and writing, and this one is just about as good as it gets.

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Directed by James Ponsoldt (" The Spectacular Now "), "The End of the Tour" might fit well on a double bill with " Amadeus ," another film about a genius and a lesser artist who basks in his aura. Of course, the setting is very different, and the stakes are much lower—"Tour" is a fictionalized account of the week-and-a-half that  Rolling Stone  writer David Lipsky spent following the late David Foster Wallace as he toured to promote his doorstop-sized masterpiece "Infinite Jest"—but it's still the story of a competent but unremarkable creative person observing brilliance up close, feeding on it, reveling in it and resenting it. 

It is also certainly one of cinema's finest explorations of an incredibly specific dynamic—that of the cultural giant and the reporter who fantasizes about one day being as great as his subject, and in the same field. What it definitely  isn't  is a biography of David Foster Wallace, much less a celebration of his work and worldview. Whether that proves a deal breaker, a bonus, or a non-factor for viewers will depend on what they want out of this movie. 

"The End of the Tour" is not really about Wallace ( Jason Segel ), although he's the other major character. It starts with Lipsky ( Jesse Eisenberg ) expressing amazement (but really jealousy) over a rave review of "Infinite Jest" in  New York  magazine, a moment that sparks his obsession with Wallace. It ultimately leaves us thinking about Lipsky's feelings and career trajectory, and whether he feels any guilt about using his brief association with Wallace to further his own career as a writer of books. At this point in his life, Lipsky has had just one volume published, a novel that few people bought and fewer read; after some hesitation, he foists it on Wallace while visiting him at the University of Illinois during a punishingly icy winter. 

The screenplay by Donald Margulies spends most of its time and energy observing a dance. One dancer is Lipsky. He only got  Rolling Stone  to pay for his rock-star style profile of a novelist by agreeing to ask Wallace about the rumors that he uses heroin, and his motivations for doing the story are, to put it mildly, less than noble. The other dancer is Wallace. His fiction and nonfiction were partly concerned with the meaning of the word "authenticity," and how the social rituals and technology and economic structure of modern life created false intimacies that Wallace was determined to reject. 

Theirs is a complex relationship, brief as it is. The most fascinating thing about it is how each side of it seems to be happening in a different storytelling genre. 

Wallace's side of the story is something along the lines of a light drama, perhaps even a romance, about somebody who's been burned over and over and has withdrawn from nearly all relationships save for a handful that he feels he can trust and believe in. Although the small part of the world that cares about writers' private lives thinks of Wallace as a bit of a recluse and perhaps a bit mysterious, it's immediately clear that he's just selective and self-protecting. It's the story of a man learning to trust again (in a love story, it would be "to love again") while worrying that he's going to get burned one more time. Lipsky isn't a Wallace-level intellect, he is very smart, and a good listener, and excellent at getting subjects to open up, even though his demeanor is presumptuous. He doesn't approach Wallace with the appropriate  humility. He instead comes at him from the point-of-view of a writer who believes that he is Wallace's potential equal—somebody as profound as Wallace but not as accomplished or famous, for now. Wallace seems to buy this. Why? Maybe because he's a teacher, and at least a few of his students have real talent, and he doesn't want his ego or insecurity to rule out the possibility that he might cross paths with an artist. Or maybe he's just a decent, optimistic guy.

Lipsky's side of the story often feels like the story of of a con man, or a regular person who uses other people without realizing that's what he's doing. If this were a romantic drama, Lipsky might be a drug user who swears he's gotten clean, or a recovering alcoholic who's not as far along in the process as he claims to be, or a serial cheater who wants everyone to think he's reformed and can be monogamous even though he's constitutionally incapable of that. We keep waiting for the other shoe to drop—for Wallace, who genuinely likes Lipsky even though he's observant enough to spot all the warning signs immediately, to realize that Lipsky cannot have a real friendship with him, and that in general it is a bad idea for a subject to think that he can have that kind of relationship with a reporter. 

Any journalist who's been profiling famous people for any length of time will recognize the dynamic depicted here by Ponsoldt, Eisenberg and Jason Segel, and the honest ones will be made uncomfortable by it. There is something vampiric about features like the one that Lipsky has been assigned to write. There are also elements of theatricality. As Wallace observes early on, the subject is expected to give a performance of sorts, imitating the person he'd like to be perceived as being. The reporter in turn playacts casual curiosity, and tries to push past the facade and find something real, maybe uncomfortable, best of all revelatory. 

