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SPEND $80, GET A $20 AMAZON CREDIT: As of Jan. 12, you can score a $20 Amazon credit when you spend $80 or more on select P&G products like paper towels, laundry detergent, dishwasher pods, and many other essentials.

Opens in a new window Credit: P&G P&G essentials stock up and save deal Spend $80, get a $20 Amazon credit Get Deal

If you've ever been to Target, then you're probably well aware of the phenomenon that is planning on buying only toilet paper and soap, blacking out, arriving at checkout, dropping $100, and wondering "What did I even get?" Don't worry: It's not your fault. Prices of everyday essentials are constantly rising, making it harder to stick to a budget. So, even if you resisted every urge to buy those cute throw pillows or that tempting new eyeshadow palette, you still spend more than intended.

While we can't "fix" this problem, we have some good news for you. As of Jan. 12, you can get a $20 Amazon credit just for buying the things you actually need. Send $80 on P&G products — including paper towels, medicine, feminine care products, baby wipes, and much more — and get $20 in Amazon credit to spend on whatever you want. After your purchase, you'll receive an email with your promotional credit. Be sure to use it before it expires on September 30, 2024.

SEE ALSO: Shop the best winter clearance sales at Amazon, Target, Best Buy, and Walmart

Here are some of the best P&G products to stock up on to reach that $80 threshold and qualify for the Amazon credit:

Bounty Quick-Size paper towels Opens in a new window Credit: P&G Our pick: Bounty Quick-Size Paper Towels $23.20 at Amazon Get Deal

You may not think you need eight family rolls of paper towels, but trust us, they'll come in handy. Whether it's cleaning up spills, wiping down surfaces, or even using them as makeshift napkins, having a stash of Bounty Quick-Size Paper Towels is always a smart move.

Tide PODS laundry detergent Opens in a new window Credit: P&G Our pick: Tide PODS laundry detergent $25.88 at Amazon Get Deal

With 112 Tide PODS, you'll be set for countless loads of laundry. No need to worry about measuring out liquid or powder detergent — toss a Tide POD into the washing machine and let it do its thing.

Cascade Platinum Plus dishwasher pods Opens in a new window Credit: P&G Our pick: Cascade Platinum Plus Dishwasher Pods $18.94 at Amazon Get Deal

Cascade Platinum Plus dishwasher pods have twice the scrubbing power compared to other cleaning brands. A 40% larger liquid top accommodates larger loads and helps remove even the toughest food stains, leaving your dishes sparkling clean. So go ahead and run that dishwasher every night — you'll save 20 gallons of water compared to handwashing.

SAVE 40%: As of Jan. 12, get the Google Nest WiFi Pro for just $499.99 at Amazon. That's a discount of $80.

Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Google Nest WiFi Pro $199.99 at Amazon (save $80) Get Deal

When it comes to whole home WiFi coverage, a mesh WiFi system may be the upgrade you need to have the most reliable connection possible. That means smoother streaming so you can watch your favorite shows, attend work calls on Zoom, or just enjoy gaming sessions with less lag, especially if you live in a large home. While it's true some mesh WiFi systems can be pricey, there are some great routers in the space that aren't just affordable, but great all-around picks to get you up and running. Right now, that includes one of Google's best contenders.

As of Jan. 12, you can get the Google Nest WiFi Pro at Amazon for just $119.99, down from $199.99. That's a 40% discount and $80 off the original price. This price currently only applies to the off-white Lemongrass color.

This mesh WiFi 6E-enabled router is a sleek-looking, simple to install device that can provide up to 2,200 square feet of coverage. If that isn't enough, you can buy additional units for larger spaces, up to 6,600 square feet.

It's powered by a dual-core ARM processor with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of flash memory as well, with a max speed of 600Mbps. Plus, the router supports WPA3 encryption, MU-MIMO streaming, and 160MHz data transmission. Simply put, it's up to date with all the modern niceties you'd expect from a mesh router, all in a slick package.

If you're looking to establish a mesh router system or add to the one you have, this is an affordable option that should work for just about anyone. It's always a good idea to have better, smoother-running internet, after all.

Host Josh Burstein takes us through the science news from the week of Jan 8th: The Webb Telescope just saw something weird on Uranus, Scientists say they conversed with a whale. It may be practice for aliens. and This NASA crew has survived Mars for six months — sort of.

Whether you're preparing for international travel or simply don't want to be committed to a specific carrier or contract, an unlocked smartphone gives you more flexibility than going the traditional route. With today's sale on unlocked Google Pixel phones at Amazon, you also get the added benefit of saving money.

Here are the best Google Pixel unlocked phone deals as of Jan 12: Best overall deal Google Pixel 8 Pro unlocked phone $799 (save $200) Get Deal Best everyday pick Google Pixel 8 unlocked phone $549 (save $150) Get Deal Best budget-friendly buy Google Pixel 7a unlocked phone $399 (save $100) Get Deal

As of today, Jan. 12, unlocked Google Pixel smartphones are on sale for up to 21% off. Whether you're shopping for a deal on the latest model to take advantage of sophisticated features or you're shopping on a tight budget, today's deals include options at a variety of price points.

Best overall Google Pixel deal Opens in a new window Credit: Google Pixel Our pick: Google Pixel 8 Pro unlocked phone $799 at Amazon (save $200) Get Deal Why we like it

Google Pixel phones are known for their unparalleled cameras, and the Google Pixel 8 Pro is the latest model packed with the most advanced features. While the Google Pixel 8 Pro and the Google Pixel 8 aren't different enough to warrant the need for an upgrade if you already own the 8, the Pro is an excellent choice for those who are just making the switch over to Google Pixel phones. It's fast, powerful, and has a host of AI features to explore.

While the unlocked Google Pixel 8 Pro usually lists for $999, it's back to its lowest-ever price at Amazon. We previously saw this same price drop over Black Friday and the December holiday season. It's a good idea to act on this deal before the price goes back up again.

Best everyday Google Pixel deal Opens in a new window Credit: Google Pixel Our pick: Google Pixel 8 unlocked phone $549 at Amazon (save $150) Get Deal Why we like it

As Mashable reviewer Alex Perry noted in his review of the Google Pixel 8 Pro and the Google Pixel 8, the Pro doesn't outshine its predecessor by too much. Therefore, if you're keen on spending a little less, the Google Pixel 8 is an excellent value buy. It has up to 8-times zoom compared to the Pro's 30-times, but it still matches the Pro's Best Take technology and Macro focus, two features that the previous generation was missing. Today, the unlocked Google Pixel 8 is on sale for 21% off, taking the price down from $699 to $549. Like the Pro, this model is at its lowest price on record, matching what we saw for the holidays.

