It has been an eventful season of Grey's Anatomy.

The series is in its sweet 16th season, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

It celebrated another milestone with its 350th episode, which served as an ode to Meredith Grey and the series and all it has offered.

The series is about to fully expand its universe by choosing to meld the Grey's Anatomy world with that of its spinoff Station 19.

It's an exciting venture, and it'll bring some of our favorite actors and characters from both series together more.

One of whom we had the privilege to speak with about what's coming up with the series and her character.

We caught up with Jaicy Elliot best known as Taryn "Hellmouth" Helm, and discussed the upcoming crossover event when the series returns, the trajectory of her character, and why Helm shouldn't be "the New Meredith Grey."

It's Elliot's first television role, but she has a background in theater. She was a big fan of the show, but she mentioned it was a friend of hers who recommended she audition for the role of Helm.

She mentioned that she sees a lot of herself in Taryn and the character resonated with her.

She joked that she hoped she wasn't as sarcastic as the woman she played, but while Taryn can at times come across a bit cold and sarcastic, Elliot is all warmth and friendliness.

She's passionate about her craft and this character, and she's so thoughtful in how she speaks about and understands Taryn.

We discussed how she ushered in a more diverse batch of interns -- the most diverse bunch we've seen to date.

It included Vik, their first notable South Asian character on the series, Dahlia who, notably wore a hijab, Sam, who was a DACA kid, Levi, of course, the first gay male series regular on the series, transgender veteran Casey, and Taryn, of course, who plays a driven woman who likes women.

Elliot stated she is proud to be part of such an inclusive series.

She came in at a rewarding time, both participating in Greys Anatomy: B-Team, the Emmy nominated digital series short about the new interns' first day, and she was able to celebrate two big milestones for the series.

She described the experience of celebrating the 350th episode as exciting.

Grey's Anatomy Season 16 Episode 8 served as an ode to Meredith Grey after half of the season was dedicated to Meredith taking on a flawed healthcare system.

Elliot had nothing but praise for the series for exploring these pitfalls in the healthcare system and wanting to address them.

She herself is a celebrity ambassador for Valley Community Healthcare, whose primary goal is to provide quality healthcare for all, especially those who cannot always afford it.

Taryn is known for being the biggest Meredith fangirl out of the bunch, so Meredith being fired from the hospital had an effect. "Many of these residents, they came to learn from Meredith Grey. She's an idol -- they look to her as a mentor."

We delved into Helm's well-known crush on Meredith, and it has more to do with who Helm aspires to be as a doctor than simply romantic, according to Elliot. Meredith is why Helm is at Grey Sloan. She went there to work with the best, and for her, Meredith is the best.

Meredith's absence was hard on Helm because of her inability to work with her mentor. It also caused some tension between Helm and Levi. The two of them are great friends.

I asked her about the unfortunate manner in which Levi was being treated by the others, and while she admits that Levi was doing his job "there's a loyalty at Grey Sloan."

She mentioned how fundamental loyal seems to be at this hospital with these people. It's "part of the culture," and "Taryn is loyal. She's not wavering. She's always firmly in support of Meredith."

It seems Taryn's loyalty to her mentor supersedes even her friendship to Levi, but from the sounds of it, it's nothing the two can't get past.

Elliot admits that Helm's Meredith crush stems from Taryn's admiration of who Meredith is as a person.

Meredith is passionate about her job "and doing what she feels is right. She's not afraid to fight for what's right, and that's something I think Taryn appreciates and respects."

It's a fine line between wanting to be with Meredith and be Meredith, but Helm's feelings for Meredith are leaning more toward the aspirational.

As we can recall with that famous "New Meredith Grey" line, Taryn wants to model her career trajectory off of someone like Meredith, and they share similar values.

Taryn has been making some great strides this season. For starters, she had her first major surgery opportunity. "She was the first to perform such an advanced surgery. I was so excited for her."

It was a standout moment for Taryn, but it didn't exactly go according to plan.

"Taryn was a bit full of herself --um, too self-assured, maybe. She got too confident. She couldn't succeed in it outright, but it was humbling. Taryn has a naivete, and she needed that experience -- it was an important reality check."

But Elliot is excited about what the second half of the season has in store for us.

They've been working hard on the series, and from the sounds of it, when the show returns, it's going to be crazy insane!

With Kristen Vernoff at the helm of both Grey's Anatomy and Station 19 now, we can expect both series to blend into each other more.

They'll be linked more than ever. Jaicy reminded us that it wasn't uncommon for characters from both shows to pop up here and there, but they'll be working more cohesively hand in hand now.

It sounds like the timelines will match up more now compared to before. The world of Grey's Anatomy and Station 19 will become one universe for our enjoyment.

And the second half of the season promises more mixes and matches with character interactions and more.

We discussed it further along with her thoughts on exploring Taryn's romantic/personal life and much more.

When the series returns, there's going to be a crossover event. It seems like we're headed more into bridging the Grey's Anatomy world with the Station 19 world.