Segel and Eisenberg, who as movie stars have been in Wallace's position many times, have an intuitive understanding of how this relationship works, and they illuminate it in the moment, with specificity and clarity. Segel doesn't really look or sound like Wallace (not that that matters; Anthony Hopkins didn't look or sound like Nixon in " Nixon " but was extraordinary) and I didn't necessarily buy him as somebody who could write like Wallace, but he's so smart and genuine and peculiar that we believe he is capable of Wallace's extreme sensitivity and delicate observations—a major accomplishment. Eisenberg is the true star of the movie—an actor of extraordinary originality and also bravery, insofar as he never seems to trouble himself with whether people will hate his characters. He's a great listener but also a rather scary one. His characters often seem to be scrutinizing other characters the way a snake might scrutinize a field mouse. There are many moments in "The End of the Tour" when we dislike Lipsky. There are a few moments where we might find him sickening. 

Is this a story that will fascinate an audience beyond editors, critics, reporters, novelists, and people who care about the problems of such people? I have no idea, though it seems unlikely; the film's incredible specificity would seem to mitigate against being discovered and championed by a wide audience, despite Segel and Eisenberg's presence in the cast. Did the film necessarily  need  to have David Foster Wallace as one of its two main characters? That's a thornier question. We rarely hear any of his prose read aloud (Lipsky reads a passage of "Jest" to his girlfriend, but that's about it) and there is nothing in the film besides some of Wallace's dialogue to indicate that the movie has any interest in illuminating Wallace's fiction, or the obsessions that he worked into them. 

It is very much an Amadeus and Salieri story, and if you are familiar with Amadeus, and the barest outlines of Wallace's life, and the fact that this is based on a nonfiction book by the writer David Lipsky, you know how the story must end: with Lipsky gaining a greater measure of fame via his brief association with Wallace and not being quite sure how to feel about it. The best thing you could say about "The End of the Tour" is that it could've been about any two creative people. That's also the worst thing you could say about it. 

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Matt Zoller Seitz is the Editor at Large of RogerEbert.com, TV critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.

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Where’s the drama and, hell, the laughs in the nonspectacle of two writers talking with and at each other? For a riveting answer, check out The End of the Tour. The film is based on the 2010 book Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, by Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky . Over five days in 1996, Lipsky ( Jesse Eisenberg ) interviewed celebrated novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace ( Jason Segel , like you’ve never seen him before). It was the end of Wallace’s tour for his magnum opus, Infinite Jest . It wasn’t until after the depression-plagued Wallace hanged himself in 2008 that Lipsky used the material in a story that won a National Magazine Award and became the basis for his book. Suicide hangs over the movie as it did the book, scrambling our thoughts and perhaps helping us achieve a greater understanding.

Nothing and everything happen in the movie. Director James Ponsoldt ( The Spectacular Now ), working from a fluid script by playwright Donald Margulies, does justice to the book without compromising his film. This is no biopic. The story takes place when the bandanna-wearing Wallace was at the peak of his success and trying in his own shambling, humane way to deal with it.

From the moment Lipsky, played with seductive intelligence and a secret smile by Eisenberg, arrives at Wallace’s bachelor cave in snowbound Bloomington, Illinois, the scene is set for mesmerizing mind games. The more Lipsky pushes — his editor (Ron Livingston) wants details of the author’s alleged heroin addiction — the warier Wallace becomes.

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So we watch as Lipsky and Wallace travel by car, bus and jet trying to suss each other out, to touch a nerve, to form a bond. In Minneapolis, they eat junk food and argue pop culture. Then, at dinner with Wallace’s pal Julie (Mamie Gummer) and his former college love Betsy (Mickey Sumner), the low-key author accuses Lipsky of crass flirting. His words sting. Segel, giving the performance of his career, potently catches Wallace’s internal conflicts.

As the details accumulate, so does the power of the film, an illuminating meditation on art and life that hits you hard with its ferocity and feeling. What could have been a static record of a conversation becomes kinetic cinema of startling immediacy. Lipsky wrote, “Books are a social substitute; you read people who, at one level, you’d like to hang out with.” The End of the Tour lets us hang out with two different writers who strive rigorously to never completely let their guard down. Although of course they end up becoming themselves. Right in front of us. That’s what makes the movie, elevated by two extraordinary actors, an exhilarating gift. In the last image Ponsoldt gives us of Wallace, the former athlete is doing something that distills what his words do with such artful abandon: dancing.