Best budget-friendly Google Pixel deal Opens in a new window Credit: Google Pixel Our pick: Google Pixel 7a unlocked phone $399 at Amazon (save $100) Get Deal Why we like it

While the Google Pixel 7a's camera isn't the same caliber as the Pixel 8's, the unlocked Google Pixel 7a does have an ace up its sleeve: a price point of under $400. While we've seen this model hit a slightly lower price of $379 before, today's limited-time deal is hard to compete with, especially when taking features like 24-hour battery life, 128GB of storage, and enhanced security into consideration. When you score today's deal, you get a budget price without stooping down to budget quality.

UP TO 33% OFF: Don't get caught in the cold! As of Jan. 12, you can score up to 33% off space heaters at Amazon, Walmart, and other retailers.

Our top picks: Best portable space heater BLACK+DECKER Portable Space Heater $19.99 at Amazon (save $10) Get Deal Best space heater for large rooms Honeywell Slim Ceramic Tower Heater $52.79 at Amazon (save $13.20) Get Deal Best propane space heater Mr. Heater Big Buddy Portable 18,000 BTU Propane Heater $124 at Walmart (save $15.99) Get Deal

If you haven't turned on the news in a while, you may want to flip it on to check the weather forecast. An intense blast of cold weather that the experts call a "bomb cyclone" is set to hit the US this weekend and early next week.

This is a nationwide hit, with just about every state across the lower 48 experiencing some weather warning or advisory. It's the first arctic outbreak of the winter, and temperatures are expected to drop significantly below normal into what they call "dangerously cold" levels.

Before it sets in, it's important to take precautions and ensure you have a reliable heat source and an emergency plan in place. One cost-effective solution to stay warm during this wintery blast is to invest in a space heater, and right now, a ton of them are on sale at multiple retailers.

Here are some of the best deals on space heaters to help you stay warm without breaking the bank:

Best portable space heater Opens in a new window Credit: BLACK+DECKER Our pick: BLACK+DECKER Portable Space Heater $19.99 at Amazon (save $10) Get Deal Why we like it

The BLACK+DECKER Portable Space Heater is a budget-friendly option that heats small to medium-sized rooms. It has adjustable thermostat settings (low heat at 750 watts, high heat at 1500 watts, or fan), safety features like overheat protection, and a compact design for easy storage and portability. (Take it from room to room as you need it!) It also has a six-foot power cord, so you can plug it in without an extension cord.

Like all BLACK+DECKER products, this little heater comes with a one-year warranty.

More deals on portable space heaters:

• BLACK+DECKER Indoor Space Heater — $24.39 $44.99 (save $20.60)

• Lasko MyHeat Personal Electric Portable Space Heater — $24.99 $29.99 (save $5)

• Honeywell UberHeat 5 — $34.49 $39.99 (save $5.50)

• Honeywell HHF360V — $34.88 $42.99 (save $8.11)

Best space heater for large rooms Opens in a new window Credit: Honeywell Our pick: Honeywell Slim Ceramic Tower Heater $52.79 at Amazon (save $13.20) Get Deal Why we like it

If you need to heat a larger space, the Honeywell Slim Ceramic Tower Heater is a solid choice. It features a 360-degree tip-over switch for safety, two heat settings (1500 and 750 watts), and a programmable thermostat. Reviewers also say that the oscillation feature helps to distribute heat evenly throughout the room. Plus, its slim design makes it easy to fit into tight spaces.

More deals on tower heaters:

• BLACK+DECKER Oscillating Space Heater — $35.14 $44.99 (save $9.85)

• Lasko 1500-Watt Full-Circle Warmth Ceramic Tower Space Heater — $89.99 $99.99 (save $10)

• Lasko 1500-Watt Bladeless Ceramic Tower Space Heater — $99.99 $109.99 (save $10)

• Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool HP07 — $599.99 $749.99 (save $150)

Best propane space heater Opens in a new window Credit: Mr. Heater Our pick: Mr. Heater Big Buddy Portable 18,000 BTU Propane Heater $124 at Walmart (save $15.99) Get Deal Why we like it

The Mr. Heater Big Buddy Portable 18,000 BTU Propane Heater is an excellent option for those seeking a reliable heat source during power outages or in outdoor settings (it's ideal for heating the garage or camping trips). It has an impressive heat output of 18,000 BTUs and can heat up to 450 square feet.

Its safety features include an auto shut-off, tip-over protection, and a low oxygen shut-off system.

One of the best TVs of CES 2024 is certainly the LG transparent OLED T. It's hard to beat a 77-inch TV that you can literally see through! However, there are other TVs showcased at CES 2024 that deserve a pat on the back, too.

SEE ALSO: The best of CES 2024 The best TVs of CES 20241. The Canvas TV Canvas TV from Hisense Credit: Hisense

This TV is designed to double as a wall painting, sitting flush against your wall. This TV that blends tech and art is from Hisense, and features customizable wood-finish bezels for the frame. It can display curated art while you're not using it, but when you're ready to use it for home entertainment, it can run your favorite programs, too.

2. Rolling Screen Laser TV 4K

Also from Hisense, the Georgia-based company showcased a laser rolling TV that features 4K resolution.

Laser rolling TV Credit: Hisense

You can roll it up to watch it in all of its big-screen glory, but when you're ready to hide it, you can roll it back down.

3. The world's largest QD-Mini LED TV

With a whopping 115-inches of screen real estate, TCL claims that this QD miniLED TV has a peak brightness of 5,000 nits and 20,000 dimming zones for top-of-the-line color accuracy and lighting control.

Mashable's Matt Binder standing in front of the world's largest QD-miniLED TV. Credit: Kimberly Gedeon / Mashable

The TV also delivers better, shaper images than all of its predecessors, TCL claims, and taps into AI for advanced upscaling and color reproduction. Plus, this TCL TV is equipped with a beastly Dolby Atmos speaker system as well, so this TV should sound as good as it looks.

SAVE UP TO $50: Enhance your styling game with the Shark FlexStyle and Shark SpeedStyle, which are both on sale for 17% off at Shark when you build your own bundle. That knocks the FlexStyle down to $249.99 (reg. $299.99) and the SpeedStyle down to $149.99 (reg. $179.99) as of Jan. 12.

Shark styling bundle deals at a glance: BEST FLEXSTYLE DEAL Build Your Own Shark FlexStyle Bundle $249.99 at Shark (save $50) Get Deal BEST SPEEDSTYLE DEAL Build Your Own Shark SpeedStyle $149.99 at Shark (save $30) Get Deal

Nobody should be paying $600 for a hair-styling gadget (looking at you, Dyson). That's just criminal — especially when there are quality dupes on shelves. Shark, in particular, is known for their high-end hair tool dupes that are only sweetened by their affordable prices. If you're looking to enhance your hair styling skills this season, check out these sweet deals on two impressive Shark dupes: the FlexStyle and the SpeedStyle. As of Jan. 12, you can build your own bundles (choose your own attachments, essentially) and save up to $50.