What's it like working with both sets? Does it feel different working between the two? The crossover seems like it's going to be very action-packed, so what's that like shooting?

Jaicy: Usually, they include a lot of people and a lot of hours onset. Because, you know, everyone's there. It takes longer and it's more intricate, and there's a feeling of like, of, we're really in the thick of it and working long hours. So there's a very exciting aspect to it. I always feel like a child when I'm on set.

Because I'm like, it's like stepping into Disneyland because of all these sets and all these people. We can talk and hang out, and act, and, you know, it's always a great time. To shoot these scenes it feels kind of like a boot camp, we have a lot of fun.

It sounds like it. It looks like you guys have a blast!

Mhmm.

Now, do you think we're going to learn more about Helm's personal life? Do you think she's going to get a romance? Is it something you'd like to see? Because some people would like to see it and others don't.

I mean, I would love for Taryn to fall in love, um, and it sounds super corny, but I think I would like her to fall in love with herself first, and I think that might go along with her blooming into the doctor that she wants to be.

Every time we learn a little bit more about Taryn and who she is and where she comes from and all of that, I feel like she's so focused in her work, I want her to get a little break from that, a little success in that and find a little confidence.

I think any relationship that might trigger, like, somebody's interest or her being interested in someone who is a little more accessible, but she's also like so fully committed to Meredith that I don't see her being interested in anyone else, but I'm -- I would be excited for her to find someone, but one step at a time.

I think I would be more excited to see her as a good surgeon first.

Right. Right. I know everyone cracked jokes about her when she said the line about being the new Meredith Grey, but my first instinct when she said that was "learn to be a badass Taryn first."

Right, yeah!

I mean, it's not really about Meredith in the end for Taryn. It's about finding out who you are and going through that, and I agree, I think that would be a really great journey for her.

I do like how laser-focused and committed she is. Now, you were a fan of the series before, so have fans ever made the comparisons between your character and any of the previous interns?

Um, not that I've seen multiple times. I've definitely had little moments where I've said "Oh, that feels like something that person would say" but it feels to me like Taryn is very a mix of a lot of different things.

You know, for a long time I felt like Taryn was a little cold, and this one scene when she sees, I think it was last year when she showed this vulnerability, and it sort of made her into a different person.

As I'm finding out more about her, I'm seeing that she's very much her own person. I'm having kind of a hard time comparing her to anyone that has been on the show. I mean, I know for a while I was hoping that she would be a little bit of a Cristina, but she doesn't feel like a Cristina to me.

She has a little Cristina in her with the dedication, but I agree.

Yeah, she does have a little bit of that, but she does come out as her own person.

And I love how, you guys have so many -- you guys have such a huge cast, and there are so many storylines, but you do see the growth, and development, and the characterization of your character. I love her journey she's taken from when she first arrived. She has, as you said, mellowed out a lot. And you can see her journey.

Yeah, and I feel like that's kinda been my experience this year.

At first, she came in a little, um, how can I say this, a little bit full of herself, not full of herself, but naive in a sense that she thought that she would come in a rule the day.

But she comes in now, and she's like, OK, let's just do the day to day work and then eventually I'll get to a place where I'm comfortable. She feels a little bit this year like she knows what she's doing.

When you're scared, it's very easy to act like you're not being affected, or you're a certain way, and I feel like now she's a little bit more like an actual human being.

[Laughs]Yeah, she's still confident, but I think she lost some of the arrogant edge now that she has more experience.

Arrogant. Arrogant is what I was looking for, thank you.

Yeah. She's more grounded now than when she first came in. You said you brought a lot of yourself to the role, do you have any similarities to her?

Oh yeah, we have tons of similarities. Sometimes I wonder if the writers are just telling me how to live my life ...

[Laughs]

Or if they're actually basing the character off of me. But from like starting this show too, we [Jaicy and Taryn] started the huge, new job at the same time, so that in itself, we were both put into this same situation.

We both had to adapt and learn how to deal with our own emotions, like maybe dealing with feeling intimidated and not really knowing how to stand, or when to do something, so from our experience to like, traits that we have.

I think she has a lot of compassion, and I like to think that it's something I have in my life that the writers wanted to add to the character. Um, we also, like. she's a little more sarcastic than I am.

Which, I hope that I'm not as cut and dry as she is, but we have that, and I know the writers, we talk a lot about that. Some of her personality, maybe they've grown these traits into making her more of a defined person. I feel very close to her like maybe she can be my cousin or my sister.

Sometimes I feel like I have split personalities ... And she gives me advice, and I give her advice, and it can be very confusing. But yeah, she's very close to me, and I have a lot of compassion for her.

That's so cool. I always find that so fascinating. The process of playing someone, you know? How much of it is you, and how much of it is what you aspire to be or what you don't aspire to be, you know what I mean?

Oh yeah, I understand. And also, they make her very funny, and like, I hope I'm funny, but like, I don't have as much repartee as she has? {Laughs}You know?

[Laughs].OK, I don't want to get you in any trouble with giving out spoilers.

Right!

But basically, to sum it up, when Grey's returns it's going to be huge, and exciting, and we won't want to miss it, right?