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The end of the tour.

Directed by James Ponsoldt

Imagine the greatest conversation you've ever had.

The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

Jason Segel Jesse Eisenberg Mamie Gummer Mickey Sumner Johnny Otto Anna Chlumsky Joan Cusack Becky Ann Baker Ron Livingston Stephanie Cotton Dan John Miller Noel Fletcher Michael J. Stalmer Punnavith Koy Ben Phelps Joel Thingvall Ryan J. Gilmer Alan Holasek

Director Director

James Ponsoldt

Producers Producers

David Kanter James Dahl Matt DeRoss Ted O'Neal William Colling Louise Lovegrove Rowan Riley James Samson

Writer Writer

Donald Margulies

Casting Casting

Avy Kaufman

Editor Editor

Darrin Navarro

Cinematography Cinematography

Executive producers exec. producers.

Paul Green Mark Levinson Donald Margulies

Production Design Production Design

Gerald Sullivan

Art Direction Art Direction

Sarah M. Pott

Set Decoration Set Decoration

Yvette Granata Derek Berk

Visual Effects Visual Effects

Matthew Bramante

Composer Composer

Danny Elfman

Sound Sound

James Bailey Ryan Collins Greg Mauer Jean-Yves Munch Leslie Shatz Joel Walker

Costume Design Costume Design

Emma Potter

Makeup Makeup

Karri Farris Julie Strating

Hairstyling Hairstyling

Katherine Kousakis Stephanie Strowbridge

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Review by Matt Singer ★★★★ 6

There can be great joy in seeing yourself onscreen. And there can be pain as well.

In The End of the Tour , Jesse Eisenberg plays a writer named David Lipsky. He has a full-time job at Rolling Stone , and he’s just published a novel. By most standard definitions, he would be considered "successful." But his novel’s gone mostly unnoticed and writing boy band profiles isn’t exactly fulfilling. Something’s missing.

When David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest , published around the same time as Lipsky’s own novel, becomes a critical sensation, he reacts with skepticism at his rival’s achievement. Then he reads that achievement for himself. When he does, director James Ponsoldt holds on a long shot of Eisenberg sitting on Lipsky’s couch,…

Review by Buddy O ★★★★½ 1

Jason Segel needs to be in more things.

Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 11

The End of the Tour is an intimate and delicate exploration of artists, their motivations, and their various influences on aspects of fame, ego, and relationships. With the perfect modern romance The Spectacular Now within his relatively-slim filmography, James Ponsoldt has already set a high-bar in regards to expectations, but I can happily report that my predictions for The End of the Tour came true. This is a beautiful film.

Supported by two stunning performances, The End of the Tour succeeds so brilliantly because of the rapid-fire and supremely naturalistic screenplay, allowing substantial character depth and richness to be drawn from the pages. Jason Segel is the most talked-about aspect here, and for good reason. His portrayal of David…

Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★½ 5

Nashville Scene review . One tiny thing I couldn't possibly find a way to fit into it, but which will probably be what I'll recall most vividly about this rather mundane film in years to come: Wallace puts Murmur on at his house, and we actually hear the album play as he and Lipsky talk. As in, "Perfect Circle" ends and then "Catapult," which is in fact the next song, begins. Whether because of rights issues or just because dialogue scenes rarely run long enough, hearing two consecutive songs from the same album—commonplace in real life—almost never happens in movies. In fact, I can't remember another example offhand, which is why it jumped out at me. A meaningless touch, perhaps, but welcome nonetheless.

Review by LETTRISTB0XD 2

Spectators who enjoyed this film may also enjoy: -My Dinner With Andre -Before Midnight -Nekromantik -2 hours of defocused images of snow accompanied by introspective ambient synths -Placing the Blu-ray on a shelf next to This Is Water and none of David Foster Wallace's significant works -Imagining David Lipsky falling down an industrial staircase that descends infinitely into the void

Review by matt lynch ★★½ 1

Spoilers for BROKEN ARROW I guess.

Review by Sally Darr ★★★★ 3

fuck me I have to read infinite jest now

Review by Kurdt ★★★★★ 11

First, some context. I first watched this film last November, loved it, and became intrigued about David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest for those that don’t know. Of course I’d heard of IJ, this infamous gargantuan novel that had astounded readers and seemed to take on a life of it’s own as something people would declare “changed their life” on a relatively regular basis. I had half-considered reading it a few times in the past but the idea of reading a 1000+ page novel just killed any vibe I had with it. It certainly sounded great, but I had never read anything that long in my lifetime; I was also on a binge to read as many books as…

Review by Gonzo ★★★★½ 2

▶ 2015 Movie Rankings

“I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion.”