Shark FlexStyle Opens in a new window Credit: Shark Build Your Own Shark FlexStyle bundle $249.99 at Shark (save $50) Get Deal

The FlexStyle is "the best hot air styler for most people" and the best Dyson Airwrap dupe on the market, according to Mashable's own Bethany Allard. It allows you to easily convert between a powerful damage-free hair dryer and a versatile multi-styler. It has a wand base with several interchangeable attachment heads that allow you to curl, volumize, smooth, dry, etc.

You can build your own FlexStyle bundle by selecting two additional accessories on top of the four included ones (two 1.25-inch auto-wrap curlers, oval brush, paddle brush, and styling concentrator). It's like choosing your own adventure but for hair styling. Depending on what type of hair texture you have, you can choose two between the round brush, curl-defining diffuser, wide-tooth comb, two .95-inch auto-wrap curlers, frizz-fighting finishing tool (which is currently out of stock), or just a stylish carrying case. That gives you a total of six attachments and the FlexStyle base. It's usually $299.99 for the bundle, but you can save 17% and snag it for only $249.99 as of Jan. 12.

Shark SpeedStyle Opens in a new window Credit: Shark Build Your Own Shark SpeedStyle bundle $149.99 at Shark (save $30) Get Deal

Just released in August, the Shark SpeedStyle is built to give you salon-quality blowouts without heat damage. It's kind of a dupe of the Dyson Supersonic, but also of its own HyperAir dryer. It offers four heat and three airflow settings, and in true Shark fashion, a handful of attachments to customize it to your hair type.

With the build-your-own bundle deal, you can choose any two attachments from the following: wide-tooth comb, turbo concentrator, express touch-up brush, rapidgloss finisher, smoothing brush, or a defrizzing diffuser. The bundle typically goes for $179.99, but as of Jan. 12, you can slash 17% off and build your own for just $149.99.

Wondering how to watch Kansas vs. Oklahoma men's basketball game? Exclusive broadcast ESPN+ $10.99 per month Get Deal

The Kansas Jayhawks and Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a Big 12 Conference contest at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday, Jan. 13. The game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. CT. 

Kansas, ranked No. 3 in The Associated Press poll, enters the matchup 13-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12. Most recently, UCF beat Kansas 65-60 on Wednesday. Through the first 15 games, Kevin McCullar Jr. leads KU in scoring at 19.8 points per game, and Hunter Dickinson provides 18.9 points per game plus a team-high 11.9 rebounds per contest. 

The No. 9-ranked Oklahoma Sooners come into the contest 13-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12. On Wednesday, TCU defeated OU 80-71. The leading scorers for Oklahoma after 15 games are Javian McCollum at 14.9 points per contest and Otega Oweh at 14.3 points per game.

SEE ALSO: How to watch college basketball without cable

Bill Self is the Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball head coach. Porter Moser is the Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball head coach. 

Kansas vs. OU basketball game time and streaming service

The Kansas Jayhawks vs. Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball game is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN+ at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday, Jan. 13. 

Streaming is the only way to watch the Oklahoma Sooners vs. Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball game on Saturday.

Exclusive broadcast: ESPN+ Opens in a new window Credit: ESPN+ ESPN+ $10.99 per month Get Deal

ESPN+ has exclusive streaming rights for the Kansas Jayhawks vs. Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball game on Saturday. 

ESPN+ costs $10.99 per month, or you can get it for $109.99 for a year. You can also get ESPN+ bundled with Disney+ and Hulu for $14.99 monthly.

Wondering how to watch college basketball this season? Here are your best options: Best for affordability Sling TV Blue Plan + Sports Extra $31 for the first month, then $51/month (save $20 ) Get Deal BEST FOR SINGLE GAME FuboTV Elite Plan 7-day free trial, then $89.99/month Get Deal

The Arizona Wildcats and Washington State Cougars men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a Pac-12 Conference contest at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington, on Saturday, Jan. 13. The game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. MST/3 p.m. PT. 

Arizona, ranked No. 8 in The Associated Press poll, enters the matchup 12-3 overall and 3-1 in the Pac-12. Most recently, Arizona defeated Utah 92-73 on Jan. 6. Through 15 games this season, Caleb Love leads Arizona in scoring at 17.7 points per game. 

Washington State comes into the contest 11-5 overall and 2-3 in the Pac-12. On Wednesday, WSU beat USC 72-64. The top two scorers for the WSU Cougars after 16 games are Isaac Jones with 14.8 points per game and Myles Rice at 14.4 points/game.

SEE ALSO: How to watch college basketball without cable

Tommy Lloyd is the Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball head coach. Kyle Smith is the Washington State Cougars men’s basketball head coach. 

Arizona vs. WSU basketball game time and network

The Arizona Wildcats vs. Washington State Cougars men’s basketball game is being broadcast on the Pac-12 Network at 4 p.m. MST/3 p.m. PT on Saturday, Jan. 13. 

If you don’t have cable or satellite TV, FuboTV and Sling TV offer alternatives to watch the Pac-12 Network. 

Best streaming service for the Washington State vs. Arizona basketball game

To check out the WSU Cougars vs. Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball game on Pac-12 Network, here are the top online live streaming services.

Most affordable: Sling TV Opens in a new window Credit: Sling Sling Blue Plan + Sports Extra $31 for the first month, then $51/month Get Deal

To watch the Pac-12 Network for the Arizona Wildcats vs. Washington State Cougars men’s basketball game requires Sling TV’s Sports Extra package, which is an extra $11/month for 21 additional channels.  

In addition to the Sports Extra package, you need the Blue plan. The Blue plan is $20 for the first month and $40/month for subsequent months, and it comes with 40 channels. The Blue plan plus the Sports Extra package is $31 for the first month then $51/month.

Sling TV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNews, ESPNU, Fox, FS1, FS2, NBC, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network and SEC Network.

Best for single game: FuboTV Opens in a new window Credit: FuboTV FuboTV Elite Plan 7-day free trial, then $89.99/month Get Deal

FuboTV offers a seven-day free trial period, a selection of 250 live TV channels, and 10-screen streaming. It’s an excellent deal, especially for one-time viewings like the Arizona Wildcats vs. WSU Cougars men’s basketball game. Consistent viewers of the Pac-12 Network will need to make a larger investment and get the Elite plan, and right now, the Elite plan is $89.99 per month.

FuboTV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, Fox, FS1, FS2, Golf Network, Marquee Sports Network, Monumental Sports, NBC, NBCSN, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network, and SEC Network. 

Wondering how to watch college basketball this season? Here are your best options: Most affordable Sling TV Blue + Sports Extra $31 for the first month, then $51/month (save $20 ) Get Deal BEST FOR SINGLE GAME FuboTV Pro plan 7-day free trial, then $79.99/month Get Deal

The Purdue and Penn State men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a Big Ten Conference contest at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Saturday, Jan. 13. The game is scheduled to start at 2:15 p.m. ET. 

Purdue, ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press poll, enters the matchup 14-2 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten. Most recently, Nebraska beat Purdue 88-72 on Tuesday. After 16 games, Zach Edey leads Purdue with 21.8 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. 