I think the main idea for the next half of the season is that, um, we're really merging Station 19 and Grey's. And I think, if you think about what that might bring, it means new stories and a lot more ground to work with, and that's really kind of the main event.

And then it's everyone has their own little evolutions. For Taryn, again, I think this year is going to be a defining year in the sense that she's, I feel like she thinks she's finally part of the hospital.

With Grey's there's always drama, and there is DEFINITELY drama in the next part of the season for everyone, and also for Taryn.

Well, it wouldn't be Grey's without the drama!

Yup!

Grey's Anatomy returns with a two-hour crossover special with Station 19 on January 23.

Until then, if you need a refresher, you can watch Grey's Anatomy online.

Also, if you haven't checked out the spinofff yet, you can watch Station 19 online too, right here on TV Fanatic!

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Greys Anatomy has been around since 2005 and is still being aired to this day by ABC, the show made it to 16 seasons and has no signs of slowing down. The American TV medical drama has become the longest-running scripted primetime show on the network to date and the series success quickly sparked an incredible fan base and a massive amount of loyal viewers tuning in week after week.

Ever since the launch of the show, we have fallen in love with both the characters and the cast working behind the scenes. We are looking forward to seeing what producer Shonda Rhimes has in store for us for the highly anticipated 17th season of the series. The Emmy-winning drama has famously experienced its fair share of drama and scandals within its last 16 years, on and off-screen. Here are9 Grey's Anatomy Actors Who Acted Like Total Jerks On Set and 11 sweethearts.

Ever since the very beginning of the show, Patrick Dempsey has been known for his diva behavior on set. Things seemed to have gotten worse throughout the years and finally, the actor departed in 2015. Dempsey was let go before his contract was even up and was rumored to have left due to a messy affair with a staff member.

Sandra Oh's role on the show earned her several awards and a massive payday. She is not only one of the funniest cast members on set but also one of the most dedicated actresses. In an interview with Glamours Kevin McKidd said " She has notes all over her scripts, and then Chandra rearranges them! Drives her crazy!"

It was rumored that Isaiah Washington got in a heated fight on set with one of his co-stars. In an extremely dramatic incident, Isaiah allegedly had co-star Patrick Dempsey by the throat. That is not the only time Isaiah has lost control while in an argument with Dempsey. In 2007, Washington used a homophobic slur during another heated exchange with his co-star.

In an interview with Glamour, when asked "Which cast member is always in a good mood at 5 a.m. call times? Sarah Drew was quick to respond "Jerrika Hinton. She has a lot of energy and is super enthusiastic". Camilla Ludding totally agreed, she answered "Jerrika Hinton has an energy about her at 5 A.M. that nobody should have. It should be illegal!"

In an interview with Larry King, a Grey's Anatomy cast member suggested that T.R. Knight solely made claims that the homophobic slur used by Isaiah Washington during an argument with Patrick Dempsey was about him, in an attempt to advance his career and get more money because he was displeased with Shonda Rhimes and his lack of screen time. Ultimately, Knight left the show after the conclusion of season five.

In a cast interview for E! News, everyone agreed Denzel Washington was one of the most memorable guest directors on set. Everyone on the show gushed about how awesome it was to get to work with the famous actor. He directed the episode "The Sound Of Silence" for the ninth episode of the twelfth season.

Justin Chambers is possibly one of the funniest actors on set, Sarah Drew even admitted to Glamour that Justin definitely had the most difficulty memorizing medical jargon, "Honestly, you can see it in every blooper reel in every season! There's five minutes devoted to him saying, "What's my line?!" We all die laughing." she said.

Since joining the hit TV show back in 2008 for Grey's Anatomy's 5th season, Jessica Capshaw has always been described by her co-stars as jolly and cheerful just like her quirky on-screen character, Dr.Arizona Robbins. It is not a shocker that the actress is a real-life sweetheart on set too!

Back in 2008, Katherine Heigl withdrew herself from the Emmy nominations for her portrayal of the Grey Anatomy's beloved character, Izzie stevens. The incident would not have been so controversial however the actress publicly made a statement announcing the fact that she did not feel that she was given the material that season to warrant an Emmy nomination. Talk about ungrateful.

Bokhee has appeared as a background character in every season of Grey's Anatomy, she is featured in most surgeries on-screen and is a real surgical nurse off-screen too. Sandra Oh took to twitter to write about her heart of gold, twitting Shes been with us since the beginning. Shes like my 2nd mom, shes the best.

Usually known as the funny guy on set, Jesse Williams was been portraying character Jackson Avery, M.D. on ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy for over a decade! In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the cast revealed that this funny guy is notoriously known to break character quite often during his co-star's scenes. Yikes!

Through 16 seasons of Grey's Anatomy, fans have loved watching Ellen Pompeo evolve into an award-worthy actress, she has been the heart of show since the very beginning. In real life, Pompeo is fighting for equality for women in the workplace and in 2017, she signed a new deal that made her dramatic television's highest-earning actress.

