Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager reviews A Gentleman in Moscow (Showtime), Dogman (theaters) and Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (theaters).

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Our bonus segment this week is with elite boxing analyst Derek X. Derek discusses the new association between Jose Ramirez and Golden Boy Productions (Oscar De La Hoya), fighters in the way of Ramirez and whether or not he can beat them, the oldest boxers in various weight classes who won a title belt and a breakdown of the Ramirez-Rances Barthelemy fight on April 27 at Save Mart Center.

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Caruthers is a quiet town 15 miles south of Fresno situated in the heart of flourishing fields of ag. Another thing that flourishes there, but with ferocity: Caruthers High School's girls basketball team, the newly crowned D3 State Champion. Joining the program, head coach Anna Almeida and two standout players: Emmi Almeida and Gizelle "Monster" Aguirre. We get two segments with this talented trio including Coach Anna's thoughts going back to the summer of 2023 and what she believed the ceiling was for her team to whether or not the CIF got the seeding correct. Hint: Coach was emphatic with her answer! 

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More with California D3 state champion Caruthers High School and head coach Anna Almeida, Emmi Almeida and Gizelle "Monster" Aguirre. The journey to a state championship is filled with twists and turns but if you're good enough to win it, it's not just the team and school that rejoices. 

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Nick Schager, Entertainment Critic of The Daily Beast, reviews The Animal Kingdom (theaters, VOD), The American Society of Magical Negroes (theaters) and Alice & Jack (PBS).

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A welcome second segment with Nick Schager this week. Here Nick gets into the Oscars and what the Academy got right, what it got wrong and how he rates the overall production of the show.

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Bailey Warren is as accomplished a fiddle player as you'll find in American music. She's one piece of the very talented and versatile Bluegrass band, DownRiver Collective. The CGP had the good fortune of welcoming Bailey for three segments. Here in segment one Bailey discusses her background in music, which began at just three years old and is quite extensive. She also explains the difference between a fiddle and a violin and what differentiates Bluegrass from Americana.

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More with Bailey Warren, fiddle player for DownRiver Collective. Bailey jumps into how the band found the remarkable voice that is Ali Vance. Also, the process of putting a song together - from writing to playing, back to writing... a lot of testing and measuring. Or, when you know, you know. And going into and out of the segment, you'll hear the a little bit of the band's song, "Blue Eyed Love."

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Even more with wonderful fiddle player Bailey Warren from DownRiver Collective. Bailey talks about their song "Dead to Me" (which leads into, and out of, this segment), the ups and downs of touring and the importance of expanding Bluegrass. 

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Eli Boettger is the founder of Heat Check CBB, a national college basketball writer and a longtime CGP regular. Eli takes a look at the recent situation of Dartmouth men's basketball team voting to join a local service employees union, the importance regular season conference championships should have leading to the NCAA tournament selection and his No. 1 seeds. 

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