Penn State comes into the contest 8–8 overall and 2-3 in the Big Ten. On Wednesday, Northwestern defeated PSU 76-72. Kanye Clary leads Penn State’s scoring attack with 18.8 points per game this season.

SEE ALSO: How to watch college basketball without cable

Matt Painter is the Purdue men’s basketball head coach. Mike Rhoades is the Penn State men’s basketball head coach. 

Purdue vs. Penn State basketball game time and network

The Purdue vs. Penn State basketball game is scheduled to be broadcast by Big Ten Network at 2:15 p.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 13. 

But if you don’t have cable or satellite TV, here are some options to watch the game via online live stream. Those options include FuboTV and Sling. 

Best streaming services for Purdue vs. PSU basketball game

To watch college basketball without cable or satellite TV, you’ll need to choose a streaming service, and to see the Penn State vs. Purdue men’s basketball game on Big Ten Network, here are your best streaming options.

Most affordable: Sling TV Opens in a new window Credit: Sling Sling Blue + Sports Extra $31 for the first month, then $51/month Get Deal

To get the Big Ten Network for the Purdue vs. Penn State basketball game requires Sling TV’s Sports Extra package and the Sling Blue plan. The Sling Blue plan provides 40 live TV channels. The Blue package is $20 for the first month and $40/month for subsequent months. The Sports Extra package is an extra $11/month for 18 additional channels. 

So at $31 for the first month and $51 for subsequent months, you can watch the Big Ten Network through Sling TV.

Sling TV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNews, ESPNU, Fox, FS1, FS2, NBC, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network and SEC Network.

Best for single game: FuboTV Opens in a new window Credit: FuboTV FuboTV Pro plan 7-day free trial, then $79.99/month Get Deal

FuboTV offers a seven-day free trial period. It also offers more than 250 channels of live TV and the option to watch on 10 screens at once.

College basketball fans can get most of the channels they need through FuboTV’s Pro tier, which is $79.99 per month. Big Ten Network is included in the Pro tier for aspiring Penn State vs. Purdue men’s basketball viewers.

FuboTV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, Fox, FS1, FS2, Golf Network, Marquee Sports Network, Monumental Sports, NBC, NBCSN, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network, and SEC Network. 

Wondering how to watch college basketball this season? Here are your best options: Most affordable Sling TV Orange Plan $20 for the first month, then $40/month (save $20 ) Get Deal BEST FOR SINGLE GAME FuboTV Pro plan 7-day free trial, then $79.99/month Get Deal

The Arkansas Razorbacks and Florida Gators men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a Southeastern Conference contest at Exactech Arena in Gainesville, Florida, on Saturday, Jan. 13. The game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT. 

Arkansas comes into the matchup 9-6 overall and 0-2 in the SEC. Most recently, Georgia beat Arkansas 76-66 on Wednesday. After the first 15 games, Tramon Mark leads Arkansas in scoring at 17.0 points per game. 

The Florida Gators enter the contest 10-5 overall and 0-2 in the SEC. On Wednesday, Ole Miss defeated Florida 103-85. Walter Clayton Jr. leads Florida’s scoring at 16.2 points per game after 15 outings.

SEE ALSO: How to watch college basketball without cable

Eric Musselman is the Arkansas Razorbacks men’s basketball head coach. Todd Golden is the Florida Gators men’s basketball head coach. 

Arkansas vs. UF Gators basketball game time and network

The Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Florida Gators men’s basketball game is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT on Saturday, Jan. 13. ESPN broadcasters for the game are scheduled to be Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analyst).

If you're without cable or satellite TV, online live streaming platforms such as FuboTV and Sling offer alternatives for enjoying the game.

Best streaming services for the Florida vs. Arkansas basketball game 

If you’ve gotten rid of cable and satellite TV, you'll need a streaming platform. To see Saturday’s UF Gators vs. Arkansas Razorbacks men’s basketball game, here are the top streaming solutions available to you. 

Most affordable: Sling TV Opens in a new window Credit: Sling Sling Orange Plan $20 for the first month, then $40/month Get Deal

Sling TV's $55/month package includes 46 channels, catering to the needs of college basketball fans and includes ESPN coverage of showdowns like the Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Florida Gators men’s basketball. Newcomers to Sling TV enjoy a $27.50 rate for the first month. 

If you’re looking to mainly watch the Arkansas vs. Florida game, the Orange Plan includes ESPN and is available at $20 for the first month, followed by $40 monthly. 

Sling TV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNews, ESPNU, Fox, FS1, FS2, NBC, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network and SEC Network.

Best for single game: FuboTV Opens in a new window Credit: FuboTV FuboTV Pro plan 7-day free trial, then $79.99/month Get Deal

FuboTV allows you to try it free for seven days and explore its extensive selection of more than 250 live TV channels. If you’re a college basketball fan, the Pro package costs $79.99 per month with channels like ESPN to watch the Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Florida Gators men’s basketball game.  

FuboTV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, Fox, FS1, FS2, Golf Network, Marquee Sports Network, Monumental Sports, NBC, NBCSN, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network, and SEC Network. 

Wondering how to watch college basketball this season? Here are your best options: Most affordable Sling TV Orange Plan $20 for the first month, then $40/month (save $20 ) Get Deal BEST FOR SINGLE GAME FuboTV Pro plan 7-day free trial, then $79.99/month Get Deal

The Kentucky Wildcats and Texas A&M Aggies men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a Southeastern Conference contest at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas, on Saturday, Jan. 13. The game is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT. 

Kentucky, ranked No. 6 in The Associated Press poll, comes into the matchup 12-2 overall and 2-0 in the SEC. Most recently, the UK Wildcats defeated Missouri 90-77 on Tuesday. Through the first 14 games, Antonio Reeves leads Kentucky in scoring at 18.6 points per game. 

Texas A&M enters the contest 9-6 overall and 0-2 in the SEC. On Tuesday, Auburn beat the TAMU Aggies 66-55. Wade Taylor IV leads Texas A&M in scoring at 17.3 points per contest after 15 outings.

SEE ALSO: How to watch college basketball without cable

John Calipari is the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball head coach. Buzz Williams is the Texas A&M Aggies men’s basketball head coach. 

UK Wildcats vs. TAMU basketball game time and network

The Kentucky Wildcats vs. Texas A&M Aggies men’s basketball game is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT on Saturday, Jan. 13. ESPN broadcasters for the game are scheduled to be Dan Shulman (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analyst). 

If you don’t have cable or satellite TV, online live streaming platforms such as FuboTV and Sling offer alternatives for enjoying the game.

Best streaming services for the Texas A&M vs. Kentucky basketball game 

If you’ve gotten rid of cable and satellite TV, you'll need a streaming platform. To see Saturday’s TAMU Aggies vs. UK Wildcats men’s basketball game, here are the top streaming solutions available to you.