Ellen Pompeo is one of the most beloved cast members on the Grey's Anatomy franchise but when Shonda Rhimes gave Kate Walsh's character her own spin-off show called Private Practice, the cast seemed instantly resentful towards Walsh. There was a rumor that Ellen Pompeo was particularly upset about her co-star's new show. Humble much?

When Sarah Drew left the show after the series 14th season, she left her castmates heartbroken as she is easily one of the most beloved actresses on set. Jesse Williams even took to twitter "Their [Drew and Jessica Capshaw] immense talent speaks for itself but it's them as people that I'm so grateful to know, privileged to have worked with and learned from"

Sara Ramirez first appearing in Season two of Grey's Anatomy and quickly became a regular by season three. She worked on the show for over 10 years up until season 12 when Ramirez abruptly left after wrapping up shooting. It was reported by Vulture that producer Shonda Rhimes only knew Ramirez was leaving the show 3 days before the general public found out. Harsh.

Giacomo Gianniotti's real-life counterpart seems to be just as sweet and lovable as his character Andrew Deluca on the hit medical series Grey's Anatomy. The actor is well known for his charity work and was even joined by his castmates in a fundraiser that helps raise money and bring awareness to today's homeless youth in Los Angeles.

After 6 years of playing Mark Sloan on the ABC's hit medical series, Eric Dane was booted from the show. He has openly expressed in the past, not only his dissatisfaction with his role but also his distaste for the series creator, Shonda Rhimes. He told the news outlet Programme TV that "...I was just a piece of meat", he also used unnecessary profanity to dismiss Shonda's opinions on twitter. Not cool.

Chandra Wilson is a loving cast member and devoted mother. She used her own life experience with her sick daughter to inspire an episode of Grey's Anatomy, she used her platform to help families going through the same struggles. She has a reputation for keeping her on set behavior low-key and drama-free for the past 15 years.

Melissa's drama may not have taken place on set, but her questionable actions definitely got fan's attention. In 2017, George attempted to take her young children with her to the U.S. after a court ruled that she and her boyfriend would have shared custody, Melissa eventually faced kidnapping charges for the stunt.

Camilla Luddington joined the show as the recurring character in season 9 but quickly became a fan favorite in the series. There is no doubt that Camilla is incredibly involved with her fans, she takes time out of her hectic schedule to answer as many questions she can on social media.

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Anatomy of Fan-Favorite Grey remains a large part of the Netflix lineup. When are you looking for the current season, season 16, to get to Netflix? Think about the release schedule for season 16 of Greys Anatomy on Netflix.

Greys Anatomy has been an important force in the American ABC network and is one of the most popular primetime programs on American television. The series has undergone many changes in the last fifteen seasons, but a constant that remains is Ellen Pompeo starring Meredith Gray.

The record series continues to take them out of the park in the direction of the sixteenth season. Greys Anatomy is not only the oldest scripted primetime by ABC, but it is also the longest-running American medical drama series of ER.

When is Greys Anatomy season 16 on Netflix US?

Usually, the last seasons of Greys Anatomy come to summer on Netflix. The fifteenth season concluded on June 15, approximately one month after the end of ABC.

From previous years, ABC is set for the series to arrive in May 2020.

We expect season sixteen to end in late April or early May. A month after the end, Netflix should have a season of approximately sixteen months.

Fans will be happy to know that Greys Anatomy was renewed for two more seasons on May 10, 2019. The series was renewed for seasons 16 and 17, with lead actress Ellen Pompeo extending her contract for two seasons.

If you look at the data for the fifteenth season compared to the previous season, it saw a decrease. After all these years, the popularity of the series remains incredible, but all good things must come to an end.

Isnt Shonda Rhimes, Anatomys producer working with Netflix?

We know since July 2018 that Shonda Rhimes has signed an exclusive production agreement with Netflix that will see the launch of eight shows written and produced by those in Shondaland.

Netflix has made a great effort to get some of the most talented producers to provide content for its streaming service. Shonda is now one of the many talented producers who are creating new products for Netflix.

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Atlantic Theater Companyhas revealed initial casting for its previously announcedUS premiere ofAlice Birch'sAnatomy of a Suicide, directed byObie Award winnerLileana Blain-Cruz, which will now begin previews on February 1, 2020 (instead of January 30) at the Linda Gross Theater, ahead of an official opening on February 18 and a limited run through March 15, 2020.

The cast ofAnatomy of a SuicideincludesCeleste Arias (as Anna), Jason Babinsky (as Tim, Toby, Steve & Mark), Gabby Beans (as Bonnie), Ava Briglia (as Daisy, Anna & Child), Carla Gugino (as Carol), Julian Elijah Martinez (as Jamie), Jo Mei (as Jo, Laura & Lola), Vince Nappo (as Dan, Felix, Dave, Luke & Nick), and Miriam Silverman (as Emma, Karen, Daisy, Esther, May & Diane). Additional casting will be announced shortly.

Synopsis: "Three generations of women. Their lives play out simultaneously. For each, the chaos of what has come before brings a painful legacy.Anatomy of a Suicideis a revelatory exploration of mothers and daughters."