It's crazy how such a great film ends up buried and forgotten come awards season, but here we are. Fifty Shades of Grey is now an Academy Award nominee. The End of the Tour , however, is not.

Don't be put off by the seemingly boring premise of two guys simply talking, The End of the Tour is an excellent and absorbing character study. The road-trip biopic is like this generation's My Dinner with Andre —nothing fancy, never showy, but rich in profundity and emotion. Even the ending is low-key brilliant.

The film works…

Review by Disgustipated ★★★★★ 2

For most of my life, from as early as I can remember, I suffered from major depression. I sometimes felt compelled to kill myself, yet I was simultaneously desperate to remain alive. Despite the constant pull towards death, as though the grim reaper was hooking my by the neck with the round end of a walking stick and trying to yank me out of myself, I never once wanted to give up the ghost of this experience called life in all of its chaotic, uncertain and absurd glory. As such, I found it difficult to reconcile these two diametrically opposed feuding desires, locked as they were in some kind of Manichaen battle to the death. It almost seemed that Freud…

Review by Josh Larsen ★★★★ 4

Nimbly takes some of the more provocative, wide-ranging ideas from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest – about loneliness, ego, addictive entertainment and American achievement – and lets them play out in the intimate arena of conversation. It’s My Dinner with Andre, but set in cars and over the dismal junk food that the movie suggests was the basis of Wallace’s diet.

Full review here .

Review by Jerry McGlothlin ★★★ 15

Having read a fair bit of DFW and being a big fan of his work, The End of the Tour  manages to, I think, capture a little of the man: a brilliantly talented writer who was deeply troubled and in many ways, flawed and imperfect, but these qualities are precisely what made him the great artist he was. People have a tendency to deify Wallace and the film does a great job at sort of demystifying him—this is for the best. For as much as I admire his work, I must admit that I’m not a fan of people who put him or any other profoundly skilled artist on the kind of pedestal that he often ends up on. Though this…

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Jeremy Clarkson Confirms The Grand Tour’s Final Episode on Amazon Prime

TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has confirmed the end of The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime after next year. This announcement marks the conclusion of a series beloved by fans since its inception in 2016.

Key Takeaways:

• End of The Grand Tour: Jeremy Clarkson, along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May , will no longer film new series of The Grand Tour after next year, following a decision by Amazon Prime’s executives. This marks the end of a popular show that started in 2016 and quickly garnered a devoted fanbase.
• Fan Reactions and Future Prospects: Fans expressed their disappointment and gratitude on social media, reflecting on the impact the show had on their lives. Despite the end of this era, there’s speculation that Amazon Prime may revive The Grand Tour with new hosts, a move reportedly welcomed by the current presenters.
• Clarkson’s Future Endeavours: Clarkson mentioned a focus on his other project, ‘Clarkson’s Farm’, and there are two more special episodes of The Grand Tour slated for release, featuring travels to Mauritania and Zimbabwe.

TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, renowned for his role in the popular car show The Grand Tour alongside Richard Hammond and James May, has recently spoken about the future of the series. The show, which began on Amazon Prime in 2016, has been a fan favourite but will see no further series after next year. This decision, made by the streaming platform’s bosses, brings an end to a series that has been both entertaining and influential for car enthusiasts.

Clarkson shared his thoughts on Instagram, stating:

“Been a busy day. No more Grand Tour after next year but a LOT more Clarkson’s Farm. Which, this evening, is looking extremely lovely.”

This post quickly became a hub for fans to express their feelings about the series ending. The emotional reactions ranged from sadness over the show’s conclusion to appreciation for the years of entertainment it provided.

One fan commented:

“Please start a podcast with the three of you, it can just be called the news and you rant for an hour about cars.”

Others expressed their gratitude:

“The end of Clarkson, Hammond and May in whatever it’s called is a sad day. Thank you for everything you did for petrolheads. And now farmheads!”

The influence of the trio was evident in another fan’s words:

“It’s really nice coming to the comments and seeing how these 3 impacted the lives of so many. These lads got me through countless dark times with laughter and endless banter. We all knew the day was coming, and the truest of fans will wish you, Hammond, May, and indeed all of the crew that made the magic happen the absolute best in the next stage. Thank you for inspiring countless enthusiasts around the world.”

