Day: June 10, 2024

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Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) blocks a shot from Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) during Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.

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The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals pick back up tonight with Game 2, which will see the Edmonton Oilers vs. Florida Panthers face off again in Florida. We’ll show you how to watch the Stanley Cup Finals from home, whether you have cable or are looking for a live streaming alternative.

The Panthers are leading the finals following a Game 1 victory on Saturday night. The Florida team won 3-0, leading to a Game 1 finals shutout for the first time in over a decade. The Panthers’ goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky, was a true MVP during the game and made over 30 saves throughout the night, effectively blocking out all of the Oilers’ attempts to score.

Tonight’s game will see if the Oilers will be able to turn it around. The Canadian team was a Stanley Cup mainstay in the 80s and very early 90s, but this is their first time at the finals since 2006. The Panthers, on the other hand, made it to the finals last year but ultimately lost out to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Whether you’re rooting for the Panthers or Oilers, we’ve got you covered when it comes to how to watch tonight’s game. The options below will work for all 2024 finals games, including any potential games after Game 4. Make sure to bookmark our NHL Playoffs hub for additional info, including what time the puck drops each night.

• See also: How to watch NBA Finals | Where to watch Formula 1 | Where to watch MotoGP

How to watch Stanley Cup Finals Game 1 quick links

• US: ABC – ESPN+ ($10.99), Sling TV (select regions), Fubo (7-day free trial)
• Access subscriptions from anywhere via ExpressVPN (try risk-free for 30 days)
• When: Monday, June 10 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on ABC

How to watch Stanley Cup Finals in the US

Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals will air on ABC on Monday at 8 p.m. ET in the US. If you don’t have cable (or an antenna), you can try out a live streaming alternative. The cheapest option tonight is ESPN+, which starts at $10.99 a month. You can catch all of 2024 Stanley Cup Finals here. This is also the streaming home of select ABC and ESPN games across a variety of sports, in addition to must-see UFC coverage.

If you’d rather try a cable alternative live TV streaming package, Sling TV and Fubo might be able to help you out. Sling TV allows you to access ABC in select regions by subscribing to Sling Orange + Blue for $55 a month, but new users can currently get half off their first month. Sling’s local channel coverage is selective, so you should look up which channels are available in your region using your zip code before purchasing a subscription. You can also check out Sling’s local channels page for more information.

At $79.99, Fubo is the more expensive live TV package we’re highlighting today, but it offers pretty broad ABC coverage and a ton of other channels (as always, you should still look up your zip code before subscribing to ensure that your region has access to the channels you want). New users can try Fubo free for one week. 

How to watch Stanley Cup Finals from anywhere

If you’ll be traveling outside of the United States during tonight’s game (or any of the upcoming games), you can still keep up with your subscriptions via VPN (virtual private network). VPNs allow you to change your device’s virtual location to keep up with your usual websites and apps while traveling. Since the services we’ve outlined today require US forms of payment, this suggestion will be best for Americans who are simply traveling abroad at the moment.

Our go-to VPN recommendation is ExpressVPN, which is beginner-friendly and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Check out our ExpressVPN review for additional details, and keep reading to learn how to use a VPN.

How to watch Stanley Cup Finals with a VPN

• Sign up for a VPN if you don’t already have one.
• Install it on the device you’re planning to watch on.
• Turn it on and set it to a US location. 
• Sign up for a live streaming package and navigate to ABC.
• Enjoy the game!

Note: The use of VPNs is illegal in certain countries, and using VPNs to access region-locked streaming content might constitute a breach of the terms of use for certain services. Insider does not endorse or condone the illegal use of VPNs.

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Max has made its name as the go-to streaming service for HBO content, but it’s also the home of several Max originals and classic Warner Bros. films. Among the mix of Emmy Award-winning shows available on the streaming service is Games of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, which returns for its second season this Sunday. And just in time for the premiere, Max is rolling out a one-week free trial so you can get caught up on the series and see the first episode when it airs.

In our guide to the best streaming services of 2024, Max was named the best for critically acclaimed content. And it’s true, you’ll find no shortage of Emmy and Oscar-winning content. In a more recent development, you can now catch several live sports events through the streaming service, so there’s something for everyone with each subscription.

Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about the Max free trial, including what you’ll get, who’s eligible, and how long the limited-time offer lasts. Plus, we’ll break down details on the extra add-on you can currently enjoy for free.

How to get Max free trial

You can sign up for Max’s one-week free trial any time from now until June 23. Only new customers are eligible for the free trial. You just need to go to Max’s website and click “Start Free Trial” on your chosen plan, and it will prompt you to create an account.

How much is Max?