Most affordable: Sling TV Opens in a new window Credit: Sling Sling Orange Plan $20 for the first month, then $40/month Get Deal

Sling TV's $55/month package provides 46 channels, catering to the needs of college basketball fans and includes ESPN coverage of showdowns like the Kentucky Wildcats vs. Texas A&M Aggies men’s basketball game. Newcomers to Sling TV enjoy a $27.50 rate for the first month. 

If you’re looking to just watch the Kentucky vs. Texas A&M game, the Orange Plan includes ESPN and is available at $20 for the first month, followed by $40 monthly.  

Sling TV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNews, ESPNU, Fox, FS1, FS2, NBC, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network and SEC Network.

Best for single game: FuboTV Opens in a new window Credit: FuboTV FuboTV Pro plan 7-day free trial, then $79.99/month Get Deal

You can try FuboTV free for seven days and explore its selection of more than 250 live TV channels. If you’re a college basketball fan, the Pro package costs $79.99 per month with channels like ESPN to watch the UK Wildcats vs. Texas A&M men’s basketball game.  

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The North Carolina Tar Heels and Syracuse men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in an Atlantic Coast Conference contest in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Saturday, Jan. 13 The game is scheduled to start at noon ET. 

UNC, ranked No. 7 in The Associated Press poll, enters the matchup 12-3 overall and 4-0 in the ACC. Most recently, North Carolina beat NC State 67-54 on Wednesday. Through 15 games, RJ Davis leads UNC in scoring with 20.3 points per game. 

Syracuse comes into the contest 11-4 overall and 2-2 in the ACC. On Wednesday, SU beat Boston College 69-59. Judah Mintz paces Syracuse's scoring with 18.5 points per game through 15 contests.

SEE ALSO: How to watch college basketball without cable

Hubert Davis is the North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball head coach. Adrian Autry is the Syracuse men’s basketball head coach. 

UNC vs. Syracuse basketball game time and network

The North Carolina vs. Syracuse men’s basketball game is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN at noon ET on Saturday, Jan. 13. ESPN broadcasters for the game are scheduled to be Dave O’Brien (play-by-play) and Cory Alexander (analyst).

If you don’t have cable or satellite TV, online live streaming platforms such as FuboTV and Sling offer alternatives for enjoying the game.

Best streaming services for the SU vs. North Carolina basketball game 

If you’ve gotten rid of cable and satellite TV, you'll need a streaming platform. To see Saturday’s Syracuse vs. North Carolina men’s basketball game, here are the top streaming solutions available to you. 

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Sling TV's $55/month package provides 46 channels, catering to the needs of college basketball fans and includes ESPN coverage of showdowns like SU vs. North Carolina men’s basketball. Newcomers to Sling TV enjoy a $27.50 rate for the first month. 

If you’re looking to just watch the UNC vs. Syracuse game, the Orange Plan includes ESPN and is available at $20 for the first month, followed by $40 monthly. 

Sling TV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNews, ESPNU, Fox, FS1, FS2, NBC, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network and SEC Network.

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You can try FuboTV free for seven days and explore its extensive selection of more than 250 live TV channels. If you’re a college basketball fan, the Pro package costs $79.99 per month after the free trial, with channels like ESPN to watch the UNC Tar Heels vs. Syracuse men’s basketball game.  

FuboTV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, Fox, FS1, FS2, Golf Network, Marquee Sports Network, Monumental Sports, NBC, NBCSN, NFL Network, Pac-12 Network, and SEC Network. 

SAVE $70: As of Jan. 12, the Apple Watch Series 9 is just $329 at Amazon. That's a savings of 18%.

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Didn't get the Apple Watch you hoped for over the holidays? Or maybe you missed out on some of the great prices the smartwatches went for on Black Friday and beyond. If you're still hunting for a great Apple Watch deal, now's the perfect time to invest in the newest model as it's currently back down to its Cyber Weekend price.

As of Jan. 12, the Apple Watch Series 9 is just $329 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $399. That's $70 off and a discount of 18%. As of the time of writing, that price applies to the 41mm GPS model in the Midnight Aluminum Case with Midnight Sport Loop, Silver Aluminum Case with Winter Blue Sport Loop, Pink Aluminum Case with Light Pink Sport Loop, and Starlight Aluminum Case with Starlight Sport Loop colorways.

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The Series 9 is a worthy upgrade, despite mostly iterative changes, as Mashable reviewer Stan Schroeder found it a "robust and elite wearable device." He praised it for its "serious power" thanks to its S9 SiP and Ultra Wideband chip, as well as its souped-up peak brightness of up to 2000 nits.

While the Double Tap feature is an interesting addition that uses a simple pinching of your index finger and thumb to perform actions, Schroeder appreciated the Series 9's zippier speed and improved battery life even more, as well as the improved Neural Engine that assists with processing Siri's tasks on the watch itself.

If you're ready for an upgrade or you just want to pick up the latest Apple Watch for yourself, this is a great time to do it. Just be sure to snag yours before they sell out.

SAVE $295: As of Jan. 12, Tonal is offering a sweet deal for the new year: For a limited time, you can get free delivery and installation for the fitness mirror, which will save you around $295.

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The beginning of a new year can be a prime time to set goals and start forming the right habits to achieve them. What those goals entail is entirely up to you, but one that comes up often is focusing on fitness. That's a great goal, but it can be hard to know how to get started if you're not already an experienced gym-goer.

In our opinion, one great way to start is by picking up a fitness mirror — the best ones can pretty much act as an entire home gym, saving you the money and time you'd be spending with a commercial gym membership. One of our favorite fitness mirrors, Tonal, just so happens to be offering a great deal for the start of 2024 — for a limited time, you can get free delivery and installation when you snag one of the luxury devices, saving you about $295 off of your purchase (and when you're spending almost $4,000, every penny counts).

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Once Tonal is installed in your home, you'll have access to a wide selection of guided workouts that focus on cardio, strength, mobility, and beyond. If you add on the smart accessory bundle (which we recommend), you'll also be able to challenge yourself with weightlifting exercises. Deputy Shopping Editor, Jae Thomas, really enjoyed their time with Tonal, noting its real-time form feedback, high production value classes, and quality of the strength and weightlifting program as highlights. While Tonal is a steep investment, you do have the option to finance one for yourself to ease some of the upfront cost.

SAVE $100: Today, Jan. 12, you can save over 14% when you preorder The Nimble Device from Nimble Beauty, taking the price down to $599 from $699.

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Anyone who values a good manicure knows that going to the salon can get expensive, but while doing it yourself at home might save you some money, it doesn't always turn out exactly as you hoped. Now, there's a way to get a professional quality manicure right at home (that doesn't involve you having to watch endless TikToks to up your skills).

Meet The Nimble Device, the first-ever manicure robot that just made its debut at CES 2024, where Mashable contributor Cecily Mauran got to test it out. As of today, Jan. 12, you can preorder The Nimble Device from Nimble Beauty and save $100. This brings the price down from $699 to $599. While the sale price is still undeniably an investment, it has the potential to save regular manicure-getters money in the long run. For a limited time, Nimble Beauty is also including the Bestsellers Polish Bundle with your order, which has a $50 value. If you want to be among the first to experience The Nimble Device for yourself, this is a smart time to buy.