Despite Clarkson’s announcement, there’s talk that Amazon Prime might continue The Grand Tour with new hosts. An insider revealed:

“It’s a surprising decision and everyone realises it very much marks the end of an era for the three presenters.”

This potential revival aligns with the presenters’ acceptance of passing the torch to a new generation.

“The Grand Tour is one of Prime Video’s most watched shows and Jeremy, James and Richard have a devoted following. But the guys have made no bones about the fact they’re all advancing in years and they have lots of other projects to pursue,” a source informed The Sun. “They just felt like the time was right and wanted to go out on a high when the show remained popular.”

As fans prepare to bid farewell to this iconic trio, they can look forward to two more special episodes of The Grand Tour, showcasing the team’s adventures in Mauritania and Zimbabwe. This farewell follows their departure from Top Gear in 2015, after a disagreement with producers.

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Pete Townshend Says The Who Will 'Certainly' Tour Again By 2025

The Who have no plans for a farewell tour, but guitarist Pete Townshend is certain that the band will hit the road again by next year at the latest.

Speaking with Q104.3 New York's Jim Kerr Rock and Roll Morning Show on Wednesday, Townshend explained that while there are many decisions to be made, he and frontman Roger Daltrey fully intend to work out the details of a tour at some point this year.

"We certainly will [tour], I don't know when," Townshend explained. "Maybe later this year in '24, maybe early '25, but we will definitely be back."

He acknowledged that there has been some confusion about whether he and Daltrey actually want to tour again with The Who. Townshend reportedly declined an offer for a Who tour this year , but he tells Q104.3 that was only because his schedule was too busy with other projects, including the revival of The Who's Tommy musical on Broadway.

" Roger is out doing a few shows at the moment," Townshend noted. "We were offered a tour as a final tour by Live Nation in August and I turned it down. But I didn't turn it down because they wanted it to be marked up as a 'final tour.' I turned it down because I'm involved in Tommy , I have some other projects that I'm working on, and my year is really busy so I turned it down. But there will be a tour soon, without question."

Townshend said that a longstanding source of dissonance is that he and Daltrey have fundamentally different relationships with performing live. Townshend admitted that his own ambivalence for playing live is unusual for someone in his position (as a legendary rock star), and abnormal to many of his peers, including Daltrey.

"My feeling about performing is very different to [Roger's], but very different to pretty much everybody that I know," the guitarist admitted. "I don't get much out of it. I don't enjoy it that much. I'm not a natural-born performer, but when I look at myself on the stage after I've got an adrenaline rush, I have always managed to pull off some amazing stuff. But it's never really fulfilled me in the same way that sitting in a studio does and writing a song, writing music or even writing words, lyrics.

"For me, there's no drive to perform, no anxiety to get in front of an audience and be validated," he continued. "I get that from people responding to my work as a writer and a composer and a recording artist. Some people just love being in front of an audience, and Roger is one of those people. He comes alive, you know. ... He fronts the band in the most incredible way. I'm a little bit blasé."

Go here for tickets and more information about The Who's Tommy on Broadway .

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2024 PGA Championship Leaderboard: Live day 2 updates for golf leaders at Valhalla

The action at the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship did not disappoint. All eyes were on Xander Schauffele after a steller performance that also cemented his name in the history books by equaling the record for the lowest round in a major championship with a remarkable 62 in the opening round.

Schauffele didn't just settle early in the top spot, he dominated it, finishing Thursday with a 9-under-62.

Now, golfers head into Round 2 hoping to compete well enough to make the cut, and one of those players is Tiger Woods . Woods has been candid about his physical challenges and will look to make up ground on Friday to stay in contention and continue for a potential fifth PGA Championship title throughout the weekend.

The second round start times are now underway after having been delayed from 7:15 a.m. ET to 8:35 a.m. ET after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus that brings fans to the golf course.

Follow live for all the Round 2 action at the 2024 PGA Championship.

2024 PGA Championship: Xander Schauffele dominates leaderboard with record-tying round

2024 PGA Championship Leaderboard

• No. 1: Xander Schauffele (-12)
• No. 2: Collin Morikawa (-11)
• No. 3: Sahith Theegala (-10)
• T-No. 4: Mark Hubbard (-9)
• T-No. 4: Thomas Detry (-9)
• T-No. 4: Scottie Scheffler (-9)
• T-No. 4: Bryson DeChambeau (-9)
• T-No. 8: Viktor Hovland (-8)
• T-No. 8: Robert MacIntyre (-8)
• T-No. 8: Austin Eckroat (-8)
• T-No. 11: Brooks Koepka (-7)
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Scottie Scheffler detained by police before start of Round 2 at Valhalla Golf Club

Friday witnessed a significant event as Scottie Scheffler's journey to the Valhalla Golf Club was abruptly interrupted by the Louisville Metro Police.