After one week, the free trial will end, and you’ll be automatically charged for a Max monthly subscription at the tier that you were trying (unless you decide to cancel before then). Max has three different plans: With Ads ($9.99 a month), Ad-Free ($16.99 a month), and Ultimate Ad-Free ($20.99). Ultimate Ad-Free has 4K Ultra HD video quality, 100 downloads, Dolby Atmos audio, and allows you to stream on four devices at once.

What’s on Max?

Max is the home of all HBO content, from classics like The Sopranos to newer releases like House of the Dragon. This is also where you’ll be able to find Game of Thrones if you can’t get enough after House of the Dragon. The streaming service also houses many Warner Bros. films, including Dune: Part One and Part Two, and Max original series, like Hacks and Pretty Little Liars: Summer School.

All Max subscriptions currently include the B/R Sports Add-on, which brings live sports to the streaming service. The add-on live streams games shown on TNT, TBS, truTV, etc., in addition to other select sporting events like MotoGP and cycling. While you’ll have to wait until next season to catch any more NBA or NHL games here, you can currently live stream several top MLB games. The service is currently a free addition to Max, but it will, in the future, cost an additional $9.99 a month.

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• Tom Cruise is known for doing epic action stunts, including in the “Mission: Impossible” movies.
• His costar Shea Whigham said that the franchise’s eighth film is even wilder.
• Whigham says that Cruise “does stuff that’s gonna make number seven pale in comparison.”

If you thought Tom Cruise’s legendary “Mission: Impossible” motorcycle stunt was the wildest thing you’d see him do, think again.

Flying a helicopter? Been there (and used those skills to terrorize Glen Powell, apparently). Scale a cliff in “Mission: Impossible 2”?Child’s play. Jump between buildings in “Fallout?” Well, he did break his ankle, but Cruise came out all right in the end and managed to pull off a high-altitude, low-open skydive stunt while it was healing.

The point is — Tom Cruise loves doing stunts. And according to Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” costar Shea Whigham, that was just the beginning.

“Tom Cruise does stuff that’s gonna make number seven pale in comparison,” Whigham told Business Insider. “He’s unbelievable in the next one.”

“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” cast

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BI spoke with Whigham at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere for his newest movie, “Lake George,” a neo-noir film written and directed by Jeffrey Reiner. Whigham’s character, Don, is a white-collar criminal who, upon his release from prison, gets a final task from his boss: kill the boss’ girlfriend. Instead, Don teams up with the girlfriend, Phyllis (Carrie Coon), to take the boss down.

In “Dead Reckoning,” parts one and two, Whigham plays Jasper Briggs, an agent on Ethan Hunt’s (Cruise) tail. The actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he finished filming “Mission: Impossible 8” (a.k.a. “Dead Reckoning” part two) in May. Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie, however, are still working, Whigham said.

“What he’s doing now, people are going to be floored,” Whigham told The Hollywood Reporter. “He wants to make this one like an adventure film, and he and McQuarrie have an idea of what they want to do with it. So it’s going to be amazing.”

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• I made Beatty’s Chocolate Cake, which Ina Garten said is the “most fabulous cake” she’s ever made.
• The chocolate cake and buttercream frosting both feature coffee — the special secret ingredient.
• Garten’s cake is one of the fluffiest I’ve ever had, homemade or store-bought, and it’s so delicious.

I’ve been cooking my way through Ina Garten’s recipes to gain more confidence in the kitchen. And after mastering quite a few of her delicious pastas, I decided it was time to try some “Barefoot Contessa” desserts. 

I couldn’t believe how fun and easy it was to make Garten’s delicious mocha chocolate icebox cake, which she once proclaimed was so good “it makes grown men weep.” 

Ever since, I’ve wanted to bake more “Barefoot Contessa” desserts, and I knew the next one had to be Garten’s famous chocolate cake recipe. 

Ina Garten doesn’t just love Beatty’s Chocolate Cake. She said it’s “the most fabulous chocolate cake that I’ve ever made.”Garten learned of Beatty’s Chocolate Cake from a good friend.

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Garten first discovered Beatty’s Chocolate Cake while having dinner with her friend Michael Grimm, who runs Bridgehampton Florist in the heart of the Hamptons and frequently appears on “Barefoot Contessa.” 

“He actually served this cake to me once at dinner and I just begged him for the recipe,” Garten said on an episode featuring the cake. “I didn’t have to beg very hard.” 

Beatty was Grimm’s grandmother. Monte Mathews, a friend of Grimm’s, shared the story behind the famous cake on his blog Chewing The Fat. 

“His grandfather had a milk route in Pennsylvania Dutch country and Beatty used to bake this cake to take to the customers on his milk deliveries,” Mathews wrote. “I urge you to try this cake with a tall glass of icy cold milk.  It will take your breath away.” 