The creative team featuresscenic design by Mariana Sanchez, costume design by Kaye Voyce, lighting design by Jiyoun Chang, and projection design by Hannah Wasileski.

Currently playing at the Linda Gross Theater, Atlantic'sworld premiere ofHalfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven, written byPulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis anddirected by Obie Award winner John Ortiz, continues its limited run through January 5, 2020.

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Written by Sean Lyngaas Dec 18, 2019 | CYBERSCOOP

Deconstructing a zombie army of comprised computers commonly known as a botnet can tell you a lot about the security weaknesses over a range of digital infrastructure. The unpatched machines the botnet preys on, the protocols it uses, and the malicious code it distributes come into sharp focus.

A new study of the MyKings botnet a notorious horde of computers that has netted crooks some $3 million by antivirus firm Sophos highlights how Windows servers are vulnerable to a range of attacks from the botnet.

The MyKings botnet, also known as Smominru, is like a mash-up of recent security trends: it has been used to mine cryptocurrency, it has taken advantage of users failure to patch their systems, and it has employed a software exploit released by the Shadow Brokers.

MyKings authors have also started experimenting with steganography an increasingly popular technique in which hackers hide their malware in a benign-looking image. In MyKings case, they disguised their code in a photo of musical artist Taylor Swift, and used it to update the botnet, according to Sophos.

Whoever is behind MyKings knows that retaining access to a network requires a subtlety not associated with botnets. And so they added a component to the botnet known as a bootkit that launches a malicious program whenever a computer is rebooted.

The MyKings botnet also has the regenerative powers of a cockroach.

Even if most of the components of the botnet are removed from the computer, the remaining ones have the capability to restore it to full strength simply by updating themselves, Sophos researchers Gabor Szappanos and AndrewBrandtwrote in a blog post Wednesday.

Since researchers began tracking it in 2017, the MyKings botnet has infected well over 43,000 unique, public-facing IP addresses, according to Sophos. If the internet is ever be to rid of the scourge, understanding how and why the botnet continues to be effective is key.

For the past couple of years, this botnet has been a persistent source of nuisance-grade opportunistic attacks against the under-patched, low-hanging fruit of the internet, Szappanos andBrandt wrote.

Its worth noting the amount of work that has gone into building this large botnet simply to run cryptominers, Brandt told CyberScoop. The cybercriminals approach is working and theyre making money, but the cryptominer is ultimately a quaint, anticlimactic result after significant build up and effort on their end.

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The Pitmaster Nap at Eater Portlands 2018 Food Cart of the Year, Bark City BBQ, is basically a pile of meat. It has a sausage, ribs, pulled pork, and turkey, not to mention the various sides. What it doesnt have, unlike many of the barbecue platters in town, is brisket.

Its kind of like the IPA of barbecue, says Bark City pitmaster Michael Keskin. Keskin, who worked in Portland restaurants like Paragon and Podnahs Pit, now runs a barbecue cart in Southeast Portland food cart pod Hawthorne Asylum. Its been his dream to open a barbecue cart for years, but as Portland develops a stronger and stronger barbecue scene, Keskin had figured out how to distinguish himself: Letting the Texas barbecue others have mastered take a backseat, allowing himself to create his own versions of classics.

The Pitmaster Nap, then, ends up being a sampler tray of his greatest hits. Here, we break down the intricacies of Keskins sampler tray, from the sides to the sausages.

The ribs at Bark City are an amalgamation of various ribs Keskin has eaten in his barbecue-obsessed years, including the ribs at Rendezvous in Memphis. Ribs start with a dose of Carolina mustard vinegar sauce, before theyre rubbed with a combination of paprika, black pepper, dry mustard, and cumin, among other seasonings. The ribs smoke for about four hours, occasionally mopped with a combination of pickle juice, cider vinegar, water, and beer. The ribs come dry, but its smart to ask for one wet and one dry the wet ribs are tossed in barbecue sauce. All the Texas boys are about dry-dry-dry, Keskin says. I wanted to do something a little different.

The pulled pork at Bark City gets a similar treatment to the ribs same marinade, same rub before they hit the smoker. The pork shoulder goes in for about 10 hours, before it hits another fork in the road: If the pork comes pulled, it ends up tossed with Carolina vinegar and mustard barbecue sauces. If it comes chopped, on the other hand, it ends up chopped and tossed with Carolina vinegar and Bark BBQ sauce. Something noticeable in both the ribs and the pulled or chopped pork are the notes of vinegar in the sauces and marinades, similar to the various barbecue styles spotted in North and South Carolina.

When Keskin was in college, summer nights often involved beer links. We would drink and throw those Johnsonville beer brats on the grill, Keskin remembers. So he decided to recreate those college memories and make his own. Keskin combines pork and brisket trim for his sausages, as well as Caldera lager, dry mustard, cumin, salt, garlic, and crushed chile. The sausages cure for two days, which helps the smoke adhere to the sausages. When they finally make it to the smoker, they smoke for about an hour, giving them just enough snap and juiciness.