As reported by ESPN's Jeff Darlington, Scheffler was navigating around a crash scene when a police officer ordered him to halt. Despite the command, Scheffler persisted, driving a further 10 to 20 yards towards the entrance of the golf course.

The police officer than stopped Scheffler's car as he entered the golf course and the officer then pulled him out of the car and placed him in handcuffs.

Darlington also reported that he was standing at the entrance and witnessed the event. Scheffler asked him, "Can you help?"

"You need to get out of the way," Darlington said the officer told him. "There's nothing you can do. He's going to jail."

By 8:30 a.m. ET, Scheffler was released from police and was heading back into the golf course and began play at 10:08 a.m. ET.

"This morning, I was proceeding as directed by police officers," Scheffler said in a social media statement. "It was a very chaotic situation, understandably so considering the tragic accident that had occurred earlier, and there was a big misunderstanding of what I thought I was being asked to do. I never intended to disregard any of the instructions. I'm hopeful to put this to the side and focus on golf today.

"Of course, all of us involved in the tournament express our deepest sympathies to the family of the man who passed away in the earlier accident this morning. It truly puts everything in perspective."

More: Scottie Scheffler arrested before start of Round 2 of the PGA Championship

PGA Championship Field: Xander Schauffele ties record

Xander Schauffele was on a tear on Thursday, dropping a nine-under-par 62 on the field. Thursday’s score nets the golfer his second such card, which ties him for the lowest round in a major along with Rickie Fowler (2023 U.S. Open), Branden Grace (2017 Open Championship) and Schauffele’s previous 62 at the 2023 U.S. Open. 

Louisville, Kentucky, Friday weather forecast

The weather in Louisville on Friday is expected to see periods of rain with chances of showers at 70%. A high of 72 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 63.

How to watch the 2024 PGA Championship 

ESPN and CBS will televise the 2024 PGA Championship. The tournament will also be available to stream across  ESPN+  and  Paramount+ .

Here is a day-to-day schedule for the four-day tournament according to the PGA Championship official  website :

2024 PGA Championship full coverage schedule:

Friday, May 17:

• Streaming coverage begins at 7:00 a.m. ET - 1:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+
• Broadcast coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. ET- 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN

Saturday, May 18:

• Streaming coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. ET - 10:00 a.m. ET on ESPN+
• Broadcast coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. ET- 1:00 p.m. ET on ESPN
• Broadcast coverage continues at 1:00 p.m. ET- 7:00 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+

Sunday, May 19:

How to watch: Catch the 2024 PGA Championship with a ESPN+ subscription

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US PGA Championship 2024: Five Things to Know

The US PGA Championship returns to Valhalla Golf Club this week for the second men’s Major Championship of the season. Here are your five things to know.

Valhalla no stranger to championship golf

The 106th edition of the US PGA Championship is the fourth time Valhalla has played host, tied for second most in the history of the event.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus in 1986, the Kentucky-based course staged its first Major Championship in 1996, before subsequent editions in 2000 and most recently 2014.

In 1996, Mark Brooks defeated Kenny Perry on the first play-off hole, while extra holes were also required four years later when Tiger Woods overcame Bob May in a three-hole aggregate play-off to win his third straight Major.

In advance of hosting the event in 2014, Valhalla underwent a big renovation with all 18 greens rebuilt, bunkers added or renovated, and a new irrigation system was installed to help with some drainage issues.

And again, the venue delivered a dramatic climax as Rory McIlroy finished one shot ahead of Phil Mickelson just before darkness to secure him the Wanamaker Trophy for the second time in three years.

The club is also familiar for having staged the 2008 Ryder Cup, two Senior PGA Championships, and a boys and girls Junior PGA Championship.

Since the last US PGA Championship almost a decade ago, Valhalla replaced its former bentgrass fairways with Zeon Zoysiagrass which plays faster and firmer.

Also in 2021, and in another nod to placing a greater importance on accuracy off the tee, the club also removed the strips of bluegrass rough between the fairways and fairway bunkers, meaning even slightly misplaced shots can find trouble.