Mauran shares how The Nimble Device measured up in her review. "Since there was high demand to test out Nimble, I was only able to get one nail painted. But within minutes, I got polish and a topcoat, and my nail was fully dry," she writes. "If you're like me and struggle with painting your dominant hand, and just want a convenient and clean paint job, Nimble is precise and on par with the pros."

Make The Nimble Device yours when you preorder today from Nimble Beauty.

Samsung is about to launch new smartphone flagships, and we're so here for it.

The company's first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year is scheduled for Wednesday, January 17. The live stream, which will be available on Samsung's website, starts at 1 p.m. ET.

Let's take a quick break here and note that this is very early in the year for a Samsung phone unveiling. The company typically launches its Galaxy S series smartphones in very late January or February, with last year's Galaxy S23 having arrived on February 1.

SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy S24: Release date, price, Ultra features, and more

Officially, we know nothing about what's coming, except that there's going to be a lot of talk about AI (the event's tagline is "Galaxy AI is coming."

Samsung Galaxy S24

However, it's not that hard to guess that the star of the show will be Samsung's new smartphone flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S24.

(Side note: Can you believe we're already at number 24? Samsung launched the first S smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S, back in 2010, but it skipped some numbers, jumping from S10 to S20 in 2020.)

We're probably getting three new Galaxy S variants: The Galaxy S24, the Galaxy S24+, and the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

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Rumors say the design won't change that much. The biggest change across the range might be a flatter display with slimmer bezels for the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

In terms of specs, once again, don't expect massive changes. We're talking slight improvements to the displays and cameras, though the new phones will very likely get the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. One particularly interesting rumor says that the entire Galaxy S24 line will start with 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM.

Finally, when it comes to pricing, we expect the prices to remain the same as last year.

Artificial intelligence

This year's event will be just as much about software as it is about hardware. More specifically, Samsung will make some artificial intelligence announcements, and will be positioning the new phones as "AI phones."

This will surely apply to camera tech, and Samsung has already teased that "zoom with Galaxy AI is coming."

SEE ALSO: Pre-pre-order the new Samsung Galaxy S24 and get a $50 credit ahead of the big reveal

But the company is likely to integrate its own upcoming generative AI model, the recently announced Gauss AI, into the phones. From what we can tell at this point, it will be similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT and will consist of three parts: Gauss Language, Gauss Code and Gauss Image. Details are scarce at this point, but given the emphasis Samsung has put on the AI side of things, we expect these phones to be a good deal smarter than before.

Something other than phones?

Sometimes, Samsung uses the Galaxy S24 launch event to showcase new devices that aren't phones, such as laptops, fitness trackers, or tablets. This year, there's chatter about new Galaxy Book Pro laptops as well as a new Galaxy Fit 3 fitness tracker. As always, take all these predictions with a grain of salt until Samsung gives the official word.

Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon is not just a brilliant film, but a brilliant adaptation, too.

The film takes on journalist David Grann's nonfiction book of the same name, which explores the organized murders of the Osage people from 1921 to 1926. This string of murders, committed so the white perpetrators could gain access to the oil-rich Osage victims' wealth, became known as the Reign of Terror.

SEE ALSO: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' review: Martin Scorsese's compassion makes us complicit

While local law enforcement unsurprisingly did nothing to stop the murders, the FBI — then in its early days — sent agents to Oklahoma to investigate. Grann spends much of Killers of the Flower Moon examining their involvement, subtitling the book: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. He dives into the state of the young bureau under J. Edgar Hoover, as well as the background of former Texas Ranger Tom White (played in the film by Jesse Plemons), who became instrumental in solving the case.

Scorsese and his co-screenwriter Eric Roth omit almost all of that.

Instead of focusing primarily on the FBI's role in the Osage murders, Scorsese and Roth make the marriage between Osage woman Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone) and white rancher Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) the heart of the film. The shift's effect is twofold. It expands on a relationship that Grann leaves mostly a mystery in the book, giving the Osage more of a voice in the story in the process. It also alters the way we perceive the murders themselves. Grann presents them as a mystery to be solved, but Scorsese gives us the killers from the jump, getting us up close and personal with the evil that motivated the Reign of Terror.

Killers of the Flower Moon is not a whodunnit. Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Killers of the Flower Moon." Credit: Apple TV+

Where Grann's book plays out like a real-life whodunnit, with White and his men scrambling to find the criminals at the heart of the Osage murders, Scorsese wastes no time in revealing the scheme's mastermind and his accomplices. They are William Hale (Robert de Niro), so-called "King" of the Osage Hills; his nephews Ernest and Byron Burkhart (Scott Shepherd); and a massive web of co-conspirators, including doctors and outlaws.

Originally, Scorsese intended Killers of the Flower Moon to lean further into the FBI aspect of Grann's book, with DiCaprio taking on the role of White. But in an interview with The New Yorker's Richard Brody, Scorsese revealed several reasons why this approach wouldn't work for the story he wanted to tell.

For one, the identities of the murderers would be far too obvious. "[The FBI agents] come in from Washington, and the moment they get off that train, the moment they enter that town, you look around and you see Bob De Niro, you see so-and-so — 'I know who did it.' The audience is way ahead of us," Scorsese told Brody.

That approach would also make the film more of a police procedural, with the FBI searching for answers throughout the Osage Nation just as they do in the second section of Grann's book. "In the book, it works," Scorsese said in The New Yorker. "But a police procedural, for me, I’ll watch it, but I can’t do it. I don’t know how to do it. I don’t know how to do the plot."

Shifting away from the FBI and police procedural stylings allows Scorsese to work in more familiar territory for him. He often places audiences in the point of view of criminals, from the gangsters of Goodfellas to the white collar crooks of The Wolf of Wall Street. Here, we experience much of Killers of the Flower Moon through Ernest's eyes — and the effect is sobering.

In following Ernest, Scorsese makes us live beside the callous greed behind the Osage murders. We watch backroom deals with hit men and insurance fraud schemes meant to profit off Osage deaths. We see a total disregard for human life in the pursuit of more money. And we always, always know who's to blame. No shadowy, murderous figure pulling the strings here, just men on the screen who we've been following for hours.

Making matters worse is the fact that these murderers couldn't be more obvious in their intent. Ernest has a full-on shouting match in the middle of the street about a proposed murder. Kelsie Morrison (Louis Cancelmi) can barely hide his plans to kill his adopted children in order to gain their headrights. There's a sickening casualness to their actions, a feeling not only that they're invincible, but that they're simply going through the motions in order to get the money they think they're owed.