When Keskin started building his menu, he knew he wanted to have some sort of healthy option. The turkey, however, has become one of his best items, and perhaps the most distinctive. Keskin brines turkey breasts in salt and pepper for 24 to 48 hours, before they smoke for 1 12 to 2 hours over white oak. Then, the turkey sits in foil with butter for about 10 minutes. The turkey is remarkably simple, and particularly good with the barbecue carts Alabama white sauce.

The Pitmaster Nap comes with a choice of sides, ranging from barbecue beans to coleslaw, but the move at Bark City is to go with the restaurants pickled avocado and its potato salad. Keskin spotted the recipe for pickled avocados on Pinterest and loved the idea the fattiness of the avocado would mimic the fattiness of the meat, with a little acid for contrast. The potato salad, on the other hand, is a classic picnic potato salad: celery, pickles, egg, mayo, dijon, Yukon Golds, and celery salt. But every plate also comes with a Texas candied jalapenos, pickled barbecue onions, and a wedge of cornbread, baked in a cast-iron skillet each morning.

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Just how immersive is Uncut Gems, the cinematic Molotov cocktail from adrenaline junkies Benny and Josh Safdie? At one point, viewers get a glimpse of our protagonist, diamond district hustler Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), from inside his colonoscopy.

Its the visual pun of meeting an asshole through his asshole, Josh Safdie said recently, in an interview with Fast Company.

Ratner is a risk-prone entrepreneurial hurricane, constitutionally incapable of not trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents. (And $15K out of that first dollar.) Although Uncut Gems only puts viewers physically inside of Ratner for a brief moment, the remainder of the film plunges us into the constantly shifting juggle session of his existence, daring us to look away. Someone is always calling to buy something from Ratner or sell something to him; someone else is stopping by unannounced in his Manhattan showroomor his childs school playto collect on an outsize debt. There are bookies and brokers, soon-to-be ex-wives and girlfriends, authentically scuzzy bagmen, and former NBA all-star Kevin Garnett, for good measure. Its hard to keep it all straight, just as a viewer, so one can only imagine the toll it takes on Ratner himself.

The plot of Uncut Gems is almost incidental: Ratner is trying to negotiate his biggest-ever score but keeps getting in his own way. Through masterful technique and thrilling performances, the film transcends its plot to become an overwhelming, full-sensory experience.

One scene in particular, though, boils down the manic energy of the film into one easily digestible dose. Its the scene in which Kevin Garnett (playing himself), his bodyguard (Sean Ringgold), and fellow hustler Demany (Lakeith Stanfield) pay a visit to Ratners showroom and get stuck in the vestibule. Ratner and his staff are doing their best to get them out, with Ratner already discombobulated from morning phone calls after a night spent sleeping in his office. (Throughout the scene, a tag is visibly hanging out of the shirt hes just thrown on.

Not a lot seems to happen, but on screen, its a capsule summary of Uncut Gems nonstop movement, jarring noise, and potent volatility. Below, Benny and Josh Safdie discuss the making of this scene.

If this scene leaves anyone in the audience reaching for a stress ball, rest assured: Its intentional. But its in the service of delivering necessary information in the most absorbing way possible.

Josh Safdie: How do you keep a thriller thrilling in a scene that has nothing to do with life or death? By raising the stakes. Increasing the tension.

Benny Safdie: This scene is all exposition, so the more tense and stressful it is, the better.

JS: In a weird way, the required energy and the required madness that surrounded the character was very helpful to us. It feels so naked when youre just doing exposition, so you want to figure out the way exposition exists in real life because there is exposition in real life all the time. Someone will say, You have to be here in 15 minutes.

BS: Or else!

JS: Thats exposition that happens in life. And its not strange when it happens in life. So we tried to figure out ways to kind of sidle up alongside that feeling. And sometimes, the madness really helped allow us to kind of not cover the tracks of exposition, but in a weird way, support it.

The claustrophobic feeling of the scene is a result of the fact that its all one big interconnected set.

JS: Being true to life of the guys in the diamond district, its such an overstimulated world. First you have this overstimulation [that] each space is over-designed. Theyre filled with insane precious jewels and intricate jewelry and you have deal over deal over deal and gamble on top of gamble on top of gamble.

BS: We wanted to capture the energy of 47th Street [New York Citys diamond district], so we had this space and we built it with the hallway, the showroom, and the back roomall connected for the purposes of realism. You really did feel like you went into it when you walked in. You got out of the elevator, went down a hallway with all these stores, and then entered Howards store. And then right on into the back. It wouldve been much easier to just do each one separate, to get all the camera angles and whatnot, but we built it like it was a real location. So then were like, Oh, lets just shoot it like a real location. We shouldnt keep ourselves so separate from each space. So we really did go in the back and out the front and everywhere else each time.

Further propelling the immersive feeling of the scene is filming it as a single, flowing shot, following around whoever becomes the focus of the scene for that moment.