Koepka defends

Brooks Koepka claimed his third US PGA Championship title with a two-shot victory over Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler at Oak Hill Country Club last year.

The pivotal moment of last year’s final round came at the 16th when Hovland – trailing by one shot at the time – made a double bogey after his second shot embedded into the face of a fairway bunker while Koepka made birdie to open a four-stroke lead.

By lifting the Wanamaker Trophy for the third time, the American became the 20th male golfer to win five Majors.

He also became the sixth player to win the championship on three or more occasions - joining Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus (five), Tiger Woods (four), Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead (three).

Victory this week would see him become the first player to successfully defend the title since he went back-to-back in 2018 and 2019 at Bellerive and Bethpage Black respectively.

Can McIlroy end quest for elusive fifth Major?

Is McIlroy’s luck at the Majors finally about to change?

Since finishing just outside the top 20 at the Masters Tournament, he has won on his last two starts on the PGA TOUR at the Wells Fargo Championship and the Zurich Classic of New Orleans alongside Shane Lowry.

Like Quail Hollow was last week, Valhalla is another venue with good memories for McIlroy, having clinched the most recent of his four Major wins here almost a decade ago.

At the time, it was his third win in a row, having emerged victorious at the Open Championship and the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in his previous two starts. Could history repeat itself this week?

While Major triumphs have since proven elusive for the Northern Irishman, he still has won worldwide with regularity in the intervening years while coming up just short on a few occasions at golf’s biggest events.

The signs are encouraging but to end that long wait to add to his Major haul, he will likely have to outperform a player who is on a run of form comparable to the dominance Tiger Woods enjoyed.

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Scheffler goes for second leg of the Grand Slam

After skipping last week’s stop on the PGA TOUR at the Wells Fargo Championship, World Number One Scheffler embarks on the second leg of the Grand Slam at the US PGA Championship following the birth of his first child.

Unquestionably the dominant force in the men’s game this year, the American has won on four of last five starts and finished second in the other.

That run includes claiming a second Green Jacket at last month’s Masters and becoming the first player to successfully defend THE PLAYERS Championship.

Even if it has been three weeks since his most recent victory at the RBC Heritage, he still comes into the week as the pre-tournament favourite.

DP World Tour members aim to shine in Louisville

Less than a month on from finishing runner-up on his Major debut, Ludvig Åberg will hope to go one better and add another chapter in his remarkable rise since turning professional less than a year ago.

The 2023 Ryder Cup star is one of seven Swedes in the field, including Jesper Svensson who is set for his first Major after receiving an invite from the PGA of America following his maiden DP World Tour title in Singapore earlier this season.

Countryman Sebastian Söderberg is another set for his first start at the US PGA Championship having finished top of the Asian Swing rankings, with Keita Nakajima and Adrian Otaegui securing exemptions by the same route.

Tommy Fleetwood finished in a tie for third at Augusta National and will hope this might be the week he can make his first victory stateside a Major triumph.

For the second year running, the Højgaard twins Rasmus and Nicolai are both teeing it up at the US PGA Championship, while a host of dual members including Robert MacIntyre , Victor Perez and Sami Välimäki are making their first Major start of the year.

Five Things to Know: The G4D Open 

Following its successful inaugural edition last year, The G4D Open returns to Woburn this week as the world’s leading golfers with a disability compete on the latest stop on the G4D Tour schedule. Here are your five things to know.

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Wheel-e podcast: ride1up tour, e-bike tariffs, eli zero, pedego moto & more.

This week on  Electrek ’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new e-bike battery regulations in China, 100% tariffs on EVs (and potentially e-bikes), a tour of Ride1Up’s e-bike factory, Pedego Moto review, Eli Zero electric microcar coming to the US, and more.

Today’s episode is sponsored by  Momentum , a new brand of lifestyle e-bikes from Giant Group designed to deliver a full range of innovative electric, hybrid and city bikes with premium features, long assist ranges and sensor technologies that offer natural riding experiences that are both energy saving and fun.

The Wheel-E podcast returns every two weeks on  Electrek ’s YouTube channel , Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter.

As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the  YouTube channel  to get your questions and comments in.

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift continue to spend so much time together despite their busy schedules.