Only Hale manages to put up a non-suspicious front — at least in public. In private, we see his true views of the Osage: That they're just obstacles on the way to getting more money. That knowledge about Hale, which we don't get until later in Grann's book, makes every instance where he grieves the dead or offers assistance with the investigation sting even more. The same goes for Ernest's marriage to Mollie, one of the few places where Ernest appears to experience even a shred of remorse about his relentless quest for riches.

Killers of the Flower Moon centers on a doomed marriage. Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in "Killers of the Flower Moon." Credit: Apple TV+

In de-centering the FBI, Killers of the Flower Moon moves its attention to Mollie and Ernest's marriage. Mollie's trust in Ernest, and his subsequent betrayal of that trust, plays like a microcosm of the larger conflict of the film. People like Hale gained the trust and friendship of members of the Osage Nation, even getting to sit in on meetings where the Osage discussed how to deal with the murders. But Hale and his co-conspirators were wolves in sheep's clothing, using that trust for their own gain.

With Ernest and Mollie, though, Scorsese also explores the confounding love the two share, even as Ernest systematically murders Mollie's entire family. In his meetings with the current-day Osage tribe, which dramatically shaped Killers of the Flower Moon, Scorsese learned from descendants of families like the Burkharts that Mollie and Ernest really were in love. As Scorsese told Brody in The New Yorker interview, a guiding question for the film became, "How did Mollie stay with Ernest?" Did she know what he was doing, and was she deceiving herself of the fact? Did she think their love could overcome his crimes? These are ideas that Grann's book doesn't grapple much with, leaving space wide open for Scorsese to delve deeper into Mollie's character.

Focusing on Mollie and her family also helped bring the Osage perspective more to the forefront of the film. In various interviews, including one in Rolling Stone exploring his collaboration with the Osage Nation, Scorsese discusses how the Osage were concerned that this crucial part of their history would not be done justice, that they would be portrayed as victims in the background of a white savior narrative. Expanding on Mollie's role is one of many ways in which Scorsese endeavors to surface the Osage perspective, with others including working with Osage language and clothing consultants behind the scenes. The film even interrogates the notion that White and his men are white saviors come to rescue the Osage from their tormentors. When White first arrives, the Osage tribe asks him why the U.S. government hasn't intervened until now — is the government truly concerned? Or is it just now getting involved because the Osage paid them?

As in Grann's book, Killers of the Flower Moon brings its history to the present. Lily Gladstone and Martin Scorsese while shooting "Killers of the Flower Moon." Credit: Apple TV+

Grann's book is divided into three parts. Part one covers the Reign of Terror, as well as the history of the Osage tribe's forced move to Oklahoma. Part two introduces the FBI and Tom White and ends with Hale's conviction. Part three, titled "The Reporter," follows Grann's personal journeys to Oklahoma to conduct research between 2012 to 2015. There, he speaks to Burkhart descendants and other members of the Osage tribe. His research also leads him to discover hundreds of murders that the FBI never investigated, meaning hundreds more Osage families who never received any kind of justice.

Story-wise, Scorsese and Roth only adapt the first two sections of Killers of the Flower Moon, reframing or omitting certain elements to better suit the film's project. However, the third section of the book still comes through thematically in the film's very last scenes.

In one of Killers of the Flower Moon's final sequences, we see a J. Edgar Hoover approved-radio show telling the story of the Osage murders, decades after they occurred. Performed by an all-white cast, the radio show is flippant in its treatment of the murders we've spent the last three hours watching, speaking to the erasure of the true horrors of the Reign of Terror in American (specifically, wealthy white American) culture. The only moment of solemnity comes when Scorsese himself takes the stage, reading Mollie's obituary.

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As with Grann's present-day investigations, Scorsese's cameo reads like the storyteller behind Killers of the Flower Moon bearing witness to the history he's entrenched himself in. The Reign of Terror is not taught widely in schools, nor is it a commonly known moment in American history. There is regret in Grann's writing about this failure to fully bring to light the vast conspiracy to murder the Osage, and to preserve these memories in American culture. There's a similar regret in Scorsese's voice as he reads Mollie's obituary.

Yet despite this regret from Grann and Scorsese, both their versions of Killers of the Flower Moon end on more of a hopeful note for the Osage tribe of today. The very last shot of Scorsese's film is an overhead view of the present-day tribe, dancing in a circle around a group of drummers. It's an image of a culture enduring, even after concentrated attempts to stamp it out both from people like Hale and from the U.S. government itself.

Similarly, Grann spends part of the final section of his book speaking with descendants of Osage murder victims and learning about how they remember the murders and how they continue to live today, even with those unspeakably painful memories. Upon one his first visits to Osage county, he quotes Osage historian Louis F. Burns, who wrote in the preface of his History of the Osage People that even when "only shreds and tatters remained" of the Osage, "these remnants turned to the present" and sought to rise "from the ashes of their past."

Killers of the Flower Moon is now streaming on Apple TV+.
David Grann's book Killers of the Flower Moon is available for purchase on Amazon.

UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2024, 5:34 p.m. EST This article was originally republished for the theatrical release of "Killers of the Flower Moon." It has been republished for the film's streaming debut.

Mashable film editor Kristy Puchko speaks to Poor Things screenwriter Tony McNamara about the creativity of literary adaptations, and Bella's (Emma Stone) flawed humanity.

Poor Things is now in cinemas.

The line between straightforward drama and riotous satire blurs in The Book of Clarence, the second feature film by The Harder They Fall's Jeymes Samuel (stage name: The Bullitts). The English singer-turned-filmmaker sinks his teeth into an ambitious inquiry of faith and morality, with an imagined tale of a wannabe thirteenth Apostle in 33 A.D., who decides to become a new Messiah.

The result is hilarious, romantic, deeply introspective, and surprisingly spiritual for a film that balances an atheistic approach to faith with a distinctly Christian worldview. Though let it not be said that The Book of Clarence is at all agnostic in presentation. It looks simultaneously backward and forward, recalling the Biblical epics of Hollywood's Golden Age, while taking a transformative approach to its ecclesiastical tale.

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With a mostly-Black ensemble, the film acts implicitly (and through one hilarious punchline, explicitly) as a corrective to history’s numerous whitewashed Bible films. Samuel further unfurls this racial dynamic into a larger, all-encompassing saga about not just modern Blackness and state oppression, but the modern conundrum of faith, topics it covers while delicately balancing deft visual comedy and emotional sincerity.

Who is Clarence in The Book of Clarence? Credit: Legendary Entertainment / Moris Puccio

After its Ben-Hur inspired opening titles, The Book of Clarence fittingly begins with a chariot race, in which Mary Magdalene (Teyana Taylor) overtakes best friends Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) and Elijah (RJ Cyler) on the streets of Jerusalem. The film has its farcical elements, but this opening scene isn’t one of them. Rather, it seeks to establish a straightforward approach to character — the film introduces most relationships through movement, tone, and body language, not just dialogue — as well as a matter-of-fact-ness surrounding the idea that the no-good, street level hoodlum Clarence is a Biblical Forrest Gump, intersecting with key figures in the life of Jesus Christ (Nicholas Pinnock), and speaking to them with a mix of medieval “Ye Olde” English and modern AAVE. 