BS: The day before that shooting, we had our shot list all prepared, and it was something like 45 shots to get in one half-day. It was physically impossible. And were thinking about how do we show this in a way that would be interesting but also catch all of the craziness thats happening. And it was like,Okay, if we can somehow do this in one shot, that would be incredible. And so that was our attempt at doing the sweeping camera motion of it. The whole thing was done in one take. Then we got all the inserts that kind of magnify every moment, and the reverse shot of Sandler.

JS: What it did for the actors is it allowed them to feel the whirling dervish quality of the scene, that theres so much going on. And I think that that added an element of dance to the whole thing because everyone had to be in sync for the camera movements. I remember LaKeith [Stanfield] was like, That shots probably really crazy.

BS: The idea behind it was to capture this feeling directly with like the handoff of responsibility. So youre literally just panning with all of the baton passes to try and get these people out. Youre feeling the emotions and the speed that all these people are going through, trying to get them out. Then on top of that, we had somebody in the showroom also who isnt a part of the scene, just a guy who is hanging out in the showroom, and we went back in later and ADRd a whole scene that hes having, narrating whats going on in addition to the conversations that are going on in the scene. And we were worried, like, Is this too much?

JS: When we first started showing the edited version of that scene, I remember people just being like, Whoa, thats the craziest thing Ive ever seen in my life.

The scene is also a cacophonous dirge of abrasive noisesa buzzer pressed over and over again, a ding-dong ring, a fist pounding on glass, and random mechanical whirring. Putting it all together was apparently like conducting a neurotic orchestra.

BS: When you get to the sound mix, you realize you can actually affect the sound both behind the glass and in front of the glass, and that became another added level of stress, where its kind of hard to hear the other person cause theyre behind glass.

JS: I think the musicality of it all also helped add to the banging, the percussive elements, Roman [Roman Persits] going into the back room . . .

BS: Its literally trying to match your version of reality, which is like a hyperreality, to real life. The buzzer is so loud, and its the perfect buzzer. But we went back and watched a bunch of the showroom scenes and it wasnt feeling real. It didnt feel like what it was supposed to feel like. So we went back to the district and recorded a bunch of Foley and as were in the showroom we hear, Oh there are other people talking. You hear that their cell phone rings are going off. So we added cell phones, and then we went into a bunch of jewelers to get their different buzzers. But when we walked in one where I was just recording sound, and then Josh was listening to the tapes back with the sound designer and hes like, Whats that noise? And it was this high-pitched ahhhhhnnn. Hes like, What is that? And youre like, Oh wait, when we open the front door of this guys space, that noise went off until it was closed. So we put that in every showroom scene. Whenever that front door opens, you hear a very high-pitched noise and that adds a level of stress and this feeling of realness. In my mind, it broke the reality of that whole space. Like, its 100% real.

Part of what stresses out the audience in this scene is watching the performers lose patience in a relatable way. It doesnt happen all at once. Demany is completely over the situation within 20 seconds, the bodyguard takes a little longer, and then Kevin Garnett finally loses his cool a bit too. Its all carefully calculated to elevate your heart rate.

BS: The scene builds in a way, as youre moving through it. Theres a level of frustration that naturally builds and so it had to build to a certain level for Lakeith to get to the energy of him entering that back room when he gets out. Oh, and then theres the bodyguard.

JS: He has my favorite line in the scene. I talked to that actor, Sean, and I said to him, You hate small spaces. And he goes, What? I said, Youre claustrophobic. He goes, Oh shit. Hes in there with Kevin Garnett, this really big guy, and its a small space. More stress. It wasnt in the script for him to say Im claustrophobic. But then he picked the most perfect time to say it, when he realizes hes trapped. And then he does that thing with the door to try to get out, and we actually built the stage so that those doors were locked for real. So hes yanking on that back door, and it doesnt open. Kevin Garnett is actually the most relaxed until when he gets out and he just lets out that sigh. I love that.

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For the year in a row, no series had a bigger year when it came to TV music syncs than Grey's Anatomy.

Tunefind, a music discovery website that partners with The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard to present the Top TV Songs chart each month (ranking songs that appear in TV shows each month using a combination of metrics from Tunefind and Nielsen Music), has revealed its 2019 year-end data, sorting the top songs, shows, movies and more based on traffic and interaction on the Tunefind website.

After reigning in 2017 and 2018, ABC's Grey's Anatomy rules the top shows list yet again, maintaining its reputation as a tastemaker for music discovery on television. In 2019, the series premiered its 16th season. Expect to see the show gracing this list in 2020, as well, as the drama, whose music supervisor is Alexandra Patsavas, has already been renewed for season 17.

Programs supervised either solely or in part by Patsavas take the top two spots on the year-end top shows tally, as Lucifer, co-supervised by Patsavas with Justin Kamps, ranks at No. 2. That's a three-spot jump for Lucifer in 2019 and is two positions higher than its previous year-end best, No. 4, in 2017.

Suits, Peaky Blinders and The Blacklist round out the top five, while the top new show of 2019, Euphoria, ranks at No. 6.