Garten’s favorite chocolate cake includes some classic baking supplies — plus her secret ingredient.Beatty’s Chocolate Cake includes cocoa powder, vanilla, and freshly-brewed hot coffee.

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To make Beatty’s Chocolate Cake, you’ll need: 

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (plus more for pans) 
• 2 cups sugar 
• 1 cup freshly-brewed hot coffee 
• 1 cup buttermilk (shaken) 
• ¾ cup cocoa powder 
• ½ cup vegetable oil 
• 2 extra-large eggs at room temperature 
• 2 teaspoons baking soda 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt 
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 

Pro tip: You can also use Garten’s recipe for cupcakes! This recipe will make 24 cupcakes, just make sure to reduce the baking time to 25-30 minutes. 

You’ll also need supplies for the chocolate buttercream frosting.The buttercream frosting includes semisweet chocolate and instant coffee.

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Garten’s chocolate frosting includes: 

• 6 ounces good semisweet chocolate 
• 2 sticks (½ pound) unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar (sifted) 
• 1 extra-large egg yolk at room temperature 
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules (such as Nescafé) 
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 

It was time to get baking! But first, I needed to prep the cake pans.I buttered my cake pans, lined them with parchment paper, then added more butter and flour.

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Garten doesn’t mess around when it comes to her cake pans. 

First, I buttered two round 8-inch pans, then lined the bottom of each pan with parchment paper. Once that was done, I buttered and floured both pans. 

Then, I began mixing my dry ingredients.First, I added the flour, sugar, and cocoa.

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I took Garten’s advice and started adding my dry ingredients straight into the bowl for my electric stand mixer. 

I first added the flour, sugar, and cocoa. At this point, I realized I had forgotten a crucial part of Garten’s recipe. 

“The method of this cake is to sift all the dry ingredients together in a cloud of chocolate,” she said on the “Barefoot Contessa” episode.

Oops! Thankfully, there was plenty of time to correct my mistake.  

I sifted everything together into my mixing bowl.I also sifted the baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

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I slowly sifted the three ingredients back into my mixing bowl, then sifted the baking soda, baking powder, and salt as well. 

I returned the bowl to my mixer and turned it to low speed.It only took a few seconds to mix everything together.

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I mixed everything together with the paddle attachment of my mixer until the dry ingredients were combined — which only took seconds. 

Then, I got started on the wet ingredients.First, I added the buttermilk.

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First, I added the buttermilk to a bowl, making sure to shake it well. 

“Always shake the buttermilk because it does settle,” Garten said. “Make sure it’s well mixed.” 

Garten says you can also add the wet ingredients straight into a measuring cup if you have one that’s big enough, which will help you pour them into the dry ingredients later.

Then, I added the eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla.Then, I added the eggs and vanilla.

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Garten said that good vanilla is “really important when you’re doing chocolate.”

I gave my wet ingredients a quick stir.Give everything a quick mix.

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And just like that, they were ready to go into the mixer! 

I slowly added the mixture into my bowl of dry ingredients.I poured my wet ingredients into the mixer, which was on low speed.

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I placed the mixer on low speed and began carefully pouring my wet ingredients into the bowl. 

Then, it was time to add the special secret ingredient.Then I added the coffee — Garten’s secret ingredient.

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“Michael’s grandmother had a secret ingredient,” Garten explained. “This recipe calls for a cup of hot brewed coffee. I always think coffee is really important for chocolate, it makes it taste really chocolaty — and that’s exactly what it does.” 

Once my dry ingredients were mixed, I brewed a cup of coffee so it would be hot and ready to go. I added it with my mixer still on low and let it stir just to combine.

My batter was ready!I used a spatula to scrape the bottom of the bowl.

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Per Garten’s instructions, I scraped the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula once I was done mixing. 

I carefully poured the batter into my cake pans.I poured the batter evenly into my cake pans.

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I made sure to pour the batter as evenly as possible so my two layers would be identical. 

Then, I threw my pans into the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.I baked the cakes for around 40 minutes.

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Depending on your oven, the cakes will bake for 35 to 40 minutes. When your cake tester (or knife) comes out clean, you’ll know they’re ready.

My cakes already looked beautiful when they came out of the oven.Garten says to let the cakes cool in their pans for 30 minutes.

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I let my cakes cool for 30 minutes. 

Once 30 minutes were up, I took my cakes out of their pans.I then let my cakes cool completely out of the pans.

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Garten recommends letting the cakes sit on a cooling rack to cool completely at this step. My cooling rack wasn’t big enough for both cakes, so I just placed the other on a baking sheet. 

She also says there’s no need to worry if the tops of your cakes sink a little in the center — that’s completely normal. 