Clarence, a known troublemaker, is an atheist, while his estranged, pious twin brother (also played by Stanfield) happens to be the Apostle Thomas. However, the rift between them doesn’t come down to their faith in God, but their faith in each other — or lack thereof — in terms of their personal convictions. Thomas believes the wayward Clarence will never amount to anything. Clarence, meanwhile, holds Thomas’ blinkered dedication to Jesus against him, because it means turning his back on their ailing mother (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), with whom Clarence maintains a friendly, heartfelt dynamic. 

Credit: Legendary Entertainment / Moris Puccio

As it happens, Clarence is also deeply in love with Varina (Anna Diop), the sister of one of his creditors: the vengeful Jedediah the Terrible (Eric Kofi-Abrefa). Between a brother he resents (and hopes to one-up) and a love interest one degree away from a dangerous man who wants him dead, Clarence cooks up a scheme to get in Jedediah’s good graces. But when his attempts to become Jesus' 13th Apostle fail, he tries the next best thing: conning his way into Messiah status by manufacturing miracles, in order to earn not only respect, but enough contributions to settle his debts.

There’s a depth to Clarence that Stanfield conveys through his eyes alone. The character is always thinking, considering his next move, and reflecting on his social and moral status. As the film goes on, everything he wants, whether marriage, respect, or freedom from debt, all appear possible if he decides to tidy up his act and be a better, more responsible man. However, while the most obvious path in such stories certainly lies before him — embracing faith and finding God — The Book of Clarence isn’t concerned with a solution this simple. Clarence always sticks to his atheistic guns, because Samuel’s story isn’t about a man finding faith. Rather, it’s about a man working within the same spiritual and ethical framework as those seeking religious salvation. It’s a story about what it takes to become a better person, and the way it’s told is both dazzling and tongue-in-cheek.

The Book of Clarence is a visually-inspired comedy. Credit: Legendary Entertainment / Moris Puccio

Generally, modern Hollywood comedies take a risk-free aesthetic approach, between flat lighting that conveys little, blocking that conveys even less, and framing geared towards having comedians improvise dialogue. The Book of Clarence shatters that mold completely, by drawing on the classical formalism of the epics on which it riffs (you’re likely to find homages to William Wyler and George Stevens alongside modern tricks like Snorricam).

The film also has no qualms about magical realism, despite its focus on a nonbeliever. On the streets of Jerusalem, hashish gets you high — literally. It makes you float like a hot air balloon. Enlightenment arrives cartoonishly, in the form of glowing white light above your head (lightbulbs haven’t been invented yet), while poetic flirtation, during which couples gaze longingly at one another, is so intoxicating that it changes the color of one’s eyes. Even Jesus is imbued with supernatural abilities akin to Neo from The Matrix (his physical presence, however, is so otherworldly as to be overwhelming; Pinnock conveys an elegant sense of love and wisdom through his gaze).

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Despite the movie often breaking the immersion of its antiquated dialogue — at one point, Joseph calls Clarence a “dumbass” — it never turns its back on its visual palette, courtesy of cinematographer Rob Hardy. It’s a gorgeous looking movie, with the warmth and flicker of candle lights illuminating interior scenes, and gentle, soft-focus close-ups capturing Clarence and Varina’s stolen moments of intimacy.

The humor is also punctuated by sudden movements of the frame; it’s a consistently watchable film. That might sound like backhanded praise, but The Book of Clarence is the kind of movie you could watch on mute — which is to say, really watch and understand through its visuals alone. Of course, the precision of its filmmaking would amount to little if what the camera was capturing weren’t so daring and fascinating in the first place.

Jeymes Samuel crafts a smart and rigorous satire. Credit: Legendary Entertainment / Moris Puccio

Like his first film, the revisionist Western The Harder They Fall, Samuel remixes the myth and history with one eye on the present. With an all-star cast of Black actors from various countries — England’s David Oyelowo plays a sarcastic, short-tempered John the Baptist; French star Omar Sy plays Clarence’s loyal warrior sidekick Barnabas — the film’s casting is deeply political, though not merely through its optics. The characters’ accents run the gamut from American and English to Jamaican and West African (some of the actors are Nigerian and Senegalese), and Samuel is hardly subtle about his social commentary about modern Blackness as a western construct, and the experiences that bind it. 

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Whenever Roman guards enter the picture, all played by white actors, the racial dynamic becomes overt through both dialogue and action. They behave as historical oppressors would, but some of their specifics are modulated to match how American police officers might behave, like throwing a spear at an unarmed character running away before claiming self-defense — which ultimately leads to a moving subplot about Black resilience in the face of adversity.

This is, however, arguably the meta-textual theme as well. In The Book of Clarence, the suffering of Christ-like figures (whether Clarence or Jesus himself) comes laced with contemporary commentary through fleeting but memorable lines of dialogue — most notably, from Clarence’s mother, who sees the bigger picture of the danger her son is in. If to suffer is to be Christ-like, then how does one confront the notion of an entire people being forced to suffer under the boot-heels of white supremacy? 

Credit: Legendary Entertainment / Moris Puccio

Like Jesus, Clarence draws the ire of Roman governor Pontius Pilate (James McAvoy) for his claims of divinity, and the story takes on additional layers the more Clarence’s tale begins to resemble the Bible. While there was no historical or Biblical equivalent to Clarence, Thomas is believed, by some, to be the brother of Jesus — perhaps even his twin — making Samuel’s choice of family connection especially meaningful, as though he had created Clarence as a stand-in for Jesus himself, and for Messianic ideas he wished to explore.

By having two simultaneous Jesus stories unfolding at once, The Book of Clarence is able to confront and reckon with two different paths to scrutinizing morality — religious and non-religious — while presenting a divine and supernatural version of Jesus (as has appeared in numerous films) alongside a a corruptible Messiah with human foibles. While the movie’s version of Jesus has a powerful, all-knowing, all-loving aura, Clarence struggles on a daily basis with the question of whether he can transcend his selfishness despite not believing in God.

The film’s very premise represents a modern crisis of faith in the face of oppression (fewer Black Americans, for instance, have identified as religious in recent years), and Samuel creates dueling embodiments of Jesus by employing a long-held debate about his divinity as though it were a narrative prism. The Book of Clarence uses the dilemma between believing in Jesus, the divine prophet, and Jesus the mortal man — believing in scripture or history — to split the very concept of Jesus in two, but without ever presenting them as mutual exclusives.

It's a stunning reconciliation of ideas usually at odds, taking the form of a knee-slapping historical comedy that proves utterly absorbing and emotionally moving in its finest moments. The Book of Clarence is a farce that takes itself seriously, using clashing questions of belief to turn the well-tread cinematic spectacle of Jesus’ life into a powerful, multifaceted tale of spiritual crisis. 

How to watch: The Book of Clarence is now showing in theaters.