While Grey's Anatomy is the year's top show overall, runner-up Lucifer contains the year's top song, "My Love Will Never Die," performed by AG and Claire Wyndham, from the season four finale, the show's first season on Netflix after FOX initially canceled the series in May 2018.

"My Love Will Never Die" is followed by a fully instrumental track: "The Night King," from the pivotal third episode of Game of Thrones' eighth and final season. The song was scored, like the show's entire run, by Ramin Djawadi.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse reigns as the top movie of 2019 with a budget of $25 million or more, a fitting rule given its soundtrack's No. 2 peak on the Billboard 200 dated Jan. 26 (and seven weeks in all within the chart's top 10). Its most prominent song, "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)," by Post Malone and Swae Lee, crowned the Billboard Hot 100 for a week in January.

After rules the list of top movies with a budget of less than $25 million, while Netflix's Someone Great wraps as the year's top streaming movie.

As for artists, Ruelle continues her hot streak, as she's never ranked outside the top two of the top artists of each year, ruling 2018's list and ranking at No. 2 in 2017. In 2019, she's No. 2 again, below Billie Eilish, who crowns the top artists of 2019 ranking. Eilish was everywhere in 2019, and television was no exception, with her music appearing in Dickinson, Hawaii Five-O, Veronica Mars, Riverdale and more.

The top composer of 2019 is Ezra Furman, who helmed the soundtrack to the 2019 Netflix film Sex Education, followed by Labrinth, who did the same for Euphoria.

Check out the full ranking for 2019 below, via Tunefind.

Top Songs1. "My Love Will Never Die," AG & Claire Wyndham,Lucifer2. "The Night King," Ramin Djawadi,Game of Thrones3. "When I R.I.P.," Labrinth,Euphoria4. "Phantom of the Opera Medley," Lindsey Stirling,The Umbrella Academy5. "Mannish Boy," Muddy Waters,Sex Education6. "Lost Without You," Freya Ridings,Grey's Anatomy7. "In Every Dream Home a Heartache," Roxy Music,Mindhunter8. "Got It in You (Acoustic)," Banners,The Good Doctor9. "The Woods," The White Buffalo,Marvel's The Punisher10. "Hard Times (feat. Congratulation)," Vision Vision,The Blacklist

Top TV Shows1. Grey's Anatomy (supervisor: Alexandra Patsavas)2. Lucifer (Alexandra Patsavas & Justin Kamps)3. Suits (Oliver Hild & Stacy Wallen-McCarthy)4. Peaky Blinders (Amelia Hartley, Pete Saville & Zoe Ellen Bryant)5. The Blacklist (John Bissell)6. Euphoria (Jen Malone)7. Riverdale (Alexandra Patsavas)8. The Umbrella Academy (Maggie Phillips)9. Sex Education (Matt Biffa)10. Power (Jennifer Ross)

Top New Shows1. Euphoria (Jen Malone)2. The Umbrella Academy (Maggie Phillips)3. Sex Education (Matt Biffa)4. Russian Doll (Brienne Rose)5. YOU (Season Kent & Alexandra Patsavas)

Top Movies (Budget Over $25 Million)1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2. Joker3. Aquaman4. Creed II5. Avengers Endgame

Top Movies (Budget Under $25 Million)1. After2. Five Feet Apart3. Booksmart4. Green Book5. Good Boys

Top Streaming Movies1. Someone Great2. The Last Summer3. Tall Girl4. The Perfect Date5. The Kissing Booth

Top Artists1. Billie Eilish2. Ruelle3. Jessie Reyez4. Sleeping At Last5. Bishop Briggs6. Freya Ridings7. Michael Kiwanuka8. Imagine Dragons9. The White Buffalo10. Leonard Cohen & Queen (tie)

Top Composers1. Ezra Furman2. Labrinth3. Ramin Djawadi4. Alan Silvestri5. David Holmes & Unloved6. Daniel Pemberton & Frederic Magnon (tie)8. Blake Neely9. Adam Taylor10. Jeff Russo

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Theres a moment in Greta Gerwigs new film adaptation of Little Women that ignites the screen with as much energy as a fire that sets ablaze a characters dress in the scene prior.

Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) is at a party with Theodore Laurie Laurence (Timothe Chalamet). He asks her to dance. But shes accidentally scorched a part of her dress and doesnt want other guests to see. Laurie takes Jo outside, and they have their own mini-dance party on the front porch bathed in the light of the larger party inside.

They dance in ways that are refined, silly, playful and buoyant all at once. The moment, choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes, has a bit of a punk-rock rebellion quality to it, but also keeps with the time.

I wanted it to feel both totally modern and period accurate, Gerwig said during an interview at The Times.

I didnt want them to be doing dances they wouldnt necessarily know. But I did want it to feel joyful and young, like kids dance.

Gerwig said the idea for this dance came from a Saturday Night Live sketch that features Gilda Radner and Steve Martin, where the two meet in a nightclub and trip the light fantastic.

For our film, we wanted it to be this shimmery moment that feels like maybe it almost didnt even happen, she said.

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