As my cakes finished cooling, I got started on the frosting.To make my frosting, I first chopped up all my chocolate.

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Garten calls this the “easiest, most delicious buttercream you’ve ever seen.” 

It begins with chopping up all the chocolate. Garten recommends using a good bittersweet chocolate (she prefers Valrhona Le Noir 56% Cacao Semisweet Chocolate) and says to never use chocolate chips “because they have stabilizers in them.” 

Once my chocolate was chopped, it was time to get melting.I used a bain-marie to melt my chocolate.

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I threw my chocolate pieces into a saucepan, which I placed over a pan filled with simmering water. This technique, known as a bain-marie, helps prevent the chocolate from burning. 

I stirred the chocolate until it was just melted.After my chocolate melted, I let it cool to room temperature.

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Once all my pieces had melted, I set the saucepan aside and let my chocolate cool to room temperature. 

“You don’t want to pour hot chocolate into butter or else the whole thing will melt,” Garten said. 

After my chocolate had cooled, I got started on the rest of the frosting.I beat my butter for three minutes, until it turned fluffy.

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I threw two sticks of butter into the bowl for my electric mixer, which I had cleaned after finishing the batter. I beat them on medium-high speed until the butter turned pale-yellow and fluffy — which took about three minutes. 

I added the egg yolk and vanilla and continued beating the mixture for another three minutes. 

Then, it was time for some sugar.Then, I added my sifted powdered sugar.

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I turned the mixer to low and gradually began adding the powdered sugar, which I had already sifted. 

I beat everything together at medium speed.I used a spatula to scrape down the bowl as I beat the mixture.

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Per Garten’s instructions, I used a rubber spatula to scrape down the bowl as necessary. I continued to beat the mixture until it turned smooth and creamy. 

Then, I needed to prep the instant coffee.Garten also adds coffee to the frosting.

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All you have to do is dissolve the tablespoon of instant coffee granules into two teaspoons of what Garten describes as “the hottest tap water.” 

I added the chocolate and coffee to my butter mixture.I mixed everything together on low speed.

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I turned the mixer to low speed and mixed until everything was blended together. Garten says to avoid overmixing, which could turn this into a whip. 

It was time to get frosting!I carefully stacked my cakes.

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First, I carefully placed one of my layers, flat side up, on my cake pedestal. Then, using an icing spatula, I spread a thin layer of buttercream on just the top.

Then, I placed the second cake layer, flat side up, right on top of the first. 

Once the cakes were stacked, I spread frosting all over the top and sides.I covered the entire cake with my buttercream frosting.

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Make sure to smooth the frosting out, but don’t worry too much. 

“The good news about an old-fashioned cake is that it’s supposed to be a little messy,” Garten cheekily said on the “Barefoot Contessa” episode.

As I cut into the cake, I could already tell it was going to be super moist.I made Beatty’s Chocolate Cake, which Ina Garten said is the “most fabulous cake” she’s ever made.

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The knife easily sliced into the two layers of cake, revealing a filling the color of espresso and that very enticing buttercream. 

Beatty’s Chocolate Cake definitely looks homemade, and I agree with Garten that it’s part of the dessert’s charm. It’s just the kind of cake you hoped to see on the kitchen counter as a kid, praying your parents will cut you a thicker slice than usual. 

Beatty’s Chocolate Cake was unbelievably fluffy.Garten’s cake was packed with chocolate, but light as air.

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After my first bite, I wrote in my notes that this cake was “so insanely moist.” The texture truly blew me away. I’ve had so many cakes where the filling is just way too dense and chewy, completely distracting from the flavor. 

But Garten’s cake is somehow packed with chocolate and still light as air — a true feat. It’s honestly one of the fluffiest cakes I’ve ever had, and that includes store-bought. 

And I loved the flavor.The coffee added a really nice kick to the cake’s flavor.

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Garten’s cake is deliciously rich. The coffee adds a nice kick that distinguishes Beatty’s from your usual chocolate cake. And all the flavors were perfectly balanced in the buttercream, which had just the right amount of sweetness. 

Plus, this cake still tastes just as great days later. I brought some back to my boyfriend, and even after a flight across California, it was still super moist — and a huge hit. 

Beatty’s Chocolate Cake is a perfect dessert for birthdays, anniversaries, or just cause you want some chocolate.I would definitely make Garten’s favorite chocolate cake again.

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I’m not a huge baker or even a big chocolate cake fan, but I would definitely make Garten’s recipe again. 

Beatty’s Chocolate Cake is homey and comforting, but still super impressive. It’s not the quickest or easiest cake to make, but all that effort creates something really delicious. 

When you want to make something special for someone you love, then this recipe really … takes the cake.