They were in Singapore together for her last Eras Tour stops, they went on vacation together in the Bahamas, they were snapped at various places together and they attended Patrick Mahomes’ charity event . Then, Kelce showed up to her 87th Eras Tour show in Paris

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Whoa Nelly! Rose Zhang wins Founders Cup to end Korda’s record-tying LPGA Tour winning streak

Rose Zhang poses for photos after winning the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rose Zhang reacts after making birdie on the 18th hole to win the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Madelene Sagstrom, of Sweden, looks after her shot off the 15th tee during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rose Zhang, right, hugs Madelene Sagstrom, left, of Sweden, after winning the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Nelly Korda hits off the seventh tee during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rose Zhang hits an approach shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rose Zhang loses her balance as she hits out of the rough on the first hole during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Madelene Sagstrom, of Sweden, hits off the 16th tee during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Nelly Korda lines up a shot on the seventh green during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Madelene Sagstrom, of Sweden, lines up a shot on the third green during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rose Zhang, front left, tees off the 14th hole during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Haibin Zhang, center, greets his daughter Rose Zhang, front left, after she won the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Gabriela Ruffels, of Australia, hits off the second tee during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Peiyun Chien, of Taiwan, reacts after sinking her putt on the first hole during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Xiyu Janet Lin, of China, hits off the second tee during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rose Zhang hits off the third tee during the final round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Clifton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Great things have been expected from Rose Zhang from the moment the two-time NCAA champion won in her professional debut last year and joined the LPGA Tour the following week.

The 20-year-old finally delivered again Sunday, birdieing four of the final five holes to win the Cognizant Founders Cup. She beat Madelene Sagstrom by two strokes while putting an official end to Nelly Korda’s record-tying LPGA Tour winning streak.

“I was able to gry to come out here. Didn’t have any expectation of having to win because I realize that it’s all just noise and I row so much throughout the journey in this past year,” Zhang said. “I don’t know, it’s crazeally just have to be able to work at it myself and try my best to put myself in positions like this.

“But no matter what happened this week, I would’ve been very satisfied and it reignited my passion for the game once again,” she added after winning on Mother’s Day.

Zhang, who was talking to her mom coming into the media room, actually had a funny start to her round. The Stanford product almost fell on her rear end taking a shot from an awkward stance on the first hole. The shot could have gone anywhere. It hit the pin and she made par.

“I just thought to myself, wow, I mean, today is probably going to be a lucky day,” said Zhang, who played with Sagstrom in a stroke-play duel with the rest of the field far back. “Maybe I can get something going. Would not have imagined myself being (here) now, especially after 12.”

Sagstrom birdied that hole to take a three-shot lead and things did not look good for Zhang.

It got better in the event that honors the 13 founding members of the tour.

Zhang, who shot a 6-under 66, birdied Nos. 14, 15, 17 and 18 at Upper Montclair Country Club, while Sagstrom bogeyed the 16th in finished two back.

Korda, who struggled the final two days after playing magnificently in winning the five straight events she entered, began the day 11 strokes back and shot her second straight 73 to tie for seventh at 7 under.

She had no regrets. She hopes someone will join her and Hall of Famers Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam in winning five straight or even more.

“But just to do that with all the competition out here is super, super rewarding with how much work that I’ve put in,” the 25-year-old Korda said. “So I think to get a streak like that in any sport in general is amazing with the amount of talent that I feel like every athlete has in their sport. Just an amazing feeling and hopefully one day it’ll sink in.”

It was a heart-breaking end for Sagstrom, the 31-year-old Swede who started the day with a one-shot lead and was looking for her first victory since 2020 and second overall on tour.

“I struck it so nicely this week. I’ve worked really hard for a long time,” Sagstrom said. “I putted incredible. It’s really high up there. That’s probably why it hurts more. Nothing against Rose. She played incredible. I kind of wish I gave myself a few more chances at the end there. Didn’t want it to end that way. This is probably the best golf I played in years.”

Sagstrom led by three after 13, but Zhang curled in a birdie putt at 14 and made an 8-footer on the next to draw within one. They were tied after 16, with Sagstrom missing a 10-foot par putt after a bad chip from the back fringe.

After Sagstrom saved par at the par-3 17th with a fast, downhill 25-footer, Zhang took the lead with a short birdie putt and she closed things out on the final hole with Sagstrom waiting to make a birdie attempt.

Zhang, who won last year at nearby Liberty National in her pro debut, finished at 24 under 264.

Rookie Gabriela Ruffels of Australia was third at 9 under, her best finish. She shot 71. Peiyun Chien of Taiwan and Ruoning Yin and Xiyu Lin of China tied at 8 under.

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